By that, I mean niche stuff like Shibuya Kanon’s quarter-Spanish ancestry in Love Live Superstar. I don’t care if I get it or not right now, I can study to understand them sooner or later.

  • isyasadEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    Trying to think of more objective ones rather than “Gamers! is really underrated” or “you should watch Galaxy Angel”…

    • the first 5 stages of Initial D were done by a different studio every time
    • Hideaki Anno, director of Evangelion, voices the main character in The Wind Rises
    • Hideaki Anno also animated the god warrior scene from Nausicaa
    • the story and characters of Hibike! Euphonium closely mirror Ace wo Nerae!
    • Azumanga Daioh was the first in the “cute girls doing cute things” genre and is super influential
    • Likewise, Urusei Yatsura was one of the most influential anime of all time