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

I feel like I'm missing the context.... Where did this meme starALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD.

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.

Just who the hell do you think we are?

Yeah absolutely clicked on this to spout my spiel about Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It’s my favorite anime ever.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is up there too, but I like TTGL more.

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Fuck i forgot about Gurren Lagan. What am I doing with my life

Gurren Lagan

What is so great about this? Just watched the first couple of eps. First impression is not good: It seems like the classical mindless shonen fighting anime alongside pretty childish humor and a distastefully sexualized main female character. Her outfit is literally a bikini and she's sexualized in the very first scene and in basically every scene she's in since that one, wtf?

Holy motherforking shirtballs... someone stole my post idea!

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.

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I watched a good chunk of it when it was first coming out, but I had to drop it because i was frankly not in a good enough place to hear the things that show was trying to say.

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.

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.

scavengers reign knocked me on my ass, great recommendation.

thanks for the recommandation. I just bingewatched it. Not my kind of show since the story is so thin: It's a road trip,

except the road is full of weird alien biology plant slowly trying to kill you

But that crazy alien biology is cool to watch

Bang.

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.

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...

Yeah this one takes several episodes to set the hook and understand some behaviors. But once it does it's binge worthy

This one happened during a period when moe was more brain-dead than cute, and the sister character who is supposed to be his motivation for everything just ruins the whole show for me she acts so stupid.

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.

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.

Meh, Stand alone complex is among the best media in existence, that's my can't recommend enough.

Twin peaks has a third season?

• Frieren was awesome but it's so fresh I'm not absolutely sure it'll keep being that.

Oh but it does (imo), I mainly read but I think Frieren and Atelier Witch Hat is the strongest running fantasy series currently.

I've been wanting to re-watch firefly lately. It's short but there's just so much in it. It's one of two shows I've watched start-to-finish more than once.

And since we're here for recommendations...the other show I've watched more than once is Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Based on a book by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) it's charming and insane in ways you might expect if you're familiar with Hitchhiker's Guide but it's absolutely not predictable either. So much fun. (Available on Netflix (in Canada...last I checked))

Having pushed past season 2, I think the rest of True Detective is worth watching, although they're still very different from the first.

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."

Just finished this yesterday, totally agree, 10/10

I only opened this thread to make sure someone mentioned this show. My husband keeps saying "I wish we could find another like that one we watched, with the alien really alien planet, what was it called?" It is impressive.

I recommend this to non-anime fans too! The episodes are so good and non-anime tropey.

Another one that I found gave a kinda similar feel is Dr Stone.

Though instead of diving deep into fantasy mechanics, that one is based on real world physics (well, other than some characters having super-human levels of skill) and rebuilding a modern society from scratch.

I find them similar due to their attention to detail and using their environment to build up their capabilities. The overall plot is very different and DinD has a bit more charm. Not that Dr Stone doesn't have charm.

If I could choose which one I want to see one more season of right now, I'd pick DinD. If I could choose which one gets seen through to the end, I'd pick Dr Stone.

This one is great. I was skeptical the first three episodes, but around ep 4 it picked up and the plot just went into overdrive. I really enjoyed it!

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?”

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.

I recommend watching Undone especially if you liked Bojack Horseman; it's created by the same guy.

You can stream it for free here: https://hydrahd.com/ or check out the c/piracy wiki for one that suits you.

Heavenly Delusion was a trip. I enjoyed it a lot

I think OPM is better, but that's because I'm bald.

Based.

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

Oooh I've been eagerly awaiting season 2 of Arcane. Hadn't seen the release date yet. Excited now. 😸

What did you find satisfying about the ending? While a big improvement over FMA, it didn't quite wow me

Rewatching Jericho right now for the first time in a while and yeah... It's certainly a product of that decade lol. Still love it.

I second The Wire. Absolutely amazing, and I typically don't enjoy more serious shit, but I couldn't pull my eyes away from the TV

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.

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

Watched them all, subbed as they came out, dubbed for seconds.

Also:

Apothecary Diaries

It's a little slow and unevenly paced, but overall I do solidly enjoy it. There are some really great characters and arcs and I especially loved Elias trying to make friends. My girlfriend absolutely loves this show as well, so it's something everyone can watch and enjoy I think.

Watching Ancient Magus Bride now from your recommendation! I had it on the back burner for a while. Five episodes in, it's good. Still curious what exactly will happen, there's not too much of an actual plot. But I'm fine with it even if it goes on like this.

You know that's right.

Letterkenny is an even better anime than Corey in the House.

Letterkenny and Shoresy are SO good. Jared Keeso is a brilliant comedian and has a knack for heartfelt story.

Also, wrestling counts. I'm an AEW girl but no tribalism from me. Who's your wrestler to watch, or storyline you love?

i tried to start the wire, but every character was a shit person. couldnt buy that. i'm more cynical now. maybe i'll start it again.

Haunting of Hill House. I may watch this every year in October until I die.

It’s a great horror show that can be rewatched multiple times, but it also has some amazingly written and performed drama and characterization. There’s literally a scene later in the show that portrays an outsider’s emotional breakdown better than I’ve ever seen in any medium.

Just watched it based on this comment. This anime is seriously good, definitely in my top 5s.

Have you watched Steins;Gate? It definitely has some parallels.

I have recommended this show more than anything else in recent years.

it is absolutely a 10 out of 10.

the comedy, the obligations, drama, creativity, every element is heightened by every other element of the show.

I think you are the first other person I've heard of who has watched it, and that is a crime.

Hell yes.

It's amazing how much Star Wars gets to stretch its legs once it's allowed to break away from the fucking Skywalker family.

Yeah like... Why did it take that long to make the content andor has, it's cray

I love musical episodes, I was so happy when everyone started singing in the magicians.

I still sometimes go back and watch The Buffy musical episode, too.

spontaneous breaks for musical nimbers are so great.

@Endmaker @Shkshkshk Hugh Laurie was absolutely fantastic in The Night Manager

saw this comment and thought "this sounds exactly like gabi" then i read the username lmao

Gushing over magical girls is a good spiritual sequel to madoka

My only problem with Delicious in Dungeon is that later episodes don't have as much cooking. I'd love for them to get into food preservation now that they're deeper in the dungeon and food is getting scarce. Pickling, salting, smoking, etc.

Just a few off the top of me head.

Because of the way you formatted that, it all showed up one word after the others and it tells something about the genre that I couldn't recognise how many you mentioned. Thought it was like a single name for an anime show. Which imo wouldn't be unheard of

Highly recommend Dr. Stone. It gets too anime sometimes if you're not into that. But the talk and approach of science is really good. My non-anime watching wife enjoyed parts of it. But then left the room during the anime trope-y parts.

The Bear is awesome! The quality of the dialogue is really top notch. Some episodes are a bit intense (ie Thanksgiving from hell) where I needed a break in the middle but man do they ever have interesting characters!