| Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin OVA was the first anime I watched that was hyper violent and 100% serious in tone, but I don't consider that to be edgy. I watched Elfen Lied a bit later but I'm still not really sure what counts as edgy and what doesn't. |
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| Elfen lied was the first edgy anime I watched. |
| Higurashi maybe, or Corpse Party. Not sure if that qualifies but I'm not a huge fan of those kinds of anime. As for Elfen Lied I avoided it like the plague, and I was right to do so. |
haisetsuDec 6, 2021 3:42 PM
| Elfen lied for me too, but I don't recall how and why I stumbled upon that thing. |
| Saishuu Heiki Kanojo and around the same time Elfen Lied, tho the second one was unintentionally very funny. Also Silent Möbius before them but I never completed it because the TV station changed the schedule, I missed some episodes and lost interest. |
| I don't have a drawn-out way to also mention Elfen Lied. I still like it, but it hasn't aged well. |
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| I don't remember if it was another or tokyo ghoul. I like this kind of anime but I don't see it very often |
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| elfen lied but i feel like that was everyone else's too |
| Huh, it's kinda amusing to see most people here mentioning Elfen Lied. That was actually my first "edgy" anime as well, and it was only like my second anime series ever lol. |
| berserk. i guess it might have been to be realistic but cmon man |
| Idk is Fruit of Grisaia considered "edgy" because either that or Elfen Lied would be my first ones |
| Elfen Lied was my first one although I dropped it after 2 episodes. |
| It's not my first, but Naruto was pretty edgy, I mean it has Sasuke and all. I believe many started with it, does Naruto qualifies ? |
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| Not sure if Code Geass would count, Lelouch was pretty edgy even in the beginning |
| Mine was Devilman Crybaby.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ |
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| Elfen Lied and i thought it sucked. Then i read the manga, which is better than the anime, but still pretty shitty imo. It's like Akira, but more emo, and with more tropes, fanservice and cousins who wanna do the sex |
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| My first edgy anime would probably be Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni. The anime was full of killing just for the sake of edginess. |
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| Is Made in Abyss edgy??? If not, then its Madoka Magica if my memory serves me right. |
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| Probably parasyte , although soul eater was my first anime so you could count that too |
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| probably Elfen Lied, I really liked it since it was one of the first few anime series I watched but as I got older I realized it wasn’t really that good |
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| Probably Hellsing Ultimate and Elfen Lied. |
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| Attack on Titan (dropped the anime and read the manga instead) |
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| For me, it was Tokyo Ghoul. I don't know if Death note is considered edgy and it at least had some happy moments but I can say Light and L were definitely edgy. |
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| My first edgy anime was Hellsing and it was quickly followed by Elfen lied. It's interesting to see that for a lot of people so far in this discussion Elfen lied was their first edgy anime. |
| I think it was Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica. It was a very long time ago so this could be not the first. |
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| I like how most people mentioned elfen lied as their first edgy anime because its mine as well. |
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| I don’t consider any fiction to be “edgy” |
| Ninja Scroll or Wicked City, watched those in the mid 90s on VHS with my cousin who had imported them. Ahh good old times. |
| yes, for me also Elfen Lied. this stuff was for years on You Tube, maybe this is the reason. ComboSmooth said: Elfen Lied and i thought it sucked. Then i read the manga, which is better than the anime, but still pretty shitty imo. oh god. yes. the worst character was this snipe who was peeing herself all the time. |
| LOL, looks like Elfen Lied is the champion here. So many people watching it early. All kidding aside, if people find Death Note edgy, that would be my answer. But if not, I think the first one I saw was Mirai Nikki. |
| elfen lied I believe, dokuro chan soon after. |
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| Edgy for the sake of it, Akame ga kill, I don't even know why I forced myself to finish it. |
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| Death note, future diary and kill la kill. |
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| I would have to say "Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend" when I 1st watched it back in the early 90's. After seeing something like that, it's hard to find something even remotely close to it. I mean demons from another world come and violently sexually violate little school girls in extremely gory and graphic ways then tear them completely apart and sometimes even eat them after the deed is done... The only modern title I can recently remember that is even mildly edgy in comparison is “Blood-C”, and “Blood-C” is like if you water down edgy with 10 buckets of water and then filter it with a coffee filter while adding sugar to make it easier for a general audience to swallow. |
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