Any good anime that’s not mainstream?

[Weebster]

Write the names in English please.

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

Sabikui Bisco, it's... it's fucking weird, but really high quality. Some guy who can make giant mushroom sprout from anything he hits with an arrow fights against the mob to try and cure some sort of weird cancer thing. They ride a giant crab.

 

[Weebster]

Sabikui Bisco, it's... it's fucking weird, but really high quality. Some guy who can make giant mushroom sprout from anything he hits with an arrow fights against the mob to try and cure some sort of weird cancer thing. They ride a giant crab.

I said write the name in English so it's more accessible to me as an English speaker. I can't relate to
Japanese titles

 

[houseofleaves]

Puparia maybe? It's on Youtube. Takes no more than 15 minutes to watch.

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

I said write the name in English so it's more accessible to me as an English speaker. I can't relate to
Japanese titles

Rust–Eater Bisco. There you go, it makes the exact same amount of sense out of context than the og name lol.

 

[WrongPlaceWrongTime]

Starship Troopers (1988)
Kids on the Slope
Monster
Gundam 08th MS Team

 

[Ringo]

Starship Troopers (1988)
Kids on the Slope
Monster
Gundam 08th MS Team

Man, I was thinking of making a recommendation and rule out Gundam and Monster animes, it's not that they are the most known stuff on this industry, but anyone who is a little knowledgeable knows them, I don't know, maybe I have another conception of mainstream.

Write the names in English please.

Karas is the title for appointed agents who act according to the "will" of the land where they manifest, in this case, our protagonist is a yakuza who looks for his predecessor who is a Rogue Karas who stirs up to the youkai that inhabit the city,the main quest is about hunting down this rogue Karas and appeasing or directly dispatching the belligerent youkais.

Karas is a quite easy work to enjoy, it's a visual spectacle and it presents in a good way the cases concerning each youkai, as well as it has its good dose of mystery both in the cases and in what concerns the protagonist and the will that made him a agent. It is a work that can be seen easily in an afternoon because there are only six episodes, so it is like watching a long movie, its biggest problem comes from its duration, in addition to the fact that there are plots that feel shortened, the amount of things that the series wants to present is not entirely adequate for its duration.

I was thinking about Trigun or Pandora Hearts, but I don't know if I could consider them mainstream, they are quite famous also I would recommend their manga rather than their anime version.

 

[Weebster]

Puparia maybe? It's on Youtube. Takes no more than 15 minutes to watch.

Too short

Starship Troopers (1988)
Kids on the Slope
Monster
Gundam 08th MS Team

Monster is great

Man, I was thinking of making a recommendation and rule out Gundam and Monster animes, it's not that they are the most known stuff on this industry, but anyone who is a little knowledgeable knows them, I don't know, maybe I have another conception of mainstream.


Karas is the title for appointed agents who act according to the "will" of the land where they manifest, in this case, our protagonist is a yakuza who looks for his predecessor who is a Rogue Karas who stirs up to the youkai that inhabit the city,the main quest is about hunting down this rogue Karas and appeasing or directly dispatching the belligerent youkais.

Karas is a quite easy work to enjoy, it's a visual spectacle and it presents in a good way the cases concerning each youkai, as well as it has its good dose of mystery both in the cases and in what concerns the protagonist and the will that made him a agent. It is a work that can be seen easily in an afternoon because there are only six episodes, so it is like watching a long movie, its biggest problem comes from its duration, in addition to the fact that there are plots that feel shortened, the amount of things that the series wants to present is not entirely adequate for its duration.

I was thinking about Trigun or Pandora Hearts, but I don't know if I could consider them mainstream, they are quite famous also I would recommend their manga rather than their anime version.

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6 episodes??

 

[Ringo]

6 episodes??

That's right, it's a shame, it had a lot of potential, but it is a good anime, it has its appeal for Henshin Hero fans as well as those who are very alien to it precisely because Karas sought to break the molds when it comes to this genre tropes.

If you want something longer I know other series.

 

[jandek]

"The Flowers of Evil" (Aku no Hana) - A bookish middle school student is coerced into an awkward bargain with the class delinquent, who forces him to confront his own inner contradictions. The rotoscope animation is still divisive, but I really liked this one. I was a lot like the protagonist as a teenager, as pathetic as that is.

"Serial Experiments Lain" - Hopefully not too well-known. A schoolgirl receives a cryptic email from a dead classmate, which leads her into the depths of a surreal virtual reality. Surprisingly prescient late 90s angst about the internet and modern technology. Fans of "Evangelion" would like this.

"Angel's Egg" (Tenshi no Tamago) - I'm not sure what this movie is "about" per se, but it has haunting visuals and suggestive religious themes and symbolism.

 

[☆AwaitingEntropy☆]

Second Flowers of Evil. It uses rotoscoping which may or may not be to everyone's taste, but I personally liked it.

Paranoia Agent is another psychological one that deals with some heavy themes. Episode 8 is my favorite, haha.

Colorful is a pretty good movie. Same with Cat Soup, though that one gets a bit unusual.

For longer series, Durarara is nice. Re Zero is a personal favorite of mine, but that might be too mainstream. Same with Assassination Classroom, even though I love that one.

 

[Krieger]

Serial Experiments Lain and Oyasumi Punpun.

 

[Ringo]

Oyasumi Punpun.

Oyasumi Punpun got an anime adaptation?

 

[Krieger]

Oyasumi Punpun got an anime adaptation?

Sorry, I'm tired.

 

[Sarros]

Ping Pong

 

[Red Scare]

I said write the name in English so it's more accessible to me as an English speaker. I can't relate to
Japanese titles

Most of the ones that aren't mainstream are not going to have English equivalent names, unless someone here translates. And then you wouldn't be able to look it up, unless you knew the Japanese name.

Too short

Most of the ones that aren't mainstream are going to be very short, like 13 episodes max.

Lots of good anime movies though that aren't mainstream. Maybe you would like Paprika.

I just thought of one series, which isn't too short. And it has a non-Japanese name. My partner introduced it to me and we watched it together, it's called Shanghai-la. It's about a dystopian future, it was pretty rad.

Starship Troopers (1988)

This was so good! I am glad to see it mentioned here. It was made by sunrise, same studio that made gundam and macross. Sunrise made a lot of good mecha anime. I loved their animation from this era, the water colored and hand drawn cels *chef's kiss*

 

[sorrynormal]

Tales of the Abyss
Read or Die
Any of the Full Metal Panic Series (more mainstream)

 

[lofticries]

Black Lagoon. Women with colorful attitudes and guns. What's not to like.

The anime is pretty dark and bloody. So your aftercare anime should be:

Recovery of an MMO Junkie. A slice of life romance with an awkward af neet chick as main.

 

[UnravelingWinter]

I really liked Moribito, but I don't know if it's mainstream or not.

 

[Red Scare]

Most of the ones that aren't mainstream are not going to have English equivalent names, unless someone here translates. And then you wouldn't be able to look it up, unless you knew the Japanese name.

Most of the ones that aren't mainstream are going to be very short, like 13 episodes max.

Lots of good anime movies though that aren't mainstream. Maybe you would like Paprika.

I just thought of one series, which isn't too short. And it has a non-Japanese name. My partner introduced it to me and we watched it together, it's called Shanghai-la. It's about a dystopian future, it was pretty rad.

This was so good! I am glad to see it mentioned here. It was made by sunrise, same studio that made gundam and macross. Sunrise made a lot of good mecha anime. I loved their animation from this era, the water colored and hand drawn cels *chef's kiss*

God damn spell check. I meant Shangri-la, not shanghai. You know, like the mythical city.

 

[whatevs]

Shinsekai Yori, Dorohedoro, Deadman's Wonderland, Future Diary, Shiki, Parasyte, Fumetsu Anata e, the 86, Yakusoku no Neverland, Vinland Saga, Welcome to the NHK, Serial Experiments Lain. Is any of these 'not mainstream'?

 

[sourokraandfish]

Serial experimental lain (one of my favs)
other okay/interesting ones - angel egg, Belladonna of Sadness, paranoia agent, Texhnolyze, The Flying Luna Clipper, madoka magica,

 

[Weebster]

Hell girl *pulls the string for @whatevs * mwahaha

 

[Niko66]

I get the feeling you might like Kaiji Ultimate Survivor, apparently that's the full English title.
Gambling ish anime, showcasing a lot of the worst a bit of the good in humans, pretty mental. Idk, I am not one to give sales pitches.

 

[lofticries]

Beastars was pretty lit. No you do not have to be a furry to enjoy. But if you are I imagine it'd be a plus when viewing.

 

[BruhXDDDDD]

Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju is some good shit. Really well animated and voiced but doesn't have many western viewers apparently

 

[Dead Ghost]

I really liked "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade". But I don't know if it can be considered mainstream.
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A mi em va agradar molt "Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade". Pero no se si es pot considerar "mainstream".

 

[7b48hl]

Ergo proxy

 

[Sakura94]

Aw, didn't realize Weebster got banned. He was trollish in r9k sort of way but he posted good content and wasn't mean spirited.

 

[Someone123]

Aw, didn't realize Weebster got banned. He was trollish in r9k sort of way but he posted good content and wasn't mean spirited.

He would cross some lines sometimes but he seemed to respond to warnings and I also wish he didn't get banned- he was kind of borderline, but he was trynig I think- sad to see.