# Seeking Netflix Anime recommendations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** netflix, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 29, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685 "2020-05-29T17:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/21 "2020-06-14T04:11:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Kipo & The Age of Wonderbeasts: The second season just dropped yesterday. Thanks for mentioning that. It slipped right past me. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/22 "2020-06-14T04:46:53Z")
if you want series that’s a seriously dark take on fascism and funny mixed with "wtf did I just see "I recommend kill la kill… tho I don’t know how badly the official subs/dubs are edited as i saw it on dubiously legal sites that did their own subtitling … ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/23 "2020-06-15T15:30:20Z")
Carole & Tuesday is a terrific show about two teenagers becoming pop music sensations on Mars while defying both hateful anti-immigration prejudice and the chew 'em up, spit 'em out nature of the music industry. Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun is about a male high school student who moonlights as a girls’ manga artist, how his crush and his high school pals are knowingly and/or unknowingly roped into assisting, and the basic failure of everyone in the show to understand how ridiculous they actually are. It’s based on a long-running 4-panel gag manga. I recommend both these series! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/24 "2020-06-15T16:28:31Z")
Speaking of dark/serious series, I liked _ **B: The Beginning** _ quite a bit, and am glad there’s a second season in the offing. > [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I enjoyed Panzer Girl a lot. It’s not that particularly serious, and definitely has a lot of “girl anime” tropes in it, but it was a fun watch. There is a series and also a movie, but see the series first. You mean _ **Girls und Panzer** _? Yeah, it’s great simple fun. I loved it, which is weird for me - not that I don’t like “girl’s anime”, but that I don’t like _sports_ anime. And _ **G&P** _ leans into _those tropes just as hard. But the premise is just so silly (even sillier than doing it with mecha) that you just roll with it. As it were. Panzer vor!_ ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/25 "2020-06-15T16:38:24Z")
Can someone talk on Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex 2045? I loved Ghost In The Shell. Didn’t love Ghost In The Shell 2, and I haven’t watched any of the series, other movies or the recent live action movie. Is 2045 any good? Will I be hopelessly lost if I start into it? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/26 "2020-06-16T03:19:54Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Can someone talk on Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex 2045? I loved Ghost In The Shell. Didn’t love Ghost In The Shell 2, and I haven’t watched any of the series, other movies or the recent live action movie. Is 2045 any good? Will I be hopelessly lost if I start into it? I didn’t watch past the opening credits. I found the 3D CGI animation off-putting. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/27 "2020-06-16T13:32:30Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Can someone talk on Ghost In The Shell: Standalone Complex 2045? I loved Ghost In The Shell. Didn’t love Ghost In The Shell 2, and I haven’t watched any of the series, other movies or the recent live action movie. Is 2045 any good? Will I be hopelessly lost if I start into it? It’s middling. I have no problem with cel-shaded CGI, so that part was fine. It’s not super-deep, and there’s a character that is only really background in the original movies, but more prominent in the SAC series, is the main viewpoint character. The Major is not a main viewpoint character, which is not to a lot of folk’s taste from what I understand. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/28 "2020-06-16T17:26:47Z")
Thanks. I might give it a try, but go in with low expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/29 "2020-06-16T18:50:34Z")
Check out _Laputa: Castle in the Sky_ - IMHO Miyazaki’s best, with a plucky young aviator, a beautiful young princess, a magic crystal, sky pirates, an evil secret agent, ancient robots, an abandoned floating city, gorgeous animation, etc. > **[Castle in the Sky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky)** > > Castle in the Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ, Hepburn: Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa), titled Laputa: Castle in the Sky for release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The first film produced by Studio Ghibli, it was produced for Tokuma Shoten. Set in a fictional late 19th century, it follows the adventures of a boy and girl who are trying to keep a powerful crystal from the army, a group of The... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/30 "2020-06-16T19:18:18Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > My roommate has been watching Seven Deadly Sins and I find it God awful. Take a drink every time they say “Seven Deadly Sins” or “Holy Knights”. Just started watching that recently. Starts off a bit rough, I thought, but actually turns into a fairly solid storyline. Definitely some derp, and a bit of misogyny, but better than most animes for it. Some unexpected twists, and some expected twists that didn’t go as expected. No outright harem, and once you get past the first episode or so, very little fan service. Almost to the first season finale, looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/31 "2020-06-16T20:13:07Z")
So, not anime, but if _Dragon Prince_ and _Kipo & The Age of Wonderbeasts_ count for purposes of this thread, I recommend _She-Ra and the Princesses of Power_. I think it’s a really well-done story, with complex characters. Considering the starting point, a re-boot of a spin-off of an 80s cartoon based on a toy, it’s downright amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/32 "2020-06-16T20:26:30Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > there’s a character that is only really background in the original movies, but more prominent in the SAC series, is the main viewpoint character. I briefly had a thought that it might be Batou’s Tachikoma. \>\_\> But I assume Togusa? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/33 "2020-06-16T20:52:58Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > I briefly had a thought that it might be Batou’s Tachikoma. \>\_\> But I assume Togusa? Yeah. I barely noticed him in GITS, He was a wee bit more prominent in the second movie, and was a big part of the SAC series and movie. So someone who’s only seen the first two, might wonder what all the fuss was about. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/34 "2020-06-16T21:40:51Z")
> [@gdave](#): > > So, not anime, but if _Dragon Prince_ and _Kipo & The Age of Wonderbeasts_ count for purposes of this thread, I recommend _She-Ra and the Princesses of Power_. I think it’s a really well-done story, with complex characters. Considering the starting point, a re-boot of a spin-off of an 80s cartoon based on a toy, it’s downright amazing. Yeah, I recently (as in just finished a couple of days ago) watched the whole series. On top of what you said, the series is really fun, often making jokes at it’s own expense. For example, I never watched the original (it looks cringingly bad from Youtube clips) but most of the characters have excessively [meaningful names](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MeaningfulName). So in one of the early episodes a guy named Bo who uses a bow and arrow was introducing a group of princesses, he reaches two who he doesn’t know the powers of. The one named Netossa irritably yells out “It’s in the name. Net-tossa. I toss nets!” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/35 "2020-06-16T21:45:36Z")
A very funny (and mildly spoilerly) [clip from season 5](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_m-Y1sOmhms). ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/36 "2020-06-16T22:07:10Z")
Lots of good recommendations here. One show I really enjoyed is Aijin. It’s a really well-done show about people who can’t die — more accurately, they come back to life shortly after dying. It handles the idea in some interesting ways and really explores the limits of what a person can do when they can’t be (permanently) killed. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/37 "2020-06-17T15:36:05Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > a guy named Bo who uses a bow and arrow It’s worse than that. His name \*is \*actually Bow. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/38 "2020-06-17T16:14:39Z")
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/39 "2020-06-17T18:52:09Z")
If you like Attack on Titan, Netflix has an anime by the same team called ‘Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato’. Although it’s a shortened version consisting of a single battle mid-season. Consensus is you should watch the entire season of Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress on Amazon Prime (which I am). It’s kind of a steampunk Attack on Titan with zombies meets Snowpiercer > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Check out _Laputa: Castle in the Sky_ - IMHO Miyazaki’s best, with a plucky young aviator, a beautiful young princess, a magic crystal, sky pirates, an evil secret agent, ancient robots, an abandoned floating city, gorgeous animation, etc. > > [Castle in the Sky - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky) HBO Max has most of the Studio Ghibli works now. I rewatched Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (my personal favorite) and it’s pretty obvious the character of Rey from Star Wars is heavily influenced by Nausicaä. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685/40 "2020-06-17T23:13:54Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I never watched the original (it looks cringingly bad from Youtube clips) but most of the characters have excessively [meaningful names](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MeaningfulName). Cringingly bad is a mild descriptor. As somebody that watched that drivel back then and liked it, I wonder if I had some mild mental problems that somehow righted themselves with age, because attempting to rewatch the cartoons of the 80s that I liked has been… upsetting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-netflix-anime-recommendations/854685.md?page=3)