| a good soundtrack. and a combination of either: cyberpunk style worlds detective / vigilante / mafia / military protagonists OR middle age/medieval setting mages swordplay |
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| Cool and interesting characters, that's usually what gets me hooked. And I like anime set in Tokyo, with specific landmarks, like in Durarara!! which takes place in Ikebukuro. Not some crappy episode about visiting Akihabara. |
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| I love the balancing of everything in an anime. Right enough of comedy to drama (I prefer more comedy though). Right amount of action, hell even the amount of fillers should be done right. Stupendous soundtrack as well. That's why I love GetBackers so much. It has everything I want. |
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jondoom said: a good soundtrack. and a combination of either: cyberpunk style worlds detective / vigilante / mafia / military protagonists OR middle age/medieval setting mages swordplay Seems to me like you must be suffering right now, as cyberpunk anime sadly hardly gets made anymore. Even medieval fantasy is hardly made anymore, atleast not Dark Fantasy. This are 2 of my favourite type of anime too, I would love to see more of them. |
baki502 said: Examples of recent medieval fantasy anime:Seems to me like you must be suffering right now, as cyberpunk anime sadly hardly gets made anymore. Even medieval fantasy is hardly made anymore, atleast not Dark Fantasy. This are 2 of my favourite type of anime too, I would love to see more of them. Slayers Revolution Slayers Evolution-R The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Claymore Hero Tales Moribito Inuyasha: The Final Act Magi Spice and Wolf The Sacred Blacksmith Tales of Symphonia: The Animation Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike and pretty much all of those have some dark themes even though some are gorier than others, but yeah cyberpunk anime are pretty few and far between these days it seems like. @topic: I like pretty much every genre, though my favorites are probably adventure and horror, and I like sci-fi and fantasy settings. I also really value fleshed out worlds in anime. As for art style, I'm usually not too picky, the only anime I can think of that I absolutely hate the art style on is Shin-Chan, but I do really enjoy lots of bright vivid colors and abstract visuals (a la FLCL, and Bakemonogatari). |
| Pure hearted Shounen characters that love to eat a lot of food. Makes me laugh :). |
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| Love me some dark humor. |
baki502 said: azzuRe said: All the concept of simplified philosophies of the dynamic of ego, libido, subconsciousness, and persona, that give birth to something called 'Moe'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCSwRM1qiXU I am sorry I just had to :D. I dont dislike moe as long as its limited to the character of the girl and is natural, as soon as it is forced to be moe by artstyle and stuff I hate it. Moe is anime too. Haters gonna hate. |
| The most important things in life is the people that you care about |
| All my favourite anime are raise philosophical questions, usually ethics questions. Anime like Code Geass, Death Note, Steins;Gate, Psycho Pass, and Eve no Jikan are all examples of this and are my top 5. That being said, I absolutely hate anime that attempt to be intellectual but fall short based on their bad story telling or characters. An example of this is Penguindrum, it opens the first 2 episodes talking about fate but never really makes the viewer think about fate as a concept, and the flaws with fatalism and non-fatalism. Instead it ignores it until the last few episodes, and never completely addresses it even then. Also, the characters are shallow and it introduces things completely unnecessarily (even the penguins aren't important whatsoever to the story telling or the main story). Also, I prefer anime that are more brains over brawn. When the protagonist is stupid I can't get into the anime as much as I would if there was a more intelligent main character. |
| I love historical anime. it's just classic and so good. especially when the hero fight with sword/katana/samurai. gintama!!!!!<3,kenshin(I prefer the live action tbh) also historical/mystery like gosick and kuroshituji, I should watch baccano and mushishi soon ;___; looks damn rad! dark, gothic, classic, beautiful <3 I loved solid romance too, no harems, no triangle love, no love rivals but it's not boring and still beautiful. (clannad AS, nodame, chuu2byou season 1) |
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| Unpredictable story Characters with proper goals/motivation Clever Plot Twist and good Foreshadowing Visuals Good Equal balance of Comedy and Drama More Variety and |
| Do you play Azure Lane? Then please join my fanclub https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=74907 |
| I like "too much" stuff either over the top action like KLK and TTGL or boring anime/manga where nothing happens like Aria or Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou |
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| I never did notice the specific anime elements that I really loved until I put this mal account together. For characters: Putting together my Top 10 可愛い list has made me realise my love for kuudere lolis. My love for lolis probably originated from Azusa in K-ON! While Azusa no longer has a place on my Top 10 可愛い list, she remains a character that heavily sparked my love for many of my favourite characters. My love for kuuderes started with Tachibana Kanade, I absolutely adored her while I watched Angel Beats (probably helped that she's a loli too). Next was Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, which I instantly thought was the cutest character in existence ever when I first watched Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko and probably set my love for kuuderes in stone. Till today Tsukiko sits on top of my top 10 可愛い list. For anime: I noticed after putting together this account that my Top 5 anime are all somewhat sad. I absolutely loved the fact that they made me cry. |
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| I'm not a lolicon, you're just projecting your tendency to lewd 2D characters. If your favourite character is Tsutsukakushi Tsukiko, you are my soul mate. Been a long time since I've been here, I'll continue expressing myself freely and believe everyone should too. My MAL Interview |
| When the anime sets up for an overused cliché and you see it coming a mile away, then at the last moment they do the opposite, that shit is the best. A properly foreshadowed plot twist that actually catches me off-guard (only Kokoro Connect managed this so far) Extremely random and energetic comedy like Nichijou, Senyuu, Nichibros, and Plastic Nee-San. Authentic-feeling characters, I.E. no contrived personality gimmicks. |
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| Something specific to anime that i like? That would be romantic comedy. This particular genre has no equivalent in western cartoon. And most romcom shows aired on TV is targeted mostly at female audience, whereas romcom anime is aimed mostly at straight male audience. |
| I like travelling in Anime.Especially how each story arc in FMA begins with trains.I guess I like trains because I use them a lot IRL. I also seem to like dialogue heavy shows i.e. various seinen shows. |
| "Efficiency is not king, efficacy is." Post a comment on my profile. Profile comments are fun. |
| One word .... Originality . Many times I find that as long as an anime stays original and doesn't try to copy from other popular series then it usually sticks with me. Harem/Ecchi shows are a dime a dozen these days and they rarely do anything to distinguish themselves from other shows. |
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Ephemer4l said: One word .... Originality . Many times I find that as long as an anime stays original and doesn't try to copy from other popular series then it usually sticks with me. Harem/Ecchi shows are a dime a dozen these days and they rarely do anything to distinguish themselves from other shows. True,usually the only things original to such stories is the setting or maybe a weird mix of characters.But that is all. |
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| I like romance a lot even if it's only subtle. Something like Irisviel and Kiritsugu where there's romance but it doesn't derail the whole story. |
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Tenshi_Shura said: I like romance a lot even if it's only subtle. Something like Irisviel and Kiritsugu where there's romance but it doesn't derail the whole story. This! I like animes with a tiny bit of romance that doesn't turn the entire anime into a romance but still manages to be somewhat interesting and even plays a decent-ish role at some point in the story (like with Kiritsugu) Also OSTs from animes and OPs/EDs for several animes always feels sooooo much better than it does for any Western show. |
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| Goth lolis...lots of them.Or just goth girls in anime. |
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| I like short haired tomboys, i like outer space, i like battles to the death and i like agressive lesbians. That{s sums it up i think. |
| So I'm going to look at my top 10 anime and find those elements that i really like. Alright here I go: Ergo Proxy: Here is a post-apoctalyptic sci-fi. What I really liked about it was the 'ATMOSPHERE', 'ARTSTYLE', the symbolism, and the themes. Steins;Gate: Scifi- Basically the artstyle, the themes, the symbolism, atmosphere, and the originality of it. Trigun: Another scifi. I love the artstyle, atmosphere, and just how great the action in it is. I love quality characters (which could be said about all my favorite anime) Nodame Cantabile: Music/Romantic comedy: So the reason I like this so much is that it dives into the lives of musicians, and very talented ones at that. I love the use of classical music. I love the atmosphere, and the art style. And I love the two main characters. Junjou Romantica: This one is mostly for its intense romances. I really like the art and atmosphere in this one two. It's just too cute. Lol. Monster- Definitely, the setting, the characters, the very deep and entangled plot with very deep themes. I also loved the very accurate artsyle. It got closer to the human look and still kept being animated looking. Gurren Laggan: This used to be in my top 5 AT SOME POINT. How can people not like this anime? That artstyle, the use of color, the fast moving frames, its like anime on crack. I like its ridiculous dialogue and fights, its setting, and its atmosphere. Occult Academy: I like this one for its unpredictability, its complex plotline, its art style, and its atmosphere. Is this a zombie?!: This one is sort of different than my other favorites (besides gurren laggan). I just found a good portion of the show was outrageously funny (in my opinion), the art style is great, and its a feel good anime. :) Attack On Titan: This should of made it to my top 5, but I just can't kick any of the rest down the list. LOL. They all stand on almost fairly equal ground. There are SO many things I like about this anime. Its art (for sure), setting, its explaining of the weapons, the unique fighting style, the HUMANITY vs. Giants, instead of fighting against themselves, the cast system (basically there is one, where the poor have to live in the furthest walls), and the interesting cast of characters. |
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| good comedy is all i need. |
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| - Antiheroes - character development - Timeskips (lol) |
| I haven't watched enough anime to think generally on the storytelling, but I love the art style. It's in this unique position where characters look real, but at the same could never be. The design isn't as cartoonish as stuff like Powerpuff or Dexter, but all those crazy hairdos can't happen in reality. It gives a lot of freedom in character design. As for the storytelling, it obviously comes from a different place. You could detect Western influence, but it's not Western. It has its own unique tropes, cliches and obsessions. It's a great way to expose myself to a variety of stories. |
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