Anime you thought you won't like all that much, but ended up being one of the best things you ever saw
| Mine would be Clannad and Kamichu. I thought Clannad would be filled with excessive fanservice and shitty harem scene. But I'm glad I was wrong :) And I thought Kamichu was a shitty moe show Apparently, it was a very good slice of life series. |
| Madoka Magica and Black Butler are probably the 2 big ones for me. To a lesser extent: Is This A Zombie? Terra e and Lyrical Nanoha if only for the second season and movie(s) From my experience, having low expectations going into a series often makes you enjoy it more. |
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| Madoka Magica first seemed like some random magical girl shizz but after a friend showed me episode 3, I was hooked. Same went for Sakurasou; I did see a bunch of ecchi screencaps and thought it was just that, and then the feels-train came over to pick me up. Kokoro Connect and Oreshura were also pretty meh at the start but I kept asking for more the moment I hit the halfway mark. |
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| TTGL. I didn't like mecha at all at that point. And even if I did, there's no way I could've anticipated this level of epicness. |
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| Honestly I wasn't expecting much from Shingeki no Kyojin. The premise seemed pretty lame. Now it's easily one of my favorites. |
| Desert punk - has a lot of negative reviews and most anime with ecchi does not have a great plot |
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| Probably Akira. I wasn't too sure about it. It ended up being the greatest THING I have EVER seen in media. Seriously, my jaw dropped within the first 5 minutes. |
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| Ghost in the shell: stand alone complex for me. I didn't dislike it, however the initial episodes of season 1 were slow paced and I found them rather dull. I even contemplated dropping the anime, but since I was on vacation with no internet and just a few anime on my hdd, I decided to keep going. Definitely the correct decision. |
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| psycho pass- almost everyone talked about how great it was so i had really high expectations. i watched the first few episodes but they were hard to get through since the show was slow paced early on. i was hooked after about 8 episodes though. the hype was worth it in the end it was the same for code geass but r2 wasn't as great as r1 with all those plot holes and explanations that didn't make any sense |
| Great Teacher Onizuka. I never really enjoyed Slice of Life so my expectations were not high at all. But GTO was pure awesomeness. |
| RahXephon. I'm not a mecha fan at ALL. But I guess it was the plot that drew me in. I recommend it to everyone o-o |
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| Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. I remember when I first watched it , I got to about episode 4 and ended up dropping the show. Some friends of mine finished the series and were raving about it, so I watched it again, and fell in love with the show. It's one of my all time favorite shows, and I've watched it about 5 times over now. <3 |
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| AKB0048, definitely, surprisingly, unbelievably. |
| Bakuman. I wasn't sure what to expect of it, went in with a really low hype. But came out with one of my favorite series of the past decade. J-Pop said: RahXephon. I'm not a mecha fan at ALL. But I guess it was the plot that drew me in. I recommend it to everyone o-o I agree with this! RahXephon was actually tough to get into. The first 2 episodes were strange. But once it gets to you, its amazing |
| GURREN FUCKING LAGANN.......WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG TO WATCH THIS D': |
| Honestly, Fullmetal Alchemist. It didn't attract me due to me having this dislike for weird powers that aren't natural (alchemy) but once I watched a few episodes, I started to love the show and then, it became one of my favourite animes. Speaking of that also, I just bought the original series today from amazon. Currently, I am watching Brotherhood which is supposed to be even better due to it "following the manga closer" although I don't really care much if it does follow it or not, as long as it has an amazing story, that's good enough for me. |
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| probably Toradora...I mean I knew I was gonna like it but not that much...there's something about it that makes me lose my manliness o.0 |
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| Recently finished fma brotherhood, thought fma sucked, its my favorite show now. |
| Yuru Yuri, nuff said. |
| "One does not simply say no to a loli with animal ears and tail." http://myanimelist.net/animelist/iAmEcchi |
| I liked Samurai Champloo well enough from the outset, but I figured it would be like my experience with Cowboy Bebop, i.e. I wouldn't like it. Turns out I ended up liking it a whole damn lot. |
| Kami Nomi synopsis is silly at first and I'm not even finish reading pilot chapter when I first try it. But when I decide to buy it's anime DVD on a whim i become one of the best thing I have ever seen and read. |
 Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| Clannad for me. |
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| Princess Tutu, Madoka Magica, and Code Geass I put off watching these shows for ssoooo long and totally regret it!!!! They are now some of my favorite animes |
| Zetsuen no Tempest till the third episode. |
Miguelinileugim said: AKB0048, definitely, surprisingly, unbelievably. |
| "Say 'I love you'" was great for me. It's not one of my favorites, but it's up there. I really enjoyed it and it was surprising how much I liked it for a random anime that I picked out on Crunchyroll on a whim because of the main character's name: "Tachibana" |
| It's not one of the best, but before watching Love Lab i have doubts i would like it. turns out to be enjoyable. |
| Steins Gate Jojo Hellsing Ultimate |
| It is so dense. Every single image has so many things going on. |
| Dance in the Vampire Bund was the first anime that came up to me.. I thought this was just Twilight the anime..but I was wrong and I totally enjoyed it. |
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| Gosick, Clannad,Gurren Lagann and maybe Yuru Yuri.. Hesitated to watch all of them but ended up totally engrossed in all of them. I don't usually binge but lawl. |
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| To Love-Ru |
| I actually don't know if I said this before in here. But Lain was the show I ended up loving a lot even though I never wanted to watch it. For some reason I always thought it will be something like Elfen Lied. And I hate Elfen Lied. The name just sounded so stupid. Serial Experiments Lain... More like Serial Experiments LAME MUAHAHAH But when I actually got around watching it I was heavily impressed with it. I've never seen anything like it before and it ended up as one of my favorite anime ever. |
| I am falling, I am fading, I am drowning, help me to breathe. |
| Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. Before I saw this anime I didn't like anime at all and just wasn't into it. It was a funny story. I stayed at a friend's house at a weekend and he is a huge anime fan. And he had a big wallscroll of Madoka Magica in his room (hard to overlook) and I always thought "Why does he has it there? This looks stupid and so girly (normally I'm not such a douchebag but the wallscroll just looked that way)". He always said that he likes the anime and thinks it's a masterpiece and stuff but I couldn't understand it. But on that weekend I stayed there and was so hyped for a game that was going to be released next week and I wanted to stop thinking about it and so I decided to watch one anime he had there and I picked Madoka Magica. Best desicion of my life. Watched it in one run with a nice comfy headset under a blanked. I fucking loved that show (and still do) and that's automaticly when I began with anime. Also Shingeki no Kyojin. I always heard a lot of people talking shit about the anime, how it sucks and how it's overhyped and overrated. Then I decided to watch it. Either it's me being a noob in terms of anime or that show was really that great but I can't see how people think that show sucks. Opinions, opinions. |
| Time is money, but money won't turn back the clock. |
teddygamer said: Miguelinileugim said: AKB0048, definitely, surprisingly, unbelievably. |
| Death Note and Mirai Nikki |
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| bakuman |
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| Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! was the first thing to pop in my head. I wasn't really expecting much from this Anime but it was pretty good I must say, much better than I thought it was going to be. I loved the characters in the Anime, just adorable and cute~! =^-^= |
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| Kobato. I actually thought I would hate it as it seemed to be a show for much younger children without and real depth (at least in the first episode). In addition to that, the whole thing seemed a like it wouldn't have any serious material. I was surprised at how touching the show was, and even more surprised that I enjoyed every second of it. |
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| There are quite a few anime that I thought I won't like much but they where really great true the only one that ended up being one of the best anime I watched would be Mirai Nikki. |
The real world is past the virtual world is future. |
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya I thought that I would hate this so badly but ended up enjoying it so much that it is now a guilty pleasure of mine which I enjoy rewatching from time to time |
| Sup People and yes I am the physical manifestation of Shinji Ikari's Balls And this what elite-sama says to incest elite-sama said: I'm against it because I don't have a sister. It's not fair. |
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