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UF8 posted...

(i also nearly picked anime-gataris too but saw that was also in ptw. it's definitely a hard rec anyway since the appeal is the depth of all the meta references it's packed with, as it doesn't really have a very good cast and the presentation was incredibly subpar for the time since it was a passion project from a very obscure studio with minimal experience. i hope it's given a fair shake if/when you do get around to it since i LOVE the show's twist later in)

ran out of edits and had one more thing to add about this lol, to put it a better way, i think anime-gataris is a series that is probably more fun to spend time dissecting what was in it than actually watching it lmao. it just has the most "approximations of specific other anime/otaku media" in any anime i've seen even now, and then comes packed with the most niche general references to other series too (combining them, there are probably in the ballpark of 50 per episode lol, and it could well be more factoring in all the seiyuu meta references). it's a pretty neat contrast how the characters are all just outdated and largely obnoxious stereotypes, but are also written to have weirdly authentic interactions sharing their feelings on all sorts of other actual media. plus there's just weird hidden lore all over it, like the random crunchyroll translator notes hidden in the files that were just for taking personal notes on all of the references (and giving all the characters joke names lol).