I've been getting the suspicion that there's alot of great recent anime that I've not noticed in the deluge of trash.

Would appreciate any suggestions as to stuff really worth checking out.

To give an indication of anime that I've loved/liked:

  • Serial Experiments Lain
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Studio Ghibli
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Akira
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Samurai Champloo
  • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I'm only (mostly) gonna recommend stuff I watched and really dug, there's a number of great shows I might have missed and a bunch of decent/okay shows out that I did watch too but I'm ignoring those cos otherwise the list will be too long. Also only going back to 2018 bcos any more and I'll feel really old. Also I have huge genre blindspots, so other posters could probably recommend better romance stuff.

    Really Recent Shows:

    • Chainsaw Man
    • Bocchi the Rock
    • Gundam: Witch from Mercury
    • Cyberpunk Edgerunners

    Recent-ish Shows:

    • SpyxFamily
    • Vinland Saga
    • Kaguya-Sama: Love is War
    • Mob Psycho 100
    • Demon Slayer
    • Jujutsu Kaisen
    • Sonny Boy
    • Eighty-Six
    • Odd Taxi
    • Zombie Land Saga
    • The Promised Neverland (just pretend that Season 2 doesn't exist)
    • Violet Evergarden
    • SSSS Gridman
    • Yuri on Ice
    • A Place Further than the Universe (haven't watched it yet but comes highly recommended)

    Interesting shows that maybe didn't stick the landing:

    • Flip-Flappers
    • Deca-Dence
    • Wonder Egg Priority (Another one I haven't watched but looked kinda interesting)

    Shows you really should watch because you seem to have good tastes:

    • Mushishi
    • The Tatami Galaxy + the rest of Masaaki Yuasa's work
    • Kino's Journey (same director as Serial Experiments Lain)
    • Paranoia Agent + Satoshi Kon's stuff
    • Your Name + Makoto Shinkai's stuff
    • Madoka Magica
    • Farman [any]
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      1 year ago

      I was enjoyng 86 but then they put the loli in the second season. It completly messed up the athmosphere.

    • NoYouLogOff [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Your "Interesting shows that maybe didn't stick the landing" are all things I've watched, but forgot they exist. They all weren't bad, and kind of refreshing. I'd add Urusekai Picnic.

      • CriticalOtaku [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, I watched a couple of episodes of other side picnic, but I didn't include it cos I feel let that sonny boy did the same thing but better, more or less

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          1 year ago

          otherside picnic is really good as a novel but the anime is only soso