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My faves are fantasy & supernatural since I’m interested in folklore & mythology. I tend to differentiate between horror (blood, gore, shock value) & supernatural (mystery, suspense, philosophical). But also creatures like yokai, cryptids, demihumans, etc.

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I've been clinging to Mystery lately specifically detective conan (around 870th+ episode right now). I'm also drawn to shounen and I have been trying to watch Mecha for a new breather. 

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I'm into mysterious/investigative storylines primarily, or a classic well thought out plot that has good story and character progression. Mystery, action, and adventure pretty much all of the time.

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Isekai fantasy or Isekai magic has always been my favorites. But last 2 years i am slowly expanding. Supernatural, mystery and even romantic slice of life

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On 5/6/2025 at 6:57 PM, Girltchi said:

mine would be magical girl and idol

omg i LOVE. magical girls. My first anime was smile precure, and I've obsessed over precure so much I've been asked if I'm autistic and if it was my special interest..not that there's anything wrong with that just yk from what i know I'm not lol. I have a ton of sailor moon figures and my most fav figure i own is a really cute card captor sakura figure. 

i love love LOVE slice of life anime and magical girls. But slice of life is just so perfect. It's calming and cute and i love all the random silly episode topics

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i'm definitely a sucker for romantic slice of life (especially in manga, but this is about anime). i also love a good psychological horror/thriller. supernatural stuff is cool too

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I'd have to say I'm game for anything but yaoi, shonen ai, straight shonen, most giant mecha, sports. That about covers it.

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I like romance and slice of life very much but also action, adventure or mystery genres. 

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My preferences for anime have changed over the years. When I first started watching anime I tended to go for sci-fi and action type series, but these days I prefer slice of life series. 

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Romance is my top favorite! Very close to that is Shonen and slice of life comedy types •ᴥ•

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57 minutes ago, Ayame said:

Romance is my top favorite! Very close to that is Shonen and slice of life comedy types •ᴥ•

Me too I like romance comedy the best.

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Despite most people not liking it I like some isekai anime but I usually lean more towards fighter style anime or psychological.

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My favorite genre is SCIENCE fiction, hands down.

However, I feel I must explain because in my view there actually aren't that many science fiction stories out there.  See the "science" word there?  If the plot doesn't work in this universe without resorting to impossible physics then it is simply fiction, or maybe outright fantasy.  It also has to have science or technology as a central plot element.  Clarke and Niven are a couple of my favorite authors because they were able to create incredible stories based on the rules of science and engineering as we know them.  Star wars to me is sword-and-sorcery rebranded.  Star Trek is better but it still has things like warp drive, transporters, and FTL comms that depend on fantasy-physics yet are central to the plot(s).  (To me Star Trek actually works better as a morality play, especially the original series.)  Planetes is science fiction because it takes place in a future world where the rocket equation reigns supreme and space garbage is a real problem.  GATTACA and I, Robot (even the Will Smith version) are SF.

I do make allowances.  Ghost in the Shell is almost SF, except that we don't have a way to quantify or transfer "ghosts".  Science doesn't know everything. and that's enough to let GitS pass as SF for my purposes.  Provisionally.  More than one or maybe two such lapses however and the questionable elements have to be explained well in terms of extending known limits WITHOUT conflicting with known science and engineering.  You can get as creative as you like without crossing that line.  In fact I encourage it.  That's part of the fun.  I subscribe to Clarke's laws, especially the 3rd, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".  99 times out of 100 I'll find a show extremely interesting if it can honestly say that it is science fiction with a setting and plot that could actually exist.  Show me the magic, but make sure it works in this universe.

Having said all that I should also say that I'm not against everything not-SF.   If nothing else such "real" SF shows are obviously few and far between.  By necessity there are other genres that I watch far more often, many of them quite entertaining on their own terms.  I do tend to like comedy and slice-of-life, though being older myself I also try to avoid the shonen/shojo type in favor of more mature characters and themes.  Beyond that/those I'll give pretty much anything a watch, at least for the first few episodes.

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Lately it's been more supernatural anime or anime that leans more towards slice-of-life. I love a good action or drama, mystery and suspense, or horror genre anime too. 

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