anime

I like neon genesis evangelion. You've probably never heard of it

The Tatami Galaxy.

People will stan other Yuasa shows like Ping Pong, Devilman Crybaby or Hands off Eizouken! (And don’t get me wrong, they’re all good shows) but Tatami Galaxy and Night is Short, Walk on Girl are still my favs.

I loved “Planetes” it’s about a crew who does orbital debris cleanup.

It’s been ages since I’ve even thought of this series. I need to watch it again soon.

It’s such an endearing series.

Golden Kamuy

Not even obscure but Hibike Euphonium

Saint Oniisan, a slice of life where Jesus and Buddha are roommates. One of the funniest slice of lifes I've watched

linebarrels of iron
for good reason, it's shit but i enjoy it

full metal panic
it's good but people have no taste

rahxephon
also good but pales next to nge, but i'm godawful hipster trash so i prefer it

yes i like mecha, can you tell?

Shinsekai Yori

Katanagatari

I love princess jellyfish! I bought the first translated manga book. I don't know if I've ever met an OG Devilman fan, or an IRL Madoka Magica fan. I also haven't ever met a welcome to the nhk fan because... honestly I don't come out of the blocks with that.

Space☆Dandy

Found it on Netflix while high and immediately latched on to its extremely chaotic energy, lack of respect for the idea of canon, constant hamminess, and barrage of jokes, references, homages, and satirisations. Think a surreal saturday morning cartoon version of Cowboy Bebop with Johnny Bravo as the protagonist.

Episode 4, "Sometimes you can't live with dying, baby", is the best zombie episode of anything you will ever watch.

Asobi Asobase. It's so good but I never see anyone talk about it

Grappler Baki. I've met fans online and made my online friends watch it but I've never met a person in real life who knew what it was

Great Pretender - one of the few Netflix anime projects that was actually worth watching, easily overlooked amid all the low-effort stuff

Short Peace - a set of art pieces that belongs on your shelf next to Memories

Serial Experiments Lain - a high school girl slowly descends into insanity/ascends to digital godhood, while the world around her becomes increasingly incoherent

Feels like this is my answer to every anime question thread, but Nichijou. I love the anime deeply, but even anime watchers I know have never heard of it.

ACCA-13 and Mushishi for me.

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

Scryed

I remember really liking Last Exile but I was like 18 the last time I watched it and I'm scared it won't hold up to political scrutiny if I rewatch it.

I just like airship races.

OddTaxi!

Gankutsuou. It's a scifi re-imagining of The Count of Monte Cristo with unique art and architecture. Instead of colors all of the objects are "painted" with textures. Even has a few mech fencing matches.

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor (1993) is a fantastic parody of late 80s/early 90s sci-fi and adjacent genres like space operas, while developing a good story of its own. As the name implies, it very much subverts the trope of the wise captain making the best decision in the name of the crew and the big human space empire named something like the federation, and is a entertaining story. [Note: it's kinda horny at times, especially E1] The TV anime is a complete story, but unfortunately the sequel OVA is stuck with a "read the LN lol" ending. I suppose it suffers from the main driver of unpopularity, being old.

The World God Only Knows (2010) is a story that's got an eyebrow-raising premise, but is actually really good both in manga and anime form, with a slow-burn but good story, unique protagonist and lovely artstyle. Unfortunately the ending was rushed because the author was going through a period of bad health, but is still is good enough.

One day, someone with the skills, time and resources to do will start translating the Emblem Take 2 manga... I hope. The OVA is good shit, yet even with the relative lack of anime/manga serious yakuza stories and the popularity of the Ryu Ga Gotoku video game series, it hasn't happened yet.

Dr. Slump. Everyone in the west knows Toriyama for Dragon Ball Z and Chrono Trigger but I've yet to met someone who's even heard of it. Shame, it's a great gag manga that's pretty funny (in an extreme juvenile way) with charming Toriyama art.

Chevallier d'Eon. You'd think some leftist trans people would be fans but no. Super popular in Japan and has a live action musical triolgy with Rose of Versailles and Scarlet Pimpernel.

Megalo box. It has cowboy bepop style aestetic, leftist themes, and cool scifi boxing. It got a seccond season that is so brutal I have r finished it yet.

Children of the Whales. I think it has the exact mix of terrible but incomprehensible and well made to leave scars on my brain. It has beautiful watercolor kinda art. It is like nausica with murder twinks.

Goblin Slayer. Appart from the show being some cringe edelord stuff it is about dealing with the trauma of systemic violence and social murder. Plus some fun light hearted DnD hijinks.

Angelic Layer. I think it was kinda popular but I watched it in low quality downloaded of Kazaa. I am.sure it is terrible but it hit me right in the childhood but I remember the fights being cool.

I LOVE PRINCESS JELLYFISH! The manga especially. The anime has that problem where it had to wrap up way too soon but it was still rly cute.

I feel like I'm always talkin about it on here but Kids on the Slope is a beautiful romance set in 1960s Nagasaki. There's Jazz.

Mai hime. https://myanimelist.net/anime/98/Mai-HiME/

Been years since I watched it. It seems well liked enough, so I guess I'm not the only fan, but I've never seen anyone talk about it. IIRC, it's a spin on magical girl anime but the pets are mecha. I like mecha and strong female characters, so it worked for me.