probably the kizumonogatari series for me. the animation was really good imo.

Top 5 anime that I watched in 2025: 1. Nichijou 2. Welcome to the NHK 3. Azumanga Daioh 4. City the Animation 5. Girls' Last Tour Honorable Mentions: - Darling in The FranXX (rewatch): Motivated me to watch more anime again - Uma Musume Series - Rascal Does Not Dream Series: Rewatched Bunny Girl Senpai and Dreaming Girl, then continued onwards from the movies after, and then Santa Claus

>>1793 I need to watch welcome to the NHK\ >>1791 LOTGH

I liked the shimeji simulation anime but nobody seem to have seen it

>>1763 This looks like my favorite anime, Solo Leveling. Did this rip it off?

I I was a big fan of The Faraway Paladin (Saihate no Paladin) but it doesn't seem like many other people watched it. It's not a perfect anime by any means but I really liked the purehearted take on the genre. I'm reading the manga too.

i love the ending song its comfy

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, made by Hideaki Anno a few years before NGE became a thing. Shares many similarities with it

>>1786 https://archive.org/details/maison-ikkoku-ost hikarin could this be it?

>>1787 yeahh, thats right!! this ost belong to anime Maison Ikkoku, right? i never heard about that anime.. btw THANK YOU, much love hikarin

>>1788 The manga Maison Ikkoku is from the same author that wrote Inuyasha, Urusei Yatsura and Ranma ½, which you might know

I like German dubs, it sounds like another anime language to my hears.

Death note

Ah my Goddess has has a better dub desu. I watched it as a kid on YouTube dubbed so I'm biased... Not an anime, but the Neptunia series' dub is way better than the original Japanese. In the original they all sound the same sorry

I prefer watching Hetalia in the dub because the voice actors in the english dub have different accents depending on the country they voice act, and i think that’s hilarious.

Azumanga Daioh & Lucky Star as sometimes I think it kinda fits better but I like both languages and just flip flop between the two

>>455 Animes with scenes that are meant to make you cry have never made me even slightly sad (except for Grave of the Fireflies, that one's pretty depressing), but watching certain loner anime characters or simply characters that at some point find themselves isolated because of rejection has teared me up a couple of times since they were relatable to me, even if none of the scenes were intentionally sad. I mentioned Grave of the Fireflies before even clicking in the spoilered OP, I think it might be the saddest piece of fictional media ever produced in human history.

Honestly, I never really cry watching anime when it's "sad". It's more so when they reach triumphant goals after trying their best that gets me. Especially so if it's something romance related (picrel). That and anything to do with motherhood, like in Doremi... But you don't see that much which is unfortunate! >>1754 >but watching certain loner anime characters... that at some point find themselves isolated because of rejection has teared me up a couple of times Could you recommend a couple of these? I'm interested

>>1756 I can't remember one in particular since most of these are just small scenes and the main characters never stayed on that situation for too much. I do recall that the Komi-san manga made me pretty sad when I used to read it years ago, I didn't give the anime adaptation a chance since the VA didn't resonate with me so I don't know if the anime can capture what the manga did for me. There's also Oyasumi Punpun but this one and the other are both popular so you've probably know about them already. Making this post has reminded me that I should read the Komi-san manga again to see where it's at

The first and only anime that ever made me cry is Haibane Renmei

Gunbuster's last episode made me tear up but not crying... ah however the manga Kaze to Ki no Uta destroyed me in all sorts of ways mostly throughout the whole thing...

can someone find me a dakimakura of yukikaze, please?

Here's mine

>>262 nice, it's touhou, am I right? how does it feel when you hug it? at night

>>263 >it's touhou, am I right? That's right. >how does it feel when you hug it? Soothing. My favorite thing is staying in bed after waking up and cuddling her. Nice moments before another awful day.

The only daki I've ever owned was a 2B daki I bought when I was a teenager. I remember having it in my bed and my grandmother in and exclaiming "why is there a naked girl on your pillow??" good times. this isn't the same one i had but i can't find it so

I love it~

i love my little desktop miku sadly it seems shimejis are a dying art.

>>1599 i have just realized shimeji simulation is a manga series. seems i missed the point

yesss!! i love that mangaka’s art!!!!!

Yesssss big fan my laptop desktop wallpapers are all tsukumizu drawings Wondering if there will be a new manga

>>1712 play one of the games, one of the fangames, read one of the many many doujin works, fanfics, or really anything that would endear you the universe the games take place in the music is good too - unless you dislike midi trumpets, then it might not be for you i got into the games from newgrounds remixes of some of touhou 8's boss themes, then a slew of ao3 fics taking place in the games' universe, before i finally bothered with any of the shmups. maybe give #7 or #8 a go, solely because they're my favourites that aren't hard to the point of frustration. shift to focus, z to shoot and x to bomb - think fast don't die, maybe you'll find them fun anyhow there's a nyaa torrent with each of the english patched games in it, plus the first 5 pc98 games, if you're so inclined. just pick one and try to beat it

Touhou 6 EoSD is the first game I started with. Then after hearing the music of Mountain of Faith (Touhou 10) I started playing that too. I was there more for the music rather than the gameplay since I got bored of Touhou after only 2 games in the series. That being said, the music and Japanese mythology make it worth it to play. (I couldn't give two shits about the whole lore though, that's for the fandom to care about - not the people who actually play the games).

Start here:

>>1719 I didnt know Touhou had some of the best music thank you for sharing.

>>1712 oh, that's GNU Guix

>>1372 It's more common than you think!

>>1373 whyyy

>>1373 how would you know? are YOU a normaloid?

>>1762 normaloids shall be subdued by my Blade

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This plays in my head 24/7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF75HlzopQ0

>>1356 i have this set as my alarm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XchbMh5lBGs i heard this one on the 39chan radio... i like it a lot...

For me it's Rana