#anime reccs

[animehouse-moe]

Delicious In Dungeon Episode 6: Court Cuisine/Boiled In Saltwater

Being a manga reader, I really don't have much to say in the world of story for Delicious In Dungeon. Conversely, I have a world of stuff to say about the adaptation end of things, but I'll keep it short.

Keita Nagahara, the storyboarder for this episode, perfectly understood the assignment. They know what Trigger does best, and they know how to make the most of the source material.

Comedy, action, excessive character animation, Nagahara's episode has it all in spades, wrapped up under very solid awareness of dimensionality and space.

Their use of foreground obstruction to force depth and awareness of space is incredible, and insanely novel. Using party members as those obstructions is impeccable, and I love how they further subvert expectations by using party members for first person perspectives as well.

It's certainly recency bias telling me that this episode is the best of the season, but at the very minimum it is 100% on par with episode 3. Makes me wonder if every episode that's a multiple of 3 will be this good.

[sftk0o]

the best genre moodboard!

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Haibane renmei discs for anime

[sir-klauz]

I just started watching Handa-Kun and… wow this anime is absolutely hilarious??? But also, this poor guyy. Plus, the opening animation is so wild and amusing?! And catchy. New current favourite, complete series, not a recent release.

“Hated by everyone around him, Sei Handa goes about his high school life regarded as an outcast—or at least that is what he believes. In reality, Handa is the most popular student on campus, revered by all for his incomparable calligraphy skills, good looks, and cool personality. However, due to an endless series of misunderstandings, Handa perceives the worship he receives from his legions of fans as bullying, leading the school's idol to shut himself off from the rest of his classmates.

But distancing himself from his peers does not deter them from adoring him; in fact, his attempts at drawing attention away from himself often end up unintentionally converting even the most skeptical of students into believers. Fashion models, shut-in delinquents, obsessive fangirls, and more—none can stand against the brilliance that is Sei Handa.”

[themilksnake]

my top anime recommendations, all of which feature sci-fi and the heart wrenching concept of what it means to exist in relation to others in a world that doesn't care for your safety

orange / kaiba 2008 / zankyou no terror / 91 days / anohana / kiznaiver / houseki no kuni / princess tutu

[amethystsoda]

listen, Trigun is great and an absolute classic. But Blood Blockade Battlefront?? It’s just FUN.

Trigun can get very bleak at times—it’s the story of a dying planet, after all.

B3 is just. A love letter to scifi and heroes and allows the cast to have chemistry and enjoy modern tech. People just want to eat burgers. There’s tons of jokes and yet everyone gets moments to be cool.

Also there’s vampires 👍

also monkey 😌

[amitytaylor]

watching an anime called Sasaki and Miyano and FUCK IM SQUEALING ITS SO FUCKING CUTE

[pan-gaa]

5 Josei Recommendations

1. shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu

Anime: Season 1 (13 eps) Season 2 (12 eps)

Manga: Completed 10 vols, 31 chap

2.Helter Skelter

Manga: Completed 1 vol, 9 chap

(TW: covers self harm, addiction, 18+ scenes)

3. Kids on the slope

Anime: 1 season (12 eps)

Manga: Completed 9 vols (45 chap)

4. Paradise Kiss

Anime: 1 season (12 eps)

Manga: Completed 5 vols (48 chaps)

5. princess jellyfish

Anime: 1 season (11 eps)

Manga: Completed 17 vols (93 chap)

[awkwardgamergirl]

✨Reverse Harem Anime you need to watch today✨

🍃🐌This list is not at all extensive! Just some personal favorites that come to mind! I’ve watched and loved all of these but there are many more reverse harems on my “to watch” list still! I’ll post that one next if you’ve seen these and want a few more recs! 🐌🍃

[animehouse-moe]

Questions Of Love In Bucchigiri!?

Hiroko Utsumi is no stranger to distilling homoeroticism into their works, but Bucchigiri!? is able to take it a step further as it intertwines with the hypermasculine idea of fighting and gangs. Because of that, Bucchigiri!? poses two questions to the definition of love and how people experience it.

"What is love versus lust?"

Truthfully, it's a rather simple question to answer (at least to someone outside of high school). The point being the depth of feeling. Lust is strong but shallow, while love moves much deeper.

And the second episode in particular expresses this very strongly through the two gang leaders, Marito and Ken.

They don't feel any way in particular about Arajin until they feel their punch. After that, like Marito says, they just can't forget about it. That's all they know about this kid, "his" punch. And that's all they want from him as well.

The point is to express superficial lust towards Arajin because of something they only experience one single time. They believe that they want the strength behind the person no matter what because of a single moment.

And it's a great comparison to make against Matakara's feelings for Arajin.

Matakara doesn't need to feel "Arajin's" strength to know how he feels about him. On the contrary, he only ever needed to fight (really train) beside him to come to understand that emotion. Even more than that is Matakara's understanding of Arajin outside of fights, and he focuses in specifically on Arajin's passivity and carefulness.

Because of that, you can begin to draw the conclusion that "Lust" is represented by actions involving violence and action, while "Love" stems more from passivity and aversion in this context. Which I think is really really great. It's sort a sort of symbolic explanation of the whole point of violence being boorish and shallow while other communication is deeper and more valuable.

"How much is love worth if they don't love you for who you are?"

Super easy example here with this one. Just look at the Love Forever stone Arajin gives Mahoro vs the friendship one that he gave Matakara.

The whole point is that Arajin's love in the hands of someone who doesn't love him isn't valuable at all, nor is it valuable in the hands of someone that doesn't love him for who he is.

Marito and Ken can only feel something for Arajin because of the strength channeled through him by Senya. It's something entirely foreign to Arajin as a person, and represents both how shallow the gang leaders are, but also how shallow Arajin is.

Loving yourself is something that's tricky to do, and obviously especially so for high school kids. I think it's well understood at this point that Arajin struggles to love himself in a meaningful way, and that's expressed by his willingness to take on Senya.

Case and point being that he intentionally used Senya's strength to try and make himself look good in front of Mahoro, and in the same way used it against Ken to the same effect.

He's afraid of being and accepting himself, so he's allowed something else to speak for him. And while that catches the eye of many, including Matakara, Arajin himself already knows that it's nothing more than a farce to save face.

It's just... really great work in terms of narrative as it bundles so many different aspects of love together to create this complicated web that all stems from Arajin's inability to love himself. Matakara loves the current Arajin, but that Arajin is unable to face himself so he runs from the reflection that Matakara offers and buries himself in lust and unrequited romance.

And that all just comes from high school kids duking it out for fun alongside mystical fighting people that can merge with humans.

It's definitely a step up the symbolic ladder in comparison to Sk8 The Infinity, but I think it's allowed Utsumi to express much more in terms of romance through implicit narratives.

These first two episodes have been incredible, and I'm loving every moment and want to share every bit, but the overall production effort Mappa's been putting in leaves me in an awkward spot for sharing stuff like this.

I really love to, and I want to celebrate the efforts of the staff behind the series, but Mappa rains on that parade with its terrible scheduling and work ethic. The credits are a veritable mess that make episodes like this an incredible feat. And I'll celebrate that and share what I want to, but I do also want to call out Mappa for their terrible work as a studio.

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Been super sad lately and this image make me happy.

[amethystsoda]

Anime Movies Worth Watching:

(disclaimer: this is only for ones I've watched and enjoyed--there probably are other good films out there, I just haven't seen everything yet!)

Akira (A cyberpunk classic. The hand painted animation alone makes this a must watch)

Promare (dynamic [and pretty] adult characters fight fires and start fires, all in a scifi + mecha candy-colored world with stunning animation. One of my all time faves by Studio Trigger)

Belle (Hosoda) (SHE IS THE MOMENT. A movie about facing fears, coping with past trauma, and connecting through technology. Also a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but without the romantic undertones!)

Suzume (If you watch anything from the Shinkai Cinematic Universe, make it this one. It still has all his classic art style and storytelling methods, but the time and place based storyline and animation is even more stunning)

Howl's Moving Castle (A classic. Most everyone has heard about this Studio Ghibli offering by now, but if you haven't watched yet, please put it on your list NOW. Pretty landscapes. Pretty Howl. Pretty animation. Absolute comfort film)

Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (If you like vampire stories and amazing feats of animation, please watch this one. MadHouse animated it--the same studio that did Trigun and Death Note--and it's absolutely stunning. The story follows D, a dhampir and vampire hunter, and a starcrossed couple, Charlotte, a human, and Meier, a vampire)

JJK 0 movie (You don't have to have watched Jujutsu Kaisen to see this film! MAPPA absolutely blew everyone away with the animated battle sequences in 0. The story is a prequel, so you can start your journey without prior knowledge. Follow our protag, Yuta, and his cursed spirit, Rika, as they fight against a cult leader who wants to rid the world of curses)

[vinxus]

[little-wandering-faerie]

Anyone Got Anime Recs

I am only on season 3 of My Hero Academia and I'm currently in the middle of rewatching Ouran. I really want to get into some other anime though. However... I won't watch Goblin slayer..For reasons.

But here's what I've watched so far

Full metal alchemist.

Full metal alchemist brotherhood

Fruits basket (old and part of the new one)

Naruto

Soul eater

The disastrous life of Saiki K

Any and all recs are welcome, also if anyone is in any of the fandoms I'd love to meet ya'll!

[weltato]

Lads if you haven't seen Saga of Tanya the Evil go and do that the music is so epic I'm not even joking.

Even if you just search up Young Girl's War and listen to that. It's so good. The OP is super funky, the ED is sung by the Japanese VA for Tanya (she so talented fr) and it's just-

MM-

Go watch it. Go now. This is your only warning.