uof is right

Eh, furry is what you make of it. I decided I was a furry a long time ago when I was seeing saucy images of Krystal from Starfox and liking them. I am not, however, a part of the community at all despite going to a handful of conventions. The only other furries I’ve met have been accidentally.

I’ve really liked the weeb-ass-shit scale for cases like this ever since I learned about it.

Three 1-10 scores:

• Weeb: the amount of familiarity one needs of Japanese culture or anime tropes
• Ass: the amount of T&A/panty shots/comedic groping/etc.
• Shit: an inverse quality scale

That, I feel, is entirely subjective. Like, Lain might experiment with the medium and not be good for a kid, I imagine an adult with a love of sci-fi or niche films might find it much more tasty than a typical battle shounen.

I hope I’m not misreading you as I’m trying to wake up this morning (if so, I’m sorry) but in case you can’t process it, she’s using either a potholder or one of those hand-sized rubber towel things made to help open jars, and that’s what’s covering the lid.

I’ll agree with you that I would never turn the jar sideways while trying to open it, tho.

Every time I look at this I have to zoom in because I think she’s crushed the lid and also that the lid is like 2 sizes too large for the jar.

I cry at the drop of a hat these days.

First, the ones others have mentioned:

• Clannad – but only the first season
• Gurren Lagann – but not the dramatic moment in the first season that’s supposed to have that impact
• Kiki’s Delivery Service – everyone is so nice (╥﹏╥)
• Trigun (original) – Hallelujah

As for my own:

• Haibane Renmei – everyone is so nice ( ˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥)
• WorldEnd (AKA SukaSuka AKA What Are You Doing at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us?) – a tragic romance but it still got to me as it was meant to
• Cowboy Bebop – the ending of Ed & Faye’s stories always get me bawling
• Millennium Actress – just destroys me more than any other of Kon’s works
• The Light of a Firefly Forest

EDIT: I was trying to ignore movies but how could I forget to mention Koe No Katachi (AKA A Slient Voice)? I watch that one every year or two when I need a good cry to kinda reset.

A counterpart to “Shinji, get thyself in thy golem”

I keep thinking there’s a secret third option because of the ambiguous way the question was phrased – something like how seemingly half of all isekai have gaming-inspired abilities despite not being set in nor based on a video game world.

I love Matilda Fiship’s anthropomorphization work, but since they seem to live on twitter I’ve not been exposed to much of it. (◡︵◡)

My friends are having me watch Shangri-La Frontier at the moment (we take turns suggesting anime to watch together) and while I’m not really enthused by the story, I will absolutely recognize how very… let’s call it true-to-life it is wrt games and gaming culture. A LOT of little details in the fictional games and how the players interact with them (like the whole kuso gaming community) really proves how well the author knows their stuff.

Also the dub is top-fucking-notch, using terms I’m intimately familiar with from the gaming sphere but have never heard from localized anime before.

Higurashi No Naka Koro Ni… [/jk, in case it’s necessary]

There’s a lot that can go over your head when you’re young. For me it was FLCL and its themes of grooming and abuse along with Mimi being homeless.

I’d never actually watched CCS as a kid and thought “maybe I should introduce my nieces” but then read the first volume of the manga and WOAH, NELLY. [Bullhorn]Step away from the child.

My memory is a little hazy on the details, but I think there was more to the original story (probably a light novel?) that never got adapted, which is why it kind of peters out at the end. It probably doesn’t get much attention the same way Mushi-shi doesn’t – it’s a slow-going show without a clear-cut plot, and that doesn’t appeal to a lot of the folks who watch anime (esp. here in the West).

If I’d ever finished Mushi-shi I’d have probably included that, too, but I’ve had the worst luck watching it just as sites get taken down or I lose internet for a few days and lose all momentum.

Series, probably to your tastes:

Not sure how you managed to watch only two of the classic big three but you absolutely need to go back and watch the original Trigun if you liked both Cowboy Bebop and Eva. (my rec: dubbed)

Similarly, you’d probably dig both Samurai Champloo and Space Dandy. Both are made by the same guy behind Cowboy Bebop and can kind of be seen as a thematic trilogy of sorts. Do be warned that Space Dandy is a little bit heavier on both the fanservice and nonsensical comedy, tho. (my rec for both: dubbed)

You’d probably enjoy Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit based on your other series. It’s a very down-to-earth tale of a prince saved from a prophecy by a swordsmistress, and it’s a bit of a slow burn but it’s well worth it. (my rec: dubbed)

Kino’s Journey is another one you might like. Similar to Cowboy Bebop it’s so episodic it’s practically slice-of-life but with a throughline of this character and their talking motorcycle going on an adventure through this dark and whimsical world. It’s kind of hard to properly explain without going into the entire plot. (my rec: dubbed)

I’ve never seen Food Wars, but I’ll cautiously recommend Interspecies Reviewers as a raunchy comedy with some actual thought put behind the world. Like, you can absolutely go in just thinking your in for brainless sexy monster girls but you’ll be presented with a world more fully-fleshed out than a vast majority of fantasy anime. (only 1 episode was ever dubbed b/c Funimation are COWARDS)

If I’m reading between the lines correctly and you’re a bit of an older fan who’s had to endure their share of unrewarding jobs, check out Aggretsuko. It’s kinda like if Hello Kitty and The Office had a baby. Aggretsuko is my spirit animal. (my rec: subbed).

Series, my personal faves:

Den-no Coil (I think there’s been multiple romanizations of this title). It’s a supernatural mystery/thriller with a very-near-future cyberpunk coat of paint, aesthetically it’s kind of like a cyber-Mushi-shi, but it shares a lot of the same themes of connection as NGE (my rec: subbed)

Gurren Lagann probably a Gainax classic, full-blown machismo cranked up not just to 11 but to 20, but somehow the plot ramps up in an appreciable way so that when they throw entire galaxies as shurikens by the end it’s not just complete bullshit. (my rec: dubbed)

Interviews with Monster Girls AKA Demi-chan wa Katatirai On the opposite end of the spectrum from Interspecies Reviewers, come for the idea of fun escapades with monster girls in the modern day and instead get some of the kindest, most poignant messages about people with disabilities, neurodivergence, special needs, and PTSD. (my rec: dubbed)

Nichijou Probably THE most well-known gag anime out there, it has an impeccable sense of comedic timing and some of the most well-animated gag shots in anime history. (my rec: subbed)

Movies

You need to go check out Mamoru Hosoda’s films:

• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Summer Wars
• Wolf Children
• The Boy and the Beast
• Mirai
• Belle

All of them have great dubs.

Also Satoshi Kon’s works:

• Perfect Blue
• Millennium Actress
• Tokyo Godfathers
• Paprika

I don’t think any of them have dubs

Also watch Redline because it’s fucking gorgeous (dub is good). Also The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl because it’s gorgeously animated* in another way (subbed unless you can keep up with the breakneck pace of the dub).

If you like Ghibli in general then check out both Miss Hokusai and In This Corner of the World. I think two different studios did the both of them but they’re both high-quality in terms of both animation and story.

I’ve been trying to drum up activity in the !rwby@sh.itjust.works community, if that counts as anime enough? Mostly I’ve been posting fanart because there’s a lot of it out there.

I know there’s not really any love lost between the RWBY fandom and the greater anime fandom so I’ll accept if that’s something most would rather avoid. Either way, thanks for the list and all you’re doing for the art communities <3

Huh. Nope. I see other posts in this community with the little red [NSFW] bubble and blurred thumnails, but not this one. Dunno what’s going on if it’s already supposed to be tagged.

Should be marked NSFW.

Aside from that, nice.

Oh, damn, my mistake. You’re definitely a rarity in the anime fandom, then. I only know of Twinkle Nora Rock Me!, Chargeman Ken, and other similarly notorious anime from the 70s and 80s because of this one youtuber Kenny Lauderdale who covers old anime like that. It may have been from him that I even learned of YKK.

I would never be able to get into collecting LaserDiscs for various reasons but I tip my hat to you for being able to and helping with preservation, however small.

Kenny Lauderdale fan spotted ☆(*^o^)乂(^.^*)☆