OWF OWF OWF AWOOOOGA it's that furry anime babey!! im actually a Manga OG (don't mean to brag
😏) and while i find the manga's art to be very charming, i really enjoyed this adaptation! it's
a fun high school drama with funny animal people. watching this show is
just constantly being like “wahoo! that's such a fun direction to take the story in!!” did
i mention Fun. also Louis' such a funny character, i love whatever's wrong with him
while the second half of the story isn't my favorite,
i quite enjoyed the first half! the whole high school arc is a fantastic time
Cute Girls Doing Cute Things is the powerhouse anime genre, made all the more potent when mixed
with a heaping helping of Debilitating Social Anxiety
one of my favorite aspects of the show is how wacky and zany the animators get with
visually representing Bocchi's crushing social anxiety. each of Bocchi's spirals is unique and
hilarious, making you feel for her while also reveling in the ridiculousness of her brain's extreme
panic in any social situation
honestly all of the characters are great and fun to watch goofing around together!!
constantly shocked that i somehow didn't become aggressively obsessed with this show as a
kid.
it's like, the ultimate Young Girl Wish Fulfillment Show!! you got a cute girl who is bestowed
with a cute magical staff that has cute magical powers that she uses with the help of her cute
animal partner and cute collectible card friends, featuring cute outfits personally tailored by
her bestie. how was i immune to this as a kid!! i don't understand!!!
i haven't watched that many magical girl shows, but out of the few i've seen this is
probably my top one? watching it made me happy :^)
okay so, this is a show about competitively playing a traditional japanese card game where you
match a card, which has half of a poem written on it, to its corresponding full poem that is read aloud
and hey wait
don't leave yet!! this anime is such a headache to describe in a way that doesn't sound like the
most tedious boring endeavor to air on television, but i swear to god it's such a good show.
this is a sports anime for people who usually don't like sports animes (me)
sure, the action solely consists of sweaty people hunched over cards to slap them at mach
speeds but that action is INTENSE, i can't tell you how many times this show had me on the edge of my
seat
i'll admit that i haven't seen this magical girls anime in a while and i've forgotten like 99%
of what happens in it, BUT what has always stuck in my mind are the cool world designs
now, does this show weirdly sexualize middle school girls? yes
am i also not a fan of the ending? yeah
BUT!!! Wow That Art Direction Can Look Cool.
this show is purely an aesthetic favorite of mine, sometimes i simply want to stan something for
being eye candy
first things first: the OST rips. Please Listen.
anyways i've always been like, fascinated by this show's writing? mostly bc it was my first
experience with "main character doesn't have her own character arc but she is the catalyst for
everyone else's arcs" and that had me so like :OOO!!! when i first watched this show,
bc one of the big rules of writing you usually learn is "your main character NEEDS to grow
throughout the story or it SUCKS!!!" but our MC is out here with her third eye open gently guiding
everyone else to their own self-discoveries
the show also explores some interesting themes involving social media, the masses, and the role
of heroes that i find really intriguing in a like, thought experiment kind of way
for the girlies who watched a takarazuka musical and were like "god i wanna go to
school for that"
young women, all carrying their baggage and lofty aspirations on their backs, struggle towards
their chance to become musical theater stars at takarazuka school. everyone has a wonderful amount of
depth and will drag you along thru all their ups and downs. plus: it's interesting to learn more about
takarazuka and other related theatrical/musical arts!
there is some heavy stuff in this story so def look up content warnings if you need to
Yuasa's sort of like, a contentious anime director for me? some of the stuff he's directed fall
a bit flat in my humble opinion, but others absolutely rip
Kaiba is one that Mostly Rips—it delves into a really interesting sci-fi dystopian
exploration of the relationship between Body and Memories, and what capitalism would love to do
if you could separate those two. a lot of the show is me going "darn,
that sucks :(" but that's balanced out by its really cute Tezuka-esque art style :^)
finally, a show on this list that is impossible to recommend to other people. yes, this is in
fact the Horny Lesbian Gambling Anime, and YES, i thoroughly enjoyed it. i always love a setting
where people are obsessed about One Specific Thing and the whole world is built around that One
Thing.
these rich horny girls LOVE to gamble and they will do whatever it takes to get in a good
ol' fashioned wager. honestly the main appeal for me is that every single character is a
freak, someone will be like "Jabami couldn't possibly agree to a super obviously rigged
gamble like that!!" and she's sitting there like
":^) I Need To Gamble Right Now Or So Help Me God"
you'll have to judge for yourself if you can survive the egregious amounts of Anime Horny
I LOVE ANIMATION I LOVE ANIMATION I LOVE ANIMATION!!!! this show is such a joyous celebration of
the entire art form of animation!! witness these teenagers start an animation club and get swept
away with
their passion for the craft!! god, watching this show was like watching the sun smile upon me,
i
love stories where people are so genuinely passionate about something and i love watching
good animation and i love! this show!! that's like, as coherent as i can write about it
lmao the whole time i was watching it i was just like "woag...... I Love Animation"
also genuinely appreciate the Producer Representation, Kanamori was the only girly
holding their whole project together
awesome episodic adventure with tastey vibes.
Kino loves to go vroom vroom on their talking
motorcycle Hermes as they tool around various countries, acting as a (mostly) passive observer
of unique brands of Messed Up Cultures. the show's core concept is a great excuse to
come up with a lot of weird lands for this funky little traveler to visit just to witness
social norms beyond moral comprehension
im a sucker for episodic animes that got contemplative vibes, so Kino's Journey
was a huge delight when i finally got around to watching it
snuggle yourself deeper into your blanket cocoon. take a deep breath as crisp winter air fills
your lungs. sip your hot cocoa. lean back. relax.
this show is such a wonderful, calming, beautiful healing tonic.......
never would i have thought that anything could make winter camping look appealing, but this show
made me desperately wish i was out there with those Camping Girls, taking in
the beauty of winter nature, cooking at a campfire, sharing a quiet moment as we stare up at
the stars. plus you get to learn all about camping gear and camping uh-ohs to avoid
LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!! im a huge fan of both the anime and the manga, and the anime does SUCH a
good job as an adaptation. the manga's got such good compositions and vibes, but the
action can become a bit indecipherable in parts. the anime blows all the fight scenes out of the
water with the zestiest camera shots i've perhaps ever witnessed in an anime, taking
full advantage of this being a 3D Anime with a 3D Camera
i love having an excuse to sit down and once again experience emotional devastation at the hands
of these these miserable little gem people
Fun Fact: Shogi Makes Me Really Sad And Also Cry
so, Rei Kiriyama is a loner loser whose only importance in the world is being a high
school shogi prodigy. BUT he's such a good boy!! i root for him so hard!! like yeah, you work
thru those emotional traumas! you work thru your fear of opening up to others and stive to forge strong
bonds! you put yourself out there and get hurt and grow!! any show that's got a shy young lad
who's a genuinely good person that's trying to work thru his emotional turmoil just gets to me 😭
another Big Fav of mine, im enamored with director Ikuhara's style of kinda goofy surreal/magical
realist storytelling. he takes his stories seriously but doesn't seem to take
himself too overly serious, y'know?
this whole show is a japanese critique of japanese society in the early 2010s and im not
fully equipped to analyze all the nuances that lie within. it's a symbolic reckoning with
societal anxieties surrounding the economic crash known as the Lost Decades and how those
anxieties culminated into a personal listlessness amongst the youth and younger adults of that
era, which further evolved into extreme events such as [HUGE SPOILER REAL LIFE EVENT]. the show
starts off pretty lighthearted, but once it dives into the meat of the story it's utterly captivating
MOB! MOB! WHAT DO YOU WANT!
MOB! MOB! WHY DO YOU WANT!
weewoo weewoo it's another Good Boy alert!! Mob is yet another shy awkward loser loner who's
a genuinely good kid trying his best to better himself 😭 he's got super strong psychic powers
but! he doesn't want to depend on his powers to prove his worth as a person! he wants to work on
himself and understand his own feelings better!! i believe in you Mob!!! i believe in the power
of your kindness!!!
the Body Improvement Club is objectively the best squad of dudes, i am shaking all of
their hands
also the animation RULES this show looks amazing
first time i watched this show my jaw clattered to the floor bc *chef kiss chef kiss* the
aesthetic is unrivaled
an episodic-ish horror buffet with one of the most visually stunning
presentations i've ever been blessed to witness in my life. this is another aesthetic fav of
mine so i don't have much of substance to add beyond that lmao just watch it
this show Does Not respect your time, so the pacing may be boring for some people but not
for me!!
god tier rom-com! smth smth Art Is My Passion!
wow he just like me fr!
hapless protagonist Chiyo musters up the courage to ask out her crush Nozaki but... wacky
misunderstandings ensue and now she works for him as his manga assistant?!!! it's a very
charming and
genuinely funny show!! makes me laugh!!
when poor Nozaki is suffering from a cold and he's like "don't worry, i can still draw...
my body remembers" and proceeds to produce the most scribbled garbage drawing the world has ever seen.
i felt that in my soul
Sublime Vibes: The Show
Ginko travels thru nature as he researches a basic form of life called
mushi. a haunting calm permeates his episodic journey as he witnesses the beauty and horror
of these indifferent entities
it's been a while since i first watched this show, but i remember liking the first
season slightly more than the second. iirc the second season felt like it tried a little too hard to
make the cinematography feel more grand than the first season?? which doesn't really fit with a show
as contemplative and grounded as this. but that's a relatively minor gripe, second season's still good
I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH,,,,, perhaps my ultimate Mood Booster Rom-Com
witness the superior dynamic of Uwa Kyaa Awaa~!! Girl and Biggest Himbo
On Earth, PLUS Kindest Bestie Of All Time Suna. the main couple doesn't waste any time
with actually starting dating, so you get to enjoy them being cute with each
other without all that drawn out will-they-won't-they nonsense that bogs down a few too many
romances (stares directly at Kimi ni Todoke). and it's FUNNY, this show always got me
laughing every time i watch it. plus! once again Suna is such an MVP, it's so nice to have a
romance story where the main character has a friend who genuinely roots for him and has his back
could it be...? a third show about an awkward loner loser lad who's a genuinely good kid
trying his best out there? You Bet I Can't Get Enough Of This Specific Flavor Of Anime!
so this show is basically if Mushi-shi focused more on character development. you got a
high school kid who can see yokai, embarking on episodic adventures dealing with both yokai
and human shenanigans, thru which he grows and learns more about himself and opens up to others.
i already easily cry to certain types of shows but jesus christ this one had me bawling like
every other episode bc im just sitting there like "uggghhhgghhh...... my son
boy........................"
comedies are always hard to recommend bc like, even if you got a similar sense of humor to
someone else, the kinds of shows you think are the funniest gold you've ever seen might not even
get so much as a chuckle from them. but i personally think that Nichijou is some
of the funniest shenaningans i've ever seen and i have good taste so my opinion
is correct
it's a good over-the-top everyday type comedy!!
the characters are fun and they make
funny faces!! what more could you possibly ask for!!
humble walrus taxi driver. cat/dog idol group.
hippo who needs to touch grass. puma gacha
whale. all these characters (and more!) are available to you in this tightly woven missing person
mystery thriller!!
idk what more i can even say without spoilers, this is the kind of show where it
will inevitably come up in conversations with friends and i'll hold them at gunpoint to watch it
but alas..... nobody listens 😔 but you could be better than those losers. you can
listen to my recommendation and you can sit down and watch one of the best animes to come
out in recent years
Nostalgia Classic Time Babey!!
Ouran is such a fun satire on (now kinda old) shoujo tropes where the character writing
is GOOD.
look, im sure certain aspects of this show haven't aged well (the riffs on twincest and
shotacon would def get torn apart if this anime came out today), but it's such a delightful time
capsule poking fun at what was popular back in the 2000s
Haruhi is GNC Queen and, like all
of the cast, she's written with a surprising depth that brings more substance to this story than
just shallow parody
sports anime for people who don't like sports animes (me)!! EXTREMELY stylish show, the
cinnamontography is a dynamic feast for the eyes
youths duke it out in heated ping pong battle! back and forth conversations of passion
and self-doubts! the weight of competition! self-actualization! blood tastes like iron!
it's a pretty typical Sports Anime Coming of Age Story, but the visual storytelling,
symbolism, and character depth made it into something that i could really get invested in
anime is finally giving the people what they want: lesbian yaoi 😤
Pop Team Epic is the most powerful culmination of sketch comedy shows: frenetic meme
energy,
an obtuse amount of japanese nerd humor, and a frankly awe inspiring amount of creative
freedom that shines thru its wild amount of collaborations. even if not every single joke hits,
im always greatly amused by whatever off-the-wall baloney they manage to cram into each episode
i wanna see more shows like this. let the people go bonkers
didn't grow up watching this one but i wish i did!!
this humble little ducky just wants to be a
real ballerina girl u,n,u
once upon a time, a duck was granted the powers of the talented Princess Tutu,
whose sick moves could heal that which woes people and piece together the broken heart of her
beloved prince. but, no matter how much the characters may resent it, this is a story, and thus the
strings of fate have already been written for everyone
pleasantly nuanced, this is a fun and heartfelt deconstruction of an archetypical
fairy tale
the OG Ikuhara anime babey!! look, it's got that Surreal Metaphorical Storytelling that i
aggressively gobble up, i simply cannot resist
Utena desperately strives to embody the noble qualities of the prince who once cheered
her up in her deepest childhood despair. she luckily gets her perfect stage when she attends
Ootori Academy!
there, the world of Duelists rapidly entangles her, but oh! poor Anthy! these
Duelists, they fight over her ownership! what nasty objectification! Utena will wield her noble grace to
save Anthy and save the day!
another one of those shows that i haven't watched in forever so i don't really remember much of
what actually happened, just the general vibes that linger. which lemme tell
you: Immaculate Vibes. the show feels almost... hazy? the powerline buzz is etched into the
fabric of my brain. bright, abyssal skies. static. disquiet. realities converging
we will take all of our late 90s anxieties about the rising influence of the internet
and inject them into this one young girl. she'll probably turn out fine
one of the best pieces of dramatic storytelling i've ever experienced in my life. immerse
yourself in the world of rakugo, a traditional form of japanese one-man comedy
i will admit that the first season is kind of a slog, but for me that's mostly bc i truly
hate Sukeroku with every fiber of my being LMAO, i genuinely hate him as a person so much
that i can't even enjoy the dynamics that he brings to the story as a character. absolute
miserable garbage excuse of a human being, only capable of baffling levels of selfishness and
negative growth.
however the second season rocks and is absolutely worth it, once again genuinely one of the
best dramas i've ever witnessed
i grew up in a Pretty Freaken Rural area, so i was basically surrounded by farmland as a kid. there was
a cornfield down the road, a whole herd of cows as my next-door neighbors, farmers' kids
as my classmates. so having a show in which its whole conceit is "kids attend an agricultural
highschool to learn how to be better farmers" you know that it's gonna get to me
farmers do so much for us!! babes, there ain't no way you're feeding yourselves
without them. oh, you don't like to think about where your deli meats come from? learn to
embrace it.
show gratitude toward the somber gift of sustenance that our animal brethren provide us. cry
ugly tears over Yuugo's pig
adolescence, am i right? [AUDIENCE LAUGHS]
i love me a good Metaphorical Surreal Story, and this whole anime is just that babey!! a
bunch of middle schoolers get tossed into the void alongside their school building and
they gotta figure what the heck is going on. they also get a bunch of random abilities and a handful
are way more OP than the others. some kids don't like that :(
WARNING! WARNING! the fourth episode is one of the most boring dull dry pieces of media
i've ever suffered thru but the rest of the show is really good i promise
what if we had bears but they were lesbians and also had guns
another Ikuhara Adventure that's one big critique on japanese homophobia. these girls
go to an all-girls' school but all they can think about is who they wanna ostracize next smh
it's a heartfelt (and kinda horny) story of young girls who wish to express their love
in a world that readily punishes them for it, who desperately scramble to hide their love at all costs,
who will travel far and wide to rediscover love they lost long ago. all told thru a world where
a meteor shower rained on the earth and caused all bears on earth to rise up and start eating
humans
sometimes i just wanna sit back and watch some zombie girls struggle to succeed in the idol world
this show isn't perfect, but it's got a fun premise and charming characters that i
always enjoyed coming back to. the first few episodes were a bit more hype than the rest simply
bc it started off with these zombie idol girls doing stuff like Heavy Metal and Rap and i thought
that they were gonna play around with a lot of different genres, but once the story got going
they eased into Just Idol Music. which was still fun for me! love to watch their goofy hijinks!
and there's some good character development tossed in there every once in a while too!