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"I seek nothing more than to battle the most powerful beings alive, which excludes the lowly likes of you" - Lord Sesshomaru

One of the most messed up series I've ever seen and that's why it's awesome It's only Blue Gender: Warrior which you can find on amazon pretty cheaply. The TV series is harder to find but I think it might be on Ebay.

Speed Grapher is a good shout if you haven't seen it. Early 2000s and has that dark, gritty urban vibe too it. Also the premise is... um, yeah.

I had a similar ponder about vegetarianism and the meat industry when I first started watching Seraph of the End. Sadly the show didn't really explore the aspect of humans as "cattle" as much as it could've, going down the root of Human vs Vampire instead. I haven't read the manga so maybe that's a different story. I've had similar philosophical thoughts about Psycho-Pass, Lain, Ergo Proxy, Shinsekai Yori, etc too, so it isn't uncommon. This is probably why NGE sits so highly for me as an oddity and a masterpiece. I've never come across another anime or piece of media in general that has had that level of impact. Not that I'm a total fan boy though. The show has a lot of problems that I'm just good at ignoring

It's a typical evening, lying in bed, getting ready to sleep and I decide to listen to the piano version of Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude. I glance up at my End of Evangelion poster (the one with Asuka and Shinji looking over the LCL ocean with giant Rei on the horizon) and perhaps unusually, gain a sense of tranquility and calm. Neon Genesis Evangelion was one of my first animes and changed my life permanently. It sparked an interest not just in anime, but in psychology and more pungently, philosophy. Without NGE I would have never discovered the works of some of my favorite philosophers like Schopenhauer, Cioran, Nietzsche, etc (OK, I might have found Nietzsche unaided :D). I would also have never been able to reconcile many of my negative feelings of social anxiety, loneliness and the depression that can accompany them. Despite the month of emotional turmoil that proceeded my first viewing, I know feel happier, more certain of myself and more at peace than I did before. Has anybody else had this kind of intense life changing experience after watching a particular show? Or at least has an anime introduced you to a subject you otherwise may not have stumbled across? (history, politics, science, etc)

Building is the main pull factor I think which separates it from most battle royale games, even though they keep adding weapons that just shread builds anyway. But building is what defines the strategy as you have to make sure you have enough materials, get adequate weapons for build battles, be able to build in general, etc. I understand why a lot of people don't like that sort of thing though, especially when you have these 12 years olds who build like their fingers are hooked to a car battery lol Honestly though, I play it primarily because my friends play it

As I am complete trash with the maturity of a 8 year old, I'm currently playing Fortnite on Xbox Me and my friends also have a big Minecraft survival save going where I'm building pretty much everything in "oriental" design.

Age indicates very little, that's for certain. Members of my family have been giving me advice since I was little thinking it would be beneficial. Sometimes it was, often it wasn't, but advice is cool, because you're not obligated to take it. Some people in my family have a tendency to intervene in my proboems on their own however, purely out of love, but usually making things much worse because they don't fully understand the issue. Explaining my existential crisis and subsequent depression to my mother for example, proved to be a bad idea the second she started listing potential solutions, all of which showed that she'd completely missed the point. I had to tell her bluntly that that's what she'd done and that she should leave it to me. Thankfully she did

Rurouni Kenshin, Fate/Zero/Stay night/apocrypha, Black Lagoon, NGE, Seraph of the End, Madoka Magica, Violet Evergarden. Magi is also on there but not sure if they've put the 2nd season on. I'm sure there's others I haven't seen as well.

Sure, I'm not certain how to send it on here but I'll try and PM something to you

Really fantastic. A harsh reminder of why I decided to scrap drawing and stick to writing instead

Welcome. I was born in '98 so I think you might have a few years on me lol

I'm about 20 episodes in and it's one of those things that I know is garbage but I like it anyway for some reason lol. I feel the same about RWBY, not that the two are similar.

I probably will as well years down the line. Right now I just have a thing about having physical copies of stuff. I'm the same with books.

Found this bundle of DVD's on Ebay with: - Ghost in the Shell: SAC (All 7 Volumes) - Speed Grapher (All 6 Volumes) - Erementar Gerad (All 6 Volumes) - Moribito Full Series - Air (Full Series) Plus a bunch of movies: Vampire Hunter D (Special Edition), Patlabor, Blue Gender, etc. I'm an absolute sucker for DVD's and 2000-2007 animes. Only issue was that they're R1 imports and don't play in my portable player but oh well.

Usually have golden syrup porridge with raisins followed by veggie sausages, egg and beans. Sometimes I just opt for toast though

Hello there and welcome. I had a similar experience to yours (though not as extreme) when I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion (I really don't recommend this show if you're having a tough time with your mental health. It is possibly the most traumatic thing I have or will ever watch and it's not something to watch in the wrong state of mind). It was actually the show that got me into the anime and it sent me into a serious existential crisis and depression for about a month. I almost failed my work experience module at university because of it and it seriously changed my outlook on life. Mine was more a sudden realisation of nihilism - which wasn't nice, and would've been quite disturbing if I didn't find these sorts of things fascinating. Nevertheless, I did eventually get through it. It sounds to me like your depression is connected to an immediate loneliness, mainly from the fact you say that getting attached to characters and wanting an "anime relationship" are primary contributing factors. Believe me, I understand this all too well. It was something I experienced a lot when I was your age (I'm nearly 22 now) as a below-average looking, socially anxious teenager. I remember always wanting to have a relationship similar to characters from my favorite shows, anime or otherwise. It caused me to take actions in pursuit of that goal which were totally unrealistic. This is stating the obvious somewhat, bjt imagine if Tsundere's, for example, really existed - it would go very differently to how it does in anime. I'd like to say that it's easy to break out of, but it isn't. All I can say is what helps/helped me - focusing on that which I had in the present, not placing too much importance on the perceived NEED of a relationship (especially one similar to that shown in anime), but also a general acceptance of myself for who I am. Hope this may help you a little bit. If you want to discuss further please send me a PM. My name is Michael

The thought that a CCP lacky somewhere in Guangdong province has all of my anime memes saved to a government computer fills me with joy

Huawei P30. Had it about a year and it's pretty solid. Previously had HTC's and Samsungs and seems to run a lot smoother.

Wolf's Rain is such an under appreciated masterpiece. The ending is awesomely gut wrenching. Casshern Sins is a pretty depressing one as well with the whole show basically being about death, or the value of it. The twins arc from Black Lagoon was tragic but also flat out disturbing as well.

I think anime has gone the way of most other artistic mediums, music especially. The increased production of different shows, movies, OVA's, etc means that the field gets saturated with crap. That doesn't mean that there's any less GOOD anime out there (in fact, there's probably more), it just seems like there isn't because it's part of an even bigger pool. We also only tend to remember the good shows from the past, and there were definitely shows back in the 80s and 90s that were as garbage as any fan service-filled, dilluted isekai harem from today.

Miroku and Sango (Inuyasha) Sousuke and Kaname (Full Metal Panic) And if I'm in the mood for tragedy and depression, Hige and Blue (Wolfs Rain)

Welcome! Have you ever worked on any fan subs? Anybody who can speak multiple languages is fascinating to me as I've known for sometime that my brain is not wired to languages at all (except English, obviously).

My current favourite

Hello, fellow Brit! I too am a fan of cats. We only have 3 now but at one point had 6 This is Guinness and Biscuit. Hope to see you around!