ITT: Anime (& manga) for people who don't like animeHonourable mention to Berserk
Oh yeah man I love the arts.My favoriteAlbum: LovelessAnime: EvangelionComic Book: WatchmenMovie: Taxi DriverManga: BerserkNovel: Crime and PunishmentVideo Game: Silent Hill 2
>>283251830Madoka magica
>>283251830it's pronounced "anime", not "anime"
>>283251863Swamp Thing is a close runner up to Watchmen for comic for people who don't like comics>>283251869MM was THE anime for non-anime fans for a bit
>>283251863These are all accurate tourist core but I think the kind of person who likes Loveless is different from the rest of the list. Pink Floyd or Radiohead are more "babies first "serious" music".
>>283251903>MM was THE anime for non-anime fans for a bitIt's still up there along with Eva as deconstructions of their respective genres.
Any 2deep4u artsy bullshit. Like Utena or Texhnolyze.
Cowboy Bebop, no question about itSome might still get filtered by the episodic nature of the show, but still not japanese enough to chase them away>>283251897Oh shit
>>283251863Tourist core changes based on which primary art you actually have gone deep into. This is the taste of a music/film/or literature fan
>>283251993I'm a big Berserk, Eva, and MM fan who has otherwise consumed about a dozen anime and manga total in the last 15 years and I don't care for Cowboy Bebop.
JJK for sure. It actively avoids doing standard anime tropes so the tourist feel more comfortable.
>>283252015Perfect, that definitely proves that it's the most adecuate option for non-weeaboos like you to allow them to get hooked to animeDeath Note would be a good option (amazed how many of my friends got hooked to that one during the coof lockdown)
>>283252054I've watched Death Note twice but always drop it after L dies
>>283251830Solo Leveling. Generic easy to understand video game power system for normies with a literally me protag.
>>283251869>>283251903Madoka's still THE magical girl anime for people who don't watch magical girl anime.>>283251951Both are still up there as babies first's to each genre.
>>283252238My ex's favorite animes are Parasyte, Solo Leveling, and Death Note (until L dies)These are also I think the only one she has actually watchedI ruined Ghibli movies for her by fucking her friend while watching Nausicaa
>>283251863Album: Storm of the Light's BaneAnime: Vampire Hunter D: BloodlustComic Book: American VirginMovie: SnatchManga: UsoguiNovel: The Picture of Dorian GrayVideo Game: Armored Core: For Answer
>>283252321>Death Note (until L dies)Only time Death Note was almost as good as people, whose first anime it is, think it is.
>>283252629Are you replying with your actual favorites? You fucking sperg. Light's Bane is touristy but only for BM and not music as a whole.
>gatekeeping a medium aimed for literal children
>>283252921>an entire medium, regardless of the kind of content you can find in it, is for children
>>283251863replace loveless with dark fantasy and its accurate
>>283252989MBDTF is not the entry level "serious" hip hop album in 2025. It has been firmly superceded by To Pimp a Butterfly.
>>283251863Why was Watchmen so fucking terrible? How could someone even like it enough to make this list?
>>283251993Yeah it's gotta be Bebop. Maybe I would've liked it more if it was my first anime but it's simply not my cup of tea.
>>283253228As a high schooler who had never read a comic in my life I loved it. People love "deconstructions" of forms they don't respect. By 2012 or whenever I read Watchmen I already had an aversion to capeshit so I liked the idea of "superheroes but dark and cynical"
>>283251952enjoy your seasonals anon
>>283251830no one mentioned frieren yet?
>>283252321> I ruined Ghibli movies for her by fucking her friend while watching Nausicaahot
>>283254188Thanks anon. As anyone who brags about sex on 4chan I needed the validation. Having a retributional affair with my ex's friend to get back at her after I found out she was cheating on me was the last exciting chapter of my life so far and I am now thirty years old and have been more or less alone for two years.
>>283254709I didn't think it was hot, honestly there is nothing hot about imagining some random guy having sex just to express his bitterness
>>283254832Validation negated. Balance attained
>>283251863>Movie: Taxi DriverIt's capeshitOnly people who hate cinema love that shit and they say "I love movies, I watch a lot of movies!" and it's all capeshit or similar
>>283252921>storytelling was born to transmit oral tales of wisdom and shared knowledge to the next generation of children in a digestible wayAll narrative is ultimately for children, even the most complex and mature story in the end puts you in the role of the tribal child listening to the adult shaman infusing you with his formulaic stories that weights you with his own understanding of reality
>>283253228Art good.
>>283251830What does this even mean? If you like Eva, you somehow don't like anime? Isn't this more of a genre issue; I'll watch Eva, Big O, Macross, Gundam, Brave Police happily, but I'll be fucked if I watch any magical girl show that isn't Sailor Moon or Cardcaptors
>>283251830I literally read about Chainsaw Man (anime) yesterday "It's perfect for people who doesn't enjoy Japanese things very much"
>>283252629The Picture of Dorian Gray sucks and not a single person who has read more than 15 books would tell you it's their favourite book
>>283256536'Sucks' is harsh, but yeah, I would have some questions for anyone who told me it was their favourite
>>283251830cool
