| I know most of us are set in stone when it comes to our taste composition, but some have branched out to try something new and ended up enjoying it. I know for me there are some genres and anime geared towards demographics I don't usually like, but there have been cases where I have made some exceptions and ended up liking or loving the series entirely. Just to name a few, mine would be: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso- Demographic: Shounen Haibane Renmei- Genre: Slice of life Peach Girl- Genre: Reverse Harem Madoka Magica- Genre: Magical Girl Kuragehime (Princess Jellyfish)- Genre: Slice of life NGE- Genre: Mecha Ping Pong- Genre: Sports Revolutionary Girl Utena- Demographic: Shojo Another anime I forgot to mention yet totally loved, Belladona of Sadness-Genre: Hentai Idk if this question has been asked before, I didn't see this particular one when I looked it up so fuck it So MAL, answer the question "What's an anime series you liked that was part of a genre (or demographic) you don't usually like?", and what about that series made you think outside your comfort zone? Mod Edit: Remember to explain, gonna try to save this thread due to the amount of people putting effort in responses/ |
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| Harem : Twgok the characters was so lovable and the plot didnt bored me (even that the end suck) Mecha : code geass |
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| Genre: Lolicon - Anime: Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya Dislike Loli with a passion, but I watched it because it was a Fate/ anime, even though it is a side story, the plot was decent, there were scenes that made me quite very unconformable, but I chose to ignore them for the plot. Genre: Mecha - Anime: IS: Infinite Stratos Have always disliked mecha, for whatever reason, that I don't remember, but I gave this anime a shot, cause I like harems. It gave me the harem bit, and it did have mecha in it, it wasn't completely surrounded in mecha, or soley focused on it, from what I believe, it wasn't all that mecha orientated, but it was still there, and I enjoyed it. |
| Welp, that's quite a lot of genres and demographics that you're not into, OP. |
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Sapewloth said: Welp, that's quite a lot of genres and demographics that you're not into, OP. It's a generalization, but obviously I don't feel discouraged going into a series that's a part of any of these genres of demographics. Even if it's a subtle distaste it doesn't affect what I enjoy, it's just something to recognize when choosing what to watch next. |
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| Prison School.... I thought its gonna brutal as hell, it turned out to be one of the greatest things ever. Koffee pls notice me |
| Sora no Otoshimono I dislike harem, but this anime.. it felt like it wasn't as harem as it is, since the MC was actually loving someone yet those girls is what disturbed him.. and overall that character is someone who is obsessed with panties, bras and naked girls.. Sword art Online The first season was perfect, but the second season was kinda flat action-wise... but i loved the overall romance and it almost felt like slice of life (still not keen on what completely slice of life is, so i think it's smth that teaches about life a lot) Lastly, Baccano This anime has a lot of mind fuck, it's so hard to keep on track with the story, but it was somehow fun watching it.. but i can't really judge since i haven't seen many animes yet... and I have a weird taste in animes.. atleast that's what a lot of ppl think about me :D |
Robiiii said: Prison School.... I thought its gonna brutal as hell, it turned out to be one of the greatest things ever. Koffee pls notice me *stares in ugly main character*  hmmmm |
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| Little Witch Academy since it's aimed at a younger female audience. It was a lot fun to watch especially with the master-tier level of animation. Girls und Panzer- it's moe girls, which sometimes tend to dissuade me from watching something... but it has motherfucking tanks! Gakkou Gurashi- Same reason as above just replace the tanks with Snow White with the Red Hair- never been too big on shoujo but it had a certain charm to it that made it very enjoyable to watch. |
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KonaKoffee4 said: Robiiii said: Prison School.... I thought its gonna brutal as hell, it turned out to be one of the greatest things ever. Koffee pls notice me *stares in ugly main character* hmmmm The animation is very querky, but its all for comedy <3 Dem faces change from time to time to adapt to the situation :P |
| Pretty much the same as OP for the SOL and sports ones. I actually like most genres although I haven't see much of most genres. Hell the only "ecchi" show I've ever seen is nisemonogatari according to my list. |
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Robiiii said: The animation is very querky, but its all for comedy <3 Dem faces change from time to time to adapt to the situation :P EEEEWWWWWWWWW neva! black1blade said: Pretty much the same as OP for the SOL and sports ones. I actually like most genres although I haven't see much of most genres. Hell the only "ecchi" show I've ever seen is nisemonogatari according to my list. lol yea and that's barely ecchi. Although, the main focus is the story than the genre anyways. But I do understand that genre can be an attraction on whether you want to watch it initially or not. |
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| Yeah choosing anime based on their genre is really stupid. Most of the genre titles don't indicate anything about the show. Also why you no like Shoujo OP? Akagami and yona are both pretty good. Mod Edit: Merged duplicated posts; please use the edit button. |
ShockedMar 12, 2016 11:52 AM
Anime is good, fucking deal with it. |
| Koffee ur mean :C Ahahaha Nise being ecchi.... okay @black1blade Surely its not that ecchi...is it? o.O |
| Generally I dislike school life, harem, ecchi, and their companions, but Monogatari Series is that thing that I really like because their unique storytelling. But it seems that you didn't like it OP (you only scored Bakemonogatari 5/10). |
Robiiii said: you'd have to be in severe denial not to ackowledge nise as ecchiKoffee ur mean :C Ahahaha Nise being ecchi.... okay @black1blade Surely its not that ecchi...is it? o.O |
SapewlothMar 12, 2016 4:31 AM
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Sapewloth said: Robiiii said: you'd have to be in severe denial not to ackownledge nise as ecchiKoffee ur mean :C Ahahaha Nise being ecchi.... okay @black1blade Surely its not that ecchi...is it? o.O Soon ima go see it...hopefully soon |
Sapewloth said: Let alone nise, I think the whole monogatari series is ecchi.Robiiii said: you'd have to be in severe denial not to ackownledge nise as ecchiKoffee ur mean :C Ahahaha Nise being ecchi.... okay @black1blade Surely its not that ecchi...is it? o.O |
black1blade said: Also why you no like Shoujo OP? Akagami and yona are both pretty good. what's akagami and yona? You talking about characters or a show? To be honest, I don't hate most shojo, and I definitely like it more than most shounen, but I tend to not be a huge fan of series labeled shojo or shounen. However, I don't focus on demographic since it's pretty useless, but I was speaking generally. HiatusXHiatus said: Generally I dislike school life, harem, ecchi, and their companions, but Monogatari Series is that thing that I really like because their unique storytelling. But it seems that you didn't like it OP (you only scored Bakemonogatari 5/10). I didn't dislike it, I just didn't think it was great. Besides, I don't think I have a series rated a 5 that I "disliked". :) I'm not mean, I'm Kona. :D Gimme hugs |
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KonaKoffee4 said: black1blade said: Also why you no like Shoujo OP? Akagami and yona are both pretty good. what's yona? You talking about characters or a show? Only one of the most well developed shoujo lead. |
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| As a concept ecchi is my least favorite genre, simply because a lot of the time it feels like porno for wimps. I have several ecchi series I like, and then things like Isuca come along and remind me why I don't generally like the genre to begin with. |
Burger-MeisterMar 12, 2016 8:17 PM
| Ecchi: Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance The MC is actually interesting and likeable with a personality while not being a typical dense perverted idiot who can't figure out crap on his own. That and the interactions with the girls are hilarious to see, and his mysterious part keeps me wanting more as it's revealed slowly. |
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i think is really hard for a guy to like a shoujo i dropped Akatsuki no Yona after 4 ep |
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| One time I think I enjoyed an anime without moe girls in it. Atleast I think I enjoyed it, my obsession with moe girls have left me numb to the world so I can't really tell anymore. Hmmm what was the name...Oh wait.... no the anime I was thinking of had moe girls nvm. |
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tragedydesu said: i think is really hard for a guy to like a shoujo i dropped Akatsuki no Yona after 4 ep Maybe for some, but not all guys. I'm a lady though, so idk lol. NasalShark said: One time I think I enjoyed an anime without moe girls in it. Atleast I think I enjoyed it, my obsession with moe girls have left me numb to the world so I can't really tell anymore. Hmmm what was the name...Oh wait.... no the anime I was thinking of had moe girls nvm. lol I sure you enjoy more than just moe girls. cmooonnnnn |
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| after reading these comments about genres.. i feel like a first-timer to anime, even tho i filled my "Completed" list from 0 to current number (around 43) in less than two months (during january, half december and first half of february, i'm excluding dragon ball, which i watched in summer, but my first short anime was Death Note).. can someone explain this stuff to me? :D |
TheMoonServant said: after reading these comments about genres.. i feel like a first-timer to anime, even tho i filled my "Completed" list from 0 to current number (around 43) in less than two months (during january, half december and first half of february, i'm excluding dragon ball, which i watched in summer, but my first short anime was Death Note).. can someone explain this stuff to me? :D well genre works the same as it would for music, movies, or films. Genre is a bit broad, but I'll touch on demaphic, which is when particular series are geared toa specific audience. The most common are Josei: older women, Seinen: older men, Shojo: young girls, shounen: young boys. http://anirecs.com/anime-genre-list-with-descriptions/ ^^I feel this is a good list for the basics to briefly understand some genres and demographics. It also has some anime that fit those categories. http://myanimelist.net/anime.php ^^This is MAL's standard search list, but you can see there a ton of genres. There are actually more genres than what MAL has listed apparently. lol even I am getting used to some of this shit, and I have been watching anime for a while haha. |
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KonaKoffee4 said: TheMoonServant said: after reading these comments about genres.. i feel like a first-timer to anime, even tho i filled my "Completed" list from 0 to current number (around 43) in less than two months (during january, half december and first half of february, i'm excluding dragon ball, which i watched in summer, but my first short anime was Death Note).. can someone explain this stuff to me? :D well genre works the same as it would for music, movies, or films. Genre is a bit broad, but I'll touch on demaphic, which is when particular series are geared toa specific audience. The most common are Josei: older women, Seinen: older men, Shojo: young girls, shounen: young boys. http://anirecs.com/anime-genre-list-with-descriptions/ ^^I feel this is a good list for the basics to briefly understand some genres and demographics. It also has some anime that fit those categories. http://myanimelist.net/anime.php ^^This is MAL's standard search list, but you can see there a ton of genres. There are actually more genres than what MAL has listed apparently. lol even I am getting used to some of this shit, and I have been watching anime for a while haha. Well, I kinda find anime either in tops or recommendations.. But as far as I look at my list and at myself.. I noticed that I love crying to animes, but like.. crying to romance and death of sm1 precious, not randomly.. and most of these animes had romance and/or Slice of life, even though I also like cool animations, for example, i fanboy Fate series.. And finally, I like dirty jokes :D.. I still barely understand about what genres i'd prefer to watch, but it doesn't feel like a problem.. cause I barely choose anime just by looking at the genre, I instead take a peek at the characters and the Plot summary I looked into the explanations.. I also realised, that Drama would suit me together with romance and SoL.. thank you for the explanations :) |
DswopeyMar 12, 2016 5:39 AM
| I actually anime in my favourites of every demographic. I don't really like certain demographics more than others. |
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TheMoonServant said: KonaKoffee4 said: well genre works the same as it would for music, movies, or films. Genre is a bit broad, but I'll touch on demaphic, which is when particular series are geared toa specific audience. The most common are Josei: older women, Seinen: older men, Shojo: young girls, shounen: young boys. http://anirecs.com/anime-genre-list-with-descriptions/ ^^I feel this is a good list for the basics to briefly understand some genres and demographics. It also has some anime that fit those categories. http://myanimelist.net/anime.php ^^This is MAL's standard search list, but you can see there a ton of genres. There are actually more genres than what MAL has listed apparently. lol even I am getting used to some of this shit, and I have been watching anime for a while haha. Well, I kinda find anime either in tops or recommendations.. But as far as I look at my list and at myself.. I noticed that I love crying to animes, but like.. crying to romance and death of sm1 precious, not randomly.. and most of these animes had romance and/or Slice of life, even though I also like cool animations, for example, i fanboy Fate series.. And finally, I like dirty jokes :D.. I still barely understand about what genres i'd prefer to watch, but it doesn't feel like a problem.. cause I barely choose anime just by looking at the genre, I instead take a peek at the characters and the Plot summary plot summary is better to choose what anime instead of looking at the genre. People connect through the characters and plot, so it's better to get a sample of what the anime is about to make a final decision on what to watch next. Also, I like dirty jokes too haha, but I like them more when watching comedians or live shows rather than anime. Although panty and stocking is hilarious and does dirty jokes well. |
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KonaKoffee4 said: TheMoonServant said: Well, I kinda find anime either in tops or recommendations.. But as far as I look at my list and at myself.. I noticed that I love crying to animes, but like.. crying to romance and death of sm1 precious, not randomly.. and most of these animes had romance and/or Slice of life, even though I also like cool animations, for example, i fanboy Fate series.. And finally, I like dirty jokes :D.. I still barely understand about what genres i'd prefer to watch, but it doesn't feel like a problem.. cause I barely choose anime just by looking at the genre, I instead take a peek at the characters and the Plot summary plot summary is better to choose what anime instead of looking at the genre. People connect through the characters and plot, so it's better to get a sample of what the anime is about to make a final decision on what to watch next. Also, I like dirty jokes too haha, but I like them more when watching comedians or live shows rather than anime. Although panty and stocking is hilarious and does dirty jokes well. I started watching this anime called Seitokai Yakuindomo.. and it's not ecchi yet filled with a ton of dirty jokes and minds... I dunno, if we are to speak about live.. I prefer puns in real life, cause not many people around me understand me and my dirty jokes :x |
| Well, the Monogatari series don't have the harem tag here on MAL but they are still a harem and I like them despite hating the genre. From the ecchi genre there is Seven Deadly Sins. I also like Gunbuster and Kill la Kill but like the Monogatari series, they don't have the ecchi tag, somehow. Also, you wrote Ping Ping instead of Ping Pong xD |
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tragedydesu said: i think is really hard for a guy to like a shoujo i dropped Akatsuki no Yona after 4 ep Ehh I'm a guy and shoujos with cool girls at the centre are cool. Also yeah nisemonogatari is definitely ecchi but the ecchi varies from arc to arc in the rest of the show. I said apparently because more shows on my list have ecchi in them like code geass. About monogatari being a harem, nise definitely qualifies for that but in the rest of the show past bake, araragi doesn't show any meaningful attraction to the other girls. The visuals and supernatural elements are what make me love the show so much, although the girls are better than most anime girls. But yeah akagami no shirayuki-hime and atasuki no yona are both good shows. |
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Gluzin said: Well, the Monogatari series don't have the harem tag here on MAL but they are still a harem and I like them despite hating the genre. From the ecchi genre there is Seven Deadly Sins. I also like Gunbuster and Kill la Kill but like the Monogatari series, they don't have the ecchi tag, somehow. Also, you wrote Ping Ping instead of Ping Pong xD Well ecchi is defined as "sexual acts", and kill la kill doesn't have anything sexual about it. If you only look at their outfits it appears that way, but you watch the series you can see how it's not ecchi at all. lol and thanks for telling me about the ping pong thing. haha |
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KonaKoffee4 said: Gluzin said: Well, the Monogatari series don't have the harem tag here on MAL but they are still a harem and I like them despite hating the genre. From the ecchi genre there is Seven Deadly Sins. I also like Gunbuster and Kill la Kill but like the Monogatari series, they don't have the ecchi tag, somehow. Also, you wrote Ping Ping instead of Ping Pong xD Well ecchi is defined as "sexual acts", and kill la kill doesn't have anything sexual about it. If you only look at their outfits it appears that way, but you watch the series you can see how it's not ecchi at all. lol and thanks for telling me about the ping pong thing. haha Jiggling boobs, close-up ass shots, glowing nipples, Ragyo lewdly caressing Satsuki in the bath, Mako grabbing Ryuuko's oppai, BDSM reference... Kill la Kill has ecchi content that is considered to be as an artistic approach to its themes regarding nudity and women empowerment. |
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| prison school first i was like wtf is this shit ? Hentai ? But it turns out to be great . YOURS TRULY is one of my favourit character |
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Tenshi_Shura said: KonaKoffee4 said: Well ecchi is defined as "sexual acts", and kill la kill doesn't have anything sexual about it. If you only look at their outfits it appears that way, but you watch the series you can see how it's not ecchi at all. lol and thanks for telling me about the ping pong thing. haha Jiggling boobs, close-up ass shots, glowing nipples, Ragyo lewdly caressing Satsuki in the bath, Mako grabbing Ryuuko's oppai, BDSM reference... Kill la Kill has ecchi content that is considered to be as an artistic approach to its themes regarding nudity and women empowerment. The problem with labeling kill la kill an ecchi is that it diminishes its point by labeling it as having sexual themes for the sake of being sexy. Kill la kill doesn't try to be sexy, it uses its sexuality to prove a point of the judgement that is placed upon women in society in regards to their clothing. It's not used to be sexually gratifying nor for comedic purposes (despite the series have comedy in it). Ecchi anime have the themes they have for either the sake of comedy or sexual indulgence, so saying that kill la kill has ecchi content defeats the purpose for what it is trying to accomplish. |
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| why boys hate harem? i think they have problems with their minds? maybe i dont understand weebs |
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| Sports and slice of life are like the two best genres in anime and manga. Anyone who has read Wandering Son or Oyasumi Punpun will attest. And the only genres that I dislike are yaoi, yuri, shounen-ai and shoujo-ai, so I don't read or watch anime with those tags. I'm pretty open to everything else. |
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KonaKoffee4 said: Tenshi_Shura said: Jiggling boobs, close-up ass shots, glowing nipples, Ragyo lewdly caressing Satsuki in the bath, Mako grabbing Ryuuko's oppai, BDSM reference... Kill la Kill has ecchi content that is considered to be as an artistic approach to its themes regarding nudity and women empowerment. The problem with labeling kill la kill an ecchi is that it diminishes its point by labeling it as having sexual themes for the sake of being sexy. Kill la kill doesn't try to be sexy, it uses its sexuality to prove a point of the judgement that is placed upon women in society in regards to their clothing. It's not used to be sexually gratifying nor for comedic purposes (despite the series have comedy in it). Ecchi anime have the themes they have for either the sake of comedy or sexual indulgence, so saying that kill la kill has ecchi content defeats the purpose for what it is trying to accomplish. Ecchi content is still ecchi no matter what point its trying to make. Just because the themes of the show incorporate the ecchi it has with societal issues and other relevant ideas, doesn't mean you can dismiss the fact that it's truly portraying ecchi. |
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| @KonaKoffee4 you forgot about Belladonna and that has one really bad tag in spite of the preferences of anyone |
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| lol bruh what's wrong with you? Why do you hate on a genre? What did it ever do to you? |
kyutora said: why boys hate harem? i think they have problems with their minds? maybe i dont understand weebs I thought weebs love harems CrappyGod-sama said: And the only genres that I dislike are yaoi, yuri, shounen-ai and shoujo-ai, so I don't read or watch anime with those tags. I'm pretty open to everything else. BOOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Tenshi_Shura said: KonaKoffee4 said: The problem with labeling kill la kill an ecchi is that it diminishes its point by labeling it as having sexual themes for the sake of being sexy. Kill la kill doesn't try to be sexy, it uses its sexuality to prove a point of the judgement that is placed upon women in society in regards to their clothing. It's not used to be sexually gratifying nor for comedic purposes (despite the series have comedy in it). Ecchi anime have the themes they have for either the sake of comedy or sexual indulgence, so saying that kill la kill has ecchi content defeats the purpose for what it is trying to accomplish. Ecchi content is still ecchi no matter what point its trying to make. Just because the themes of the show incorporate the ecchi it has with societal issues and other relevant ideas, doesn't mean you can dismiss the fact that it's truly portraying ecchi. To portray ecchi is to portray ecchi though, and by definition ecchi is just about appearance it is about pandering to an audience for the sake of sexual content. So, do we deem every anime with characters with large breast and/or revealing clothing to be ecchi and scream fanservice? Because it begins to cross into territory of changing what the definition of ecchi really is. Lordwen said: @KonaKoffee4 you forgot about Belladonna and that has one really bad tag in spite of the preferences of anyone I was about to say that I knew I would like it when reading the summary, but I totally forgot it's labeled hentai! haha im going to list it. |
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KonaKoffee4 said: Tenshi_Shura said: Ecchi content is still ecchi no matter what point its trying to make. Just because the themes of the show incorporate the ecchi it has with societal issues and other relevant ideas, doesn't mean you can dismiss the fact that it's truly portraying ecchi. To portray ecchi is to portray ecchi though, and by definition ecchi is just about appearance it is about pandering to an audience for the sake of sexual content. So, do we deem every anime with characters with large breast and/or revealing clothing to be ecchi and scream fanservice? Because it begins to cross into territory of changing what the definition of ecchi really is. By definition, ecchi is used to describe a work that has sexual undertones in it and portray different kinds of fetishes ala "Gainaxing" some parts of the body. Kill la Kill does that despite masterfully incorporating something that people deem unnecessary. Character design is irrelevant. It's the execution of said design that determines whether it's sexualized or not. |
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