So recently I had an anime watch party and we were browsing anime to watch and I came across Pluto. Admittedly I’m only 2 episodes in but so far it’s SO solid. And I’m just surprised I had never heard of it and it came out 3 years ago. Especially since it’s a reimagining of Astroboy and everyone’s heard of that…
Another one I had surprisingly never heard of but so far seems solid is Level E written by Yoshihiro Togashi. My favorite anime is YYH and I loved HxH so how come I hadn’t heard of Level E until now? Again, only 2 episodes in but seems legitimately good and it’s by a wildly successful creator.
What’s an anime you didn’t expect much of because it seems lesser known, but turns out to be very good? I mean like, not only do u like it but ur surprised the general public - casual anime fans aren’t aware of it.
Moriarty The Patriot: genuinely blows my mind that this one isn’t more well known. Sherlock yaoi + murdering rich bastards feels like such a slam dunk, and despite delivering plenty on both I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thing about this anime.
Blood Blockade Battlefront: This one is honestly just okay, but the animation is solid and the VAs have some pedigree. Idk if it just came out at a bad time or if people didn’t vibe with some of the episode plots, but it always surprised me that it only managed two seasons and then kinda faded out completely.
BLUE gender, an odd show at late night, shows a bunch of bugs suddenly show up on earth out of nowhere after they did some experiments with DNA(sounds very familiar to evangelion if not the same story/premise).
the fun thing about the bugs was thier ability to evolve against human machinery, and consume both organic and inorganic matter like metal and concrete for energy, which made them the perfect weapon against humans. very evangelion like. by the end of the series the earth sent a signal to cause the bugs to go extinct, and the ones on the space station too. but left the scattered survivors. they were very obscure as to the origin of the bugs, and the strange guinan origin of bugs and the structure energy beam.
the OG full metal alchemist, i dont think it has much viewership as brotherhood. because it was on late night.
also Ghost in the shell, convoluted and hard to follow but i did get the jist of it by the end.
Now and Then, Here and There, a very heavy anime, I guess it’s heaviness is the reason why it never became super popular, but still, I think it still had what it takes to become an anime of cult.
Shiki, also deserves more recognition than what it has.
Kemono no Souja Erin, I didn’t finish this one, but the first half is amazing, unless the second half looses quality this one should have been popular too.
Also, it’s worth to mention Gunslinger Girl.
All these shows are kinda dark, so maybe that’s why they never got the recognition they deserve.
Charlotte - story about a guy with a weak power to take control of people for just a few seconds. Since it’s weak he uses it ro cheat on tests and convince his crush to like him. Others with powers find him to make him not to abuse his power. Its a subtle slice of life anime the builds into a great story with some of the best character growth I’ve seen.
Heavenly delusion - horror anime aboutbtwonkids in the aftermath of an apocalypse where monsters roam, and they’re trying to find an old school. At the same time there’s a strange school with mutated kids all being taught by robots and doctors watch them constantly. Its very interesting sci-fi based on this Buddhist idea that heaven exists right in front of your nose, but disappears if you look elsewhere. Does have a scene of SA. Im waiting for the second season.
Deadman Wonderland
What the hell happened? They even had an original OST for the intro in English. Studio Manglobe wanted this to go places…and It just. Failed.
Perhaps not my time to watch it, but I found it boring and too long.
Beserk memorial edition the 13 episodes so good
Saving… I’m going to try Pluto.
Stumbled upon it in ~2023 while I was away from my PC, nothing on my phone, and borrowing the family TV and their Netflix. A real hidden gem.
Big O
It’s showtime!
I used to make fun of Big O for being bad when it was on adult swim (I literally never watched it). Maybe I should finally give it a shot.
the ending was rushed but make sure to watch all two seasons. the show is inspired heavily by Batman the animated series
it was show about giant mechs, and living in a biodome, due to “nuclear winter outside”
I read Pluto and really enjoyed it, will try to watch it in the near future for sure. It’s kind of stupid but “I parry everything” was excellent if you can get past the gag that the MC is just clueless.
I do hate when MC’s are clueless but I suppose it CAN be funny if done right.
Flip Flappers!
I’m still reeling from that twist.
Sounds silly lol. Not a watcher of magical girl anime typically but perhaps I’ll choose this when I’m in the mood for it.
Pluto was great! Have fun watching it and enjoy the plot unfolding and twisting :)
Dennoh Coil (2007), it’s basically if Studio Ghibli did Sci-Fi. Won a bunch of awards in Japan, but never got mainstream.
That’s good enough for me to look into it
Seconding it. And its spiritual successor The Orbital Children.
DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION
This and Pluto are the best scifi anime we had in recent years.
Nice, This is actually on my anilist “plan to watch” already. So I’ll get to it eventually!
crunchyroll fumbled the marketing for this (i.e. there was none) and fucked up the subs. i fucking hate crunchyroll.
dint they start using AI translations.
