Are there any animes or TV shows you can’t stop recommending?
- The Terror (First season only)
- Atlanta
- Mob Psycho
- Devilman Crybaby
- Mononoke (the show)
- Prison School
- High school of the dead (I went into this expecting to be offended, but I left impressed)
Disnt think I would see prison school recommended here xD
That anime is hilarious. I would consider myself an oversensitive prude, but that anime still had me doubled over.
Shoot, I may watch it again. 👀
I dont think anyone can call themselves prude if they dont find Prison School disgusting. Not saying that being prude is good in any way though.
Hajime No Ippo!
It’s a boxing anime based on a manga (that’s still going after decades!) where a school kid is beat up and rescued by a passing boxer, who takes him in to a boxing gym to fix his wounds. It turns out he’s got some solid power from his family background in fishing, so he becomes a boxer and learns what it means to be strong.
If you like DBZ, you’ll probably love this. Alongside this, it’s refreshing in that it’s an anime that praises hard work, rather than being “the chosen one” or being gifted power. What I love about it is that several characters go through huge growth in ways that are truly unexpected.
Deep Space 9; Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls
Delicious in Dungeon!
Another one that I found gave a kinda similar feel is Dr Stone.
Though instead of diving deep into fantasy mechanics, that one is based on real world physics (well, other than some characters having super-human levels of skill) and rebuilding a modern society from scratch.
I find them similar due to their attention to detail and using their environment to build up their capabilities. The overall plot is very different and DinD has a bit more charm. Not that Dr Stone doesn’t have charm.
If I could choose which one I want to see one more season of right now, I’d pick DinD. If I could choose which one gets seen through to the end, I’d pick Dr Stone.
I just couldn’t get into the groove with Dr. Stone. I felt it required a much greater degree of suspension of disbelief since the setting is rooted in our reality, but they hand-wave over a lot of infrastructure needed to create the technologies they produce. When they got to cell phones/radios I just had to stop.
I recommend this to non-anime fans too! The episodes are so good and non-anime tropey.
This one is great. I was skeptical the first three episodes, but around ep 4 it picked up and the plot just went into overdrive. I really enjoyed it!
Thanks for your comment, I gave it 2 episodes and stopped. I’ll give it another go.
I’m the same. Watched the first two and was like this isn’t for me. If you continue and like it, let me know
Yeah, around ep 4 they stop making it like a cooking show and it starts to get interesting. They still have those little cooking montages, but it stops being the focus.
Those montages and deep dives into monster mechanics and biology are my favorite parts of the show.
I love that peeling away the layers of fantasy. It feels like a DnD campaign where the players wanted to get really weird with stretching the rules while staying within them and the DM enthusiastically agreed and joined the party with their dwarf that had been doing that for years.
Anime - Cromartie High
@Shkshkshk @asklemmy First season of Jessica Jones. But its got some major trigger warnings around sexual assault, suicide, domestic abuse and drug use, for a superhero show.
#superHeroesMaybe not everyone cup of tea but to me Mr. Robot.
At first sight you may thinking the show is about “individual” hacker taking down corporate but once you understand it has longer lasting effect especially when you relate/something similar with Elliot. The cinematography, the score is chef kiss👌🏻, Season 2 slow burns on the first half but worth to not miss them.
The magical thing is this show on rewatch make more sense and definitely Sam Esmail planned everything from get go on writing.
Among the best TV series I have seen.
I was only able to get a couple episodes in. When his surrogate gay dad said that he’d do anything for him and two scenes later you have Rami Malek going “AHH I have noone who can help me what do I do?!??”, I couldn’t keep watching.
Though it might also be my inability to watch a show where characters get ‘worse’. I got upto the third last episode of Arcane and when a pivotal moment in a characters story went bad It took me 5 days to finish the show.
The thing that’s so great about Mr. Robot is that it ends perfectly. You can tell the show writers decided exactly what story they wanted to tell and then executed on that plan. They didn’t just meander about and eventually land on a half-assed ending once the show’s budget dried up.
SPOILER ALERT
First time I realized that the ending/revelation was that near in S1, jaw dropped really hard.
I disagree. First season was perfect. But then it went downhill into unresolved Lost mystery boxes. The last episode of the last season itself was great but Esmail had no idea how to fill out the episodes of the last season to get there.
He was throwing around split personalities like Ronald Moore threw around Cylons. The time machine story went nowhere despite a multi season build up.
imo the ending, last half of season 4 is justified. If you take the “Time machine” fan theory and in case of Elliot meeting himself to me it’s just happen inside his head like what happen at some moment in S1 and S2.
For split personalities/MPD, if you rewatch the show Sam Esmail definitely laid out everything from start ever since Season 1, that’s why rewatching the show especially on S1 some scenes make senses.
Watched this show back in late 2022. Avoided forums/online discussion so I can fully grasp the show on my own thoughts.
@Crafter72
I watched a good chunk of it when it was first coming out, but I had to drop it because i was frankly not in a good enough place to hear the things that show was trying to say.I can see your point as I watch the show after everything released (late 2022).
ODDTAXI. The intro will pull you in. The dialogue and story will keep you hooked.
But please, use subs. I don’t think the English dub is good enough.
ODDTAXI is an absolutely amazing show. It feels slow and chill, yet it’s really gripping.
The writing is phenomenal! Every detail matters, even little stuff like “what pen is that guy writing with?”
I don’t think the English dub is good enough.
That’s usually the case, which I find unusual since the original voice acting is there; just copy it.
I think you underestimate how well developed the VA industry is in Japan. A lot of them are famous or use that as a start to become idols, so there’s a lot more training and effort put into it, compared to most other countries
Jericho: A post apocalyptic show that isn’t just mohawk bejeweled raiders roaming around. It is a show very much of the GWB era, with offbrand Blackwater as major villains and heavy Dick Cheney vibes when it comes to the larger plot.
Kings: A sort of retelling of David versus Goliath except set in the modern day. If you liked the weird esoteric spiritual stuff on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, you’ll like this.
The Unit: A fictionalized adaptation of Delta Force missions, with at least early on heavy influence by the former Delta author of Inside Delta Force. Great early seasons. Later seasons become more Hollywood nonsense, you tolerance may vary, but season 1 and 2 have some gold.
The Wire: This was a huge show when it was on, but maybe zoomers don’t know about it. This is the crime show for people who hate everything about modern “procedural” crime shows. It is nuanced, thoughtful, and engaging.
Columbo: Speaking of crime shows and procedurals, Columbo is both and neither. Columbo is entertaining and keeps you invested with its unique approach to murder mysteries. It really doesn’t pretend to be a proper procedural, and you’re best off thinking of Detective Columbo as a supernatural embodiment of karma and guilt rather than an actual member of a police force.
I second The Wire. Absolutely amazing, and I typically don’t enjoy more serious shit, but I couldn’t pull my eyes away from the TV
Rewatching Jericho right now for the first time in a while and yeah… It’s certainly a product of that decade lol. Still love it.
Psych
You know that’s right.
Better call Saul - a beautiful drama with a hint of comedy and action. Better than Breaking bad and doesn’t require much knowledge of it.
And then once you finish it, you can watch Breaking Bad again. Then El Camino. Then loop back around the Better Call Saul again. And once you’re done, you can watch Breaking Bad again…
For shows: My name is Earl was a very funny one that never got a proper ending before being cancelled.
For anime: Serial Experiments Lain.
I can stop recommending Bad Sisters, but I won’t. It’s fantastic, through and through.
You’re getting a recency bias, but I watched Akudama Drive about a month ago and really loved it.
The Americans is the best show ive ever seen. Absolutely brilliant from the story to the acting.
My favorite show is also Haunting on Hill House. Its on Netflix. Perfect for Halloween if anyone is interested.
Haunting of Hill House. I may watch this every year in October until I die.
It’s a great horror show that can be rewatched multiple times, but it also has some amazingly written and performed drama and characterization. There’s literally a scene later in the show that portrays an outsider’s emotional breakdown better than I’ve ever seen in any medium.
