Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Anime to Watch

This is a short list of some of the anime that I have really enjoyed.  I will not include what I like to call the Four Kings (Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, Fairy Tail).


Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) - The setting is a world where the vast majority of humanity has been eaten alive by monsters called titans.  The rest of humanity escaped by building a giant wall around their cities.  The story and openings are very well done and the artwork is beautiful.  If you haven't watched this yet, I highly recommend giving it a try.  The story will surprise you time and time again.

Hamatora - This anime takes place in modern day Japan.  However, there are people with special powers called "minimums".  The story follows the minimum holding detective duo Hamatora and their friends.  The story is very nicely written and there are some awesome fights.  Just like with Attack on Titan, it has some really unexpected events occur in its story.

Un-Go - Un-Go is a detective anime that follows a young man and his partner as they take on truly difficult cases and uncovers the truth behind them all.  There aren't really any fight scenes but the mystery involved in each case is more than enough to make up for it.  The setting is a modern but post-war Japan that is still dealing with effects of the war.  Also, this anime has only 11 episodes so it doesn't take long to finish.

The Irregular at Magic High School
I started watching this anime as research for my smart shounen protagonist post.  I soon fell in love with it though.  The main character alone had me deeply intrigued.  In the not so far off future, magic is common place but as technology instead of archaic spells and enchantments.  Shiba Tatsuya is a new student attending First Magic High School with his sister.  However, he gets placed into the "weed" program for students lacking in talent and his younger sister is placed into the "bloom" program for students with high levels of talent.

Steins;Gate - I found this anime to be so much better than I expected.  The basic story is that an eccentric and  self proclaimed "mad scientist" experiences irregularities that cause him to research time travel.  Okabe Rintarou, (he refers to himself as Hououin Kyouma) the scientist in question, ends up involving people in his research and experiments referring to them as members of Future Gadgets Laboratory.  This is a highly plot driven anime with a lot of humorous interactions between characters.  If you absolutely vehemently loath reading a good deal of subtitles with a passion you may want to avoid this one.

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