Start with something simple like one punch man. A lot of people try to get into the 100+ episode classics off the bat and then thing they don’t like anime. But you have to develop a pallet for it
That’s what I’ve found: there’s a dozen or so series that are great going back decades that I’ve found. But whenever an anime fan or friend recommends some, 80% of the time there’s fanservice that is so out of place. I ended up just ignoring most anime for that reason.
You can have sex and nudity, even gratuitous (like many HBO shows), but the casual objectification without even recognizing it puts me off.
I feel different from most anime fans in that sometimes I can ignore it and other times it’s worth dropping the series. A little fan service and cringe nosebleed scenes are just standard anime tropes at this point. But some anime pushes it so far that, like you said, its jarring and distracts from the story. I’ve dropped a few shows just for the annoying fan service alone (Fireforce, Fairytale, Seven deadly sins, etc.)
If you are looking for recommendations of shonen anime that have heart, action, and deep characters I would suggest: Mob Psycho 100 and Ping Pong the Animation. Both of these have a weird art style, but they both have a story to tell that leaves a deep impact on you.
That said, anime is a a big medium and there is something that will appeal to everyone (dramas, sci-fi, romance, ecchi, sports, mecha, horror, comedy, historical fiction, etc.) I’ve linked some helpful anime flowcharts/recommendations that I always refer to when I want to get away from the endless deluge of seasonal anime.
I wish that first one with content warnings and flowcharts defined what they considered NSFW and Bloody content. Just glancing first off, I watched One Punch Man but don’t recall NSFW content. Maybe that girl in the green dress?
Inuyasha, Dragonball, Ranma ½, Fist of the North Star, Lupin the third, Urusei Yatsura, Jojo, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Hunter x Hunter and a bunch of others.
Some are good, some are definitely classic, and a few are both.
Mostly because it’s not sourced from, or meant to be, weekly episodic content. It’s from a set of space opera novels, so the animated version is like when people adapt Game of Thrones. It’s also technically not an Anime, but an OVA.
There’s nothing really cringe about it. Just good story in an animated format.
Start with something simple like one punch man. A lot of people try to get into the 100+ episode classics off the bat and then thing they don’t like anime. But you have to develop a pallet for it
I just don’t like modern anime, it’s too cringey
Watch ancient anime, like Miyazaki’s directorial debut Future Boy Conan in 1978
The original Dragon Ball series is pretty good… I guess there are still some weird pervy bits though
I have multiple threads bookmarked in the like of “anime that aren’t cringe” lmao, I need to look it up constantly.
That’s what I’ve found: there’s a dozen or so series that are great going back decades that I’ve found. But whenever an anime fan or friend recommends some, 80% of the time there’s fanservice that is so out of place. I ended up just ignoring most anime for that reason.
You can have sex and nudity, even gratuitous (like many HBO shows), but the casual objectification without even recognizing it puts me off.
I feel different from most anime fans in that sometimes I can ignore it and other times it’s worth dropping the series. A little fan service and cringe nosebleed scenes are just standard anime tropes at this point. But some anime pushes it so far that, like you said, its jarring and distracts from the story. I’ve dropped a few shows just for the annoying fan service alone (Fireforce, Fairytale, Seven deadly sins, etc.)
If you are looking for recommendations of shonen anime that have heart, action, and deep characters I would suggest: Mob Psycho 100 and Ping Pong the Animation. Both of these have a weird art style, but they both have a story to tell that leaves a deep impact on you.
That said, anime is a a big medium and there is something that will appeal to everyone (dramas, sci-fi, romance, ecchi, sports, mecha, horror, comedy, historical fiction, etc.) I’ve linked some helpful anime flowcharts/recommendations that I always refer to when I want to get away from the endless deluge of seasonal anime.
https://imgur.com/gallery/4htwnQ1
Thanks! That’s really helpful.
I wish that first one with content warnings and flowcharts defined what they considered NSFW and Bloody content. Just glancing first off, I watched One Punch Man but don’t recall NSFW content. Maybe that girl in the green dress?
Nothing with more than 100 eps has ever been good or classic, change my mind.
Inuyasha, Dragonball, Ranma ½, Fist of the North Star, Lupin the third, Urusei Yatsura, Jojo, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Hunter x Hunter and a bunch of others.
Some are good, some are definitely classic, and a few are both.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Mostly because it’s not sourced from, or meant to be, weekly episodic content. It’s from a set of space opera novels, so the animated version is like when people adapt Game of Thrones. It’s also technically not an Anime, but an OVA.
There’s nothing really cringe about it. Just good story in an animated format.
I did not expect to see the correct answer to this question. LotGH is the only anime with more than 24 episodes that’s worth anyone’s time.