Beocat

So, thought I'd introduce myself. I used to be on another similar forum but I think it shut down around a year ago and I just finally decided to get back into an anime forum again. I love Space Operas and a healthy smattering of just about everything else in anime as well. I'm not terribly picky as long as the story is good. I have noticed over the years how my taste in anime has changed somewhat. I play a lot of video games, mainly RPGs, though I've been focusing on anime more in the past few years as my spare time has dwindled. I also SCUBA dive when not watching anime or playing video games and enjoy long bike rides along the sound. Glad to be here and able to chat with other like-minded people again.

How about Ah! My Goddess? It's an older anime, but one of my favorites. While there is some comedy (involving the main protagonist's friends for example), the romance itself is mostly separate from that comedy. If you have never seen it, I highly recommend it. Also, I agree with Kanon. However, know that Kanon is a "harem" anime that might have been based off of a game, I've never looked into the history of its formation (he forms relationships with multiple girls, it focuses on each one individually as the story progresses). Many relationships develop but you won't have the "couple" lovey-dovey thing going on early in the series. However, it is one of my favorite anime because it is so beautifully tragic. I was entranced by that anime when I watched it. If you do decide to go that route and you enjoy it, consider Air (the summer counterpart of Kanon). Maybe try Snow White with the Red Hair as well. You would be looking at a longer build to the romance, but it is well worth it in my opinion.

There have been a few anime's that have left me feeling this way.... The first one that came to mind was Tenchi Muyo GXP. I was a huge Tenchi fan back in the day, and although some of the movies were *cough* questionable, I had always hoped that Tenchi would end up in the Galaxy Police someday.... For those of you who have seen that anime, you know how messed up, twisted and all sorts of weird that one was (not to mention the look-alike friend). I got through maybe 5 episodes then quit. I regretted having asked my (at the time) fiancé to buy it for my birthday. I enjoyed Geminar however so my disappointment with GXP did not deter me from continuing on with the series with later storylines. The other one that comes to mind is Otogi Zoshi. I really enjoyed most of the first season (The Heian Arc) and I was really looking forward to watching the second season (Tokyo Arc - modern day). Maybe I misinterpreted the first season, but I also quit the second season after about 5 episodes. It's been so long since I watched it (probably over 10 years now), my memory is fuzzy on the reasons, but the crushing disappointment was real. I do remember being so happy however that I had only paid $19 for the whole boxset (with both arcs) that was usually $120 because I had waited to buy it online on Black Friday that year. If I had paid full price for it, I'm sure I would have been both disappointed and enraged haha.... I also was moderately disappointed in Pretear as they changed the storyline to make the "cool guy" the main attraction (though, I shouldn't be surprised. Most all reverse harems will do this or focus on the "cool guy"). I would have said La Storia de la Arcana Famiglia, but in all honesty, I had just watched the first season of Log Horizon before that so my expectations for anime was set way too high for a reverse harem. It took a couple of weeks for me to realize that. Now I try to separate amazing anime and "never watched before" anime by at least a week so my expectations have time to come back down out of the clouds.