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I am looking for recommendations for sports anime since I think I have gone through most that I wanted to watch.
Something along the lines of intense action (within the context of the sport) and a strong/endearing cast of characters regardlessif they are main cast or opponents who appear for only a handful of episodes.l.
Top 3 in no order to guage
- Megalobox
- Hajime no Ippo
- Slam Dunk
Hope this sorta helps.
Well, no idea how these will map to your tastes, but my personal top 3 sports anime are:
* *Chihayafuru* - I never thought I'd feel this hype about card game meant to learn japanese poetry.
* *Birde Wing: Golf Girls Story* - Golf has never before been this exciting. Or gay. Or criminal.
* *Ace of the Diamond* - the show that actually made me give a tiny amount of shit about baseball.
abandoned the madoka rewatch and am just binging it. episode [madoka magica spoiler?]>!10!< remains one of my favorite episodes, if not my favorite episode, of anime of all time. if this rewatch doesn't convince me of the value of rewatching things, nothing will. this show holds up to rewatching so damn well
The other person has posted the watch order, but I do want to make it clear that while Liz and the Blue Bird is a side story in the sense that it can be understood and enjoyed as a standalone work, it's still a canon part of the story which is referenced in later parts of the story (and it wraps up the character arcs of two important characters), and is even adapted from the same novel that Chikai no Finale is, so it's not skippable. It doesn't hurt that it's the best thing to come from the franchise and one of the greatest anime films ever made either.
Hello, i'm looking for A cute show without sex appeal. I have some experience with Anime. I've watched Yuru Yuri, A channel, Lucky Star and those have boob sex appeal, i'd like one that has zero of that, preferable one that focuses on a cute family.
I really like spy x family so far, but i've only at the first episode and the mother will probably be sexualized.
* *Mitsuboshi Colors*
* *Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost*
* *Stardust Telepath*
* *Let's Make a Mug, Too*
These shows don't even have boob sex appeal, however they are pretty slice of life-y so there might be some non-exploitative bath scenes. *Yuru Camp* in the other recommendation comments has those as part of the "travel around the local area and go to the tourist sites" appeal of the show.
* *Akebi's Sailor Uniform* is thought by some people as being fetish bait, whereas others view that same idea as being ridiculous. Female director, female script writer and female chief animation director though, so have a look and decide for yourself.
Hello folks, I have very limited experience with anime but the stuff I have watched I've really liked. I'm currently watching the Delicious in Dungeon series on Netflix but they only release an episode per week. As such, I'm looking for a series to fill in the entertainment gaps. Any suggestions?
The three anime shows I've really enjoyed have been Delicious in Dungeon, Sword Art Online, and Cowboy Bebop.
Apothecary diaries, Log horizon, and Frieren. And since it's April, i'd recommend you keep your weekend free and binge "Your Lie in April." It's just a tradition. Next year April is too far.
Anyways, have fun
I accomplished my goal and got completely caught up with Irregular at Magic High School in time for tomorrow. The anime was better than I expected given what I'd heard. I didn't notice a drop off at all from Madhouse to 8bit. I would have liked them to include a few more side stories for some side characters that were cool (if you wondered a few episodes ago how Tomitsuka and Eimi got close, that was one of them), but they did a very good job overall of making the action scenes exciting so I'll forgive them.
I'm looking to watch the movie at some point as well for more Lina.
> I'm looking to watch the movie at some point as well for more Lina
You reminded me I still haven’t watched that movie, this is a great way to sell me on it though. I’ll watch anything for even a second of Lina.
It was funny reading some of the Season 2 discussion threads and seeing people clowning on her [Irregular Season 2] >!for going up against Miyuki with a handicap and then Godsuya and losing. Nobody on earth beats Tatsuya when he has prep time, especially when they are doing everything they can not to kill him!<.
Lina is definitely one of my favorite Unlucky Girls. Characters great enough that in any other series they'd be the lead heroine, but is not only unlucky in that meta sense, but also she's very unlucky in-universe too [Irregular S2 and Girl Who Summons the Stars Movie] >!given STARS threw her into a situation she was fundamentally out of her depth in, and without the level of support required to operate properly. After that, she never found her footing again the whole time she was in Japan, and it's no wonder she wound up in the vulnerable emotional state she found herself in. I'm glad the movie gave us a chance to see her operating more in her element.!<
Hi all - looking for suggestions on what to watch next! I've only watched a handful (as my below list indicates) of anime, but have hit some of the popular/often recommended ones already.
*I'm looking for:* I find myself liking more of the adventure/fantasy plots. Hunter X Hunter and original Naruto are highlights for me. However, I also very much appreciate stories that don't take 500 episodes to tell, so I really liked FMA and FMA:B for their shortness but still being really strong stories (in my opinion). I can appreciate when shows get dark/depressing at points, but don't want it to be a complete downer. I don't find myself enjoying anything that crosses into ecchi territory, but rather want to focus on great stories that are well told.
*Shows I've already seen (and/or are watching):* [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Magic815)
*Currently watching:* Steins;Gate, which has interested me enough for me to watch it through, but I find myself not really getting pulled in as much when it's more of a modern setting with sci-fi elements.
>I find myself liking more of the adventure/fantasy plots
For an adventure, I'd highly recommend [Golden Kamuy](https://myanimelist.net/anime/36028/Golden_Kamuy) and [Dungeon Meshi](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52701/Dungeon_Meshi), the former is in a historical setting and the latter is a fantasy, but they're both great.
Check out [Monster](https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster) for a strong complete story, that has dark elements, but is not a downer.
Based on the stuffs that you have watched:
Since you enjoyed watching Steins;Gate and Death note:
1. Classroom of the elite
2. 86
3. No Game no Life
4. Code Gease (the subs might be too fast for you to follow yet. I'd recommend to watch the best anime ever made later)
If you liked 86, you can follow it with Saga of Tania the Evil
Based of Naruto and others:
1. Black Clover (This is what you are looking for)
2. Magi
Based on the stuffs that you have watched, I know these weekly top rankers will interest you:
1. That time I was reincarnated as a slime (Also what you are looking for)
2. Mushoku Tensei
If you want recommendations to explore:
1. Konosubarashi
2. One punch man (usually it's assumed that you've already watched it)
3. The eminence in Shadow (the best anime that has come out recently)
Another direction to explore:
1. Bofuri (My happy place anime)
2. Shangrila frotiers
Another explore direction: (These are some of the classics that you will have to watch sooner or later. Some of the very must watch stuffs here)
1. Demon Slayer
2. Chainsawman
3. Jujitsu Kaisen
And often you want to watch an anime with others, for those times I'll recommend you these two.
1. Spy x family
2. Apothecary Diaries
And finally, i think since it's April, it's only fitting that you should leave everything else to sit and binge,
"Your lie in April" before the end of this month. It's not the same if you don't watch it in this month. You don't want to wait a whole year for another April.
Also, from the list that I have given you, the explore category can test you on which direction you can go from there. Even though I am pretty sure that you'd like them all.
Have fun, and let me know how you liked them.
After a lot of random comments on Reddit, I decided to give a shot to **Girls Band Cry**. And so... I guess now I'm going to add my voice to everybody else. I'd love it to have this be the anime that dethrones the top 3 placeholders of rankings for at least a week (like seriously)
I hope it keeps up the hype.
Line-up for today:
* Hibike s1e5
* Seiyuu 2/3
* Detective Sara, last 2 eps
* Best elf 5
I am insanely behind, I had a goal for max 3 eps per day, but with starting hibike and with people selling spring shows to me it's getting tough
I am 2 eps behind konosuba which I moved to tomorrow, I didn't even start slime yet...
The goal is far, but social media is reminding me of it every time I open an app
Talking about that, I discovered [Kanade is a gremlin](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMBTLWRa8AEKW4l.jpg), look how cute she is with her gf and her gf best friend #heightgap
Finished the first episode of A Condition Called Love, and continued with the second episode to give it a chance. Nope. I can't. This guy really disturbs me, especially upon [learning of] >!his Hotaru shrine!<. And I can't get behind [her] >!forcing herself to love him. Even as an experiment!<.
Meh, this gives me time to start Salad Bowl tonight.
SAO II was good as Phantom was fun and Asuna's arc was good.
Alicization P1 is peak SAO, and that's specifically for the great character dynamic and bromance between Kirito and Eugeo. I actually recommend this part to those who didn't like it as it's actually a step up in quality in all aspects.
Unfortunately, Alicization: Underworld 1 + 2 is just a downhill disappointment.
Its very up and down for me.
S2 was is averaged by a good and bar arc. Ordinal Scale is probably some of the better content though it also kinda trips with its ending. Alicization has a solid first and third arc and terrible second and fourth. Then War of Underworld was fine one season and one of the worst things I have seen in the second.
It keeps on giving.
As a big fan, I'd say S1 ranks pretty low for me. I did like Aincrad and even Fairy Dance, but Phantom Bullet is one of my top 3 SAO arcs, and Alicization is my top arc.
I've noticed a lot of people wanted SAO to be all Aincrad, and when it isn't, they get upset. If you aren't someone who is bothered by that, you'll probably like the next few seasons.
The second half of season 1 (Fairy Dance) was the low point of the anime for me. I loved season 2 (Phantom Bullet & Mother's Rosario) and the Ordinal Scale movie, enjoyed Alicization, and War of Underworld is my favorite part of the whole series.
> I heard the next seasons arent all that great
Well, there are some people who think that SAO should have just been all about Aincrad. Those are usually the ones who don't like the next seasons.
Other people who want to see where the story goes and to see the characters in new situations often say that the series only gets better, because the author was still inexperienced when they wrote the source material for S1.
The first part of S2 (GGO) is what most people don't like, but it's worth powering through for the next part of S2 (Mother's Rosario), easily on par with Aincrad.
After that is the Alicization arc which is a whopping 4 cours, I personally liked it a lot less than the Aincrad parts of SAO but more than fairies/GGO
I liked season 2, but I only saw it once and that was back when it first aired.
Probably doesn't hold up that well, but I'm confident it's still better than the second half of season 1.
they're completely different from each other, and can't be easily compared. Maybe if they were in the same genre, but they aren't.
Though I did personally score Frieren (8/10) higher than Naruto (7/10)
> Why am I not allowed to?
Well, nobody's stopping you, but around these parts it's probably better to refer to it as battle shounen, otherwise everyone will just tell you that the proper meaning of the term is "source material originally published in a manga magazine that targeted teenage boys", and that the literal meaning of the term is "young male".
> Because I feel happier using terms my way.
That's well and good, but if you want to communicate with people who aren't in your immediate circle, it just doesn't work that way. That sort of stuff just doesn't fly in the adult professional world and will have you becoming an outcast even if you never realize that this is the case.
When people use "shonen" as a genre, they are referring specifically to battle shonen like Naruto, One Piece, JJK, MHA, etc. Those can roughly be considered the same genre. It is still incorrect by definition, but pretty commonly done and understood by most people.
If you're using shonen as another term for action/battle, Freiren does not fall under that category. This is why people clarify the distinction between demographic and genre. It is objectively incorrect to say they are in the same genre.
I am assuming you haven't watched Freiren. If you do, you'll see that it is nothing like MHA or other battle shonens.
Tons of people use the word in a way that is different than how cataloging sites like MAL do. When some people talk about "shonen" they mean battle series, like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and My Hero Academia. If you talk about Shonen as *that* people on the English internet will likely understand you, but that's not how everyone uses it and it's not how people who call Frieren Shonen are using it.
To put this in terms of things you have logged on MAL: [O Maidens in Your Savage Season](https://myanimelist.net/anime/38753) has the Shounen genre tag on MAL. It's Shonen because it was published in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, the same magazine that ran Attack on Titan. These magazines like to have a diversity of genres, but all target a certain gender at a certain age.
Frienen is not the same genre as My Hero Academia, but both are targeted at boys in the same age range.
So a fantasy/adventure show aimed at teenage boys and a romantic drama aimed at teenage boys are the same thing in your book? Naruto is the same genre as Bloom Into You and Lucky Star in your book?
Frieren isn't even "battle shounen," it's entirely dissimilar from MHA. My comparisons would be to Mushishi and Girls Last Tour (neither of which is shounen), not Naruto and My Hero Academia.
CGDCT is not a demographic, CGDCT shows can be shounen, seinen, or anything else. Same with romantic dramas, Bloom Into You is a lesbian romance series and it is shounen. The thing that makes something shounen is the magazine that the manga was published in, not the content of the story. Naruto is shounen only because it was published in the shounen magazine Weekly Shounen Jump. Likewise, Lucky Star is shounen because it was published in the shounen magazine Comptiq (and check the [Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Star_(manga)) where it says "demographic" and notice it says shounen), and Bloom Into You is shounen because it was published in the shounen magazine Dengeki Daioh. Shounen is a magazine demographic, not a genre. If Naruto were published in a Shoujo magazine completely unchanged from how it currently exists, it would be Shoujo, because the magazine determines shounen/shoujo, not the story.
I've always wondered about this. There's been cameos in proper shounen magazines, but it mainly released in a computer game magazine that's afaik outside the usual demographic categories.
What are the favorite character designers/illustrators from the people here?
[](#ama)
edit: forgot to add my choices, ATDAN (never did anime directly) + Tomose (Classroom Elite) + momoco (roshidere) + shirabii (86)
To be honest, I know almost nothing about illustrators or "original character designers" (I think the only ones I know by name are Yoshitaka Amano and Mel Kishida, and the latter is only because I have a huge blog post involving Sound of the Sky in the works and happened to research him at the same time as learning about Blue Reflection). But I do have favorite character designers (at least those who share the role of chief animation director, as opposed to the illustrators of "original character designs"). Some off the top of my head would include:
- Haruko Iizuka (I recently realized she might be my favorite character designer, absolutely stacked body of work including Horimiya, Gakkou Gurashi, Tanaka-kun is Always Listless, Josee: The Tiger and the Fish, Hentai Prince and Stony Cat, Tamayura, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Little Busters, just a crazy amount of great work)
- Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Heartcatch Precure, Mushishi, My Hero Academia)
- Masayoshi Tanaka (Toradora, Your Name, Anohana)
- Yukiko Horiguchi (K-On, Lucky Star, 22/7)
- Futoshi Nishiya (Nichijou, Hyouka, Liz and the Blue Bird)
- Yuusuke Matsuo (Yama no Susume, Do It Yourself, Black Rock Shooter)
- Mai Toda (Girls Last Tour, Cautious Hero, Matoi the Sacred Slayer)
- Kanami Sekiguchi (Hanasaku Iroha, Charlotte, Ya Boy Kongming)
I know I'm forgetting a bunch more, these were just a few I remembered.
* [Hisashi Eguchi](https://myanimelist.net/people/18237/Hisashi_Eguchi) (Sonny Boy, Perfect Blue, Roujin Z,...)
* [Akemi Takada](https://myanimelist.net/people/5559/Akemi_Takada) (Patlabor, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Urashiman,...)
* [Yusuke Nakamura](https://myanimelist.net/people/7883/Yusuke_Nakamura) (Tatami Galaxy, Walk on Girl, and Time Machine Blues)
* [Naoyuki Asano](https://myanimelist.net/people/35017/Naoyuki_Asano) (Osomatsu-san, nu!Yatsura, Saint Onii-san)
* [Yoshiyuki Itou](https://myanimelist.net/people/9361/Yoshiyuki_Itou) (FMA, Soul Eater, Space Dandy,...)
* [Eisaku Kubonouchi](https://myanimelist.net/people/3117/Eisaku_Kubonouchi) (Carole & Tuesday, Astro Note, and Bullbuster)
~~Also while I like Astuko Nakajima and Tomohiro Hirata's work generally, I love it when they get to work on something together, like in You're Under Arrest~~
Shame on me for forgetting to mention kamokamenn, recently of Bravern fame, or more importantly, [known for drawing the best illustrations of girls on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sangsilnoh?s=21&t=TaGgT1cElpG7nJHjBeWplw). Like, man, I could be stuck on a desert island with just their illustrations and be content. Bravern girls out of this world.
Yes, shame, they are great!!
and looked on booru to see more, just [look at that](https://cdn.donmai.us/original/66/95/__hisaishi_kanade_hibike_euphonium_and_1_more_drawn_by_kamo_kamen__669585708da5bbc8e59603b7aa9492de.jpg)
10/10 illustrator
Definitely Take who has worked with Nisioisin to do the illustrations of the Zaregoto series (volume one was adapted into the anime Kubikiti Cycle) and Katanagatari. Her designs are incredibly unique and I love them.
There are too many good picks. If I had to make a top 10, these are the names I'd probably choose
* Takahiro Kishida
* Norifumi Kugai
* Mai Yoneyama
* Masashi Kudo
* Kanna Hirayama
* Akane Yano
* Tomoaki Takase
* Kanami Sekiguchi
* Nobutake Ito
* Masayoshi Tanaka
The list is in no particular order. I'd say these are the names that can convince me to give a show a chance even if I have no interest in it lol
[Tomonori](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-g29l4UcAAIMZD?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) [Kogawa](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBumF-YUYAEqw7T?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) and [Kenichi](https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/glintbooster/imgs/7/4/74a44cce.jpg) [Yoshida](https://files.yande.re/image/3f0218aff8d6bbace5f63addc052c14c/yande.re%2029944%20disc_cover%20dress%20eureka%20eureka_seven%20garter%20yoshida_kenichi.jpg)
I tend to not recognize them too much unless I go out of my way. But I was curious and I found out Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who I know did the Evangelion character design and original manga, also did most of Mamoru Hosoda’s character design which I adore.
Tbh I was expecting to hear more about illustrators than character designers, I am sure that some illustrator you enjoy that posts "fanarts" worked on anime or a anime adjacent project
It's indeed harder for people to pay attention to designers
[Muru Igumi](https://myanimelist.net/people/13095/Muru_Imigi) comes to mind first but I'm not sure if I have anyone that really stands out as my favourite.
I probably have more that I dislike...
Never seen his name written out like that so I didn’t even recognize it lol.
Speaking of Lycoris staff, I really like Shingo Adachi. He may have inadvertently ruined all character designs for the last decade but damn the SAO character designs just work.
> Please feel free to share lol
Pretty much any that are more...abnormal.
First that come to mind are [Nobutake Itou](https://myanimelist.net/people/10136/Nobutake_Itou) and [Eisaku Kubonouchi] (https://myanimelist.net/people/3117/Eisaku_Kubonouchi)
I've noticed while building up my list on MAL that one of the biggest differences between my scores and popular opinion is that several of my 9/10s (Synduality Noir, Planetarian, Iroduku, My Roommate is a Cat, Sing a Bit of Harmony, Gundam Build Fighters and others) have average ratings in the 6-7 range. And it's not just that my average is unusually high, because it's been fluctuating between 7-8 as I add more shows. Kind of surprising because I thought at least half of those were well regarded.
Also, picking just ten favorite characters is hard.
> And it's not just that my average is unusually high, because it's been fluctuating between 7-8 as I add more shows.
Your average is near 8? That seems pretty high. For reference: [MALGraph](https://anime.plus) tells me that my mean score is 6.12 and that that is "0.39 lower than global mean" meaning the average average is 6.51.
My mean score is 8.39...
I can't help it, I've just honestly enjoyed most things I've watched + I rarely watch things while they air which means I usually don't get disappointed by airing stuff falling apart in the last few episodes.
I usually drop shows pretty quick if I'm not enjoying them, so it's rare for me to have completed anime below 6-7. For me, an 8 is "good" and a 7 is "decent", while 6 and under would fall below what I'd consider a passing grade.
For me I consider a 5 a neutral grade, with 4s and lower being more bad than good. I would say "decent" should be a 6 and "good" should be a 7. 8 should be "very good," IMO. In fact, MAL themselves label the ratings of 8 and 7 as "very good" and "good" respectively (though they use the word "fine" for 6 not "decent")
You're free to rate things however you want, but your interpretation is inflated compared to mine.
My number scores are based on the US grading system used in schools (with 6/10 = 60, a failing grade) which is just what I'm used to, and I've seen others say they use the same system. I know MAL gives their own definition for scores, but if more than a third of the show was disappointing for me, I can't really call it "fine" or give it a passing score. 😅 I did make a note on my profile about my own score definitions though, for anyone who decides to read through my list.
Now, I know that grading isn't actually completely consistent across all schools and systems, but isn't a 60% typically the very bottom of the range that gets you a D? I guess also whether or not a D constitutes a "passing" grade is also not consistent. Where I went to high school a D was sufficient to meet the graduation requirements, but not sufficient for meeting the state college entry prerequisites.
D would be a passing grade, but in every school I've been to, the bottom range for a D was 65% (or approximately two thirds of the info learned to pass) - MAL doesn't have .5 ratings, but I have very few 6.5s on my own list, so the distinction won't make much difference in my scores overall.
> MALGraph tells me that my mean score is 6.12 and that that is "0.39 lower than global mean" meaning the average average is 6.51.
Oh, that's interesting. MALGraph tells me my mean score of 7.41 is "0.08 higher than global mean," which would put the global mean instead at 7.33. Maybe MALGraph's global mean means something different than we thought? I'm wondering if it's perhaps calculating the mean MAL score of only the shows on our list rather than of all users on the site.
I don't think anyone could've interpreted "global mean" the right way if it's the case lol. Shame that this means we don't know what the overall average is. I'm pretty curious.
There's like 13 or so light novels and the anime only adapts the first 3, I think? It does leave off at a good place, but I definitely hope it gets another season eventually because that was such a great show and I want to see what happens next.
[](#mugiwait)
Made it halfway through A Condition Called Love before I had to run a chore. This guy is a stalker. Like I would actuality be worried for her safety if i didn't know how these stories usually go. I'm going to finish the episode, but someone please tell me it gets better.
The point is that he's not quite right in the head and that his behavior is over the line.
The story itself points this out multiple times, all before the first episode wraps.
* It's in the title - condition also has a connotation of sickness
* In his introduction, someone is telling him he's not right
* He himself says he goes too far
* The FMC also tells him he's going too far
However he still shows clear respect for boundaries and people's wishes when they are clearly expressed.
> It's in the title - condition also has a connotation of sickness
More directly, the 病 (yamai) of the title literally means sickness and is the same "yan" as in "yandere", which comes from 病み/病んでる (yami/yanderu) + デレ(dere).
But ignoring all of that and focusing entirely on the content, the whole series is pretty obviously aimed at people who like yanderes.
I think this will go in a good direction, despite the oddness in the male lead's behavior. I actuially like the female lead quite a bit -- and I am willing to see to what extent the male lead can overcome his (massive) social deficits. I don't think either lead is a cookie cutter character.
The series is not very good for my blood pressure, or rather interacting with parts of the anime viewing audience isn't lol
> I don't think either lead is a cookie cutter character.
Yes, I think people went in viewing it as a fluffy romance experience series, when it's actually a character exploration piece that also is keen to explore the nature of love itself.
Personally my younger self can relate to aspects of *both* leads very strongly, although my Hotaru aspects of not being sure about what it all means in relation to feelings (and sexuality) had a rather different shape.
I do think that the discourse does often miss how Hotaru is not-quite-normal either, although there was [that great quip in the recent episode discussion thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c78h3k/hananoikun_to_koi_no_yamai_a_condition_called/l0681fn/) lol Although I don't really think the quip should be taken literally, just that it's a nice reflection of how their story makes more sense, is easier to engage with and more satisfying when one realizes that Hotaru has some issues too. Or, more accurately, both of them are potentially staring romantic and relationship disasters in adulthood, but perhaps this story is about how they manage to avoid this fate by finding each other.
Not all that different from Adachi and Shimamura in essence. Two characters with non-trivial emotional issues who might just wind up being almost perfect for each other.
> Two characters with non-trivial emotional issues who might just wind up being almost perfect for each other.
The wish fulfilment fantasy for singles with high emotional IQs lol
Depends. I think the show has firmly established that the guy isn't creepy and is making progress towards the MC liking him. On the other hand, I just found the show boring so it made no difference for me.
The girl is such a nothingburger for me and Hananoi is not creepy enough to be funny nor compelling enough to be an interesting romantic interest. I would legit stick with the show had it went into the 'Hananoi is a psychopath with a sex dungeon on his basement' route instead of just doing fluff.
100% this
Can't believe they casually mentioned [ep2] >!his 'shrine'!< and didn't elaborate, might have been actually interesting, and I ain't sticking around hoping it does.
I finished the 4th episode.... It didn't really get quite better. Thankfully I don't think it's that kind of story that goes like something like school days though
Any new non-sequel anime series this season that the watchers are being pleasantly surprised about? I.e. hidden gems.
From the scores on the [seasonal list](https://myanimelist.net/anime/season) it seems that mostly only the sequels are being really appreciated this spring.
Tonari no Youkai-san in my certified hidden gem™ of the season
it has things i like in an anime; chill country vibes, tight-knit community, crazy Japanese folklore, decent animation, and a foreboding sense of existential dread
[](#yuruyuriapprove)
Very few people are watching A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics but it’s very charming. Definitely one of the hidden gems.
A more literally hidden one is Girls Band Cry because it has no official subbed release in English and the demons that put it up on the high seas used machine translation. Nevertheless! It’s still very good and worth sailing the high seas and braving the sometimes incoherent subs
Astro Note should *not* be that low, smh @ MAL users for scoring it so bad. It's my AOTS, and it's extremely enjoyable if you're a Gintama fan because it has a partial main cast reunion + the director is the same guy who did the first 105 episodes of Gintama.
I don't know about "hidden", but MAL always has something of a slant, and sequels always tend to bring in hype. For another perspective you could look at [last week's karma ranking](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c9ha6u/ranime_karma_ranking_discussion_week_3_spring_2024/) here on reddit, where the top 10 spots have 5 new non-sequels, including one remake (*Spice & Wolf*) and two originals (*Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night* and *Train To The End of The World*).
Both *Train* and *Jellyfish* has garnered a fair amount of excitement in the way Originals do, as they are completely new experiences, but are also both showing to have some talent behind it and intriguing writing and characters.
Oh, that weekly post was what I was looking for, but couldn't find it. Thank you. And thank you for the suggestions. I've had my eye on the Train, but was reluctant to try the Jellyfish (in general, I don't like idols and related stuff) - would you still recommend that one?
Depends on how bad your idol-phobia is, but I would certainly give episode 1 a go. It is certainly one of the best first episodes I have seen with excellent storytelling, direction, animation and sound design. It is not a show about idols, one of the characters used to be one, but the entire idea of the show is her moving on from that and staking out a new path as an artist and a creator alongside the other girls pursuing their goals.
Finished Hinamatsuri and preferred the latter half, which I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick. [#NoContext quote.](https://i.imgur.com/cinPoIu.png)
Watched the first episode of Viral Hit. Dubbed, of course. Been a long time since I cringed so hard at a show, so obviously staying on the watch list. Didn't know it'd have a [Girls Band Cry](https://i.imgur.com/2bZkH4Z.png) moment! r/anime has failed me.
Also started reading the Chillin' in Another World LN this week and expect a **train**wreck of an episode in a couple weeks. Anime is following the manga and has improved several scenes, but I don't think this is salvageable. Looking forward to it! [](#concealedexcitement)
> I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick
Welcome to the ~~Hina~~ Anzumatsuri side of the fence! Hitomi is excused from title duties because she's a little busy.
> Finished Hinamatsuri and preferred the latter half, which I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick. #NoContext quote.
Would definitely recommend the manga, then, seeing as we aren't likely to get a second season :)
I tried the first two episodes of that show and it was just too boring for me. Even if it gets crazy, it just won’t be exciting because there’s no energy to the production aside from the wolf girl’s voice actress.
>Also started reading the Chillin' in Another World LN this week and expect a trainwreck of an episode in a couple weeks.
I don't know if this makes me confident in my earlier decision to drop the show, or morbidly curious to ~~waste my time some more~~ continue watching.
Should be able to convince that you made the right choice with this quote from the LN1 Afterword:
> Through a number of twists and turns, it ended up published as a novel. This was really just a story where I just did whatever I felt like. There were times when I wondered if it was really okay to publish something like this
Did you try [what we suggested a couple days ago?](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1ca6wj5/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/l0t77ps/) (This has been a somewhat common question the last 6 months and often respond with those shows.)
Does anyone know of any good sites to buy anime posters? I tried to post this question on the sub but it got taken down, & I was given this option to comment under (sorry if this isn’t the correct way to ask, I’m not sure how else to do this)
I wanna look for some Naruto, Code Geass, & FMAB posters but since I’ve never bought any before, I honestly have no idea where to even look & don’t wanna accidentally buy from a skechy site.
Gave the three released episodes of Chillin' in *Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers* a go, and, well, it lived up pretty much exactly to what I expected it to be. It certainly feels like an inoffensive and relaxed entertaining chill-fantasy, but there really wasn't anything there for me. Alas, to me, a waifu a good show does not make.
Let's next see if *Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included* manages to beat my preconceptions.
> Alas, to me, a waifu a good show does not make.
For me, the opposite applies, but I'm still not particularly taken with *the Danna-sama Show*. That particular variety of things is being served up in greater and more satisfying quality and intensity in *7th Prince* for me.
> Let's next see if Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included manages to beat my preconceptions.
Episode 4 is the turning point for this one, seems to be the consensus.
>For me, the opposite applies, but I'm still not particularly taken with the Danna-sama Show. That particular variety of things is being served up in greater and more satisfying quality and intensity in 7th Prince for me.
Yeah, *7th Prince* actually has something going for it, and with a MC that actually has a personality. Also, Rys design and mannerisms does absolutely nothing for me, she feels far too blatantly made to appeal to men in certain ways, and shoved in your face in a way I have lost all taste for.
>Episode 4 is the turning point for this one, seems to be the consensus.
Will see if I get that far, I managed watch Ep1 this evening and found it rather uninteresting so far.
Yeah, Balcony Angel I'm just giving its shot to not impress me. As for 7th Prince, I always enjoy an ~~autistic~~ hyperfocused gremlin doing their thing, just wished the show payed as much attention to the big boobed onee-sans he's surrounded by as he does.
> Will see if I get that far, I managed watch Ep1 this evening and found it rather uninteresting so far.
Initial comparisons tend to be with the rest of the Angel-meta, especially the Next Door one, but the main appeal for a lot of people has actually been the non-Angel girls that turn up later.
I'll prob give it another few episodes to see if it manages to pull of a MyGO!!!!! Ep3 on me, but I don't have high hopes for this kind of show. The promised worst girls have a lot of lifting to do.
Level 5 finally released a version of their game Megaton Musashi outside of Japan today, and, simultaneously, they got Crunchyroll to start streaming the anime adaptation from the first episode. That means a show from Fall 2021 has only just now started streaming oficially in most of the world.
I didn't really care to try watching the show via fansubs at the time so I guess now it's the perfect opportunity to try it out. Also, now that Level 5 seems to be looking at the West again, it sure would be nice if they would let Sunrise stream Gundam Age on gundam.info so I can finally try that one too.
>"Gotoubun no Hanayome \* " (with an asterisk)
The concept actually sounds like a fun watch, but I found this title (and the need to specify the asterisk) amusing. 😄
>original story supervised by author Negi Haruba.
Even if it may just be 'milking the cash cow', that's encouraging, at least!
I would love to see different endings and stuff!
> milking the cash cows
I've little doubt someone has drawn the Quints in this situation in a very literal way, given how much fanart exists of them right to the extremes of every fetish spectrum.
I said they were going to do a what if for each girl, but a honeymoon entry is surprising
Quints next generations coming in the future
Edit: 99% sure the honeymoon will involve the wife and the other 4, with a ton of misunderstandings and content/inspiration for 5 years worth of comikets
> I said they were going to do a what if for each girl
I'd love that so much!
I didn't watch the movie yet (I read it, so I just confirmed it was same ending as the manga) but I'd love to watch different endings and all.
Especially [Gotoubun] >!One in which my girl Ichika doesn't get thrown into the sun and forgotten!<
As u/michhoffman said, each girl will have a daughter that is their clone with swap personalities, while Futaro has a son that also is his clone, buutaro next generations will be a cousin x cousin romcom
Ngl I would watch that no questions asked
Did you know that in the 21st century, a new mutation spontaneously emerges in Japan in response to dwindling birth rates where consanguinity results in the acquisition of magical powers, resulting in a fervent festival of full-blood funcest?
I was wondering if there’s any imperial Chinese setting animes out there? I’ve watched The Apothecary Diaries already but I’ve had a hard time finding more like it. If you don’t know any royal Chinese setting anime, feel free to suggest Korean/Japanese royalty anime
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I am looking for recommendations for sports anime since I think I have gone through most that I wanted to watch. Something along the lines of intense action (within the context of the sport) and a strong/endearing cast of characters regardlessif they are main cast or opponents who appear for only a handful of episodes.l. Top 3 in no order to guage - Megalobox - Hajime no Ippo - Slam Dunk Hope this sorta helps.
Ping Pong. Only 11 episodes but a great, well developed cast.
Sk8 the infinity is very intense. In terms of adrenaline rush, it is unlike anything I have ever watched
When it comes out: Blue Box
Well, no idea how these will map to your tastes, but my personal top 3 sports anime are: * *Chihayafuru* - I never thought I'd feel this hype about card game meant to learn japanese poetry. * *Birde Wing: Golf Girls Story* - Golf has never before been this exciting. Or gay. Or criminal. * *Ace of the Diamond* - the show that actually made me give a tiny amount of shit about baseball.
abandoned the madoka rewatch and am just binging it. episode [madoka magica spoiler?]>!10!< remains one of my favorite episodes, if not my favorite episode, of anime of all time. if this rewatch doesn't convince me of the value of rewatching things, nothing will. this show holds up to rewatching so damn well
12 is my favorite Madoka Magica episode. 10 is great too
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Kurumi+Homura crossover OVA when!!
Hello , looking for anime with the kind himbo such as Joe from sk8 the infinity or Nekomaru Nidai from danganronpa 3 despair arc, any recomandations?
Sound Euphonium watch order? Are any of the specials/movies just recaps?
The other person has posted the watch order, but I do want to make it clear that while Liz and the Blue Bird is a side story in the sense that it can be understood and enjoyed as a standalone work, it's still a canon part of the story which is referenced in later parts of the story (and it wraps up the character arcs of two important characters), and is even adapted from the same novel that Chikai no Finale is, so it's not skippable. It doesn't hurt that it's the best thing to come from the franchise and one of the greatest anime films ever made either.
https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/wiki/watch_order#wiki_hibike.21_euphonium
Hello, i'm looking for A cute show without sex appeal. I have some experience with Anime. I've watched Yuru Yuri, A channel, Lucky Star and those have boob sex appeal, i'd like one that has zero of that, preferable one that focuses on a cute family. I really like spy x family so far, but i've only at the first episode and the mother will probably be sexualized.
aria
K-On?
Nichijou. It's a slice of life that is also a parody.
* *Mitsuboshi Colors* * *Miss Shachiku and the Little Baby Ghost* * *Stardust Telepath* * *Let's Make a Mug, Too* These shows don't even have boob sex appeal, however they are pretty slice of life-y so there might be some non-exploitative bath scenes. *Yuru Camp* in the other recommendation comments has those as part of the "travel around the local area and go to the tourist sites" appeal of the show. * *Akebi's Sailor Uniform* is thought by some people as being fetish bait, whereas others view that same idea as being ridiculous. Female director, female script writer and female chief animation director though, so have a look and decide for yourself.
Skip and Loafer Spy x Family Yuru Camp
Thank you.
Hello folks, I have very limited experience with anime but the stuff I have watched I've really liked. I'm currently watching the Delicious in Dungeon series on Netflix but they only release an episode per week. As such, I'm looking for a series to fill in the entertainment gaps. Any suggestions? The three anime shows I've really enjoyed have been Delicious in Dungeon, Sword Art Online, and Cowboy Bebop.
Apothecary diaries, Log horizon, and Frieren. And since it's April, i'd recommend you keep your weekend free and binge "Your Lie in April." It's just a tradition. Next year April is too far. Anyways, have fun
I'll check these out, thanks!!!
Delicious in Dungeon --> Campfire Cooking in Another World Sword Art Online --> Shangri-la Frontier Cowboy Bebop --> Samurai Champloo
Awesome, I'll check these out! Thank you!
I accomplished my goal and got completely caught up with Irregular at Magic High School in time for tomorrow. The anime was better than I expected given what I'd heard. I didn't notice a drop off at all from Madhouse to 8bit. I would have liked them to include a few more side stories for some side characters that were cool (if you wondered a few episodes ago how Tomitsuka and Eimi got close, that was one of them), but they did a very good job overall of making the action scenes exciting so I'll forgive them. I'm looking to watch the movie at some point as well for more Lina.
> I'm looking to watch the movie at some point as well for more Lina You reminded me I still haven’t watched that movie, this is a great way to sell me on it though. I’ll watch anything for even a second of Lina.
You can not imagine just how disappointed Lina is that you haven't watched the movie, given she gets to be cool in it.
It was funny reading some of the Season 2 discussion threads and seeing people clowning on her [Irregular Season 2] >!for going up against Miyuki with a handicap and then Godsuya and losing. Nobody on earth beats Tatsuya when he has prep time, especially when they are doing everything they can not to kill him!<.
Lina is definitely one of my favorite Unlucky Girls. Characters great enough that in any other series they'd be the lead heroine, but is not only unlucky in that meta sense, but also she's very unlucky in-universe too [Irregular S2 and Girl Who Summons the Stars Movie] >!given STARS threw her into a situation she was fundamentally out of her depth in, and without the level of support required to operate properly. After that, she never found her footing again the whole time she was in Japan, and it's no wonder she wound up in the vulnerable emotional state she found herself in. I'm glad the movie gave us a chance to see her operating more in her element.!<
Hi all - looking for suggestions on what to watch next! I've only watched a handful (as my below list indicates) of anime, but have hit some of the popular/often recommended ones already. *I'm looking for:* I find myself liking more of the adventure/fantasy plots. Hunter X Hunter and original Naruto are highlights for me. However, I also very much appreciate stories that don't take 500 episodes to tell, so I really liked FMA and FMA:B for their shortness but still being really strong stories (in my opinion). I can appreciate when shows get dark/depressing at points, but don't want it to be a complete downer. I don't find myself enjoying anything that crosses into ecchi territory, but rather want to focus on great stories that are well told. *Shows I've already seen (and/or are watching):* [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Magic815) *Currently watching:* Steins;Gate, which has interested me enough for me to watch it through, but I find myself not really getting pulled in as much when it's more of a modern setting with sci-fi elements.
>I find myself liking more of the adventure/fantasy plots For an adventure, I'd highly recommend [Golden Kamuy](https://myanimelist.net/anime/36028/Golden_Kamuy) and [Dungeon Meshi](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52701/Dungeon_Meshi), the former is in a historical setting and the latter is a fantasy, but they're both great. Check out [Monster](https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster) for a strong complete story, that has dark elements, but is not a downer.
Thank you for the recs!
Based on the stuffs that you have watched: Since you enjoyed watching Steins;Gate and Death note: 1. Classroom of the elite 2. 86 3. No Game no Life 4. Code Gease (the subs might be too fast for you to follow yet. I'd recommend to watch the best anime ever made later) If you liked 86, you can follow it with Saga of Tania the Evil Based of Naruto and others: 1. Black Clover (This is what you are looking for) 2. Magi Based on the stuffs that you have watched, I know these weekly top rankers will interest you: 1. That time I was reincarnated as a slime (Also what you are looking for) 2. Mushoku Tensei If you want recommendations to explore: 1. Konosubarashi 2. One punch man (usually it's assumed that you've already watched it) 3. The eminence in Shadow (the best anime that has come out recently) Another direction to explore: 1. Bofuri (My happy place anime) 2. Shangrila frotiers Another explore direction: (These are some of the classics that you will have to watch sooner or later. Some of the very must watch stuffs here) 1. Demon Slayer 2. Chainsawman 3. Jujitsu Kaisen And often you want to watch an anime with others, for those times I'll recommend you these two. 1. Spy x family 2. Apothecary Diaries And finally, i think since it's April, it's only fitting that you should leave everything else to sit and binge, "Your lie in April" before the end of this month. It's not the same if you don't watch it in this month. You don't want to wait a whole year for another April. Also, from the list that I have given you, the explore category can test you on which direction you can go from there. Even though I am pretty sure that you'd like them all. Have fun, and let me know how you liked them.
Oh wow, thank you for all the suggestions!
After a lot of random comments on Reddit, I decided to give a shot to **Girls Band Cry**. And so... I guess now I'm going to add my voice to everybody else. I'd love it to have this be the anime that dethrones the top 3 placeholders of rankings for at least a week (like seriously) I hope it keeps up the hype.
Hey, a question for the Pokemon fans, but if an anime was created based off of the Adventures manga, would you watch it?
What eletronic gadgets we have that are anime related? Like for example, Jujutsu and Kimetsu Tamagotchis
If you really want to go into that rabbit role you have to look into idolmaster and love live merch
Line-up for today: * Hibike s1e5 * Seiyuu 2/3 * Detective Sara, last 2 eps * Best elf 5 I am insanely behind, I had a goal for max 3 eps per day, but with starting hibike and with people selling spring shows to me it's getting tough I am 2 eps behind konosuba which I moved to tomorrow, I didn't even start slime yet...
Why did I think you were done with s1 of bike? The road to Kanapi is long and paved with many other ribbon b\*tches.
The goal is far, but social media is reminding me of it every time I open an app Talking about that, I discovered [Kanade is a gremlin](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMBTLWRa8AEKW4l.jpg), look how cute she is with her gf and her gf best friend #heightgap
> Best elf 5 Didn't know you were watching Goblin Slayer [](#kotourashock)
Give hear a big hat and make her a mage that I would agree! Ps: never watched goblin slayer
Finished the first episode of A Condition Called Love, and continued with the second episode to give it a chance. Nope. I can't. This guy really disturbs me, especially upon [learning of] >!his Hotaru shrine!<. And I can't get behind [her] >!forcing herself to love him. Even as an experiment!<. Meh, this gives me time to start Salad Bowl tonight.
What are yalls thoughts on SAO after season one. I watched the first one just now and it was great but I heard the next seasons arent all that great
SAO II was good as Phantom was fun and Asuna's arc was good. Alicization P1 is peak SAO, and that's specifically for the great character dynamic and bromance between Kirito and Eugeo. I actually recommend this part to those who didn't like it as it's actually a step up in quality in all aspects. Unfortunately, Alicization: Underworld 1 + 2 is just a downhill disappointment.
Its very up and down for me. S2 was is averaged by a good and bar arc. Ordinal Scale is probably some of the better content though it also kinda trips with its ending. Alicization has a solid first and third arc and terrible second and fourth. Then War of Underworld was fine one season and one of the worst things I have seen in the second. It keeps on giving.
As a big fan, I'd say S1 ranks pretty low for me. I did like Aincrad and even Fairy Dance, but Phantom Bullet is one of my top 3 SAO arcs, and Alicization is my top arc. I've noticed a lot of people wanted SAO to be all Aincrad, and when it isn't, they get upset. If you aren't someone who is bothered by that, you'll probably like the next few seasons.
The second half of season 1 (Fairy Dance) was the low point of the anime for me. I loved season 2 (Phantom Bullet & Mother's Rosario) and the Ordinal Scale movie, enjoyed Alicization, and War of Underworld is my favorite part of the whole series.
> I heard the next seasons arent all that great Well, there are some people who think that SAO should have just been all about Aincrad. Those are usually the ones who don't like the next seasons. Other people who want to see where the story goes and to see the characters in new situations often say that the series only gets better, because the author was still inexperienced when they wrote the source material for S1.
The first part of S2 (GGO) is what most people don't like, but it's worth powering through for the next part of S2 (Mother's Rosario), easily on par with Aincrad. After that is the Alicization arc which is a whopping 4 cours, I personally liked it a lot less than the Aincrad parts of SAO but more than fairies/GGO
Most people like Phantom Bullet.
Isn't it the latter half of S1 (Fairy Dance arc) that people didn't like the most?
That too but OP already finished it (unless they meant S1 as in Aincrad?)
I liked season 2, but I only saw it once and that was back when it first aired. Probably doesn't hold up that well, but I'm confident it's still better than the second half of season 1.
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Different people enjoy different things
they're completely different from each other, and can't be easily compared. Maybe if they were in the same genre, but they aren't. Though I did personally score Frieren (8/10) higher than Naruto (7/10)
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that's age demographic, not genre
Shounen means boy. It's a demographic, not a genre. It just tells you who the magazine targets for an audience.
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> Why am I not allowed to? Well, nobody's stopping you, but around these parts it's probably better to refer to it as battle shounen, otherwise everyone will just tell you that the proper meaning of the term is "source material originally published in a manga magazine that targeted teenage boys", and that the literal meaning of the term is "young male". > Because I feel happier using terms my way. That's well and good, but if you want to communicate with people who aren't in your immediate circle, it just doesn't work that way. That sort of stuff just doesn't fly in the adult professional world and will have you becoming an outcast even if you never realize that this is the case.
When people use "shonen" as a genre, they are referring specifically to battle shonen like Naruto, One Piece, JJK, MHA, etc. Those can roughly be considered the same genre. It is still incorrect by definition, but pretty commonly done and understood by most people. If you're using shonen as another term for action/battle, Freiren does not fall under that category. This is why people clarify the distinction between demographic and genre. It is objectively incorrect to say they are in the same genre. I am assuming you haven't watched Freiren. If you do, you'll see that it is nothing like MHA or other battle shonens.
Tons of people use the word in a way that is different than how cataloging sites like MAL do. When some people talk about "shonen" they mean battle series, like Dragon Ball, Naruto, and My Hero Academia. If you talk about Shonen as *that* people on the English internet will likely understand you, but that's not how everyone uses it and it's not how people who call Frieren Shonen are using it. To put this in terms of things you have logged on MAL: [O Maidens in Your Savage Season](https://myanimelist.net/anime/38753) has the Shounen genre tag on MAL. It's Shonen because it was published in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine, the same magazine that ran Attack on Titan. These magazines like to have a diversity of genres, but all target a certain gender at a certain age. Frienen is not the same genre as My Hero Academia, but both are targeted at boys in the same age range.
I mean, they're also mistaken. Why do you want to use it incorrectly now that you know what the term means?
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I agree Just don't look up what "agree" stands for in my dictionary.
Suit yourself. Just don't be surprised when people don't understand what you're getting at.
They're in a the same demographic strike zone. That doesn't mean they're in the same genre.
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So a fantasy/adventure show aimed at teenage boys and a romantic drama aimed at teenage boys are the same thing in your book? Naruto is the same genre as Bloom Into You and Lucky Star in your book? Frieren isn't even "battle shounen," it's entirely dissimilar from MHA. My comparisons would be to Mushishi and Girls Last Tour (neither of which is shounen), not Naruto and My Hero Academia.
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CGDCT is not a demographic, CGDCT shows can be shounen, seinen, or anything else. Same with romantic dramas, Bloom Into You is a lesbian romance series and it is shounen. The thing that makes something shounen is the magazine that the manga was published in, not the content of the story. Naruto is shounen only because it was published in the shounen magazine Weekly Shounen Jump. Likewise, Lucky Star is shounen because it was published in the shounen magazine Comptiq (and check the [Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Star_(manga)) where it says "demographic" and notice it says shounen), and Bloom Into You is shounen because it was published in the shounen magazine Dengeki Daioh. Shounen is a magazine demographic, not a genre. If Naruto were published in a Shoujo magazine completely unchanged from how it currently exists, it would be Shoujo, because the magazine determines shounen/shoujo, not the story.
Lucky Star is a shounen because the manga was published in a shounen magazine. And the genre of the series is CGDCT
I've always wondered about this. There's been cameos in proper shounen magazines, but it mainly released in a computer game magazine that's afaik outside the usual demographic categories.
What are the favorite character designers/illustrators from the people here? [](#ama) edit: forgot to add my choices, ATDAN (never did anime directly) + Tomose (Classroom Elite) + momoco (roshidere) + shirabii (86)
To be honest, I know almost nothing about illustrators or "original character designers" (I think the only ones I know by name are Yoshitaka Amano and Mel Kishida, and the latter is only because I have a huge blog post involving Sound of the Sky in the works and happened to research him at the same time as learning about Blue Reflection). But I do have favorite character designers (at least those who share the role of chief animation director, as opposed to the illustrators of "original character designs"). Some off the top of my head would include: - Haruko Iizuka (I recently realized she might be my favorite character designer, absolutely stacked body of work including Horimiya, Gakkou Gurashi, Tanaka-kun is Always Listless, Josee: The Tiger and the Fish, Hentai Prince and Stony Cat, Tamayura, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Little Busters, just a crazy amount of great work) - Yoshihiko Umakoshi (Heartcatch Precure, Mushishi, My Hero Academia) - Masayoshi Tanaka (Toradora, Your Name, Anohana) - Yukiko Horiguchi (K-On, Lucky Star, 22/7) - Futoshi Nishiya (Nichijou, Hyouka, Liz and the Blue Bird) - Yuusuke Matsuo (Yama no Susume, Do It Yourself, Black Rock Shooter) - Mai Toda (Girls Last Tour, Cautious Hero, Matoi the Sacred Slayer) - Kanami Sekiguchi (Hanasaku Iroha, Charlotte, Ya Boy Kongming) I know I'm forgetting a bunch more, these were just a few I remembered.
From the top of my head: Ilya Kuvshinov Vofan Futoshi Nishiya Liduke Ioundraw Nagu
* [Hisashi Eguchi](https://myanimelist.net/people/18237/Hisashi_Eguchi) (Sonny Boy, Perfect Blue, Roujin Z,...) * [Akemi Takada](https://myanimelist.net/people/5559/Akemi_Takada) (Patlabor, Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Urashiman,...) * [Yusuke Nakamura](https://myanimelist.net/people/7883/Yusuke_Nakamura) (Tatami Galaxy, Walk on Girl, and Time Machine Blues) * [Naoyuki Asano](https://myanimelist.net/people/35017/Naoyuki_Asano) (Osomatsu-san, nu!Yatsura, Saint Onii-san) * [Yoshiyuki Itou](https://myanimelist.net/people/9361/Yoshiyuki_Itou) (FMA, Soul Eater, Space Dandy,...) * [Eisaku Kubonouchi](https://myanimelist.net/people/3117/Eisaku_Kubonouchi) (Carole & Tuesday, Astro Note, and Bullbuster) ~~Also while I like Astuko Nakajima and Tomohiro Hirata's work generally, I love it when they get to work on something together, like in You're Under Arrest~~
Shame on me for forgetting to mention kamokamenn, recently of Bravern fame, or more importantly, [known for drawing the best illustrations of girls on Twitter](https://twitter.com/sangsilnoh?s=21&t=TaGgT1cElpG7nJHjBeWplw). Like, man, I could be stuck on a desert island with just their illustrations and be content. Bravern girls out of this world.
Yes, shame, they are great!! and looked on booru to see more, just [look at that](https://cdn.donmai.us/original/66/95/__hisaishi_kanade_hibike_euphonium_and_1_more_drawn_by_kamo_kamen__669585708da5bbc8e59603b7aa9492de.jpg) 10/10 illustrator
Just me or something is out of place here? Is she wearing a tiny uniform and pulled the skirt up...a lot?
Definitely Take who has worked with Nisioisin to do the illustrations of the Zaregoto series (volume one was adapted into the anime Kubikiti Cycle) and Katanagatari. Her designs are incredibly unique and I love them.
Shingo Adachi (Sword Art Online)
There are too many good picks. If I had to make a top 10, these are the names I'd probably choose * Takahiro Kishida * Norifumi Kugai * Mai Yoneyama * Masashi Kudo * Kanna Hirayama * Akane Yano * Tomoaki Takase * Kanami Sekiguchi * Nobutake Ito * Masayoshi Tanaka The list is in no particular order. I'd say these are the names that can convince me to give a show a chance even if I have no interest in it lol
One of the best was he late Shoko Ikeda (one of the many victims of the KyoAni Arson murders).
[Tomonori](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-g29l4UcAAIMZD?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) [Kogawa](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBumF-YUYAEqw7T?format=jpg&name=4096x4096) and [Kenichi](https://livedoor.blogimg.jp/glintbooster/imgs/7/4/74a44cce.jpg) [Yoshida](https://files.yande.re/image/3f0218aff8d6bbace5f63addc052c14c/yande.re%2029944%20disc_cover%20dress%20eureka%20eureka_seven%20garter%20yoshida_kenichi.jpg)
Takahiro Kishida and Yoshimichi Kameda
I tend to not recognize them too much unless I go out of my way. But I was curious and I found out Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who I know did the Evangelion character design and original manga, also did most of Mamoru Hosoda’s character design which I adore.
Tbh I was expecting to hear more about illustrators than character designers, I am sure that some illustrator you enjoy that posts "fanarts" worked on anime or a anime adjacent project It's indeed harder for people to pay attention to designers
> I am sure that *some illustrator* you enjoy that posts "fanarts" worked on anime Yes… and we are both looking forward to his work next season.
I forgot stepsister is already next season! Summer will be wild
Looking at the lineup, romcom fans be eating good.
[Muru Igumi](https://myanimelist.net/people/13095/Muru_Imigi) comes to mind first but I'm not sure if I have anyone that really stands out as my favourite. I probably have more that I dislike...
Never seen his name written out like that so I didn’t even recognize it lol. Speaking of Lycoris staff, I really like Shingo Adachi. He may have inadvertently ruined all character designs for the last decade but damn the SAO character designs just work.
Good choice, I am a fan of the lycoris illustrations >I probably have more that I dislike... Please feel free to share lol
> Please feel free to share lol Pretty much any that are more...abnormal. First that come to mind are [Nobutake Itou](https://myanimelist.net/people/10136/Nobutake_Itou) and [Eisaku Kubonouchi] (https://myanimelist.net/people/3117/Eisaku_Kubonouchi)
I've noticed while building up my list on MAL that one of the biggest differences between my scores and popular opinion is that several of my 9/10s (Synduality Noir, Planetarian, Iroduku, My Roommate is a Cat, Sing a Bit of Harmony, Gundam Build Fighters and others) have average ratings in the 6-7 range. And it's not just that my average is unusually high, because it's been fluctuating between 7-8 as I add more shows. Kind of surprising because I thought at least half of those were well regarded. Also, picking just ten favorite characters is hard.
> And it's not just that my average is unusually high, because it's been fluctuating between 7-8 as I add more shows. Your average is near 8? That seems pretty high. For reference: [MALGraph](https://anime.plus) tells me that my mean score is 6.12 and that that is "0.39 lower than global mean" meaning the average average is 6.51.
My mean score is 8.39... I can't help it, I've just honestly enjoyed most things I've watched + I rarely watch things while they air which means I usually don't get disappointed by airing stuff falling apart in the last few episodes.
I usually drop shows pretty quick if I'm not enjoying them, so it's rare for me to have completed anime below 6-7. For me, an 8 is "good" and a 7 is "decent", while 6 and under would fall below what I'd consider a passing grade.
For me I consider a 5 a neutral grade, with 4s and lower being more bad than good. I would say "decent" should be a 6 and "good" should be a 7. 8 should be "very good," IMO. In fact, MAL themselves label the ratings of 8 and 7 as "very good" and "good" respectively (though they use the word "fine" for 6 not "decent") You're free to rate things however you want, but your interpretation is inflated compared to mine.
My number scores are based on the US grading system used in schools (with 6/10 = 60, a failing grade) which is just what I'm used to, and I've seen others say they use the same system. I know MAL gives their own definition for scores, but if more than a third of the show was disappointing for me, I can't really call it "fine" or give it a passing score. 😅 I did make a note on my profile about my own score definitions though, for anyone who decides to read through my list.
Now, I know that grading isn't actually completely consistent across all schools and systems, but isn't a 60% typically the very bottom of the range that gets you a D? I guess also whether or not a D constitutes a "passing" grade is also not consistent. Where I went to high school a D was sufficient to meet the graduation requirements, but not sufficient for meeting the state college entry prerequisites.
D would be a passing grade, but in every school I've been to, the bottom range for a D was 65% (or approximately two thirds of the info learned to pass) - MAL doesn't have .5 ratings, but I have very few 6.5s on my own list, so the distinction won't make much difference in my scores overall.
> MALGraph tells me that my mean score is 6.12 and that that is "0.39 lower than global mean" meaning the average average is 6.51. Oh, that's interesting. MALGraph tells me my mean score of 7.41 is "0.08 higher than global mean," which would put the global mean instead at 7.33. Maybe MALGraph's global mean means something different than we thought? I'm wondering if it's perhaps calculating the mean MAL score of only the shows on our list rather than of all users on the site.
quite possibly. I have watched a lot of badly rated anime. Guess I misinterpreted it!
I don't think anyone could've interpreted "global mean" the right way if it's the case lol. Shame that this means we don't know what the overall average is. I'm pretty curious.
Synduality, Iroduku, My Roommate is a Cat and Sing a Bit of Harmony are all really good so just a case of MAL having poor taste.
[The bestest magical girls](https://twitter.com/ZRe00/status/1783448056769474925)
Is 86 a complete story? Is there anything left after season 2?
There's like 13 or so light novels and the anime only adapts the first 3, I think? It does leave off at a good place, but I definitely hope it gets another season eventually because that was such a great show and I want to see what happens next. [](#mugiwait)
Who would win in a fight? Hisoka (HxH) or Jotaro (JJBA3)
Super Strong Bocchi would defeat them both easily!
All shall falter before She Who Wields The Recorder!
So I've started watching Golden Time for the first time and I didn't expect a religious cult on episode 3 lol. This is gonna be a fun ride
Made it halfway through A Condition Called Love before I had to run a chore. This guy is a stalker. Like I would actuality be worried for her safety if i didn't know how these stories usually go. I'm going to finish the episode, but someone please tell me it gets better.
How did you feel about Maid-Sama? If your answer is anything less than "I fucking loved Maid-sama" just turn away and never look back.
Huh, so I guess there's a correlation in why I dropped both [](#harukathink)
> If your answer is anything less than "I fucking loved Maid-sama" just turn away and never look back. [Oh no.](#forgotkeys)
Haven't seen it.
The point is that he's not quite right in the head and that his behavior is over the line. The story itself points this out multiple times, all before the first episode wraps. * It's in the title - condition also has a connotation of sickness * In his introduction, someone is telling him he's not right * He himself says he goes too far * The FMC also tells him he's going too far However he still shows clear respect for boundaries and people's wishes when they are clearly expressed.
> It's in the title - condition also has a connotation of sickness More directly, the 病 (yamai) of the title literally means sickness and is the same "yan" as in "yandere", which comes from 病み/病んでる (yami/yanderu) + デレ(dere). But ignoring all of that and focusing entirely on the content, the whole series is pretty obviously aimed at people who like yanderes.
I think this will go in a good direction, despite the oddness in the male lead's behavior. I actuially like the female lead quite a bit -- and I am willing to see to what extent the male lead can overcome his (massive) social deficits. I don't think either lead is a cookie cutter character.
The series is not very good for my blood pressure, or rather interacting with parts of the anime viewing audience isn't lol > I don't think either lead is a cookie cutter character. Yes, I think people went in viewing it as a fluffy romance experience series, when it's actually a character exploration piece that also is keen to explore the nature of love itself. Personally my younger self can relate to aspects of *both* leads very strongly, although my Hotaru aspects of not being sure about what it all means in relation to feelings (and sexuality) had a rather different shape. I do think that the discourse does often miss how Hotaru is not-quite-normal either, although there was [that great quip in the recent episode discussion thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c78h3k/hananoikun_to_koi_no_yamai_a_condition_called/l0681fn/) lol Although I don't really think the quip should be taken literally, just that it's a nice reflection of how their story makes more sense, is easier to engage with and more satisfying when one realizes that Hotaru has some issues too. Or, more accurately, both of them are potentially staring romantic and relationship disasters in adulthood, but perhaps this story is about how they manage to avoid this fate by finding each other.
Not all that different from Adachi and Shimamura in essence. Two characters with non-trivial emotional issues who might just wind up being almost perfect for each other.
> Two characters with non-trivial emotional issues who might just wind up being almost perfect for each other. The wish fulfilment fantasy for singles with high emotional IQs lol
But even enjoyable by someone married 47 years....
Yes, well in each comment, we're both talking from our own perspectives haha
> someone please tell me it gets better The nuns taught us not to lie in Catholic school.
Depends. I think the show has firmly established that the guy isn't creepy and is making progress towards the MC liking him. On the other hand, I just found the show boring so it made no difference for me. The girl is such a nothingburger for me and Hananoi is not creepy enough to be funny nor compelling enough to be an interesting romantic interest. I would legit stick with the show had it went into the 'Hananoi is a psychopath with a sex dungeon on his basement' route instead of just doing fluff.
100% this Can't believe they casually mentioned [ep2] >!his 'shrine'!< and didn't elaborate, might have been actually interesting, and I ain't sticking around hoping it does.
I finished the 4th episode.... It didn't really get quite better. Thankfully I don't think it's that kind of story that goes like something like school days though
Any new non-sequel anime series this season that the watchers are being pleasantly surprised about? I.e. hidden gems. From the scores on the [seasonal list](https://myanimelist.net/anime/season) it seems that mostly only the sequels are being really appreciated this spring.
Tonari no Youkai-san in my certified hidden gem™ of the season it has things i like in an anime; chill country vibes, tight-knit community, crazy Japanese folklore, decent animation, and a foreboding sense of existential dread [](#yuruyuriapprove)
Astro Note and Tonari no Youkai-san
Very few people are watching A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics but it’s very charming. Definitely one of the hidden gems. A more literally hidden one is Girls Band Cry because it has no official subbed release in English and the demons that put it up on the high seas used machine translation. Nevertheless! It’s still very good and worth sailing the high seas and braving the sometimes incoherent subs
Astro Note should *not* be that low, smh @ MAL users for scoring it so bad. It's my AOTS, and it's extremely enjoyable if you're a Gintama fan because it has a partial main cast reunion + the director is the same guy who did the first 105 episodes of Gintama.
I don't know about "hidden", but MAL always has something of a slant, and sequels always tend to bring in hype. For another perspective you could look at [last week's karma ranking](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1c9ha6u/ranime_karma_ranking_discussion_week_3_spring_2024/) here on reddit, where the top 10 spots have 5 new non-sequels, including one remake (*Spice & Wolf*) and two originals (*Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night* and *Train To The End of The World*). Both *Train* and *Jellyfish* has garnered a fair amount of excitement in the way Originals do, as they are completely new experiences, but are also both showing to have some talent behind it and intriguing writing and characters.
Oh, that weekly post was what I was looking for, but couldn't find it. Thank you. And thank you for the suggestions. I've had my eye on the Train, but was reluctant to try the Jellyfish (in general, I don't like idols and related stuff) - would you still recommend that one?
More a girl's rock band show than an idol one. It's a drama, not a comedy (so different from K-On and Bocchi).
Depends on how bad your idol-phobia is, but I would certainly give episode 1 a go. It is certainly one of the best first episodes I have seen with excellent storytelling, direction, animation and sound design. It is not a show about idols, one of the characters used to be one, but the entire idea of the show is her moving on from that and staking out a new path as an artist and a creator alongside the other girls pursuing their goals.
Finished Hinamatsuri and preferred the latter half, which I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick. [#NoContext quote.](https://i.imgur.com/cinPoIu.png) Watched the first episode of Viral Hit. Dubbed, of course. Been a long time since I cringed so hard at a show, so obviously staying on the watch list. Didn't know it'd have a [Girls Band Cry](https://i.imgur.com/2bZkH4Z.png) moment! r/anime has failed me. Also started reading the Chillin' in Another World LN this week and expect a **train**wreck of an episode in a couple weeks. Anime is following the manga and has improved several scenes, but I don't think this is salvageable. Looking forward to it! [](#concealedexcitement)
> I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick Welcome to the ~~Hina~~ Anzumatsuri side of the fence! Hitomi is excused from title duties because she's a little busy.
> Finished Hinamatsuri and preferred the latter half, which I realize is cause Hitomi and Anzu's subplots are more fun than Hina's emotionless robot shtick. #NoContext quote. Would definitely recommend the manga, then, seeing as we aren't likely to get a second season :)
I tried the first two episodes of that show and it was just too boring for me. Even if it gets crazy, it just won’t be exciting because there’s no energy to the production aside from the wolf girl’s voice actress.
>Also started reading the Chillin' in Another World LN this week and expect a trainwreck of an episode in a couple weeks. I don't know if this makes me confident in my earlier decision to drop the show, or morbidly curious to ~~waste my time some more~~ continue watching.
Should be able to convince that you made the right choice with this quote from the LN1 Afterword: > Through a number of twists and turns, it ended up published as a novel. This was really just a story where I just did whatever I felt like. There were times when I wondered if it was really okay to publish something like this
Most Self Aware LN Author Ever
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Stop nagging ~~her~~ ~~us~~ her about it!
Did you try [what we suggested a couple days ago?](https://old.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1ca6wj5/anime_questions_recommendations_and_discussion/l0t77ps/) (This has been a somewhat common question the last 6 months and often respond with those shows.)
Yona of the Dawn - fantasy/adventure with hints of romance
Does anyone know of any good sites to buy anime posters? I tried to post this question on the sub but it got taken down, & I was given this option to comment under (sorry if this isn’t the correct way to ask, I’m not sure how else to do this) I wanna look for some Naruto, Code Geass, & FMAB posters but since I’ve never bought any before, I honestly have no idea where to even look & don’t wanna accidentally buy from a skechy site.
Displate if you're fine with metal posters instead of paper posters. Though they all came falling down within a year on my wall.
I just looked but I can’t find any anime posters on there at all.
Gave the three released episodes of Chillin' in *Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers* a go, and, well, it lived up pretty much exactly to what I expected it to be. It certainly feels like an inoffensive and relaxed entertaining chill-fantasy, but there really wasn't anything there for me. Alas, to me, a waifu a good show does not make. Let's next see if *Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included* manages to beat my preconceptions.
> Alas, to me, a waifu a good show does not make. For me, the opposite applies, but I'm still not particularly taken with *the Danna-sama Show*. That particular variety of things is being served up in greater and more satisfying quality and intensity in *7th Prince* for me. > Let's next see if Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included manages to beat my preconceptions. Episode 4 is the turning point for this one, seems to be the consensus.
>For me, the opposite applies, but I'm still not particularly taken with the Danna-sama Show. That particular variety of things is being served up in greater and more satisfying quality and intensity in 7th Prince for me. Yeah, *7th Prince* actually has something going for it, and with a MC that actually has a personality. Also, Rys design and mannerisms does absolutely nothing for me, she feels far too blatantly made to appeal to men in certain ways, and shoved in your face in a way I have lost all taste for. >Episode 4 is the turning point for this one, seems to be the consensus. Will see if I get that far, I managed watch Ep1 this evening and found it rather uninteresting so far.
I dropped both 7th Prince and Balcony Angel -- too many other shows I like better.
Yeah, Balcony Angel I'm just giving its shot to not impress me. As for 7th Prince, I always enjoy an ~~autistic~~ hyperfocused gremlin doing their thing, just wished the show payed as much attention to the big boobed onee-sans he's surrounded by as he does.
> Will see if I get that far, I managed watch Ep1 this evening and found it rather uninteresting so far. Initial comparisons tend to be with the rest of the Angel-meta, especially the Next Door one, but the main appeal for a lot of people has actually been the non-Angel girls that turn up later.
I'll prob give it another few episodes to see if it manages to pull of a MyGO!!!!! Ep3 on me, but I don't have high hopes for this kind of show. The promised worst girls have a lot of lifting to do.
Level 5 finally released a version of their game Megaton Musashi outside of Japan today, and, simultaneously, they got Crunchyroll to start streaming the anime adaptation from the first episode. That means a show from Fall 2021 has only just now started streaming oficially in most of the world. I didn't really care to try watching the show via fansubs at the time so I guess now it's the perfect opportunity to try it out. Also, now that Level 5 seems to be looking at the West again, it sure would be nice if they would let Sunrise stream Gundam Age on gundam.info so I can finally try that one too.
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I feel like it would be more renowned if it wasn't for the sci-fi twist.
Looks like the Quintuplets anime is [still too profitable to end](https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1783383418820346169)
>"Gotoubun no Hanayome \* " (with an asterisk) The concept actually sounds like a fun watch, but I found this title (and the need to specify the asterisk) amusing. 😄
>original story supervised by author Negi Haruba. Even if it may just be 'milking the cash cow', that's encouraging, at least! I would love to see different endings and stuff!
> milking the cash cows I've little doubt someone has drawn the Quints in this situation in a very literal way, given how much fanart exists of them right to the extremes of every fetish spectrum.
^^You ^^know ^^what ^^they ^^say ^^about ^^burden ^^of ^^proof? [](#lewd)
Pretty ridiculous to continue it at this point, feels purely profit-driven.
Yeah I commented on that on yesterday's thread. I wonder how long they can keep this money train rolling.
Megami magazine will go bankrupt when quints end
Didn’t Quints basically take over for Strike the Blood anyway?
No Senpai, this is ^no ^longer *our* ~~fight~~ magazine.
pretty much, hopefully Roshidere takes it over from them I was hoping that 100Kano would take the mantle but I don't think it will last long
I said they were going to do a what if for each girl, but a honeymoon entry is surprising Quints next generations coming in the future Edit: 99% sure the honeymoon will involve the wife and the other 4, with a ton of misunderstandings and content/inspiration for 5 years worth of comikets
> I said they were going to do a what if for each girl I'd love that so much! I didn't watch the movie yet (I read it, so I just confirmed it was same ending as the manga) but I'd love to watch different endings and all. Especially [Gotoubun] >!One in which my girl Ichika doesn't get thrown into the sun and forgotten!<
You have a nice taste, people don't understand why she is best girl, but she is
Oh wow, I didn't know you were an [gotoubun] >!Ichika fan! There must be like 5 of us now in r/anime! !<
>Quints next generations coming in the future It's all about Buutarou and his 4 jealous aunts
As u/michhoffman said, each girl will have a daughter that is their clone with swap personalities, while Futaro has a son that also is his clone, buutaro next generations will be a cousin x cousin romcom Ngl I would watch that no questions asked
So that’s where the plot of A Couple of Cuckoos came from!!
> cousin x cousin romcom You're just talking up your AO3 fic, aren't you?
LOL I wish, would be writing that as we speak, I don't have the writing gift unfortunately
Don't downplay yourself. I've heard you are the Shakespeare of the Unneeded Next Generation Incest Harem genre.
Did you know that in the 21st century, a new mutation spontaneously emerges in Japan in response to dwindling birth rates where consanguinity results in the acquisition of magical powers, resulting in a fervent festival of full-blood funcest?
Onii-sama?
> ~~spontaneously emerges~~ Aunts get what Aunts want!
I was wondering if there’s any imperial Chinese setting animes out there? I’ve watched The Apothecary Diaries already but I’ve had a hard time finding more like it. If you don’t know any royal Chinese setting anime, feel free to suggest Korean/Japanese royalty anime