I had gotten into One Piece briefly back in college, and had pretty much forgotten about it. I think it was around the Skypeia arc that it became difficult to find episodes, and I just gave up on it.
In the meantime, I graduated, got married, bought a house in the suburbs, and had kids who are now elementary school age.
Then I heard about the live action show and remembered how much I loved that show nearly 20 years ago. I enthusiastically recommended it to my wife, explaining that there had been 1000 episodes for us to watch as a family. I remembered it being fun, wholesome, maybe a little violent at times, but let’s watch it!
Oh right, the boobs. I had forgotten about the boobs.
and the 2 inch waists
It’s okay though, Buggy makes up for everything.
Guess I should check it out
like 99% of animes? yea
i mean it’s embarassing to even recommend a majority of animes, because of how absurdly they portray women and how excessive/creepy they are with the fan service. it’s hard to even watch when the characters are just completely objectified and the creators go out of their way to overly sexualize them. it’s just completely normalized in the anime community and it’s disappointing to say the least – it definitely doesn’t help the image of people who say they like anime, it’s why even a lot of mega weebs won’t be caught saying they like anime as a genre. just the concept and extent of waifu culture in anime communities is icky…
as for non-anime, i think shows which aren’t like that are a lot more common, like the first animated shows i can think of are things like king of the hill, avatar, boondocks, regular show, south park, etc. they generally aren’t as bad with objectifying women (but there are definitely some that do it really badly, don’t get me wrong)
Monogatari will remain my personal favourite series, I wouldn’t dare expose anyone to it. Plus it’s much more interesting as a show you kinda have to discover on your own.
whats the catch? i cant be bothered to watch anything - no matter how good, so spoil it please 🙈
The basic concept is that apparitions are affecting different characters and the main character investigates and helps them. The affected characters are all females and the main character is usually at the center of it all.
But it’s all about the writing being interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining, along with excellent voice acting performances, beautiful and abstract visuals, and of course, the amazing cast of characters. All of this with a healthy dose of comedy, perversion, and fanservice, it’s still pretty aggressive but not in the way a more ‘ecchi’ show would portray it, there’s never anything explicit. The characters genuinely care about each other, and it’s always a treat to see how they interact with each other.
Honestly it’s pretty difficult to explain why I enjoy it as much as I do, and it’s for that precise reason why I don’t ever bother recommending it, because I’m not about to explain myself when someone questions why I like “the show where the main character brushes his sister’s teeth in a lewd manner.”
Ha, I literally just mentioned Bakemonogatari in another comment. That show was so ground-breaking when it came out. Still is, in many ways. But wow it is not a show you can recommend (or even admit to having watched) IRL without some heavy disclaimers (and even then…)
Honestly: most series.
Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei comes to mind as a somewhat recent example (which shows my age even more than being in this sub, since the anime is almost old enough to vote at this point). It was very funny and even thought-provoking at times, but as the series went on it leaned further and further into ecchi/moe territory. They even broke the fourth wall and commented on it in the show at one point. What a shame.
Yup, loved that one up until it got weird.
Bakemonogatari (same studio) was at least considerate enough to clearly demonstrate its ecchi tendencies in episode two. Granted they still caught everyone completely by surprise with the infamous tooth brushing episode…
One of my favorite series is isekai no seikishi monogatari ( hopefully remembering the title right) and it’d a fantastic show that stand on its own without fanservice. But it definitely has fanservice( in the op no less! Which is a really good op as well) so I always would feel like I had to justify it when recommending it.