The General Anime Thread...

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My two-year exploration of Anime has come to an end, and I have to say that, generally speaking, I do not like it very much at all. I've seen two extraordinary series, one good one, and a couple of okay ones, but the vast majority have been mid to absolute garbage. Trying to watch Anime for the first time in 2024 as an adult was a very disappointing experience, as most Anime seems to be aimed at kids, even the supposed Seinen and Josei ones are riddled with weird-ass cringe, goofy comedy, and bizarre nonsense. Glad to have found AoT, Violet Evergarden, and Ergo Proxy, but everything else was mostly just a waste of time. So long Anime, missing you already!
 
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My two-year exploration of Anime has come to an end, and I have to say that, generally speaking, I do not like it very much at all. I've seen two extraordinary series, one good one, and a couple of okay ones, but the vast majority have been mid to absolute garbage. Trying to watch Anime for the first time in 2024 as an adult was a very disappointing experience, as most Anime seems to be aimed at kids, even the supposed Seinen and Josei ones are riddled with weird-ass cringe, goofy comedy, and bizarre nonsense. Glad to have found AoT, Violet Evergarden, and Ergo Proxy, but everything else was mostly just a waste of time. So long Anime, missing you already!
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I hate modern cutesy Anime.

The last series I watched and bought was The Feedom Project, mainly because it was a Katsuhiro Otomo collab. This was 20 years ago now.

If you want adult themed Anime then look to the 80s and 90s stuff, mainly the projects that came to the UK by way of Manga Entertainment. For child friendly but have deep routed themes like Loss, love or the environment the you can’t go wrong with Studio Ghibli. The Manga years gave us some truly fantastic art with short OVAs and plenty of adult aimed themes. Personally I never bothered with Hentai, the closest film wise was Urotsukidōji which I guess could be classed as such.
 
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Violet Evergarden has absolutely none of that in it, and I'd highly recommend it. Probably the most grown up Anime I've seen since Grave of The Fireflies.

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If you want adult themed Anime then look to the 80s and 90s stuff, mainly the projects that came to the UK by way of Manga Entertainment. For child friendly but have deep routed themes like Loss, love or the environment the you can’t go wrong with Studio Ghibli. The Manga years gave us some truly fantastic art with short OVAs and plenty of adult aimed themes. Personally I never bothered with Hentai, the closest film wise was Urotsukidōji which I guess could be classed as such.
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I'm old enough to have seen Akira when it first came out (and did), so I agree: the older stuff was way more serious and adult. I was mainly criticising Anime series, and not films. I think when Japan does Anime movies, they tone down the cringe for a worldwide audience. I really liked Your Name, Weathering With You, and Suzume: a brilliant trilogy by Makoto Shinkai. A Silent Voice, and, I Want To Eat Your Pancreous were good too. I've seen several Studio Ghibli films over the years, and they were great. Ghost in The Shell (1995) was okay as well. It's just a shame that modern Anime series are all aimed at kids/teenagers, and even the adult stuff is full of weird modern idiosycnrasies.

Have you seen Attack on Titan or Violet Evergarden?
 
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Almost done with Season 3 of Haikyuu, and man what a nail biter!
 
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Have you seen Attack on Titan or Violet Evergarden?
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I haven’t, thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check them out. 👍
 
Here are some of the best takes on Attack on Titan. WARNING: contains major spoilers for the whole series!


 
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Giving my 3rd fav Anime series some love and attention; Ergo Proxy (2006).


Contains some out of context spoilers...


Opening, no spoilers...
 
How many cultural references would you like in your opening?

YES!

 
Finally finished Haikyu! I got into that show more than I thought. The next one on my friend's watch list is Shangri-La Frontier.
 
Japanese cosplays are next level.

 
Season 1 of Attack on Titan is free to watch on YouTube until Oct 2027. This is a legal upload; they have licensed it from the rights holders, so no copyright infringements.

NSFW: Rated 15


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It's the number 1 Anime series on IMDb by rating, scoring 9.1, and 16th on the top 250 TV shows of all time. It has a little bit of occasional humour here and there, but it also subverts the genre and generally has very little Anime cringe in it compared to other shows. Don't Google it or type it into YouTube, as there are MAJOR SPOILERS everywhere! It's the best fictional story I've ever encountered. Well worth trying out the first 6-8 episodes to get a feel for it...

Link to playlist: Attack on Titan Season 1, English Dub.


EDIT: episode 11 is missing for UK viewers. One workaround is to watch it in the French dub and use English subtitles.
 
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Pretty interesting to see that uploaded on YT.

I'm not a fan of AoT myself, is I find its pace horrible, and it goes all downhill after the first season, on what could for me, be a interesting story.

The anime cringe doesn't miss this one though.
 
Crunchyroll just live-streamed the whole of AoT season one, in multiple languages, and with subtitles. Again, obviously a legal upload, so no copyright infringements here. Dunno how long this will be up for...

NSFW: Rated 15.
 
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