What is the deepest anime you've ever watched?
>>137776444
deep doesn't mean confusing or boring.
>>137776444
Your mom's vagina.
Boku no Pico.
Nice trips
Going by your graph... Macross 7.
FINDS
According to that list Angels Egg
But we all know that it needs to be edited quite a bit. There are flaws
>Ghibili movies down in tier 4
>5cm per second mentioned twice
>Madoka Magica too high
>Hunter x Hunter too low
could go on
>>137776444
Blue Submarine Number 6.
Gurren Laggan wasn't really that deep.
>Hajime no Ippo in Tier 4
>ZZ is an obscure Gundam series
>>137776444
If manga by the same name counted I would be very deep thanks to Detective Conan, which really shouldn't be that deep.
Farthest down the list in OP's image would probably be this.
Reminder that this chart isn't about the depth of the show and is irrelevant to the topic unless the OP was referring to the show's depth on this chart.
>>137777174
Outside of this, I've been watching Shinbo's stuff in chronological order. His early stuff is so bad, outside of a handful of moments/episodes.
>>137776444
Pre 90's shows i've never seen anyone mention.
According to your chart, 'obscure Gundam series'. ZZ is apparently obscure.
>>137777228
>His early stuff is so bad
And it never got any better.
>>137776444
The lowest on that list that I've seen is Cencoroll.
Cencoroll 2 never
Boku no Pico should be at the top
>>137777273
Well memed my friend
>>137777325
Thank you, I am an aspiring memeist.
>Ranma 1/2 and Mononoke at approximately the same level
lolwut
>>137776444
According to that list:
The deepest mentioned by name is Robot Carnival
But I also watched Moetan, which may count as an obscure Mahou Shoujo. (Really catchy opening btw)
>>137777377
To add to this
>Yu Yu Hakusho below Tatami Galaxy
Do casuals watch Madoka? I can't tell if its being in Tier 1 is serious or not, since it does have a dub.
>>137776444
According to the list.
Inaka Isha
In terms of actual "deep" anime probably Ergo Proxy.
>Kara no Kyoukai in tier 4
Is this how bad TMfag want to recognized as deepfag?
>>137777499
I did not realize an adaptation of any of Kafka's work existed. Is it good?
>>137776444
>outlaw star that deep down
Anything that's been on adult swim/toonami should be above the surface.
I wish there was some kind of order to the shows listed in each tier, like alphabetical by title. It's almost impossible to find an individual show in these word jumbles.
>>137777567
Seriously. Even now, as they've fallen off the top of pop culture, they're such an ingrained part of the culture.
>>137777563
It's a very good adaptation. I was very impressed.
>>137777466
I don't think so. It certainly shouldn't be above stuff like S;G, Haruhi and Evangelion anyway.
>>137776444
>Ranma 1/2
>deepest anime I've watched
>>137777547
I think it's more to do with the chart being fucking stupid.
>>137777202
But the chart does have some confusion in its presentation.
"Accessibility" and "Obscurity" aren't synonyms. When taking about media, "accessibility" usually means ease of audience understanding or relation. A summer blockbuster is more accessible to a general audience than a foreign indie art film. It IS about depth and complexity, since more complex/ambitious media tend to be less accessible to general audiences.
"Obscurity" refers to popularity and perhaps difficulty to find. A show can be very accessible but very obscure, like some children's show made in Albania in the 70s that everyone would get but you can't find anywhere.
A show that's obscure isn't necessarily more complex or less accessible than a show that's easily available.
>>137776444
According to that piece of shit, Texhnolyze.
According to that list, Inaka Isha or Human Salvation Project.
This TV Tropes page actually does a good job of ordering anime according to actual obscurity, meaning in terms of popularity/notoriety.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity
>>137776444
Where does "obscure animated movie made by a guy from Poland who works now in anime on backgrounds" places me?
Also, how is this list made? The deeper the anime is, the less populat it is? Or is the story deeper? I'm asking, because I burst out laughing, when I saw HxH so much deeper than stuff like One Piece or FMA. First tell us the rules, then call other people's taste pleb.
Short films like Robot Carnival, Genius Party/Beyond, Memories. Obscure is pretty relative though.
>>137777993
According to that list, Digimon or Doraemon are anime for obsessed otakus that have been watching anime for years and are starting to learn Japanese.
>>137778018
The TV Tropes page has good definitions for levels of obscurity:
>Level 0: Series is so well-known that many people outside of the anime fandom generally know about this. The series is to some extent part of worldwide pop culture (and usually dominates in Japan). In the English-speaking fandom almost all anime in this category were those released in America as a kid-oriented English dub on network television during The '90s, although this isn't a rule, as there are a couple of animes released before or after that decade that also qualify.
>Level 1: Some people outside the anime fandom may have heard of this. Pretty much everyone in the fandom knows about the series. They may not know it in great detail, but they should know enough to talk about the series and likely have an opinion on it. You may find limited traces of it in pop culture.
>Level 2: Detailed knowledge is mainly restricted to a specialized fandom, but most people in the fandom know about it enough to have some idea what it's about.
>Level 3: General awareness is not guaranteed, but fandoms are sizable enough to be notable.
>Level 4: Fandoms are small, but sizable enough that the series still shows up on some radars. For example, you may be able to find a number of fan-videos focused on these series, and chances are that in any bunch of 10-20 tropers you might have one or two who know the series in question other than you. The internet has really helped bring these fandoms together, due to how small and scattered they tend to be.
>Level 5: Even more obscure. Fandoms very small, mainly because word hasn't really even got out about the existence of this series. You'd probably be lucky to find 1 out of those 20; you should be casting your net wider. If the series isn't current, you might be one of only a handful in a convention who knows of it.
>Level 6: For things that, while they exist, seem to be impossible to find, even on the internet with modern proliferation of filesharing.
explain the keit-ai meme to me.
>>137777993
>Also, how is this list made? The deeper the anime is, the less populat it is? Or is the story deeper?
>being this new
>>137778120
Oh, and for the purpose of this categorization "anime fandom" means:
>The general anime fandom, as relevant to this list, is defined as being English-speaking anime fans on the Internet.
Japanese anime fandom would have a very different list.
>>137778072
Fuck, seems like 80% of people I know in my age group from my country is really fucking deep into anime then.
I guess that list was made mainly for USA, since there are places where stuff like GTO, Magic Knight Rayearth or Slayers are really well known and comparably nostalgic to Dragon Ball and Pokemon.
Based on that chart:
Popular Japanese long runners and obscure 90 shows, but that's because they're aired in local channel. I believed my brother also had watched Voltes V.
For the one I find myself is Genius Party.
>>137778172
I like this meme, since I've been on 4ch since the 70's.
>>137776444
According to that degenerate thing you made
Doujin anime
>>137777954
Should have a level 7 for stuff that literally doesn't exist.
And I think California Crisis should be level 5 (not 6), it was pretty easy to find, and also gets some talk in online communities.
>>137778120
>>137777954
>http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfAnimeObscurity
This is actually a good list.
>>137778177
Yeah, it's weird how in large parts of the world Doraemon is this huge mega-icon that is almost Hello Kitty/Mickey Mouse-level recognizable, but seems virtually unknown to most of the US because TV network censors here were pussies about it.
Girls und panzers and even that is known by normies
Chart is shit
>>137777954
>Level 5
>Ben-To
Fucking Ume, the series would have more fans if that cunt didn't exist.
>>137776444
Blood royale at the very bottom. Don't judge
>there are people still responding to this like it's the first time they've seen it
Is it all just pretend, or have you actually missed the fifty other times the guy's posted it so far this year?
>>137778346
>normies
Stop. Take this shit back to /r9k/ and stay there. It doesn't belong on /a/.
>>137778473
I always reply to it, because sometimes you can get semi-decent conversation out of it.
>>137778473
/r9k/ and /a/ shouldn't even be separate boards. They're redundant.
>>137778473
Why wont you take yourself back to...
>>137776444
Bobobo is normie shit, toonami had it on for it's run.
>>137777954
>yuuki yuuna this low
>>137776444
Probably some untranslated anime for little girls like Jewelpet S1, Jewelpet Sunshine, Futagohime S2 or Pretty Rhythm S2.
>>137777954
In a few weeks, Kara no Kyoukai will raise to level 2
>>137779212
Explain.
Kaiba
>>137778473
I fell out of /a/ for about a year and spent all my time on /co/ and /lit/. I've seen variations on this, but this specific one is my first time. pls no bully
>>137776444
>Blue Submarine No. 6
Pretentious crap where the writer thought that being ambiguous meant having god awful half written characters and interactions
Sky Crawlers, hands down.
>>137779346
Fate GO collab project.
FEEL THE DEPTH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyX1ezqLq04
Based on the chart, 70s and 80s robot shows
>>137778120
Ai City isn't that obscure. That's the one gripe I have with this list. I'd say anything that gets a release in the west and a dub isn't super deep.
If you don't have an AB account you're a level 3 at max. And if you haven't had to find raws for the show you wanted to watch because no on else knows anything about it then you're a fucking normie.
>>137779618
Well, at least we'll get more KnK threads I guess.
>>137777954
>Evangelion a 0 in western yurop
I have literally never met a single person that has seen it. Even most of the entry level weebs at uni say they've "heard of it" but look very uncertain.
I seriously thought it was only a Japan and America thing.
>>137779832
>If you don't have an AB account you're a level 3 at max
Is this a joke? I have an AB account and use it occasionally, but the number of things that you actually can't get elsewhere are tiny. Hell, there are some obscure things on nyaa you can't get on AB.
>normie
Oh, nevermind, you're just a retarded shitposter.
>>137776444
LotGH that low? I saw a DVD box for it being sold in freaking Blockbuster once. In Mexico.
Just go on mal and order the animes by number of followers
>>137780109
Yeah but you probably have shit taste. Find me the Rokudenashi Blues OVAs, or a complete set of Shounan Bakusozoku OVAs on any other site. Or the entirety of the Spriggan manga and the Natsuki Crisis manga or Shakotan Boogie.
>>137777954
>level 6: almost impossible to find
>Ashita no Nadja
Literally took one google search to find a torrent with all 50 episodes subbed. Maybe it wasn't all subbed when the list was made, but the raws were still out there.
>>137779832
the existence of youtube easily brings everyone straight to level 6
Key the Metal Idol aired on PBS (KTEH) in the San Francisco Bay Area in the the late 90s/early 00s.
And doesn't everyone on /a/ watch hardcore fetish hentai?
>>137778018
Genius party is pretty great, really liked some of the shorts.
>>137780599
Key the Metal Idol was in multiple bargain bins across the country. It had both a DVD and VHS release as well. But now no one has heard of it. It's a massive shame as well, as it had a massive influence despite not being very famous or well known and the director's only work.
The OST is also fucking amazing
Going by actual shows, gdgd Fairies.
Including shit like gifs is just silly.
>>137780599
Animated hentai is mostly fucking shit. I don't watch it because of aversion to content, but rather because it's so poor and it's way easier to get off to eroge or H-manga.
>>137779832
>It's sometime in the future and the story starts off with Kei and Ai running for their lives
We only missed one letter here.
>>137780921
the future finds a way
>>137776444
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
And I thought it was overrated as all fuck, horribly done narrative, anti-climatic ending, downright bad world building. No idea why it's held in such high esteem by Anime nerds. My only conclusion is that they're tasteless assholes.
>>137776444
>Texhnolyze that low
>people still responding to this even though it's just randomly sorted shows
>>137780335
This is irrelevant to your claims. There's untranslated shit on plenty of sites, and almost all translated shit on AB is elsewhere. I also don't know why you're bringing up manga.
I'm not saying AB is complete shit, or I wouldn't have one, but the idea that you're at level 3 (especially the >>137778120 definition, come on) without AB is just idiotic.
>>137781057
>nichijou pic
literally 2deep4u
>>137776444
Votoms
>>137776444
How fucking autistic was whoever made that chart?
Like seriously someone literally labelled and ordered all of that by how "DEEP" they thought anime was.
The original version of it was just a fucking joke.
I've seen about 100 full series or so and I'm at tier 3 and don't desire to go deeper.
>>137780335
>Find me the Rokudenashi Blues OVAs
Literally google it and hit the video tab. Just because torrents are better doesn't mean streams don't exist.
>>137781169
I was referring to OP's pic for the personal levels as the tropes page is more about the level of the anime.
>>137781365
>streaming
Please stay on crunchyroll.
>>137776444
>steins gate
>mirai nikki
>digimon
>soul eater
>kill la kill
>Chunnibyou
>luckystar
>JoJo
>bobobobobobobo
>hunterxhunter
GOD DAMN this chart is utter shit.
You've got casual anime in the definitely into anime.
You've got Kill la Kill in the getting into anime, when it is clearly babies first anime.
You've got shit that was shown on Adult Swim all over the fucking chart when it was all clearly intro to anime.
If it was on adult swim once, it's tier 1, period.
Oldest anime, BubblegumC or FoTNS.
>Obscure Gundam Shows
Really? What the fuck, they at least have a brand name attached to them, too low
I'm probably like a 4.5 on this scale.
>>137781402
I'm not defending streaming. My point is that you could watch this and plenty of other obscure stuff without knowing how to torrent, forget having a secret club account.
>>137781422
>If it was on adult swim once, it's tier 1, period.
This seems too stiff. They had Seirei no Moribito and Pilot Candidate and stuff.
I've watched all of Urotsukidoji. What do I win?
>>137781928
Unjustified elitism points.
>>137776444
Ergo proxy, but I've also seen lots of trashy, garbage anime-tie ins
>>137776444
That is way too crowded. Also it's not listed by "depth," just obscurity. Who the fuck would waste their time with high school projects?
>>137782098
>Also it's not listed by "depth," just obscurity
The chart's terrible for other reasons, but there's literally a disclaimer at the top saying it's not about quality.
>>137781948
>elitism
It was a total piece of shit.
>>137776444
Kissxsis
Interesting fact:this was the first ever anime I watched, I only watched one episode but lost interest because it got too weird (this was before I found 4chan).
>>137776444
Going by your graph it would be koi kaze
>>137781043
I'm surprised you finished it. I dropped it when I figured out it was written by someone that thinks their middle school perspective on war and politics is worth taking really seriously. It's unnuanced and poorly written.
>>137782725
>t. Francis Ford Coppola
>>137776444
Either Angel's Egg or obscure OVAs depending on how obscure you consider the Megaten ones to be.
>>137783100
Me and your parents are both equally proud of you
>>137776444
I've watched pre-1960's anime. Its seriously not that hard, its mostly Jap propaganda and adverts
>>137783100
No Lupin
No Katanagatari
No Tatami Galaxy
No Alien 9
No Lain
What are you even doing, nigga?
>>137783848
There's a ton of good stuff on there, I'm sure anyone itt would be missing a good handful of classics.
>>137776444
>can think of a couple that aren't here
Deep
>>137783848
>No Katanagatari
This one is on my "to watch list" along with Monster and Serial Experiments Lain.
>>137777954
>Queen Millennia
Just seeing this mentioned makes me happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTC9RTvEMfk
>>137784258
I hope your "to watch list" is fuckhuge. Your image makes you look like you've just gotten started.
>>137784253
>a couple
I hope everyone on /a/'s watched at least a hundred or two that aren't there, since there's only a small number of recent anime on it.
Is hardcore fetish H anime really that deep?
>>137785022
Euphoria is an eyeopener.
>>137785061
More like a pants-dropper.
>>137784943
You haven't watched 200 anime.
>>137785135
What is the point of this post?
>>137785178
He's projecting.
>>137785251
I sort of assumed it wasn't serious, but I guess this thread might naturally attract newfags who think that's a huge number.
>>137776444
I don't get the animated gifs one. So if you browse the sakuga wiki and know key animators you're in deeper than someone that's sat through the entirety of Doraemon? Cause that's something I never see myself doing.
>>137785379
I think this is patterned after a /tv/ version I used to see, where student films and amateur stuff like that were at the bottom.
>>137785379
That was much smaller than expected so have this.
>>137776444
i only watch deep stuff
I watched at least 10 GB of the old timey Japanese movies anthology so I guess pretty damn deep
>>137776444
This list is a debacle.
>write random anime names anywhere
>claim that's where they should fit
>it's all nonsense
>>137777466
Probably not, but it is really good at getting normalfags to put up with the moe style character designs and middle school age characters that you might usually see in a comedy/SoL show since it has "mature" subject matter and themes.
>>137777466
It got a tv broadcast where I live.
Threadly reminder that you should stop posting that because it's a thing.https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3206139/1/
>>137776444
that graph is bullshit
id be tier 6 with Dororo to Hyakkimaru
and im not even that much of an anime nerd
FINDS A WAY
>>137776444
>Nadesico
>deep
U srs, nigga?
