I’ve watched some short videos and summaries about anime, and I really enjoyed them. How would you recommend I start watching anime? Is there any specific series you'd suggest?

Series Information: MAL Page | AnimeNewsNetwork | LiveChart

Streams: ...none, sorry! DVD (Amazon)

Episodes:

• Today: Episode 21 (Despair)
• Tomorrow: Episode 22 (Phantom)

Spoiler Policy:

I forgot to include this on the original schedule post, so please read!

Since there are going to be people who are watching this for the first time, so please only discuss what we've seen in the episodes we've watched so far! There's some interesting twists in this series, and we want everyone to get to experience this fresh.

In addition, since .hack is a massive franchise and this is only one entry in it (and actually one of the first), discussion of other entries may have some inadvertant spoilers. With this in mind, please only keep discussion to .hack//SIGN, and we'll have a chance for a discussion in the larger context of the franchise on the final day.

Question(s) of the Day

Throughout the rewatch we'll be posting some questions to guide discussion. Feel free to answer them or just post your overall thoughts! They're meant to be something for people who might not be sure how to start their posts, not something everyone must do.

1. What do you think the relationship between Macha (the cat player) and the Voice is?
2. Do you like Helba’s design?

Music Corner

One of the highlights of this show is the incredible soundtrack, one of the first major works published by now famed music composer Yuki Kajiura. We'll be looking at one track with each thread for general discussion and opinions. Be as thorough or as succinct as you want - everything from lyrical motifs and interpretations to just whether or not you liked it!

Today's piece: To Nowhere, one of the almost fairy tale poem songs that are such a core part of the show’s musical identity (Full Track)

Tomorrow’s piece: Smallest Delight, a light instrumental piece (Full Track)

i remember watching an anime with mechanical tails, i never finished it. it was like 5 years ago so its prob made in 2019 or smt

hi, new here but looking for some recommendations for English dubbed sci-fi , fantasy or supernatural anime to watch that's available of crunchyroll or prime. thanks in advance!

The more I look back at anime I've enjoyed the most, it becomes more clear that I need one that gets to a very powerful level in a relatively quick amount of time. Preferably a guy main character that fights alone, and is against a very powerful being(s), or maybe a bunch of monster-like creatures that are a real threat here's some examples:

SAO - kirito first arc

Ragna crimson

7 deadly sins

cyberpunk edgerunners

Guilty crown

By the end of the show I want the character to be unrecognizable or the world. Let me know if further explanation is needed! side note, i've probably watched all of the really popular shonens

#Raven of the Inner Palace Episode 11 Groundwork

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Useful Links and Streams

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Fanart and Music

I've become weak

Today's track(s)

Koubutsu: Plays when they go into the field.

Sissou: Plays when Shouxe has become weak.

Comment/s of the Day

I'm so sorry I had to go last minute

Questions of the Day

1. How would you live your life if you knew you were dying in 8 years?

2. What has been your favorite comment in the rewatch so far?

3. What is one advantage of being weak?

Tomorrow's Questions of the day

Spoilers

As always please keep spoilers tagged like so [Inner Raven Spoilers]>!I want to feed Jujetsu all of the food because she's adorable when eating.!< so people watching for the first time can fully enjoy it. Also please try to keep discussion of the show up to where the rewatch is currently. If a character doesn't show up until episode 15 don't talk or allude to them outside of spoiler tags.

#Episode 75: Invitation × List × Show Me Rock!

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I'm really glad that I met you

Comment of the Day:

/u/charlesvvv noting Ging's excellent parenthood

Ging really just left a message to Gon in the game just to brag.

Well, at least he has something to show for all those years

Questions of the Day

1. Would you have joined that group or played on your own?

2. What's the girl up to?

Fanart of the Day: Birds of a feather

Source includes spoilers

Please remember to keep all spoilers and hints tagged with the appropriate tag format such as: [Spoilers] >!Leorio is best boy!<

Hello, I'm making another post for more help if possible. What I can remember about the premise is that a shy high school girl becomes infatuated with her younger sisters friend because of how cute she think she is. I am aware it sounds kinda creepy but I remember the scenes I've seen it was pretty wholesome. It came out a few years ago but not exactly sure when

#Raven of the Inner Palace Episode 11 Groundwork

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Useful Links and Streams

MAL | Anilist | Kitsu | AniDB | ANN

Fanart and Music

I've become weak

Today's track(s)

Koubutsu Go in the field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfCBPcAcpYE

Sissou I've become Weak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd70LSD3F_I

Comment/s of the Day

I'm so sorry I had to go last minute

Questions of the Day

Tomorrow's Questions of the day

Spoilers

As always please keep spoilers tagged like so [Inner Raven Spoilers]>!I want to feed Jujetsu all of the food because she's adorable when eating.!< so people watching for the first time can fully enjoy it. Also please try to keep discussion of the show up to where the rewatch is currently. If a character doesn't show up until episode 15 don't talk or allude to them outside of spoiler tags.

#Episode 21: Hanai Counterattacks! Karen Sparkles! Reunion with Big Sister!

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Past and present, men are still the same, after all.

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/KendotsX for finally understanding the memes:

When you guys were making beard jokes before the rewatch, I thought it's just about Harima being a highschooler with a bit of a goattee, no turns out it was a glorious, blessed beard, that turned into the best arc so far. RIP Beard, you shall be missed!

1. How much would you pay to get Harry MacKenzie's fit?

2. Did you expect Harima's caring big sis would come back?

Those sounds in question. Thanks in advance.

What I remember from this anime is that was in a Japan feudal. A man was molesting a woman and then a man with a sword cames to face. Then the thief (i suppose) put the woman in a 69 position in him to use as a shield.

I was wondering what anime it was, because I never watched the whole movie/serie. Dunno

Anyone has an idea of what is it?.

I wanted to share my impressions/mini reviews of some really good but mostly forgotten anime. Definitely worth watching.

Astra Lost in Space - cool sci-fi adventure about stranded group of teenagers with old 1950-1970s sc-ifi vibes. Loveable well developed characters, many shocking twists and revelations, plus a bit of mystery.

Ah My Goddess - lovely old school slow romance with some comedy and adventure. Cute looking, very sweet female protagonist, overall touching and heartsome feel.

Birdy the Mighty - good sci-fi action/comedy with duo of alien girl pursuing galactic criminals, and ending on Earth sharing body with your average school guy (which results in some funny scenes). Amazing openings, lovely main character, great fights and animation, body swapping, cool looking alien villains. Though plotline is not anything special, and male protagonist is somewhat bland.

Second season has a different feeling - it is significantly darker - and more interesting plot.

Birdy the Mighty 1996 OVA - I find it superior to new series: more interesting male main character, more interaction between protagonists, more scary villain. Sadly anime does not look very well by modern standards.

Crest of the Stars/Banner of the Stars - great space opera, in well developed setting (author even created a language for protagonist race - kind of imperial space elves). Crest is more action/misadventure of space elf princess and human guy (they both are fun characters and interact well), sequel Banner is more global and dramatic: mainly about war between two big empires. Btw space combat here is unique and extremely well designed.

El Hazard: The Magnificent World - isekai which was released way before modern isekais, and does not look nearly as cliched. Beautiful Arabian style setting and art, relatable characters, three factions each with its own interests, a lot of funny scenes, fun villain with great evil laugh. Btw series has a sequel, which is way worse imho.

Faraway Paladin - first 5 series are amazing. Really different from other fantasy anime, and unique setting (human boy raised by undead? Good undead with well developed personalities?). However after that it becomes bland cliche shounen. Still first episodes are very worth watching.

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash - more serious and realistic kind of isekai (even standart goblins look more alive and relatable here) with weak characters, which gives it a completely different feeling. Immersive, very enjoyable if a bit too slow pathing. Has one big plot twist and very beautiful watercolor art.

Looking up at the half-moon (Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora) - short drama/anime series about boy meeting sick girl at the hospital... Fluffy, touching and sad. Very immersive sad opening, too.

School Days - it looks like your average school romantic anime, but actually only pretends to be; near the end it become an entirely different genre. Has great shocking final. Also most characters are not what they seem to be. Very worth watching, if you do not mind protagonist which becomes increasingly unlikeable over time.

Slayers - comedy fantasy, in Dungeons and Dragons style (which is very rare for anime). Funny action scenes, funny characters... humor everywhere. And protagonist is not standard shounen character, but greedy sorceress obsessed with casting fireballs and explosions.

Uncle from Another World - isekaied character returns to our world! And he is not your average protagonist but adult man with strong magic and zero social skill, who was extremely unpopular even in other world...

Very unique protagonist, it is really interesting to watch misadventures (poor guy suffers a lot, despite being pretty overpowered) from his memory - a lot of comedy, sometimes dark comedy. Not much happens in our world besides some silly funny moments, though.

P.S. I am not sure whether Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya counts as hidden gem and how popular it is. But it is an awesome time travelling drama, better than main series. It portrays Ken and Yuki much better, and asks some difficult questions. Lovely ending, too.

Im looking for animes where the characters wear uniforms in the style of zerotwo or lena from 86 because i just love the look on those.

Here's an mp3 I made of the chorus melody that I remember
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DxfmYGpp_4KeEabBoCwYbnj-DBJZVTmU/view?usp=sharing

I have no idea what anime I've heard this from but I'm getting a lot of nostalgia so this must be from an anime that previously aired on Animax between 2013-2017 (around the time I was watching Animax).

I think this specific part that is in the anime preview/trailer that Animax shows during intermission periods.

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week's Weekly Seasonal Rankings discussion! Here, you can rank and comment on all of the currently airing anime you’re watching each week basis, as well as discuss your opinions with the rest of /r/anime. For an example of how this works, check out this thread from a while back.

You can format your rankings however you want, from simple lists to making a cool graphic. We even had someone use Excel! The most common way to do things is using a reddit table though. If you haven't made one, you can learn how to make one here or here. You could also use this website, which will format your table to suit reddit.

Next week Dec 28th, we will have the end of year rankings thread that will cover all anime that aired in 2024. The week after will be Week 1 threads of the Winter 2025 Seasons.

##Original Series Overall Discussion

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###Show Information:

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(First-timers are advised to stay out of Show Information until we are done, however. In particular, if you care about getting spoiled I would stay out of MAL (whose synopsis is a borderline spoiler), Kitsu (which copied the MAL synopsis), ANN (which has an obnoxious spoiler in the show tags I only noticed after posting the interest thread), and AniDB (which has some major spoilers in the character tags - avoid at all costs if you care about spoilers!). Which is four out of five of the above links. So, uh, yeah.)

###Legal Streams:

(As per livechart.me; additional legal streams may be available outside the US.)

Hidive | Amazon Prime Video (for purchase)

##A Reminder to Rewatchers:

Please do not spoil the experience for our first-timers! You're probably not being as subtle as you think you are. In particular, comments on sange and the true nature of Vertexes/the true state of the world should probably be under spoiler tags. Just saying. Also please no mentioning Karin until episode 3, this is not Precure where the mid-season Cure can be assumed and we traditionally treat the obvious other-show precedent as a spoiler until she shows up so we will be doing the same with Karin here.

###What About the Sequels/Prequel?

(Okay fine I should add this section to the episode posts as well...)

It's only the first anniversary for S1 and I ain't running over into the holidays proper. Also I haven't seen WaSuYu or either sequel yet and got burned hard by Mai-Otome a couple of years back. Maybe early next year.

Maybe coming soon. See more below...

##(Time for) Club Activities!

(Taking it a bit easy...)

Question(s) of the Day:

1. Final thoughts on our main cast?

2. Final thoughts on our OP and ED?

3. Final thought on our OST and its use?

(3a) Isn't it nice as a host to have three default series discussion questions to fall back on?)

4. What worked and what didn't about the show for you?

5. Favorite moment of the show?

6. Least favorite moment of the show?

7. Biggest moment of emotional trauma this rewatch? (You're welcome Vaad)

8. Happiest moment this rewatch?

9. What would you change about the show if you were making it yourself?

9a) ... Besides the finale?

9b) ... or giving it more episodes to work with?

###And last but not least, remember the Sanshuu Middle School Hero Club Five Tenets!

1: Give people a good greeting!

2: Try not to give up!

3: Sleep well, eat well!

4: If you're troubled, talk to someone!

5: You're likely to succeed if you try!

#OVA 2: The Ocean Routes Stretch into the Distance (Far Beyond the Voyage) Part 2

← Far Beyond the Voyage Part 1 | Index | Final Discussion →

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###"We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... this land."
###"I think we should call it your grave!"

Questions of the Day:

1. [Thoughts on]>!the existence and demonstrable military power of a land-based state in this setting? Does it seem like something fits in the world despite never having been mentioned before?!<

2. [Was]>!Leema and the Hat Guys' plan doomed from the start?!< [Any alternatives you can think of, for example]>!would you have started out with getting Ledo to visit their country before moving on to more extreme measures?!<

3. What do you think the rest of the sequels would have covered, assuming that you haven't read the sequel novels, and assuming that the anime production had not been cancelled?

Characters appearing today:

Muzzle (Takahiro Sakurai)
The female Dragon Palace leader, who doesn't get an entire name, is voiced by Kiyoko Miyazawa, or Hibiki's grandmother from Symphogear G and GX. That's barely relevant given all of the other guest appearances she has in her résumé, but I know the people in my audience, even if I overassume about them reading this.
The other leader is played by Masashi Nogawa, who is in a similar position of bit parts.

Scans:

Lukkage's "disguise" and swimsuit Reema
Bellows team members
Muzzle
Dragon Palace Leadership and Cute Dolphin

I want a cool fantasy anime or manga, something with a great worldbuilding, nice story, and its a bonus if it haves cool fights and good animation.

My favorites are mushoku tensei and frieren, but i hate the weird pedo jokes and minor's sexualization in mushoku, and frieren have also that weird breasts joke, its not the end of the world and i can go through it, but mushoku is really too much with it, literally scenes between a minor and a "child" with a 30 year old conscience, frieren is ok tho. WIth that said tho, they are objectively the best fantasies ive ever seen, amazing in every aspect of a fantasy, so i would like something as good or better than those, but without weird sexualization.
It also dont have to be high fantasy like fairlies, knights and dragons, thats my major interest but i accept fantasies more grounded, like fullmetal alchemist which is one of my fav animes

Episode 16 - One Step Forward

The Toradora! Christmas Club is finally here again! Together we're watching the original Toradora! series, one episode a day until December 30th.

It's important to be courteous to first time watchers. Don't forget to keep discussions related to this episode. We'll have a new thread tomorrow and the day after (etc.), so there are plenty of opportunities to discuss new characters and moments. If you absolutely can't help yourself, just remember to add spoiler tags like so [Toradora!] >!spoiler text!<

Threads will be posted daily at: 21:00 GMT

CR, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Funimation

Fanart:

https://i.imgur.com/5ekC4E9.jpeg

Sources:

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/103307338

Feel free to participate in our bonus topic at the end of your comment or separately:

• Christmas Club Bonus! What has been the best moment in Toradora! so far? Whether you're a fan of comedy, drama, character development, etc... there are great moments in every episode.

does anyone have lewd/ ecchi animes for a 14 year old? i've scoured the internet and found no suggestions, so figured i would ask here.

Sorry no offense to those harem enjoyers but it is not my cup of tea right now. Any isekai that doesn't have Harem? Most of the isekai animes are harem. I watched a ton of isekai animes and the ones that are listed in the web.

If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Thanks!

the strongest exorcist reincarnated, im quitting heroing, returner magic should be special, parallel world pharmacy, kekkai sensen, oreshura,

For me the one that is the most random is Mr.Osomatsu; Pop Team Epic! is another totally random one too.

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Questions of the Day

1. Should Gai have kissed the girl?

2. Do you remember the time I asked “Do you remember the time I asked “Do you remember the time I asked “Do you remember the time I asked you “Do you remember the time I asked you “have you ever been in a hot air balloon?”?””?”?”?

Reminder to all GGG members that information about future episodes is highly classified. Leaking any classified information about upcoming missions is strictly prohibited and will be punished, or worse, impeached.

Im new to anime, ive only watched some of the populsr ones like JJK and Demon Slayer im currently looking for a isekai/reverse isekai anime to watch. Thanks! *Optional: If the anime has a touch of romance like re zero thats even better imo

So the first season of anime of this character aired before 2013.

https://preview.redd.it/ectpqtfl798e1.jpg?width=2273&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b73df21bdd98113a6dae7bad5e3889c47cc0515

please recommend me ecchi, comedy like B Gata H Kei or Kiss X Sis please :D very old but still gold and entertaining for me. Tia!