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tideswept · 3 months ago

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This post is for @sandumilfshou but hey, if you're looking for some potential anime to watch... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

disclaimers: I recommend things based off vibes, and not everything I recommend is something I loved from start to end. But I think highly enough of it that I a) either enjoyed the time I spent on it, b) can see how someone else could enjoy it.

Secondly, my anime-watching days became few by 2016, so not a lot of newer anime is included in this list.

Which leads me to my third point--anime, like everything else, is a product of its time, and should be fairly judged as such whenever possible. (Take that as you will.))

Title: Gankutsuou

Episodes: 24 (1 season)

Genres: Science fiction, drama/tragedy, psychological thriller.

Brief Synopsis: A sci-take on the Count of Monte Cristo, just as screwed up (if not arguably more in some cases) as the book. Lush and flamboyant, it feels more like an opera at times. Focuses more on the younger generation and their complicated interpersonal relationships and how they're all suffering/paying for the sins of the older generation.

Personal Opinion: One of my favorite anime. It's just an experience™. You kind of just have to accept that everyone involved is a highly dramatic individual and drink the koolaid. The sparkly, sparkly koolaid that comes laced with acid.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: The animation style will throw you off, and some people can never adjust to it. That's fair. This anime will also not hold your hand. Everything that's in the book is here.

Title: Zetsuen no Tempest / Blast of Tempest

Episodes: 24 (2 cours)

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Action, Drama/tragedy

Brief Synopsis: Yoshino first loses his girlfriend to a gruesome murder, then his best friend (the girl's brother) goes missing. And when Mahiro returns, it's because the world is ending, and he's got too much of a codependent relationship with Yoshino to not take him along to figure out who killed his sister. Stopping the end of the world? No, thanks. This is all for revenge.

Personal Opinion: This series lives and dies by how much you enjoy the relationship between Mahiro and Yoshino, and it is a complicated one. The series is also deeply entrenched in Shakespearean allusions and themes. Truthfully, I only recommend the first cour (which iirc is the first 12-13 episodes) as the series takes a radical shift in theme/tone after that. But that first cour by itself works, a somewhat bittersweet and alarming end-of-world odyssey with two main characters who have a lot of secrets from each other as they try to navigate their new dangerous reality and their often heavily charged dynamics.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: Do not recommend past the first half. Blood and violence and death. No handholding. Somewhat downer but still appropriate ending available if you stop watching by the end of the first cour.

Title: Akatsuki no Yona / Yona of the Dawn

Episodes: 24

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure

Brief Synopsis: A naive but well-meaning princess has her entire world brutally destroyed over the span of a single night and decides that she will survive, she will take her empire back, and she will demand answers from the man that took everything from her... particularly when she was willing to give him all of it in the first place.

Personal Opinion: A rare shoujo anime that allows the heroine to really grow and become stronger. I (and my friends) screamed a lot while watching this. We demanded answers! We demanded blood! she better stab him with that damn hair pin ymmv on the romance aspect, but it's just genuinely enjoyable and every character has hidden depths.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: Anime ends on a bit of cliffhanger, so you'll have to continue the story in the manga.

Title: Shin Sekai Yori / From the New World

Episodes: 25

Genres: Science fiction, psychological, horror, suspense, tragedy

Brief Synopsis: A girl lives in an idyllic village in rural Japan. Everything is perfect. (Except when it isn't.) Her family is loving. (But where did her sister go? Did she have a sister?) Her community is close-knit (too close knit?). She's starting school with her friends and she's excited (is she?) because she'll make more friends (wait, weren't there more of us--) and the world outside of her village is scary (forbidden), she just has to follow the rules and everything will be fine. Right?

Personal Opinion: This is a rough one. It can be very uneven in story telling but almost purposefully so, and you have to watch more for the pieces to click into place, and each "click" becomes more and more horrifying. What does it mean to be human? What does it take to be human? How much will you sacrifice to avert an even greater catastrophe? At what point is there value in what you're doing? It follows the main cast from when they're small to when they're adults, and it answers those questions in the way they decide to answer them.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: The list of potential triggers on this one is insane. It's not kind. It's not nice. It's not pretty. Don't let the animation style fool you, death is constant and brutal, there are no easy answers, good people do terrible things out of necessity and desperation, and how the kids are raised are objectively horrifying. In SSY, free will is often the most dangerous thing that has to be extinguished at any cost.

Title: Nagi no Asu kara

Episodes: 26

Genres: Surrealist fantasy, drama, romance, slice of life

Brief Synopsis: Once, all humans lived under the sea. But some decided to leave for land. Now in the modern day, the population of those under the sea has diminished enough that they're forced to send their children to land for school. And thus begins not only culture shock for both the sea and land people, but the first sign that not everything is right in the world...

Personal Opinion: This is oddly like a distant Lighter and Softer counterpart to Shin Sekai Yori. It has the same feel at times, a slow tension building in the background, and the emphasis is greatly on loneliness and childhood and fear of change as well as interpersonal relationships, but NagiAsu is ultimately an optimistic children's story more than anything else. Like Zetsuen, this anime radically changes between the first and second cour in a surprising way, but it does so more gracefully and logically. I didn't love this anime because I was expecting something darker, but I can still appreciate it for what it is, even if I didn't enjoy the entire ride.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: This one is pretty tame. Animation is super pretty.

Title: Subete ga F ni Naru / The Perfect Insider

Episodes: 11

Genres: Mystery/Suspense, Thriller

Brief Synopsis: Shiki Magata is a genius prodigy who murdered her parents when she was a child, and is kept in a facility where she is still allowed to work on projects. A professor and his student/family friend are allowed to visit her due to special circumstances, but the situation quickly escalates when Magata is found murdered in a locked room no one has access to.

Personal Opinion: This is fun little anime. A bit slow at times, yeah, but I think that has more to do with it following the source material (a book) a little too closely. Can you figure out the mystery before the answer is revealed? The clues are all there, but you might have to be a real computer nerd to figure out the "joke".

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: There's only a few murders shown, but they're not shied away from or easy to digest. The past is not a kind one.

Title: Blue Seed

Episodes: 26

Genres: Supernatural, Adventure, Horror, Romance

Brief Synopsis: Momiji is part of the Kushinada family line, but didn't realize what that meant until she was attacked by aragami. Turns out she had a twin sister who was taken at birth to be a sacrifice, as a Kushinada always has to be sacrificed to send the aragami back to sleep and keep the world from returning to its "natural state." But Kaede's rebelled and offed herself, and now Momiji is all the hope mankind has. Except... she doesn't want to die, and the people who raised Kaede are determined not to let another girl die needlessly under their watch.

Personal Opinion: This is a soft spot for me. One of the first anime I managed to consistently watch from start to end, rather than being stuck with what was on TV. It's also where I began to learn more about genuine Japanese culture and history, their beliefs and legends. It ca be very hit or miss, though.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: This anime came out in 1994 and it comes with the tropes of the era. The first couple of episodes are the worst, then it gets better from there save for the occasional joke relapse, and there are definitely some things that would have been weird even back then and never fly today, but they're not done... maliciously? If that makes sense. Nor are they ultimately handled in a bad way.

Title: Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou

Episodes: 24

Genres: Alternate History, Superhero, Surrealism, Adventure

Brief Synopsis: In a parallel world to ours in 1962, the world is plagued by magical girls, demons, mechas, kaijus, gods, aliens, literally everything. And to deal with that and keep it a secret, the government created the Superhuman Bureau. Kikko, a young magical girl herself, becomes involved with them in an effort to understand the human world better, but winds up in the biggest mess she could ever imagine.

Personal Opinion: This is a hot mess, and I go into why below, but it is a colorful and vibrant disaster.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: This anime is a love letter to Japanese storytelling, everything from oral to theater to cinema to anime to television. If you don't have a grasp of the Showa era and cultural landmarks like Osamu Tezuka, you're going to end up feeling very confused, if not downright bruised, by the way the story develops. It does drip-feed you hints as to just how this became an alternate history, and yeah, it involves WWII and all the complicated sentiments Japan has towards what happened during and after. But it's all wrapped up in a glossy package with characters who are very much not human, but sometimes desperately want to be. It deconstructs every genre it comes across, and the superhero genre, specifically the modern ideas of it, is not spared.

Title: Hanasaku Iroha

Episodes: 26

Genres: Slice of life

Brief Synopsis: A girl ends up working at her estranged and strict grandmother's traditional resort and has to learn a great deal not only of how strange the business is, but also why her family is so messed up.

Personal Opinion: This anime felt a bit to me like Spirited Away -- the antagonistic owner that the young female lead has to figure out how to deal with, the whole "serving guests" angle, learning about the guests (and how strange they are) and feeling rather out of place, making friends with coworkers who might not particularly like you. I'm normally allergic to slice of life, but on the strength of the characters and the affectionate association with Spirited Away, this managed to keep me going.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: This anime is too long. A lot of elements could have been cut out to make it more enjoyable (I don't enjoy the romantic subplot; it's absent most of the time, but then it comes back with a vengeance.) so that's my main warning for this. There's also a couple of moments that are very eyebrow-raising and make you wonder why, but they're usually over and done with quickly enough.

Title: Another

Episodes: 12

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Brief Synopsis: Due to his father's work, Koichi is sent to live at his grandparent's sleepy town. While there, odd things keep happening, but nothing is stranger than finding out there's a girl in his class that everyone in the school pretends doesn't exist. A girl who claims that death is near.

Personal Opinion: This is a great short horror anime, though it can become somewhat wearisome in the style of Final Destination. Perfect for a Halloween watch, and the characters are enjoyable enough that you want them to solve the mystery and be spared.

Warnings/Triggers/Misc.: I wasn't kidding about the comparison to Final Destination.

I ran out of steam, so a few I'll just throw out because they're good, but again, it's always YMMV.

Darker than Black

Kamisama Kiss

Parasyte: The Maxim

Steins;Gate

Kekkai Sensen

World Trigger

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

BONUS LIST:

These are anime that I never got around to watching but I was around it enough to know it was Good.

Tiger & Bunny

Kuragehime

Durarara!!

Serial Experiments Lain

#berrychat #animanga #this read more cut better work

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rttnpnkpmpkn · 2 years ago

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*looks at your top posts* Ooo even tumblr knows you’re a big fan of Rasmus 💜 grumpy tsun tsun guy needs some love! what’s your thought that he isn’t a romance character for MC? I’m a bit sad but hey there’s always awesome fanwork like yours and other artists on twitter! <3

1) Ayy thank you anon! It makes me happy to know my drawings are being enjoyed lol and I hope i get more inspo and time to draw this purple tsun-tsun! I blame my friend because she got me on the Broken Colors train by saying along the lines of “Hey, I think you’ll like this guy because he reminds me of ___” and that peaked my curiosity because I’m thinking ,”I’ll be the judge of that 🗿” and that’s enough to get me to download the demo. xD

I’m not sure if it’s the suspension bridge effect or some shizz, but I ended up simping for him after the “jump scare” lmao and you know the rest from there. His reaction to the ice cream “date” just dug the shovel deeper after subsequent replays. 😳

2) Yeep~ I found out a long while back and since came to terms with it lmao 😂 (hugs you anon, there there ❤️‍🩹🫂)

I feel that it was sorta expected because he’s the most “normal” out of the trio for a horror sim, and my train of thought had split into three councils: 1) Nooooooo😭 ; 2) We got fan art to make up for it at least. Who needs canon? 🥲✍️ ; 3) Totally understandable from the writer’s perspective! 🥲👍

I understand how peeps feel when their self-ships aren’t viable for canon, but I also think that’s also the beauty of creating fan works/ derivatives! (Thank you Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun for teaching me this lesson 🙏✨)

If there are things you wanna see, you can create what your mind wills it to be! If I think the dude deserves his happy ending, he’ll get it even if main storyline says otherwise! 🔥🔥🔥✍️ We got the technology to fool ourselves~ 🧠 Hehee 😜

Thank you for your time, and have a great day~!! 💜💜

#ask a pumpkin 🎃#pumking thoughts #pumpkin thoughts #not art

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flowerymoments · 2 years ago

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Shoujo Friend Special Edition Suspense & Horror 1998 [サスペンス&ホラー] // Art by Inuki Kanako

#inuki kanako #kanako inuki #horror #my scan

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tamuramachi · 4 years ago

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Yumi Tamura Long Interview from Da Vinci August 2020 Issue

Basic translations of the long interview with mangaka Yumi Tamura published in the Da Vinci magazine August 2020 issue. Translation notes appear at the end and correspond with the numbers enclosed in brackets that appear in the body of the post.

<<SPOILER ALERT to anyone who hasn't finished BASARA, and possibly 7SEEDS (though nothing major) if you haven't reached Volume 10/11, specifically the Ash chapter arc on Ryugu Shelter.>>

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This year marks the 38th anniversary of Yumi Tamura's debut.

Tomoe ga Yuku!, BASARA, and 7SEEDS are big hit series, and her current serialization, Mystery to Iu Nakare, is also attracting a great deal of attention. Throughout her illustrious career, just as her portrayed protagonists have always been "fighting people," she herself has always been a "fighting manga artist.” This is a precious long interview with Tamura that reveals the path she has taken as a manga artist!

The Budding Worldview Begins in a Manga Club

Yumi Tamura opened the door to the world of manga when she was in junior high and high school. It was during this time that she first made many friends who drew manga together.

“I formed a manga club. We weren’t allowed to have a manga club at my school, so I formed an independent one with kids from other schools. After school, we would gather at the house of a member and draw various things. But it's not like we were making proper manuscripts yet at that time. It was more like relay manga [1.], where we would draw with pencils in a notebook. We also made photocopy zines and went to events to sell them. I liked horror and suspense [genres], and now that I think about it, ensemble dramas [2.]. I was creating a single world and putting various characters in it, each with their own story. It was like playing with worlds and characters.”

It was in this manga club that Tamura began walking the path of becoming a professional. In high school, her friends told her they wanted to become manga artists, and in her sophomore year, Tamura, too, finished her first real manuscript and submitted it to Bessatsu Shoujo Comic. It was selected as an honorable mention for the monthly award, and an editor was already assigned to her after her second submission.

“A career as manga artist finally became a reality at this point. When I was deciding on a career path, I thought to myself that I didn’t want to draw manga only as a side job, so I had no choice but to become a manga artist. I entered a design school in Tokyo and worked as an assistant here and there while aiming to make my debut.”

I wanted to draw a hard-boiled suspense with a male protagonist.

For Tamura, the manga club was not only the beginning, but also an important place where the foundation of her career as a manga artist formed.

“The person who influenced me the most in becoming a manga artist was a friend of mine from the manga club. She was a very unique person and a good artist. She would draw pictures of an old Black man playing musical instruments in color. She would also draw stories about the environment from the perspective of a wolf. Seeing her, I realized that I’d be in trouble if I couldn’t draw men and women of all ages too. I started practicing drawing animals, mechanical objects, and with colors. As many of the contributors often say, you should put yourself in an environment where there are people who are clearly better than you. You'll definitely learn a lot that way. If I hadn't met that friend, I don't think I would have become a manga artist.”

Friction Between One's Own Worldview and the Required Worldview

However, after moving to Tokyo, Tamura continued her work in anguish for a brief period. She struggled with the friction between her own view of the world and the so-called shoujo-manga-like worldview.

“I wanted to create a hard-boiled type of story with a male protagonist and with a sense of suspense. But I assumed I couldn't do that for a 32-page piece, so I ended up not knowing what to actually draw for submission. After about two years, I decided that I couldn’t continue this way, so I finally started drawing what I wanted to draw. That was my debut work, Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan.”

[Image caption: This is Billy, who could be called Tamura’s own fighting game character that she would choose to play. The actions of this rookie newspaper reporter are dazzling! (From Ore-tachi no Zettai Jikan)]

This work won an honorable mention in the Shogakukan Newcomer Comic Award, and was published in an additional issue of Bessatsu Shoujo Comic in 1983. The story begins when Billy, a rookie newspaper reporter, meets a mysterious man who is carrying a dead girl's body.

“Billy is one of the characters in the world that I was creating back in my manga club days. I tried to draw him the way I would like my own selected character [in a fighting video game]. I submitted the work without even showing it to my editor.”

In the 1980s, shoujo manga was in its golden age of school romantic comedies. It could be said that Tamura had begun acquiring her own unique style since the time of her debut.

“It's true that I'm often told that my work is not limited to the boundaries of shoujo manga. But I've never thought of shoujo manga as having any boundaries, and I naturally believe that it has a wide range where anything can be done. I mean I've been reading such stories for a long time. From the perspective of an otaku of my generation, the school romantic comedy genre that everyone often thinks of [and associates with shoujo] is something that came along relatively later.”

However, even after her debut, Tamura still ran into a wall with the worldview requested by the [Bessatsu Shoujo Comic] magazine. Her first serialization was Chotto Eiyuu (Hiirou) shite Mitai. It's a story about a high school girl who plays tennis.

“The person in charge told me that the main character needed to be a girl; that a mystery/suspense was not allowed; that since it’s action, it should be about sports. And that’s how the setting came to be. But because of that, this is a pretty heavy and somewhat bitter memory for me.”

Wanting a Protagonist Who Fights Alongside Men on Equal Footing

The first breakthrough in Tamura’s career came in 1987 with the serialization of Tomoe ga Yuku!. The main character is Tomoe, a delinquent girl who formerly rode roller skates down freeways. She meets Iori, the heir of a business conglomerate, and together they fight to protect him against various threats. With this work, Tamura solidified her position as a popular manga artist. But above all, Tomoe established the heroine image of the "fighting shoujo [girl]" that came to symbolize Tamura's work.

“Tomoe is by no means a strong girl. She is troubled by her own weakness, but she earnestly tries her best to be strong. In Tomoe, for the first time, I put in my own thoughts and problems that I’ve been carrying--the weaknesses, complexes, and worries I had inside me. Though I don't know if that’s an appropriate form for creative work like manga. I'm not a strong person at all, so I tried my best during this time in hopes of becoming strong too. Tomoe runs while crying. I was very happy that readers could relate to that. For the first time in this work, I thought it was fun to have a girl as the protagonist.”

“Thank you for loving me, I will make you happy too.”

We asked once more: In the end, isn't the so-called normal girl, a girl who is loved by a prince-like boy and becomes happy, the kind of protagonist that Tamura should be portraying?

“Of course, I want the protagonist to be loved and happy. But there's a part of me that thinks that she can't really be happy in the way you describe. She’s not an equal [to her partner] somehow, and I feel like sooner or later she’ll be looked down upon or despised as long as that remains the case. It's tiring to be at the mercy of others. For example, even if I do feel loved, I don't want to just be patted on the head; I want to pat your head in return as well. I want to be treated as an equal human being. Thus, I want her to be a girl who says, ‘Thank you for loving me, I will make you happy too.’ For some reason, this kind of awareness has always been with me. When I was a child, I loved tokusatsu [3.] and anime, especially the ones where the lone woman in a group plays the same active role as the men. For example, Françoise Arnoul in Cyborg 009 and Yōko Nogiwa in Key Hunter, though it’s a drama.”

Tomoe was also taken from Tomoe Gozen [4.].

“Tomoe Gozen is said to have charged alongside Kiso Yoshinaka [5.] on the battlefield. I very much admire that kind of relationship. I don't want to simply be told, ‘I'll protect you, so stay back.’ I want to fight together, hand in hand, raising each other up. Well, that's the ideal, but...I know it's difficult to achieve.”

The Idea for Sarasa Came from an Egyptian Queen Who Dressed Like a Man

In 1990, the same year that the serialization of Tomoe ga Yuku! ended, Tamura started serializing BASARA. Including the Gaiden [appendix; side story], the series ran until 1999 and won the 38th Shogakukan Manga Award. This is Tamura's legendary masterpiece that is still loved by many fans. The story takes place in Japan several hundred years after the collapse of civilization. Sarasa, a girl born in the village of Byakko, takes the place of her murdered twin brother, Tatara, and grows up to become the leader of a revolutionary army to save the people suffering under the king's oppressive rule.

[Image caption: This Okinawa edition is full of tropical flair! (From BASARA)]

“The idea started with a trip to Egypt. There, I learned about the female king, Hatshepsut, who ruled as a pharaoh while dressed as a man, and so I thought it would also be great to have a story about a girl fighting in the disguise of a man. There were already a lot of Egyptian-based stories, so I decided to make a Japanese one, but I thought it would be difficult to portray an actual historical figure since my mind would be wrapped up in historical facts. Thus, it became a fictional war story set in future Japan.”

One of the major attractions of BASARA is the fictional setting of the war. Centered on the imperial capital, Kyoto, Japan is divided into four provinces ruled by the Black King, the Blue King, the White King, and the Red King. There’s a large temple in Kumano and a prison, Abashiri, in the far north. Okinawa is an independent country with a presidential system. It is a world that is slightly connected to the real Japan, yet far more original.

“As usual, I kind of started before really deciding on the detailed setting. I immediately got stuck on what to do next (laughs), but I finally grasped the general idea of how to proceed around the time I put out the Kanmon Tunnel chapters. I realized then that this was indeed going to be a story about Sarasa’s journey around the actual islands of Japan. I guess this was partly due to the influence of role-playing games [6.]. So, as she travels around like that, some real places, such as Sakurajima, appear in the story, while there are other places that have completely changed. I tried to mix in settings that overlap a bit with historical facts and folklore, among trying other things, so it was a lot of fun to create.”

Not Wanting Just Strength; Kindness is Also Necessary

The heart of the story in BASARA is Sarasa’s internal conflict and love. While leading the Tatara army, Sarasa continues to question herself. “Why do I kill people on the battlefield when I want to create a country where people are not killed?” She also then falls deeply in love with the Red King, Shuri, not realizing that he is her own enemy. Sarasa, like Tomoe, is a "fighting girl," but she anguishes and struggles the more deeply she fights and loves.

“Sarasa is also a girl who knows she is weak and keeps struggling to be strong. But in the latter half of the story, she realizes that it’s not enough. Strength alone is not enough; you have to be kind.”

Sarasa reflects: “I thought all I wanted was strength, but every time I come in contact with someone's kindness, I wish I could be kind like them too, I wish I could be even more so; not just strong like Byakko.”

Tamura continues:

“Sarasa is not solely trying to be her brother, Tatara, nor a beautiful woman dressed as a man. She actually loved and lived as a girl. From the beginning of the story to the end, the protagonist has been extremely conscious of the fact that she is a girl. This was a work in which I myself kept thinking about what it meant be a girl.”

After fulfilling her goal of overthrowing the kingdom, Sarasa does not become the head of the new country. She, along with Shuri, disappears from everyone's sight. In the Gaiden, it is mentioned that they crossed over to Europe and established a company called Green Shokai [Green Trading Company].

“I had trouble with the conclusion through the very end. There is still a part of me that doesn't know if them leaving the country was a good choice or not. Maybe Sarasa should have ruled the country. But then, she would have never been able to be with Shuri. I was also very worried about whether or not Sarasa could really forgive Shuri, or if she should. In fact, my editor at one point told me that the two of them should die. But I didn't want to do that. I believed they should live on because they had persevered through so much and fought so hard all that time to be happy. If it had been a short story, I think the ending would have been different. But for this story, it's more meaningful for them to live than to gloriously die a noble death, and even if it's hard, the two of them should bear the burden of their responsibility. The readers called it a job change (laughs), but it’s another way of supporting their country as merchants. In the end, that's how their future together turned out.”

7SEEDS is a School Drama

Tamura's writing prowess continued to grow. In 2001 following BASARA, she launched her other masterpiece, 7SEEDS. The series ran for 16 years and won the Shogakukan Manga Award as well. In the story, five teams of seven people each—Team Spring, Summer A, Summer B, Autumn, and Winter—are put under cryogenic sleep and awaken in the future after the extinction of the human race.

[Image caption: Natsu and Hana in their school uniforms. It certainly looks like a school drama! (From 7SEEDS)]

“Again, I started this one in a hurry before I could really decide on anything (laughs), so I had a rather rough time until about volume 6. I wanted to take a good break for a moment, but it was hard to get one. But then in the chapter arc about Team Summer A at the institute, the story came to me all at once, right up to the final selection test. That was when I remembered the sensation of ‘manga is fun!’ for the first time in a long time.”

Even though the setup can be seen as a future survival story, 7SEEDS is a human drama all the way through.

“In my opinion, this work is a school drama. I'm not very good at school stories, so I've rarely written them, but here, there are only boys and girls of about high school-age, and they live together. In the end, it's not a survival know-how story, and of course it's not science fiction; it's a story about how people interact with each other and how they go on living.”

Natsu, who was bullied; Hana and Arashi, who were lovers; Aramaki, a former high school baseball player; and Ango, who carries trauma from his time at the institution. This is the ultimate ensemble drama, with each character having a life of their own to the point where it can be said that all the characters play a leading role.

"Whenever I draw manga, I always think that the supporting characters are not living for the sake of the main character. All of them are living for their own happiness. And it’s when they collide and overlap with each other that the story forms. Also, as is the case with BASARA, even if the young people are the main characters, it’s necessary to depict an adult society in the background—the ideas, expectations, and interests of adults. Only then can that world become one, but that’s the most challenging part.”

There is one chapter arc in 7SEEDS that Tamura herself loves. It's the "Ryugu" shelter, which portrays the time when humanity is on the verge of extinction.

“It seems that many readers are reminded of Ryugu shelter now with the occurrence of Corona [COVID-19 pandemic].”

In the Ryugu shelter, a singer, comedian, ramen chef, dairy farmer, and manga artist all fulfill their professional duties up until the moment of their deaths.

“What would we do if the end of humankind became a reality? I figured that in the end we would do the same thing as they did.”

Dissatisfaction with Gladiator is the Inspiration for Toraji?

One of the most notable aspects of Tamura's career is that while drawing long-running big hits without interruption since the time of Tomoe ga Yuku!, she has been constantly releasing new serialized work and one-shot short stories to the world. When BASARA was in serialization, she created a number of masterpieces, including the Ryuzaburou series featuring a 10-year-old boy, Kinezukan in which a group of senior citizens play an active role, and the horror work 4nin no Onna. And since the start of 7SEEDS, she has started two other series, Neko Mix Genkitan Toraji and Iromen—Juunin Toiro—.

Toraji is a fantasy story set in a world where humans and mice are at war with each other. Hero Pai’yan together along with half-human (mix) cat, Toraji, is searching for his son, who was kidnapped by the Magic Mouse. In Iromen, Aoki, Akagi, Midorikawa, and other men and women with colors in their names fixate on colors and engage in discussions over them at a company.

[Image caption: Color-obsessed Iromen [7.]. Tamura’s hobby-filled pieces of tidbits and jokes are entertaining! (From Iromen)]

“The times when I’m in good form are probably when I'm able to work simultaneously on things with slightly different flavors, such as a serious story for the main magazine and a comedy for another. Toraji was inspired by the movie Gladiator. At the beginning of the movie, the main character, a Roman army general, finds his wife and child murdered while he was away in battle. Consequently, the story is about that man fighting as a gladiator for revenge, and of course it’s a magnificent movie, but there was something that made me pause. His wife and child become a very beautiful memory for him; however, he was always away at war and basically neglected them. Isn’t it possible that they hated [him] or was angry with [him]? They weren’t dolls, they were human beings who had feelings and thought about things. But the main character doesn’t think about that even for a minute. I was a little dissatisfied with that, and thus, decided to create Toraji. That’s why Toraji is a story about a son and mother who wants to say to their neglectful father, ‘We are living people too.’”

On the other hand, as for Iromen ...

“It’s like a compilation of myself (laughs). Because I put in real life works like tokusatsu and anime, along with other real products; in other words, I included all the things I like. Moreover, since it was the first time in a long time that I was depicting the present-day real world, it was actually serving as a stepping stone to Mystery to Iu Nakare. After I started the Iromen series, I wrote down notes of proverbs, famous quotes, and anything related to colors. I’ve utilized colors [words, phrases, titles, names, etc.] in BASARA as well. I don’t know much about poetry or literature, but maybe I’m interested in words themselves—in the history of specific words and kanji. I feel like that fixation is gradually showing in my manga.”

Totonou’s Discussions are Something that I’ve Been Thinking About for a Long Time

Mystery to Iu Nakare, which is currently in serialization, also began as a one-shot that was drawn during the same time as 7SEEDS.

“To tell the truth, I had already decided on a different story for the new series. I’ve been wanting to do something a bit like an omnibus for a long time. But fortunately, I received great responses to the Mystery one-shot, so I decided to make it a series.”

Mystery to Iu Nakare has acquired a readership that extends beyond traditional manga fans, and last year it ranked second in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 Onna Hen [Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 ranking for female readers] and the Manga Taisho 2019 award list. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the hottest manga right now. Perhaps the secret of its popularity stems from the fact that Mystery is packed with everything Tamura has ever done. For example, the main character is a university student named Totonou Kunou. Although he takes on the role of a detective, his true value lies not so much in solving mysteries, but rather, in his sincere point of view on the essence of society and people. He never stays silent when he thinks something is wrong. His inability to read the atmosphere and his reluctance to give up also make him a certain kind of “difficult person.” And Tamura has portrayed many undoubtedly “difficult people” in her works thus far.

[Image caption: Totonou, who is a difficult type of person, yet a beloved character. (From Mystery to Iu Nakare)]

“I’m the type of person who cannot speak up clearly even when frustrated, so maybe I admire people who don’t keep quiet. People who can think things through and put them into words. Like, ‘I’m not so sure that's the case’ to ‘I think this is wrong.’”

What strongly attracts readers is the numerous words from Totonou, who never remains silent. The gender inequality that still exists in society, the burden placed on mothers in raising children, what it means to love a child, and why it is wrong to kill people… for each of these topics, he gives his own well-thought-out response, addressing them to the people around him as well as to the readers.

“Originally, I didn't start this work with the intention of making it into a mystery, but rather, I was thinking of making it so that Totonou is just there having a conversation while the case is being solved on the side. I wasn’t thinking that he himself would be solving the case. That’s why I titled it with ‘Iu Nakare’ [‘Don’t Say It’ (is a Mystery)], and why the main focus is on his commentary. Everything he says is actually something I've always wondered and kept thinking about. Or, they’re unexpected facts that I learned, or something that surprised me. So, the questions and answers within me at the present moment have become Totonou’s words. Normally, it's not allowed in manga to include the author's thoughts or opinions as they are. However, since Mystery was a one-shot, I thought I’d experiment a bit.”

Among other aspects, Totonou’s strict “No” stance on gender inequality has garnered a great deal of attention.

“Of course, it's not that I want to talk about gender in particular. However, I want to depict what I can now about it too. I think the structure of the world as it exists today is something that was mostly constructed by a small portion of men. Languages, ideas, and systems of the world. Based on said men’s judgment and convenience at that time. That structure is passed down through generations as the natural order of things. I think it’s awfully difficult for women to live as equals with men in a world created in this way. It’s like a pentagon not fitting into a world that’s made for a triangle. In order to make life better for women, I think women need to be involved in the creation of things from the very beginning.”

In that moment, I firmly vowed in my heart: ‘I will become a manga artist!’

Tamura said that an old friend of hers recently pointed out that among all her main characters thus far, Totonou is the closest to Tamura herself. Tomoe, who wished to be strong so that she could fight alongside men; Sarasa, who found kindness before strength; and Totonou, who never averts his eyes from the true nature of society. It can be said that Tamura is a manga artist who is constantly thinking, and her manga is what derives from that. Well, to find out where that driving force to keep on thinking comes from, we finally asked her about it.

"Hmm, a driving force… it starts with the thought of ‘I want to draw this,’ or ‘This would be fun to draw,’ so it normally feels like that, but sometimes there’s an underlying ‘anger.’ There was a moment in high school when I really decided to become a manga artist. At the time, I was very confused about my career path, but there was this one teacher in training who had previously wanted to be a painter but instead chose to become a teacher for the sake of their family. So, I thought I’d try asking them for some advice. When I did, the teacher told me that I should quit if I had any doubts. I nodded my head in agreement, but then they added, ‘But you’re a girl, so you can do whatever you want, right? That’s not the case for men.’ I was both shocked and raging with anger. Angry by that kind of mindset which believes women will get married anyway, so they'll be provided for no matter what becomes of their career [i.e., it doesn’t matter what women do; women have it easy]. Is this something a person who is trying to become a teacher should say? I think on my way home as I rode my bicycle, fire was emitting from my entire body. In that moment, I firmly vowed in my heart: ‘I will become a manga artist!’ In a way, it’s thanks to that teacher…”

However, Tamura says that it doesn’t mean she wants people to agree with her way of thinking.

“I believe that everyone has their own way of thinking. It's also natural for people to think, ‘This seems different or wrong.’ So, it makes sense that the way we look at things changes depending on our situation and circumstances. Everyone has their own truth. That's why human relationships become so complicated.... It would be great if we could talk about that head-on with each other, but I don't think we've learned how to do that very well. It is up to readers to decide how they want to view what I’ve created, so I would be nothing but gratified if they could read my work as they please and enjoy it as reading material. However, there are times when readers tell me that they related to or sympathized with some part of a story, or that it somehow inspired them to think about many things, and that is another outcome that makes me deeply happy and most grateful.”

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Translation Notes

Relay manga: Manga drawn in relay by several people. For example, one person would draw a panel (without planning what would happen next) and then passes on to the next person to draw a continuation of the story, and this process would continue on until it reaches the last participant.

Ensemble dramas (“gunzougeki”): dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multi-protagonist story, film, etc.

Tokusatsu: genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla

Tomoe Gozen: “A female warrior, who appeared in 14th century Japanese literature. According to lore, she served Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War and was a part of the conflict that led to the first shogunate. Her family had strong affiliations with Yoshinaka. Although never proven to be a historical figure, her story influenced several generations of samurai. Tomoe is often celebrated in books, music, poems, films, historical novels and popular culture in general.” – Wikipedia

Kiso Yoshinaka: Kiso no Yoshinaka was a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. – Wikipedia

Yumi Tamura was an avid player of role-playing video games.

‘Iromen’ means color men; a play on ‘ikemen,’ which means good-looking man/men.

DISCLAIMER: This is an unofficial (duh), amateur and very basic translation (with little creative interpretation). Apologies for any typos and sentences that don't make complete sense or are not smoothly constructed. Feel free to message me with any typos, corrections, and/or suggestions. I may get to them before an eternity passes. Thank you! :)

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Manga the Week of 3/31/21

SEAN: March ain’t going out like a lamb when it comes to manga.

ASH: True, that!

SEAN: Airship has two print books; Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 14.5 and Mushoku Tensei 9.

Denpa’s website lists femme fatale: The Art of Shuzo Oshimi for next week. An artbook dedicated to the creator of Flowers of Evil, Blood on the Tracks and more.

They’ve also got The Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes 2 listed.

Ghost Ship has Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs 13.

No debuts from J-Novel Club, but we do get the 10th and final volume of The Combat Baker and Automaton Waitress. We also see Demon Lord, Retry! 6, The Epic Tale of Reincarnated Prince Herscherik 4, Holmes of Kyoto 4, My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! 4, and The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap 4. Desu.

Kaiten Books has a 2nd volume of My Dad’s the Queen of All VTubers?!.

Debuting in print for Kodansha is Chasing After Aoi Koshiba (Kyou, Koshiba Aoi ni Aetara), a yuri manga from Ichijinsha’s Comic REX. It’s got the writer of Masamune-kun’s Revenge (ehh…) and the artist of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (yay!). A girl hopes to meet up with her first love at a reunion.

ASH: Seems like it has potential.

MELINDA: Agreed.

Also in print: Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 6, Heaven’s Design Team 4, The Quintessential Quintuplets 13, and Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie 3.

Digitally we get two debuts. The first is She’s My Knight (Ikemen Kanojo to Heroine na Ore!?), which runs in Kodansha’s Palcy, and features a popular young man having to deal with falling in love with a girl more popular AND more manly than he is!

ANNA: This sounds amusing.

SEAN: We also get Those Snow-White Notes (Mashiro no Oto). This is a biggie, as it’s already 27 volumes in Japan. It’s multi-award winning, runs in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is by the author of Baby & Me and A Vampire and His Pleasant Companions, and is for the Shamisen what Chihayafuru is for Hyakunin Isshu. It also has an anime this spring!

MICHELLE: I’m super excited about this one!

ASH: I love shamisen so much.

MELINDA: Okay, I’m ready!

SEAN: And we get A Condition Called Love 7, Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 21, How Do You Do, Koharu? 2, I Want To Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die 7, My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 3, and Saint Young Men 11.

MICHELLE: I need to get caught up on several of these.

MELINDA: Same here.

SEAN: Seven Seas debuts two manga based on light novels they also have. Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist (Cheat Kusushi no Slow Life: Isekai ni Tsukurou Drugstore) runs in Takeshobo’s Web Comic Gamma Plus, and is about… well, the title.

ASH: So many titles these days are helpful like that, perhaps overly so.

SEAN: And there is also ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! (“Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na” to Yuusha Party o Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai), which runs in Micro Magazine’s Comic Ride, and combines yuri and gore-filled grimdark quite nicely.

Seven Seas also has the digital debut of four more Alice books, which focus on Elliot March and Tweedle Dee/Dum. If I recall correctly, the Twins books were the smuttiest in the series.

ANNA: No thank you!

SEAN: They’ve also got BL Metamorphosis 4, the third and final volume of Ghostly Things, High-Rise Invasion 17-18, Himouto! Umaru-chan Vol. G1 (also a final volume, sort of – it’s a one-shot continuation), the fifth and final volume of How to Treat Magical Beasts: Mine and Master’s Medical Journal, Made in Abyss 9, Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid 10, and Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General 6.

MICHELLE: Someday I really will read BL Metamorphosis.

ASH: You really should! It is wonderful.

MELINDA: I also need to read it!

SEAN: Two debuts for Yen On. The first is a spinoff. I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister (Hira Yakunin Yatte 1500-nen, Maou no Chikara de Daijin ni Sare Chaimashita) features Beelzebub and her demonic crew from I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years having adventures of their own.

The other is Yokohama Station SF, the story of a boy who is allowed to search the giant subway terminal that the world of Japan has become. This looks pretty cool, actually.

MICHELLE: It looks super cool! I always love stories about exploring sprawling structures (like BLAME, for example).

ASH: I’m definitely picking this one up! It looks like it should help fill the SF hole left by Viz’s Haikasoru imprint being on hiatus.

MELINDA: This one sounds so interesting!

Also out next week: 86 ~Eighty-Six~ 7, new reprints of the 5th and 6th Haruhi Suzumiya novels, The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious 6, and Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol (the 4th in the series).

Yen Press has many manga debuts next week. We start with Can’t Stop Cursing You (Dareka o Norawazu ni Irarenai Kono Sekai de), a dark little horror title from Gangan Online. A curse detective uses their powers to track down killers.

ASH: I’m curious about this one.

MELINDA: This actually does sound like my kind of thing.

Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana gets a manga version of its light novel. It runs in Square Enix’s Manga Up!.

Love and Heart (Koi to Shinzou) is a shoujo horror title from Hakusensha’s Manga Park. A college woman recovering from a breakup now finds she has a new roommate, who says he’s her old childhood friend. But… is he?

ANNA: I’m intrigued by the idea of shoujo horror.

MICHELLE: Yeah, this could be interesting.

ASH: Shoujo horror is one of my faves.

MELINDA: Ooooooooo.

SEAN: Love of Kill (Koroshi Ai) runs in Media Factory’s Comic Gene, and is about a pair of assassins engaging in… sigh… a deadly game of cat and mouse. (No, they’re not cats and mice, I just sighed at the cliche.) I’ve actually heard this is pretty cool.

ANNA: Sometimes I enjoy assassins!

ASH: Likewise!

MELINDA: Me too!

SEAN: Lastly, we see When a Magician’s Pupil Smiles (Mahou Tsukai no Deshi ga Warau Toki), a 3-in-1 omnibus collecting the entire manga. It ran in Shonen Gangan, and also seems to fall into the horror suspense theme Yen’s March debuts are falling into.

ASH: I tend to enjoy a fair amount of the subgenre, so I’m okay with the trend.

SEAN: In non-debuts, we get 86 ~Eighty-Six~’s second manga volume, Bungo Stray Dogs 18, Carole & Tuesday 2, Do You Love Your Mom? 4 (manga version), Fiancee of the Wizard 3, Im – Great Priest Imhotep 8, Kaiju Girl Caramelize 4, Karneval 11, Last Round Arthurs 2 (manga version), Lust Geass 3, Reborn As a Polar Bear 5, Strawberry Fields Once Again 2, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Ways of the Monster Nation 4, and The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 2.

ASH: I am so far behind on my Yen reading!

SEAN: Oof. There is a lot there. Do you see favorites?

By: Sean Gaffney

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rubycenter · 8 years ago

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i was tagged in this anime thing by @mkitaka i love this so much thank u ;o;

1. favorite anime?

oh no we're already starting off with a tough one….. it depends on the genre honestly there's comedy shounen shoujo horror adventure all types ;;;;; but a few of my top anime are akatsuki no yona, hxh 2011, jojo, barakamon, assassination classroom, cardcaptor sakura, gatchaman crowds, code geass (season 1 mostly…… season 2 is pretty garbage), gekkan shoujo nozaki-kun, daily lives of high school boys, sakamoto desu ga, shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu, cromartie koukou, gakkou gurashi, haikyuu, mob psycho 100, food wars, tsuritama, and love live (that's a huge list i know i just have a lot of love in my heart;;;;)

2. your worst anime?

ooohhh that depends if we're talking like shows that are just bad on their own or shows that have a ton of hype but are really just mediocre so the praise makes it even worse.. i mean i could go easy mode and say sao but i'd say some of the worst anime i've ever seen are dokuro-chan, valkyrie drive: mermaid, overlord, and kakumeiki valvrave. some overhyped shows i just found myself never caring for and am now sick of are snk, shigatsu wa kimi no uso, shirayuki-hime, kuzu no honkai, and tokyo ghoul (im sry yall they're all either basic or boring)

3. do you read the manga that goes along with the anime you watch?

occasionally, especially if the anime ends on a cliffhanger or just has more to it, though if i don't have to read the manga to get full enjoyment out of it i usually just don't

4. most favorite genre?

oh boy i like them all if they're done right.. but i've always found myself liking shounen the most just cus there are a lot of real gems in the shounen genre that people forget about or ignore (one piece, hxh, jojo). i also like suspenseful anime like mirai nikki and a lot of western-inspired shows like baccano or cowboy bebop

5. least favorite genres?

uhhHHH oh boy. well i generally dislike most shoujo if they have a focus on romance, and i also hate about 99% of all harems (yona and amagi brilliant park being the exceptions). just anything that i've seen a million times each season that i really don't need any more of

also pretty much any attempt at making a shounen that falls completely flat and everyone knows it (looking at you fairy tail)

6. favorite character?

oh no

7. least favorite character?

once again a hard question cus there's a ton of anime out there and tons of those anime have HUGE casts.. i have to say i really dislike eren, mikasa, and levi from snk (but i do love most of the other characters hahaa;;), uhh let's just say any character from any show i listed above that i dislike

8. qualities you like in a character?

i always like characters that look tough but have soft interiors, and also characters that are very loyal to another character OH and just generally really sweet nice wholesome characters.. it sucks that those are the ones that usually die tho ;;;;;

9. short or long anime?

either. but if an anime runs too long and overstays its welcome then i really start to dislike it (bleach and naruto tbh…..) and on the flip side some shows are too short and don't have enough time to do all the things they wanna do and it just leaves the show feeling incomplete even though they had great beginnings (yoi, death parade to an extent, akuma no riddle). so both have their pros and cons but i say any show that goes 2 cours is generally gonna be a good way to go!

10. anime or manga?

i definitely go to anime first and foremost, one because it's more easily accessible, and two because i have severe dyslexia and it makes it hard to read when there's no color on the page (doesn't help that manga usually chooses fonts that are not very dyslexia-friendly :c ) but if i like the anime enough i usually end up at least trying out the manga, even if the anime wrapped up the entire story

11. how do you choose the anime you watch?

well i watch a lot of seasonal anime now so i just go to anichart/mal to see what's airing but i used to hate them so i would choose based off recommendations from my sister, things people say on the internet, etc. i didn't and still don't really have many friends that watch anime so it's harder for me to find non-seasonals but my mutuals do keep me busy by reblogging/retweeting shows i haven't seen

12. skip or listen to intros/outros?

i listen to it if i like it!! but if it's not very catchy or pretty to look at i will skip. oh i also skip if i'm watching a really long show because the time i spend watching the intro could be put towards binging one more ep

13. how do you cope if your friends or family don’t like you watching anime?

well if my friends don't like me watching anime i don't know why we'd even be friends! sure my friends don't really watch it but it's not like they disapprove or anything lol. and some of my friends will watch the occasional anime if i highly recommend it. as for family, well my sister is the one who got me to watch it in the first place, my mom encourages it, and i don't think my dad really acknowledges it as anything other than another interest of mine.

14. do you stop an anime midway if you don’t like it?

always.. i'm bad about that lol my dropped list on mal isn't even the half of things i drop. i'll even get all the way to the last few eps of a show and then drop it cus it's so mediocre (overlord, i dropped it at the second to last ep) or i will stop midway because i feel like i don't like the characters or plot enough to keep going (akame ga kill and shirayuki-hime) or i'll really enjoy a show for a bit and then it'll do some shitty thing and i'll drop it there (kakumeiki valvrave). but then there are some shows that are just so bad or dumb that i need to watch til the end to see how bad it is (valkyrie drive: mermaid)

i tag @sorbebes and @bluenobuccellati !! and also if u see this and wanna do it i tag u too

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rachello344 · 8 years ago

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Anime I think are worth watching, a comprehensive list.

A note: I haven’t watched a lot of “classics,” so this is based on my own experience. If you think I should have included something that I didn’t, drop me an ask and I’ll either add it or consider watching it if I haven’t yet. If you think something should be in a different category, let me know, and I’ll think about moving it. ^_^

Also: these are all anime that are either ongoing (as of February 2017) or ended after one or two seasons. Basically, these are the anime that are easy for and worth binge watching. And this list is pretty long because I included descriptions, so it’ll be beneath the readmore. ;D

The So-Called Classics

Cowboy Bebop--If you watched/enjoyed Firefly, you’ll love this. A ragtag band of bounty hunters make their way through the solar system. It’s a space western with some noir undertones, and it’s one of the best anime I’ve ever watched. Character-driven and perfect. Its only flaw is that I wish it was longer. Also: there’s a movie, and you should watch it once you’ve finished the anime.

Death Note--Look, I know, but Death Note is a classic for a reason, and you may as well watch it at least once. I’d also like to recommend the live action movies (from Japan), the drama, and the musical. They are also all excellent. I don’t think I need to tell anyone following me what Death Note is, but I will if asked.

Princess Tutu--I’ve watched this show at least three times. Ahiru is a duck turned girl who’s trying her best to do ballet and save the life of her beloved prince (even as she falls for his devoted knight). One of the best anime I’ve ever watched, hands down.

More Recent but Just as Good (and Complete)

Dennou Coil--A bunch of kids playing with their in-universe Google Glass followed by existential revelations that shook me to my core. An excellent anime, and well worth the watch. The animation is gorgeous, and the best relationship is between two girls. It has a strong Ghibli vibe, imo

ERASED (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi)--I don’t know how to describe this anime. It’s a drama and a mystery--the main character is able to go back in time in order to stop bad things from happening. However, one event takes him all the way back to his childhood where he tries to stop a kidnapping. The plot is complex, the characters are flawed and perfect and amazing, and I think I cried at least three times. Really, a great anime. The reveal of the villain gave me chills.

91 Days--If you like dark, give this a try. Gangsters in the 20s, revenge quests, tragedy, and some really good animation. This story does not have a happy ending.

Joker Game--Japanese spies during WWII all sent off to different locations with different tasks. The only flaw is that I wish they could have spent more time together as a group. The animation is lovely, and the characters and plots are detailed and interesting.

Mahou Shoujo Ikusei Keikaku--For the fans of PMMM, this is a mahou shoujo where the girls are forced into battle with each other. I really can’t overstate how incredible the characters are. Really, if nothing else, that should be a major selling point. Plus, the animation is ADORABLE.

Ongoing or To Be Continued

Mob Psycho 100--Gorgeous and earnest and sweet. I didn’t think I was going to like it because the premise seemed a little odd, but then I watched the first episode and immediately changed my mind. Reigen and Mob are both delightful--a con man with a heart of gold and a protagonist that doesn’t want to be special. The rest of the cast is just as colorful, and honestly, it’s just so sweet and wacky and fun. A+ (Season 2 pending)

Boku no Hero--If you like super heroes even a little, you should watch this anime. Izuku is a sweet and nervous kid who’s trying his best to become a hero, with or without powers. All Might is the best dad I’ve ever seen, and Bakugou is an excellent antagonist. The powers are all unique and fun--some people can levitate small objects, others have the head of a bird and use the powers of darkness. A dynamic and entertaining underdog story. (Season 2 is in Spring 2017)

Trickster--Those of you following me for DCMK should absolutely be watching this. It’s based on The Fiend of Twenty Faces by Edogawa Ranpo and it’s set in the near future. I don’t know how to boil it down, but the main detective and the main villain are ex-somethings (literally and actually in canon) and the two main boys are (I hope) slowly becoming “something” (and breaking my heart in the process). Honestly, it deserves more attention than I feel it’s been getting. (Currently ongoing)

ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka--Political drama! Espionage! A plot to overthrow the King!! An adorable and unique art style! Incredible world building and character design! Please watch this anime!! (Currently ongoing)

Little Witch Academia--Looking for a show with an (almost) all female cast? A show with magic and drama and school rivalries? Are you looking for a show with (sometimes) sweet and (always) lovable girls getting into shenanigans? Look no further! Two OVAs and they finally got an anime, currently ongoing!!

Horror

Vampire Princess Miyu--Highly surreal and deeply involved (very old) anime about a vampire who sends demons back to the other world. Sometimes she helps people, sometimes she kills them, sometimes she technically does both. It’s an odd one, but I liked it a lot when I watched it. It also has one of the best ED songs I’ve heard.

Another--This anime is intense. There’s a dead person in the midst of the living and as long as they’re there, people in or related to one classroom are doomed to die. This goes about as well as you could imagine. Very creepy and exceptionally suspenseful. It is horror, so watch it during the day or with a friend if you get nervous but still want to watch.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni--I know the art style is weird. It gets better in season two, but you’ll stop noticing after the first few episodes, I promise. The plot is involved and intense. There are multiple timelines and only one Good End. Like Another, this one is suspenseful and will definitely have you on the edge of your seat. Bear with the confusion--everything will be explained, I promise.

Shiki--Do you like vampires? Do you like tragedy? Do you like excessive amount of violence and people returning from the dead? Watch Shiki! There are deep existential questions coupled with the horror of losing a loved one and what we’d do to keep them with us. Also, two of the main boys are probably in love based on context, but I don’t think they were allowed to go there.

#anime recs #let me know what you guys think and whether or not I should consider others #these are all shows I've watched lately or remember vividly #so I hope you guys will consider giving them a try #;D

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