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.
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The OG BanG Dream series. Born too late to define the CGDCT genre (that went to K-On). Born too early to radicalize it (that went to Bocchi the Rock). MyGO!!! and Ave Mujica, fortunately, capitalized on the post-Bocchi surge of girls band genre.
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Perinne Monogatari. I find this the superior series to Ie Naki Ko. Both overlapped in the seasons they aired.
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I’m watching Hell’s Paradise right now. It’s clearly done on a decent budget, but the animators are pretty good at knowing where they need to focus that cash. Meanwhile, the story is actually pretty good. For something like a Shonen-style power-system story, there’s a lot more going on than just flashy martial arts. I’m enjoying this one, and am surprised I haven’t heard of it before last month.
Terminator Anime. It is surprisingly good but it had been cancelled because it wasn’t popular enough.
The Fable, for sure, especially since people loved Sakamoto Days which is basically the same anime — except for the comedy.
I’ve heard great things about sakamoto days. So the fable sounds promising
I made the mistake of trying to watch Pluto very soon after reading the series for the first time. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a masterpiece. But I got through two episodes and felt like the adaptation was so 1:1 that I did not feel like I was gaining anything new. It also felt kinda slow to me for some reason. Anyway, probably would enjoy it more if I try again in a few years.
Two shows I adore that I don’t think got a ton of attention are Rock is a Lady’s Modesty and Akiba Maid War.
Good for me then lol. I don’t really read manga so I usually miss out on a lot of stuff that gets omitted for the adaptation. I’ll add these other two to my watchlist. :)
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
Children of the Whales, also on Netflix. Pretty sure it flopped, cause it was years ago, and I haven’t seen a second season.
Yeah not sure I heard of this one. Netflix is weird with its anime marketing.
Dennoh Coil (2007), it’s basically if Studio Ghibli did Sci-Fi. Won a bunch of awards in Japan, but never got mainstream.
That’s good enough for me to look into it
Warning, these are titty animes, so feel free to judge me if you want.
I have literally never heard anyone else talk about Sin: Nanatsu no Taiza/Seven Mortal Sins (this is NOT the Seven Deadly Sins show from Netflix), but I think it’s incredible and incredibly deep. It doesn’t totally beat you over the head with the themes, but it’s an excellent take on the message of automony, free will, and determinism, with Lucifer the falling angel taking center stage.
Beyond that, I think Sekirei is probably one of my overall top favorite anime, with some truly fascinating world-building. It’s Pokemon but big tiddy babes instead of little pocket monsters! That being said, there is one character that almost ruins the show with weird pedo bait and god I wish so very very much that character and her storyline just fully did not exist (Kuu).
Titty anime definitely used to be offputting for me tbh. But the older and lonelier I get, the more I can deal with it. So I’ll add them to my watchlist.
“One Punch Man” and “Vash the Stampede” (Trigun?).
Trigun and One Punch Man are good recommendations but I feel like both are super popular and highly rated. I will say that I think Trigun is better than Bebop though.
Fire Force. I got god damn hooked on that show a few years ago. And I’m someone who general just watches anime films, ovas, or limited series. favourites being Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and Second Gig, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, etc. so generally nothing that has multiple seasons.
So Fire Force really isn’t the type of anime I’m into. I’m not huge on the goofy fan service type of stuff that takes place over multiple seasons. hell I’ve never watched One Piece. But this show for whatever reason just hooked me. I had reminders set for when new episodes would come out. I can’t quite put my finger on why I liked it but I just did. It’s fun.
Other than that I don’t know how popular it is but Psycho Pass. that one is more up my ally. I enjoyed that and the theme song is a real banger.
I’d say fire force is pretty popular! I watched the first season but never continued after that. Not sure why but it just didn’t hooked me. Same exact situation with psychopass. Didn’t hate them, just didn’t have the urge to continue. I guess we just have very different tastes (I’m not a fan of bebop or FLCL either).
Shoutout for Pluto!
Yu Yu Hakusho, maybe? I got into it originally because I confused it for Bleach, which was super popular at the time. Loved it more than Bleach. Though I do see it brought up a lot more now a days than back when it originally aired, which I chalk up to being overshadowed a bit by Bleach. They’re very similar.
YYH was my favorite anime until AoT came out. When it first released it was crazy popular. Then Toonami brought it back and it was successful. But you’re correct that it was overshadowed by the big 3.
inuyasha seems wierdly geared towards night audiences,. evangelion. its not as popular as bleach, naruto, onepiece, brotherhood/or og alchemist.(im guessing the latter 2 are too short of a series and the time between final season, or series is staggeringly long. rather than having season by season each year. inuyasha had a horrendous amount of time between the official last season to final act which showed signs it was clearly rushed for just one final season, like 4-5years, AOT level of ridiculousness.
Inuyasha was one of the most popular shows back when I was in middle school. Around when anime first started becoming more accessible in the US via Toonami and Adult Swim. I watched a little bit but didn’t stay up late enough to watch it continuously. I’ve been meaning to finish it.
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
This and Pluto are the best scifi anime we had in recent years.
Nice, This is actually on my anilist “plan to watch” already. So I’ll get to it eventually!
crunchyroll fumbled the marketing for this (i.e. there was none) and fucked up the subs. i fucking hate crunchyroll.
