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How would you describe your taste in anime and/or manga?
Mine:
(cough cough I'm not expecting people to respond with memes or only with memes, but I didn't want to leave the post description completely empty ~)
Predictable and boring.
Beginner tier i would say
Lewd, Violent, and Shitposty, but simultaneously emanating an aura of warmth and craftsmanship.
Basically I'm all over the god damned place
/me (on the right) prior my departure to Alaska:
i like shounen but i also like shows that give you an existential crisis
Edgy
My favorite so far have been Parasyte, Noragami, and Shield Hero
Action, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Fantasy, Romance, Comedy. I'll watch pretty much anything that's not sports or completly mindless fanservice.
All over the place. I watch anything that isn't yuri or hentai (although I'm currently working on figuring out my preferences in shonen ai/yaoi...I'm taking my sweet time with that), while ecchi only has any appeal to me as an add-on genre (e.g. Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka is counted as an ecchi by the database, but I have a soft spot for magical girl series which is why I watched it).
It doesn't really matter to me what a story is about, what speaks to me is how it goes about telling its story.
It could be SoL, shonen, romance, geopolitical thriller, sci-fi, whatever.
I like any story that treats the characters with respect. If it has characters with agency, doesn't objectify them and gives them a well written, believable arc then it's prolly my jam.
If it handles its underlying message and ambitions with care and well-thought-out writing then I'm 100% there with it.
What gets me really hype tho is if said message and ambitions are made part of the direction, animation, character design; the work's entire audiovisual language. That's really where the power of the medium can shine I feel.
A few anime I love:
Liz to Aoi Tori
Little Witch Academia TV
Shoujo Kakumei Utena
Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei(Bonus points if there's a woman in a suit and some wholesome gay.)
I don't know why people keep telling me it's "good". I have no taste, and soon I'll upgrade to having terrible taste instead.
In all seriousness, I can get into pretty much anything, but I especially like SOL comedy.
My main thing is weird, esoteric, David Lynch-y pretentious stuff. I have some kind of masochistic love for shows that I'm too dumb to understand. Anything with a mystery that has a satisfying resolution is also great.
I also love iyashikei like Aria and Yokohama Shopping Log. Slice of life too, but if it's very wholesome and whimsical then that's even better.On the flipside, as much as I love space/sci-fi shows, I have a really hard time watching them. I can't wrap my head around lore/technical or military aspects without rewinding a few times.
TL;DR - Mind-fucks, iyashikei and mystery
Schrödinger's anime list. Bad and good at the same time.
Isn't that the same for everyone, though? I mean, does somebody who only likes masterpieces really exist? O:
Anime: Loud, Explosions, Stylish and Magical
Manga: Sadness, Darkness, and Fate
Not shonen. I like stuff that focuses heavily on interpersonal relationships, so like romance and mystery.
I'm a sucker for sad stories, cliche rom-coms and overhyped shonen/sports anime. I enjoy a thriller and some crazy clusterfucks every once in a while. Isekai deserve to burn in hell for the most part. Here are some of my favourites:
Hunter x Hunter 2011
A Silent Voice
Gurren Lagann
SteinsGate
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K
Toradora
Typical, right?
