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[Ventara]

Space Brothers:

The greatest anime ever. Follows the story of a man going through a mini-midlife crisis who decides to follow his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut who goes to Mars. The story is wonderfully told and full of characters with real personality. None of that falling down and grabbing boobs shit.

 

[PKrockin]

I love One Punch Man but episode 2 has that mosquito villain moaning and talking about how she wants to suck you as her nipples poke conspicuously through her suit.

Here's a great anime with no fanservice at all, except a few shots for the ladies: Sakamoto Desu ga. I've shown it to three people, two of which don't watch anime, and they all loved it. The core of the show is usually a dramatic or not-so-dramatic problem building up and up until Sakamoto finally does something silly and unexpected to resolve it that would normally look really dumb, but comes off as hilarious and cool. It's a very fun watch both for the comedy and to see the rest of the cast interact with and learn from Sakamoto, who is himself a lovable character. No need for 4 episodes to judge whether you'll like it or not--give it 10 minutes and you'll love it.

 

[meltingparappa]

Space Brothers:



The greatest anime ever. Follows the story of a man going through a mini-midlife crisis who decides to follow his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut who goes to Mars. The story is wonderfully told and full of characters with real personality. None of that falling down and grabbing boobs shit.

Speaking of which...

Planetes - a HARD scifi about debris collectors in space, taking place in the near future where travel has advanced far enough to allow a colony on the moon. Goes deep into the politics of space travel as a privilege for rich nations. Quiet and thought-provoking, it has a pretty powerful ending that feels well-earned. It also has a pretty great dub.

 

[LotusHD]

I'm pretty sure Gate has a good amount of fanservice...

Lot of good suggestions in here already though, like Hunter X Hunter and Ippo:

Monster

Kaiji

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I can't remember if this had any fan service, so it probably didn't. highly recommended:

Stay away from Fate Stay Night tho.

 

[KillLaCam]

I'm pretty sure Gate has a good amount of fanservice...

Lot of good suggestions in here already though, like Hunter X Hunter and Ippo:

Monster

I need to rewatch Monster. One of the best shows ive seen but ive only watched it once

 

[MetatronM]

So unsexy its title screen is literally in German:

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I can't remember if this had any fan service, so it probably didn't. highly recommended:

Stay away from Fate Stay Night tho.

Why? Zero is literally the prequel to Stay Night.

 

[LotusHD]

Why? Zero is literally the prequel to Stay Night.

Because it was really bad.

 

[1upsuper]

Why? Zero is literally the prequel to Stay Night.

The original stay night anime is terribad and Unlimited Blade Works is not nearly as good as Zero. TBH if you don't want to read the original visual novel then Fate/ Zero is the best the IP has to offer, and I say that as a pretty big Fate fan.

Also my vote goes to Ping Pong. It's an amazing show with an even more amazing OST.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Fate Stay Night was bad and Unlimited Budgetworks was only decent.

 

[Dead Man]

Just the sort of things I've been looking for, be checking some of these out for sure.

 

[Head of Vengarl]

What if I want more titties and less plot?

 

[SoundPulse]

Why? Zero is literally the prequel to Stay Night.

The Stay Night anime wasn't very good, UBW was alright. Some will insist you'll get spoiled by watching Zero.

The only winning move in the Fate series is to take a three year sabbatical and play the LN.

What if I want more titties and less plot?

There's always Eiken!

 

[Kthulhu]

What if I want more titties and less plot?

You have 3 seasons of Highshool DxD to watch then. Enjoy your vacation and make sure you throw away all those tissues and lock your door before someone walks in on you.

 

[1upsuper]

The only winning move in the Fate series is to take a three year sabbatical and play the LN.

Pretty much. It's ridiculously long.

 

[orochi91]

I know the vita crowd keeps going about life and home town. But is plot now a code word for ass or something? Because these Yamato recommendations, they are on point.

lmao, so true

Having watched Yamato recently: top-tier space-opera, but goddamn do the producers love asses.

 

[texasairhead101]

Speaking of which...



Planetes - a HARD scifi about debris collectors in space, taking place in the near future where travel has advanced far enough to allow a colony on the moon. Goes deep into the politics of space travel as a privilege for rich nations. Quiet and thought-provoking, it has a pretty powerful ending that feels well-earned. It also has a pretty great dub.

This is one of the few shows I enjoy watching once every few years. Really dig it.

 

[Fj0823]

God I Fucking despise that show

 

[Staccat0]

I think the problem is that there is soooooo much good tv out there right now it's hard to tell what anime is worth making time for. A lot of stuff turns me off with "fan service" when I have to work on it. Stuff that is smart surely exists, but I also haven't caught up with Better Call Saul or Fargo.

 

[Kthulhu]

God I Fucking despise that show

Same. I can't believe I finished it.

 

[Cross-Section]

So unsexy its title screen is literally in German:

And when LoGH finally goes for nudity, it does so in hilarious fashion.

 

[PAULINK]

but i want the opposite

 

[victreeb3l]

Haikyuu is one of the best anime that has been released in the last 10-15 years. Superb characters, soundtrack and story. I love everything about it.

I've really fallen in love with My Hero Academia as well.

 

[IrishNinja]

here for berserk & baccano, i'll add black lagoon

Two of my favourite shows from last year.

down to hear more about these!

 

[Mendrox]

What if I want more titties and less plot?

There is To Love Ru for that.

 

[StoneFox]

Totally backing up the Legend of the Galactic Heroes posts.

Also

Ginga Nagareboshi Gin (1986)

It's an anime about a bunch of wild dogs fighting bears, it takes about five episodes to kick off but I've loved ever since I was a kid. If you don't mind dated animation, it's a fun adventure. It's kinda violent though.

Avoid the sequel, Ginga Densetsu Weed. At least, as far as the anime is concerned. It's so trashy it made the 80s show look like it had better animation.

 

[Fancolors]

The fact Eccentric Family wasn't mentioned yet greatly upsets me

 

[docbon]

The Stay Night anime wasn't very good, UBW was alright. Some will insist you'll get spoiled by watching Zero.

Yeah, I can attest to this. Totally lost interest in Stay Night, and I fucking loved Fate Zero.

 

[Permanently A]

I'm pretty sure Gate has a good amount of fanservice...

Lot of good suggestions in here already though, like Hunter X Hunter and Ippo:

Monster

Kaiji

Both of these are dope. Kaiji is such a good watch if you enjoy psychological/outsmarting people at games anime. Monster is purely psychological.

 

[newtypepilot]

Black Lagoon, a show about a Japanese salaryman that ends up working for a mercenary company in fictional crime infested town in Thailand. Very violent and certain arcs can get quite disturbing. It is one of the few shows that has an excellent english dub.

 

[xuchu]

I remember watching this when I was into anime. Man, are samurai dicks. Did they ever finish the series or did they stop the story halfway.

 

[WickedLaharl]

Black Lagoon, a show about a Japanese salaryman that ends up working for a mercenary company in fictional crime infested town in Thailand. Very violent and certain arcs can get quite disturbing. It is one of the few shows that has an excellent english dub.

Most anime has great english dubbing. It's really annoying to see people still act like we are in the 90ies era of bad dubs.

That said i watched black lagoon a few years ago and it was indeed excellent.

 

[Unbounded]

A lot of the best ones have already been mentioned, so I'll just throw in Parasyte.

Edit: also little witch academia. It's a pretty nice change of pace from all of the action-y killing stuff I normally watch, and with some freakin' dope animation.

 

[Wild Card]

Most anime has great english dubbing. It's really annoying to see people still act like we are in the 90ies era of bad dubs.

That said i watched black lagoon a few years ago and it was indeed excellent.

Yep can totally agree Black Lagoon is awesome. Anime dubs nowadays have greatly improved, I still prefer the japanese, but their good enough for me to go back to check out the differences in the performances.

That said, if you want a show with tiddy and plot, I recommend Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, that was great watch.

Also just because I'm in the middle of watching it, I'll recommend ShiroBako, a show about life in the Anime Industry.

 

[LeonSPBR]

God I Fucking despise that show

What anime is this??

 

[munchie64]

Mentioning Gate of all things in OP makes this thread seem like a joke but a lot of great suggestions here.

 

[LotusHD]

What anime is this??

Guilty Crown.

 

[Eusis]

Mentioning Gate of all things in OP makes this thread seem like a joke but a lot of great suggestions here.

Gate sounds like what happens when you cross a nationalist military thing with Fantasy. I'm morbidly curious to watch a little but expect it to be off putting.

 

[Sesuadra]

Gate has tiddays though among other things.

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my first reaction. it also has a super horny teen look a like goddess.

but otherwise this list is solid imho. missing stuff like non non biyori tho.

 

[jrcbandit]

Gate sounds like what happens when you cross a nationalist military thing with Fantasy. I'm morbidly curious to watch a little but expect it to be off putting.

It's really bad. I couldn't stand the incredibly obnoxious propaganda about how great and noble/selfless the Japanese people are, especially their defense force, while the rest of the world are horrible, greedy people in our reality and in the fantasy land.

 

[Line_HTX]

Yo, 91 Days is fucking Godlike. This is the type of mafia story that we never knew we needed.

There's also journeyman type of anime like Mushishi as mentioned earlier and Kino's Journey. I guess you could throw in Wolf's Rain as well. The destination does not matter.

 

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Space Brothers:



The greatest anime ever. Follows the story of a man going through a mini-midlife crisis who decides to follow his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut who goes to Mars. The story is wonderfully told and full of characters with real personality. None of that falling down and grabbing boobs shit.

MY MAN.

Space Brothers is so good. The story, the characters, the music, it's all so memorable. It also has one of my favorite OPs of all time. And man... the show is legitimately inspiring. It makes you want to try harder.

I frequently (mostly jokingly) say 'I hate anime' when talking to my friends, but Space Brothers is fantastic.

 

[Ganyc]

okay maybe they show tiddies for one second in the whole series

 

[John Kowalski]

The fact Eccentric Family wasn't mentioned yet greatly upsets me

Benten too sexy tho

 

[RocknRola]

No Dragon Ball? IT HAS THE BEST PLOT! :O

Not 100% sex jokes free, but for the most part people spend their time either making dumb decisions or punching people who make bad decisions. So yeah, that.

 

[WickedLaharl]

Guilty Crown.

Worst anime with a good soundtrack ever.

 

[Rymuth]

Gate sounds interesting. I'll check it out, thanks OP

 

[Mufc1427]

Death Parade is a good anime with no fan service.

 

[TickleMeElbow]

Has Attack on Titan been mentioned?

I just finished the first season, and I don't think that show had any.