Anime

1851 readers

66 users here now

This community is the place to discuss and ask questions about anime, anime news, and related topics.

Currently airing show discussion threads are created by our resident bot, [email protected]. If it doesn't make a thread for an episode that you want to discuss, see the user guide on the wiki for instructions on how to request that rikka make a thread for you to use.

Check out our wiki to find:

Rules

Posts must relate to anime or similar (donghua, etc.)
Discussion threads for currently airing media must be made by the bot. If there isn't a discussion thread made for a piece of media you want to discuss, then request it via pm.
Ensure that all series spoilers are tagged. See here for details.
Memes should be directed toward [email protected] (or similar) instead of this community
Do not post explicitly NSFW material. Please use your best judgement when marking lewd material as NSFW, unmarked material risks being removed.
Please redirect discussion of piracy towards a more appropriate community
Any clips from currently airing shows cannot include content from episodes released within the past 7 days.
All posts and comments must adhere to the ani.social Terms of Use
In general, keep things civil and avoid attacking other individuals.

Related General Communities

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (Spanish language community)
[email protected] (Myanmar community)
Megathread of other communities on the fediverse maintained by @[email protected]

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Anime newbie looking for suggestions (lemmus.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

62 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I watched "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" a few weeks ago which is probably my first proper anime (not counting the odd episode of Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon or OnePiece I caught on TV as a child) and I really enjoyed it.

Especially the slow but deep character build up and general world building and exploration themes were really captivating. So I'm looking for something similar with focus on these aspects.

So far I found "Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina", which was ok but didn't quite live up to Frieren and wasn't nearly as captivating.

So does anyone know similar shows or at least shows that focus on the aspects of story telling I mentioned avove?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood might interest you. Thinking about interesting character studies - if you like stories with horror elements, Monster is great. Cowboy Bebop is a classic sci fi story. I was personally a big fan of Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

What's fun about getting into an old but new for you thing is having a huge backlog of classics to experience for the first time. Sometimes I'll get into a new genre of music and it's the best going through top 10 album lists and so on. I hope you have a great experience!