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Which anime series do you guys find very underrated?

My choices

1. Space Dandy

2. Chi's Sweet Home

3. Aria

Is Space Dandy really underrated? I thought people loved it. Huh.
I'd say:
1: Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, because it's one of the best anime of all time and yet no one seems to know it exists, which is sad. It has everything. Humor, drama, interesting characters, moving plot, etc.
2: Nerima Daikon Brothers, which has a dub, yet it's one of the few shows I've actually seen anime sites not have. Sure, it's a weird parody series, but it's made by Shinichi Watanabe, so you'd think it would be better known.
3: This is specifically for Yu-Gi-Oh, but within the different series, GX and ZeXal are seen by Western audiences as the less cool, more childish ones compared to the original DM or 5Ds. Personally, I think GX and ZeXal were far darker in the end than 5Ds. The main character never gets possessed by evil, he rarely if ever loses and the most amount of people that would have died would have been everyone in a single city, compared to GX and ZeXal where entire dimensions of life would and did get wiped out.

Oh, come on. Black Bullet wasn't that sad.

Speaking of sad, I tried to get through the first season of CLANNAD, but it just was not interesting to me. So I dropped it. Don't be mad at me.

I also tried watching Spice and Wolf season 1. It was also really boring. I had to force myself to pay attention throughout each episode. I'm halfway through and like this close to dropping that too. Someone please tell me it gets more interesting in the second half.

Need more suggestions for depressing animes. I've given up on finding a big enough tearjerker for me, so any sad show will do.

So, who is ready for the best anime of the summer? I know I am.
Mandatory Wave being a badass pic

@J4CKlXl455

Akame ga kill is ludicrously brutal and honestly can get really disturbing, I mean it was so bad I had to stop reading sometimes because it was really affecting me. That has only happened to me a few times before with movies like Ichi the Killer and Girl Next Door. I can guarantee you will feel like shit pretty often. Check that out when it comes out in a couple weeks if you want something sad.

@ loli

Shit just got real man, read the latest chapter of Akame.

Oh boy

EDIT: Why they have to change the names? Ugh, whatever…

EDITEDIT: NNNNNNGGGHHHHHH

EDITEDITEDIT: Oh man, Kurome and Wave are the best couple.

EDITEDITEDITEDIT: OH FUCK, ESDESE. SHOCKING TRUTH.

spice and wold is a show that revolves all around and is carried by the characters, not action or the story (at least, the story is more like an background element), so if you didn't like the first half, you won't like the rest and season 2 neither.

i really liked clannad, although it has flaws, mainly due to the fact that it's the adaption of a renai that tries to cover all/most of the possible game's paths in a limited amount of episodes AND within one timeline, so some characters get a raw deal when it comes to character development (like ryou), plus the male protagonist being kinda generic. it also features overemphasis on crying and sadness, kinda really pushing it on the viewer (who of course won't be impressed if he doesn't care for the characters), what usually isn't a good thing, but i can live with that.

could you rpovied examples of movies/ series you saw that you found depressing? like, did you find grave of the fireflies depressing? if not then you have no heart and i can't help youwith finding anything that'd be depressing for you

Yeah, the name changes are fucking dumb.
Rabac=Lubbock?
Esdese=Esdeath?

Fuck you translator.

Dandy comes back on within the month with its second season

GET HYPE

@itabtoo

I think Anohana was the most depressing anime I've ever watched. Second place would definitely be Elfen Lied (don't let anyone else know I watch this show). Third would be Attack on Titan, but it wasn't all that bad for me. Grave of the Fireflies was the only depressing movie I've watched.

I think that for a creator, creating a crappy-ass world to live in and having your characters suffer in it is just an easy way to mess with the viewers' emotions. Sometimes, if the writing's good it works well (think AoT), but if done wrong or portrayed incorrectly it's hard to feel bad for the characters at all (Black Bullet comes to mind). Anohana comes out on top because the drama and fear is very realistic (not the ghost part, but the whole childhood friend dying and mental trauma part.)

The moment I read about the setting of Akame ga Kiru, I knew that it there was going to be a lot of drama and death in it. It's becoming rather predictable in this sort of show that characters are going to end up getting killed and there's going to be a lot of angst. One anime that I really want too see is one where a group of friends are living in a ruined world trying to fend off monsters and survive, and actually keep a positive attitude and stay alive throughout most of the series. Anyone know a show like that?

One anime that I really want too see is one where a group of friends are living in a ruined world trying to fend off monsters and survive, and actually keep a positive attitude and stay alive throughout most of the series. Anyone know a show like that?

Yeah, Akame ga kill. Despite all the horrible shit around them, the characters still have fun and joke around on their downtime. The series has plenty of funny momemts and the characters are very enjoyable. That being said, characters still die, but what do you expect? There would be little reason to keep up with it since the characters would obvoiusly make it through everything. It would end up being boring and predictable.


I'll admit though, the fact the the characters are more than just angst personified cough Eren Jeager cough, it makes it that much more sad when one dies because you remember all the fun times.
Also, I also like Elfen Lied…..

@Dac
I never got this criticism of AoT, I mean, are you saying that you don't expect Eren to be affected after seeing his mom die right in front of him? Realistically, seeing your friends and family die around you would leave scars, and cause you to have a grudge against the unfairness of life. I guess I don't get a lot of the show's character criticisms, but I promise I won't post that JesuOtaku character analysis video again to argue my point.

are you saying that you don’t expect Eren to be affected after seeing his mom die right in front of him?

Umm, no…not at all, I understand it completely and I never said that it was bad writing. I understand his angst…. but at the same time it can be a bit excessive and the excessive internal monologuing (something that the chibi AOT shorts pokes fun at, mind you) of his just highlights that. It just makes him a bit insufferable in my opinion. I guess his stupidity and temper also annoy me. His only trait that I really admire is his optimism and his perseverance.

@Dac

It's not that I don't like Elfen Lied, but that show really isn't for my age group. Shh……….

Anyway, I guess it all depends on what the viewers expect to happen in to the characters in a show. I personally feel that less deaths would be a nice change, 'cause nobody thinks that'll happen. Subverting one's expectation is what keeps people interested, right? If it was a less dark show, then maybe having more deaths would be unexpected and interesting, Of course, some people would disagree with me.

@J4CKlXl455
I am a little confused by what you are saying especially this

If it was a less dark show, then maybe having more deaths would be unexpected and interesting

I don't really know what this means. I mean, Akame starts out innocent enough and seems like your average shonen. If you went into it blind, you would be very surprised when shit hits the fan. The only reason you know its ultra violent is because its been going on for over 3 years, and even then, its not constantly dark. Is that what you mean? Also, anime like Attack on Titan and Akame ga Kill aren't exactly the norm in anime right now and that's why they seem like a breath of fresh air from all the other anime out. I'd say they have subverted expectations.

Fucking lol, Armin, you will be missed….

Hey guys, anyone excited for Sword Art Online II!? Hehe, kidding…

I'll give it a shot, but I don't expect great things seeing how Alfheim turned out.

Hello everyone. I haven't been active on this site in a very long time…
Anyways I dusted my account off after receiving a random notification email just now.
Decided to update my profile and check out what's been going on.
I never knew there was an Anime general in the forum… I only did Brony things around here before I left. I guess I'll join the discussion and become active again.
On the Dandy Topic I was watching Toonami last night and they mentioned a Space Dandy Marathon next Saturday and the premier of Season 2. Too bad I'm going to be at Florida Supercon all day…

Did you just ask about SAO?

No, but I will give it a shot eventually….. and even if I was excited for it, I would never admit it on this thread. The only shows I'm really excited for are obviously Akame and also Himegoto, an anime about a guy forced to cross dress by the student council.

The funny thing is that despite the fact that I have never been so hyped for an anime like I am for Akame, Himegoto is still close to it on the hype meter just because the premise sounds so bad in a good way.

Also, Disney's Big Hero 6 has some new posters up and it reminds me of Gatchaman.
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@Dac
Jesus christ that show sounds horrendous, I love it. There's quite a few shows that are contenders for the so bad it's good award this season, hope they're all enjoyable at least

@random21
Which others sound bad? I must know so I can watch them.

Same.

Terror in Resonance looks fantastic.

TRAILER.

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Dac wrote:

Hopefully they stay at “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” for a while.

At least until they defeat the wild hunt. It would be perfect if they all team up to take them down. SO MUCH HYYYPE.

Oh right, Akame premieres in one week if I remember correctly. IS YOUR BODY READY?

@Loli

At least until they defeat the wild hunt. It would be perfect if they all team up to take them down. SO MUCH HYYYPE.

THERE ARE NO BREAKS ON THE HYPE TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!

There is no going back though if you know who takes out the wild hunt. I can't imagine the Prime Minister would take kindly to that.

Most of the other awful stuff are just generic harem and yaoi (and as I've said before, even I have no patience for yaoi considering 90% of it is crap). J.C. Staff have a few crap looking shows coming out, most notably Love Stage (yaoi AND cross dressing, the best of both worlds) which I don't even think I could probably sit through for very long. Even the crap stuff is more tailored towards me this season. Worth noting that there's apparently an OVA for Recently, My Sister is Unusual coming out this season though.

But anyway, I'm going to immerse myself in everything Free! for the next few days, in preparation for season 2. The hype is real.

Dac wrote:

THERE ARE NO BREAKS ON THE HYPE TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!

There is no going back though if you know who takes out the wild hunt. I can’t imagine the Prime Minister would take kindly to that.

Are you talking about a sexy sadist woman with blue hair? She is going to help them from the shadows.

I also think that Esdese is not going to help Tatsumi. Dunno why, but looks like the logical option to me. And yeah, the prime minister will make disappear some persons if that happens.

Man, Esdese is da best. If she weren't with the empire everything would be perfect, although that would make things boring.

Tell me. This may seem a bit of a detour from the current discussion. but I thought it would be best to bring it up here.

Can anyone else not stand all of the excessively ecchi and fanservice laden animes?

Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind fanservice. My love of Kill la Kill should be clear of that. What I mean though, is all of the shows that are nothing but fanservice, the only reason they exist is because of animated boobies. Regardless of how bad the writing it has, or how unfunny it may be, or how flat and boring the characters are, it stays afloat.

("Everyday Monster Girls" is exempt from this because 1. It actually develops it's characters and 2. it's also actually quite funny.)

And to be honest it wouldn't really bother me if it weren't for the fact that there are so many of them; often times they're so close to being soft-core porn that I find myself asking "just who watches all of these?".

Quite honestly I've begun to detest these kinds of shows, not only for them collectively adding onto the growing pile of shows like that, but also because in order to full the demands of a very niche demographic, the talents of many animators and budgets are wasted bringing them to fruition. Rather than them going to something that deserves it.

Anyone else agree?

Anyone else agree?

Well, it depends I guess, but usually no.
Loli said:

I also think that Esdese is not going to help Tatsumi. Dunno why, but looks like the logical option to me. And yeah, the prime minister will make disappear some persons if that happens.

Didn't you just say you thought she would help him? I'm confused. Honestly, I see two things. Tatsumi and Lubbock die, or she helps Tatsumi. He is surrounded by the strongest people in the empire, even the entire night raid by his side would fail.
Quick question, does Budo have a a Teigu? I remember it saying he had the "Ultimate tiegu" in the manga, but the wiki says its unknown whether he has one or not. It's only logical that he has one. He is from a long line of respected Generals and is even more respected than Esdese.
And yes, Esdese is best woman.

@thegreato
If it's generic and has nothing to offer but fan service, then, sure. But that's less my rule for ecchi shows and more for just shows in general. If it's a generic "cute girls doing cute things" anime with nothing besides C.G.D.C.T, then that's boring. If it's a generic "in the year 20XX, humanity is suddenly attacked by aliens and now kids must use these English-named devices to beat them" show that doesn't stray from the formula at all, then that's no good.
But regardless, any show from any format, no matter how tired and cliched, can be good simply if it stands out from the others well enough. Case in point Attack On Titan, (Fair warning, though, I have never seen AOT, but I've read about it a fair amount.) which from its own description is yet another "20XX, monsters from nowhere, 99% of humanity dead, only kids survive, they fight crime" kind of shows, but it clearly has done something right and managed to not just be another nameless clone.
So with that in mind, I'd say you're right that many of today's fan service shows are awful and completely pointless, but I wouldn't say that fan service shows in their entirety, as a collective genre, can be seen as entirely bad. There are overwhelmingly high odds for an ecchi show to suck, but it isn't 100%.
Lastly, as stated before, I like Seikon No Qwaser. Which is totally more than just fan service and you'll never convince me otherwise.

Agreed.

Oh also about Attack on Titan, my quick personal review of it.

It's alright…but definitely not living up to the endless praise it gets.

For 3 reasons….

1. It has it's fast bits…and then it's very slow bits, on top of that we have had next to zero explanation on nearly anything….answers so far are only leading towards more questions.

2. The characters have the emotional range of a pancake.

and 3. I myself personally am not a big fan of the art. I have to be honest.

i think the worst kind of this kind are the shows that try to establish shome romantic setting but nothing happens. NOTHING AT ALL. like, they start out as friends who (maybe both of them) want to be more than that but he boob-grabs, face-boobs, leg-crotches and falls-ontop-of 1000000 girls per episode and feels too insecure to tell her and she thinks he's not interested in her becasue he boob-grabs, face-boobs, leg-crotches and, you guessed right, falls-ontop-of 1000000 girls per episode. like, if you can't make a good show, at least put a end to my agony and let it end.

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i still wanna watch sum neato (shojo) romance anime (like, the kind without excessive jigglying bongos and wobbling kongas?), does ANYONE have any suggestions?

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so i started watching hitsugi no chaika becasue i live in the past, and i only watched the first episode yet, but it looks fun +it's boners, so the style is nice (as expected) and not overloaded with fancy bloom & effects & shit…

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@Arlon The Serene (Free Cake):

bout mah C.G.D.C.T. anime

1. It has it’s fast bits…and then it’s very slow bits, on top of that we have had next to zero explanation on nearly anything….answers so far are only leading towards more questions.
2. The characters have the emotional range of a pancake.
and 3. I myself personally am not a big fan of the art. I have to be honest.

While I feel the same about the first two criticisms, I thought when the show went all out, the animation and style looked pretty awesome. The manga though, I really don't like the sketchy style.

On the topic of fan service heavy shows, I do like Highschool DxD. The main guy is an open pervert and his love intrest is loose. That alone makes a huge difference because you don't have to deal with all that bullshit. Monster musume is the same way more or less. I just hate it when they have two characters that totally don't want to get intimate, but they can't keep from getting into "zany predicaments". That rarely works.

Yeah, I was referring to the manga art

and yeah, Monster musume is one of those types that I do like. There's more to it then just the fanservice.

I'm really excited for GLASSIP. New anime coming next month, and made by PA Works, it has to be good. Animation and art looks fantastic as always. Like eye candy.

But boy does it have fanservice. I mean, it is borderline hentai. It's still one of my favorite Mangas I'm currently following. It doesn't take itself too seriously, the characters are hilarious and have defined personalities, and the stories are funny. Also, the artist managed to make monster girls attractive to me. It needs an anime adaption.

@Dac I watched the first 4 episodes of Samurai Champloo you reccomended ages ago and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I plan of maybe getting to watch some more.

ok guys, how the fuck did i miss miyakawa ke no kufuku, i clearly live in the past >.>

@GaryTheStormtrooper
P.A. Works make amazing shows, just the fact that they made it sold me on it straight away

Dac wrote:

Didn’t you just say you thought she would help him? I’m confused.

I have two possible situations on my mind right now.

• 1) Esdese helps Tatsumi. The power of love FTW! And maybe they team up and fight against the wild hunt. (The ideal one)

• 2) Esdese doesn't help Tatsumi because she feels betrayed…or something like that (The logical one IMO)

Quick question, does Budo have a a Teigu? I remember it saying he had the “Ultimate tiegu” in the manga, but the wiki says its unknown whether he has one or not. It’s only logical that he has one. He is from a long line of respected Generals and is even more respected than Esdese.

Yeah I think he has one but he has never used it so far. I guess Budo's teigu is more powerful than Esdese's

And yes, Esdese is best woman.

Was there any doubt?

@loli

This shit confuses me. Esdese is called the most powerful one in the empire, yet Budo is more respected and the highest ranking. I remember reading that he had the ultimate Teigu, yet I also remember that the Demon Extract is apparently the strongest. What the fuck?
As for me, I think helping Tatsumi is the most logical one. That's literally the only way he can survive unless Incursio can pull some crazy power out of its ass. I'm more worried about Lubbock ( hate this name change). I can't see her feeling too betrayed. It's not like he didnt tell her multiple times that he wanted to join the revolutionary army. Hell, she found him on the mountain and he said he was training to join the revolutionary army, and she just said he looks bigger and praised him. Mabye though he just dies and Akame, the titular character, becomes the MC.

I'm so looking forward to the official English translation of "Chi's Sweet Home" and "Chi's New Address" since the series has been recently licensed by "Discotek Media". While the mangas had already got official English translations years ago. As of now, Discotek Media hasn't made any updates on the anime but I think they might release official English subs or an English dub. But I find it fitting that they licensed the series when "Chi's Sweet Home" came out in 2004 which means that it will be turning 10 this years! I don't know if you guys ever heard of Chi's Sweet Home, but I would recommend ordering the english versions of the mangas before you watch the official translation by Discotek. I also heard that they will be planning on airing the anime on Televisions.

^
Oni Chichi is a spin off of that series I believe….you should totally check it out….

I started watching Girls und Panzer the other day and I fucking love it. I thought it sounded like a dumb concept that would be so bad its good, but it's legitimately good…. Damn good even.

So here's the final list for the upcoming Summer 2014 season
This is looking to be quite an interesting season. A new Sailor Moon, a show by Watanabe about terrorists, a mecha that will reunite the writer and director of Fate/Zero, the very bloody Akame ga Kill, and the return of the infamous Sword Art Online. It's gonna be hectic.

On another note, since I have a lot more time due to summer, I've decided that on top of catching up on my anime watching I also want to read more manga (helps that Hummingbird launched their manga tracker so I can keep track of everything). So I want you, weebs of Know Your Meme, to recommend me some good manga to checkout over the summer. I have a very broad set of tastes, so as long as what you recommend is well made, I should enjoy it. The only thing I ask is that you mention if it already has an anime adaptation or not, as I usually like to check out the anime before reading the manga. I don't really know why, it's just a preference of mine.

Well I just saw the last episode of Black bullet

The Female Character reached a Level of madness like GASAI YUNO… It was awesome, Disturbing, Epic and other things, I'm happy.

I also started to read Berserk… Any warning you want to give me… I already hear about the rape horse… so that one is not a warning.

Ugh
I guess I'm going to have to watch it. Please be better than the show. Pleeeeeeease.

@Random 21
Hopefully they decide to explain the bullshit ending. Seriously, I don't think I've ever seen an ending go from "Well I guess this is okay" to "BULLSHEIIIIIIIT" so fast.

Brynhildr from last season dropped a few marks for me because it did the literal same thing. "I guess I'll just have to learn to live without herLOLNOPE SHE'S ALIVE AGAIN FOR NO APPARENT REASON". Atb the very least I hope it cleans up some of the lose ends. I never understood the ending where a big reveal is made about Mitsuki and Hiroomi's sister is made and the show just skips over it. And then there was that officer guy who I guess was the main antagonist kind of but just disapears halfway through the final episode.

I should be thankful though, at least it isn't a second season, I don't think I could sit through that.

I'm on Chapter 261, so be prepared for everything being sliced in half with a humongous sword, homoerotic subtext between Griffith and Guts, a surprisingly large amount of rape scenes, and just a ton of gore in general.

EDIT: Right, my avatar is also Griffith. I really like Berserk.

Like I know none of you care but I just have to get this out OMG FREE IS AMAZING THIS SEASON IS EVEN BETTER THAN THE LAST I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THAT WAS POSSIBLE IT'S LIKE THE BEST THING EVER I LOVE IT AND JESUS CHRIST THE ENDING SONG IS LIKE THE BEST THING EVER

Girl calm yo tits.

Free is to me what Akame ga Kill is to you. Just even worse