I enjoy a bit of anime, but I don’t follow all the news and shows - I just pick up stuff by recommendations or a bit of searching.
So, people who actually know what they’re talking about - are any of these actually good? Are any so bad they’re worth completely avoiding? Any of them have particularly off-putting / offensive “fan service”?
Teppen!!!,
Akudama Drive,
Black Lagoon,
Akatsuki no Yona,
Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna,
Appleseed
Cool, I’ll give it a twirl for sure … I can’t stand the dubbed Akira though, so it’s not a blanket ban for me, lol
I will also add in support for Black Lagoon dub. I normally opt for subs, but Black Lagoon really shines with the dub with how it takes full advantage of the diverse backgrounds of the cast and setting. It was a very Western feeling show to me compared to other anime with the violence and crassness of the characters.
It does draw a lot of influence from Western media moreso than it does other anime or eastern sources. The original manga author has said he was heavily influenced by directors like Robert Rodriguez, Quinten Tarantino, and (I think particularly) John Woo and other Hong Kong Cinema/Heroic Bloodshed style filmmakers. It definitely shows. It’s in anime style, but a lot of the time feels more like a “John Woo Cartoon” than it does anime.