Anyone know some good, preferably leftist, anime?

Not a fan of shonen, romance, harem or highschool anime if that helps.

To give you an idea of what I do like. Stuff like Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Baccano, Lupin the Third, and Miyazaki films are all good and I don't mind comedy if it's bizarre and stupid like Bobobo, or romcom if its wholesome as fuck and is about adults, like Way of the House Husband.

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    Panty, stocking, and garterbelt seems like it might be up your alley since you like a bit of crude low brow humor once in a while.

    And the first episode is literally about a doo doo ghost.

    You might also enjoy Steins;Gate, Death Parade (its got a banger intro. But it's also straight up sad), Moribito, Mushishi, Little Witch Academia, cowboy Bebop, B - The Beginning, samurai Champloo, 91 days (prohibition america with italian mafia), space dandy, Black Lagoon (bit violent and might not be for everyone), legend of galactic heroes, nichijou (old man suplexes a deer), and these two have been consistently my favorite over the years "ACCA-13" and "Sound of the Sky" ( Sora no Woto)

    ACCA-13 is a show about an auditor and it just oozes cool with its art style, music and the slow-burning plot line of political intrigue. That's all I'll say about it since it's a genuine experience and vibe I don't want to spoil. I watched it as the English dub since it seemed to fit and flow with the soundtrack better. Genuinely a great vibes show. Also I really have to mention again the soundtrack is absolutely amazing. Like it's on my top 10 for soundtracks in all forms of media.

    Sound in a sky is a show that comes off like a Kyo-ani show at first then builds the world the characters live in and the story they make into a Miyazaki film that never was. Like I mean the early show was mid, but because of the intro music was done by Kalafina (great trio. Sad they've broken up) and because the writers constantly drop little bits of info that slowly clue you into the overall world in addition to the storyline following the cast it kept me hooked long enough to see it transform from "wut if we made K-On! But the girls are in the army" to something that could have been a prequel to Miyazaki's "Nausicaä" set thousands of years in the past. (If the God-Warriors or the ohm didn't exist) The show was too short, it has its flaws, it's a touch naive, but it's message of being anti-war in a collapsing world really touched me when I first watched it years ago. [found an official Playlist with all 12 episodes)(https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrrh84y760v8RgSsM_hUfwQqda9K4iU3U)

    Also to top it out I'll just share my favorite movie series that sits at the top of my list to this day. It's a completely subjective take. The series is called "Kara no Kyoukai" or Garden of Sinners. I'll be straight up and say this series is quite literally not for everyone as its a more darker show that touches on many sensitive issues. Like the CW of the first movie is for suicide, while other movies deal with sexual assault and R, domestic violence and filicide/parricide, grotesque depictions of violence and murder, inhumane experiments, drug abuse, etc. Of course it isn't all about those things but it does hint at or outright depict those sensitive topics.

    What makes it interesting to me is the method of storytelling the studio did by chronologically mixing up the overall plot into what comes off as confusing at first grows into a novel puzzle that leaves you contemplating each movie you watch in addition to the prior ones as you piece together the bits of info that you're given into the larger picture. Combined with the fact it's also a novel modern fantasy with heavy supernatural and psychological influences that gives the world an alien feeling even though it's set in the late 90s in addition to primarily eastern philosophy with very light dashes of western philosophy over contemplations of life and death, the concept of "sin" and morality, and the paradoxical nature of "TaiJi/Tai-Chi" as reciprocal bond between Wuji and Yin-Yang and the concept of human nature and origins of the soul in the ancient Daoist perspective. And importantly, for me, is that even after all of those concepts it's also fundamentally a love story between two people and I'm a bit of a sucker for those slow burn romance stories. Also the music score done by Yuki Kajikura and Kalafina is nothing short of divinely ephemeral. And the fact that Studio Ufotable did the art work and animation means that even though the films are between 9 to 15 years old they still look more modern and polished than many other films and shows that come out to this day. It really is, quite understandably, not for everyone and nevertheless I concider it a masterwork of art.

    • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Panty, stocking, and garterbelt seems like it might be up your alley since you like a bit of crude low brow humor once in a while

      Oh please I'm not that easy to read, am I?

      And the first episode is literally about a doo doo ghost.

      Lmao hell yeah fucking doo doo ghost