asobi asobase.
Its hilarious in a sarcastic and outrageous way.
Its wild what they come up with.
Im talking ass lasers.
My partner saw a bit of Dandadan and said she wanted to watch it, so I said i would rewatch some with her until she catches up to me (episode 5), so I’ve just been waiting patiently and watching some other things in the mean time.
2 hits from the slice of life/romcom side of things for me have been:
Negipostive Angler - Slice of life revolving around fishing. Maybe a hard sell, but I don’t care at all about fishing but just find it very wholesome and it frequently hits me in the feels.
365 Days to the Wedding - solid, engaging romcom. Again, plenty of feels.
Both these shows have much more emphasis on stories about adults than most of the average anime schedule, and it just makes it a bit easier for a 41 year old guy like me to connect.
That show’s already a hell of a ride!
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I caught up with it to episode 5 last night. My partner absolutely loves it and she is very take it or leave it about anime (or just really confused about how I obsessed I got with anime over the last year lol). Excited to watch new episodes tonight!
It’s really striking how cohesive and well paced it is for the genre. Most shows I find to be really episodic/fight of the week - really tied to a format that doesn’t really budge.
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Haibane Renmei.
It‘s quite remarkable.
Fairy Tail and Black Clover are fantastic shows.
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Just saw EP 1. An hour long. Oof.
It is indeed peak sci fi.
It is also, unfortunately, peak anime so more than a bit sentimental.
Interested to see where this goes, however.
So what is everyone watching?
While not exactly anime I just finished Invincible season 3 and maaaaan that show can really be grotesque. It doesn’t just show gore, it revels in it. The voice acting is probably the best out there at least on par with Mark Hamill’s Joker!
But after scanning Amazon Prime a bit I saw that they’re streaming Dororo. I am currently 4 episodes in and it’s really promising.
Just finished watching Kinokinu Mushroom Pup. Similar vibe to My Roommate Is a Cat - just like the other show, despite the cute appearance of the pet, the main character is recovering from family tragedy. Not exactly a happy go lucky show. Recommended for those looking for anime featuring adult characters and some drama.
Also just finished Ramen Akaneko/Red Cat Ramen. Woman who abruptly quit her job because of abusive management/work culture starts working at a ramen shop operated by cats. They hire her when she says she’s a dog person and not into cats 
Her job is to wash dishes and brush excess hair off the cats.
Yet another recently finished show is Hataraki Man, based on the manga created by the wife of Hideaki Anno. Yet another recommended title for those looking for an anime drama featuring adult characters.
Currently watching:
Dandadan - Girl who believes in ghosts but not aliens meets boy who believes in aliens but not ghosts. Adventure and hijinks result
Magilumiere - Recent college grad is hired and trained to be a magical girl, in a world where magical girl companies are hired to exterminate supernatural pests. Kind of a satire of the magical girl genre and Japanese business culture at the same time.
Mononoke. No, not that Mononoke.
The Miyazaki movie is also good, but the completely unrelated TV series of the same name is arguably better.
The animation style is interesting enough that you could mute the show and play it on a large screen and have a nice ambient background. The narrative style is that of the supernatural detective. The psychedelia of Ghost Busters combined with the relative sobriety of the X Files.
In parallel, I’m watching the original Gundam for the first time. I grew up with the americanized flavor of Giant Robots in the '80s so it’s pretty interesting to see some of the context of the genre in it’s original form.
I was impressed by the exposition and world building of the first two episodes. After that it turns into Children’s Action Movie.
Initial D may be the anime that gets me into manga. At some level, this is an fictionalized ethnography of an illegal street racing subculture presented as a graphic novel. The printed form works because it’s easy to pause and think about the physics or social dynamics on the page, instead of being rushed along by the relentless frames per second. At the same time, it’s essentially a wuxia novel with cars instead of kung fu.
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This one is a wild ride!
The intro song is awesome as well… the only anime where I watch the whole intro!
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I’ve always been interested in the Gundam series, but it feels like a high threshold to scale, similar to One Piece
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As a casual Gundam fan, it’s intimidating as hell. Personally of the few series I’ve watched, Iron Blooded Orphans is my favorite. Wing is a classic but I haven’t watched since I was a teenager, idk how well it holds up. Same with Seed. The original is just too dated for me, I’ve tried a couple times.
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Chainsaw Man
Delicious In Dungeon - One of the best anime series I watched in a long, long time. I’m a 90s kid growing up so I seen a lot.
Look Back anime movie is awesome, same guy who made Chainsawman
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Mostly adult animes :
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Twilight Of The Gods (Zack Snyder).
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The Blue Eye Samurai.
I liked both of them.
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But but, what about Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop?? 
I’ve only watched a couple of Dandadan - want to get caught up with Tower of God before I go back to it.
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I’ve actually seen that one, now that you mention it. It was really good and it also felt like you didn’t need to know the lore.
I lied, thanks for reminding me. Cowboy Bebop and Neon Genesis Evangelion were intros I never skipped as well
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Probably have been mentioned earlier in the thread but,
Tekkonkinkreet
Mind Game
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I’m not sure I’ll make it through the entire first series. I’ve flipped over to the subbed version to help improve my Japanese language listening, but I’m not sure that will be enough.
I think the difference is that One Piece is sort of one continuous piece. Gundam seems like it has more standalone pieces that can probably be appreciated more or less on their own.
I’m interested in Giant Robots in general (and the relationship between technology and society as a whole), so will probably end up jumping around a bit before going all in on any particular series.
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