Looking for any Anime Movies or TV shows that are just amazing, and I should not miss!

I have Netflix and prime but I can use other streaming services as well!

I am mostly into those classics from the '80s '90s and early '20s, like My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, But anything good is fine!
Also not too much into magic (as long as it is the plot drive or main focus) And Tv shows like Dragon Ball, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh! Those are just cringy for me (not judging anyone)

I also would like to see some suggestions for any Mangas/webtoons. The only one I have watched and read is Astro Boy. XD

To note, I was raised in a home where anime was kinda pushed out of the way, even though my dad loved it! My mom did not like it. So now they kinda let me watch it because I am old enough? But also I think my parents where just shielding me away from other religions/cultures. At least my mom was. And that is why I wanna find some stuff I missed! (only Astro boy is what I can remember when it comes from anime.)

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anime good?

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Weeb, totally
Na, only first person movies are cool 😎
Potato 🥔

cowboy bebop....
no schoolgirls
no talking flying animals
no yelling the name of the move a person is about to do in combat.

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Call me call me~

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Great Teacher Onizuka (wasn't sure if you're just confirming or asking me to expand). But it's become one of my favorites ever since I gave it a chance despite thinking it wont be something I'd like.

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+1 for GTO

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Prison School ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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pls no hentai XD

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it's not technically hentai... just borderline. damn funny tho

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Ik it was a joke ;)

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hentai just means pervert or lewd, sooo, yes it's hentai in the general use of the word.
Shimoneta was better.

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I also only really like it in the original language not dubbed and watching the shape of voice, right now :)

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Holy shit i cried lots ;-;

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I consider this movie as my favorite anime movie! I find animes like Pokemon, yugioh, dragon ball cringe, I just can't take it seriously. I need to recommend you "Made in Abyss". For me it's one of most creatives anime I've watched. The story is amazing, soundtrack is unforgettable... The animation is just so beautiful..
Also, may I ask where did you get that profile picture? It's so beautiful and reverse searching didn't get me anything.
Also, take a sneak peek on my wallpapers here, you may like it as well: https://imgur.com/a/WlGSMxv

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Hi, yeah I think we have same tastes! i will watch that right now! Also my profile pic is one of my faves! i found it here!
https://www.wallpaperflare.com/vector-forest-sunset-forest-nature-sky-atmosphere-darkness-wallpaper-cvfha
It is super pretty!

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please let me know after you finish it, or if you want to discuss about a specific episode, theories would be great too :D, I added you on Steam yesterday, I don't know which way do you prefer to have a talk so, it's up to you :)

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What about Samurai Champloo?

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Trigun :D

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Yesss xD

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Since you mentioned mostly films, I'm just throwing a hilarious one here:
Tokyo Godfathers

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oo gonna watch this one! :D

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Have fun. ^^

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if you like Satoshi Kon works (like TG), see also: Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue, Paprika and Paranoia Agent. They're all different but great at the same time.

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I'm not into anime that much, but you mentioned two Miyazaki movies, have you seen others? I liked almost every movie I have seen from Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli. Here are some you may want to look up: Princess Mononoke, Ponyo, Whisper of the Heart, The Secret World of Arrietty, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, When Marnie Was There, Kiki's Delivery Service.

I have not seen these yet, but plan to: The Wind Rises, Porco Rosso, Pom Poko.

A couple other movies I can remember that I liked are Your Name and Ghost in the Shell. Also, I love Little Nemo, but I grew up with it and have a lot of nostalgia, I'm not sure what other people think of the movie. You can actually watch it on youtube here.

I think I have only watched one anime series and I really enjoyed it, it was Elfen Lied. You probably won't want to watch this one with your family around.

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watched Castle in the Sky plane to watch the other as well :) also that series looks a little like non family fun XD

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Not a weeb but ...

Naruto and One Piece are great shows but there is a shit ton of fillers and are in general huge time sinks. One Piece is really bad with this and it is currently moving at a snail's pace. Still great shows, but worth keeping this in mind.

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+1 to the following:
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Samurai Champloo
My Hero Academia
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Tower of God (which I am now watching)
Sword Art Online (with a caution)

The thing about SAO is that it is not your standard anime. SAO is a psychological study of online gaming in anime form. Many people approach it the way they do other anime, and they are put off by its failure to follow anime (or indeed, television) conventions. Each story in SAO amounts to the posing and answering of a question. (e.g. "If in-game death killed players, how would that affect their behavior?") For each such question, the "rules" of the anime world are adjusted to fit its scenario. Viewers who do not understand this therefore find the anime "inconsistent" and "nonsensical." Some people "get" the anime and enjoy it. Others do not.

For another anime which accomplishes similar things but does still adheres to the "rules" of story-telling, take a look at Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World. That one is a romantic-tragedy, and so may not be your cup of tea, but it is very good.

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The only anime I've seen is Grave of the Fireflies. I enjoyed it.

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Or did you? (so sad)
It's amazing, I think it should be part of any education.

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I have seen a lot of anime but i shall give u 3 suggestions

  1. Ghost Hound
  2. Akira
  3. Devils line
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+1 to Akira

Akira was the first anime I ever saw, and it was in Japanese with no subtitles. Even without understanding the dialogue, it was a powerful movie.

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Anything by Masaaki Yuasa, including but not limited to:

  1. Mind Game
  2. Kaiba
  3. Walk On Girl
  4. Devilman Crybaby

Good ol' sci-fi thrillers:

  1. Texhnolyze
  2. Paprika
  3. Serial Experiments Lain
  4. Psycho Pass
  5. Ghost in the Shell

Shit that doesn't really fit your requirements, but you should watch anyways:

  1. Steins;Gate
  2. March Comes in Like a Lion
  3. Id: Invaded

For a good chuckle:

  1. Ghost Stories (dub)
  2. Garzey's Wing (dub)
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I am not that much of an expert.... But, yes:

Paprika

is awesome. A good way to market it is to say that some bits of "Inception" were based on this anime. Here is a great trailer, with its great music.

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The 90s Ghost in the Shell movies are just too awesome.

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+1 to Steins;Gate and March Comes in Like a Lion

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May I ask a specific question about Steins;Gate?
I started Chaos;Head since it's the first in the same timeline with Steins;Gate and also Robotics;Notes but in the first episode I've heavily disturbed and dropped the series. Should I still watch Steins;Gate? Are they related or not besides the timeline?

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I found boring these two and had dropped them exactly like you did, but Steins; Gate was great. Of course purely personal opionion here.

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I couldn't say it was boring since I only saw one episode but I felt disturbed, that's why I asked. Though I guess they're not so related, just the same timeline, like Half Life and Portal. If it's not disturbing in any way I'm thinking about watching it.

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In that case... I don't know. But I never feel something missing if that's what you're asking about.

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I only know about Steins;Gate, hence why I gave my +1 to that.

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Hmm, so you didn't feel missing something I guess. I assume they're not required for each other then.

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+1

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yeah just not that much into magic but will check out Aggretsuko!

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+1 to Durarara!!

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Violet Evergarden (series 1st, then movie)
Macross franchise

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just not my type of thing. I will watch a episope though to try it :)

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watched it, it was ok but a little childish, o will maybe watch it with my nieces and nephews :)

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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!!! The manga started in the 80's but the anime adaptation is fairly recent. There was a 90's OVA though, but I'd recommend the TV anime as it follow the manga a lot more closely

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O boy me and my dad started watching it! and we are loving it! thanks for the rec!

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Awesome! I'm glad you guys are enjoying it! A significant shift happens in the 3rd part, but stick with it and you will love it.

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One Punch man, it is a super cool anime!

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+1000000 to One Punch Man

And if you like OPM, you should really watch Mob Psycho 100, also.

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I really loved Slayers. The ovas were kinda meh, though.

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I'm not that into anime but Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is really fun.

Dorohedoro is on Netflix, it's a bit chaotic but really worth it after you just stop trying to understand what's going on.

My favorite anime/animated series are The Tatami Galaxy, Steins;Gate and Serial Experiments Lain.

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I'm currently watching Dorohedoro and I love it!

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Magic Knight Rayearth - a fantastic story with great plot twists
009-1 - a short anime with a narrative that puts blockbuster shounens and pseudo-intellectual animes to shame

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Happy cake day!!! will check this one out :)

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Some of these have been mentioned but I'll bring in my opinions on some I've enjoyed. Now, I don't watch very many but the ones I do are the ones I've stuck with. I'm glad you have some rules as I have some general rules for committing to an anime too, namely:
a) Less than 100 episodes. 2 seasons are usually best because it gives the story time to develop and reach a conclusion. The longer a show goes on (even non-anime) the more weird shit the writers have to do to keep interest and plots moving, so forget it.
b) No "anime faces" (there's one exception in the list). This is probably similar to your no cringe rule, I just don't need a character to suddenly pull a very cartoony angry face to tell me they're-angry-but-it's-funny while a sound affect goes whoop whoop bee doop. It's the reason I sadly couldn't even get started on Full Metal Alchemist.
c) The less fanservice the better. Especially characters constantly tripping and falling onto someone's crotch/cleavage/buttcrack. If this happens in S1E1, I'm out.

With that in mind, here are some that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Attack on Titan - I burned out on this awhile back because its later seasons set up a lot of conflict that was invisible earlier and so there's been much less actual attacks on titan. Still, I got back into it for the batshit crazy answers the later seasons delivered and would still recommend it, especially for the intense first season at least.

Steins Gate - time travel shenanigans. Very entertaining with lots of memorable lines/characters. I think someone falls onto someone's chest at one point, but at least it's late in the series and it's more of an attempt at a light moment when the show is at its darkest.

Neon Genesis Evangelion - I tried watching the remake movies, but there's something about the original's shoestring budget charm and real sense of vision, as wild as they wanted. Much less polished than current Boardroom Decision Targetted Demographic-Friendly Entertainment Product. I see echoes of Evangelion in Attack on Titan as well.

Fate Stay Night / Fate Zero - Fate Zero is the superior series, but you'll get more out of it if you watch Night as Zero is its prequel. Fate Stay Night does drift into tropes on occasion but it's still an entertaining premise which keeps things moving. I've lost track of the series after Zero, every now and then I see some new Fate Avergablathally Bang Bang title on Netflix, I'm like wth is this. Some are new stories I think, some are retellings of the original with different endings, but I don't have time to make sense of it all. I really doubt any of them can top Zero anyway, so why bother.

One Punch Man - very much the anti-anime, it takes great pleasure in poking fun at lots of tournament/overpowered hero type shows. Kind of manages to have its cake and eat it too. Loads of fun to watch.

Cowboy Bebop - I'm told this is very good but somehow it never clicked. Need to try again as I like the setting. Killer theme though, regardless.

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Thing - I think they remade this too, I mean the original series in this case. I guess I just like mecha anime. I think the blinder you go into this one, the better. Good twists and a mix of supernatural and big robots.

Death Note - half of this series is really worth your time. I didn't see all of it but I read the manga and when Something Big Happened it just lost steam in the second half. Still, the tension and cat-mouse interplay between killer/detective is thrilling and the premise on its own is very original.

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Ooo! Thanks for the recommendations! and yeah, I have to agree with your rules there XD

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Fight! Iczer One, Iczer Reborn AKA Adventure!! Iczer-3 and Iczer Girl Iczelion are my three l time favorites.

(not so) fun fact- I first encountered it with Iczer-3 at a video store what had a 3 for 2 days for 3 dollars rental dead. I watched the first part, RAN back to rent the second part and saw it was a cliffhanger. NOBODY had the third tape. I called every place I had a membership to and even several I didn't (this was before the internet, mind you) and nobody had it. Fortunately, I knew of a comic book store in my town that's STILL in business to this day that would import it for me. So I imported all three parts and fell in LOVE with it.

Also, Grave of the Fireflies was one of the most AMAZING anime movies I have STILL seen to date. That and Voices of a Distant Star. That one I downloaded it illegally. After I watched it, I HAD to run to the local Best Buy to own the dvd. Voices has one of the single most moving OST I have heard in a long time. Hard to believe the whole thing was done by ONE person.

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Wow! sounds like a movie version of Toby fox that Voices of a Distant Star was made by one person!

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Here are some series I enjoyed that haven't been mentioned yet.

Astra Lost in Space
Dr. Stone
Gabriel Dropout
Girls' Last Tour
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Laid-Back Camp
Non Non Biyori
Somali and the Forest Spirit

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Well, recently im watching Detective Conan (Case-Closed) and it´s that type of mind-game anime, it´s one of the best anime´s i´ve ever seen. It have 900+ episodes and 24 movies

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