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Pretty much anything by Trigger is going to be worth at least a watch through at least once, usually multiple times.

The League of Legends show, Arcane, is some of the best animation I think I've ever seen and season two comes out next month.

FLCL and FLCL Alternative are both amazing, I couldn't get into Progressive.

Mob Psycho and One Punch Man are wild rides. I think OPM is better, but that's because I'm bald.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is an absolute hoot if you can see the humor in all the over-explanations and goofiness

I'm about to start Dead Dead Demons Dedede Destruction tomorrow. I'm going in blind, but I really love Inio Asano's other works. Goodnight Punpun changed my life, but really, do not read it if you are already depressed.

I keep editing this because I keep remembering stuff.

Frieren is amazing and makes you feel incredibly close to these characters.

Delicious in Dungeon is Trigger, but a different Trigger than something like Kill la Kill or BNA. It's slower, comfier, and like Frieren, makes you feel SO close to these characters.

• 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)

I slept on Supernatural for a long time and now I can't stop, I'm on like season 13 and it still keeps getting better

The Expanse- Very grounded scifi with an amazing cast.

HBO's Rome- The reason men can't stop thinking about ancient Rome

Ranking of Kings- Anime that looks cute and wholesome but has surprisingly mature storytelling and compelling characters.

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.

Claymore:

2007 anime. From a manga. Women with gigantic swords , the Claymore, fight some sort of demons in a forsaken world. We follow Clare, the Claymore Number 47, the least powerful of them all.

Every episode has some sort of a twist, with new information about the incredible rich world and lore, and the power and origin of the Claymore. Drawing is captivating, unique, gorgeous. The eyes!

Way better than Berserker, in the sense, that everything make sense and is foreshadow in Claymore.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo - A Netflix K-drama about an autistic savant lawyer. It's charming, funny, and has a really beautiful story overall.

Bofuri: I Don't Want To Get Hurt, So I'll Max Out My Defense - a cute and fun anime about Maple, who doesn't want to get hurt in a VR MMO so she maxes her defense and becomes a hero.

I like light-hearted shows, so I'll be checking out a few of the ones in this thread 🙂

The Leftovers

Andor, best piece of SW since the 80s

I keep recommending Ancient Magus Bride. Nobody watches...

It's a seriously good anime with some slice of life and drama, an amazing magical world and SUPER GOOD SOUNDTRACK

If anyone reading this watches it, I beg of you, please tell me what you thought

For anime, Ghost in the Shell. My favorite is the Stand Alone Complex series.

For TV show, Fringe. It's a sci-fi show taking place in the modern world.

For movie, Red Lights. It's about a group that disproves paranormal/super natural events. I recommend it because it's not well known.

Deep Space 9; Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls

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.

Erased is my favorite anime of all time. I'm a sucker for both time travel and "big damn heroes" stuff.

I'm always trying to get people watching Konosuba it's just funny but yeah I liked it so much I read the novels and spinoff.

TV: Letterkenny immediately followed by Shoresy. Shoresy is a spinoff, so you really should watch Letterkenny first, although you don't necessarily have to

Seinfeld, probably no need to explain (Edit: how could I leave out Curb Your Enthusiasm here?)

Adult Cartoons: King of the Hill, Bob's Burgers, Archer, Frisky Dingo. I could go on for a while about adult animation

Anime: Samurai Champloo, Baki the Grappler, Baki, Baki Hanma, Oshi No Ko, and Zombieland Saga. Plenty more, but I'll stop here for now

Summary: I like TV way more than movies. My favorites being Comedy/Sitcoms and Dragon Ball/Z/Super

Edit: Does professional wrestling count? I fucking love me some WWE

The original Legend of the Galactic Heroes. This is top tier sci fi, politics, and mitary drama that is more impactful today than when the original novel was written.

Apothecary Diaries

I cannot stress this enough. Apothecary Diaries

Light hearted and fun (low stress):

• Kuma Kuma Kuma bear

• Mashle

• Raising kids while adventuring

• I parry everything

• Killing slimes for 300 years

• By the grace of the gods

• Fluffy paradise

Used to also recommend Bofuri but the last episode of season 2 implies heavily that season 3 is going to head way off in a completely different feel from 1+2

Lighter and did not end on a hard cliffhanger

• Aristocrat's otherworldly adventures

• Banished former hero lives as he pleases

• Campfire cooking in another world

• Level 2 super cheat powers

• Reincarnated as the 7th prince

• Parallel world pharmacy

• Sleepy princess in the demon castle

• Villainess level 99

• The wrong way to use healing magic

Other suggestions offered based on the person's preferences:

• Dungeon Meshi

• Goblin Slayer

• So I'm a spider, so what?

• Solo leveling

• That time I got reincarnated as a slime

• Dan da Dan

• The vexations of a shut-in vampire princess

• Ya boy Kongming

• Standalone complex

• One punch man

• Kill la kill

Dan da Dan is just coming out now. First episode animation looked really good and it is off the walls insane.

Psych

Bloom into you, the only anime that existed in my head

Psycho pass.

Lots of philosophy on topics such as free will, determinism and AI mixed with action, in cyberpunk setting. Also nice end to end story in the first season.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Pass

Arcane. It’s always Arcane. Arcane.

Little Witch Academia: a passion project and it shows, a witch school with a colorful cast of character and an even more colorful cast of villains, alternative name: lesbian hogwarts

Girls und panzer and its movie, while it does fall into the cute girls doing cute thing type of genre, GuP is one of the ones who really popularized it, its a series thats just plain old fun to watch how they fight their tank battles, especially the movie

Ben-to, another series thats just plain ol fun, people beat the snot out of each other for the privilege to buy price reduced food, animated by the people who went on to do jojo

that just be my top 3 to show everyone

Mr. Robot: it’s not anime but I haven’t been able to shut up about it for a long time

Dirk gently's holistic detective agency.