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Anime newbie looking for suggestions (lemmus.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by tobogganablaze@lemmus.org to c/anime@ani.social

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I watched "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" a few weeks ago which is probably my first proper anime (not counting the odd episode of Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon or OnePiece I caught on TV as a child) and I really enjoyed it.

Especially the slow but deep character build up and general world building and exploration themes were really captivating. So I'm looking for something similar with focus on these aspects.

So far I found "Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina", which was ok but didn't quite live up to Frieren and wasn't nearly as captivating.

So does anyone know similar shows or at least shows that focus on the aspects of story telling I mentioned avove?

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[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wolfs rain is an overlooked gem about wolves and a girl at the end of the world. It was the next project the storyboard director from evangelion went on to work on iirc, one of studio bones first projects and fantastic music by yoko kanno throughout. Every character in it both good and "bad" has a motive, has a reason for their actions, and is wonderfully fleshed out. It plays a bit with character archetypes and how they break down when they are actually real people, reminiscent of EVA. Wolf's Rain is also on my short-list of great animes that also finish well.

You will cry through. Oh yes.

Imma go watch it again

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Great description, I'll look into it.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ok! Oh boy I'm excited! I would love to hear what you think, i don't get to talk to anyone about wolfs rain... It has the greatest OP in the world (and you think you know what i mean by that, but you don't)...