| Question is pretty self explanatory, but I'm basically looking for shows that you don't really hear about all too often but you think every anime fan should watch, or at least try to watch once. |
| Depend of what kind of fan that person is..... |
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Esper said: The type of person that is a fan of animeDepend of what kind of fan that person is..... |
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| there is no anime "every fan should watch" imo... maybe just the 2 Genma Taisen for the perspective it gives |
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| Definitely Major, I cant believe its so unpopular. |
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romagia said: there is no anime "every fan should watch" imo... maybe just the 2 Genma Taisen for the perspective it gives That's what I came to say. Minus the Genma Taisen part. But there are definitely a lot of underrated, obscure shows that at least some people should, but almost nobody does. Hyouge Mono, Hanada Shounen-Shi, Legendary Gamble Tetsuya, Salaryman Kintarou, Tentai Senshi Sunred, Yomigaeru Sora, Genshi Shounen Ryu, Takarajima, Gallery Fake, Master Keaton, Ie Naki Ko, Sirius no Densetsu, Yousei Florence etc... Just to name a few off the top of my head. Those all definitely deserve more than a few hundred viewers. |
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| If we're talking about those with less than 100k members watching it here in MAL and nonsequel entries Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan (TV) Senyuu Episodes are short, so if you don't like them, you can always drop them without having to invest as much time |
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zal said: Esper said: The type of person that is a fan of animeDepend of what kind of fan that person is..... To make it clear, read the quote below romagia said: there is no anime "every fan should watch" imo... maybe just the 2 Genma Taisen for the perspective it gives |
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romagia said: Well said. People should just watch what they want. Each genre should have a list of 10 anime that all fans of the genre should try at least one of, but there aren't any anime that objectively every anime should watch since everyone has different tastes.there is no anime "every fan should watch" imo... |
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| There are a lot - FLCL Watamote Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou Nichijou Azumanga Daioh Tonari no Seki-kun Girls und Panzer Carnival Phantasm (only if you've watched any Type Moon franchises such as fate and Tsukihime) Eve no Jikan Flip Flappers Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita There are a lot more that I know. Maybe you should check out my list for some more. |
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zombie_pegasus said: romagia said: Well said. People should just watch what they want. Each genre should have a list of 10 anime that all fans of the genre should try at least one of, but there aren't any anime that objectively every anime should watch since everyone has different tastes.there is no anime "every fan should watch" imo... But isn't that like saying that you should never watch Star Wars no matter how good it is or how many times someone tells you to watch it? You can at least give it a watch, just once. If you don't like that anime/movie, you can just drop it or stop watching it. Simple as that. |
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| Not exactly lesser known, but I feel too many people pass up on the original FMA's and Hunter X Hunter's strengths (Although by the time HxH 2011 is all caught up I feel it's about equal, and FMAB did have a larger scale and more conclusive plot) |
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Turtles_Leader said: "What is an anime that is lesser known [...]" Seriously? I only quoted the first one, but all of the things you listed are pretty well known. @Turtles_Leader Find me 20 of your friends who have watched Tonari no Seki-kun, Eve no Jikan, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, and Azumanga Daioh. I'll wait. |
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| @Turtles_Leader *looks at your list (￢_￢) * You haven't even watched any of the anime I've mentioned. What the hell? Edit - except FLCL. Still what the hell? How can you say that when you haven't even watched those anime I mentioned? Go and watch those anime. |
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Turtles_Leader said: I don't have that many friend that watch anime. But still, all of them are often adviced, and FLCL is considered as cult (and personnaly I find Tonari no seki kun particullary boring, but that has nothing to do with the main topic). They may be less seen, but they're clearly not less know. I mean Even if I never saw it, I've known Eve no Jinkan for years and Azumanga Daioh had a big popularity a few years ago (to be fair, Junrui ... is the only one I don't know). You've never watched them, you've only heard of them. End of discussion. Go and watch them first. |
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Darek said: Omkar_Nagwade said: Hold on a minute I have got to step in here, just because he has not seen them doesn't mean a thing, a lot of the series you have mentioned are quite known and FLCL as mentioned has a cult following and is the pollar opposite of unpopular.You've never watched them, you've only heard of them. End of discussion. Go and watch them first. I really don't think a lot of people have watched Jinrui, Seki-kun, Eve no Jikan or even FLCL. My friends irl haven't even heard of any of those(until I showed them). PS- didn't realise I put DK Nichijou and Nichijou there, my bad. |
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Omkar_Nagwade said: Turtles_Leader said: I don't have that many friend that watch anime. But still, all of them are often adviced, and FLCL is considered as cult (and personnaly I find Tonari no seki kun particullary boring, but that has nothing to do with the main topic). They may be less seen, but they're clearly not less know. I mean Even if I never saw it, I've known Eve no Jinkan for years and Azumanga Daioh had a big popularity a few years ago (to be fair, Junrui ... is the only one I don't know). You've never watched them, you've only heard of them. End of discussion. Go and watch them first. ...but doesn't the topic title say lesser known series? Not lesser watched series? |
| Rainbow Nisha and saiki kusou Really good anime imo |
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Omkar_Nagwade said: There are 11,000 anime in MAL's database. Even if you just watched 24 minutes of each one (averaged out since not all anime are over 24 minutes long) you would end up watching 183 days of anime before you even continued watching a single one of them. This would make no sense. Star Wars should be watched by some people since there are indeed a lot of people it does appeal to, but if you only like romance films aimed at teenage girls and can't stand anything action based then it might not be the best choice. If you're only a fan of a less common genre like isekai, yuri, or military moe then you might consider every anime in your genre of choice to be a must watch.zombie_pegasus said: Well said. People should just watch what they want. Each genre should have a list of 10 anime that all fans of the genre should try at least one of, but there aren't any anime that objectively every anime should watch since everyone has different tastes. But isn't that like saying that you should never watch Star Wars no matter how good it is or how many times someone tells you to watch it? You can at least give it a watch, just once. If you don't like that anime/movie, you can just drop it or stop watching it. Simple as that. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Omkar_Nagwade said: There are 11,000 anime in MAL's database. Even if you just watched 24 minutes of each one (averaged out since not all anime are over 24 minutes long) you would end up watching 183 days of anime before you even continued watching a single one of them. This would make no sense. Star Wars should be watched by some people since there are indeed a lot of people it does appeal to, but if you only like romance films aimed at teenage girls and can't stand anything action based then it might not be the best choice. If you're only a fan of a less common genre like isekai, yuri, or military moe then you might consider every anime in your genre of choice to be a must watch.But isn't that like saying that you should never watch Star Wars no matter how good it is or how many times someone tells you to watch it? You can at least give it a watch, just once. If you don't like that anime/movie, you can just drop it or stop watching it. Simple as that. Then how about anime that everyone should watch, regardless of whether they watch anime or not? There should be a few right? |
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| Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna Onihei Otona Joshi no Anime Time Dirty Pair RE: Cutey Honey Ashita no Joe Kemono no Souja Erin Gundam 0080 Future Boy Conan Macross DYRL These are the ones i can think right now that don't have too many members. |
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Memories Paprika  Tekkonkinkreet  Those are for me the best anime underrated anime everyone should watch |
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| Mudai Do you love artsy animation? Do you love visual metaphors? Do you love feels? Do you love listening music? Are you so busy irl and do not have much time for anime? Then try Mudai, you have nothing to lose. . . Really, compare to similar work such as Shelter, it's so underwatched. |
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Omkar_Nagwade said: By that logic there must also be French documentaries, K-dramas, and British mini-series that everyone should watch regardless of them being a fan of that type of entertainment or not, but we all know that not everyone will.zombie_pegasus said: There are 11,000 anime in MAL's database. Even if you just watched 24 minutes of each one (averaged out since not all anime are over 24 minutes long) you would end up watching 183 days of anime before you even continued watching a single one of them. This would make no sense. Star Wars should be watched by some people since there are indeed a lot of people it does appeal to, but if you only like romance films aimed at teenage girls and can't stand anything action based then it might not be the best choice. If you're only a fan of a less common genre like isekai, yuri, or military moe then you might consider every anime in your genre of choice to be a must watch. Then how about anime that everyone should watch, regardless of whether they watch anime or not? There should be a few right? I guess we have to define what "must" means in the first place. In Western society you are expected to have a car and some jobs require it, but not everyone owns one and they are at a disadvantage since they need to rely on other people, public transit, and walking/biking. Are there any anime that you are left at a disadvantage like this having not watched them even if you don't belong to a fanbase where people are frequently talking about those titles? |
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Omkar_Nagwade said: Darek said: Hold on a minute I have got to step in here, just because he has not seen them doesn't mean a thing, a lot of the series you have mentioned are quite known and FLCL as mentioned has a cult following and is the pollar opposite of unpopular. I really don't think a lot of people have watched Jinrui, Seki-kun, Eve no Jikan or even FLCL. My friends irl haven't even heard of any of those(until I showed them). PS- didn't realise I put DK Nichijou and Nichijou there, my bad. You can look up their popularity on MAL. FLCL is almost in the top 100 most popular shows out of 12k total entries. Jinrui is #600 out of 12k. Idk, to me that makes them relatively well known compared to almost every single other anime, or at least the vast majority. Idk about your irl friends, but if they're the kind of people who only know the 10-20 most mainstream shows they're probably not a good measure of what's more or less well known. Personally I think under 2k viewers or maybe under 5k is where 'lesser known' titles start. Most of the ones you listed have 40k+ viewers which makes them about averagely well known, all in the top 5-7% of popularity in the DB. People new to anime or very casual won't know them, but anybody spending a bit of time in the community will hear of them. At the end of the day it depends on what you define as 'lesser known'. I just don't find it very useful when you make it so the term applies to 95% of all anime so lower viewer numbers as a criteria make sense to me instead of including everything of average popularity. |
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fuyuki said: Definitely Major, I cant believe its so unpopular. Major is definitely under-watched. Also So Ra No To Wa. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Omkar_Nagwade said: By that logic there must also be French documentaries, K-dramas, and British mini-series that everyone should watch regardless of them being a fan of that type of entertainment or not, but we all know that not everyone will.Then how about anime that everyone should watch, regardless of whether they watch anime or not? There should be a few right? I guess we have to define what "must" means in the first place. In Western society you are expected to have a car and some jobs require it, but not everyone owns one and they are at a disadvantage since they need to rely on other people, public transit, and walking/biking. Are there any anime that you are left at a disadvantage like this having not watched them even if you don't belong to a fanbase where people are frequently talking about those titles? A friend of mine found these two videos. And they suggest that everyone/every anime fan should watch them. Everyone should watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsvlgALMR4w Every anime fan should watch (a very passive-aggressive video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzo8Vug7TZk Edit- After watching the first one, I kind of see your point. The video is kind of shit. I don't think everyone is gonna enjoy those. |
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| @Omkar_Nagwade If you belong to a moe club you're going to want to watch K-On! and One Punch Man would be a pretty important anime to see if you want to talk to other fans of action anime, but general anime "must watches" simply don't work since there are too many anime out there and for general anime you have plenty to watch and talk about even if you haven't seen any arbitrary list of ten "really good anime". |
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I would say Haibane Renmei, but I guess that doesn't really work. Welp, I am doing it anyway. |
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Calal-Chan said: I quite agree with you. But there are anime which are more unknown than it. Haibane Renmei is still underwatched, though.I would say Haibane Renmei, but I guess that doesn't really work. Welp, I am doing it anyway. |
| I might be fanboying out here, but I believe everyone should watch 'Shiki' its a great anime overall, you wont waste your time watching it. |
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| Definitely Aoi Bungaku series is one of them. |
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