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Kitt
03/07/21 5:02:38 PM
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I tried watching Yu Yu Hakusho on Hulu because that's one of the few animes I remember liking growing up.
Holy crap, that show aged like milk. Nostalgia can be bitch sometimes.

I'm not sure why I'm in an anime mood, but what animes do you show people when you're trying to get them into it?

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Shotgunnova
03/07/21 5:04:29 PM
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Outlaw Star

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TeaMilk
03/07/21 5:04:49 PM
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I could def see someone who's into drama/mystery but not anime enjoying Monster:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDMg7wdy1La1oyAOSUIcHwnjmg9WqkNHZ
(please watch monster)

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Choco
03/07/21 5:04:55 PM
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GoldenSchmoldin
03/07/21 5:05:06 PM
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One Punch Man
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nothanks1
03/07/21 5:05:21 PM
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Unironically Pokemon for at least the first few episodes to see if you like it
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Choco
03/07/21 5:05:26 PM
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TeaMilk posted...
I could def see someone who's into drama/mystery but not anime enjoying Monster:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDMg7wdy1La1oyAOSUIcHwnjmg9WqkNHZ
(please watch monster)
monster sucks

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:05:26 PM
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Shotgunnova posted...
Outlaw Star
I very vaguely remember this show. I don't remember if I liked it or not.

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Simon_Petrikov
03/07/21 5:06:17 PM
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Ghost in the Shell
Cowboy Bebop
Death Note
Monster


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Choco
03/07/21 5:06:18 PM
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TeaMilk
03/07/21 5:07:06 PM
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Choco posted...
monster sucks
im literally unfriending you right now

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scar the 1
03/07/21 5:07:08 PM
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Probably Miyazaki movies. Or like, Castlevania on Netflix.

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:07:38 PM
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Choco posted...
death note
I actually watched some of this when it was on Adult Swim. It was fine for a bit, then I lost interest.

nothanks1 posted...
Unironically Pokemon for at least the first few episodes to see if you like it
Absolutely not. I've always hated Pokemon.

GoldenSchmoldin posted...
One Punch Man
The concept of this actually sounds potentially great.

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Kircheis
03/07/21 5:07:41 PM
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Cowboy Bebop and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I actually like anime and those are still my favorite shows of all time. Btw I'm recommending the 1980s-90s OVA series for LotGH, I still haven't watched the new anime yet.
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RetsuZaiZen
03/07/21 5:08:37 PM
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You're objectively wrong with your bumass Yu Yu Hakusho take but I agree with Death Note. That's about as casual as it gets for anime with a good story.

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Blue_Dream87
03/07/21 5:08:48 PM
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Space Dandy
Cowboy Bebop
Hunter x Hunter
Shinsekai Yori
Aggretsuko
Great Pretender
Full Metal Alchemist

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AldousIsDead
03/07/21 5:09:02 PM
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Don't force yourself if you don't like it, but your classic Miyazaki stuff would probably be the best place to start. Otherwise pick a Shonen du jour and see if it suits your taste.

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:10:28 PM
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ArianaGrandSlam posted...
Porco Rosso and Cowboy Bebop are the ones I digested easiest after a lifetime disposition towards not liking anime much
Cowboy Bebop is a given. I fucks with that show.


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RchHomieQuanChi
03/07/21 5:11:18 PM
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I find it hard to get into a lot of anime within the first few episodes but I love JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

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Choco
03/07/21 5:11:53 PM
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TeaMilk posted...
im literally unfriending you right now
v_v

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:12:18 PM
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AldousIsDead posted...
Don't force yourself if you don't like it, but your classic Miyazaki stuff would probably be the best place to start. Otherwise pick a Shonen du jour and see if it suits your taste.
I'm gonna probably get shot for this, but I'm not a big fan of Miyazaki movies. The ones I've seen anyway. They're beautifully animated, but I'm just not their target audience, I guess.

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fohstick
03/07/21 5:12:25 PM
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detroit metal city. there's zero anime tropes and it's 100% hilarious
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Kircheis
03/07/21 5:14:10 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
I find it hard to get into a lot of anime within the first few episodes but I love JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

This is a good recommendation also. I especially love the dubs for the first two Parts because it had goofy accents. Like Johnny Yong Bosch trying to sound British sometimes, and Bryce Papenbrook trying to sound Italian. It's the most goofy sounding shit ever and it really embodies how camp this series is.
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Kitt
03/07/21 5:14:33 PM
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fohstick posted...
detroit metal city. there's zero anime tropes and it's 100% hilarious
Oh snap. That's quite a big, bold sale for an anime. I should look into that.

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Garlands_Soul
03/07/21 5:15:00 PM
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I don't really like anime but I ended up liking JoJo because the level of ridiculousness was high enough that it seems like parody.

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DespondentDeity
03/07/21 5:15:18 PM
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Made in Abyss

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:16:20 PM
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Kircheis posted...
This is a good recommendation also. I especially love the dubs for the first two Parts because it had goofy accents. Like Johnny Yong Bosch trying to sound British sometimes, and Bryce Papenbrook trying to sound Italian. It's the most goofy sounding shit ever and it really embodies how camp this series is.
A friend showed me a few episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and...it was something.
Just didn't really seem like it was for me.

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scar the 1
03/07/21 5:17:25 PM
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At this point it feels like if you want good advice you could start with saying what you've seen and what you thought about it. Seems like you've watched a fair bit? But I second Detroit Metal City, it's very funny.

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:22:56 PM
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scar the 1 posted...
At this point it feels like if you want good advice you could start with saying what you've seen and what you thought about it. Seems like you've watched a fair bit? But I second Detroit Metal City, it's very funny.
Of the ones I know for sure I like:

Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell (the first movie and Stand Alone Complex)
FLCL
G Gundam
Paranoia Agent, Paprika, almost anything by Satoshi Kon

Ones I remember liking but haven't seen in a while and not sure if they still hold up:

Trigun
Full Metal Alchemist
Hamtaro (lol)

Also, miss me with anything that have "Classroom"/"Highschool" in the title and/or involves 14-year olds fighting demons and saving the world.

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smoke_break
03/07/21 5:23:46 PM
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Ping Pong the Animation.

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:25:07 PM
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smoke_break posted...
Ping Ping the Animation.
This genuinely looks interesting lol

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MadDewg
03/07/21 5:26:48 PM
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My hero academia is easy to get into if my sister-in-law is anything to go by. Its based on superheros, which is still the in-thing movie-wise so if they like that stuff, they can probably get into the my hero academia dub.

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Kircheis
03/07/21 5:30:33 PM
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I want to reiterate my recommendation of Legend of the Galactic Heroes because it really is that good of a show. One of the my favorite scenes in all of anime is the two lead characters meeting face-to-face for the first time and spending the whole scene civilly discussing the merits of their opposing ideologies. And really it's worth watching just for some of Yang's antics, like arguing that humans have been drinking alcohol for thousands of years, which makes alcohol a friend, and he can't abandon a friend; or giving this really half-assed speech about only being able to drink good tea while still alive, and using that to rally his comrades because he's bad at giving speeches and he has to say something just so he can get out of that situation as quickly as possible. It's a sometimes really amusing and often thought-provoking show, and it's well worth powering through all 110 episodes of it.
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WilliamPorygon
03/07/21 5:34:51 PM
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Blue_Dream87 posted...
Aggretsuko


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RchHomieQuanChi
03/07/21 5:36:19 PM
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Kitt posted...
A friend showed me a few episodes of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and...it was something.
Just didn't really seem like it was for me.

Yeah, I guess the first part is a little more dry than what the series later becomes because it's a lot more typical Shonen.

But it becomes amazing during Part 2

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:40:50 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
Yeah, I guess the first part is a little more dry than what the series later becomes because it's a lot more typical Shonen.

But it becomes amazing during Part 2
The thing about that is he didn't show it to me from the start.
He kind of broke it down to me ina way I can only remember it as each season being their own contained story while still maintaing an overall narrative for the series as a whoke.

I forgot which season, or arc or whatever it's called here, we started with, but it definitely wasn't the first one.

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Simon_Petrikov
03/07/21 5:41:49 PM
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Kitt posted...
This genuinely looks interesting lol
It's really good.

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DavidZ2844
03/07/21 5:42:49 PM
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I absolutely despise anime and cant get behind anything weeb whatsoever, only the stuff I have nostalgia with like DBZ/Naruto.

That being said, I took a leap and saw the first season of One Punch Man, and I really liked it. So I recommend that one.

Its almost kind of a parody of anime in a sense, so I really liked that aspect about it.
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RchHomieQuanChi
03/07/21 5:43:02 PM
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Kitt posted...
The thing about that is he didn't show it to me from the start.
He kind of broke it down to me ina way I can only remember it as each season being their own contained story while still maintaing an overall narrative for the series as a whoke.

I forgot which season, or arc or whatever it's called here, we started with, but it definitely wasn't the first one.

Ah gotcha

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Kitt
03/07/21 5:45:53 PM
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DavidZ2844 posted...
I absolutely despise anime and cant get behind anything weeb whatsoever, only the stuff I have nostalgia with like DBZ/Naruto. That being said, I took a leap and saw the first season of One Punch Man, and I really liked it. So I recommend that one.

Its almost kind of a parody of anime in a sense, so I really liked that aspect about it.
Yeah, I keep hearing good stuff about that one. I might actually check it out.

Naruto and DBZ, on the other hand, are actual garbage. Naruto was at least somewhat okay when it first started, then it got stupid after a bit. DBZ was/is bad from beginning to end.

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JE19426
03/07/21 5:50:27 PM
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Baccano!
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Shablagoo
03/07/21 5:59:17 PM
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The first anime TV show that clicked for me was Samurai Champloo. The second was Berserk (1997). Not many other than those 2 have I really loved or even been able to get into.

As for movies, as others have recommended, all the Ghibli films and especially Princess Mononoke.

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DavidZ2844
03/07/21 6:13:51 PM
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Kitt posted...
Yeah, I keep hearing good stuff about that one. I might actually check it out.

Naruto and DBZ, on the other hand, are actual garbage. Naruto was at least somewhat okay when it first started, then it got stupid after a bit. DBZ was/is bad from beginning to end.
Oh yeah Im not trying to say DBZ/Naruto are any good lol, I just have nostalgia with them since I watched them a bit as a kid. So it was interesting to go back and get that nostalgia feel checking them out, but I definitely could not stand watching more than 2-3 episodes. They are filled to the brim with all the anime tropes/mannerisms/qualities that make me hate anime in the first place.
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Tenmyouji
03/07/21 6:19:11 PM
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Cowboy Bebop
One Punch Man

Jojo is kinda fun, loved part 2, 3 was ok but dragged a bit imo, 4 was great, 5 was ok.
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Turbam
03/07/21 6:19:52 PM
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Gurren Laggan

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Kitt
03/07/21 6:26:01 PM
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Turbam posted...
Gurren Laggan
Hell nah. I saw one episode of this show that solidified me not liking it.

First of all, it was one of those obligatory beach episodes. In it a girl -- who looks to be a young woman. I don't know how old she is. Anime would literally draw a college student but say they're 14, so I don't know. She looks like a young woman. Anyway -- she's on the beach competing with what looks like a 10 year-old girl for the attention of a bunch of guys and she's losing.

Shit was so dumb.

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