There are some anime fans that watch a series and then move right onto the next. However, I dare say that every anime fan has at least one series they would and have rewatched several times. Obviously, if it is your favorite anime series, you will go back to it for some fond memories. However, to me, an anime series with good rewatch value is something that you can go back, rewatch, and notice something new every time. Maybe it is the tiniest little detail that makes something further down the line make sense or a little joke that you missed before. So, in that sense, what are some anime series that you should go back and watch again? FLCL This series is one of those that you might not quite understand the first time you watch it – or even the sixth. However, there is no denying that you sort it out a little bit more with each watch through. Furthermore, it is one of those anime series that has sort of a different meaning depending on the age you watch it. When

With his parents abroad, Kimihito Kurusu is living the quiet alone life. Or rather, he was until an incompetent interspecies exchange coordinator made him the caretakers of a Lamia named Miia. With a supernatural creature now living in his house, it serves to not only break up his peace, but attract other supernatural beings as well. This is a fan service show, but not your average fan service show. It makes you feel a little funny because they are not normal girls, but monsters. If you want more anime recommendations like Monster Musume that will help you discover kinks you didn’t know you had, then give these a whirl. For Fans of Daily Life With Monster Girls Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Miss Kobayashi is a programmer that lives alone in her apartment. However, one day a giant green dragons ends up on her doorstep and transforms into a women in a maid outfit. Apparently Kobayashi had gotten drunk one night and ended up saving this dragon. Now, dragon Too

Ah, lewdness. With all this gender equality going around these days, female characters in anime are finally becoming empowered. The most empowering thing for a female character, though? Acknowledge that girls can be just as perverted as guys. Sometimes… They can be worse than male perverts because they just go unchecked. Of course, where there is a perverted female character, there is probably a pretty good comedy series waiting for the ecchi fan. So no matter whether you are looking for empowered female characters or a good comedy anime, just follow these female perverts to their anime of origin. Yamada from B Gata H Kei The entirety of the plot for B Gata H Kei is the main character, Yamada, trying to lose her virginity so she can go on to sleep with 100 men in high school. Of course, even perverts like Yamada want the first time to be special, but mostly she just thinks her downstairs roast beef looks weird and is embarrassed about it. Panty from Panty and St

Kojou Akatsuki was a normal high school student, but his normal life comes to an end when an encounter with a vampire leaves him with magnificent abilities. As it turns out, he is the once thought mythical fourth primogenitor, whose power is immense. Fearing the destructive potential of his powers, the Lion King Organization dispatches sword-shaman Yukina to monitor him and kill him if he becomes a threat. Unfortunately, she is not the only one with eyes on him. There are a lot of vampire anime series out there, but this is one of the few to try to put a twist on it. As to whether or not it works with its harem and comedy, that’s for you to decide. However, if you want anime series similar to it, give these anime recommendations a try. For Fans of Powerful Young Vampires Blood Lad Staz Charlie Blood is a powerful vampire that rules the Eastern section of the Demon World. While rumor will tell you he is blood-thirsty and vicious, in reality, he is just a big otak

You can have a villain that is twisted and warped beyond belief, but the best way to establish a character as villainous and pit them against a hero is to make them a murderer. In our society there are few more heinous crimes than to take a life. However, one kill does not always make a villain. However, how about a couple thousand? Some anime villains are so good at death and destruction that their kill counts can rise into the thousands in moments. However, who is the most prolific among the many villains in the anime genre? Alucard from Hellsing If you think Alucard is a hero in Hellsing, you obviously weren’t watching. He is bound to humanity through the Hellsing Organization, but if he wasn’t, he would kill anyone at anytime for any reason. I mean, even while being bound, he does that anyway. In the end of Hellsing Ultimate, the population of London is ravaged and much of that is Alucard’s contribution as well. Furthermore, being an ancient bein

Academy City in Japan is at least 30 years more advanced than the rest of the world, technologically. However, they also have a number of students that are honing their psychic abilities. Unfortunately for Touma Kamijou, he is a psychic rank of zero, but he has an ability that the city’s scientists can’t quite understand – the ability to negate other psychic abilities. Despite this, he lives a normal life until he meets Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a young girl who has memorized the entire forbidden grimoires, and she drags him into the realm of the supernatural. A Certain Magical Index is a tale of what happens when magic meets science. It is one of those shows that can be hard to get into, but once you are, you are really dragged into it. If you are looking for similar anime recommendations, then look no further. *Note: While not included, A Certain Magical Index’s sister story (following a different character in the universe), A Certain Scientifi

Continuing on our monthly journey through hair color in anime, this edition isn’t actually a color, it’s a hair style (or lifestyle!) – the pompadour. It’s slick, stylish, and, at times, unwieldy. However, it is a symbol of both manly values and a rebellious thuggish nature. If you spot a pompadour in anime, you know they are a guy that doesn’t attend classes and calls no man master! History of the Pompadour in Japan (and Anime) The pompadour many have formally been created by Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of King Louis XV of France, however most people know it from its popularity from 50’s era Americana. Made popular by Rockability bad boys like Elvis, the pompadour remains the most…unique American import to Japan post-WWII when Americans were dismantling the Japanese war machine and helping to rebuild it in various ways after the ravages of war. Yet, while the pompadour was popular among Japan’s manly culture, by the 19

Vash the Stampede is a heinous criminal with a huge bounty on his head. Known as the “Human Typhoon,” he brings destruction wherever he goes. However, when two insurance agents finally meet him, they find out that Vash is not quite the villain so much as he is a light-hearted buffoon. For many, Trigun is a classic series and one of the first they might have ever watched. While the animation is a little dated and the story is better fleshed out in its source material, if you want the Wild West themes that Trigun excelled in to continue, consider these anime recommendations. For Fans of Wild West Worlds Desert Punk The Great Kanto Desert is all the remains of Japan after the apocalypse. While barren and seemingly dead, many carve out a meager life here. One such person is the Desert Punk, a handyman with a legendary reputation for always finishing the job no matter what. While Trigun takes place on a different, but equally desert planet, Desert Punk happens post-apo

All comedy need not be bright and happy to have you rolling on the floor with laughs. Maybe it speaks to how twisted some of us are, but black comedy – the comedy that is hilarious but also deeply disturbing – can be the best of the comedy genre. It often combines dark themes with jokes that poke at those themes in a number of different ways. If you enjoy black comedy anime, then give these distinctly disturbing and hilarious anime recommendations a try. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei The titular Zetsubou-sensei, star of the show, maintains a distinctly negative and critical view of everything. So much so that it often culminates with him attempting to take his own life. Ironically, he is also the molder of young minds in the series. However, while the show can have its serious mindfuckery moments, it is primarily a pretty amazing comedy, made more impressive by how fucked up much of the content in the show is. Dokuro-Chan This lesser known OVA features a young

Popuko is small and quick to anger. Pipiumi is tall and serene. Together these two high school girls swear like sailors and get up to all sorts of insane and meta activities. Pop Team Epic has a bit of a polarizing effect on the anime community right now, but if you are into absurdist comedy with ten tons of pop culture references packed into a small package, Pop Team Epic and these anime recommendations have something for you to enjoy. For Fans of Humor Through Absurdity Osomatsu-San In the Matsuno household, there are six identical siblings – the self-centered Osomatsu, the manly Karamatsu, the reasonable Choromatsu, the cynical Ichimatsu, the hyper Juushimatsu, and the cute Todomatsu. Despite all being adults, they all live as NEETS. This is their journey of trying to become proper adults. Absurd, random, and utilizing a different sort of animation style to set it apart, both Pop Team Epic and Mr. Osomatsu are a new breed of comedy anime. They are both fairly

One of the most popular ways to start an imaginative anime is to have the main character living a boring normal life. It starts the series in a very grounded and relatable way. After all, we are all probably living boring lives ourselves. However, in order to break the monotony and bust into a large plot, a great device is to have a mysterious woman appear and do something that shakes the main character’s world up. She might tell him something about his long-lost father or involve him in a commotion that causes his village to cast him out. Regardless, it starts them off on a much more exciting adventure, typically together. Of course, for this list, it will be featuring mysterious women, but the trope need not be women. Mysterious men can show up too, but to be honest, it is less common. Everyone knows that young male characters are enthralled by any beautiful woman that gives them any shred of attention. While young women main characters can be similarly entranced,

After moving, Nadeshiko decides to go see Mount Fuji. She manages to bike pretty far, but has to turn back because of the weather and ends up fainting. When she wakes up, she finds herself somewhere she has never been and no way to find her way back. It is in this wilderness where she is saved by Rin, a girl who was out camping by herself. Relaxing and heart-warming, every anime season has to have one. Laid-Back Camp was the chill anime of the Winter 2018 anime season, and if you want series that keep the chill going, then check out these anime recommendations. For Fans of Scenery Porn Encouragement of Climb Aoi Yukimura has loved mountains since she was a kid, but a playground accident left her afraid of heights. Now a timid first year high school student, she is practically friendless until she reconnects with the lively Hinata. As an old friend from her climbing days, Hinata fosters a change in Aoi’s world that leads her back to the mountains she loves. Both

The anime genre is home to some massive worlds that become increasingly popular due to its main plot. Inevitably, to cash in on this, there will come a spin-off. Like The Cleveland Show birthed from Family Guy, these spin-offs rarely become more popular than their source material, but that doesn’t make them bad. While some spin-offs are serious stories set in the same world as the original, many more are actually just comical re-imaginings. If you are really into a universe and its unique characters, then a little break for comedy can never be a bad thing. Gundam Build Fighters This series seems to kind of poke fun at the horde of Gundam fans that are really into Gunpla, but actually it kind of feels like it plays homage to them as well. Certainly the plot of creating custom Gunpla and fighting it in some virtual reality sort of thing is ridiculous, if not awesome, it takes itself more seriously than you would think. It is surprisingly fleshed out and even comes

Akira Tachibana used to love running, but after an injury, she can’t run like she used to. Now, she passes time by working in a family restaurant where she finds herself slowly falling in love with the divorced manager. The age-gap romance might be off-putting to some, but After the Rain handles it in a very mature way. The characters of this series carry it by feeling fresh and real for characters in a romance show. If you want more anime recommendations like After the Rain, then look no further. For Fans of Age-Gap Romances Sweetness and Lightning After the death of his wife, high school math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is left to care for his young daughter, Tsumugi. He does his best, but his busy schedule and poor culinary skills limit them to eating convenience store food separately. However, one day, his daughter expresses an interest to eat together after talking to one of his students in the park, Kotori, who deeply enjoys food. He rushes over to the restaura

Spring has sprung, the flowers are in bloom, and the grass is no longer dead and under a foot of snow! It is the springtime that reminds us that it’s not horrible to be outside and feel the sun warm our newly exposed skin. However, while being outside is nice, you can’t be out there all the time. For those times when you are stuck inside though, there is always anime. Not many anime series have a great emphasis on being outdoors, but some series downright celebrate it. Some anime series make the great outdoor central to the plot while others just excel at showing off all that green scenery. If you are looking for anime that reminds you to not watch anime and to get outside sometimes, then give these recommendations a try. Encouragement of the Climb Life is like climbing a mountain. You overcome obstacles and do a little better as you reach the next milestone. Encouragement of the Climb is about girls overcoming their various life obstacles, but also about

Suzuki Ichirou is a programmer for a game company, and in order to keep up with demands, he frequently sets his work pace to “death march” in which he works for days straight with little sleep and without going home. During one of these death marches, he falls asleep and when he wakes up, he is somehow transported inside of one of his games. Another season, another Isekai. However, this one takes pride in focusing on the small details of being inside a game, which can make it more interesting to watch. If you want more anime recommendations like Death March, then check these out. For Fans of Video Game Isekai Sword Art Online With the aid of NerveGear technology, video game players can now experience their playable worlds like never before – in virtual reality. For Kazuto Kirigaya, his game of choice is Sword Art Online. After beta testing the game, he logs into the launch and finds himself, as well as ten thousand other players, trapped in the game

While not quite as prevalent as it once was, anime is the medium of the wide and varied hair color. Everything from sky blue to bubblegum pink could be found on characters without much searching. However, for as varied as hair color can be, with each color representing distinct traits of a character, there will always be an army of normals to even things out. Brown is average. There are more brunettes in the world than any hair color. However, even though black hair should symbolize the color of normal for Japanese anime, they still use brown for everything from your standard harem king to your good old childhood friend. Brown is the hair color you give a character when they don’t need or want to stand out. It can also be used when you want their personality to be more unexpected or balanced between all the other hair color archetypes. Yet, even though it represents normal, brown, being an earthy color, is also all about representing stability too. So who are our top

Sit down and gather round. You’ve read the legendary horror manga from Junji Ito, now watch a collection of his short stories come to life before your very eyes. There are less horror short story anime series than there should be, so another one is always welcome. If you want to continue the horror thrill ride, then consider these anime recommendations. For Fans of Horror Short Stories Yamishbai As the sun sets, a mysterious man comes to town. The children all gather round to hear his sinister tales based on Japanese urban legends. Along with his demented narration, he uses a kamishibai, a traditional paper-scrolling device, to add in visuals. The connection is obvious here, both are anime series that tell short horror stories. Yamishibai episodes are short and the art is experimental while Junji Ito is standard animation and adapting manga short stories. Both are sufficiently creepy if you are a horror junkie. Qui Shui Yi Yun There was once a strange villa tha

It’s a glorified profession when you’re young – bounty hunting. Having the freedom to work when you want (or rather, when you need the money) and being able to bring in bad guys. Unfortunately, real life bounty hunting isn’t quite as glorious as you’d imagine, but at least anime can keep the dream alive. If your interested in watching the hard knock life of bounty hunters on the 2D screen, then we have some anime recommendations for you. Cowboy Bebop A more classic bounty hunter anime series there never was. Cowboy Bebop doesn’t really have an overall plot, it has several small plots that surround the members of the Bebop crew. Sometimes you watch them as they blunder their way through a job, sometimes you watch them come to terms with their painful past. A bounty hunter isn’t a bounty hunter because they have a place they belong in the world, after all. Hunter x Hunter They may not specifically be called “bounty” hunters, but that’s what the hunte

Upon discovering an old list she made in the last year of middle school, Mari Tamaki, who is now in her second year of high school realizes she is not making the most of her youth. Whenever she tries to do something new, she is paralyzed with inaction. Then one day she meets Shirase, a girl who’s mother went missing when she was in middle school on an expedition to Antarctica. Knowing full well it is close to impossible, she works hard in order to go to search for her mother and invites Mari along for the ride. Reading any synopsis of this show makes is sound ridiculous. Japanese high school girls going to Antarctica? That is pushing the suspension of disbelief to the max. However, once you watch it, they realistically address this and it becomes something addicting. It is cute girls doing cute things, for certain, but in a very realistic way. For more anime recommendations like this A Place Further Than The Universe, we got you covered. For Fans of Cute Girls Doi