The studio advertised it as a generic slice of life magical girl show, and when it was leaked that its writer was Gen Urobuchi, who was known for his horror stories, they tried to do "damage control" by claiming that he was trying to get into new genres and styles. The show does indeed turn pretty dark fairly soon, and you should definitely not watch it if you need something mild. In any case, it's top stuff and I recommend it.

[–] MamLaLiq 5 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Hi, elderly rookie anime-liker here: the version on Crunchyroll is a side-story from 2020. Do you perhaps know where I can watch the 2011 version?

And perhaps a bit forward, but do you have some reccomendations for me?

I watched and liked (order of watchdate):

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood Steins Gate Demonslayer (started with mugen train movie with my daugter, binged back and following) Chainsaw Man One Punch Man Mushi-shi Made in Abyss Way of the househusband Jujutsu Kaisen and while not anime per se Blue Eye Samurai (binged this weekend with husband and daughter)

And I recently watched Suzume wich made me cry.

thanks in advance!

(sorry for typos, cat really wants to sit on the keyboard.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey. If you want you can also ask in [email protected]

If you want to find where to watch check this meta list FREE MEDIA HECK YEAH Click on one with the star. Use ad block like "ublock origin" for better watching experience.

For films I reccomend "your name" "spirited away" "princess mononoke" "howls moving castle" "my neighbour totoro" "akira" "ghost in the shell"

For TV shows I reccomend:

similar to mushishi: "girls last tour" "kinos journey"
action: "jujutsu kaisen" "mob psycho"
tragedy: "cyberpunk: edgerunners"
slice of life: "miss kobayashi dragon maid" "spy x family"
comedy "nichijou"
mystery: "odd taxi" "planetes"
avan-garde "melancholy of haruhi suzumiya" not great but culturally significant. Especially season 2.
drama "violet evergarden" <- real tear jerker

Depending on your tolerance on sexual themes "mushoku tensei". The main character has perversion as a major character trait and behaves acordingly. It is off putting for majority of people but defienetely worth a watch for experienced anime weeb.

[–] MamLaLiq 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the list.

I got Studio Ghibli and Akira already covered, will check how weebie really I am.

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