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Aug 6, 2017 6:40 PM
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I looked at this spring and summer's new anime list and can't find a single one I want to watch. And I don't know what's up with 12 year old looking characters trying to do adult things. I miss the days of Berserk, basilisk, claymore, serei no moribito, studio ghibli films, etc where stories had good plots and action scenes and it was actually not so predictable.

If anyone has an anime recommendation that is more for mature audiences (not hentai or ecchi), I would appreciate it.

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Aug 6, 2017 6:46 PM
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I mean just throwing it out there your examples are like 30 years worth of your top picks vs the 2 most recent seasons. If you do that every season of course they'll seem bad by comparison.
Aug 6, 2017 6:47 PM
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1/10 shit bait try harder
1.using a 2007 anime in the same sentence as a 1990s one
2.not so predictable yet list the predictable ones
It's good that Slop leveling won the CR awards with such a power gap, Gaijin Weebs don't deserve good anime.
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Aug 6, 2017 6:47 PM
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Are you sure it's not this thread that's bad, and not the shows?
Aug 6, 2017 6:50 PM
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Setting the shitty thread title aside, maybe you'd like ACCA or Onihei from earlier this year.

If it doesn't have to be recent there's always Cowboy Bebop or Monster which aren't on your list and should appeal to you. Although Monster doesn't have that much action, it's more of a psychological thriller, but a great one.

There's also Black Lagoon, Wolf's Rain, Darker Than Black and Baccano! in terms of shows I'd consider classics that fit your profile of darker, action-based shows with adult characters.

Also Basilisk is gonna get a sequel:
https://myanimelist.net/news/51581180
I probably regret this post by now.
Aug 6, 2017 6:52 PM
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Good as in "7/10 or higher" and new as in "since 2010," OP? Okay, here goes:

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
Angel Beats
AnoHana
Arrietty the Borrower/The Secret World of Arrietty
Chihayafuru
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Death Parade
Fate/Zero
Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Boner Wanks
Hibike! Euphonium
Kekkai Sensen
Kill la Kill
Kimi no Na wa
The Garden of Words
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
When Marnie was There
One Punch Man
Wolf Children
Ore Monogatari!!
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Psycho-Pass
Shin Sekai Yori
Steins;Gate
Tiger & Bunny
Usagi Drop
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Aug 6, 2017 7:07 PM
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Maybe try ACCA-13 ku or Donten ni Warau?
Aug 6, 2017 7:09 PM
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Check out Drifters it came out in the fall seems like something you might like.
Aug 6, 2017 7:13 PM
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Must be the genres.
Comedy and slice of life aren't really my thing.
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Aug 6, 2017 7:16 PM

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Wait didn't someone already make a thread talking about this?... Umm, OK but to answer you, not everyone thinks new shows are bad, there's been a few good shows released this season (Made in Abyss, Ballroom e Youkoso) but I guess due to the large amount of series released per season that will lead to some "sub-par" Anime, it happens all the time tbh

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Aug 6, 2017 7:19 PM

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Because they don't align with your preference.
Aug 6, 2017 7:22 PM

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i'm sure there's a plenty of old shows out there for you to watch, why watch the new show in the first place when you know that you'll dislike it.
Aug 6, 2017 7:45 PM

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Because they don't cater to your preferences or you're not looking hard enough.
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Aug 6, 2017 7:47 PM

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Man, what a waste of first post. You could have done something meaningful with it, but instead made an overused thread.
Aug 6, 2017 7:47 PM

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You can also ask yourself "Why is my taste in anime so shit, and why can't I look harder for good shows that air, instead of looking through he first thing that pops up when I search for new anime?"
Aug 6, 2017 7:53 PM
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Its obvious...even for an anime fan you can't deny that 85% of anime is complete trash. You allways get those ecchi 12 years old girls everywhere, you allways get copies of a good show...you just have to find that one masterpiece.
Aug 6, 2017 8:01 PM
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i understand your feeling, there isn't much in each season that seem enjoyable
but i think that's because you just didn't look hard enough, hiden gems are here and there each season
Aug 6, 2017 8:05 PM

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BnHA 2, Bahamut 2, AoT 2 are all great action shows to me.
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion.

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It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist.
Aug 6, 2017 8:36 PM

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This is some mastur bate. Watch Golden Time.
Aug 6, 2017 9:22 PM
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Here we go again... Question, does anyone remember what anime aired the same seaoson berserk did? Doubt it. Does anyone one remember more than a few shows from the same year? Ugh why do I even bother anymore.
Aug 6, 2017 9:24 PM
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The most logical answer I can think of is that, there are no more risk taking anime. I'll use fate/zero as an example. Fate/zero had no 'moe'/fan service content in there (excluding Gilgamesh naked scene) which is a big risk, because Japan really likes/ is more focus on the moe and video game anime content and gets more money that way (I'm looking at you, love live and sao). where we, the US, judge everything on the plot, characters, story, ect. However type-moon did realize where the money was and created a moe series called fate/ kaleid liner prisma Illay or as the fate community calls it fate/loil. Yeah, to be in short the reason why there is no good anime any more is b/c there are no risk taking anime, which really sucks, but hey money is everything now days, and an anime about moe girls in high school/ magic world/ a working place, and other scenarios that you can imaging with cute moe girls, and with fan service, can definitely make us lots of money and that is all they care about.
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@light-at-dawn fate/zero, a risk??!! It is a part of a rather popular franchise with mupltiple LNs, mangas, VNs and Anime, it is anything BUT a risky series.

Fate kaleid is just a spin off manga, and btw, better than anything else fate related. Not much of a proof to anything.
Aug 6, 2017 10:49 PM

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@light-at-dawn I agree with Darek. If anything Fate/Kaleid was a risk compared to Fate/Zero. Because believe it or not it isn't the kind of show to sell amazingly well.

@Darek I agree the guy has no idea what he is talking about lol
Aug 6, 2017 10:54 PM
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OP - "Why are new anime shows so bad?"

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Aug 6, 2017 11:03 PM

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Are you sure your standards aren't to high? Then again it doesn't hurt to watch 1-3 episodes of an anime.
I found so many good ones just seeing episode 1-3 .
Aug 6, 2017 11:09 PM

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why are you saying it like it is a fact.
and all the anime you m entionned are kinda shit ,and ghibli movie's plot are nothing special at all .


your mean score is more than 7 and is full of yaoi with shit plot so i think you will be ok with anything
Aug 6, 2017 11:14 PM

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You're comparing picks from over 20 years of anime with picks from a few months ?
No. Just No.
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Aug 6, 2017 11:18 PM

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If you truly think that way, then here's my advice: try as best as you can to separate yourself from your memories of the past and watch with a new and open mind, that's the key to enjoying not just anime, but life itself!

Anyway, if you like "older style" anime, then maybe check out some Lupin III. The most recent main series from 2015 proves that in its 50 years it really hasn't changed too much at all. If you like it, then you can look forward to a new series that's in production now! In the meantime, you can watch the hundreds of hours of other Lupin III shows and movies! Give it a try!
Aug 6, 2017 11:18 PM
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Wow, you use your first post after almost 9 years to bait? Just wow.



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Aug 6, 2017 11:20 PM

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Not all of them are bad... Maybe just some the ones you dont like? Its all based on preference, and opinions
Aug 6, 2017 11:26 PM

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I can only stand anime from 1950 or earlier. Anime just went downhill after that.
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Aug 6, 2017 11:30 PM

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Here we go again. To be fair, it is monday here. We've been free of these shitty threads for a while so we had it coming. And from a sleeper alt no less.
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Aug 7, 2017 12:08 AM

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I can only stand anime from 1950 or earlier. Anime just went downhill after that.


1948 is the cutoff for me, anything after that is just garbage.
Aug 7, 2017 6:17 AM
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BNHA all the way! Try shouwa genroku if you dont like it then....
Aug 7, 2017 7:20 AM

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Mature anime:
Parasyte the Maximum
91 Days
Death Note
When They Cry
Gankutsuou
Kaiji: Ulimate Survivor
Steins Gate
The word elitist is stupid since it's just used by people who can't defend their favorite shows and use it on people who criticize their favorite shows.
Aug 7, 2017 7:35 AM
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I'M A PICKY MOTHERFUCKER AND EVERYTHING I DON'T LIKE IS SHIT


you joined in 2008 and you choose to shitpost for your first thread?

ha..

sucks for you
Aug 7, 2017 7:38 AM

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This is how it is literally every season, I'm guessing you only started watching seasonal anime in the past year or so
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Darek said:
@light-at-dawn fate/zero, a risk??!! It is a part of a rather popular franchise with mupltiple LNs, mangas, VNs and Anime, it is anything BUT a risky series.

Fate kaleid is just a spin off manga, and btw, better than anything else fate related. Not much of a proof to anything.


I have to disagree with you on fate/ kaleid, granted I never finished it, heck, I didn’t finish the first episode of it, cuz, in my opinion, it was wayyyyyyy too cringey for me. However if you think fate/ kaleid is the best fate series than that is obviously your opinion and I won’t bash you on it, but it wasn’t for me personally. Now back to the main topic, like I said the main reason why I think that fate/zero is a risk taking anime is because it had no moe/ fanservice to it and remember I am only judging this on fate/zero NOT the entire fate franchise. As we all know Japan is REALLY big on moe/ fanservice anime, that how love live is super popular in japan; so with fate/zero with no moe or fan service, it is a risk, In japan that is. Yes us westerns do not think that fate/ zero is a risk b/c we not so focus on the moe/ fanservice as much as Japan does. So to sum up everything, (my opinion) fate/zero is a risk in Japan but not in the unites states b/c of the moe content.

P.s is the fate/kaleid, the manga better than the anime?

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@light-at-dawn I agree with Darek. If anything Fate/Kaleid was a risk compared to Fate/Zero. Because believe it or not it isn't the kind of show to sell amazingly well.

@Darek I agree the guy has no idea what he is talking about lol


I have to point out something really quick, fate/kaleid is a type of show that can actually itself pretty well, why? because it has moe, do I really need to explain? (no mocking intended)

Also please do not assume my gender, I am a female, not a guy, thank you very much.
Aug 7, 2017 10:57 AM

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I think your question could be rephrased as "Why don't I like new anime?" and the answer is that it just doesn't fit your taste. If this is the case then you don't need to watch it, it obviously isn't for you. There are plenty of older anime that fit your taste better so go watch them. People like new anime and the older style of anime has already been done enough that we don't need more of it.
Aug 7, 2017 10:58 AM

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Sucks to be you seeing.. alive since 2008 just to spoke a single post in the thread

>Berserk..

Way too overused of using the word "predictable" here OP.. You got me.. I felt such pity about it.. you peasants




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why are new threads/topics so bad and boring ?
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You kind of missed their point. The point was if you're using a series with an insanely popular source material as a example of "risk" just because the anime doesn't have the level of explicit sex scenes the original visual novel had, or because it isn't moe or moe enough, its a pretty poor basis to measure risk. While also pointing out that fate/kaleid would be a notable standout of the series thus implying it is the more risky entry to the franchise. (Also because your original post brings up 2 entries to the franchise to compare you can't really say bringing up the source material or other entries is unfair)
Especially because it heavily implies that those are the only 2 factors used to measure risk in relation to Japan which is just reinforcing the easily debunked stereotype that anime is primarily cute girls and fan service. To use another example one generally wouldn't say Attack on Titan or One Punch Man or Death Note have a lot of fan service or moe elements but that doesn't mean they were risky series to adapt in Japan.
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For me Springs is alright cause they have Boku no Hero 2nd ses and AOT 2nd ses. There also this anime from Spring called Tsuki ga Kirei which is really good and prob the best romacne anime I've ever seen. Try it I think you'll like it

For this summer yea.... its like nothing, I don't know I already dropped 2 anime this season and prob the best anime for me right now is Classroom of the Elite. People also saying this anime Mahoutsukai no Yome is really good but idk where to watch that. Yea summer 2017 prob the worst and just bunch of romance school anime.

But I'm waiting for next season tho! its all sequel lol.
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I agree with you about 12 year old characters trying to do adult things. That's one of the points of why I think BNHA is not so good.
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Aug 7, 2017 12:47 PM
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Anything 6/10 or higher is considered good in my eyes.

5/10 is middle of the road, good qualities and bad ones pretty equal.

Not really seeing a lot of terrible anime in newer shows.
Aug 7, 2017 12:54 PM

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'claymore, serei no moribito'

Claymore became terribly predictable in it's final six episodes, Serei no moribito only avoids being predictable by sprinting off after side-quests and Slice-of-Life~ish episodes.
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I looked at this spring and summer's new anime list and can't find a single one I want to watch. And I don't know what's up with 12 year old looking characters trying to do adult things. I miss the days of Berserk, basilisk, claymore, serei no moribito, studio ghibli films, etc where stories had good plots and action scenes and it was actually not so predictable.

If anyone has an anime recommendation that is more for mature audiences (not hentai or ecchi), I would appreciate it.


Then read Seinen manga magazines such as Young Jump,morning,Spiritz and such

You are sounding hypocrite when you watch anime for otaku and complaining lack of Besrserk,Basilisk etc.

You are looking for wrong place.
Aug 7, 2017 4:26 PM

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Times change, people change.
As much as i hate it myself, learn to adapt, i did the same.
Aug 7, 2017 4:33 PM

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I can't believe nobody's mentioned made in abyss. The main characters are literally twelve year olds, but that doesn't mean it can't be mature, and lit's the best show of the season. Go watch the first episode and then come back and thank me.

Also, you're acting as if back in the nineties and 2000's that there were tons of amazing shows every single season, which there weren't outside of a few great years. Having a single 9 or 10 for any season is a blessing, not a given. Blah blah rose-tinted glasses or whatever.
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Darek said:
@light-at-dawn fate/zero, a risk??!! It is a part of a rather popular franchise with mupltiple LNs, mangas, VNs and Anime, it is anything BUT a risky series.

Fate kaleid is just a spin off manga, and btw, better than anything else fate related. Not much of a proof to anything.


I have to disagree with you on fate/ kaleid, granted I never finished it, heck, I didn’t finish the first episode of it, cuz, in my opinion, it was wayyyyyyy too cringey for me. However if you think fate/ kaleid is the best fate series than that is obviously your opinion and I won’t bash you on it, but it wasn’t for me personally. Now back to the main topic, like I said the main reason why I think that fate/zero is a risk taking anime is because it had no moe/ fanservice to it and remember I am only judging this on fate/zero NOT the entire fate franchise. As we all know Japan is REALLY big on moe/ fanservice anime, that how love live is super popular in japan; so with fate/zero with no moe or fan service, it is a risk, In japan that is. Yes us westerns do not think that fate/ zero is a risk b/c we not so focus on the moe/ fanservice as much as Japan does. So to sum up everything, (my opinion) fate/zero is a risk in Japan but not in the unites states b/c of the moe content.
No, Fate/Zero is not a risk in Japan, I know I am clearly talking to an expert but believe it or not, Japan is not all about moe and ecchi, and heck quite a few shows each season are neither of those and somehow they don't sell to bad... anyways, you clearly have no idea what you are talking about so I am not gonna even bother anymore.

P.s is the fate/kaleid, the manga better than the anime?
Have not read it.

I have to point out something really quick, fate/kaleid is a type of show that can actually itself pretty well, why? because it has moe, do I really need to explain? (no mocking intended)
Yes, believe it or not, if you make a claim (especially such a dumb one) you have to explain it... outrageous huh?
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