Are there any animes or TV shows you can’t stop recommending?

@asklemmy

  • earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works
    471·
    3 months ago

    OMG!!! I get to recommend Delicious in Dungeon!!! The show is a bit of a slow burn, but the early episodes set up the incredible world building and the basic plot points. Then as it starts churning it gets crazy. The story is strong enough on it’s own, but it’s animated by Studio Trigger so the anime is pure perfection.

    • Berttheduck@lemmy.ml
      5·
      3 months ago

      I keep hearing it’s amazing but I bounced off hard on the first couple episodes. I wish anime didn’t need the 5 episodes rule, things should sell themselves from the start. Maybe I’ll give it another go. My wife is keen to watch it.

      • anon6789@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 months ago

        I powered through as I kept hearing everyone recommend this. It felt pointless because I didn’t get watching a cooking show about stuff you could never eat because it isn’t real.

        The comments I read said it took a tonal shift when they finally got back to the red dragon. It’s about halfway through, which took me weeks to get to.

        The second half is awesome! If this is what it was like all along, it would have been amazing. The first half gives you nothing to expect what the second half is, which makes it feel more intense, but I still feel is kinda terrible pacing.

        I want more now because the characters really are good, which is probably why they used that first half the way they did, but it was tough before seeing where it was going. Frieren had a much better buildup before it really started getting serious for example.

        • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzEnglish
          41·
          3 months ago

          Drag liked the first half better. Drag came for the cooking. Drag thinks the second half has too much drama. Drag likes the kitty, though.

          • anon6789@lemmy.world
            3·
            3 months ago

            anon does not judge Drag negatively for having different preferences. anon understands why a dragon person may not enjoy the second half. anon also approves of the kitty. anon and drag find common ground.

      • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
        1·
        3 months ago

        Read the manga first to get past that initial hump. You can clear like 5 episodes worth of material in the time it takes to watch an episode and see if it’s for you.

      • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
        1·
        3 months ago

        I was hooked by the second episode.

        I was also watching a lot of cooking shows while playing Elden Ring. So maybe it was right fit right time.

  • Crafter72@lemmy.world
    34·
    3 months ago

    Maybe not everyone cup of tea but to me Mr. Robot.

    At first sight you may thinking the show is about “individual” hacker taking down corporate but once you understand it has longer lasting effect especially when you relate/something similar with Elliot. The cinematography, the score is chef kiss👌🏻, Season 2 slow burns on the first half but worth to not miss them.

    The magical thing is this show on rewatch make more sense and definitely Sam Esmail planned everything from get go on writing.

    Among the best TV series I have seen.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      16·
      3 months ago

      The thing that’s so great about Mr. Robot is that it ends perfectly. You can tell the show writers decided exactly what story they wanted to tell and then executed on that plan. They didn’t just meander about and eventually land on a half-assed ending once the show’s budget dried up.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
        41·
        3 months ago

        I disagree. First season was perfect. But then it went downhill into unresolved Lost mystery boxes. The last episode of the last season itself was great but Esmail had no idea how to fill out the episodes of the last season to get there.

        He was throwing around split personalities like Ronald Moore threw around Cylons. The time machine story went nowhere despite a multi season build up.

        • Crafter72@lemmy.world
          8·
          3 months ago

          imo the ending, last half of season 4 is justified. If you take the “Time machine” fan theory and in case of Elliot meeting himself to me it’s just happen inside his head like what happen at some moment in S1 and S2.

          For split personalities/MPD, if you rewatch the show Sam Esmail definitely laid out everything from start ever since Season 1, that’s why rewatching the show especially on S1 some scenes make senses.

          Watched this show back in late 2022. Avoided forums/online discussion so I can fully grasp the show on my own thoughts.

          • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 months ago

            Yes the split personality was fine. It was the last season where there’s child Elliot split personality and, mom split personality. And no, they weren’t in Season 1.

            Esmail went down the Ronald Moore path where he had an idea but lied to the audience that he had a plan. Again first season was perfect but I don’t think Esmail expected it to be such a success and quickly had to fill in extra seasons with mystery boxes.

      • Crafter72@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago
        SPOILER ALERT

        First time I realized that the ending/revelation was that near in S1, jaw dropped really hard.

    • Devorlon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I was only able to get a couple episodes in. When his surrogate gay dad said that he’d do anything for him and two scenes later you have Rami Malek going “AHH I have noone who can help me what do I do?!??”, I couldn’t keep watching.

      Though it might also be my inability to watch a show where characters get ‘worse’. I got upto the third last episode of Arcane and when a pivotal moment in a characters story went bad It took me 5 days to finish the show.

  • Aeri@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 months ago

    Gurren Lagan, to second like a dozen people. Kill la Kill is A+ if you can get over it being weird Also I adored Promare.

    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      Cyberpunk Edgerunners is another great one from Trigger. Set in Night City, same world the Cyberpunk 2077 game, a year or so beforehand (but the plots are largely independent).

      Real strong warning though: There are no happy endings in Night City. The ending will fuck you up.

      • Aeri@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 months ago

        Yeah someone already spoiled me on that, I find myself not enjoying stuff that has turbo-downer endings.

    • kitnaht@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 months ago

      Wife refused to watch anime because “of all the weird shit”. Inuyasha broke the ice, Naruto got her a little further, and then I said “Let’s watch this - but I’m going to tell you right now, your first reaction is going to be to recoil and cringe. But I promise - if you give it a chance, you’ll enjoy it”.

      And probably ONLY because she loves me so much, she did give it a chance. And WOO boy that helped open the flood gates to sooooo much more. She loved Kill La Kill by the end of it, and ended up being so much more willing to trod through uncomfortable stuff with me. Which, unfortunately, sometimes you have to do when it comes to Anime.

      • lohky@lemmy.world
        7·
        3 months ago

        My wife sat down and started watching JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure with me on a whim about half way through part one and she’s a bigger weeb than I am now.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    251·
    3 months ago

    Scavengers Reign is incredible, easily the best animated sci fi show made in the past few years IMO. It’s weird and emotional and deeply sincere in a way a lot of media isn’t anymore.

    If you liked Fantastic Planet you’ll probably like Scavengers Reign.

    • Berttheduck@lemmy.ml
      4·
      3 months ago

      I really enjoyed this show. The characters were all good the life cycles and the weird biology were interesting and largely made sense. There were only a couple points where I went that’s silly the writers clearly just wanted x to happen but x was cool enough for the silly to not bother me too much, it just took me out the moment a little. Solid recommendation, one of the best sci-fi I’ve watched in the last couple years.

  • toofpic@lemmy.world
    23·
    3 months ago

    Better call Saul - a beautiful drama with a hint of comedy and action. Better than Breaking bad and doesn’t require much knowledge of it.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      And then once you finish it, you can watch Breaking Bad again. Then El Camino. Then loop back around the Better Call Saul again. And once you’re done, you can watch Breaking Bad again…

    • Berttheduck@lemmy.ml
      11·
      3 months ago

      The first half was some of the best anime I’ve seen. Then it devolved into a by the numbers shonen complete with a magical school and “tests” with unnecessary action scenes. I was ultimately disappointed by it because the whole season didn’t live up to the amazingly high standard the first few episodes set. I still enjoyed it and would give it a solid recommendation but it gets worse as it goes on in my opinion. The first half where you are properly seeing the world through the eyes of someone ageless has that beautiful sadness I don’t think I’ve seen anywhere else.

      • tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 months ago

        The first episodes just gave me existential dread every time haha. So I was glad when they “softened up” after a while. But in hindsight, you’re right, the end of season 1 got somewhat stereotypical. I wonder if season 2 will be better.

      • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        3 months ago

        100% agree with you. Loved the first half and was really let down by the 2nd.

        The only other show that’s given me similar vibes to the 1st half of Frieren was Violet Evergarden. Not so much for the content but in the melancholic, beautiful-yet-bittersweet vibes the whole show gives off.

        I think that show greatly benefitted from the limited runtime though and would have suffered if they’d tried to push it out to Frieren length.

  • Bene Gesserit Witch@sh.itjust.works
    22·
    3 months ago

    For anime, I highly suggest Serial Experiments Lain if you haven’t seen it. Non-anime cartoons I’d recommend are Adventure Time and Lower Decks (its star trek and hilarious). For crude/absurd humor Rick and Morty and Human Resources. For non-animated tv I’d recommend Strange New Worlds (star trek again), Sandman, Fall of the House of Usher, Severance (I haven’t seen season 2 yet but the 1st season was really good)

    • Forbo@lemmy.ml
      3·
      3 months ago

      I had like a good month long period where I’d just randomly stop whatever I was doing and think to myself, “God DAMN Fall of the House of Usher was SO GOOD.”

      • Sʏʟᴇɴᴄᴇ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        3 months ago

        Really? I’m super curious what made you feel this way. I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed by it compared to Flanagan’s other series’.

  • lohky@lemmy.world
    181·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • Killer@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 months ago

      For DDDD, not gonna tell you how to watch but i’ve seen a lot of people going both ways. You can either watch episode 0 at the start or after episode 16. Episode 0 is chronologically out of order. I watched it at the start.

      I just recently finished bingeing the show and really enjoyed it. Let me know how you liked it

      • lohky@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        Ooo, I’ve already read the first handful of chapters of the manga, so I’m not sure if that covers what is in episode 0. Do you think it would have been a better watch through to have it at the end?

  • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • Pennomi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      ODDTAXI is an absolutely amazing show. It feels slow and chill, yet it’s really gripping.

      The writing is phenomenal! Every detail matters, even little stuff like “what pen is that guy writing with?”

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 months ago

      I don’t think the English dub is good enough.

      That’s usually the case, which I find unusual since the original voice acting is there; just copy it.

      • MaggiWuerze@feddit.org
        3·
        3 months ago

        I think you underestimate how well developed the VA industry is in Japan. A lot of them are famous or use that as a start to become idols, so there’s a lot more training and effort put into it, compared to most other countries

  • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
    14·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • Nefara@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      I love Ranking of Kings. The art style really threw me off but I stuck with it. I appreciate how everyone has their own stories and motivations and all of the characters that enter the stage where you say “well that person is clearly the bad guy” becomes someone you understand and even admire later. The theme of the show is definitely that things aren’t always what they seem, so err on the side of kindness. It’s a good lesson.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      11·
      3 months ago

      I thought the reason men can’t stop thinking about Rome is because the crimes of Rome are the foundation of all Western Evil

      • lath@lemmy.world
        7·
        3 months ago

        Nah, it’s because in Rome men wore skirts. Same reason why all men support the independence of Scotland. Gotta make tartan kilts mainstream again.