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[Video] Best of Anime 2023 - Gigguk (youtu.be)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Vinland Saga
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Jujutsu Kaisen
Pluto
Apothecary Diaries
Heavenly Delusion
Skip and Loafer
Attack on Titan
The Eminence in Shadow
Oshi No Ko
TRIGUN STAMPEDE
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You
Zom 100

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Eminence in Shadow is probably my favorite light novel series, and, like you, I am there for the stupid humor and misunderstandings that Cid brings. It is one of those series that has a very different feel depending which adaptation you consume. Since you say you are a fan of the humor, I recommend giving the manga a shot. It takes the jokes of the light novel, cranks it to 100, and then adds another layer of visual jokes that are also really funny. The manga also is drawn in a mostly silly way without very much fan service. The anime adaptation has, as you suspected, a lot more fan service with a whole episode each season pretty much devoted to it, and is more serious and edgy in tone usually.

In my opinion, Gigguk does a pretty good job giving a mostly spoiler free couple minutes to each series as to why he thought it was good. I watched Heavenly Delusion and it was probably the show that surprised me the most last year. It is a really interesting mix of mystery, post-apocalypse, sci-fi, and coming of age that I found really engaging. Also, the animation looks gorgeous. After the first season aired, I needed more and, with no announcement yet of any kind of season 2, I went and binged the manga instead. It is also quite good.

Finally, 100GF isn't to everybody's taste. The anime is even more unhinged in a lot of ways than the manga.