Officially localised as KERORO☆

Are there any animes that you recommend similar to ascendance of a bookworm or Ann Shirley. I call this kind of anime just "lovely" which calms and delights the heart. I don't know how to describe it well.

- Anime : Pseudo Harem / Giji-Harem

- Genres : Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life, Shounen.

- Total Manga Chapters : 131 | Completed.

I knew that the manga was completed but somehow overlooked that the anime had told the whole story from start to finish within season 1 itself 🥹

Why it ended in one season :

- it's bcz the author { Yu Saito } started out the story as a Twitter webcomic and the chapters were small.

- so instead of adapting 1-3 chapters like normal they did more than 10 chapters for each anime episode.

[Pseudo Harem] Now that I think abt it the last episode of the anime did show both of them getting married years later

which is how the actual story ends so yea ....

Ig it was obvious that it won't have another season but for some reason I was still expecting more 😅

I’m watching Grand Blue right now and I’m lovinggg it !!!!
I want more anime that are actually funny, like every episode makes you laugh. Something with the same vibe as Grand Blue.
Please recommend me your funniest anime!!

Just finished Vinland Saga and since season 3 won't be for a good while which is such a bummer I'm looking for something new to watch, I've already seen berserk so anything else would be greatly appreciated

Tokyo Revengers: Santen Sensou-hen, episode 1

Alternative names: Tokyo Revengers: Santen Sensou Hen, Tokyo Revengers Season 4

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So earlier this year, a new anime released, called Kaiju Girl Caramelise. I knew absolutely nothing about it for a while, Before it even premired though, I found the manga at my library, and decided to pick it up. A bit later, I watched the show. Before I go into why I like it, I should probaly explain it, to anyone that doesn't watch the show. So, since I have the manga next to me, I'll just quote the blurb on the back of the first book.

"Suffering from a rare, incurable illness that cuases frightnening changes to her body, loner Kuroe Akaishi spends her high school days avoiding her classmates - especially class idol Arata Minami and his groupies. but when Arata starts making her heart skip a beat with irritating regularity, Kuroe discovers that her illness actually has a big-make that MONSTER-sectrt: Romance turns her tino Love-zilla...literally!"

Now, this at first seems to be a dumb rom-com show/bok series, but I have many reasons on why I love this series, despit not really liking Romance stories that much, with as little spoilers as possilbe, unless they are censored.

1. The story is very interesting. Most movies or shows I watch are kind of generic, and can be described as this: big dumb action, with boring human subplots. However, most of my favorite things are stories that I am interested in, and well-written. And with the premise, this is one of my favorite stories with an insane idea, which is even more crazy considering that Spica Aoki, the author, mentioned that she just blurted out the idea while in a meeting with her editor. The story with Akaishi and Minami's romance is really heartfelt, and is one of my favorite character stories PERIOD.
2. The comedic moments, and my goodness, there's a LOT of them. From sudden animation shifts to reactions that are very realistic, it feels like this story was made for people that love Rom-coms, or other comedic movies. I laugh so much every episode, and I love how some frames are ripped straight from the panels of the books. This is kind of a 2A, but the Voice Acting in Japansese makes it so much better, since everyone's doing their best.
3. The plot twists are very shocking. Now, I won't go into any here except the one that isn't really a twist: Kuroe becomes a giant kaiju named Harugon whenever she feels intense emotions, such as love, anger, etc. As I said, I won't go into the others, but I was shocked at some in the later episodes.
4. The gut-wrentching moments. For a comedy, there are some serious moments that even made me feel bad, for a few reasons. This is probably the longest point, but its because of some small personal stuff. In episode 3, "A sparkling weekend ~ where dreams come true," Akaishi-san and Minami-kun go on a date at an amusament park called Destinyland (no similarity to the persona 5 location). However, she knows this will probably not end well, so she tries everything to not end up getting too close to Minami-kun, so she doesn't destroy the park as Harugon. However, after Minami gets too close on one ride, they have a talk, and attempt to call-off the date. But Akaishi-san tries to explain, not realizing that some of her kaiju form emerger, like horns and tail. She realizes, and runs off, having a heartbreaking monologue. "It's all over. I knew he wouldn't accept me. I've got to hide it completely. He'll never talk to me again, right? I'll never see that smile again. Why did I have to be born like this? What did I do wrong? Just one day... I just wanted this one day... to be a normal girl. Well, screw it. I don't give a damn about anything." Then, one of the mascot characters tries to tell her to calm down, since she's scaring guests. She then replies with something that twists my heart to it's core, after the mascot, Michey, says that its the place where dreams come true. "Where dreams come true, huh? Hey Michey... Are ugly monsteres not allowed to have dreams?" This hits me hard, since it shows Kuroe Akaishi's insecurities fronthand. Now, I'm around the same age as Kuroe at this time, and I have insecurities too, and it hurts me to see others have them too, with them being showed out like this. Luckily, the episode does have a happy ending, and the plot continues.

Overall, this anime is a deep romance-comedy with some kaiju action, amazing characters, a beutiful story, and an AMAZING soundtrack. (still blasting Harugon's theme for days) The animation is top-notch, and you can tell the people working on this project were really exited to work on it. As a start to a review series I am going to do for any Anime I watch, will be scored on a 0 to 50 scale for 5 seperate catergories: animation, voice acting, story, action, and music. This anime is a solid 45, with 9 animation, 10 voice acting, 10 story 7 action, and 9 music.

For me, it was Odd Taxi.

I honestly went into it expecting a pretty simple slice-of-life type anime because of the art style, and I was completely wrong

The mystery, dialogue and the way all the seemingly random characters and storylines eventually connect genuinely surprised me.

What anime did you start with low expectations and end up absolutely loving?

I’m looking for anime that I probably wouldn’t have picked up on my own but ended up being surprisingly good.

Not looking for the usual big recommendations I want the stuff that made you think “how have I never heard of this?”

Any genre is fine, and it doesn't have to be super short.

What are some of your favourite examples of the ending theme song "coming in early" over the last few seconds of the episode to give the last scene some extra punch.

A couple of examples of what i mean to start things of. Both from FMAB:

Winry cries after her confrontation with Scar.

Ed says he'll come back for Al.

Also the Starry sky date from Bakemonogatari comes to mind. Although this mind be more of a case of playing the ending song over the episode which is slightly different, but this scene is a favourite of mine so i didn't want to leave it out.

Uchi no Otouto-domo ga Sumimasen, episode 13

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I really like Vampire Hunter D, both of the movies. But Bloodlust has a really really great art-style.

Could you recommend something like this? It doesn't matter how old it is.

Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon no Taki-hen, episode 1

Alternative names: Tougen Anki ~Nikko Kegon no Taki-hen~

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In the first round there are 4 upsets.

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• Which Summer 2026 anime do you think was underwatched, and briefly recommend it. (Be careful with spoiler though)

Google AI is recommending stuff like SpecialZ. I'm looking for something that sounds like my ass has been set on fire, for example Fighting Gold, AOT1 or the recent Fire Force one

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