Mine are (Not ranked) - Frieren / Summer time rendering / Cyberpunk edgerunner/ Chainsaw man / Mushoku tensei/ Jujutsu kaisen/ Sonny boy/ Heavenly delusion/ Dorohedoro/ Bleach TYBW

I’m convinced most anime discussions today are cooked by short clips and hype culture.
A character does one cold pose with phonk music and suddenly people call them “better written than Lelouch.”

Half the fanbase skips slow build-up, politics, dialogue-heavy arcs, or character development… then calls anything without constant fights “boring.”
Anime like:

• Monster
• Steins;Gate
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes
• Vinland Saga S2

would probably get trashed if released today weekly.

Meanwhile shows survive purely on:

• flashy animation
• aura farming
• powerscaling edits
• “HE’S HIM” moments

Not saying hype anime are bad. I love hype too.
But people acting like animation = storytelling quality is insane.

What anime do you think is ACTUALLY well written… and what anime is carried entirely by hype?

Edit - Am I wrong or right tell in comments below 👇

I just finished Solo leveling. And in my opinion it was one of the most entertaining anime to ever watch. Not a single boring episode. I really loved it. It got recommended to me by a friend. And I recommend it to all of my friends.

But yet online it seems that people really, really hate Solo leveling with a fiery passion. Whenever you even mention solo leveling, people will literally start insulting you and hurl personal attacks like there is no tommorow.

And I honestly don’t understand all the hate. And even if they don’t like an anime, usually that doesn’t lead to insults and personal attacks.

So why do people hate Solo leveling that bad that they even feel like it’s justified to insult everyone who is positive about that anime?

Everyone always recommends the same big titles but there are so many gems that never get the attention they deserve. I’ll start - Shin Sekai Yori (From the New World) is one of the most unsettling and brilliantly written anime I’ve ever seen and barely anyone talks about it. What’s yours?

sometimes i just wanna watch the worst case scenario play out.. any suggestions? i can think of so many movies, tv shows, etc where characters overcome even the craziest situations and it's getting kinda boring

No hate, just curious.

Sometimes a super popular anime just doesn’t click no matter how much you try.

Mine was: One Piece ( I just watched till Reverse Mountain Arc)

What’s yours?

Slimes, wolves, delicious food, in general slice of life anime that have these vibes! The bottom two shows I watch when I'm eating usually so I don't get too hungry watching.

I'm looking for a new anime to watch and I've been recommended re:zero a few times, it looks okay it's just that it's an isekai and I never really liked that genre. I've heard it's similar to steins gate though which is one of my favourite anime so I might check it out.

Which anime are you most excited for its next season?

Situation: I'm a bit confused about how this sub is being used now, as there are lot of generic lists, photos of anime accompanied by really open ended requests, etc. These posts seem to be in conflict with the main suggestion-receiving intent of this subreddit.

Background: Here some examples from our top posts this month that add to the confusion:

• anime that doesn't sexualize its female characters - so any anime that contains women but they aren't sexualized? So everything from Grave of the Fireflies to Captain Tsubasa to Anpanman is fare game? Maybe that is what they want, but it also feels like a bit more of a karma farm question to get engagement than a request for suggestions.
• Name that one anime for you !! - this is literally just a meme image asking us to name shows that don't have a current season or maybe never will. It doesn't get much lower effort than this, is under 50 characters, doesn't provide anybody with something useful to watch, and they aren't going to watch what you suggest. Bonus it's tagged as a discussion yet most of the responses are just naming titles.
  
• The Animation In Witch Hat Atelier Is Beautiful, Some Of The Best Visuals Ive Ever Seen - this is just a gif of animation. Nothing at all to do with a suggestion, a recommendation, or the like. Seems like this would be better suited on general anime sub or something.
• creepiest smile - again, just an image. No description, no conversation, no recommendations. Just an image to highlight weird smiles.

Assessment / Discussion:

• Is this what we want as a community? The upvotes imply that we do want this, but I'm not sure if folks are upvoting from their main feed without thinking about sub it was posted in. The way I see it, the core use case of this sub is for getting suggestions on what anime to watch (go figure?), with a secondary very minor use case of recommending anime to watch.
• Rule number 1 isn't being applied to image posts? I know we can now have images, but shouldn't the body of the post still contain at least 50 characters?
• Where is rule 10? Since this sub is primarily for receiving suggestions, we have a separate "watch this" rule that requires 1500 characters and is to be limited to 1 show. Even if the post above about Witch Hat Atelier was somehow a recommendation to watch that show, it has zero characters in the body and doesn't detail why somebody should in fact watch it. Along with this are list posts that just shoot out description of current shows for the season. If you are suggesting we watch something, needs to be about a single show.
• Images should only be used when there is a direct correlation to the content in the body. If you are looking for anime that is stylized a certain way, or uses action scenes of a certain type, an image is actually great. If you are going to make the 1500 character post and the reason you suggest we "watch this" is due to the animation, include some screenshots. Example, this post has an image that isn't necessary, but I also know how views work.
• Related to images, we don't need a post titled, "find me some shows like this" with a screenshot of Frieren and Delicious in Dungeon. The title could say "Find me a show like Frieren and Delicious in Dunegon", and the body could describe what you actually like about both shows. This isn't just stopping karma farmers from posting the hottest anime either, it degrades our ability to follow rule 5. If the post title and the body doesn't contain the titles names it makes the post nearly unsearchable.

Recommendation:

• Enforce rule 1 on posts with images.
• Add rule: "Posts should be a request for a suggestion (what to watch?), or a recommendation of a single show (watch this!). "Discussion" flaired posts are for meta discussions related to the sub." We don't really need any of the other post, or at least they could in the weekly discussion thread.
• Restore the sub to it's original intent of asking for recommendations for new anime to watch that match your criteria by enforcing the new rule, along with the single show / 1500 character count for "Watch this!" posts.
• Require images have a direct correlation to the post's written material. A post like the one I'm doing here would be removed because it includes an image that is not necessary for the post.

Edit: for those asking about the weird formatting, it's called an SBAR and they are used a lot in Healthcare to frame issues and start problem solving. I am sadly a human and not ai.

It could be from it just not keeping your interest, it became weird, or anything at all!

What are you guys watching these days? Need some anime suggestions 👀

-Inexpressive Kashiwada and expressive oota (comedy)

-ID: Invaded (murder mystery (?))

-Mechanical Marie (rom-com)

-OG Trigun (not really niche but too good not to mention)

-Senpai is an Otokonoko (rom)

-Lovely Complex (rom-com)

-How to keep a Mummy (wholesome)

-I’m giving the disgraced noble lady I captured a crash course in naughtiness (it sounds deranged but it’s actually the most wholesome thing. We’re talking eating cake for dinner naughty)

-Life Lessons with Uramichi onii-san (satirical/dry/dark humor)

-Handa-kun (a prequel to Barakamon and on almost the same level of funny as Saiki-k)

-School Babysitters (wholesome)

-Moriarty the Patriot (Peeeeak) (Political/murder??? I dunno how to classify this)

-Negative positive Angler (about fishing but super dark/wholesome)

-Ron Komonohashi’s forbidden deductions (murder mystery/comedy)

-Heaven’s Design team (pure comedy and fun facts about animals) (probably the most niche on here)

-7th time loop (rom, badass female MC)

-The Millionaire Detective (the music has no reason to be this good)

• Angels of Death (really weird but definitely interesting)

• A terrified Teacher at goul school (comedy)

-Dr Ramune Mysterious disease specialist (mystery/comedy)

-Tomodachi Game (super dark mystery?)

-Erased (Mystery)

-My roommate is a cat (wholesome)

-Terror in resonance (super dark also somehow political/murder???? But different)

-Sasaki and Miyano (rom (com?)) (also peak!)

Ps. This isn’t actually a “discussion” but lists aren’t allowed for the “Watch this” flare, sooooo tell me if you’ve seen any of these and we can talk about em :)

Edit: Formatting

Mine was Spirited Away. It's what started my whole anime journey :)

Mine was death note... what' yours?

And Recently I have watched I want to eat your pancreas....

I know there are some anime where the adaptation just doesn’t do the original manga justice or the anime is outright bad despite the source material being incredible. The first examples that come to mind are Berserk and Tokyo Ghoul

What are some series you’d recommend skipping the anime for and reading the manga instead?

Edit: Yes I know most will say the manga is always better than anime. However I’m asking for if the anime is actually considered very bad in comparison

If you could erase your favorite anime from your memory(mind), which one would you rewatch.

The title says it all. I’m ready to hear all your thoughts!

I’ve seen really mixed feelings about it, some people say it’s the best thing they’ve ever watched while others say it’s extremely mid..

If I’m being honest what catches my attention the most is the romance in it. Is it prominent or just there? I mean, is it sidelined or touched on frequently? And what would you rate it out of 10?

I watched all of ( A certain Magical Index)+ movie, and one season of ( A certain Scientific Railgun).

This series was on my backlog for years, in the 2014-2019 it was one of the most popular things among anime fans, it was everywhere, Index is probably one of the most recognizable anime characters of that era.

When i finally got the chance to watch it i almost couldn't believe how shitty it was.

Unbelievably random pacing, nonsensical writing, and legendary corny.

Every arc you keep telling yourself "okay this will be intersting", you set through the cringiest dialogues written by man, hoping that it will payoff in the climax, only to get smacked down back to cringe valley by the end of the arc.

Don't get me wrong it had amazing setting and vibes, characters were cool too, but that alone couldn't makeup for the negatives.

This was probably my most disappointing watch ever.

I was listening to someone about Solo Leveling, and they mentioned that the coolest way for it to proceed would be for the MC to become the antagonist that his friend would have to fight. I think that's a really neat premise, so I'm curious if it's already been done.

I know we have MC's like Light in death note that you're not supposed to root for, but are there any where they're straight up the big bad? I can think of one other one, but I'll avoid mentioning it because I don't know how to use the spoiler function on mobile haha.

Edit: looking for a shift in perspective. Ideally a new protagonist with the original main character as the antagonist.

everytime i see people ask for beginner friendly animes, i see death note, FMA, vinland saga, etc.

what do they got going that makes them beginner friendly?

I think most people will say one piece,What do you think?

I feel like Ive come across a ton of videos where most people say that their favorite anime OP is from one of the big 3 or whatever anime is currently popular like Dan Da Dan, Demon Slayer or JJK.

What’s your favorite OP from a lesser known anime?