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Favorite anime so far:
Shiki - The best horror story I've seen to date. Shiki is hauntingly beautifull, it has pacing, atmosphere and characters the way I like it, and as I watched, the writting just kept adding upon itself. Everything is so well put together that, in the end, it leaves me with a strong emotional satisfaction. I eargerly wait for the day I find an anime I love more than this one;
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Toradora! - I've yet to see a better rom-com around, and I'll gladly defend this position to death. Just like Shiki, Toradora's writing keeps adding upon itself, with impecable directing and beautiful characterization. Every episode just makes me so happy that I could as well call it the best feel-good anime and Taiga and Ryuuji are my favorite couple in the media;
Black Lagoon - Besides the perfect pacing, stellar animation and amazing use of violence for both popcorn fun and drama, if I had to pick a reason for it to be one of my favorites, it would be its amazing main duo. It's perfectly rounded, ofering me everything I could expect from a series of its genre, plus the juicy extras that only makes the whole mix all the more tasty.
Seirei no Moribito - I don't know if there's anything about Moribito I don't like. I love its eastern inspired atmosphere, I love the dettailed setting, I love the universe it crafts, I love the characters, I was blown away by its beautiful animation full of personality; It's a near perfect work I cannot give enough compliments for!
Re:Creators - An outstanding work about how we relate to art, what motivates people to create and what draws us to enjoy fiction. Blood-pumping soundtrack, masterful writing from Rei Hiroe, engaging directing and a multi-layered cast of sharply crafted characters, all wrapped around great action; Everything about the show just merges to create an unforgetable piece;
Working!! - One of the most feel good shows I've ever seen. rewatching an episode of it never fails to leave me smiling and warm inside. The cast is adorable, the comedy keeps changing flavors for me and it is complete, with a satisfying ending I can always come back to;
Eureka Seven - 50 episodes of some of the best character development in anime, a beautiful coming-of-age story packed together with stellar world-building and some of the best "shounen-moments" in the media. Absolutely underapreciated. one of the very best anime of all time;
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - I didn't expect to like this show so much! I thought to myself "Oh, gonna have some fun watching giant robots fight", but I wasn't expecting the most optmistic anime ever! This show is a rising stream of positivity that just leaves me amazed. Simon has one of the most satisfying character arcs I've ever seen.
Uchouten Kazoku - An urban phantasy and comedy-drama that doesn't have to try that hard to be the most adorable thing in the world! It's so sincere and genuinly cute, heartwarming and comfy that I can't complain about it in any way.
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi - While rewatching the show to write my review, I was surprised buy how the series as a whole made me smile and feel good. Later I came to think about it so often that I had to admit it's something I hold dear enough to consider a favorite. I specially love the presentation and the last moments of the ending.
Fune wo Amu - A show that takes a concept that could turn out really boring and makes it compeling. Just like one of my favorite movies, Sarusuberi Mrs. Hokusai, this is a work full of simple, apparently meaningless but deeply involving character moments that just endear the whole picture to my heart.
Ouran High School Host Club - All-around adorable, endlessly rewatchable and refreshingly funny, Ouran was a treat was I first watched it, when I watched it dubbed and it continues to be a barrel of fun everytime I watch any episode. It simply refuses to get old!
Code Geass - This one has some fairly noticeable writting hiccups, but it's still the example of how I want a story to be, simple, focused on a goal, well tied in its end and packing a memorable, interesting cast. It's one of the best examples of how to make a series for pure entertainment, no needless "Deep Themes and Shit";
Ergo Proxy - The first 8 episodes of this one are some of the most tightly written I've seen, with strong subtle characterization of the setting and small glimpses into the following events. After this, it becomes something that i compare to a strange dream you try to grasp before waking up. It's has a fascinatingly barren post-apocalyptic world with beautifully dense atmosphere.
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Not gonna lie, the first Karna fight in episode 3, couldn't parce any of it. The cuts didn't really flow into one another at all and often it felt like random jumbles of explosion and motion-blur. None of the other fights suffer from this issue, even if I didn't care for most of the other fights. Thankfully all of the other Karna fights were pretty good (Vlad vs Karna and Sieg vs Karna are the two best in the show if you ask me)
I actually made a review of it if you're interested: https://myanimelist.net/reviews.php?id=266882
I see you finished Fate/Apocrypha? What did you think about it?
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso - It really took my second watch to appreciate this show, and I appreciate how the two leads communicate with each other and motivate themselves through music. Detractors call it melodramatic, but I think it captures a lot of the feelings that people in their youth experience.
Steins;Gate - Me having finished the VN gives me a somewhat deeper appreciation of the show, I thought it was a gripping tale of the lengths a person would struggle to protect the people he cares about.
Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 - The first proper space opera I've seen. I thought it was really entertaining and enjoyed some of the characters observations on morality and politics.
Kimi no Na wa. - I wrote one of the top 4 reviews on this site, which captures most of my thoughts. TL;DR the film is a catharsis of trauma in Japan's history while delivering a classically "Shinkai" story about longing and separation.
Gyakusatsu Kikan - I've read the novel so my understanding and enjoyment of the film is a bit different from the average viewers. I think it's a cautionary tale about the human capacity for violence and killing, and how morality can be bent and twisted by language in unsuspecting ways. It's not an entertaining as some of my other 10s, but I really appreciate its ideas, which I find especially relevant right now.
Sakamichi no Apollon - My most recent 10. Like Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, I thought this was a top notch youth drama and loved the relationship between the two leads.
I also really liked Re:Creators; as someone who used to do a lot of drawing a lot of the ideas about creation really clicked with me.