I’m surprised no one has mentioned The Wire. A TVshow taking place in Baltimore about intricate relationship between drug dealers, police and politics. Love every part of it!

It’s shot in 4:3 aspect ratio despite 16:9 starting to become the standard for tv at the time. It’s has since been “remastered” and adjusted to 16:9 aspect ratio. I was worried it would ruin an already perfect show but I actually liked it. It’s an HBO show.

Long episodes (60min?) and might take a few episodes to get into as there are many characters and storylines that interlace.

Thanks be later, probably.

I will never stop recommending Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Madoka Magika.

Mr. Robot for live-action. definitely avoid looking anything up about it, there are spoilers everywhere and it’s better to go in fresh. there’s no good trailers for it really but if you watch the first six-minute opening scene… by the end of it you’ll know whether or not the show is for you. and if you like it you will probably REALLY wanna keep watching. they go out of their way to get the tech stuff accurate and it’s pretty much a cyberpunk story set in the present day. but also so much more deeper and psychological than you’d expect. my favorite show of all time, no contest. the whole thing was planned in advance and it SHOWS. it’s more like one long very good movie than a television series quality-wise

and Bojack Horseman for animation. i’d also recommend avoiding spoilers for this. thematically, it gets off to a slow start pretending to be just another standard adult animation Family Guy-esque clone before it slowly morphs over the course of season 1 into a meta deconstruction of those sorts of shows and goes off the rails to truly hit its dramatic stride. and once it starts going it never lets up. it similarly hits very hard and gets pretty dark

Monster

74 episodes. Psychological thriller. Serial murder mystery, but instead of “whodunit?” it’s “whydunit?”. Dramatic as an opera. No weird tropes. Superb character development. I love Magnificent Steiner.

• Frieren — fantasy, drama about an elf dealing with feelings she didn’t think she had
• Delicious in Dungeon — Fantasy, comedy/light drama about rescuing a party member and eating monsters along the way.
• Kaguya Sama — rom-com about not losing the love war
• Konosuba — Isekai comedy about… nothing really
• That Time I was Reincarnated as a Slime — Isekai about being reincarnated as a slime monster, then building a wonderful found family community of monsters.

They’re all pretty light hearted but all are well made and fun.

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Claymore:

2007 anime. From a manga. Women with gigantic swords , the Claymore, fight some sort of demons in a forsaken world. We follow Clare, the Claymore Number 47, the least powerful of them all.

Every episode has some sort of a twist, with new information about the incredible rich world and lore, and the power and origin of the Claymore. Drawing is captivating, unique, gorgeous. The eyes!

Way better than Berserker, in the sense, that everything make sense and is foreshadow in Claymore.

I’m always trying to get people watching Konosuba it’s just funny but yeah I liked it so much I read the novels and spinoff.

Little Witch Academia: a passion project and it shows, a witch school with a colorful cast of character and an even more colorful cast of villains, alternative name: lesbian hogwarts

Girls und panzer and its movie, while it does fall into the cute girls doing cute thing type of genre, GuP is one of the ones who really popularized it, its a series thats just plain old fun to watch how they fight their tank battles, especially the movie

Ben-to, another series thats just plain ol fun, people beat the snot out of each other for the privilege to buy price reduced food, animated by the people who went on to do jojo

that just be my top 3 to show everyone

Oh man so many. Most of which others are already mentioning. And I’m sure I’m forgetting many that have been constants througj the years. But these stand out.

Anime: Your Lie in April, Mushi-Shi, Scavenger’s Reign, Violet Evergarden, One Punch Man

Anime but it’s more of my selfish mention than a masterpiece: Tomo-chan is a Girl, The Wrong Way to use Healing Magic (English dub is really well done and I can be a sub snob most of the time), Bartender: Glass of God, Mashle:Magic and Muscles, Goblinslayer

Live Action:The Expanse, Midnight Diner, Midnight Diner:Tokyo Stories, The Goes Wrong Show, Blood Machines, How It’s Made (I know, not likely what is being asked for but I thoroughly enjoy the show)

I have a really hard time getting into Live Action shows because too many of them either drag on, or they are just too predictable or forumlaic, or too samey, or it’s all about people being horrible to each other. And there is also a severe lack of laid back story telling or unique story options. Hollywood is berift of interest for me 99% of thr time.

Apothecary Diaries

I cannot stress this enough. Apothecary Diaries

Light hearted and fun (low stress):

• Kuma Kuma Kuma bear

• Mashle

• Raising kids while adventuring

• I parry everything

• Killing slimes for 300 years

• By the grace of the gods

• Fluffy paradise

Used to also recommend Bofuri but the last episode of season 2 implies heavily that season 3 is going to head way off in a completely different feel from 1+2

Lighter and did not end on a hard cliffhanger

• Aristocrat’s otherworldly adventures

• Banished former hero lives as he pleases

• Campfire cooking in another world

• Level 2 super cheat powers

• Reincarnated as the 7th prince

• Parallel world pharmacy

• Sleepy princess in the demon castle

• Villainess level 99

• The wrong way to use healing magic

Other suggestions offered based on the person’s preferences:

• Dungeon Meshi

• Goblin Slayer

• So I’m a spider, so what?

• Solo leveling

• That time I got reincarnated as a slime

• Dan da Dan

• The vexations of a shut-in vampire princess

• Ya boy Kongming

• Standalone complex

• One punch man

• Kill la kill

Dan da Dan is just coming out now. First episode animation looked really good and it is off the walls insane.

Monogatari series. I must have watched that entire series like a dozen times already. I absolutely love the VA’s performance. Finally reading through the Light Novels now.

Hajime No Ippo. Manga is still a blast and the anime was incredible too.

I had a good time with Blue Lock as well.

Nichijou, Higurashi, Oregairu, Steins;Gate, SAO (season 1), Clannad, Naruto, Fruits Basket (?), Death Note, A Silent Voice, Ghibli Studio animes,

Undone, it’s created by the same guy who made Bojack Horseman.

I think most people haven’t seen/heard of it because it’s an amazon streaming exclusive, but you can watch it (and most other things) for free here: https://hydrahd.com/

Psych. All time favorite show.

Higurashi no naku koro ni

Moe-Psycho galore only drip feeding you the real story.