So recently I had an anime watch party and we were browsing anime to watch and I came across Pluto. Admittedly I’m only 2 episodes in but so far it’s SO solid. And I’m just surprised I had never heard of it and it came out 3 years ago. Especially since it’s a reimagining of Astroboy and everyone’s heard of that…
Another one I had surprisingly never heard of but so far seems solid is Level E written by Yoshihiro Togashi. My favorite anime is YYH and I loved HxH so how come I hadn’t heard of Level E until now? Again, only 2 episodes in but seems legitimately good and it’s by a wildly successful creator.
What’s an anime you didn’t expect much of because it seems lesser known, but turns out to be very good? I mean like, not only do u like it but ur surprised the general public - casual anime fans aren’t aware of it.
It wasn’t completely ignored, but I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder that Apocalypse Hotel didn’t get way more recognition than it got. Should’ve won all the awards.
Going back a little deeper, I can’t pretend to be surprised that Akagi isn’t mainstream, but Kaiji by the same mangaka deserves more popularity. It’s a tragedy that the anime ends at part 2 when part 3 was the peak.
Added them to my watchlist but I’m gonna be honest that art style for akagi/kaiji is unappealing to me