Shows you took a chance on that payed off.
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>>139146434
>payed
How do you not take a chance on a show OP?
>>139146434
Best gamble ive taken in my life
>>139146434
That's the majority of shows I've ended up liking, really. This season Konosuba and Koukaku no Pandora were like that. Neither show was a mind-blowing masterpiece or anything, but they sounded dumb as fuck beforehand but ended up actually being good seasonal entertainment. Pandora was also kind of dumb as fuck, but fun nonetheless.
>>139146581
he probably means shows that you weren't immediately enamored with, or that don't fall within your usual viewing pattern.
Like when a lot of people who hate moeshit watched Madoka when it was fotm.
>>139146581
It's an idiom that refers to uncertainty - in this case, in whether one will enjoy a show. If something looks like schlock but you try it anyway, you're taking a chance.
>>139146581
If someone who you know to more or less share your taste recommends a show, you can usually trust it to be entertaining. Other than that you're absolutely right, though.
>>139146434
I usually like to try and pick out one romance show every other season or so just to make sure that I'm not only watching the same kinds of thing over and over again, but Akagami is the first one where I have legitimately looked forward to watching every week
It's been a great ride, and what's even better is that the quality has been consistent throughout the entire run. I'm gonna miss this stupid showSo when do Mitsuhide and Kiki fuck?
>>139146434
This show. I wanted to like it, but the MC suffered too much from the "When MC isn't around, everyone should be asking where MC is". She's likable and all, but it seemed like everyone either turned retarded around her or fell in love with her (both in some cases), barring the prince's retainers.
Think I dropped it like 10 episodes in or something.
It's not a gamble, but I still wanna share.
I read Berserk's first two volumes about three or four years ago, but I dismissed it as just an another edgy manga and I dropped it.
..until a few months ago when Guts got off the boat. I (and probably many others) picked it up again, by first watching the movies, and then starting from the first volume again, so I can see the skipped content.
The movies were pleasurable to watch. Yes, the CGI was bad but the great soundtrack makes up for it.
It's a fucking masterpiece that everyone should, but the first volume makes one hell of a bad impression and chases most people away.
>>139147334
should read*
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Etotama and Dance With Devils. Not even kidding, I started watching them as jokes with a buddy of mine but we both ended up genuinely enjoying them.
>>139148665
>with a buddy of mine
Wish I had friends who enjoyed anime.. Mine play games instead
Being hyped for an anime with another person is probably awesome
This season? The Phantasy Star Online anime. Went in expecting a bad game adaptation and got silly fun instead.
>>139146434
How was the adaptation?
>>139146622
I made the same choice anon. Will never regret.
>>139147543
>And then S2 and S3 happened
>>139146742They eventually get married and have kids.
Obi remains single, tho.
This must've been my weirdest "gamble" ever.
I had the first two episodes on my HDD.
I have no recollection of ever downloading them, and knew nothing about the series either.
I was hooked after the first ep.
>>139150531
I remember jokingly saying a bunch of criteria for an anime and someone mentioned that. I was literally picking the worst things I could think of
Something like
>Anime with a generic dud female lead who wants to be an idol in space and there are swords
And somehow I stumbled on the description for that almost word for word. God damned that shit was awesome.
Thanks for the recs, faggotmasters.
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It was comfy and sweet, with a bit of feels.
>>139152682
>feels
>>139150477Obi is either gay or cucked, I'm not completely sure.
>>139147334
The early volumes lack the consistency of later arcs, since Miura hasn't fully established yet the characters and lore.
The movies suck anyway.
The shota herbalist needed to fuck that cake herbalist.
>>139153346
nah, he's justzen-sexual
>>139156249
He's too much hooked in the redhair he'll never have.
this was alot more funny than I expected it to be.
>>139150477
That makes me happier than you know, anon
Thank you
>>139146622
Same.
Stardust Crusaders was horseshit though.
>>139146434
I'm on episode 2 and I'm still on the fence about this.
Does the show pick up?
Just this season even.
In spades.
>Oh hey something about robots and maintenance crew, maybe it's like a reverse Argevollen.
>is even better
>>139152682
>a chance
That's a critically acclaimed series you just posted.
>>139157247
Yeah, I haven't gotten to the second cour but the first was AOTS last summer.
>>139157247
Depends what you mean by pick up.
It's very consistent at what it does.
>>139157500
I like /m/ but I don't see why liked Argevollen or M3
>>139157633
I don't know, the first episode was competent and had it's moments, but the second just felt like it didn't have the right amount of setup to really work.
>>139146434
>payed
Unless it has an exceptional plot I usually skip shows with male main characters. I took a flyer on this show not expected much. Was definitely one of the best shows I had watched that year. Marathoned all the episodes in a single day.
>>139157966
>Unless it has an exceptional plot I usually skip shows with male main characters.
Care to explain this criteria?
>>139157752
M3?
I just found argevollen to be fairly realistic from a combat perspective and enjoyed that aspect of it.
>>139158161
I skip almost everything with female main characters instead, i just don't like them most times
>>139158161
It's a subjective standard but examples of immediate drops:
Highschool setting
mysterious girl falls from the sky
just a normal highschool boy
wake up in a game
harem
I picked up Boku Dake this season which violates the school trope, but the storytelling (in my opinion) was exceptional that it passed the test. It also started the first episode as an adult life sucks theme.
>>139150531
That anime was brilliant.
The new musume anime also looks like one of a kind.
>>139158303
>Highschool setting
>mysterious girl falls from the sky
>just a normal highschool boy
>wake up in a game
>harem
This is actually a good list.
It makes me sad to think how many people will have skipped over this just because it's 3d.
Went in expecting some mediocre harem that I would drop 3 episodes in and came out with one of my favourite shows that season
>>139158380
I tried Tesagure (spelling?) and I was unfortunately put off by the 3d. It did seem like an enjoyable show though.
>>139157542
what is the name of this series?
>>139158393
Is that Nurse Witch Komugi or what it's called?
>>139146434
>Recommendation thread
>55/17/38
>No Bocu no Pico
/a/ is dead, we reddit now.
>>139158606
Reverse image search FUCK
>>139158606
Very good highly recommend the show. Haibane Renmei
>>139158647
It's the battle zodiac anime of last year. Etotama
>>139158684
>le rec thread boogeyman
There's a difference between "recommend me anime because I'm too lazy to do any sort of research into the medium" and "shows that you expected to be bad but ended up being good".
>>139158743
thanks for the help anon.
>>139158743
Stop spoonfeeding, it causes nothing but harm. There's literally a built-in button that will give them the answers they want without shitting up the board.
>>139158684
It's not taking a chance when everyone tells you how great it is.
>>139158796
>>139158877
Awfully defensive, I just stated a fact. This is a rec thread through and through, there are even spoonfeeders. Not my problem you are so mentally damaged you can't see it.
>>139158684
>taking a chance on Boku no Pico
That doesn't count, taking a chance implies the risk of it being bad, that's like saying you'r "taking a chance" with Code Geass.
I wonder how much of a normie I'd be now if I had changed the channel to Food Network or whatever after Futurama like usual.I might even be happy.
>>139158393
i expected not to make it past episode 2 with this because cutesy harem animes are so boring to me now. but this surprised me. Another one for me was Freezing. I thought it was just gonna be ecchi battle harem crap but once again it surprised me.
Gurren Lagann believe it or not.
Sure it's entry level as all hell but before this I was only a Toonami anime fan. And for someone who was a fan of more sensible and "realistic" mecha like Gundam and Zoids something like Gurren Lagann seemed too ridiculous.
But I was wrong and instantly fell in love with it. It revived my love of anime and got me to finally go outside of my comfort zone.
>>139158959
>pointless "you're being defensive" fallacy
Keep up the quality posts, my friend. This will surely return the board to its 2007 greatness, complete with "XD" and "epic troll" posts.
>>139158684
i have actually watched all of the Boko No Pico series Pico and Pico X Chico is pretty good. Coco is kinda silly, and over the top with the cross dressing and weird stuff going on around town.
>>139146434
Geass.
I had no idea what it was when I found a dvd of it lying on the floor in a friend's house. I loved it.
>>139159055
Keep on spoonfeeding and don't forget to post this thread to reddit.
>>139158991
I honestly don't remember how I even came across to watch Guren Lagan. I had fallen out of anime in my teenage years until I saw PSG and loved that. I think it is safe to say that although it gets trolled heavily Gurren Lagan probably one of the better anime ever made.
>>139158965
>normie
Fuck off.
Shingeki no Bahamut - I would have written it off immediately as a shitty adaptation of a game but I gave it a shot based off of the promotional image alone. I didn't even bother with a PV.
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure - I don't LOVE it, and I have yet to read any of the manga, but /a/ kicked up such a fuss about it when the first season came out so I gave it a chance and really enjoyed myself.
Shorts (Hackadoll, Kagewani, Turning Girls, Hakone-chan, Ai Tenchi Muyo!, etc.) - I normally ignored shorts for a long time because I didn't think that they had anything to offer. Glad I was wrong. Some shorts are better than a full length episode.
>>139156740
This. I really didn't expect to enjoy it at all and everything about it goes completely against the type of stuff I watch. Would never watch it again, but I did enjoy myself.
>Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
I'm glad I ignored Tenka Seiha and watched this anyway. Sometimes anime bloggers, no matter how experienced they are, are not always right when it comes to making a judgement call. One of the best of the season.
>>139159107
whats wrong with helping others anon? Why are you so hateful to those who decide to help others?
Snark and satire aside, if someone helps another person why do you have to bitch about it? Its none of your business anyway.
>>139159107
Where in my post did I spoonfeed anyone?
You seem to be confused.
>>139159719
>whats wrong with helping others anon? Why are you so hateful to those who decide to help others?
Maybe he thinks it is some kind of slippery slope, where if anons start helping/spoonfeeding others, the board will soon be filled with request threads for almost anything. Because asking will be easier than doing your own homework.
And soon, the boards would be full of anime recommendation threads, and not long after that people from gaia, reddit and [other bogeyman website] would come flooding the board to ask for recommendations.
Or something to that effect.
>>139159972
What happens after the board is full of people from gaia and reddit asking for recs?
How far can we slide down this slope?
>>139160150
/co/, ponies, furries?
Hard to say, I don't know.
>>139159719
There is a board made just for requests, leave spoonfeeding to there.
>>139159972
>>139160150
This thread is the proof that we are already full of these people.
Just look at >>139159719
>>139146434
On episode 23. This shit is so boring. How did I get this far? I keep pausing it to come to /a/.
Stuck with this despite all the QUALITY.
Still my favorite OST.
>>139159719
Your question has been answered a million times already throughout the years here in /a/.
TLDR you and your kind lower the quality of the board.
I was completely fed up with battle shonen, even for dumb fun value, until I gave One Piece a shot on a whim. I only remembered 4kids from childhood and had a negative impression as I went in. For me it's just the definitive adventure shonen series, it's a an amazing journey.
I don't like some of the directions the story has gone in nowadays and of course the anime nosedived underground years ago but the earlier years still ooze charm and the manga is always there.
From this season alone, Osomatsu and Konosuba. Osomatsu because of the art style and Konosuba because someone said it was a harem but i watched them and they became the best shows Winter 2016 and Fall 2015 had to offer.
>>139160414
This board quality took a major dump when people started taken "waifu" seriously. It's been slow but the board itself is devolving into /c/. Without checking the catalog I wouldn't be surprised if more than 5 waifu threads were going.
>>139160704
I should have watched Konosuba.
I was planning to at the start of the season because I liked the colors. But then I didn't.
>>139146434
>Shirayuki will end in your lifetime
Hold me /a/
>>139160339
Kill yourself
>>139146434
Fucking konosuba man. I was expecing another shitty anime on MMORPG like SOA.
only to find it rather hilarious and charming.
>>139159719
You are either a newshit that failed to lurk long enough or this is some low quality bait.
>>139160842
You should still watch it. Its only 10 episodes and a season 2 coming too.
>>139158959
"I was surprised that I enjoyed this show, here's why..." actually constitutes anime discussion.
>>139160790
I agree, but that doesn't mean we should also tolerate rec threads. The next thing will be ponies or wakfu threads.
>payed
>>139161950
Who are you quoting?
>>139162230
Myself, as I often do.
Just got back into watching Anime a little bit. I am in my early 30's so the last time I watched Anime was in late teens (so early 00's).
So far I have watched Kill la Kill and I thought it was pretty well done. I am currently watching Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!, no idea, not usually my cup of tea and I can't relate to any of the characters but it seems well written and tugs a few emotional strings.
Not sure what else to watch. I am pretty overwhelmed since I have been out of the loop.
>>139150531
This show was another one. I saw a video that showed more of the action scenes and it had my interest. Don't regret watching it at all.
>>139162532
Try Gurren Lagann if you liked Kill la Kill.
In another thread one time, a bunch of older anons said that they all thought Samurai Flamenco was really fun too. I'd also personally recommend that as well.
>>139162962
Not that anon, but I might try Samurai Flamenco. I got mixed reviews for the little bit I saw of that threads. Can you give a quick synopsis of what I would be in for?
>>139158991
Gurren Lagann was also an entry show for me along with lucky star. Me and my brother had binge watched it during summer break.
>>139163211
I might call Lucky Star one of my entry level shows even though I had seen several before it. Prior to that, everything I had seen was introduced to me either by Toonami or Adult Swim. Or some Mahou Shoujo anime my older sister was watching.
Did you binge watch lucky star with your brother, too?
>>139158684
Thread started off properly, not being here long enough to know how not to shit a thread up. Stay under a bridge troll.
>>139162962
Thanks Anon. Like I said I have been on a 10-12 year hiatus from watching Anime so I am sort of branching into all sorts of directions from straight action to the slice of life type stuff.
I stumbled on an Anime called Parasyte. I think I might give it a shot since that seems to be branching into more intense type material.
>>139159660
>Tenka Seiha
Aroduc has legendary-tier shit taste.
It's entertaining to see him bash shit shows, but never count on him ever recognizing good stuff. Also, he's a contrarian, so the more popular a show or game is, the least likely he'll be to like it.
>>139162532
>Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
It's shit. If you want something that looks like that but is actually good, try Hyouka or Hibike! Euphonium.
>>139146581
It's like when somebody with taste recommends a good show like OPM,but you are hesitant because the 10 faggots on /a/ keep samefagging making it sound like it's mediocre. You still watch, and and just like the person with taste said, OPM turned out to be good.
>>139167367
>tumblr
>OPM
>Butthurt indexfags angry at this
>It was actually a fun bro adventure
>>139168699
I was way more fun than both seasons of Imdex and Railgun combined.
>>139146434
Gargantia
Mech turned me off, but then it had actual in depth likable characters who develop over the coarse of the show and pretty deep and interesting lore along with a message on what it means to be humanAnd made me cry ;_;7 Chamber..
>>139167367
Also OPM.
>Hurr he beats everyone in one hit how can it be fun
How wrong I was
>>139157500
This. I spent three episodes almost dropping it and kept going expecting nothing, but it turned out to be one of the most fun series for two seasons in a row.
>>139158853
you're more cancerous than the spoonfeeders fuckhead
>>139157883
What's this? google isn't giving me shit.
>>139158356
Not if he dropped nichibros
>>139150531
Season 3 when?
>>139146581
you wait until a season ends and lurk threads and mal reviews/score to see if it's actually worth watching.
>>139146622
It took me a season and a half to give up on this show, it's far too goofy and a terrible waste of time for me.
>>139160529
>Years ago
>They've been running on the same arc for 2 years since January
>They've only visited 2 islands in the New World after leaving the Mermaid Palace
Definitely Konosuba.
Groaned when it had 'MC brought into rpg with cute girls' and didn't watch it. A friend told me it was great and I would love it.
Was hooked from episode 1, the show was hilarious and also (for no reason) had really good animation. Thanks to the stupid chocolate bar it overtook Erased as my favorite anime of the year.
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>>139146434
Thought this was just a boring historical manga, had no clue it was about Musashi or that it had some of the best character development in the medium.
