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Aug 9, 2020 9:12 PM
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Mine is:

BEST: Maquia — I love it since it's not just hidden gem of a fairytale, but it catches my heart that both Maquia and Ariel are the best mother and son with compelling vibes and heartwarming moments. The ending was worth the tears on my eyes and throbs.

WORST: Nana (Not sure if it's really obscure, but its less popularity do it so) — I dropped it at first because I couldn't take the "girlish" ambience within it, especially both Nana/s themselves. I appreciate that it has mature themes on it, but their personalities are kinda turn-off.

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Aug 9, 2020 9:17 PM
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Infinite Ryvius. It is about a group of kids training to work in space, but they get stranded on a ship with no adults after an accident. They have to appoint leaders and try to create a hierarchy among themselves to try to survive. It is a very interesting watch. It also has an awesome soundtrack.
Aug 9, 2020 9:26 PM
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Best: Hadashi no Gen
Worst: Pupa -_-

Side Note: I've never found someone who has the same opinion about Nana as me, so I was surprised to see the OP's thoughts on Nana. In my opinion, Nana is one of the best (if not the best) drama anime ever created. But the characters are so completely unlikeable that they entirely ruin the show--at least, that's what I think. I've scored the anime a 6, but in the past I had it as low as a 2. All that aside, Nana is fairly well known so I wouldn't exactly call it obscure tbh.
Aug 9, 2020 9:39 PM
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BEST: I can't get enough of Tekken's anime shorts, of which my absolute favorite is Pendulum/Furiko. Followers of DouchebagChocolat, aka Demo should be aware of Furiko specifically, and god damn am I happy I was introduced to it. Furiko specifically is only 3 minutes, yet it actually makes me cry every single fucking time I watch it. I know what the hell is gonna happen, yet it still gets me emotional in the short time it has, something many other shows fail to do in 12+ episodes.


WORST: I make some pretty offensive jokes with my friends, so I thought it'd be a great idea to watch Tenshi no Drop and joke around about it being my favorite anime, even giving it a 10/10 and putting it on my favorites list before I had watched it. It was only 5 minutes, but oh dear god was it awful. I have never considered myself a violent person, but I genuinely considered murdering everyone that had heard the title Tenshi no Drop leave my lips just so I could hide my shame. What the actual fuck. How'd I even find out about this anime? I can't remember at all.
Aug 9, 2020 9:45 PM
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Best: A Whisker Away
Worst: The 8th son? Are you kidding me?

If obscure means what I think it means then both of those anime count. The 8th son just came out this year so it still doesn't have that much popularity. It's basically the worst Isekai in the history of Isekai, just watched it recently and now I want to kill myself from the pain I had to bear while watching that anime.

And I don't understand what's up with the hate on A Whisker Away. That was a fun, wholesome and a lighthearted anime. Seems like people are looking too much into anime that they cannot enjoy anything.




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Aug 9, 2020 10:17 PM
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the most obscure and worst?
https://myanimelist.net/anime/8889/Majo_demo_Steady
this one almost made me stop watching anime as a whole, I can only describe it as a fever dream. I'm not sure if I don't remember it because I don't want to, or because it made so little sense. it's so bad it's crazy and so crazy it's bad.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/994/Sin_in_the_Rain
this one is supposed to be the first ep of something, but the studio went bankrupt. everything feels extremely generic including the mystery presented and the awful protagonist. the art just sucks. a huge waste of time.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/38017/Yuukai_Anna
this one tried to be as pretentious as possible with cgi so bad it will make you hurl. I could ramble on for a while how bad it was. I don't know why this was made, but it's offensive to everybody.

the best:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/3882/Seijuuki_Cyguard
absolute badass ova with everything cool in one package. this is what I want anime to be. it's worth watching for just the feel of it, even if you don't care.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2068/Sousei_Kishi_Gaiarth
I'd describe this as a postapocalyptic sci-fi adventure that plays out like a fantasy.
it was a very pleasant suprise with nice art direction.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1811/Bounty_Dog__Getsumen_no_Ibu
metal gear on the moon minus mecha. it's a mindblowing experience if you're willing to put up with the seemingly confusing story.
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Aug 9, 2020 10:19 PM
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Best: Tokyo Marble Chocolate
Kind of unique, but the romance is really nice and heartwarming.

Worst: Glasslip
Not sure if this is that obscure, but it has less members than Maquia. It's just so boring especially for a TV show. I'm not sure if anything happened in the show. I watched some 1-2 episodes of short OVAs that came from shoujo manga, and they're worse than Glasslip, but at least I expected them to be bad. Glasslip is a 13 episodes show by a pretty known studio, so I expected more and choose it as worst.
Aug 10, 2020 12:06 AM
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BEST: The Case of Hana and Alice
It's a bit like Hyouka but with rotoscoping and better characters.

WORST: Science Fiction New Century Lensman
It's a movie from 1984 and despite its... shall we say "suspicious" similarities to Star Wars: A New Hope, it's one of the most boring movies I've ever watched.
Aug 10, 2020 12:11 AM
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Worst is pretty much every short anime I've scored with 3 or 2.
The best is Hoozuki no Reitatsu. It's about a sadistic demon who is a chief of stuff of Japanese hell. How can you not love it?

Nana and 'girlish' ambience? Wut? Are you sure that we watched the same series. Maybe female protagonist are just not your thing.
Aug 10, 2020 12:15 AM

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NamikazeHime said:
Worst is pretty much every short anime I've scored with 3 or 2.
The best is Hoozuki no Reitatsu. It's about a sadistic demon who is a chief of stuff of Japanese hell. How can you not love it?

Nana and 'girlish' ambience? Wut? Are you sure that we watched the same series. Maybe female protagonist are just not your thing.


I'm not talking about female protagonist themselves. I'm talking about their personality. You know, clingy kind-of-type.

Maybe I'll give myself a chance to rewatch Nana once I feel like having a good mood to open my mind.

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Aug 10, 2020 12:16 AM

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Best: I doubt Shin Sekai Yori counts as obscured since it is pretty high on popularity, but I had to give it a plug. It definitely deserves to be talked about more. But moving on to a real obscure anime: CHIHAYAFURU. Hands down one of the best animes out there in terms of art, sound, character development, plot, and amazing and lovable characters. It is not talked about enough. Definitely check it out if you haven't already.

Worse: Try Knights LMAOOOO. So many things wrong with the first episode.

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Aug 10, 2020 12:20 AM

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best:
A lot so I'll say dominion. A Masamune Shirow adaptation about a futuristic police unit that has a tank. Stays pretty faithful to the floof manga look. Very fun
worst:
A korean dragon ball rip off known as super child but since I don't consider korean animation to be anime, a crappy old film called gundress
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Aug 10, 2020 12:27 AM

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Best:
Hanbun no Tsuki - obscure I don't know, but definitely underground. I love it just because, I haven't seen another anime like it. It gives off a particular feel, no anime has been able to replicate.

I will also add Haibane Renmei, Saishuu Heiki Kanojo. Just because they are brilliant series, despite being obscure.

Worst:
Kemeko Deluxe - obscure is the right word. Something else about it that is right, is how infuriating it is. Now look its cute, it has layered characters. But it doesn't go anywhere and ends in such a stupid way.
Aug 10, 2020 12:38 AM

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Your mentioned shows are not obscure at all, especially Nana. It's the most, or at least top 3, popular shoujo in history.

For my pick it's probably Ookiku Furikabutte, the best baseball series. It's lack of popularity compared to the likes of Adachi's manga (Touch, Cross Game, H2, etc), Major, One Outs, and recently Diamond no Ace.
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Aug 10, 2020 12:41 AM

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Jim_Heart said:
Your mentioned shows are not obscure at all, especially Nana. It's the most, or at least top 3, popular shoujo in history.


Yeah, I wasn't quite sure about the term "obscure" on these shows I listed on my message, but I just meant it in entire premise of audience.

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Aug 10, 2020 12:56 AM

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Best: Hakumei to Mikochi or Kino's journey. More specifically Hakumei to Mikochi. It's a really good SoL show, very relaxing with great characters and amazing music. At least imo


Worst: Ao Oni the Animation (Movie). Just ugh, it was complete and utter hot garbage lmao. I understand why I heard no one, at all, talking about it.
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Aug 10, 2020 6:17 AM

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Wata no Kuni Hoshi is a delightful film about a cat who thinks she’s a catgirl.

Fashion Lala is really boring modernized Cinderella, with a climax so bad it’s good.
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Aug 10, 2020 9:46 AM
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best obscure anime is gakuen alice
and the worst obscure anime is naruto shippuden

Aug 10, 2020 10:05 AM
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I mean, it's hard to know what counts as obscure but let's say anything with less than 10,000 completed members - that's pretty obscure right?

BEST: Patalliro! (699 Completed Members)
I talk about this show a lot because I really love it, I have a hard time explaining why I love it so much but for more thoughts, see my review. It's definitely obscure - in fact, I've only managed to find one other person on MAL who has even seen it. Tbf, it's weird, it's old and it's gay and those are pretty massive deal breakers for most people so I get why it's unpopular.

WORST: Kachou no Koi (7,540 Completed Members)
I almost don't want to pick this one because I don't want to draw attention to this abomination. I've only given two anime a score of 1/10 because I save it for shows where I can't find a single redeeming feature and that I found infuriatingly bad. What really adds salt to the wound for this show is that it features my favourite VA: Hiroshi Kamiya - Ugh, why did you agree to this shitty yaoi parody?!

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The best obscure title i've seen so far was Roujin Z. It's pretty underrated and not that bad of a movie. But the worst one i saw was Chargeman Ken. Oh god that anime lmao.
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Nana is far from obscure,though I preferred the more detailed and richer in character manga version,that tried to add some humour instead of doom and gloom.

As for obscure anime

Best:
Dougram.
I think this is a mecha with the best political script .Author worked on Konpeki no kantai, a ww2 alternate history ova,but dougram is more about post ww2 politics,with hints mainly at cuba and post-colonial revolutions in general. Newspapers in the series deal also with real politics events of that era.
Unfortunately the series above unlike lotgh do not feature bishies.

Worst:
Kaze no Yojimbo.
Interesting concept based on an epic movie,but the low animation budget really leaves a lot to be desired. Even worse than Samurai Seven,because at least the latter had betterbudget and added easy to distract fantasy elements.



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I heard it but it was not fully subbed unfortnateku.Grabbed all patalliro manga volumes a while ago,close to 100! Hope to read it someday.
Aug 10, 2020 4:57 PM

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I'm going to go with two with less than 5k members that I have watched, aren't sequels and are in the database, regardless of nationality or semantic debates.

For best, I'd say 'The Dog of Flanders' (the movie, I haven't seen the series). I don't really think this is obscure, but rather that people watched it as a kid and didn't notice it was a japanese production. It has high production value for a tearjerker, it's very pretty. I recommend it to anyone that wants some cathartic relief.

For worst, personally, 'Guomin Laogong Dai Huijia'. It's like a mexican telenovela, but low budget, way more ridiculous and chinese.
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Nana is well known, not sure why it's mentioned as obscure.

Best would be Oniisama e, the storyline is captivating with many shocking events and secrets being revealed. It feels well constructed and the characters were all so interesting. It's a shame not many people know about it.

Worst would be Garvey's Wing , no one knows it since it's old and it's a good thing because that anime was absolutely horrendous.
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Lalazee said:
Nana is well known, not sure why it's mentioned as obscure.


I'm sorry for my uncertainty about Nana's popularity.

Also, I have another WORST obscure anime which is Urotsukidoji and Advancer Tina (both of them are hentai, so you will expect an "nonsensical" gorefest within it)

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BEST: ONE PIECE LOL

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For best, I'd say 'The Dog of Flanders' (the movie, I haven't seen the series). I don't really think this is obscure, but rather that people watched it as a kid and didn't notice it was a japanese production. It has high production value for a tearjerker, it's very pretty. I recommend it to anyone that wants some cathartic relief.

The Dog of Flanders is itself an obscure story outside Japan. I never even heard of it until I saw it referenced in Dragon Ball and Kimikiss and such.
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Kosmonaut said:


For best, I'd say 'The Dog of Flanders' (the movie, I haven't seen the series). I don't really think this is obscure, but rather that people watched it as a kid and didn't notice it was a japanese production. It has high production value for a tearjerker, it's very pretty. I recommend it to anyone that wants some cathartic relief.



I'm going to applaud you for that. Dog of Flanders is also one of the best.

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Aug 10, 2020 9:22 PM

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Using the metric of 10k users or less completed, its actually pretty hard! I usually dont spend time on OVAs or one-offs or series that I don't like

Best: https://myanimelist.net/anime/36593/Hug_tto_Precure
such a good series. im still in shock that it like won "best of 2019" on r/anime or something. Its a hard recommendation to those new to Precure, but the themes, the Cures, even the side characters and crossover episodes were really enjoyable. Very few elements about this season to really gripe about. Could replace this with Startwinkle Precure depending on my mood, though

Worst: https://myanimelist.net/anime/2782/Fire_Emblem
literally only worth watching for "BUT MAAARS"
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Best:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/3519/Garakuta-doori_no_Stain
Look, I know the cgi doesn’t look good but it’s actually a super cute and touching show. Also halicali does the ed song, can’t get any better than that.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2047/Ningyo
super simple, but beautiful. tezuka work that’s heavily slept on.

Worst:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/2592/Kimera
Cool concept but totally didn’t utilize it. It was just painfully boring and cheesy.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/16436/Tenshi_no_Drop
I don’t need to say anything about this one.
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I always feel as if I would like to answer these questions, yet at the same time at a loss because I don't know which metric by which you're gauging series to be obscure or if there's any agreed upon parameters for it, so it all seems too vague.

As always, I'll do my best for the time being (unless or until you clarify further, OP) and deem those series with under 15,000 MAL users to be properly obscure.

Best - Hyouge Mono

(2,564 users)

Worst - Gilgamesh

(8,840 users)

Though I do want to take the opportunity to stress I do consider the latter still worth watching as it's an experience I haven't really seen replicated before or since in anime, but it can be an often frustrating or unpleasant one. Watch it if you have patience and don't get bored easily. It's very atmospheric and with a good speculative fiction premise with a lot of possibilities yet very poorly handled low budget static action, 90% repetition or reiteration of whatever has happened previously and very empty for most of its run and then everything packed into like 15 minutes in the finale. But it's unique. But unique doesn't always translate to excellent or even proficiently made and this is a classic, textbook example. Yet it still might be worth watching for its differences and feel unlike any other anime if you're interested in that (as I am). It's haunting and sleepy and feels like a 12 or 13 hour black and white film from the silent era. The acting, animation, and often it even feels like storyboarding and writing of plot is kept to a bare minimum. The art style has everyone looking sort of like bloated dead fish with pronounced features, but I don't mind that as it's markedly different from anything else you see, and the OST is used sparsely but very beautiful, chilling, and effective - the sound design overall gives it this cold yet ethereal alien feel.

It's based off a 70s manga, but I've been unable to ever find that much more information online about why they made the adaptation then (it's from 2003), the way they did, or whether Japanese people were happy about it or even much know about it and how it was generally received. I remain glad I watched it, but it's a 6 from me overall and I don't see most people caring for it much or even finishing as it is very slow and lethargic feeling.
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Kosmonaut said:
For best, I'd say 'The Dog of Flanders' (the movie, I haven't seen the series). I don't really think this is obscure, but rather that people watched it as a kid and didn't notice it was a japanese production. It has high production value for a tearjerker, it's very pretty. I recommend it to anyone that wants some cathartic relief.

The Dog of Flanders is itself an obscure story outside Japan. I never even heard of it until I saw it referenced in Dragon Ball and Kimikiss and such.
Really? I watched the movie as a kid, so I thought it was somewhat of a common 'people don't know it's japanese'. I also had the novel read to me, but apparently it's one of those 'big in Japan' things.
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Kosmonaut said:
Lucifrost said:

The Dog of Flanders is itself an obscure story outside Japan. I never even heard of it until I saw it referenced in Dragon Ball and Kimikiss and such.
Really? I watched the movie as a kid, so I thought it was somewhat of a common 'people don't know it's japanese'. I also had the novel read to me, but apparently it's one of those 'big in Japan' things.


You sure are quick to change your opinion just based on some anecdotal evidence from a random MAL user :>.
I mean props for being able to change your opinion at all - a rarity on MAL, but I'm not really buying his anecdotal argument. It makes no sense in the first place - he's arguing that noone outside of Japan knows it because... he himself hadn't heard about it before Dragon Ball? That's a pretty weak argument, to say it politely.

Yes, it's probably most popular in east-asia (not just japan) but it's not really obscure in the west either. There's been various adaptions outside of japan as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog_of_Flanders#Film,_TV_and_theatrical_adaptations

and it's also true what you said, in a bunch of european countries the anime series or the movie is a part of childhood memories. I wouldn't call it popular or mainstream, but I also wouldn't call it obscure.

But I guess in a world where OP can call Nana obscure despite being just outside the top 100 most popular anime on MAL, a world where people see anything that isn't extremely mainstream popular as 'obscure', without a middle ground for shows which just exist without being either, Dog of Flanders would count as obscure. But I find it silly to define obscurity like that tbh.
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Kosmonaut said:
Really? I watched the movie as a kid, so I thought it was somewhat of a common 'people don't know it's japanese'. I also had the novel read to me, but apparently it's one of those 'big in Japan' things.


You sure are quick to change your opinion just based on some anecdotal evidence from a random MAL user :>.
I mean props for being able to change your opinion at all - a rarity on MAL, but I'm not really buying his anecdotal argument. It makes no sense in the first place - he's arguing that noone outside of Japan knows it because... he himself hadn't heard about it before Dragon Ball? That's a pretty weak argument, to say it politely.

Yes, it's probably most popular in east-asia (not just japan) but it's not really obscure in the west either. There's been various adaptions outside of japan as well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog_of_Flanders#Film,_TV_and_theatrical_adaptations

and it's also true what you said, in a bunch of european countries the anime series or the movie is a part of childhood memories. I wouldn't call it popular or mainstream, but I also wouldn't call it obscure.

But I guess in a world where OP can call Nana obscure despite being just outside the top 100 most popular anime on MAL, a world where people see anything that isn't extremely mainstream popular as 'obscure', without a middle ground for shows which just exist without being either, Dog of Flanders would count as obscure. But I find it silly to define obscurity like that tbh.
Well, I was being diplomatic about it, since I didn't know it was supposedly so big in Japan as to warrant a note on wikipedia about its popularity there. As I said on my original post, I know it isn't obscure for a lot of kids, at least in Europe, but well, the world is a pretty big place and anecdotes are sometimes all we have access to.

As is the case in Europe - and apparently in Eastern Asia - it isn't 'obscure', maybe just less talked about nowadays and, in the case of the MAL database, less recognized as made by japanese studios, meaning people won't add it to their lists.
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Hidamari no Ki (Tree in the Sun, 2000, 1738 members / 339 completed)
Blend of drama, family saga, period piece, medicine and history lesson. Half of the 50+ ensemble are real political players from 1850/60ss Japan. The generational family stories and the love triangle make it personal and emotional. Side reading needed, but splendid then. (9/10)

Tsui no Sora (Endsky, 2002, 3343 members / 2238 completed)
Worst hentai ever made. Slide show grade frame rate, looped animation. Ridiculous attempt at a mystery plot. Generic character designs. Even the pixelation censorship is done badly. Total trainwreck, only seeing is believing. (1/10)

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Best: Chao You Bing, great parody has a The Legend of Zelda reference in it

Worst: Mahou Shoujo? Naria☆Girls, Boredom Maximus show
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Oof, Just realized I bearly watch any obscure shows at all, the less know show betwen the ones that I think are really good is "Joshikousei no Mudazukai" AKA "Wasteful Days of High School Girl" with 62,310. IDK why this one was left in the dirt, to me it was one of the strongest comedys ever.

Betwen the ones that are just good I have "Endro~!" with 49,673, I also don't get why since it isn't that far from something like "Gabriel Drop-Out" that is very popular.

For the bad one: "Gantz:O" I was already familiarizided whit the concept behind Gantz, but aparenterly no one coming to the movie whithout whatching it in it entirety would understand shit since it don't care about plot, the characters are non existing and the only conflicts can be boil down to "character x says that being brave is dumb, charater Y says that it is good" and some monsters.
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heh.
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yeah Nana is definitely not obscure. It's quite overlooked but not obscure. Especially in its heyday. I used to watch it with my older sister when it was airing from 2006-2007, we actually were big fans and named pets after the characters.


Best: Oban Star-Racers, truly a phenomenal one. Despite the amount of members & having its own niche when it was airing, it is quite a tough anime to find. This and stuff such as Little Women of the World Masterpiece Theatre are basically left unsubbed (Oban is being subbed recently though), but are truly great.
I'd also like to mention SEGA Hard Girls. Most people know it from the Hyperdimension Neptunia crossover game, but before that game, they also had their own anime. In it, the SEGA Girls go into different SEGA games as part of their academy. Two episodes have a Sonic the Hedgehog crossover, if you are interested.

Kids' anime are often the ugly duckling of anime, in that they get little to no attention. So here are quite a few that I loved.:
-Pecola (by the same people who made Gregory Horror Show.)
-Gregory Horror Show (I wouldn't say it's for kids, but whatever)
-Flowering Heart (F*ck you I liked it, also I don't buy the top meme review that implies that the boys are 16 by voice and height alone. When I was 12, everyone, including officials at airports, stations, etc thought I was 16 or 17, because my voice was incredibly deep and I was already almost six foot. Boys age differently.)
-Oscar's Oasis (he cute)
-Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club
-Kitty's Paradise (I know, Hello Kitty is popular. Not this anime, though.)

Popular in East, much less popular, if not obscure in West. Otherwise, mildly popular, or was popular in East and/or West at some point:
-Trotting Hamtaro (phenomenal kids anime. It was so popular, that THE Shigeru Miyamoto of Mario, Zelda, Starfox, video game fame, CREATED a Game Boy Advance game based on Hamtaro, which, by the way, is one of the greatest video games I've ever played in my life.)
-Bananya
-Chi's Sweet Home
-Mewkledreamy
-Futari wa Pretty Cure
-Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy
-Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba
-Anpanman
-Ojamajo Doremi
-Domo-kun (It's lesser known today...)
-Akage no Anne
-Little Women
-Chibi Maruko-chan


Worst: Nami. I guess it counts. Does it really need to be said though? 2.40/10.00 score on MAL. Oh wait, no no no, I just thought of an even worse one. Abunai Sisters. One of the worst anime I've watched. 2.55/10.00 score and deservedly so. I forgot about it for so long and then it came back to me!
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Infinite Ryvius. It is about a group of kids training to work in space, but they get stranded on a ship with no adults after an accident. They have to appoint leaders and try to create a hierarchy among themselves to try to survive. It is a very interesting watch. It also has an awesome soundtrack.
so basically Lord of the Flies in space and it's anime or?
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10/10 show that even though it's so high in popularity, not many people seem to have heard of: Kekkai Sensen. God damn, is it wacky. The animation and art look so satisfying, everything pops, and the soundtrack is swanky af.

1/10: Go watch Hajimete no Gal then die
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Best: Space Runaway Ideon- Be invoked

Worst: Shakotan Boogie
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The best could be High School Kimengumi but it was insanely popular in Japan and it was shown in france, it has a dub, well, it's obscure on mal. Best comedy anime ever made imo.

The worst is clearly Twinkle Nora Rock Me for obvious reasons.
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Best: Banana Fish - I enjoyed watching this the most, but it was kind of painful. I love most of the characters besides Dino, Arthur, Lao, ya know those guys. It was a great experience.

Worst: Diabolik Lovers - I liked the character designs and animation, but I couldn't stand any of the characters.
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Best: Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu

Worst: Hyakuren no Haou to Seiyaku no Valkyria
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I stand by Kiba being the best "obscure" anime I've see, as well as possibly the best isekai I've seen.

For worst I feel the need to stick with things I actually completed and as a mecha fan I feel compelled to say Kurogane no Linebarrels, even though it's not my lowest rated show.
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el_casquillo said:
Aslat24 said:
Infinite Ryvius. It is about a group of kids training to work in space, but they get stranded on a ship with no adults after an accident. They have to appoint leaders and try to create a hierarchy among themselves to try to survive. It is a very interesting watch. It also has an awesome soundtrack.
so basically Lord of the Flies in space and it's anime or?
Yes, pretty much. It doesn’t get as dark as lord of the flies though.
Aug 19, 2020 8:36 PM

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Best : Tamayura
Worst : too many. I'll just choose Pop in Q because that was recent and it was dogshit garbage
Aug 19, 2020 8:37 PM

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best pengiundrum as it has so many layer of symbolism of forbidden love I could think about it all day

worst Room Mate some of the dumbest shit I've seen in bit

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