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  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoAnime@ani.socialbest anime to start on
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    2 months ago

    It all depends on the anime itself, really.

    You can say the target audience for Ghibli films are kids, but the ones who get the most out of them are adults.

    Many of the anime I would consider the best, would include themes I couldn’t really understand the nuances of as a teenager, or even as a young adult, yet are published in Shonen/Young Jump.


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    2 months ago

    Sure, but the show is explicitly a deconstruction of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

    NGE was a deconstruction of ordinary mecha anime.

    I’m not saying someone with no experience with anime couldn’t enjoy GL, but it’s wrapped in so many layers of meta, most of the themes and inside jokes would be missed.


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    2 months ago

    I can’t tell you where to start, but I can tell you where not to start.

    Death Note is utter garbage. Anyone recommending it hasn’t watched it in ten years, and is forgetting how contrived it is.

    For example:

    • The main characters play tennis while trying to win a mental game of rock, paper, scissors.

    • They turn a scene about looking inconspicuous into one of those over-edited Indian soap operas (I’ll take a chip… AND EAT IT!).

    • Misa is annoying as hell.

    The target audience for it are teenage boys who listen to Jordan Peterson, can’t talk to girls and dream about beating their Dad psychologically.

    It’s a mental masturbatory power fantasy.



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