Preach. What I love about Silver Spoon is how lighthearted and accessible it is while at the same time dealing with a lot of serious and complex themes and situations. It's slice of life in the truest sense. It even inspired me to go back to school so I can pursue my passion. I'll be forever grateful for that.
+1 for including ping pong and the marathon one. Have you found such other short sports anime? I started watching the cycling one, it was good for 2 seasons but started getting repetitive.
My 3x3 has just a slight amount of whiplash in the tone of some these anime, lol. I have a hard time choosing favorites, so I don't know if these are my most favorite, but they certainly jumped out for me.
Agreed. It's a super comfy show. It's also probably going to be the first manga I read in Japanese. It's a good anime to watch if you ever need to feel a little happier.
Personally I would recommend you to watch odd taxi, it has good story and characters but it a bit slow at the start and picks up in later episodes. If you are interest in societal problem and conflict between herbivore and carnivore, watch beastar.
Gurren Lagann was actually a show that was recommended to me back when I first got into anime! It didn't make my cut, but I'm thrilled to see it made a few 3x3s here!