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Oh hey, I think that's Sola. https://myanimelist.net/anime/1965/Sola?q=Sola Tagging you too, just in case. @Nono

I recently watched "The Asterisk War" which is a pretty cool anime if you're into the whole futuristic setting. Also watching anime is about personal preference so just find something you like the look of or are into and see how it goes. I usually like to give an anime 5 or so episodes before I make my decision whether or not to watch all of it. And remember some animes may start out slow and build-up over time so it's really just a matter of dedicating some time to getting to the tasty parts.

What is everyone's thoughts on fan service in anime? Do you like it or mind it? Do you know of any anime that has huge amounts of fan service involved?

The animation looks right and the plot synopsis indicates "a giant volcano converted into a mechanized weapon" I'll need to watch through the film since I can't seem to find any screenshots of said volcano, but that's the closest match so far!

granted but you are stock there now. I wish to see the edge of space.

Hi All, very new here, I am living in Kobe Japan and just moved here from the UK. I am trying to learn about Anime as I havent really watched much before, do you have any tips for what to watch first?

cough i got ophelia cough but shes bad bane cough but she's waifu material cough so i love her coughcough but i cant celebrate couse of school, why is life so mean to me >.> what about you ?!, anything funsies happensies so farsies ?! aside from non-stop rain i totally didn't read just now

I haven't seen the show in along time but from what I remember: There are two Johans, one monster and one 'normal' Johan who lost to the monster personality, which is why its not brought up again - by the later half the monster is the only Johan left, I think. His monster is just pure chaotic evil that wants to kill and just because. But later he also want to commit suicide, but not by conventional standards but by killing everything and everyone who ever knew him. Think of the ending of SEL, if you've seen it - Johan believes if nobody remembers you, you are dead. In philosophy there is something called 'Idealism'. If no one is around to see something, it doesn't exist, according to idealism (very simplified, and I'm not a philosopher, so take it with a grain of salt), therefore, if no one remembers you, you cease to exist. That is/was his endgame, according - 'the perfect suicide' like in SEL, not a literal suicide. Ergo Proxy has a similar theme with "If I don't have any memories, how I can I prove I even existed?"

Funny backstory on how I found sankarea undying love is that i was actually looking for is this a zombie out of boredom for something to watch but i couldnt remember is this a zombie's title and I accidently mistaken sankarea as Is this a zombie and was well then this is better than what i was trying to look for lol lol

My suggestion to everyone else's suggestion is Gosick. That anime will challenge you in a lot of ways lol with story, animation, characters just everything lol. I watched it before I watch toradora but that was even better cause I could see tons of victorique and kujo in taiga and ryuuji. Not just that the tons of supporting characters and minor characters that move the transitions the series along compare very well to toradora.

I've been on vacation and haven't had internet access for the last month. Because of the previous posts I decided to go ahead and just watch it subbed, and I agree with you, it is vastly inferior to the first two seasons. I think I'll just pretend that the first two seasons are the only ones that exist :D

Welcome, hope you enjoy living in Japan. Death note is a good gate way to watching anime, even though I'm not a fan of these, however I DO acknowledge them as decent gate ways to the world of anime: Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan

One of my favorites, To the world you are somebody, but to somebody you are the world.

Don't know what it is, but I'd like to. What channel was it on?

So Elon Musk posted a Japanese flag in response to the question of who is going to be the world's first private passenger to ride SpaceX's Big F...alcon Spaceship around the moon. ( twitter link here ) Hideo Kojima, the Japanese video game designer/producer, was one of the first to retweet Musk's post so of course his name has been at the top of many lists of contenders, but Japan is not lacking for people with the interest and means to take such a trip. People like Masayoshi Son (SoftBank) and Takafumi Horie (Livedoor) have also been suggested for example. I figure if any group (of which I'm a member) has any idea who it might actually be then this might be the group. (Not that I expect anyone here to know of course.) Let the speculation begin! At least until Monday's announcement. Also, if you can tell me what that new BFS design looks like I'd like to hear about it. I think I've seen it somewhere before but I can't recall where. I want to say Moonlight Mile? That was a long time ago though and I don't have a copy to refresh my memory. I might be mis-remembering. Maybe Planetes? It is bugging me. Help!

I find this story fascinating and a humble hopeful bright future for human space travel as a more common leisure in the not too distant future. As of right now, it'll be a purely experimental phase with many things that could and can go wrong. But like with every means of travel in our human timeline, it'll eventually get ironed out and refined till it becomes commonplace which is exciting considering we're getting to a new stage in human advancement. I wonder what the meals will be like or if they even get a meal a Space Meal that's!

"Who the hell do you think I am", by Kamina-Gurrren Lagann

One more suggerstion: Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun

welcome to af~, to be honest, never heard of "kobe" (but to be also honest, im not great at history/good at geography) as roxeg-senpai has stated, we have recom-threads, but as he also said, everyone wont mind helping you in this thread and also, as neptune-senpai has said, Death note is a fun anime that gets allot of people into anime~ ...hope you enjoy your stay in AF~ (anyone else noticed, i literally said nothing, but say, "someone else said something", and this message is pretty much, TLDR is : "welcome to af" ?, no one? good >.>)

I found Princess Princess to be really good, it helped me find confidence in a personal way in myself, its genre is shounen ai but its centered on cute boys dressing up as princesses at their all boys school which the main character and one of the supporting characters develop a very close friendship to each other. There is a third supporting character but he's absent in the presence of gay relationship but his girlfriend makes up for it later in the series for her feelings towards him crossdressing as a gothic lolita princess lol which I feels was a great presentation of a girl in a relationship with a guy who crossdresses. Another one to consider is Fake, its short very short, a ova, but it's about two nypd officers one japanese american and the other american who have a gay relationship in secret and how they try to have their first getaway together ends up being a crime they solve together. Has some good gay relationship qualities that felt relatistic in the portrayal of having a secret gay relationship as both officers and in the early 90's late 80's when that was a time of the great AIDS epidemic and the hostility towards gay men. I know of tons of anime that have crossdressing male being friends with another guy and having a platonic relationship/friendship but that really doesnt correlate to your interest into other gay themed anime. Im sorry I have only two titles to offer...but I hope they help give you something fresh to enjoy...if I failed your satisfaction your more than welcome to rant me out for it.

@3YearsinJapan Welcome to Anime Forums. Kobe, eh? I hope it's nice there. If you want to find anime recommendations, there's a thread around. Here it is: But anyone may also leave their suggestions here. Tell me what's your favourite anime and maybe from that I can give you a recommendation.

Granted, but he is an abusive boyfriend, who eats Mr. Cake right in front of you. I wish I could go Super Saiyan.