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Too much lengthy shounen action stuff, some of which isn't particularly good or original. A couple of those series aren't even finished, and shouldn't be evaluated until they are. Some stuff that maybe should be there and isn't: Utena TV (or any other Ikuhara), Escaflowne TV, any classic Miyazaki movie, Trigun (original 1990s version), any of the better Gundam or Gundam-adjacent series, any of Leiji Matsumoto's better works, a decent mahou shoujo series, and Grave of the Fireflies (which, whatever else you might say about it, does qualify as a rite of passage and an impressive demonstration of just how much emotion a bunch of drawings can evoke in a human being). And that's just the older material.
Love and Peace!
I’d agree with this. It feels like Shounen + the first anime a lot of millennials watched or really cut their teeth on.
Of specifically TV shows I think Evangelion, Dragon Ball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, Death Note, Attack on Titan, and Cowboy Bebop should be on this list.
Everything else could be purged. There is just a lot of overlap.
We should add some rom/com. I’d be partial to add Love is War.
I honestly don't think anything with the pacing issues of Dragon Ball Z should be on this list. I can't imagine actually suggesting to someone that they sit through all that when they could be watching Gurren Lagann or something instead.
Also, Love is War is great. Was actually just reading through volume 11 a minute ago.
I couldn't watch Dragon Balls b/c of their "last time on Dragonball"... then 30s new content, then preview of the next episode style. Maybe the network just had a bad cut. But it seemed that the fights always lasted at least two episodes...
And how is it that Girls and Panzer is not on the list? 😁👍
Despite it’s flaws, I actually really like DBZ Kai as an alternative to the original run.