An anime with a solid plot, good characters, good character development, great animation, etc. Basically, an all-rounder. I've already watched Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. What are some others?

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[–] 43 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is up there for me.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My only complaint about Frieren is the exam arc. Up till that point, it's a tightly knit group of adventurers traveling with a very vague goal, it's about their journey and their internal relationships. But the exam arc has an actual goal and introduces a lot of recurring characters, which really changes the vibe of the world. I liked it enough in the end, but I would've preferred more smaller arcs. On the other hand, season 2 could put the exam arc in a whole new light and make me appreciate all those characters much more when we see them again.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I was also initially frustrated with the exam arc. Looking back on it, it contributes significant to the idea that the world moves on and how humans take magic and use it in new ways. I would have preferred to move more quickly through there, but rushing the story would be ironic.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Agreed, actually most of Studio Trigger's works :)

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was just thinking, can I honestly think of a perfect anime? But yes, Steins;Gate, without a doubt. It is so perfect that the second season, which is an almost-perfect anime and fits neatly in the events of the first, can only bring it down in perfection.

    I recently rewatched it and there's a lot of foreshadowing and plot points that hit harder when you see them coming.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
    • Haibane Renmei
    • Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
    • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
    • A Silent Voice
    • Sweetness & Lightning
    • Akebi's Sailor Uniform
    • March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season
    • A Place Further Than The Universe
    • Non Non Biyori Nonstop
    • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Kaguya-sama, a Frieren-tier-global-recognition all-rounder romcom

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    To add some not already mentioned

    • Apothecary diaries
    • Dan da Dan
    • Heavenly delusion
    • Puella Magi Madoka

    If you don't mind older series, I think these are worth a recommendation:

    • Bakemonogatari (and the rest of Monogatari series)
    • The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
    • Black Lagoon
    • Clannad

    Honorable mention for Nichijou. Perfect comedy if you ask me :)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    First season of Psycho-Pass. later seasons got a bit too muddled and had some repetitive antagonists, so I wouldn't recommend continuing it. Shinya Kogami and Shogo Makishima's rivalry is the real meat of the story, and getting rid of both characters at the end of S1 just killed all of the show's momentum. Gd, what a rivalry though.

    Oh yeah, and the animation, visual style, and music all slaps. There's also great side characters that get a few moments to develop and stand-out, and most of them didn't get brought along to later seasons either.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If you ignore S2 it really is one that could be considered perfect. Movie quality audio, vizuals and story start to finish.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's one of many very sad instances where a visionary creative had a cool story they wanted to tell, and then after they finished and left the studio stepped in and said "Okay, now how much more can we wring out of it!"

    On the upside, the first season serves a full, complete perfect story, with nothing further that needed to be added. Also, not all of the additional stuff sucks. Production IG brought Gen back to write the movie, and it was OK.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Shows:

    • Cowboy Bebop
    • Kill la Kill
    • Steins;Gate
    • Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works

    Movies:

    • Paprika
    • Spirited Away
    • Your Name
    • Summer Wars
    • Akira
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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago
    • Legends Of The Galactic Heroes
    • FIST OF THE NORTH STAR
    • Records of Lodoss War
    • Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
    • HELLSING
    • Cowboy Bebop
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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    To add a couple to the great ones already listed:

    • S1 One Punch Man
    • Naruto (pre-Shippudden)
    • Code Geass
    • Demon Slayer
    • Elfen Lied
    • Jujutsu Kaisen
    • Re:LIFE
    • Vinland Saga
    • Zankyou no Terror
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago
    • Oddtaxi
    • A Place further than the Universe
    • Madoka Magica
    • Made in Abyss
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    The perfect anime is the one that captivates your interest for its entire length and delivers an ending that is satisfying. The story is completed, but you don't want it to be.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    Takopi's Original Sin

    A Place Further Than The Universe

    Spirited Away

    Liz and the Blue Bird

    Ghost in the Shell

    Mob Psycho

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
    • Monogatari Series
    • Gintama
    • The Dangers in my Heart
    • Kaguya-sama
    • Saekano
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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Gotta be Cyberpunk Edgerunners for me. Nothing has captivated me and made me love the characters as much as that show did.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Hunter x Hunter is probably my favorite. It's still technically ongoing, but the mangaka has serious health issues so the current arc hasn't progressed much. The anime does close out on the best arc ever, so it's a pretty satisfying stopping point. The 2011 anime, mind you. The 1999 one DRAGS ASS. Avoid it.

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    Ping pong the animation

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

    spoiler♫NANDO DEMO♫-

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  • It's Girls Und Panzer for me. The original 12 episodes the most. You could feel the artists doing their best and the characters are fun and memorable, imo.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Seirei no Moribito.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    To Your Eternity

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago
    • sleepy princess in the demon lords castle
    • ya boy kongming
    • the corporate slave and the little baby ghost
    • eyeshield 21
    • hajime no ippo
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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Nichijou is one of my favorites of all time.

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    I realised just recently, that having even normal scene progression choreographed with background music, makes a great difference in the impact it makes.
    I learnt that while watching Lord of Mysteries.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    FMA: Brotherhood until the ending when a teenager fist-fights an otherworldy being powered by magic and thousands of dead people.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    By that point the magic was gone and the thousands of dead people’s souls were extracted from Father. That’s why Ed was able to throw hands

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I LOVE FMA:Brotherhood, I love 90% of the ending but this seemingly intelligent being letting himself drain to nothing, knowing full well he was, was convenient and a bit flat, tbh.

    He had tons of opportunity to gtfo and go back to scheming.

    I can buy the "he's too vain and he never feared or respected humanity" argument on Father though.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I love 90% of the ending but this seemingly intelligent being letting himself drain to nothing

    Father may be intelligent but he's not omniscient. Evil has a way of defeating itself.

    LOTR spoilerIt never occurred to Sauron that Frodo would destroy the Ring.

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    • Steins;Gate
    • Code Geass
    • Solo Leveling
    • Demon Slayer
    • Black Clover
    • Fate (series) - Stay Night / Zero / Grand Order etc.
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