What’s your favorite animated work?

[brittlemoth]

I find animation to be pretty therapeutic. They have the advantage of being able to create worlds far removed from our present reality. As someone who is constantly pained in our present reality, having an alternative to get absorbed into lets me turn off my brain for a bit. I've been trying to let myself do that more, give my brain a break.

Anyway for me it's ADVENTURE TIME or anything by my sweet beloved Studio Ghibli!
Would love to hear what other people enjoy as well :)

 

[bladeeluvr444]

Girls last tour, death note and soul eater >.< Studio Ghibli is so pretty

 

[brittlemoth]

Girls last tour, death note and soul eater >.< Studio Ghibli is so pretty

Death Note was the first manga I obtained the full series for! Really great stuff :)

 

[IsolatedChaos]

Girls last tour, death note and soul eater >.< Studio Ghibli is so pretty

Soul Eater is one of my favourites too! I was just about to write that

 

[33-vertebrae]

Cowboy Bebop will always have a special place in my heart due to nostalgia.

 

[brittlemoth]

Cowboy Bebop will always have a special place in my heart due to nostalgia.

And why wouldn't it? The series is brilliant and phenomenal!

 

[bladeeluvr444]

Soul Eater is one of my favourites too! I was just about to write that

Omg rlly? Never found someone who likes it too

 

[Nervous young man]

Belladonna of sadness, huge trigger warning for literally everything though. I love how it tackles its topics and delivers its message plus the psychedelic art style never stops being fun. Color is used sparingly so when its around it means something and it makes everything just pop out more.

 

[IsolatedChaos]

Omg rlly? Never found someone who likes it too

Really? I have many friends who do! It's always meant a lot to me, and I love how it portrays certain mental problems. Also, it's just so cool. Idk how to explain it but they managed to create such a "cool" effect, I love the vibe

 

[brittlemoth]

Belladonna of sadness, huge trigger warning for literally everything though. I love how it tackles its topics and delivers its message plus the psychedelic art style never stops being fun. Color is used sparingly so when its around it means something and it makes everything just pop out more.

I have heard of this! The art is absolutely stunning and I've been meaning to get around to it for a while. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[Nervous young man]

I have heard of this! The art is absolutely stunning and I've been meaning to get around to it for a while. Thanks for reminding me!

I hope you enjoy, it's been a favorite of mine for a while now!

 

[nogods4me]

Captain Harlock

 

[Forever Sleep]

Probably an obvious one:

'Spirited Away'.

I love the story, the characters. I always feel that little bit stronger after watching it.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

While the writing fell off after season 3 and the writing for season 8 was horrible, I can't help but find that VLD has a special place in my heart. Alongside that show, I also really love Bojack Horseman and NGE.

 

[brittlemoth]

Probably an obvious one:

'Spirited Away'.

I love the story, the characters. I always feel that little bit stronger after watching it.

Same. Very much same. I have such a connection to that film that even the soundtrack transports part of me to that feeling.

While the writing fell off after season 3 and the writing for season 8 was horrible, I can't help but find that VLD has a special place in my heart. Alongside that show, I also really love Bojack Horseman and NGE.

I haven't checked out VLD but I'll take that recommendation! Bojack is phenomenal, such an incredible balance of emotional depth and brilliance with the slapstick/sitcom style they are playing off of. That show loves to break my heart. NGE is one I have started but need to finish. I found its pacing so much better than a lot of animated series. Lots of atmosphere, lots of room to breathe and take in the gravity of what's happening. You don't often get that in animation, especially these days.

 

[Bambi_]

Alice in wonderland,,,, the 1951 disney one will always hold a place in my heart... but anything thats remotely related to AIW like Alice in the country of hearts or even the way too wonderland Ever After High.

Im also really looking forward to the twisted wonderland anime whenever that finally releases

 

[whiskeyblanket]

I find animation to be pretty therapeutic. They have the advantage of being able to create worlds far removed from our present reality. As someone who is constantly pained in our present reality, having an alternative to get absorbed into lets me turn off my brain for a bit. I've been trying to let myself do that more, give my brain a break.

Anyway for me it's ADVENTURE TIME or anything by my sweet beloved Studio Ghibli!
Would love to hear what other people enjoy as well :)

Adventure Time is definitely my favorite too! I write (mostly unpublished) novels and short stories, and Adventure Time has been a huge influence on my story telling. My spouse and I have Finn and Jake best friends keychains.

 

[Shroomsonmyhead]

I don't know about everyone else, but the no.1 thing I find most fascinating about SS is simply the absolutely enormous quantity of people on this forum who have similar tastes in media to me.

As an example: Girl's last tour, adv time and bojack are all easily some of my favorite animated works, and the list of tv shows that I personally like is actually incredibly small-

So to see all of those works mentioned so quickly in such a short thread is rather surreal.

Not to mention the sheer quantity of profile pics I've seen on this site that directly reference some weird obscure piece of art that I love is almost shocking at times-

It has all led me to wonder how much correlation there is between depressive/suicidal tendencies and the types of art that people gravitate towards

But I'm rambling now. Cool thread

 

[Higurashi415]

Tatami Galaxy. If you haven't watched it yet, I STRONGLY suggest you to do it. Unique, to say the least.
And Cowboy Bebop of course.

 

[LostLily]

Princess mononoke

 

[lauretta]

La piccola mermaid

 

[Buffy]

•Blue Eye Samurai
•Blue Period
•Bojack Horseman
•Dorohedoro
•Dororo
•Inside Job
•Rick and Morty

I don't have a single favourite unless I've watched it very recently. It's been a couple of years since I've watched Blue Period though, so I hope it still holds up well. I'm contemplating rewatching it.

 

[beseechgod]

Evangelion, Spitited Away, Castle in the sky

 

[fallingtopieces]

just adding stuff to some good selections above.

only yesterday
iron giant
your name
persepolis
waltz with bashir

samurai champloo
mushishi
fullmetal
ergo proxy (paranoid android closing theme!)
knights of sidonia
scavengers reign

 

[Forveleth]

iron giant

I would love this if I could watch it without bawling like a baby

mushishi

My comfort anime

500th vote for Cowboy Bebop
Avatar the Last Airbender
Witch Hunter Robin
Titan A.E.
Princess Mononoke

 

[fallingtopieces]

I would love this if I could watch it without bawling like a baby

lol, i did cry in the movie theater.

My comfort anime

that is kinda how it is for me too!

 

[SadFoxDreamer83]

Space Adventure Cobra :-)

 

[JesiBel]

Ergo Proxy, The empire of corpses/Shisha no teikoku, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust, Tenshi no tamago...

 

[-nobodyknows-]

Heaven's Feel

 

[Hawaiian Thinker]

Been on a Over the Garden Wall kick so far. It's so cozy. Also throw in a number of Adult Swim animes for the nostalgia. There is Amazing Digital Circus, just feels way too relatable to my state of mind right now…