| Nichijou. I thought it was just a funny ahh anime. Turns out it is a timeless masterpiece. |
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| I wrote off Non Non Biyori because of the premise. Before that, I had watched slice of life of course, but they always had some sort of plot, drama, or romance going on around them. I couldn't understand the point of watching something where nothing really 'happens', so I put it off for a while. But when I watched it eventually, I fell in love with its simplicity, the joy of just seeing the characters interact through various events, and the silence (or gentle music) that let the sweeping, rustic views speak for themselves. It was so soothing to watch in a way I hadn't experienced before! It was my first iyashikei, and it's the reason why I love iyashikei so much in general, now~ |
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| Kemono Friends and ViVid Strike! came to my mind first. I really loved those anime. |
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| W-Tails Cat: A Strange Presence and Waza no Tabibito. |
| Jujutsu Kaisen, The anime looked so mediocre if judged based on cover and synopsis alone, then thankfully my expectation was wrong when I watched its 1st episode :) |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden At first time I thought it just madoka magica spin-off and will ended badly as the original. But it's turns out by single mc Iroha Tamaki that change my mind. I love with her character as the story going and make it one of my favorite anime all the time. |
  What Does Pot of Greed do?  |
| I put off Land of the Lustrous for ages and idk why but oh boy, now not only is it one of my fav shows, it's my favourite manga. |
  『ᴅᴇᴍᴏɴ-ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜰɪʀᴇ』 Then her jaw slackened as she muttered out. [I... am the bi◼️?] ☽ † ☾ - ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀɪᴇꜱ- ꜱɪɢ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʙʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴᴛᴡɪɢ |
| Amagi Brilliant Park, not a fan of SOL or comedy but this one really got me. |
| Hibike Euphonium never thought that anime made for girls would end up in my favorites. |
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| Bunny Girl Senpai was one I've been putting off for a while. When I initially watched it, the first couple of episodes didn't really hook me. But when I gave it another chance some time later, it ended up resonating with me a lot. |
| Biggest one for me was Hajime no Ippo. I honestly didn't expect the fights to be so engrossing and the characters to be so enjoyable. Ippo ended up becoming an all time favorite for me. Another would be Tokyo Godfathers. I wasn't a big fan of all the another Satoshi Kon films, so I assumed I wouldn't like it either. But, when I finally did watch it, it turned out to be his best film by far. |
| If you disagree with any thoughts or opinions expressed in the above post, you're wrong and I hate you forever! |
| Aria the Animation Thought I would hate it because of stuff like cute girl doing cute things, so I ignored it a lot of times, but when I decided to give it a shot when I was bored, then I ended up loving it so much! |
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| Devidol... People will tell you it's shit but it's not.. |
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| I would say jjk. I thought I wouldn't like it or that it would be a bit boring, but I'm halfway through it now. |
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| I didn't think id like bleach (cause of how old it is and the fillers) but I'm enjoying watching it quite a lot |
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| Naruto, I dropped it after first episode. Then, after having nothing else to watch for a while, I watched a second episode and dropped again. After 3 ep I did not drop but watched until 5 and thought that this is getting somewhere. Closer to the end of Zabuza ark I thought this is the greatest art I have even seen. I still do not like Konohamaru episode as I did back then, as for Iruka episode I do not have strong feelings. When I first watched Code Geass first time, I also did not liked certain parts like scene between Lelouch and CC in his bedroom. I guess the Massacre Princess episode is where I started to truly love it. Because of these two experiences I used to never drop anime in the past, expecting it to get better eventually. Then some other show convinced me to not do it anymore, possibly Saint Seiya: the Lost Canvas |
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| Little Witch Academia (series), Angel Beats and Madoka. Wasn't expecting to like these so much. |
| I guess Death Note, it took me a long time to watch it, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. |
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PylonGodWattson said: What anime did you put off that ended up becoming a favorite? Be it because it was out of your genre, the length, or any other reason. My first Anime Ever MHA my gf at the time told me to watch it and as the Denji I am I agreed I loved it, now I can see its mid but it was a great intro Also Darwins Game, super goofy show, not serious and not great but it was a lot of fun |
| REGULAR SHOW TROUNCES ANY ANIME. PEAK FICTION We protect other species because humans themselves are lonely creatures. We protect the environment because humans themselves don’t want to go extinct. What drives us is simply self-gratification. But I think that’s fine, and that it’s really all there is to it. There’s no point in despising humans by human standards. That’s right. So in the end, it’s hypocritical for us to love Earth without loving ourselves. |
| Banana fish, thought it was overhyped. Turned out to be amazing in every single way! |
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| Probably more like series rather than just the anime. Yofukashi no Uta (pretty recent, put it off til I finished everything else in the season. unexpectedly became my favorite series of summer 2022) MHA Overlord Rainbow Shiki Anohana Little Busters Ajin |
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| I certainly did not expect for S-cry-ed to end up one of the handful of 9/10s on my list. I figured it'd be a 7 at best. |
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| Summertime Render. I was a lot of episodes behind, while it was airing, and went "oh" at the beginning, after seeing Shinpei waking up and falling headfirst into Hizuru. Based on that, I thought it was gonna be an anime with fanservice and those kind of sex-jokes (mind, I didn't know anything about it). But I was so pleasantly surprised - the anime was so intense, interesting and the animation was great. I actually was very excited for each episode, each week. Had to give it a 9! |
| Waiting for something to happen? |
| Vinland Saga, I ended up really liking it by the time I had finished it. |
| Obligatory "I put off Jojo because I thought the art looked ugly but ended up loving it". |
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| Baka test recently. Start was pretty weak but it picks later on. I never thought it would make me laugh continuously but it did. |
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| Hikari to Mizu no Daphne. I don't even know what the hell was that, but it has a great humor. |
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| The Witch from Mercury I've never planned to watch any of the Gundam anime nor am I particularly interested in mecha type stuff but since this was airing I decided to give it a try and now it has become one of my all time favorites |
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| Isekai Yakkyoku: I wouldn't say it became a favourite, but I definitely considered skipping it. I'm glad I didn't, because I enjoyed myself. |
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| princess tutu. its mahou shoujo, old af, and just something i normally wouldnt even consider watching but it was really good and interesting. |
| Psycho Pass I'm not into this kind of sci-fis and even after starting it I had doubts. Probably the charecters are what I like the most about this show. Serial Experiment Lain I don't had high hopes for Avant Garde before watching it. It made me curious about the genre. |
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| For seasonal, I'm currently enjoying Urusei Yatsura and all of the descriptions/background leading up to it. High quality cast and I'll probably end up watching the dub too. Not really a favorite but it answers the initial question. I severely disliked the 1st episode of Bakemonogatari when I uncovered some nasty 480p max quality on Crunchyroll 10 years later back when they uploaded it to the site in 2011 and abandoned any updates. The sunset setting along with the (expected) seizure dialogue was really off-putting but Senjougahara's arc managed to save my attention span towards the show. Can't really say the same for the other boy/kid protagonist shows with their youngest viewers being the true demographic as a shared age group. I watched Pokemon and played Kingdom Hearts both on repeat, that's enough for a lifetime. |
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| I watched Gurren Lagann because I saw a scene of some big robot from it, wanted to see what it was about since the scene was quite absurd Started somewhat alright but then... holy HOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY THEN IT BECAME MY FAVORITE ANIME HOLY FUCK IT'S UNBELIEVABLY HYPE |
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| haikyuu, one piece, k-on, futabu, etc. |
| No game no life. Dropped it after 2 ep but some of my friends managed to convince me to watch it again. 8.5/10 after I completed it. It is just that the second ep had turned me off. But I enjoyed the later eps. |
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| I expected Barakamon to be just a plain slice of life anime but jeez it brought so much in terms of its chill factor, it’s setting, and it’s characters, and it all blew me away and made me feel really happy. |
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| Seriously Re:zero . Found a list of isekai animes on net and found one with a photo of ram and rem and just said "ok the next anime will be this one" and Re:zero became the best anime i've ever seen. And Steins gate: imagine a weird guy talking nonsense in a sci-fi Anime: just trash and cause my brother was watching it, i continued as well and loved it. |
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| School Days: given everything that people say about it, I figured I'd hate it so I kept putting it off. eventually, my curiosity got the better of me and I watched it all over a couple of days. I thought it was honestly very good and I respect it for being unique and ballsy: I don't say that about many things. another anime that surprised me was Black Lagoon. my usual taste is psychological, avant-garde stuff and I kind of ignored it because I figured it wouldn't be my thing, but a friend watched it and loved it so I watched soon after and I thought it was great! Revy is one of my fave characters ever and I think that the show is much more complex than people give it credit for. |
| Maria-sama ga Miteru (Marimite) got into my top 10 after a re-watch and after a 2nd re-watch a few weeks later it was clear it had to be #1. Nodame Cantabile got in my top 10 immediately. As for reasons: for Marimite I didn't think shoujo-ai (that was the tag back then instead of Girls Love) would be interesting but as it turns out the writing and feels were off the chart. Nodame because I wasn't into classical music. This show showed me the error of my ways :) |
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| Avatar: Anzu Kadotani from Girls und Panzer. Sig by MissIntrovert.  |
| Honey & Clover because of the art style. Fruits Basket because I avoid shows that looks like it's possily a love triangle or reverse harem, and this looked like one. |
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