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I haven't been in these forums for about 15 years, and I need a good new anime to watch to keep me entertained.

I'm looking for a mature, high brow one with deep themes - but also enough fantasy to keep my imagination stimulated.

Traditionally more adult ones with gore/nudity accomplish this in my experience, though I'm not actually looking for those particular things(I don't mind if they are present).

Any good advice??

Animes I've liked in the past (and they're obviously super mainstream):

Street fighter/tekken movies
Guyver
Ninja Scroll
Cowboy Bebop
DBZ
First pokemon series
Outlaw Star
Gundam Wing
Tenchi 
(lol what can I say I grew up on toonami)

If you see a general theme here and can point me in the right direction - I would appreciate it - thanks! Maturity of the anime is very important.

Berserk. The first one from the 90s.

Momogari wrote: ↑

25 Oct 2020, 20:02

Berserk. The first one from the 90s.

I second this.

Also Arslan Senki, Knights of Sidonia, 12 Kingdoms, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress.
Claymore maybe?

Claymore, yes. Women warriers determined to face and defeat the demon Yoma. However, to prepare themselves, they've consumed some of the Yoma's flesh, which noticibly turns their eyes silver. But if they use too much of the stolen Yoma's power, it can change them...

Arpeggio of Blue Steel - An alien force made up of what looks to be WW2 warships has appeared and have defeated any modern military force sent against them using weapons that are unlike anything we've ever encountered. But there's one submarine that's fighting them.


Sword Art Online - Using a special helmet, gamers are able to play in a virtual fantasy reality. However, the designer of the game has sprung a trap that's captured all the players in this virtual world. If they're disconnected or die in the game, the helmet they're wearing will kill them. To free themselves, they must defeat him, which means fighting to the top level of the game.


That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime - After bleeding to death in a Tokyo street, a middle-aged business exec find himself reincarnated as a slime in a fantasy world. But thanks to this weird voice in his head, he's no ordinary slime.

I can think of a few, but the above are good starters.

I can think of many more that wouldn’t fit what you like. I’ll name a couple that’ll probably interest you.

Akame ga kill
Blood (all of them)
Heavy Object

Hellsing. Original, then Ultimate.

I'd say Tokyo Ghoul, bit of a more mature, dark fantasy.

Just skip Tokyo Ghoul:RE. That final season just wasn't worth it

Also... Deathnote, Blame, Akame Ga Kill, Sword Art Online. I'd say they're less comedic that typical anime fantasy, more mature with a 'deeper' plot.

gantz if you're going to read the manga

The Promised Neverland - three children make the chilling discovery that the place they're living at is not an orphanage - it's a farm, and they're on the menu.


Dr. Stone - 3,700 years after a mysterious event that covered people in stone, a teen scientific genius reawakens and has worked out how to free the others. However, not everyone is happy with his intention of rebuilding civilization.


Carole and Tuesday - Two girls on a terraformed Mars from very different backgrounds meet and discover a connection through music that they write themselves, rather than by computers. By the same people that brought us Cowboy Bebop, but set much later. Less violence, but some great music.


One-Punch Man - Saitama has dedicated his life to become a superhero - in fact, he's become so strong, he can defeat any foe with one punch (but there was a cost). For him, super-strength has become boring... Very gory, lots of fighting, but this is more comedic.

jujutsu kaisen
gologo 13
these two sound like what your looking for

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