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What are some genre-defying anime that you've watched? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago by Itte@sh.itjust.works to c/anime@ani.social

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[–] wjs018@ani.social 7 points 9 months ago

Madoka is the one that comes to my mind. I don't want to get into spoilers, but on the surface it is a cookie-cutter magical girl show, but if you look at the tags on MAL/AniList you see things like suspense, thriller, and psychological. The show is not your typical magical girl adventure.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 months ago

Stein's Gate for, what I like to call, "Slice of Life Sci Fi".

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 5 points 9 months ago

What do you understand genre-defying to be?

Uncle from another world comes to mind as a reverse isekai.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if it qualifies as "genre defying," but Princess 9 is a sports anime where some girls are assembled into a baseball team and have to overcome sexism and internal rivalries to become the best team they can. It's all female-driven and there's realistic personal issues for them to deal with, and I recommend it as often as I can.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago

I don't usually watch sports anime but the premise sounds interesting so I'll check it out🤗

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Princess Principal

Minor spoilers

2 potential lesbian main characters with badass sidekicks/friends
everyones past is fucked up
the series is so good they got 3 movies and 3 more on the way
- the wait is umbearable please god awdrasxgrdcgrefhyrexcswif4b3j

I'd personally recommend avoiding any and all trailers/spoilers and diving in blind to the series🤗

[–] Itte@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of this one. Sounds really interestjng though.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago

I hope it's a good recommendation for you!