Back in the Early 2000’s, I was a serious anime fan, watching old classic anime like Cowboy Bebop, Miyazaki films, Evangelion and Escaflowne. Nowadays I haven’t kept up with any anime series or even the fandom, so I am not to sure what new anime series is good nowadays. Any suggestions?
For the first time in my life, I decided to give some of these anime shows a shot over this weekend. All veiwed on Netflix.
I found a lot of them to be perverted on varying degrees. (I’m not complaining, just found it to be odd.)
There were two that I found to be OK. High School Dead. (a zombie flick)
And some other one, I can’t remember the name but it centered around this detective chick who had a real thing for vodka.
If you haven’t seen Death Note I strongly recommend it.
The guy who made Cowboy Beebop also did Samurai Champaloo, which is pretty good. And I’d second Death Note.
Also Avatar: the Last Airbender, while technically made in the US, is anime in everyway that matters. So I’d recommend that as well.
“Steins:Gate” is my current go-to answer for this question. It’s a twisty time-travel adventure with interesting characters. It takes a long time to set itself up, but when it finally takes off, it soars! Highly recommended.
And now for something completely different; I just finished season one of “Squid Girl” and loved that. It’s a light comedy with the right balance of cute and funny. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry.
Edited to add- Oopps! How could I forget “Magica Madoka”? Hands down the best series of the last few seasons. Mind-blowing magical girl adventure. Highly, highly recommended.
A couple that should not be missed:
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (you probably should watch the 2009 revision of the series, though the 2006 original is interesting too)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Some other good recent series:
- Accel World
- Binbo-gami ga!
- Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
- Maid Sama
- Moretsu Pirates (also known as Bodacious Space Pirates)
- Thermae Romae
- Usagi Drop (or Bunny Drop)
- The World God Only Knows
I love Suzumiya too, but I’ve never heard the second season from 2009 referred to as a “revision”. Fourteen episodes of the show, aired in 2006, are the first season and 14 more aired in 2009 making a second season. Events from the second season episodes do interleave with stuff in season one. Both seasons should be watched before seeing the excellent movie, “The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya” (2010).
If you liked Cowboy Bebop, you’ll probably enjoy LUPIN III: A WOMAN NAMED FUJIKO MINE. Jazzy, stylish, good looking, amoral, just like Fujiko.