Submitted 2 months ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to anime@ani.social
By adult I mean over 18-20 years of age and with adult appearances. Nothing against anime with younger characters, but interested in finding some with older characters.
Heh, does western anime count?
Legend of Korra, Vox Machina, DOTA: Dragons Blood
And Pantheon.
For heaven’s sake, if you have not watched Pantheon, correct that immediately.
DOTA: Dragons Blood
Is the series ending anytime?
It’s so underrated! And it’s gorgeous, being Studio Mir.
It’s kinda over the top, but I guess that’s relative.
What you want is “seinen” anime, which is intended for an older audience. Most anime is “shonen”, which is intended for kids. (Not that there’s anything wrong with an adult enjoying shonen.) There are more genres and specifications, but I am not that into anime.
Dragonball is shonen. Cowboy Bebop is seinen. There are loads of great seinen shows out there.
Black Lagoon
Trigun
“The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent” was pretty good. I agree with lots of the others people already listed, but this one makes her age a relevant plot issue which basically sets the tone. It’s a romance anime with light combat and a good amount of world building. 2 seasons.
Lots of good stuff in this thread already, will suggest Black Magic M-66 and Megalobox.
“Spice and Wolf”. It’s a great story with adult characters. MC is like 26 years old and the themes in this show are also for mature audience. There is a series from 2008 but they also made a remake that is currently airing. As a fan of original series I’m enjoying it very much.
Fullmetal Alchemist (both of them). The two main characters are basically the only teenagers, and only one of them looks it.
Do 1000+ year old characters that look young count?
I mean, I don’t remember watching an anime that has a character like that, but IDK some people are really weird about that.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 months ago
It’s not an anime, per se, but the writing, voice acting and such are very much like an anime in the Like a Dragon series of games. Where it currently sits, all the characters are middle-aged or older. It also has a lot of existential dialogue and side stories that are extremely poignant, as someone who is also middle-aged in this time period.