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Mushi-shi, a delightful and thoughtful show with a good “monster of the week” formula.
In a similar vein, Kino’s Journey.
Serei no moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit) might be my favorite, though. I like the character of Balsa and the mentoring role she takes over the young prince.
Tonari no Yokai-san, a slice-of-life drama with mythological elements about supernatural beings and humans peacefully co-existing in the modern world. It’s sad, and beautiful, and heartwarming; one of my favourite shows of 2024. People who liked Natsume’s Book of Friends might enjoy this one as well.
Bang Brave Bangern! is the gayest, and probably the most fun anime I’ve ever seen. Even the year it came out I didn’t see very many people talking about it, so shoutout to the Mother’s Basement youtube channel for making me aware of its existence.
Golden Kamuy is also excellent, but a lot of people got (understandably) turned off by how bad the bears looked in the first couple of episodes. They were rendered in 3d and composited in really poorly. It was not great. And tbh while the rest of the show doesn’t have anything that bad later on the animation never really becomes what I’d call “great”. That said, if you want to watch a bunch of crazy dudes kill each other over some gold in Taisho-era Hokkaido this show is an incredible time.
Golden Kamuy’s S3 is an absolutely banger watch.
I love seeing Hijikata in any show. Old Hijikata is just as badass as ever and I wished he lived that long.
I was very amused seeing him and the other old guy he hangs out with, since I mostly knew them from Gintama!
missingno@fedia.io 1 day ago The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife was the most adorable show I watched all year. I'm a sucker for positive representation.
OmegaSunkey@ani.social 23 hours ago Metallic Rouge
so underrated director and whoknowswhoelse decided to give 12 chapters to a 24+ chapter plotline.
sobbing
Chainsmoker Cat :3
Maō no Ore ga Dorei Erufu o Yome ni Shita ndaga, Dō Medereba ī? An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride
My expectations were abysmally low and it is actually cute, fun and grounded at the same time.
Big O
MiRRoRMaN@ani.social 16 hours ago If I had to pick one off the top of my head I’d probably say Koi Gaze. Yes the story is disturbing and uncomfortable, but that also makes it work.
auster@thebrainbin.org@thebrainbin.org 1 day ago Would "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" count as underrated? I rarely see people commenting about it at least.
I think that’s just because it’s kinda old at this point; people don’t often talk about stuff that’s more than a few years old unfortunately.
Murai in Love. Comedy is subjective, and this one happened to tickle my funny bone.
Not only it is funny with perfect comedic timing but it also has one of the best direction for a show on a small budget that makes moving pngs work in its favour. OP and ED are fun. It’s an endearing show.
that makes moving pngs work in its favour
I actually enjoyed the limited animation.
It never felt like the studio cheaped out on animation. Rather, it seemed like an intentional artistic, stylistic choice (even if their actual goal was to save money).
Idk if it’s underrated but I never meet anyone, in person that likes Sgt Frog. That shit slapped and the English dub localized the jokes making it an absolute treasure.
Orbital Children anilist.co/anime/…/Chikyuugai-Shounen-Shoujo/
I really enjoyed this story. It wasn’t that popular with people and I think it gets a lot of hate for being a Netflix anime movie.
Krusty@quokk.au 1 day ago Golden Boy?
I really liked Akudama Drive.
Anime original, and it’s only one cour, so easy to just watch in one or two sittings.
Pumpkin Scissors. Almost entirely forgotten, possibly due to it having a case of Unfinished Manga Syndrome, but it’s an entertaining, off-beat, not-exactly-a-war-story set in a world with WWI-level tech.
Oh hey! I love this series. Is the manga finished? I remember it being stuck in a prepetual hiatus or something.
CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 1 day ago Kogepan. From 2001, ten very short episodes of about 3 minutes, 4 if you include the OP and ED. About a bread that is baked too long and is burned. Most other breads are pristine. A story about silly anthropomorphised breads but it’s quite human. It is surprisingly touching, especially the last episode. Some say it is an allegory for being old in society, the burned breads being old and the nice breads being young. Personally I think it can be interpreted in many ways, and you can easily swap being old for your own way in which you are burned. I’d classify it as an SOL/Iyashikei anime. I like how the quotes roll in with the writing behind them. You can watch it on youtube.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Ergo Proxy
Also in a similar spirit: Wolf’s Rain