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hii,

my first anime was naruto and I loved it. then I started watching blich and it was good.

at last I watched one piece and this anime is astoundingly awesome. it's concept of a new world pirates and marines are mind blowing. I liked the store to find one piece. every character has great and emotional back stories. kuma's back was the best out of all of them. I love the words of doflamingo: "I'm just an ordinary man with an ordinary heart. I'll change the world by becoming the Pirate King! No, by becoming someone greater than any Pirate King! Someone who conquers the sea and usurps the very heavens! No matter what you say, or what anyone else says, I am going to become the greatest! That's what I've decided! I don't give a damn about conquering some worthless seas. Men's dreams will never die! Children who have never seen peace and children who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war becomes justice!"

there is so much I can add about one piece but I will keep it short.

I would love to hear about your opinions about your favourite anime

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's always going to be Cowboy Bebop for me but one less people have watched that is absolutely hilarious is Detroit Metal City.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

That's amazing, I hate it. Thank you for sharing that!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Death Note was my first non-Toonami anime (dbz/voltron/etc). It's the only anime I could get my wife to check out. Truly awesome. I was 20 when I first watched it and thought Light was awesome. Watching it now 16 years later and man does it hit different. I now view Light as a complete psychopath and actively root against him. Love that my view of the characters is a complete 180 from my early years.

Legend of Vox Machina is freaking incredible and is probably my most re-watched "anime".

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

One Punch Man as a deconstruction of an entire genre and dissection what occurs after the achieving power storyline common in so many shows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

One punch man is super interesting to me. It takes the shounen genre and turns it on its head. How can the main character possibly improve, when they are already the strongest in the whole universe? Well, turns out raw strength is not all that matters. And OPM is a funny way of looking at this conundrum our society has prepared for young men. Definitely one of my favorites as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

OPM is so refreshing. In other animes, it's stressful to watch sometimes even though you know the main character is going win in the end but with OPM, it's a fun ride the whole way through.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Much less popular than most: Trigun Check it out and thank me later.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Trigun is a fucking classic. I need to start Trigun Stampede and see how that is... I'm skeptical, but it deserves a shot.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Probably Cowboy Bebop.

I liked S1 of Darker Than Black but S2 was very meh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex

But then I'm a sucker for cyberpunk.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Serial Experiments Lain is also great anime cyberpunk.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dr. Stone. It's not for everyone, but if you're into STEM, it's probably the closest you'll get to media accurately portraying science and technology.

It also puts into perspective just how much knowledge, expertise, and experience went into basically everything that we take for granted today. Makes you at least a bit hopeful for the future of humanity

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dr Stone had some really great moments and I enjoyed it greatly. I finished the manga, and I'll say at some point most of the science kinda goes out the window as far as them explaining stuff, and people seemed split on if they liked or hated the ending. Was good overall, but kind of lost some of the charm for me when they started building modern tech.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The biggest tragedy of the anime vs the Manga is the art. Boichii is fucking world renowned for how he draws anatomy and it's a huge focal point in his works and they just missed the whole mark there. Reminds me of how they fucked up junji itos works too. If anyone is interested in actual good low budget animations check out komicant communicate, they do so much with so little that you don't realize it's lower budget.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Madoka Magica, as well as Planetes if you’re into sci-fi. Girls Und Panzer is super fun as well.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm conflicted when it comes to mine so I'm just going to throw a few out. It'd take me forever to make a definite choice:

  • Code Geass: Ridiculous plot and Lelouch is such a well written character
  • Initial D: I love cars, the soundtrack, and the added dynamic of relationships on top of racing and dreams.
  • FLCL: Soundtrack, animation, and how it makes 0 sense as a plot device
  • Vinland Saga: Season 2 (and the Vinland Arc in the manga)
  • Samurai Champloo: I like hip-hop, cool samurai, and long journeys. The ending was one of my favorites in any anime because of how simple it was
[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dragonball: if you're a millennial you either unironically tried to shoot a KameHameHa once or you're lying

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fusion dancer checking in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Tried with my besties but his power level was much higher than mine and didn't work

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Gotta be the first half of Death Note, before that one guy dies, trying not to spoil it lol but if you know you know

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Steins:Gate - best Story

OPM S1 - most hype animations ive seen in any anime

Grand Blue - Absolutely hilarious comedy

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

FLCL, OPM, Bebop, GITS, Macross.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

FLCL has to be watched multiple times. Once to enjoy the ride, again to figure out what was going on the first time, a third time to connect all the dots and realize how deep it actually is, and a 4th time to spot all the Easter eggs.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ghost stories with the ADV Films dub

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When I saw the post title, I was going to say One Piece. I checked out some random episodes years ago, and it was too weird just jumping in the middle (where they met Chopper at the time) so I gave up on it, and then it got too big to get into. My friends finally pressured me into picking it up, and I read the manga in about 6 months and now I'm 3/4 through the anime and love it so much after over 20 years of anime watching. It's just such a fun world and I love all the characters, good and bad alike. How it's still so exciting after all this time is amazing and it's so awesome that all the plotlines keep intersecting like it's been planned out all along.

Since we've already got that one checked off, I love Steins' Gate as a sci fi fan. Go in blind for the best experience.

Gintama is amazing, but it starts pretty slow and doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, but then you really get hooked on the characters and the world like with One Piece. Eventually though, it turns into something HUGE and it's like it's gradually evolved into something epic. It's got a ton of anime/manga references, which will make it even funnier once you've seen more shonen stuff. I love it, but it's totally not a show for everyone, but I watched it all through Covid lockdown and it was one of the best rides of my life. It's One Piece-ish, but in a very smartass way. They break the fourth wall, make fun of you for watching, there's many disgusting bits, the reuse animation on purpose, the characters are totally insane. Replace One Piece's pirates with aliens, the MC is a mix of Luffy and Zoro, and instead of searching for a treasure, they're fighting an epic space war.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Steins;Gate definitely

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

AKIRA and the stuff by Hayao Miyazaki, like Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Nausicaä. Can't really decide between those. Most other anime look like cheap quality productions to me in comparison.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

then I started watching blich and it was good.

Bleach?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have a lot of favorites, I'll just leave a short list here.

  • Steins Gate
  • Jojo's
  • Chainsaw Man
  • One punch man
  • Solo leveling
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 slaps so hard

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago
  1. Violet Evergarden
  2. Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
  3. Overlord
  4. Code Geass
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

There's no "best", just the ones you like more.

If you're looking for stuff to watch, you can't go wrong with Dragon Balls or Saint Seiya. Or Ranma ½.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Cased Closed/Detective Conan is by far my favourite anime, which is even older than me. But is far from the best for many, many reasons. I'd say FMA Brotherhood is the one i could say it's the best. And i'm currently watching Your Lie in April, which, in the episodes i've watched so far, i find awesome and it will probably end up in very close to FMAB.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Akame ga Kill. Totally not what I was expecting.

Editing to add: STAY AWAY FROM BEASTARS.

[–] ruko24 2 points 4 months ago

My favorite is Hunter x Hunter. I love the explanation of their powers and growth. The way things are thought through and broken down is so cool. The plot is full of intrigue and surprises. And it's a really fun world to get lost in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

My absolute favourite is definitely The Ancient Magus' Bride but close second and third would be Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Samurai champloo is a classic and contributed a ton to anime style, but maybe doesn't hit as hard with plot as more recent creations. Fun and campy meets dark and gritty

Inuyasha is another classic feudal Japan and magic environment

May as well mention Afro Samurai if I'm gonna have a string of feudal Japan anime

Most people look like they mentioned Cowboy bebop already

I'm a huge Neon Genesis Evangelion fan, but originally watched it in the early 2000's as a teenager with divorced parents so there's probably a big nostalgia factor

I absolutely loved cyberpunk edgerunners, but it's only 10 episodes (watched this probably 5x already)

The animated witcher movie + Castlevania (not nocturne though) were really good.

Arcane + DOTA I found to be really enjoyable as well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Sailor Moon and Ronin Warriors! The former sparked my love of short-haired pixie cuts on women (Sailor Mercury, I think) and the latter sparked my love of redemption arch in storytelling!

(In know these are not the type of anime referenced in the question, but these were my first experiences with anime and stick with me like my first lay.

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