Anime suggestions for someone who dislikes most anime?

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Fellow anime-phobe/anime-skeptic here. Finally got around to watching Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust and it was pretty great—recommended. Lots of genuinely creative action sequences, character designs, and a pretty daring juxtaposition of gothic horror, western, and sci-fi. I wish there had been a bit more build in the introduction, slower character intros. etc. but not a huge issue.

Also, I saw Boy and the Heron since I last posted here and it is genuinely very good. Miyazaki films can be a bit same-y sometimes, but this one feels unique among his stuff. Probably my second favorite Ghibli.

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Boy and the Heron looks lovely. I really need to make this one a priority, I keep forgetting about it.

My wife loathes anime and she loved Frieren. Did not expect her to join me in watching it, but she was drawn in extremely quickly.

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I don’t pay much attention to Academy Awards but Boy and the Heron is well deserving of is award for Best Animated Feature, as well as awards garnered from other organizations.

Seems to be a lot of crossover between fans of Freiren and Apothecary Diaries, despite being two very different shows. Very good chance that your wife will love Apothecary Diaries. The MC is not a typical female lead, to say the least.

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Awesome! I’ll add Apothecary Diaries to the list!

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Can you suggest me some sci-fi anime?

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Inuyashika: Last Hero
Attack on Titan
NieR: Automata Ver1.1a
Cowboy Beebop
Outlaw Star
Solo Leveling
King of Thorn

Scavengers Reign - while not anime, it is animated and was very good sci-fi.

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Aria - all 3 seasons free subbed on YT. Dubbed not free though.

Deca-Dence

Too Cute Crisis

Brave Bang Bravern

Gatchaman Crowds

Pluto

Space Brothers

Mr. Villain’s Day Off

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Requiem From the Darkness… love sampling from this one too

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Bang

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I really loved Deca-Dence :slight_smile:

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Just the other day finished Frieren, after carefully stretching it out for maximum enjoyment. So so good.

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A standout work of science fiction for sure.

Lately I’ve been watching several titles that feature characters being constantly disappointed by their mentor or boss, because that person is a slob and/or eccentric:

Freiren
Dungeon People
Yatagarasu

Wasn’t a deliberate choice, just worked out that way.

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With these recommendations it would kinda be nice to know if the recommender is
a) in fact generally not into anime, and/or
b) why the rec is suited to people not generally into anime

A lot of the stuff above just seems like popular anime recommendations from big-time anime fans, and there’s already a thread for that.

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Frieren was the best anime I’ve seen in years. It made me seriously emotional several times!

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I recommend the following anime then for you:

Jujutsu Kaizen
Fairy Tale
Goblin Slayer
Hells Paradise
Jobless Reincarnation
Chainsaw Man
Ragna Crimson

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I’m not an anime head, the samples are delicious in the anime I suggested… just listen to the clip… anime has nice samples in general but these are especially organic an darkly musical and I’m just talking about the dialogue… + very good for conveying messages… in other words even the dialogue has sweet tones to bend to your sampling will and enhance a vibe or hue on the spectrum that you might be looking for…
throw any of these samples into paul stretch and they will sing

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Same! I did not expect to be moved by it like I was.

Chainsaw Man was excellent. I’ve heard of goblin slayer but not most of the others, looks like I’ll add those to my list as well.

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I’m not sure how fond you are of harem and fan service, but Goblin slayer and especially Jobless incarnation have that in spades.

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oh man you would love Goblin Slayer so good! I am looking forward to next season of Chainsaw Man and Ragna Crimson.

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yeah not for kids for sure definitely adult themed