A woman plays with her dog and a swimmer plunges into the Atlantic as the sun sinks over a quiet Spanish beach. But intruding on the tranquil vista is a pair of hulking US warships.
Please recommend similarly unconventional (and recent!) anime that is NOT: shonen (or with a main protagonist described as "high schooler"), issekai, sports, porn
Mushishi is 2008, also seinen, really interesting focus on sociology and psychology but told through an animist lens where the protagonist is a mix of a doctor and a priest. Really interesting sci-fantasy as well how there's worldbuilding around the science of the magic creatures in the setting. Within the limitations of a 24 minute episode, it's fairly meditative and focuses a lot of natural beauty. My fav episode deals with a dad who develops bipolar and has manic episodes, except in the setting he gets infected by a rainbow, so the whole story is about how beautiful the rain is and also what it's like growing up with a stigmatised family member. Before my diagnosis I had no idea why I loved it so much!
Parasyte, 2014. Maybe not so unconventional, but extremely well-written, Wikipedia tells me it has professors recommending it. Covers diverse topics as environmentalism, racism, ethnogenesis, state repression, and is overall very philosophical as all the characters will debate with one another or offer diverse viewpoints on the events unfolding a
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Mushishi is 2008, also seinen, really interesting focus on sociology and psychology but told through an animist lens where the protagonist is a mix of a doctor and a priest. Really interesting sci-fantasy as well how there's worldbuilding around the science of the magic creatures in the setting. Within the limitations of a 24 minute episode, it's fairly meditative and focuses a lot of natural beauty. My fav episode deals with a dad who develops bipolar and has manic episodes, except in the setting he gets infected by a rainbow, so the whole story is about how beautiful the rain is and also what it's like growing up with a stigmatised family member. Before my diagnosis I had no idea why I loved it so much!
Parasyte, 2014. Maybe not so unconventional, but extremely well-written, Wikipedia tells me it has professors recommending it. Covers diverse topics as environmentalism, racism, ethnogenesis, state repression, and is overall very philosophical as all the characters will debate with one another or offer diverse viewpoints on the events unfolding and themes being developed.
Kaiba, also 2008. Masaaki Yuasa, of Ping Pong and Devilman Crybaby. I haven't finished it yet, but it's Masaaki Yuasa, so if you're an Animation Enjoyer you should absolutely watch it.
Concrete Revolutio, 2015. The most interesting anime I've ever watched, it's so filler-free it felt like information overload trying to keep up with all the new ideas and characters. Gorgeous animation too. Interesting eclectic visual style. Wasn't too thematically approachable to me as it's very steeped in 60's Japanese politics and history, which I'm ignorant about, but the character drama and raw information density still appealed to me.
I think in general, you'd like things that were curated for noitaminA, as it generally appeals to people who feel a bit cold about the conventions and recurring elements in stuff marketed at teenage boys.
I've seen a fair bit of older anime, the "recent" is so people dont knee-jerk reply something popular like Wolf's Rain (which is excellent but I already seen it) or Death Note (same as previous). I did see Parasyte which I loved. But will check the rest of your suggestions. Thanks!
PS: I dont hate shonen anime I love MHA, and saw the one about spirits and aliens but theres so many and ive seen so much that the tropes drag me down.
@tek I don't mind a slow burn, most probably I could not ahem "source" cough cough more episodes.
@sandriver After seeing Concrete Revolutio's trailer it shot to the top of the queue... This might be too obscure but it totally reminded me of a fighting game called Tech Romanzer and I hope the anime borrows even a tiny a tiny bit of inspiration from the game which itself is like a meta homage to mechs in anime.
The design is okay I guess, but it's hard to tell what some of the keys actually do from just the cat icons. Also there appear to be no insert, home, or end keys.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary General in a hospital in Odesa, April 15, 2025 Tuesday’s Coverage: Mourning Victims of Russia’s Mass Murder in Sumy Map: Institute for the Study of War Visiting the port city of Odesa alongside …
Solna tingsrätt meddelat dom i ett mål om bevistalan. I domen fastställs att en då 14-årig pojke gjort sig skyldig till försök till mord. Gärningen har bestått i att pojken knivhuggit en äldre man i ryggen. Tingsrätten har också beslutat att pojken ska betala skadestånd till mannen.
She always told me: "𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙". As you can see above, I took that to heart from a young age.
I'm Esther Kim Varet. I’m a working mom, a small business owner, and a daughter of immigrants who rebuilt their lives from scratch. I’m running for Congress because career politicians aren’t solving our problems.
Within weeks of launching my campaign, we came out swinging so strong that national pundits shifted our race to "One to Watch" and "Competitive".
In an era where immigrants are being stripped of their rights, and our constitutional rights are being trampled, never has it been so important to stand up and make our voices heard.
We are going
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My grandmother escaped on foot from North Korea.
She always told me: "𝙀𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙". As you can see above, I took that to heart from a young age.
I'm Esther Kim Varet. I’m a working mom, a small business owner, and a daughter of immigrants who rebuilt their lives from scratch. I’m running for Congress because career politicians aren’t solving our problems.
Within weeks of launching my campaign, we came out swinging so strong that national pundits shifted our race to "One to Watch" and "Competitive".
In an era where immigrants are being stripped of their rights, and our constitutional rights are being trampled, never has it been so important to stand up and make our voices heard.
We are going to flip this seat - but it's going to take every one of us.
Can I count on you to join our campaign with a $5, $10, or even $25 contribution today? CLICK: estherkimvaret.us/fightback
Let's go win! - Esther Kim Varet, Democrat for Congress: CA-40
With Tuesday's 6-1 regulation win against the Utah Hockey Club in their regular-season finale, the St. Louis Blues guaranteed their return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It will be the 46th trip to the postseason for St. Louis in their 57-year history.
Animals on parade. Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (‘De proprietatibus rerum’, French translation of Jean Corbechon), France ca. 1480-1490. Tours, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 703, fol. 230r. #medieval #MedievalArt
Een mooie site die de MX records van heel veel Europese gemeentes in kaart brengt. Vooral niet op Nederland klikken en naar de pie-chart kijken. jurgen.gaeremyn.be/map.html
Less than three months after the young political activist David Hogg was elected as a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is undertaking a new project that is sure to rankle some fellow Democrats: spending millions of dollars to oust …
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> We need an updated Land Of Confusion video, complete with Spitting Image puppets of all the key players
100%. With sufficient tweaking of prompts, this might something you could induce an algorithmic video generator to burp out. Would be good to know the carbon costs of doing so though. I vaguely remember a website for calculating the emissions associated with using different online services ...
> part of the video should *mock* people who use “algorithmic video generators.”
That would be appropriately meta is the video was algorithmically produced. To do it the old-fashioned way would easily cost a few million dollars. Apparently each one of the puppets in the original cost $10,000 to make.
Hong Kong's postal service is temporarily stopping the delivery of postal items from the US in retaliation to President Donald Trump's slew of tariffs.
Lithium batteries have become indispensable in the construction industry, powering everything from handheld tools such as cutoff saws and drills to larger equipment such as scissor lifts and track loaders.
Shifting Sand, Seditious Turnip
in reply to afreytes, 👻 of 🎄⌛ • • •how recent is recent?
Mushishi is 2008, also seinen, really interesting focus on sociology and psychology but told through an animist lens where the protagonist is a mix of a doctor and a priest. Really interesting sci-fantasy as well how there's worldbuilding around the science of the magic creatures in the setting. Within the limitations of a 24 minute episode, it's fairly meditative and focuses a lot of natural beauty. My fav episode deals with a dad who develops bipolar and has manic episodes, except in the setting he gets infected by a rainbow, so the whole story is about how beautiful the rain is and also what it's like growing up with a stigmatised family member. Before my diagnosis I had no idea why I loved it so much!
Parasyte, 2014. Maybe not so unconventional, but extremely well-written, Wikipedia tells me it has professors recommending it. Covers diverse topics as environmentalism, racism, ethnogenesis, state repression, and is overall very philosophical as all the characters will debate with one another or offer diverse viewpoints on the events unfolding a
... show morehow recent is recent?
Mushishi is 2008, also seinen, really interesting focus on sociology and psychology but told through an animist lens where the protagonist is a mix of a doctor and a priest. Really interesting sci-fantasy as well how there's worldbuilding around the science of the magic creatures in the setting. Within the limitations of a 24 minute episode, it's fairly meditative and focuses a lot of natural beauty. My fav episode deals with a dad who develops bipolar and has manic episodes, except in the setting he gets infected by a rainbow, so the whole story is about how beautiful the rain is and also what it's like growing up with a stigmatised family member. Before my diagnosis I had no idea why I loved it so much!
Parasyte, 2014. Maybe not so unconventional, but extremely well-written, Wikipedia tells me it has professors recommending it. Covers diverse topics as environmentalism, racism, ethnogenesis, state repression, and is overall very philosophical as all the characters will debate with one another or offer diverse viewpoints on the events unfolding and themes being developed.
Kaiba, also 2008. Masaaki Yuasa, of Ping Pong and Devilman Crybaby. I haven't finished it yet, but it's Masaaki Yuasa, so if you're an Animation Enjoyer you should absolutely watch it.
Concrete Revolutio, 2015. The most interesting anime I've ever watched, it's so filler-free it felt like information overload trying to keep up with all the new ideas and characters. Gorgeous animation too. Interesting eclectic visual style. Wasn't too thematically approachable to me as it's very steeped in 60's Japanese politics and history, which I'm ignorant about, but the character drama and raw information density still appealed to me.
I think in general, you'd like things that were curated for noitaminA, as it generally appeals to people who feel a bit cold about the conventions and recurring elements in stuff marketed at teenage boys.
afreytes, 👻 of 🎄⌛
in reply to Shifting Sand, Seditious Turnip • • •I've seen a fair bit of older anime, the "recent" is so people dont knee-jerk reply something popular like Wolf's Rain (which is excellent but I already seen it) or Death Note (same as previous). I did see Parasyte which I loved. But will check the rest of your suggestions. Thanks!
PS: I dont hate shonen anime I love MHA, and saw the one about spirits and aliens but theres so many and ive seen so much that the tropes drag me down.
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in reply to 20000lbs_of_Cheese • • •@tek I don't mind a slow burn, most probably I could not ahem "source" cough cough more episodes.
@sandriver After seeing Concrete Revolutio's trailer it shot to the top of the queue... This might be too obscure but it totally reminded me of a fighting game called Tech Romanzer and I hope the anime borrows even a tiny a tiny bit of inspiration from the game which itself is like a meta homage to mechs in anime.