So recently I had an anime watch party and we were browsing anime to watch and I came across Pluto. Admittedly I’m only 2 episodes in but so far it’s SO solid. And I’m just surprised I had never heard of it and it came out 3 years ago. Especially since it’s a reimagining of Astroboy and everyone’s heard of that…

Another one I had surprisingly never heard of but so far seems solid is Level E written by Yoshihiro Togashi. My favorite anime is YYH and I loved HxH so how come I hadn’t heard of Level E until now? Again, only 2 episodes in but seems legitimately good and it’s by a wildly successful creator.

What’s an anime you didn’t expect much of because it seems lesser known, but turns out to be very good? I mean like, not only do u like it but ur surprised the general public - casual anime fans aren’t aware of it.

  • Seefra 1@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    Now and Then, Here and There, a very heavy anime, I guess it’s heaviness is the reason why it never became super popular, but still, I think it still had what it takes to become an anime of cult.

    Shiki, also deserves more recognition than what it has.

    Kemono no Souja Erin, I didn’t finish this one, but the first half is amazing, unless the second half looses quality this one should have been popular too.

    Also, it’s worth to mention Gunslinger Girl.

    All these shows are kinda dark, so maybe that’s why they never got the recognition they deserve.

  • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Moriarty The Patriot: genuinely blows my mind that this one isn’t more well known. Sherlock yaoi + murdering rich bastards feels like such a slam dunk, and despite delivering plenty on both I don’t think I’ve ever seen a thing about this anime.

    Blood Blockade Battlefront: This one is honestly just okay, but the animation is solid and the VAs have some pedigree. Idk if it just came out at a bad time or if people didn’t vibe with some of the episode plots, but it always surprised me that it only managed two seasons and then kinda faded out completely.

  • Meron35@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Dennoh Coil (2007), it’s basically if Studio Ghibli did Sci-Fi. Won a bunch of awards in Japan, but never got mainstream.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    There’s quite a few that I’m surprised I’ve never seen anyone talk about outside of dedicated forums.

    Akudama Drive ruled start to finish. It’s worth watching for the animation alone.

    Xam’d: Lost Memories feels like it’s only a few years old, but it came out less than a year after Gurren Lagann. In 2008. Bones makes real pretty shows.

    Speaking of Bones, Carole and Tuesday was solid. My only issue was that it didn’t take a hard enough stance against AI, but also it came out before ChatGPT and long before AI generated music was a real issue so I can’t really blame them.

  • shittydwarf@piefed.caEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    I read Pluto and really enjoyed it, will try to watch it in the near future for sure. It’s kind of stupid but “I parry everything” was excellent if you can get past the gag that the MC is just clueless.

  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.todayEnglish
    3·
    4 days ago

    BLUE gender, an odd show at late night, shows a bunch of bugs suddenly show up on earth out of nowhere after they did some experiments with DNA(sounds very familiar to evangelion if not the same story/premise).

    the fun thing about the bugs was thier ability to evolve against human machinery, and consume both organic and inorganic matter like metal and concrete for energy, which made them the perfect weapon against humans. very evangelion like. by the end of the series the earth sent a signal to cause the bugs to go extinct, and the ones on the space station too. but left the scattered survivors. they were very obscure as to the origin of the bugs, and the strange guinan origin of bugs and the structure energy beam.

    the OG full metal alchemist, i dont think it has much viewership as brotherhood. because it was on late night.

    also Ghost in the shell, convoluted and hard to follow but i did get the jist of it by the end.

    • amnesiaftw@ani.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      It WAS super popular when it came out as well as when it was on Toonami around 2003. I’d consider it mainstream. But lately, aside from the live action hype, it’s overshadowed more than it should be.

        • amnesiaftw@ani.socialOPEnglish
          2·
          4 days ago

          Oh that’s right. I hope it helps it out a bit. Honestly it would be amazing if YYH got the HxH treatment

      • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
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        5 days ago

        Yeah, like if you ask most people about the best OG shows of that era, it’s usually Dragonball, Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, and Gundam. Even Hunter x Hunter ended up becoming more well known.