Frieren is a modern classic, with some of the best animation I've ever seen & deals with the themes of companionship and regret in a surprisingly mature way. It would be my recommendation for sure!

Frieren is amazing. I went in without knowing anything about it, and I ended up loving it enough to recommend it to my parents (they also loved it).

Strangely (maybe), but Attack on Titan I can't stand, and I didn't care much for any of the Full metal Alchemist ones, but Frieren is one of the absolutely best shows I've ever watched.

Mushishi is so atmospheric and just amazing

Also for some madcap anime FLCL ... that is quintessential anime for me.

> Attack on Titan

Ugh. Such an incredibly padded, dragged out story. :( :( :(

Maybe the first season was decent, but after the 3rd season it was mostly just boring to the point where skipping episodes didn't miss anything.

Never bothered to watch anything after about the 3rd season. It became far too tedious.

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Yeah, Frieren was good. It closely matches the manga version of the story, though the manga goes on quite lot further story wise.

Should be plenty more seasons of material ready for adaptation there. :)

The plot suddenly shoots forward in the 3rd season, from memory. The season where they start explaining everything.

Still working my way through season 3 so may change my mind. :) Any recommendations?

Yeah, I wrote a whole list a few comments up (or down). You can't miss it. :)

As a quick thought, have you seen Cyberpunk Edgerunners, and Made in Abyss?

For stupid fun (mood dependent), then probably One-Punch Man:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-Punch_Man

It's super famous these days, so you've probably already seen it. ;)

Personally, I also really liked "Hai to Gensou no Grimgar" due to its focus on character growth rather than action:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimgar_of_Fantasy_and_Ash

But, not everyone's a fan.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners was good, Made in Abyss was too but I have to say it got borderline too depressing for me by the end of the last season.

OPM I really can't stand - dropped it just after a few episodes. :)

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar had a lot of promise with a different take on the common theme, but pity it looks like it will not be continued. :(

I read 9 or so of the grimgar books, the story became really stupid until I had to give up. The anime ended at the right time.

Yeah, that's a fair point. I haven't yet watched the 3rd season of Made in Abyss. Have been hesitant to do so due to its reputation. ;)

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Hai to Gensou no Grimgar has both manga, and light novels, that stretch on for many more chapters past the anime. The Manga was good and continues on well from the anime. After reaching the end of that I picked up the light novels to continue on further.

Unfortunately (around novel 13 I think?) the author clearly didn't know what to do with the story and it turned silly and boring, so I moved on to other stuff. :(

Somehow I never got into reading manga, probably a good thing too - I checked my MAL stats and I says I have watched 330+ shows and I know I have been lazy and not rating all of them ...

Heh Heh Heh

Since you're not into Manga, this url probably won't be of interest then: ;)

https://mangakatana.com/manga/kaiju-no-8.24869/c1

• If you visit it, make sure you have an ad blocker. Too many ads otherwise.

• Japanese manga is read from right to left, the opposite of western comics. Just saying. :)