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Oct 7, 2016 6:07 PM

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kuuderu said:
more realistic sci-fi would be very nice to see


Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. Sci-fi that can make sense, and may seem plausible. The typical mechs and whatnot could still be there, but with actual science behind them that's easily understood, and maybe without the out-there designs.

Because would armies really let just any officer or engineer design their own spacecraft without vicious supervision?
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I'd love to see a more serious take on pirates, or vikings (like vinland saga). Anime too, has suffered from the curse of romanticizing these things.


Yeah gotta say, i'd love to see this too.
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So, westerns, more realistic sci-fi, and serious vikings/pirates. This is checking a lot of boxes.
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MeowMix2K16 said:
kuuderu said:
more realistic sci-fi would be very nice to see


Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. Sci-fi that can make sense, and may seem plausible. The typical mechs and whatnot could still be there, but with actual science behind them that's easily understood, and maybe without the out-there designs.

Because would armies really let just any officer or engineer design their own spacecraft without vicious supervision?

Nothing wrong with spacecrafts and such but imo those kind of ideas are overused.
Also not everyone finds battles and intense action entertaining, some like SoL as well...
I would prefer something like this, where sci-fi meets peaceful daily life atmosphere.
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Cops stories. You know, the kind Al Pacino used to make, and more funny stuff like Lethal Weapon or Die Hard. In the anime medium, there is almost always a special force of something or a bunch of super strong fells when there is crime and stuff like that.
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a fujoshi girl married with lolicon boy :b
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a fujoshi girl married with lolicon boy.
Oct 7, 2016 8:24 PM
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HyperL said:
Yuri + Yaoi...Yes, BOTH in one single anime...

Let's make both pervs and fujos interested and disgusted at the same time...


shinsekai yori.
at one point, most of the main cast is homosexual.
though its not a central plot theme, and the get out this brainwash, one guy does stay gay for the rest of the series.
Oct 7, 2016 8:47 PM

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Definitely 'dementia'. Like there are many dementia anime, but significantly less than other genres. Also dementia isn't as well known!
Oct 7, 2016 9:33 PM

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I have yet to see an anime about dancing. I mean we now have one about figure skating, so maybe it is plausible.


Every Idol anime, struggling to learn to do their dances is a common scenario for any idol series.

Princess Tutu is has ballet too, but I'm not sure how in-depth it goes as I've never watched it.

Yeah, I mean an honest to goodness one. Not that I'm belittling idol anime, but their dances aren't really representative of dancing as a whole.
Oct 7, 2016 10:45 PM

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MeowMix2K16 said:
kuuderu said:
more realistic sci-fi would be very nice to see


Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. Sci-fi that can make sense, and may seem plausible. The typical mechs and whatnot could still be there, but with actual science behind them that's easily understood, and maybe without the out-there designs.

Because would armies really let just any officer or engineer design their own spacecraft without vicious supervision?


You should pick up anything by Ryosuke Takahashi then.

As for unexplored genres, Mecha + Iyashikei
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Explicit real-life politics are rarely explored in Anime. I wouldn't mind seeing an Anime take place in more historical settings with next to no fantastical elements, something like a show taking place in something like say, the Angolan Civil War, the Mexican Drug War, Vietnam War, or one dealing with the Yugoslav conflicts.

Oct 8, 2016 2:32 AM

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WW1 is rarely explored, even Western cinema rarely ever does it;
Spy dramas are also rare, and often times are over the top, i.e. something along the lines of John LeCarres' Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy would be a welcome change;
Detective stories are also rare, and I mean serious detective stories, ala The Wire and The Shield;
Prisoner stories are also rare, and those familiar with the Japanese judicial system, should know how broken the system is, and a story, if done well could be great, especially one with a critique on the system.
Oct 8, 2016 2:57 AM

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In the horror vein - atmospheric cosmic horror. It doesn't have to copy HPL, but it is the type of setting that seems it would work far better with animation than with live action.
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kuuderu said:

MeowMix2K16 said:


Yeah, that'd be pretty cool. Sci-fi that can make sense, and may seem plausible. The typical mechs and whatnot could still be there, but with actual science behind them that's easily understood, and maybe without the out-there designs.

Because would armies really let just any officer or engineer design their own spacecraft without vicious supervision?

Nothing wrong with spacecrafts and such but imo those kind of ideas are overused.
Also not everyone finds battles and intense action entertaining, some like SoL as well...
I would prefer something like this, where sci-fi meets peaceful daily life atmosphere.
Maybe you should try Planetes and Uchuu Kyouday
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BRB-kun said:
Paul said:


Every Idol anime, struggling to learn to do their dances is a common scenario for any idol series.

Princess Tutu is has ballet too, but I'm not sure how in-depth it goes as I've never watched it.

Yeah, I mean an honest to goodness one. Not that I'm belittling idol anime, but their dances aren't really representative of dancing as a whole.
just matter of time mate as long jump not axed it..
https://myanimelist.net/manga/88442/Sesuji_wo_Pin_to__Shikakou_Kyougi_Dance-bu_e_Youkoso
still don't understand why kodansha don't adapted this yet... this was award nomination back than IIRC and sales decent..
https://myanimelist.net/manga/48347/Ballroom_e_Youkoso

isn't also cheers danshi?
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Oct 8, 2016 4:06 AM

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Fantasy+superpower and/or magic+Sport
Some sort of magical sport. I'd pay to see that.
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Kuma said:
BRB-kun said:

Yeah, I mean an honest to goodness one. Not that I'm belittling idol anime, but their dances aren't really representative of dancing as a whole.
just matter of time mate as long jump not axed it..
https://myanimelist.net/manga/88442/Sesuji_wo_Pin_to__Shikakou_Kyougi_Dance-bu_e_Youkoso
still don't understand why kodansha don't adapted this yet... this was award nomination back than IIRC and sales decent..
https://myanimelist.net/manga/48347/Ballroom_e_Youkoso

isn't also cheers danshi?

Not cheer danshi. Yeah, I mean "dance" dance like ballroom e youkoso. I'm wondering why it doesn't even have a drama cd even though it is pretty popular.
Oct 8, 2016 4:21 AM

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Valenthius said:
Fantasy+superpower and/or magic+Sport
Some sort of magical sport. I'd pay to see that.
air gear? ao no kanata rhyme i am not sure how it spelled, kids sport and card game in general?
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Kuma said:
Valenthius said:
Fantasy+superpower and/or magic+Sport
Some sort of magical sport. I'd pay to see that.
air gear? ao no kanata rhyme i am not sure how it spelled, kids sport and card game in general?
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport. Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it something preliminary drama driven.
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Valenthius said:
Kuma said:
air gear? ao no kanata rhyme i am not sure how it spelled, kids sport and card game in general?
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport and Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it something preliminary drama driven.

Nah, it's not preliminary drama driven. The low score is probably from the lack of anything exciting happening. It's a pretty passive show.
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BRB-kun said:
Valenthius said:
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport. Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it's something preliminary drama driven.

Nah, it's not preliminary drama driven. The low score is probably from the lack of anything exciting happening. It's a pretty passive show.
Such i shame. And i was excited for a couple of seconds.
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Valenthius said:
Kuma said:
air gear? ao no kanata rhyme i am not sure how it spelled, kids sport and card game in general?
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport and Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it something preliminary drama driven.
is it actually need magical power? such a thing will only exist as battle series... or side story on fantasy LN... chose one...

as for ao no kanata, it's not because drama, it's even need more drama because it's too slow...
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Valenthius said:
Kuma said:
air gear? ao no kanata rhyme i am not sure how it spelled, kids sport and card game in general?
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport. Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it something preliminary drama driven.

AoKana is mainly competition, techniques/tactics & character driven. Some characters get serious (the usual sports motivation stuff) but there's no dark drama. With the amount of shows u've watch, u should already know score doesnt mean much. Especially with SOL shows, mal preference tends to rate low (look at haifuri score then at vol1 sales). I personally really liked it for the characters & sol, and how anti-harem it became. You might like it if you're fine with sol or sports in general.

I'd like more mecha comedy/sol. Sorta like Kuromukuro but better.
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Well I believe we have some good themes Mentionned here.

We should write a petittion about this and make Japan listen xd
I mean Western might hit in the west, actual horror might hit, all of the mentionned themes can be a hit1

so here are some of my Ideas:
- a Deconstruction of Shounen battle, why not do that? Magical girl got like 3 of them and Mecha and Harem also have 1!

BRB-kun said:
Valenthius said:
Air gear is a bit unrealistic, but it has a technological background to it.
But Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks really close to the thing i asked for...shame it has such a low score. But i'd want something heavily sport driven, like Haikyuu, Kuroko, Ace od Diamonds and such, but it's about a magical sport and Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm looks like it something preliminary drama driven.

Nah, it's not preliminary drama driven. The low score is probably from the lack of anything exciting happening. It's a pretty passive show.

I believe it is because of 2 reasons.
1. it's still not popular enough to guarantee an adaptation
2. Dancing is aqll about fine movement and expression and these two things need to be done with almost perfection in order to make it truly like dancing, for an animator that would be extremely hard because slipping up in animation while dancing will just ruin the dance.
just look at Dancing. it is always in motion and when it comes to stuff like Hiphop it is very fast to.
Oct 8, 2016 9:36 AM

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drama less cgdct like shows with out romance with mixed cast
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I don't think there are any, sure there may only be one anime covering such, but It's still a anime covering such.
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Oct 8, 2016 10:19 AM

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Bourmegar said:
Well I believe we have some good themes Mentionned here.

We should write a petittion about this and make Japan listen xd
I mean Western might hit in the west, actual horror might hit, all of the mentionned themes can be a hit.


Would Japan actually listen to us, is the question.
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Oct 8, 2016 11:15 AM

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tragedydesu said:
Harem genre
yes im not crazy , that genre could be great but anime make it ultra trash
they always recycle the same ideas
"beta dumb mc "the first girl win" "the abusive tsundere win"
just imagine if the mc have a great personality like keima
just imagine if all of the girls was well written and have equivalent chance to win

Well if they adapt the good isekai's we'll get some.

Also they kind of ignore some of the better harem manga for some reason.
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tragedydesu said:
Harem genre
yes im not crazy , that genre could be great but anime make it ultra trash
they always recycle the same ideas
"beta dumb mc "the first girl win" "the abusive tsundere win"
just imagine if the mc have a great personality like keima
just imagine if all of the girls was well written and have equivalent chance to win


The problem with the herem genre its self, is that It's used(and frankly is basically the only reason it exists) as just a excuse to have ecchi, and other such stupid BS.

It would be great if Harems were handled like reverse harems in how the genre is treated.

A lot of reverse harems are more serious, and nearly every reverse harem only exists, because that's the situation the "story" causes it to be. It's not forced or used as a excuse to shoehorn something else in, ect.
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hope so
im dying to see another harem like twgok

@Zoltor
yes you're right , the majority of harems are just mindless ecchi

i also hope if harems take it more seriously (less nudity and more focus on plot and characters)
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a sport anime about an interesting sport and mixed gender main cast
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Unicorns riding on other unicorns, no show has ever done that.
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I would love if they would make an Anime with interesting Story, psychological, Action,mistery , romance,supernatural and shoujo and then some amazing characters with amazing Outfits (*-*) and don´t Forget some hot guys xD
Or an Anime about art but without Comedy , maybe Action, idk xD or some Fantasy with Sport (*-*)
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MeowMix2K16 said:
Bourmegar said:
Well I believe we have some good themes Mentionned here.

We should write a petittion about this and make Japan listen xd
I mean Western might hit in the west, actual horror might hit, all of the mentionned themes can be a hit.


Would Japan actually listen to us, is the question.

maybe by first making the west more profitable.
but how do we do that?
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Bourmegar said:
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Would Japan actually listen to us, is the question.

maybe by first making the west more profitable.
but how do we do that?


Um the west is already insanely profitable, infact in some areas, a hell of a lot more then Japan is.

While just a bunch of silly merchandise may not sell in the west, DvDs are a Gold Mine.

It wouldn't even cost them much either.

If they don't want to front the bill for dubbing, they could just released subbed. If given no other choice, most people would be more then willing to buy DvDs that are just subbed, and sub is always better then a possibly bad dub anyway.

Yet still to this day, very few anime get released outside of Japan.
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> A Vocaloid anime. Please, just make an anime adaptation of Chibi Miku-san
> A form of a serious incestuous romantic relationship anime? I don't want cheap stuff like Oreimo, that was just there for the comedy.
> This one is great for Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Have an anime that features a high school that has different sports club. It'd be cool if sports like Skateboarding, Surfing and Karate to be featured.
> A Yuri anime that has the same dynamic has Yaoi and vice versa (though it could be argued that UraBoku has the vaguest yaoi on it).
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Zoltor said:
Bourmegar said:

maybe by first making the west more profitable.
but how do we do that?


Um the west is already insanely profitable, infact in some areas, a hell of a lot more then Japan is.

While just a bunch of silly merchandise may not sell in the west, DvDs are a Gold Mine.

It wouldn't even cost them much either.

If they don't want to front the bill for dubbing, they could just released subbed. If given no other choice, most people would be more then willing to buy DvDs that are just subbed, and sub is always better then a possibly bad dub anyway.

Yet still to this day, very few anime get released outside of Japan.

And a very few anime are acceptable for non anime fans or newcomers. I mean come on the 90's boom was caused by anime that would do good in the west like Bebop did.

The only thing that might do well is just making moar of series like these.

But again DVDs and such bring in allot of money. And Anime is mostly for Japan.
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I'd love to see an anime about e-sports. Could be a interesting concept.

And as others have already said, a actual scary horror anime. I feel like the ones I've seen seem to put more emphasis on gore than on actually scaring you.
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As many above me have said, I would really like to see some more legit Yuri and Shoujo Ai. Most of the anime adaptations are really cliche and boring, while on the manga side there are alot of great exemples of both genres done right!
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I would love to see a serious hospital-drama, a crime series (other than Monster) or an action-adventure in the vein of Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones (archeology and treasure-hunting). They are genres I enjoy very much in regular television and film, and if there would come about titles in anime, this would come full circle for me.

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Bourmegar said:
Zoltor said:


Um the west is already insanely profitable, infact in some areas, a hell of a lot more then Japan is.

While just a bunch of silly merchandise may not sell in the west, DvDs are a Gold Mine.

It wouldn't even cost them much either.

If they don't want to front the bill for dubbing, they could just released subbed. If given no other choice, most people would be more then willing to buy DvDs that are just subbed, and sub is always better then a possibly bad dub anyway.

Yet still to this day, very few anime get released outside of Japan.

And a very few anime are acceptable for non anime fans or newcomers. I mean come on the 90's boom was caused by anime that would do good in the west like Bebop did.

The only thing that might do well is just making moar of series like these.

But again DVDs and such bring in allot of money. And Anime is mostly for Japan.


This misconception that anime is a Japan thing needs to die, as does the utterly BS concept the themes need to be catered to a specific region, for such to sell there.

Every company that changes their product to suit a region based on the preconception the fucking marketing department spews out, goes bankrupt.

This is the same for all entertainment based companies too. If we wanted a Americanized POS, we wouldn't be watching anime in the first place.
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I'd like to see a moe anime with extremely perverted girls who are in the heaviest fetish and perverted boys around them (not hentai but that would be fine too) much like Hen Zemi but better and more cringy! (I'm not expecting many people to think the same and I know I'll never see them)
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HikiMaru said:
> A Vocaloid anime. Please, just make an anime adaptation of Chibi Miku-san


How exactly would you go about making a Vocaloid anime? Would it be sort of like an idol anime?
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HyperL said:
Yuri + Yaoi...Yes, BOTH in one single anime...

Let's make both pervs and fujos interested and disgusted at the same time...


You.. I like your idea.. Those pervs and fujos will be like "Oh yeah.. Oh no.."
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What genres and themes have been typically unexplored by most anime, you say?

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MeowMix2K16 said:
HikiMaru said:
> A Vocaloid anime. Please, just make an anime adaptation of Chibi Miku-san


How exactly would you go about making a Vocaloid anime? Would it be sort of like an idol anime?


Not necessarily (besides, I'm not a fan of idol anime). If you know the 4-panel manga Chibi Miku-san, it's like cutesy slice of life. With hardly any singing.

But another alternative is that the anime might be an adaptation of a Vocaloid song. There are thousands of Vocaloid songs out there, so I thought it might be cool to remake it in a much more popular entertainment medium (ie anime). Do you know Mekakucity Actors and Mikagakura Gakuen Kumikyoku? They're both inspired by songs that use the Vocaloid software, however, the story did not feature any Vocaloid characters in both the anime and the Music Video. The Vocaloids were just vocals, and that's about it.

What I actually want is something like The ∞ Night Series. Or a historical anime based on the popular hit song Senbonzakura and also by the same producer, the song Jougen no Tsuki. Though, if I had to choose between the two, it's going to be Senbonzakura and Jougen no Tsuki.
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HyperL said:
Yuri + Yaoi...Yes, BOTH in one single anime...

Let's make both pervs and fujos interested and disgusted at the same time...

The manga Shimanami Tasogare and Umibe no Etranger .....??
It's not exactly Yuri/Yaoi, except for Umibe no Etranger where it's a BL but the supporting characters are lesbians.
Also, it's not a "fap" type of manga since both take a realistic view of homosexuality.
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MeowMix2K16 said:
smileyboyrocks said:
Near as I know, proper Westerns remain largely untouched by anime. There are a few exceptions if you extend the search to manga and are a bit loose about the more typical thematic conventions and iconography (such as Peace Maker and Green Blood). A few anime series, like Trigun, also appropriate bits and pieces from the genre.


I think it would be nice to see a traditional western anime. There've been anime that combine other genres with westerns. The idea has great potential for drama, action, romance, etc.


gosh this is something that we really lack. i cant really think of an western themed anime except for cowboy bebop. this theme makes me think back to "back to the future" movie
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