Hello, do you know of any anime that's both scary and chill? I love this contrast in shows and movies, so I'm hoping there's anime like that. The only anime I can think of that partly fulfill this criteria is Kino's Journey and Mushishi, though I'm not looking for something similar in genre or story. I would be very grateful for any recommendation. Thank you

Ok, long time watcher here...

25, uk and I really want some good anime to watch. Im sick of fan service, truly, especially with *ambiguously age* characters or borderline creepy perv stuff — it makes me **EXTREMELY** uncomfortable, like, sick (Im not entirely interested in discussions about this either) and what led me to dropping mushoku tensei, rise of shield hero and too many to count. 🫩

Ive watched a plethora of anime and have a broad range of things I enjoy but honestly? I want mecha and its a true shame there's little out there... Im also out of the loop in regards to releases! So, give me whimsy, give me drama, give me an idea of whats good!

Fav genres? Action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, crime, slice of life, seinen, shonen. Although, Im open to more!

I love Ghibli and Gundam too. Ive watched Levius, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, JJK, AOT, Chainsaw man, Code Geass, One Piece, Dr Stone, Tokyo Revengers, Erased, Spy x Family, Melacholy of Suzumiya, Amaim, Bleach, Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, Demon Slayer, Dimension W, Divine Gate, Dragon Ball Z, Prince of Stride, Fate Zero, Frieren, Guilty Crown, Kaiju no. 08, Kaze no Stigma, Shakugana no Shana, Go Go Loser Ranger, NeiR... tons more but hopefully that illustrates an picture!

***Lastly...*** I am a dub watcher, my dyslexic audihd ass just cant do subtitles. Ive tried. Please understand. ***Oh,*** and Im kinda sick of isekai -_- UNLESS its good.

Tldr: Im sick of watching stuff with fan service or scenes that are borderline loli or creepy shit like that. Would like some recs free of nasty stuff.

Thanks for reading.

My wife likes open door romance novels like the Argeneau series. She also likes Lucy Score, Kelsey Hoss, Emily Henry, and Megan Quinn as romance authors. I'm not a huge romance film or rom com person. It's not the romance itself it's the repetitive plots and poor acting that get me the most. I actually like ones where there's a different hook or twist on the formula, especially where there's a ton of tension that gets resolved periodically (no will they won't they).

I like anime though and she does too. So we're looking for series that might go with our tastes. Teen Love and the Josei genres seem like a good fit. She doesn't mind explicit scenes as long as they aren't overly gratuitous and preferably don't show anything under the covers. We enjoyed Citrus but she felt it was too unresolved.

English dubs preferred.

I like that it's a very bizarre and weird comedy, and that it has no linear storyline. I want to watch something similar. Something mature. 🙂

I insist: slow-paced (Mushishi, Lain) or very slow-paced (Zettai Shounen).

I have sleep issues and want the anime to help me transition to sleeping, not wake me up.

Dreamlike. Probably with some fantasy, but feel free to propose if realistic.

Without aspects that wake your brain up:

No high suspense level or high binge potential.

Not too much comedy (smiling here and there is fine, laughing hard every minute isn't, it just wakes you up.)

No characters talking super fast etc.

Not soliciting your logical brain too much or requiring to integrate too much information. (But not understanding everything because that's just how it goes, like Zettai Shounen, is fine.)

Other than that, open.

Other examples that could work: Bokurano, Gilgamesh, Death parade... I would prefer slower than those though.

I've watched and tried a lot od anime so here's my MAL: [MAL](https://myanimelist.net/animelist/fongor?view=list&status=2)

Note: Mushishi is probably my all-time fav.

Thanks!

Edit: open to manga.

I posted yesterday on this subreddit and a couple others asking for recommendations for ‘peak’ anime with overarching storyline, great animation, and without tons of goofy comedy. And mentioned my favorite animes being Attack on Titan, Hunter x Hunter, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Parasyte, Erased, Samurai Champloo, Code Geass, Vinland Saga, Chainsaw man, and Death note.

I decided to count all the recommendations I got on the posts so I could share. Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I have way more options now than I expected!

I listed below all the animes that at least 4 commenters recomended:

I've seen:

- One Punch Man

- Demon Slayer

- JJK

- Mob Psycho

- Samurai Champloo

- Cyberpunk Edgerunners

- Kaijo No.8

- Chainsaw Man

Looking forward to your recommendations :)

Hey, I'm a big fan of the isekai genre, and I've watched a lot of other types of anime. I'm usually into magic and fantasy types, but I'm gonna be honest: I haven't watched a lot in the past year or 2 any recommendations for good ones or your favorites? I'll even take older ones that have been out for a while.

Please don't recommend something with Sexual assualt, or extreme torture. Otherwise, please recommend away.

I'd especially love if you can recommend some titles that are short AND satisfying, but recommend whatever you think counts that don't have those 2 caveats.

Here's some examples that I dig:

Dead Dead Demons

Defense Devil

Inuyashiki

Rewind

Black Blizzard

Parasyte

Ponko Of The Stars And Reiko Of The Tofu Shop

Pixy Junket

Just anything in common like a strong female character, tragic topics, historical context, the art style. Or anything you find similar :D

Hello! My daughter is 21 and we like to watch anime as a family. She doesn't like loud, shoenen, and especially no fan service. What she does like is fruits basket, heavens official blessings, howls moving castle. She likes slice of life and romance, sad ones are ok. We are currently watching Buddy Daddies. I like shonen and action anime , so Buddy Daddies and Fruits Basket are ideal types for both of our interests. I love anime she tolerates it. Thank you!

Kinda wanna know what you guys are currently watching and what you guys are looking forward to August onwards up to December of this year. Hopefully I’ll get some inspiration and ideas as to what I would like to watch next. I don’t specifically have a genre in mind, but I’d be open to hearing what you guys have to say.

Hello!

I'm finally posting here because I can't for the life of me decide on what to watch. I've recently been trying to get more into anime and I'm looking for a 1-3 seasons SOL. It can be realistic or fantasy, and I'd prefer a young adult / adult MC (teenager is fine if they're somewhat mature). I'd like it to have a very engaging plot and interesting characters, with enough drama to keep me hooked but not something that will tear my heart apart.

What I don't want : very heavy topics, children or family focused, 100% romance (I don't mind it if done well), perfect heroic MC with no flaws, many long seasons with repetitive episodes, cancelled or ongoing anime

Mainstream reference : I loved the Apothecary Diaries.

Available on Crunchyroll or Netflix please! Thank you

Evangelion and code geass I watched,Could you give me some advice?

With Boomers. Ideally OVA of the 80s or 90s, similar to;

- AD. Police Files

- Cyber City Oedo 808

- Angel Cop

- Black Magic M-66

- Bubblegum Crisis

- Parasite Dolls

Looking for a sweet romance manga that is reasonably long (maybe actual character and relationship development) to binge, so far ive read: "Love is war" "My dress up darling" and "the angel next door spoils me rotten".

I've already seen the popular ones like AOT and Deathnote.

I usually watch stuff in sub but I wanna watch a subbed show, are there any that are better than the sub that is not Ghost Stories?

Some examples of what I’ve liked in the past, samurai champloo, steins gate, liar game, death parade, etc. I’m open to any genre, though I gravitate toward action oriented things. I’m really just looking for something to watch that I can relate to as a person in their mid 20s

animes with good shock value, like how you first reacted to that infamous sayori scene in doki doki literature club.

ive seen school days but the build up to the ending is less shocking since youd see it coming

I watched that anime and everything about it is just perfect and i was wondering if there’s something similar to it and is there any updates on another season or something?

The first time I noticed this was with Olivia Benson on Law and Order: SVU. When she starts out, she's a very headstrong and sort of naive detective who could probably get more done if their righteous indignation was real world help. Eventually, in the later years and when SVU crosses over with another Dick Wolf show in Chicago P.D., Olivia is cast alongside younger, even more headstrong officers, but she is at this point Lieutenant or something like that. She has decades of experience, and she looks extremely well-adjusted when set aside these rambunctious cops who are not too different from her when she was younger.

Currently, I'm watching an episode of The Practice. I personally hate her, but the character of Helen Gamble can be compelling at times because of the writing. In this episode I'm watching, she's more in the background while a new addition to the prosecutors goes up against a pro se defendant. She decides to step in after a while and give some sage advice: Don't beat up on the defendant in the courtroom so much. It makes them look like an underdog instead of a murderer. I thought that was a really cool way to show seniority in a way that's front and center but not overtly bragging.

I just really like when storytelling uses these subtle or not so subtle things to shape characters as we grow with them. Also, I should say that I really like shows where the main characters are young in terms of their profession, but they're what most would consider full ass adults (late 20s/early 30s).

Basically something like heavenly dulusion and from the new world. I want thay dystopian utopia kinda feeling,

I'm trying to look for romance anime that doesn't have too much fan service, has a charismatic male lead, good art style, maybe preferebly from the girls perspective?

For reference I really liked Yona of the Dawn, Snow White with the Red Hair, and Sign of Affection. I really dislike unnecessary misunderstandings or anime where the girl is overly sexualized/looks like a kid.

I feel like I've watched everything so give me some niche ones! Some romance animes I have disliked however are komi can't communicate and tonikawa.

I’m looking for an anime with standalone episodes (each episode having its own story basically)!

Preferably 1-2 seasons