I love how much Tanjiro cried about like.. literally everything. He's just so empathetic and while he does bottle some stuff up, he takes moments to let it all out. He cries for EVERYONE, it's great.
Yeah. I also really like how even though the demons are his enemies he still empathizes with them. Like you said he cries for everyone even his enemies.
I recently read through the manga on down time at work and, yeah, I'm not as hot on Demon Slayer as everyone else is, but that is one thing that I really liked about it. Tanjiro remembers that all of the demons he kills were at one point human. They weren't born as murderous demons, they became demons. And while not all of them had tragic pasts, they were all complex people. Well, except Muzan. Muzan kinda sucks (and that's all I'll say about him in the interest of spoilers).
always love hearing people unafraid to acknowledge the difference between “best” and “favorite,” it’s freeing to cast off the shackles of the “quality=enjoyment” mindset that feels so pervasive nowadays
Exactly, my favorite movies to watch are considered categorically some of the worst films in existence Manos Hands of Fate and the Beast of Hollow Mountain. Both are poorly written and acted messes, one with more than a little white savior complex that does worse drama than the cheapest telenovela I’ve watched with my grandmother.
Interesting idea, like I would agree with you in the sense that I watched all of demon slayer in two days and it took me a month to finish 11 slow, dense episodes of ping pong the animation, and while I technically probably enjoyed the viewing experience of demon slayer more, for me part of the fun about anime is thinking about it afterwards and I can easily say I think about the characters and story of ping pong waaaay more than I do about demon slayer making me want to rate ping pong higher. And not to gaslight you but what I feel what you are trying to convey with the quality=enjoyment argument is people wanting to flex how "intellecshually thuperior" they feel when liking low-key anime when I think the reality could also just be this is why people gets enjoyment out of quality shows, and best could also be their favorite for the same reasons. Or I'm just coping with the fact that I really enjoy ping pong and I'm constantly just thrown in the former group by default by most people who haven't seen it and looked at 1 screenshot of literally any frame... sorry for the rant.
@@ryanrobinson4287don't get it twisted, try telling me with a straight face that Manos or the Room is a good movie I will laugh at you. I watch MST3K where the whole point is you're watching awful movies and laughing at them. I do that with anime as well but definitely, some shows are “good” for different reasons. But try to tell me that Darling the Franxx is a masterpiece I'm pretty apt to tell you that's easy to evidence that it's not (the writers couldn't keep their themes and internal show politics consistent and would introduce ideas and drop them at the hat. I still mock my friends who had told me I was wrong about the red flags I saw in the first episodes of the show. All it took was a giant spaceship woman and an army that could've destroyed the protagonists, ages ago suddenly showing up now that they're on the same side)
@@ladygrey4113 I think the disconnect here is you are talking specifically about guilty pleasures or the difference between best and favorite and I'm specifically talking about the quality=enjoyment part. My argument is it's fine having undisputed masterpieces as your favorites even if you didn't necessarily enjoy the viewing experience as long as you have a good reason. maybe a better example would be old films like Rashomon, 8 1/2, or Blow-Up. Idk what to say about the darling in the franxx rant. it seemed a little derivative imo. all I got from it was it sounds like we have similar friends lol
Loved the part about you going feral over your love of 2d animation and how anime is one of the only genre's left that uses 2d animation in a variety of subgenres other than slapstick adult comedy or children's shows. ABSOLUTELY AGREE! A lot of my friends growing up have grown out of anime, but I'm still an anime fan largely because I love animation and I love seeing drawings in motion!!
I agree with her on that, that's one of the reasons why I thought Love, Death & Robots season 2 wasn't as solid as the first one, realistic cgi was the majoroty of the shorts in there. That being said, there is some recent use of 3D like Klaws, Into the Spiderverse and even Mitchels and the machines (plus some recent fighting games in consoles) that are something that gives me hopes for the future.
@@UmTois Exactly! that was my exact thoughts about love death and robots season 2 too! They were impressive in their own rights, but the overly detailed cgi artstyle isn't really something I gravitate towards either. I definitely like this newer trend of western 3d movies using 3d and 2d techniques to create something unique! (Definitely reccomed Pixar's the Paperman, if you haven't seen this short yet. I love how it uses 2d and 3d in it!)
Remember like Picasso and what he said about photography being very much not the point of painting? What is animation if not painting over time. CG has its uses, but art is created when you choose selfimposed difficulty, not when you take the easy way out.
"The pros of watching JoJo are that you will understand a Lot of references. The cons, however, are that you can never go back. There is only life pre- and post-Jojo." ohhh so its like homestuck in 2013 then! i understand everything now
Jelly fish princess was recommended by a friend when I started college and ohmygod I fell in love so quick. After watching the anime I got right into the manga and as someone who watches a lot of fashion videos, it was a another nice surprise seeing how deep they dived into that. The breaks in between updates were too long though. I almost forgot about it and for a moment I never thought it would get finished since the author was busy with another series. It's finally complete and I'm really curious to see how my feelings have changed with another reread just to finish it up. I really shipped Tsukimi and the old brother when I was younger but I no longer feel that way. It's been 6 years, let's see how much more in common I have with the rest of the sisterhood.
Haha, I feel this. Back in my baby-weeb years, I saw Princess Jellyfish uploaded onto RUclips of all places, like the poor quality type video put into a whole movie. I don’t remember too much of the specifics of the show, other than I’ve always loved it (and is probably the reason I got recommended Yumi King videos before the internet collectively decided it had a problem with her, haha)
Fuck yes Kiki's delivery service. "Spirited Away is the best ghibli film" /ok but what about kiki's delivery service/ "But if you ask me which is my favorite I'd say Kiki's Delivery Service" /ah yes, as it should be/
Yes. Without a doubt, Spirited Away is Ghiblis best movie. Objectively. However.. My personal favorite for several reasons is and always will be The Cat Returns. You can dislike or like the movie, that's fine. But it's my favorite and that's what's important to me. ✨
I love these new drawings! There are a lot of recommendations I’ve never heard of before here. I like when reviewers go ham on their personal biases and explain why shows are meaningful or interesting to them, it gives me a much better idea of the feel of the show than generic criticisms.
love that you had Land of the Lustrous on here. Jojo and mob psycho as well. these 3 are very high on my personal favourites list you should check out Saiki K. it's pretty funny imo!
If she has has seen those videos not backlashing her but criticizing then I believe she can improve because I can see she is passionate about her videos and like everyone else we learn and grow from some, not all of our weaknesses and the video about isekai in the beginning I was like yes I agree but then to the Re Zero part I was like wait, no and I thought the re zero part was going to be about praising what re zero does right and Nux Taku has done a similar video about strong characters who are female in general.
@@o.d.d.792 I mean, I don't know if she did make mistakes on some of her points of Re:Zero in the Isekai video, because I've seen criticism about its writing in multiple places long before she even created the video, the difference was that she made it on youtube. And even If she indeed made some mistakes, I do think the backlash of the internet went waaaaay overboard about it.
@@o.d.d.792 I mean...the re:zero thing was an opinion piece? You may not agree with said opinion, but she doesn’t have to change her own on an anime you happen to like to be considered having ‘grown’.
@@AuroraExhale yeah you’re right I can’t really change her likeness of re zero but it is an objective fact that it’s writing is good like Attack on Titan they have objectively good writing and the idea of either liking or disliking it can go either way everyone likes and dislikes something but I didn’t point this out but basically someone commented that she identified the episode 13 and 18 situations correctly but made the wrong conclusions of the situations which in fact caused her to have a dislike towards the show for that misinterpreted conclusion
So I know I've said this a lot, but I really hate the public perception of ONE's artwork. To say his work is "good writing bad art" feels like a complete disrespect to the sheer talent he shows off throughout MP100. His artwork is off-kilter, sure, but even in the early chapters ONE showed an impeccable sense of spread, composition, and atmosphere. Like that one panel during the fight with Dimple's cult, where Mob says very threateningly "I didn't laugh", *holy hell* the angle, the expression, the pose, the use of dramatic shading it's so damn evocative in a way that not even the anime could capture. Hell, as much of a visual treat as the Mogami arc was in the anime I *still* prefer how well ONE was able to depict Mob's mental prison. It made me feel deeply disturbed in ways the anime couldn't pull off even at its fullest potential. And not only that, but you can even see his artwork improving with each chapter, right up to the very end. I don't wanna spoil the final chapter too much, but I will say this. It is the most visually stunning thing I've seen from a manga in ages. I strongly believe that, if Studio BONES makes a Season 3, it will go down as one of the best finales in modern anime history, if they can come even close to matching that chapter's visual spectacle.
I think it's because we're used to super ultra moe artstyles but I too love how ONE draws, I think his art really captured emotions well and the way some panels are composed.... *chef's kiss* I too hope Bones makes a season 3 and keeps up the good work to make the ending of MP100 as impactful as it was in the manga.
Fruits Basket 2019, Madoka Magica, Aggretsuko, Bee & Puppycat, She-Ra, and Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun are definitely my favorites from this decade, with Houseki no Kuni being a new favorite that just joined them! So glad to see someone else appreciating some of these, especially underrated ones like Princess Jellyfish. It was also really interesting to hear about shows like Jojo and Beastars that I had little to no interest in, coming from someone who seems to have similar taste, so I might be more open to checking them out in the future!
Seeing Little Witch Academia in the C tier made my heart hurt 😭 It's one of my most favourite anime of all time and it's also one of my favourite "magic school" related content
I love it as a concept, world building is wonderful, but I do thing the Netflix show takes a long time to decide on its pacing and scope. Its understandable given that i doubt think its been adapted nearly as much from the manga but rather the movies. I think they needed the feeling of a Volume or an Arch like the movies scope covers. Something to give a sense of relief like they said about with demon slayer. I adore it as is of course, but I think if it had been a show had been made in the SU bomb schedule it would have been ideal for the concept.
In opinion my I don't think Tanjirou is remotely a breath of fresh air I have seen seen his character in other like Maka ,Izuku,Itadori, Edward,Asta,Simon,Gon and Ichigo.Tanjirou when compared to other shounen protagonists his nothing impressive or unique really. Yes he a good written character but nothing groundbreaking or a breath of fresh air as you say.If you want a breath of fresh air I bet you will love Denji who is the protagonist for Chainsaw Man.
@@milesgwatidzo4143 I know who all those protagonists are and for sure a lot of them bring their own flavour as an mc (although with characters like Astra and Ichigo I can’t rly speak for since I have little to no exposure to them). I do think tanjirou stands out on his own tho, his closest comparison would be deku but even then, they’re fairly distinct characters and the only shows I’m planning to watch that are gonna air (as of now) are blue period and chainsaw man. From what I’ve heard abt chainsaw and how batshit it is with straying from predictability in shounen, I’m looking forward to it!
@@milesgwatidzo4143 After Chimera Ant arc, I don't think you can argue Tanjiro and Gon are remotely the same... Even before that point, they have totally different motivations. Gon is the poster-boy "wants to train, get strong, go on adventures" type shonen protagonist. Tanjiro just wants to save his sister and go home. He would much rather have spent the rest of his life chopping wood for his family.
Of the ones you listed, Princess Jellyfish is my favorite. I felt a connection with some of the characters. Because I too went against all the societal norms of my perceived gender. As for my favorite of the 2010s, it's Steins;Gate. Which is... * checks first airing date * over a decade old! Jesus Christ, it doesn't feel like it's been that long ago.
I can't get into the art, but my friends say it's really good. I had similar feelings with Bloom into you and Rose of Versailes at first, but I pretty much ended up liking both after I read them, so I do believe that also must be the case for Akatsuki no Yona if I ever decide to read/ watch it.
@@UmTois at first I felt like that too, I even dropped the show after the first ep because of the art style and how spoiled the main character was. But you won’t believe how much character development she got! I also got used to the art style and now think it’s really pretty
One of my favourite mangas! I don't think I could ever rewatch the anime though. It feels like a prologue compared to the rest of the manga. So much happens lol.
IM SO GLAD YOU TALK ABT MONTHLY GIRLS NOZAKI-KUN!!!!! It is one of my all time favorite series, and it always gives me a good laugh, and makes me feel really good. So I'm autistic, and so is my father, BUT I SWEAR TO GOD THAT NOZAKI IS ON THE SPECTRUM, I know that's weirs to think... but... it's just kinda there. This is a slightly different topic, but I once saw a comment saying how all the main cast give off bi vibes, and honestly... yeah.
I had the same impressions as her when I watched it, it's fun and silly but I wished it went deeper into characters and progression (I also like Kashima XD). Plus, It was cool to see that some things I learnt about comic lineart (the "beta" + sign for inking) were explored there.
@@UmTois Yeah! I definitely agree with what she was saying as well, I haven't read the manga, but I hope to get around to it, because I do want to see deeper emotions or I guess progressions. I think I liked Mikorin the best, but Kashima is awesome as well, she makes e happy. I loved learning abt the beta stuff and seeing some of the process for manga. Haha I wrote a lot, I get excited with things I like.
Can I cry a little because you put a small fragment of Kingdom Hearts in the Houseki no Kuni section? Because those are two of the things I love the most and even if it was just a few seconds it made me very happy
Not sure what my Favorite would be since I have a terminal case of indecision, but Violet Evergarden is definitely up there. Short summary for those unaware: A former child soldier named Violet learns to reconnect with her emotions by writing letters for other people. Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys beautiful animation, industrial revolution aesthetics, and deeply moving, emotional storytelling. That said, it deals with some heavy themes, and I’d suggest that anyone interested look up TW’s before getting invested
I wouldn't put Castlevania that high though, there are some things in the writing, pacing and dialogues that doesn't always work to me, despite the fact I love Isaac, Alucard and Dracula and the animation has some really incredible Sakuga moments, all things considered.
agreed with both, loved first two Castlevania seasons, third was good and fourth wasn't awful, but what really makes me think of it as a B tier anime more or less is the animation. Netflix was just cheap on the budget and it shows, the whole show has amazing animation only in the last episodes of each season, average on most of them and for season 4 the animation was just mediocre most of the time, it was just sad. I still enjoyed it quite a bit overall, but that did hurt the anime a lot. As for Madoka, Goddess tier.
My personal favourite is Zombieland Saga, anyone who comes into contact with me knows this. The show is so off the walls bonkers the first episode makes you question what the heck you’re even watching, but as you keep watching what may at first appear to be a trainwreck you find yourself getting invested. As many have said, it starts of as a parody of idol anime then just becomes an idol anime. I beg of anyone who comes across this comment to watch the show it’s so good i can’t be the only one who adores it XD
that's why I use MyAnimeList. I won't even think about an anime for months or years, but usually going through the list I made I'll be like "oh, yeah, that one!" And if I can't remember even after seeing it on the list that's how you know it was TRULY mediocre.
Same lmao, I watched more cartoons than anime and I only remember a few I love. I could name my top 5 and the others aren't ranked unless I was like oh yeah lol, I liked this better.
Land of the Lustrous is easily my favorite anime/manga of all time, but I would say the Monogatari series holds a very special place to me. I've seen all of it multiple times at this point and it never gets old. Hoping for Lustrous S2 and another Monogatari at some point!
Your explanation of Beastars keeps making me laugh in the best way possible. I liked a lot of anime you covered but that was one that made me full on smile. Thank you!
I feel Taisho era blurs into the Meiji when talking about this stuff due to how short it was in comparison to the Meiji and Showa eras. Also both Meiji and Showa eras were earth shaking for Japan so it makes sense that Taisho era is often forgotten.
I love ur new avatar redesign is adorable, most of those anime that mention are truly amazing and for me demon slayer, mob, and aggretsuko are and always going to stay my favorite
I have such a crush on the guy from Princess Jellyfish. Kuronosuke. 🥺 I’m really just very attracted to feminine guys. And I relate to Tsukimi on a lot of levels. It’s one of my favorite shows.
Yay, she loves Bloom into you and Fruits Basket!!! Now there is a faint hope that Still Sick will get some kind of animated adaptation, because as of two days ago, it is my favorite manga/anime of the decade Most story beats as Bloom, just with adult woman with problems closer to mine.
Dodoro really hit different for me I don't know if many people actually like it but since the first episode I had already formed a emotional bond with the main characters watch their growth and see them happy 😞😔😊
You had me a Princess Jellyfish and Houseki no Kuni. Just like with Princess TuTu. They’re so underrated and seeing them being discussed makes me so happy! Especially TuTu since it was my first ever anime and still holds up. Also Ponyo is underrated too
I'm surprised you didn't have Anohana or Your Lie in April in the honorable mentions. Also I would recommend Kokoro Connect as a bit of a hidden gem from this era.
I love aggretsukko it's great, not only the funny concept of the death metal but everything else, it has some really good lessons especially when it comes to relationahips
My favorite has to be A Place Further Than The Universe. The characters in it are just so well realized and relatable on many levels. No other show manages to make my cry with such a regularity.
@@kostajovanovic3711 I was just about to mention The Golden Witch, thanks for bringing them up for me. They made videos of Every Anime I finished and Every Anime I dropped
I appreciate that Ore Monagatori was also on someone's list of favorites. I'd honestly listen to your favorites more seriously than other anime RUclipsrs, as I am also one of those people that adored Sweetness and Lightning and also found Beastars to be a surprisingly good anime.
adorable sprite refresh ^^ also thankyou for giving that caveat on jellyfish princess. it is one i really liked way back when and would still suggest to some people in the right context BUT i couldn't go back to myself just because there is so much stuff that suffers from "product of its time" syndrome
Nozaki to me has a rather unique design that makes it remain fresh amongst basically any other rom-com, to say nothing of a slice of life. Introduce two characters, and they both have a misunderstanding about the other. Introduce a third, more misunderstandings between them and the other two. Introduce a forth, fifth, sixth. So long as the characters are unique enough, with only say 15 characters there’s 120 different interactions between them. Nozaki handles this complex interplay between what’s now like 2 dozen characters in what feels like a very organic way. Sometimes you introduce misunderstandings, other times you resolve another one, there’s always a clash between two people’s perception of a third. The manga has been going on for over 10 years, and it’s still going strong.
Hope you can come back by the end of this decade at least to make one of these again cuz I loved this video. I know personally for me the 2020s have some of my favorite shows already.
This is literally the best anime list I've ever seen. I've never been able to pinpoint my anime preferences, but this.. this is it. I'm gonna be binging every one of these now.
I like demon slayer, but Muzan was my biggest desapoitment. He was first introduced as a demon king that is cruel, than we learn that he has a wife and a daughter and i thought "oh, he looks like he is going to be a complex character", and later the author say "nah, he is just an evil demon" and make's his family irrelevant to his character.
Muzan is a pathetic hypocrite, if you read the manga... Yoriichi wipes his ass and absolutely dominates him so much that he hides in a hole for 80 years and then comes out and thinks he is badass.
yeaaa, that family is rightfully irrelevant to his complexity. The point of his character is how much of a manipulative bastard he is, and the depths he'd go just to feverishly hide himself away, cover his tracks and rule from the shadows
I can’t say that I’ve seen the anime, but from an outside perspective- just because someone has a family doesn’t make them good. There are a frankly terrible amount of people out there with families or sympathetic components that are none the less evil.
To be fair, for him to not be given a redeeming quality with his supposed family (which he's most likely using as a cover) really pushes the fact that the audience has to see his more monstrous qualities, unlike the other demons where we see their remorse, aspirations, and what actually made them once human, we see his cowardice and manipulation tactics and how he's willing to use others and let them die without even feeling a bit of sympathy for them. It also takes the guilt away from the ever so calm and empathetic Tanjiro and I'm actually fairly okay with that.
A recommendation I have is Log Horizon. An Isekai not obsessed with the power fantasy and instead dealing with the dynamic of thousands of people being brought to a fantasy world.
aggretesky was one of the rare animes i completed and i LOVE IT i also watched land of lusterous and then checked the manga and let me tell you if you only watch the anime you are in a blissfull unawarness of what happens after the anime overall those are one of my favourite shows
@@nataleynakata3687 delightfully strange series set during the slow decline of humanity's dominance on earth, and the rise of the fairies. Mainly focused on the interactions between the ambassador, and the fairies. The fairies are tiny, silly, cheerfully sociopathic by human standards, and have incomprehensible technology. It's a goofy comedy with serious undertones.
It's because it's nihilistic as shit, ha ha. It's a show for people who love both cute things and the utter hopelessness of the human experience...soooo just weirdos like us.
I still to this day show people the scene from that show where the bread robot leads the humans on a tour and ends up ripping itself open and pouring jam blood everywhere in a gruesome death. It stuck with me for a long time.
I love Beastars season 1, but I really really dislike how season 2 ended to the point it soured me on the 2nd season as a whole. Hopefully, I'm not being unfair on the show.
It's unfortunate, because the Riz arc is the best part of the entire manga. It seems like Studio Orange was forced to rush a lot of stuff so the pacing is really messy, especially at the end, and does a poor job capturing what made it so great in the source material/misses a lot of important character beats :/
I really like the new character design! it looks a lot more laid back from the old one! hehe I showed beastars to my father, a man who has tired anime and said he didn't like it, I got to love and ever read the manga!
I was able to do the same (minus the manga part) with my mom using Madoka Magaika. She’s like genuinely excited to see the movies. She was also really into Promised Neverland, shame season two was very weirdly paced and skipped so much (to the point I could tell things had been skipped, despite not reading the manga).
Definitely going to check some of these that I haven't seen out. It's good that you point out how terminology and values have changed since the release time of some of these stories because yeah, that happens, and you have to be aware of this when consuming older media.
If I had to summarize the lesson or at least my main takeaway from Demon Slayer up to this point it would probably be something like "Strong people cry too"
Slight correction, Demon Slayer is set in Taisho era (1912-1926) not Meiji era (1868-1912) Japan. Which is cool since not many shows are set in the Taisho era. Its always the era before or after.
my love story has to be my favorite since at the time it was a relatable and a breath of fresh air while also deconstructed what shojo romance is while still making it charming and interesting and so comforting.
I just discovered your channel but it’s so nice to see someone who has really similar critiques and opinions in anime as me! Thanks for the recommendations💕
@Erwin Lii Luffy and Ichigo,Eren,Maka,Natsu, Shinro, Itadori, Edward,Simon, Meliodas and Ragna from the manga Ragna Crimson.I would say Aang and Ben 10 but they aren't anime.
I agree with your picks, pretty much all the animes you mentioned left a big impact on me. I would like to suggest an anime with a similar big brother/ little sister dynamic as demon slayer called Kekkai sensen (blood blockade battlefront), it's pretty much a story about a big brother trying to help and make amends to his little sister in a New York that has merged with the supernatural and alien world called "the beyond". Very fun and whacky with a lot of action at times, but with a lot of heart .
Nora, congrats on the extremely good taste. All good anime. It's really refreshing to see Nozaki-kun here, seeing as how often it goes under the radar.
We don’t have exactly the same tastes in anime but I do think we have some commonalities that we look for in them. I will for sure be watching jellyfish princess, bee and puppycat and a couple others. But the one I’m most excited for is Sweetness and Lightening. I feel like it will have some of he same vibes as Usagi Drops. And even it’s not very long it’s one of my favorites for the father-daughter bond. It’s gets me in the feels every time and I’m ready for Sweetness and Lightening to do the same. So thanks so much for taking the time to make your list! 😊 I’d be interested in seeing some more of your favorites in the future
One of my favorite anime of the 2010s is Sangatsu no Lion, aka March Comes in Like a Lion. Just such good characters and a good mix of depressing and heartwarming
I've watched Aggretsuko and I feel Retsuko so hard and I'm in school. The school and work system definitely needs to change and focus on mental health rather than pushing people to their absolute limits. Other than that I definitely got some good anime recommendations and I definitely want to watch them! The way you talk about both their strengths and weaknesses while adding your opinion is nice and balanced! :)
I just finished Ping Pong the animation for the first time and was really excited cause I thought it was gonna be on your list when I saw the title of the video :c. I really really really think you should watch it if you havent already, especially with how much you care about animation being used to its great potential and how you appreciate character development an growth. This was still a great video and I love the way u express your feelings towards what you like (and dislike as well), I really like this channel
I was a big fan of SSSS.Gridman. It's this cosmic mystery story that uses tropes in tokusatsu shows as the central mystery, and a really solid singular character study unfolds therein. It also has this really cool animation gimmick where the CGI is exclusively used to animate its giant monsters as if they were people inside monster suits with all the logistical details of "where would the actor's head go" and "how woud someone move inside this suit".
Yes!!! Some monthly girls acknowledgement!!! It’s one of my favorites just because it always cracks me up, even though it’s not super heart wrenching it’s just really fun, which I can appreciate
Best 2010's anime movie for me is "The Case Of Hana & Alice". The movie is real definition of subverting expectation. It's also directed by my fav Japanese movie director Shunji Iwai.
Was glad to see PMMM mentioned in some way, since it's my favorite anime. I will restrain myself from writing an essay about it in the RUclips comments section, but man I want to
I loved the first arc of Beastars, and I find the artstyle of the manga to be clearly superior. But after a the few first arcs it goes off the rails so hard. I was surprised when you said it had wrapped, and it turns out I dropped the manga like 3 chapters before it ended lmao I feel it's one of those manga that clearly suffered due to the release schedule.
As a huge nerd working in a field that pretty much demands strait-laced and vanilla behavior that leads to me sometimes feeling like I'm living a double life between the passionless mask I wear for the workday and the real person I only feel comfortable showing to a small handful of people, I really must say.... F--K YEAH! AGGRETSUKO RULES
I am genuinely surprised with how many of the shows on this list are shows I LOVE. Nozaki kun is probably my all time favorite. I don’t watch too many animes. Shirokuma cafe being on here is also awesome and surprising because I barely see it anywhere. I’m not too in depth with the anime scene but I might slowly be coming back. Also bee and puppy cat. Good choice 🙂. I’ll have to check them out when I have free time
I don't need to have Mob Psycho recommended. It's my favorite anime. But did I still watch your entire section on it and get a rush of serotonin? Yes. Yes I did. Anyway I'm excited to try out Bee and Puppycat and Princess Jellyfish! They seem right up my ol' alley.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm glad you focused on the things you adore while still leaving a bit of critique in. Also, your new avatar design is stellar.
Just wanted to point that your avatar redesign is pretty cute and stylish.
looks like someone missed the sailor moon vid :p
@@twilabrink I watched the beggining of it yesterday, but since i got this early on this new video I thought it would be best to comment here. XD
I honestly preferred the previous one, but I do appreciate the fact that she's open to the idea of change
Rule 34!?
@@UmTois ahhhhh! the video is back :D
I love how much Tanjiro cried about like.. literally everything. He's just so empathetic and while he does bottle some stuff up, he takes moments to let it all out. He cries for EVERYONE, it's great.
Yeah. I also really like how even though the demons are his enemies he still empathizes with them. Like you said he cries for everyone even his enemies.
I recently read through the manga on down time at work and, yeah, I'm not as hot on Demon Slayer as everyone else is, but that is one thing that I really liked about it. Tanjiro remembers that all of the demons he kills were at one point human. They weren't born as murderous demons, they became demons. And while not all of them had tragic pasts, they were all complex people. Well, except Muzan. Muzan kinda sucks (and that's all I'll say about him in the interest of spoilers).
He's babey and I love him and would fight for him.
I know, right? He starts crying, then I start crying for some random demon that killed many men, and I'm like "How is this happening?"
@@Princeomishore Not all of them,plus I found that little annoying at times.
always love hearing people unafraid to acknowledge the difference between “best” and “favorite,” it’s freeing to cast off the shackles of the “quality=enjoyment” mindset that feels so pervasive nowadays
Exactly, my favorite movies to watch are considered categorically some of the worst films in existence Manos Hands of Fate and the Beast of Hollow Mountain. Both are poorly written and acted messes, one with more than a little white savior complex that does worse drama than the cheapest telenovela I’ve watched with my grandmother.
@@ladygrey4113 I’ve come close to losing friends over the sheer amount of bad music I unironically enjoy lmao
Interesting idea, like I would agree with you in the sense that I watched all of demon slayer in two days and it took me a month to finish 11 slow, dense episodes of ping pong the animation, and while I technically probably enjoyed the viewing experience of demon slayer more, for me part of the fun about anime is thinking about it afterwards and I can easily say I think about the characters and story of ping pong waaaay more than I do about demon slayer making me want to rate ping pong higher. And not to gaslight you but what I feel what you are trying to convey with the quality=enjoyment argument is people wanting to flex how "intellecshually thuperior" they feel when liking low-key anime when I think the reality could also just be this is why people gets enjoyment out of quality shows, and best could also be their favorite for the same reasons.
Or I'm just coping with the fact that I really enjoy ping pong and I'm constantly just thrown in the former group by default by most people who haven't seen it and looked at 1 screenshot of literally any frame... sorry for the rant.
@@ryanrobinson4287don't get it twisted, try telling me with a straight face that Manos or the Room is a good movie I will laugh at you. I watch MST3K where the whole point is you're watching awful movies and laughing at them. I do that with anime as well but definitely, some shows are “good” for different reasons. But try to tell me that Darling the Franxx is a masterpiece I'm pretty apt to tell you that's easy to evidence that it's not (the writers couldn't keep their themes and internal show politics consistent and would introduce ideas and drop them at the hat. I still mock my friends who had told me I was wrong about the red flags I saw in the first episodes of the show. All it took was a giant spaceship woman and an army that could've destroyed the protagonists, ages ago suddenly showing up now that they're on the same side)
@@ladygrey4113 I think the disconnect here is you are talking specifically about guilty pleasures or the difference between best and favorite and I'm specifically talking about the quality=enjoyment part. My argument is it's fine having undisputed masterpieces as your favorites even if you didn't necessarily enjoy the viewing experience as long as you have a good reason. maybe a better example would be old films like Rashomon, 8 1/2, or Blow-Up. Idk what to say about the darling in the franxx rant. it seemed a little derivative imo. all I got from it was it sounds like we have similar friends lol
Loved the part about you going feral over your love of 2d animation and how anime is one of the only genre's left that uses 2d animation in a variety of subgenres other than slapstick adult comedy or children's shows. ABSOLUTELY AGREE! A lot of my friends growing up have grown out of anime, but I'm still an anime fan largely because I love animation and I love seeing drawings in motion!!
I agree with her on that, that's one of the reasons why I thought Love, Death & Robots season 2 wasn't as solid as the first one, realistic cgi was the majoroty of the shorts in there.
That being said, there is some recent use of 3D like Klaws, Into the Spiderverse and even Mitchels and the machines (plus some recent fighting games in consoles) that are something that gives me hopes for the future.
@@UmTois Exactly! that was my exact thoughts about love death and robots season 2 too! They were impressive in their own rights, but the overly detailed cgi artstyle isn't really something I gravitate towards either.
I definitely like this newer trend of western 3d movies using 3d and 2d techniques to create something unique! (Definitely reccomed Pixar's the Paperman, if you haven't seen this short yet. I love how it uses 2d and 3d in it!)
You should show them Hazbin Hotel when it finishes production.
Remember like Picasso and what he said about photography being very much not the point of painting? What is animation if not painting over time. CG has its uses, but art is created when you choose selfimposed difficulty, not when you take the easy way out.
@@UmTois Do you mean Klaus? Klaus is actually 2d! If you meant something else sorry
Princess Jellyfish, Jojo, Mob Psycho, Land of the Lustrous...
you have TASTE
ignore the comment above me, u and noralities both have TASTE
My only complaint is that Madoka Magica was left out
"The pros of watching JoJo are that you will understand a Lot of references. The cons, however, are that you can never go back. There is only life pre- and post-Jojo."
ohhh so its like homestuck in 2013 then! i understand everything now
“Try not to hold it close to modem media- WITH YOUR EMASCULATED ENGINE” I hate ads.
The With your emasculated engine was an ad
HAHAHA I was at that exact part when I got a Honda ad
@@battel_bruser3928 @Science Wolf Oh no... but also haha??? I didn't get the ad
I got the Purdue global train ad.
@Atom I’ve got one on my computer but I like watching RUclips on my phone
MOB PSYCHO!! IT DESERVES THAT 10/10 I AGREE
So does One Punch Man 😭
@@milesgwatidzo4143 both are garbage
Jelly fish princess was recommended by a friend when I started college and ohmygod I fell in love so quick. After watching the anime I got right into the manga and as someone who watches a lot of fashion videos, it was a another nice surprise seeing how deep they dived into that.
The breaks in between updates were too long though. I almost forgot about it and for a moment I never thought it would get finished since the author was busy with another series.
It's finally complete and I'm really curious to see how my feelings have changed with another reread just to finish it up. I really shipped Tsukimi and the old brother when I was younger but I no longer feel that way. It's been 6 years, let's see how much more in common I have with the rest of the sisterhood.
Haha, I feel this. Back in my baby-weeb years, I saw Princess Jellyfish uploaded onto RUclips of all places, like the poor quality type video put into a whole movie. I don’t remember too much of the specifics of the show, other than I’ve always loved it (and is probably the reason I got recommended Yumi King videos before the internet collectively decided it had a problem with her, haha)
Fuck yes Kiki's delivery service.
"Spirited Away is the best ghibli film" /ok but what about kiki's delivery service/ "But if you ask me which is my favorite I'd say Kiki's Delivery Service" /ah yes, as it should be/
Yes. Without a doubt, Spirited Away is Ghiblis best movie. Objectively.
However.. My personal favorite for several reasons is and always will be The Cat Returns. You can dislike or like the movie, that's fine. But it's my favorite and that's what's important to me. ✨
Howl's Moving Castle and Spirited Away are my two favorites
@@Quetzalcoatl-Dragon_97 same here
@@sharlytastic960 And here I am with my personal favorite being Whisper Of The Heart.
I feel that way two but my favorite is actually The Cat Returns
"her idea of a perfect woman: tall, confident, beutiful and also a boy" yes
The queen has returned
I love these new drawings! There are a lot of recommendations I’ve never heard of before here. I like when reviewers go ham on their personal biases and explain why shows are meaningful or interesting to them, it gives me a much better idea of the feel of the show than generic criticisms.
love that you had Land of the Lustrous on here. Jojo and mob psycho as well. these 3 are very high on my personal favourites list
you should check out Saiki K.
it's pretty funny imo!
I'm happy you're posting videos! Was really nervous that the backlash scared you off RUclips.
If she has has seen those videos not backlashing her but criticizing then I believe she can improve because I can see she is passionate about her videos and like everyone else we learn and grow from some, not all of our weaknesses and the video about isekai in the beginning I was like yes I agree but then to the Re Zero part I was like wait, no and I thought the re zero part was going to be about praising what re zero does right and Nux Taku has done a similar video about strong characters who are female in general.
@@o.d.d.792 I mean, I don't know if she did make mistakes on some of her points of Re:Zero in the Isekai video, because I've seen criticism about its writing in multiple places long before she even created the video, the difference was that she made it on youtube.
And even If she indeed made some mistakes, I do think the backlash of the internet went waaaaay overboard about it.
@@UmTois yeah that’s why I mentioned criticisms not the backlash ones just the criticism ones
@@o.d.d.792 I mean...the re:zero thing was an opinion piece? You may not agree with said opinion, but she doesn’t have to change her own on an anime you happen to like to be considered having ‘grown’.
@@AuroraExhale yeah you’re right I can’t really change her likeness of re zero but it is an objective fact that it’s writing is good like Attack on Titan they have objectively good writing and the idea of either liking or disliking it can go either way everyone likes and dislikes something but I didn’t point this out but basically someone commented that she identified the episode 13 and 18 situations correctly but made the wrong conclusions of the situations which in fact caused her to have a dislike towards the show for that misinterpreted conclusion
So I know I've said this a lot, but I really hate the public perception of ONE's artwork. To say his work is "good writing bad art" feels like a complete disrespect to the sheer talent he shows off throughout MP100. His artwork is off-kilter, sure, but even in the early chapters ONE showed an impeccable sense of spread, composition, and atmosphere.
Like that one panel during the fight with Dimple's cult, where Mob says very threateningly "I didn't laugh", *holy hell* the angle, the expression, the pose, the use of dramatic shading it's so damn evocative in a way that not even the anime could capture. Hell, as much of a visual treat as the Mogami arc was in the anime I *still* prefer how well ONE was able to depict Mob's mental prison. It made me feel deeply disturbed in ways the anime couldn't pull off even at its fullest potential.
And not only that, but you can even see his artwork improving with each chapter, right up to the very end.
I don't wanna spoil the final chapter too much, but I will say this. It is the most visually stunning thing I've seen from a manga in ages. I strongly believe that, if Studio BONES makes a Season 3, it will go down as one of the best finales in modern anime history, if they can come even close to matching that chapter's visual spectacle.
I think it's because we're used to super ultra moe artstyles but I too love how ONE draws, I think his art really captured emotions well and the way some panels are composed.... *chef's kiss*
I too hope Bones makes a season 3 and keeps up the good work to make the ending of MP100 as impactful as it was in the manga.
Fruits Basket 2019, Madoka Magica, Aggretsuko, Bee & Puppycat, She-Ra, and Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun are definitely my favorites from this decade, with Houseki no Kuni being a new favorite that just joined them! So glad to see someone else appreciating some of these, especially underrated ones like Princess Jellyfish. It was also really interesting to hear about shows like Jojo and Beastars that I had little to no interest in, coming from someone who seems to have similar taste, so I might be more open to checking them out in the future!
Seeing Little Witch Academia in the C tier made my heart hurt 😭 It's one of my most favourite anime of all time and it's also one of my favourite "magic school" related content
I love it as a concept, world building is wonderful, but I do thing the Netflix show takes a long time to decide on its pacing and scope. Its understandable given that i doubt think its been adapted nearly as much from the manga but rather the movies. I think they needed the feeling of a Volume or an Arch like the movies scope covers. Something to give a sense of relief like they said about with demon slayer. I adore it as is of course, but I think if it had been a show had been made in the SU bomb schedule it would have been ideal for the concept.
She put Kill la Kill above Little Witch Academia dayum
@@Serocco as she should 😂
Tanjirou was/is such a breath of fresh air from basically every other shounen protag, best kind boi
In opinion my I don't think Tanjirou is remotely a breath of fresh air I have seen seen his character in other like Maka ,Izuku,Itadori, Edward,Asta,Simon,Gon and Ichigo.Tanjirou when compared to other shounen protagonists his nothing impressive or unique really. Yes he a good written character but nothing groundbreaking or a breath of fresh air as you say.If you want a breath of fresh air I bet you will love Denji who is the protagonist for Chainsaw Man.
Eren Yeager is also a breath of fresh air.
@@milesgwatidzo4143 I know who all those protagonists are and for sure a lot of them bring their own flavour as an mc (although with characters like Astra and Ichigo I can’t rly speak for since I have little to no exposure to them). I do think tanjirou stands out on his own tho, his closest comparison would be deku but even then, they’re fairly distinct characters and the only shows I’m planning to watch that are gonna air (as of now) are blue period and chainsaw man. From what I’ve heard abt chainsaw and how batshit it is with straying from predictability in shounen, I’m looking forward to it!
@@acecake2052 I agree with everything you said.
@@milesgwatidzo4143 After Chimera Ant arc, I don't think you can argue Tanjiro and Gon are remotely the same...
Even before that point, they have totally different motivations. Gon is the poster-boy "wants to train, get strong, go on adventures" type shonen protagonist. Tanjiro just wants to save his sister and go home. He would much rather have spent the rest of his life chopping wood for his family.
For me it was Houseki no Kuni. No contest.
Still gotta watch/read Beastars
Same.
Yup yup!
@Erwin Lii That lead me to reading the manga and JEEZ it is depressing
I'd easily watch the 90's and 2000's lists! Your takes are so well articulated and easy to follow, it's a breeze to watch
It's so nice to have an anituber who shares my very specific tastes. 😭 Would love to see a 90's anime list too!
15:17
“One Punch Man lacks heart”
Mumen Rider: Oh:……I see
As someone who used to work 100+ hours/week, felt that rant about aggretsuko on a spiritual level.
Of the ones you listed, Princess Jellyfish is my favorite. I felt a connection with some of the characters. Because I too went against all the societal norms of my perceived gender.
As for my favorite of the 2010s, it's Steins;Gate. Which is... * checks first airing date * over a decade old! Jesus Christ, it doesn't feel like it's been that long ago.
For me Akatsuki no Yona has a really special place in my heart
Yes! It’s so good! Started reading the manga after finishing the anime
@@acecake2052 oh I love the manga! The characters (especially yona) got so much character development it's honestly amazing!
I can't get into the art, but my friends say it's really good.
I had similar feelings with Bloom into you and Rose of Versailes at first, but I pretty much ended up liking both after I read them, so I do believe that also must be the case for Akatsuki no Yona if I ever decide to read/ watch it.
@@UmTois at first I felt like that too, I even dropped the show after the first ep because of the art style and how spoiled the main character was. But you won’t believe how much character development she got! I also got used to the art style and now think it’s really pretty
One of my favourite mangas! I don't think I could ever rewatch the anime though. It feels like a prologue compared to the rest of the manga. So much happens lol.
IM SO GLAD YOU TALK ABT MONTHLY GIRLS NOZAKI-KUN!!!!!
It is one of my all time favorite series, and it always gives me a good laugh, and makes me feel really good.
So I'm autistic, and so is my father, BUT I SWEAR TO GOD THAT NOZAKI IS ON THE SPECTRUM, I know that's weirs to think... but... it's just kinda there. This is a slightly different topic, but I once saw a comment saying how all the main cast give off bi vibes, and honestly... yeah.
All the other shows she talks abt are so good as well!!!!!
ITS AMAZING YES,SO UNDERATED
Yes Nozaki is definitely there, like you can feel it
I had the same impressions as her when I watched it, it's fun and silly but I wished it went deeper into characters and progression (I also like Kashima XD).
Plus, It was cool to see that some things I learnt about comic lineart (the "beta" + sign for inking) were explored there.
@@UmTois Yeah! I definitely agree with what she was saying as well, I haven't read the manga, but I hope to get around to it, because I do want to see deeper emotions or I guess progressions.
I think I liked Mikorin the best, but Kashima is awesome as well, she makes e happy. I loved learning abt the beta stuff and seeing some of the process for manga.
Haha I wrote a lot, I get excited with things I like.
Can I cry a little because you put a small fragment of Kingdom Hearts in the Houseki no Kuni section? Because those are two of the things I love the most and even if it was just a few seconds it made me very happy
Not sure what my Favorite would be since I have a terminal case of indecision, but Violet Evergarden is definitely up there.
Short summary for those unaware: A former child soldier named Violet learns to reconnect with her emotions by writing letters for other people.
Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys beautiful animation, industrial revolution aesthetics, and deeply moving, emotional storytelling.
That said, it deals with some heavy themes, and I’d suggest that anyone interested look up TW’s before getting invested
Also, the animation is in CGI, which is impressive.
Madoka Magica is definitely S tier!
I wouldn't put Castlevania that high though, there are some things in the writing, pacing and dialogues that doesn't always work to me, despite the fact I love Isaac, Alucard and Dracula and the animation has some really incredible Sakuga moments, all things considered.
agreed with both, loved first two Castlevania seasons, third was good and fourth wasn't awful, but what really makes me think of it as a B tier anime more or less is the animation. Netflix was just cheap on the budget and it shows, the whole show has amazing animation only in the last episodes of each season, average on most of them and for season 4 the animation was just mediocre most of the time, it was just sad. I still enjoyed it quite a bit overall, but that did hurt the anime a lot.
As for Madoka, Goddess tier.
@AudiCat agreed
Yussss PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA
It's beyond S tier imo!
My personal favourite is Zombieland Saga, anyone who comes into contact with me knows this. The show is so off the walls bonkers the first episode makes you question what the heck you’re even watching, but as you keep watching what may at first appear to be a trainwreck you find yourself getting invested. As many have said, it starts of as a parody of idol anime then just becomes an idol anime. I beg of anyone who comes across this comment to watch the show it’s so good i can’t be the only one who adores it XD
Yes! The overalls are here to stay!!!
Am I the only person who truly can't remember all the anime they've watched
"Write your favorite anime in the comments"
Oh man, I've gotta have like, a list of stuff I've watched around here somewhere right? Jeez
that's why I use MyAnimeList. I won't even think about an anime for months or years, but usually going through the list I made I'll be like "oh, yeah, that one!" And if I can't remember even after seeing it on the list that's how you know it was TRULY mediocre.
That’s why I made a spreadsheet
Same lmao, I watched more cartoons than anime and I only remember a few I love. I could name my top 5 and the others aren't ranked unless I was like oh yeah lol, I liked this better.
i keep a list on my phone
Land of the Lustrous is easily my favorite anime/manga of all time, but I would say the Monogatari series holds a very special place to me. I've seen all of it multiple times at this point and it never gets old. Hoping for Lustrous S2 and another Monogatari at some point!
Your explanation of Beastars keeps making me laugh in the best way possible. I liked a lot of anime you covered but that was one that made me full on smile. Thank you!
So I just finished watching Land of the Lustrous and I'm currently reading the manga and..it just has changed so much about my world view it's so good
It is! And it's coming back next month!!! I am honestly excited. The manga has became my all time favourite
I really hate to be that guy, but Demon Slayer takes place in the Taisho era not the Meiji
Wait they really people like that 🤣
I feel Taisho era blurs into the Meiji when talking about this stuff due to how short it was in comparison to the Meiji and Showa eras. Also both Meiji and Showa eras were earth shaking for Japan so it makes sense that Taisho era is often forgotten.
I love ur new avatar redesign is adorable, most of those anime that mention are truly amazing and for me demon slayer, mob, and aggretsuko are and always going to stay my favorite
I have such a crush on the guy from Princess Jellyfish. Kuronosuke. 🥺 I’m really just very attracted to feminine guys. And I relate to Tsukimi on a lot of levels. It’s one of my favorite shows.
Yay, she loves Bloom into you and Fruits Basket!!!
Now there is a faint hope that Still Sick will get some kind of animated adaptation, because as of two days ago, it is my favorite manga/anime of the decade
Most story beats as Bloom, just with adult woman with problems closer to mine.
Dodoro really hit different for me I don't know if many people actually like it but since the first episode I had already formed a emotional bond with the main characters watch their growth and see them happy 😞😔😊
You had me a Princess Jellyfish and Houseki no Kuni. Just like with Princess TuTu. They’re so underrated and seeing them being discussed makes me so happy! Especially TuTu since it was my first ever anime and still holds up.
Also Ponyo is underrated too
i adore your art
I would give anything to hear you talk about Ranma.
Oh my gosh I hope that happens
I'm surprised you didn't have Anohana or Your Lie in April in the honorable mentions.
Also I would recommend Kokoro Connect as a bit of a hidden gem from this era.
I love aggretsukko it's great, not only the funny concept of the death metal but everything else, it has some really good lessons especially when it comes to relationahips
BEE AND PUPPYCAT
*God* I'm so hyped. I'm supposed to work, but... ;~;
My favorite has to be A Place Further Than The Universe. The characters in it are just so well realized and relatable on many levels. No other show manages to make my cry with such a regularity.
Amazing taste, 10/10
0:08 Do it. Unscripted. Go full clickbait "My thoughts on every anime EVER!" and make millions of dollars.
Edit: It'd be really funny
So she should go full Digi?
@@kostajovanovic3711 I was just about to mention The Golden Witch, thanks for bringing them up for me.
They made videos of Every Anime I finished and Every Anime I dropped
@@auralunaprettycure ah, so they go by golden witch now?
I appreciate that Ore Monagatori was also on someone's list of favorites. I'd honestly listen to your favorites more seriously than other anime RUclipsrs, as I am also one of those people that adored Sweetness and Lightning and also found Beastars to be a surprisingly good anime.
PRINCESS JELLYFISH, LAND OF THE LUSTROUS, MOB PSYCHO, SWEETNESS AND LIGHTNING AND JOJO YOUR TASTE IS SO GOOD DJAIEOADJELWP
Kiki's delivery service is my absolute fav movie 😭💜💜💜 I always watch it when I'm not feeling well
Love the new design and character actions. It gives a more life like feel to your videos
adorable sprite refresh ^^
also thankyou for giving that caveat on jellyfish princess. it is one i really liked way back when and would still suggest to some people in the right context BUT i couldn't go back to myself just because there is so much stuff that suffers from "product of its time" syndrome
“THE FROG IS FINE DON’T WORRY” thankyou I needed that both bc it made me laugh and the scene really did have me worried
Nozaki to me has a rather unique design that makes it remain fresh amongst basically any other rom-com, to say nothing of a slice of life. Introduce two characters, and they both have a misunderstanding about the other. Introduce a third, more misunderstandings between them and the other two. Introduce a forth, fifth, sixth. So long as the characters are unique enough, with only say 15 characters there’s 120 different interactions between them. Nozaki handles this complex interplay between what’s now like 2 dozen characters in what feels like a very organic way. Sometimes you introduce misunderstandings, other times you resolve another one, there’s always a clash between two people’s perception of a third. The manga has been going on for over 10 years, and it’s still going strong.
I love how you used that great Izumi Curtis scene to show a parental substitute. What a great damned character. Powerful, flawed, and incredibly wise
Hope you can come back by the end of this decade at least to make one of these again cuz I loved this video. I know personally for me the 2020s have some of my favorite shows already.
This is literally the best anime list I've ever seen. I've never been able to pinpoint my anime preferences, but this.. this is it. I'm gonna be binging every one of these now.
Mob pyscho and houseki no kuni getting the love they deserve😭😭
👁👁 I see SheRa, my beloved
I can't believe this channel is single handedly dragging me back into anime.
Choose wisely and anime/manga is damn good time
I like demon slayer, but Muzan was my biggest desapoitment. He was first introduced as a demon king that is cruel, than we learn that he has a wife and a daughter and i thought "oh, he looks like he is going to be a complex character", and later the author say "nah, he is just an evil demon" and make's his family irrelevant to his character.
Muzan is a pathetic hypocrite, if you read the manga...
Yoriichi wipes his ass and absolutely dominates him so much that he hides in a hole for 80 years and then comes out and thinks he is badass.
yeaaa, that family is rightfully irrelevant to his complexity. The point of his character is how much of a manipulative bastard he is, and the depths he'd go just to feverishly hide himself away, cover his tracks and rule from the shadows
I can’t say that I’ve seen the anime, but from an outside perspective- just because someone has a family doesn’t make them good. There are a frankly terrible amount of people out there with families or sympathetic components that are none the less evil.
@@saraolt Yes, but stories which the main villain has a family and is actually a good husband/father is something very rare.
To be fair, for him to not be given a redeeming quality with his supposed family (which he's most likely using as a cover) really pushes the fact that the audience has to see his more monstrous qualities, unlike the other demons where we see their remorse, aspirations, and what actually made them once human, we see his cowardice and manipulation tactics and how he's willing to use others and let them die without even feeling a bit of sympathy for them.
It also takes the guilt away from the ever so calm and empathetic Tanjiro and I'm actually fairly okay with that.
A recommendation I have is Log Horizon. An Isekai not obsessed with the power fantasy and instead dealing with the dynamic of thousands of people being brought to a fantasy world.
aggretesky was one of the rare animes i completed and i LOVE IT
i also watched land of lusterous and then checked the manga
and let me tell you if you only watch the anime you are in a blissfull unawarness of what happens after the anime
overall those are one of my favourite shows
Why is it that nobody remembers "Humanity has declined"? Such a weird and unique anime.
What is that about?
Never heard of it but you seem right about that name
@@nataleynakata3687 delightfully strange series set during the slow decline of humanity's dominance on earth, and the rise of the fairies. Mainly focused on the interactions between the ambassador, and the fairies. The fairies are tiny, silly, cheerfully sociopathic by human standards, and have incomprehensible technology. It's a goofy comedy with serious undertones.
It's because it's nihilistic as shit, ha ha. It's a show for people who love both cute things and the utter hopelessness of the human experience...soooo just weirdos like us.
I still to this day show people the scene from that show where the bread robot leads the humans on a tour and ends up ripping itself open and pouring jam blood everywhere in a gruesome death. It stuck with me for a long time.
I love Beastars season 1, but I really really dislike how season 2 ended to the point it soured me on the 2nd season as a whole. Hopefully, I'm not being unfair on the show.
It's unfortunate, because the Riz arc is the best part of the entire manga. It seems like Studio Orange was forced to rush a lot of stuff so the pacing is really messy, especially at the end, and does a poor job capturing what made it so great in the source material/misses a lot of important character beats :/
@@sugarysweet07 I did hear that a lot about how great the arc was in the manga. Maybe I should give the manga a try sometime soon.
31:13 fun fact the creator of beastars is related to the guy that made Baki
Baki Mangaka's daughter, to be specific.
I really like the new character design! it looks a lot more laid back from the old one! hehe I showed beastars to my father, a man who has tired anime and said he didn't like it, I got to love and ever read the manga!
I was able to do the same (minus the manga part) with my mom using Madoka Magaika. She’s like genuinely excited to see the movies. She was also really into Promised Neverland, shame season two was very weirdly paced and skipped so much (to the point I could tell things had been skipped, despite not reading the manga).
@@lilyfae7197 The manga is a lot worse than the anime :/
@@JLacay For Promised Neverland? Huh, feels like everyone’s been telling me the manga is better
@@lilyfae7197 It was good 'till Goldy Pond arc, the writing and characters are a mess.
@@JLacay oh, i'd love to hear your reason on why!
Definitely going to check some of these that I haven't seen out. It's good that you point out how terminology and values have changed since the release time of some of these stories because yeah, that happens, and you have to be aware of this when consuming older media.
Hi, all I have to say is I liked the video, and (nothing to do with the vid) LGBTQ+ Rights.
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Glad to see you back again!
It’s always so nice to be like- validated in my interests 😭😭 your video was amazing! Cant wait for next months
Loved the way you went off on the Aggretsuko segment
If I had to summarize the lesson or at least my main takeaway from Demon Slayer up to this point it would probably be something like "Strong people cry too"
12:13 you know that moment in ratatouille where the food critic gets transported back to his childhood? That was me just now.
Slight correction, Demon Slayer is set in Taisho era (1912-1926) not Meiji era (1868-1912) Japan. Which is cool since not many shows are set in the Taisho era. Its always the era before or after.
my love story has to be my favorite since at the time it was a relatable and a breath of fresh air while also deconstructed what shojo romance is while still making it charming and interesting and so comforting.
36:32 the way you worded that scene made me cry-
I just discovered your channel but it’s so nice to see someone who has really similar critiques and opinions in anime as me! Thanks for the recommendations💕
24:54 the Aggretsuko rant is what reminded me that I needed to hit the like button.
Demon Slayer is one of my favorites only because I love how Tanjiro is written. His kindness and empathy is honestly inspiring
He is like my favourite protagonist of all time
@Erwin Lii If you like those types of shonen protagonists, I think you'll be interested in Gon from "Hunter X Hunter" if you haven't watched it.
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@Erwin Lii Luffy and Ichigo,Eren,Maka,Natsu, Shinro, Itadori, Edward,Simon, Meliodas and Ragna from the manga Ragna Crimson.I would say Aang and Ben 10 but they aren't anime.
Gon too
This is a really solid list! I quite enjoy videos of this nature where people just take a moment to gush about things they love.
I loved Tsukimi from Princess Jellyfish because FINALLY A FEMALE CHARACTER THAT LOOKS LIKE ME BABY!
I agree with your picks, pretty much all the animes you mentioned left a big impact on me. I would like to suggest an anime with a similar big brother/ little sister dynamic as demon slayer called Kekkai sensen (blood blockade battlefront), it's pretty much a story about a big brother trying to help and make amends to his little sister in a New York that has merged with the supernatural and alien world called "the beyond". Very fun and whacky with a lot of action at times, but with a lot of heart .
Nora, congrats on the extremely good taste. All good anime.
It's really refreshing to see Nozaki-kun here, seeing as how often it goes under the radar.
JoJo and Beastars on the same list...
*Ma'am, you have my full respect forever.*
We don’t have exactly the same tastes in anime but I do think we have some commonalities that we look for in them. I will for sure be watching jellyfish princess, bee and puppycat and a couple others. But the one I’m most excited for is Sweetness and Lightening. I feel like it will have some of he same vibes as Usagi Drops. And even it’s not very long it’s one of my favorites for the father-daughter bond. It’s gets me in the feels every time and I’m ready for Sweetness and Lightening to do the same. So thanks so much for taking the time to make your list! 😊 I’d be interested in seeing some more of your favorites in the future
One of my favorite anime of the 2010s is Sangatsu no Lion, aka March Comes in Like a Lion. Just such good characters and a good mix of depressing and heartwarming
I've watched Aggretsuko and I feel Retsuko so hard and I'm in school. The school and work system definitely needs to change and focus on mental health rather than pushing people to their absolute limits. Other than that I definitely got some good anime recommendations and I definitely want to watch them! The way you talk about both their strengths and weaknesses while adding your opinion is nice and balanced! :)
I just finished Ping Pong the animation for the first time and was really excited cause I thought it was gonna be on your list when I saw the title of the video :c. I really really really think you should watch it if you havent already, especially with how much you care about animation being used to its great potential and how you appreciate character development an growth.
This was still a great video and I love the way u express your feelings towards what you like (and dislike as well), I really like this channel
I just watched that a couple weeks ago, 10/10
I was a big fan of SSSS.Gridman. It's this cosmic mystery story that uses tropes in tokusatsu shows as the central mystery, and a really solid singular character study unfolds therein. It also has this really cool animation gimmick where the CGI is exclusively used to animate its giant monsters as if they were people inside monster suits with all the logistical details of "where would the actor's head go" and "how woud someone move inside this suit".
Yes!!! Some monthly girls acknowledgement!!! It’s one of my favorites just because it always cracks me up, even though it’s not super heart wrenching it’s just really fun, which I can appreciate
Best 2010's anime movie for me is "The Case Of Hana & Alice". The movie is real definition of subverting expectation. It's also directed by my fav Japanese movie director Shunji Iwai.
Was glad to see PMMM mentioned in some way, since it's my favorite anime. I will restrain myself from writing an essay about it in the RUclips comments section, but man I want to
The gemstone and lunar alien anime sounds utterly terrifying. I love it.
I loved the first arc of Beastars, and I find the artstyle of the manga to be clearly superior. But after a the few first arcs it goes off the rails so hard. I was surprised when you said it had wrapped, and it turns out I dropped the manga like 3 chapters before it ended lmao
I feel it's one of those manga that clearly suffered due to the release schedule.
As a huge nerd working in a field that pretty much demands strait-laced and vanilla behavior that leads to me sometimes feeling like I'm living a double life between the passionless mask I wear for the workday and the real person I only feel comfortable showing to a small handful of people, I really must say....
F--K YEAH! AGGRETSUKO RULES
I am genuinely surprised with how many of the shows on this list are shows I LOVE. Nozaki kun is probably my all time favorite. I don’t watch too many animes. Shirokuma cafe being on here is also awesome and surprising because I barely see it anywhere. I’m not too in depth with the anime scene but I might slowly be coming back. Also bee and puppy cat. Good choice 🙂. I’ll have to check them out when I have free time
I don't need to have Mob Psycho recommended. It's my favorite anime. But did I still watch your entire section on it and get a rush of serotonin? Yes. Yes I did.
Anyway I'm excited to try out Bee and Puppycat and Princess Jellyfish! They seem right up my ol' alley.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'm glad you focused on the things you adore while still leaving a bit of critique in.
Also, your new avatar design is stellar.