A lot of anime fans will eventually experience an all too common frustration. They will finish that next great anime series that made them fall in love with it, only to find there is no second season – and might not ever be. However, if you are sick of finding great series that tell stories that you will have to wait a year to find out what happens next, it sounds like you need something a little more complete. Plenty of anime series can tell great stories with a conclusive ending in only one season. Parasyte Anime has a weird habits of turning alien invasion into something weirdly sexy, as in making them a romance or a comedy. Parasyte isn’t that. It tells the serious side of an alien invasion where they snatch human bodies, can mold flesh into deadly weapons, and have no regard for human life. Erased Mysteries always benefit from being told in a single season because there is only so much you can build intrigue before it is no longer intriguin

With sketchbook always on hand, Midori Asakusa has a passion for drawing both the world around her and the world in her boundless imagination. In stark contrast, her best friend Sayaka Kanamori and her calculated approach to life keeps her grounded. After a chance encounter with model Tsubame Misuzaki who has a passion for drawing characters, Kanamori, sensing a money-making opportunity, suggests they start an animation club. Take this anime series frame by frame and you will see that it is a love letter to animation and not at all as weird as you have come to expect from Masaaki Yuasa. For anime recommendations similar to Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, head on down below. For Fans of Anime About Making Anime Shirobako The five members of the Kaminoyama High School animation club all make a pledge to make their project for the school cultural festival a huge success, then afterwards move to Tokyo and work in the industry. Fast forward two years in th

You know the moments. There are some moments in anime that are so amazing (or amazingly meme-able) that they transcend the fandom. Everyone ends up knowing about them. Sometimes they bring new watchers to a series, but mostly they serve as tender little memories that you hold in you heart to fondly remember all your many weeb adventures. So what moments do we think endure the draining and corrosive passage of time? Spoilers? I will try excessively hard to not. (Let me know if I slipped up somewhere in the comments.) “Bang” – Cowboy Bebop Anyone who thought that Cowboy Bebop would have a happy or even an innately satisfying ending clearly wasn’t watching very closely. Melancholic throughout, Cowboy Bebop hosted a brief clash that it had been swaggering its way up to and ending with a literal “Bang” of the snazzy finger gun variety. Perhaps the only legal way to end a story following the classically cool Spike Spiegal. “I will take a potat

Historically, Oda Nobunaga perished at Honnouji. However, what you didn’t know is that he was reincarnated into the modern day as a Shiba dog named Cinnamon. He is eventually joined by other famous samurai who met the same fate in reincarnation. Stupid comedy premise? To be certain. Delightful as hell? Absolutely. It is a nice unwind type of show about historical people as dogs. I think we can all use a little more of that in our life. For Fans of Feel-Good Animal Series My Roommate is a Cat Subaru is a novelist, and not very good with people. He’s been alone since his parent’s death, but one day while praying at their grave, a cat comes and eats his offering. Deciding to take it home, he now is shouldered with a cat, and this stray is shouldered with caring for a human who can barely care for himself. Both series follow the lives of pets. My Roommate is a Cat is more traditional while Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga is about historical figures

In a glorious amalgamation of what appears to be an magical girl anime, an idol anime, and giving off some strong Macross vibes, Symphogear certainly isn’t for everyone. However, it does have some top-tier anime songs, and since they use them to fight, a whole lot of them. There is also some unexpectedly good pacing to the battles, a lot of flash in the major ones, and some unexpected darkness at moments. If you are into any of the above, you should definitely give Symphogear a try. The issue is that the naming scheme of the season can serve as a bit of a barrier for entry. Letters of the alphabet don’t serve as a good indicator of what season you want to watch like good ol’ 1-2-3 does. Recommended Watch Order of Symphogear – Release Order The release order should be simple to follow, but again – the freakin’ letters. So here’s the complete list with their full insane song lyric-length titles for good measure. Luckily they app

Weebs in the anime community know a thing or two about self-isolating. Just whip out that waifu pillow and start peppering your sentences with Japanese words – suddenly people are all about keeping their distance. Jokes aside, as a person who only leaves their house about twice a month to shop, let me tell you that the first week of staying home is super fun and flush with stuff to do – but its every week after that where it gets a little dicey. If you are bored – so truly, unimaginably bored – now is the time to check a few things off your anime list. If you, for whatever reason, don’t know where to start – we got anime recommendations. Pick Something Lengthy Guys, if you can’t get into an anime like One Piece with hundreds of episodes now when you are trapped in your house for a month, it just isn’t going to happen. If One Piece isn’t for you, or you have already tackled that particular monster, other long-running

In this world, crimes are able to be solved by piecing together a criminal’s unconscious mind in ID-wells. However, in order to enter these ID-wells, you must be a killer yourself. Enter brilliant detective Akihito Narihisago. After his daughter was murdered, he sought vengeance on the killer and is currently serving his sentence. However, under the name Sakaido, he enters the ID-wells in order to help his fellow detective piece together crimes. Intriguing in concept and occasionally not so great in execution, ID provides an overall interesting mystery show for the standard murder junkie. If you want more anime recommendations like ID: Invaded, head on down below. For Fans of Future Detectives Psycho-Pass In the 22nd century, the justice system has changed. The Sibyl System now determines the threat level of each citizen by examining their mental state for criminal intent. This has become known as their Psycho-Pass. Once criminal intent has been ide

Kashou is the son of Japanese confection makers, but has recently moved out to open his own patisserie. While unpacking, he finds two cat girls that his family has been raising hiding in boxes. He initially wants to send them back, but after they begged to stay, he ends up keeping them as long as they help around the shop. This was made lovingly for fans of the visual novel, but anyone with a healthy love for wholesome café work or cat girls can enjoy it. If you are looking for anime recommendations like Nekopara, then head on down below. For Fans of Cat Girls Cat Planet Cuties One day, while attending a memorial service, Kio meets a beautiful cat girl named Eris. She is from the planet Catian to learn more about humanity. After their encounter, she decides to live with Kio. However, there are a number of those who seek to capture Eris. Both series are classics for those who enjoy their cat girls. However, while the visual novel of Nekopara may h

While you are probably most familiar with the souless hotels of the west, Japan occasionally takes their hospitality very seriously. An inn is a different experience than a hotel, one that is slightly more pampering with a staff dedicated to make sure you have a good stay. As such, it has been the inspiration for a few anime series showcasing how much work goes into making you feel like a very special guest. If you have a particular thirst for a little healing escape, but can’t actually go to an inn, these anime recommendations can soothe. Konohana Kitan This is a simple tale about spirits serving spirits. The main character is a fox girl with no work experience working at a high class inn for spirits. She tries hard, but often gets in the way. Yet, over the course of that series you see that hard work pay off in order to keep the visitors happy. This series is part soothing and part comedy, but all wonderful slice of life. Hanasaku Iroha While

At a young age, Kotoko Iwanaga was abducted by yokai and asked to become their Goddess of Wisdom to act as a mediator between spiritual and human issues. She agreed and lost her right eye and left leg in the agreement. Meanwhile, Kotoko meets Kuro Sakuragawa, a man who just broke up with his girlfriend after a kappa fled before him. Kotoko makes her move to not only lock him down as a boyfriend, but to help her settle various disputes with spirits. Unexpectedly cute and examining some interesting spiritual quandaries, In/Spectre is a fine way to take a tour of spiritual creatures and yokai lore. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like it, then head on down below. For Fans of Supernatural Problem-Solving Beyond the Boundary As the last surviving member of her clan of spirit warriors, Mirai Kuriyama must use her special power of fighting using her blood in order to subdue Youmu, creatures that are the manifestation of negative human emo

You liked Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball Z, or One Piece, and that’s great. Contrary to what some may tell you, they are pretty good watches and are so very popular for a reason. If you like those series because they show intense, occasionally emotional fights and a spanning adventure story, then you find yourself a fan of the shounen genre. Though marketed towards younger men (shounen = boy), it is not like there is a fence around it saying you can’t enjoy the shows if you are not young or even a man. If you like exciting anime, then maybe give these lesser known oft-underrated shounen anime series a try. D Gray Man This series almost made it onto the hot popular shounen anime list, but the fact that it took such a long break before Hallow was created kind of made everyone forget about it. The original series also had a problem with filler, but what shounen hasn’t had that problem at this point? Anyway, if you like the standard long cast,

After receiving an invitation form a friend, Kaede Honjou starts playing the VRMMO game New World Online as a character named Maple. However, in her desire to not get hurt, she puts all her stats in Vitality. This makes her move very slowly, unable to use magic, and get attacked by even the smallest creatures. However, it does allow her impenetrable defense and grants her a one-hit counter skill. And so, her adventures begin. Definitely not a show for everyone, but a nice wholesome twist on the traditionally more action and drama packed MMO Isekai genre. If you are looking for more cute isekai shows like Bofuri, then head on down below. For Fans of VRMMOROPGs 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, a

Boys, boys, boys – Tall boys, cute boys, brooding boys, bad boys. Reverse harems shows are the shows for anime fans that want a (likely) boilerplate female protagonist that is surrounded by beautiful boys around every turn for any number of reasons. It might turn into a romance as harem shows are want to do, but even if it doesn’t, you still have the eye candy. If you are looking for an eclectic collection of reverse harem anime series, we have anime recommendations for that. Ouran High School Host Club While Ouran High School Host Club is more “com” than “rom” at first, it develops at a nice pace and never becomes overwhelmingly about romance. In the show, the main character is forced to join a host club in which handsome men pamper visiting women and treat them like princesses. As a girl herself, she ends up cross dressing in the club while developing friendships, and some relationships, with each of the boys. Amnesia Based on a visual novel,

After receiving an invitation, Kaname starts playing a mysterious new mobile game called Darwin’s Game. Unfortunately, when his opponent attacks him in real life, he must fight to survive. After narrowly winning his first fight, he discovers a hidden world of players that kill in order to win points. Yay! A survival game filled with all sort of survival game tropes. Brutal and violent, if you want more anime recommendations like Darwin’s Game, go on down below. For Fans of Gaming Duos Future Diary Yukiteru Amano likes to imagine himself as an observer. He spends his days keeping a diary on his cell phone, but not about himself, about everything that goes on around him. At home, he spends his time conversing with his two imaginary friends, Deus Ex Machina, the God of space and time, and Murmur, his assistant. However, one day he discovers his friends are not so imaginary when they imbue him with the power of a diary that tells the future and forces h

Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always come back. If you are finally coming back and stopped watching sometime in or before 2013, here are all the best anime series that you missed and definitely should go back and watch. Attack on Titan Facing imminent extinction, humanity retreated behind a series of tall, thick walls to escape their most dangerous threat – massive human-like Titans with a taste for human flesh. With an enemy that eats humanity for fun rather than food, they are at constant threat. As such, it is the duty of every human to defend the species. Enter Eren Yegaer, after his village was destroyed by a Titan breach, Eren and his adopted sister Mikasa join the Survey Corps, a faction of the military that scouts and combats Titans outside the walls. After joining in the brutal war, Eren discovers a brutal secret about himself that

Hole is a disorderly district where death and mutilation are common. The residents of Hole are the dregs of society and the test subjects of the magic users that live separate from it. Residents are constantly tested on or just murdered by these mages. In Hole is Kaiman, a man with a head cursed to be that of a lizard, but with an immunity to magic. He spends his time set on hunting down these magic users in one small bit of justice for the people that live in Hole. Despite the (UGH) CGI of it all, Dorohedoro and its story deserves an anime adaptation and has a great underrated story to tell. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Dorohedoro, then head on down below. For Fans of Hellholes Gunnm Doctor Ido lives in Scrapyard, a hellish city where the rule of law means little. While foraging, he find a perfectly preserved female cyborg in the trash and rebuilds her. Strong and curious of the world, this cyborg Gally begins her life whe

Shinichi Kudo is a high school student and already displaying an astounding talent for detective work. Unfortunately, he becomes witness to illegal activity and suspicious men give him a drug that turns him into a little kid. With his intelligence perfectly preserved, he takes up with his childhood friend Ran and her middling detective father to help solve both his own mystery and others he happens across. Usually I split my recommendations into three categories that basically sum up the themes of a series. However, as Detective Conan, or Case Closed as we know it in the west, is such a long-running series, it can fit so many criteria. Instead, we are just going to recommend a few series that will sate the mystery lust you undoubtedly have after consuming enough episodes. Anime Recommendations For Detective Conan / Case Closed Erased Recently the detached struggling manga artist Satoru Fujinuma finds himself going back in time just minutes before tr

You decided to pick of Queen’s Blade as an anime because you likely saw any one of the characters in their fighting armor and were like, “Yeah, I’ll have some of that.” However, if you are like me, you picked the first title that said Queen’s Blade and ended up horribly confused. You see, there are many entries in the Queen’s Blade series, a series that by every right should be very simple and straightforward to watch. After all, it is a tournament anime about women fighting to win and become queen. It isn’t exactly a cerebral story line, but it is worth watching because the action is actually pretty cool sometimes and the ecchi is always something you can fall back on like a fleshy, fluffy feather bed. The Best Watch Order For Queen’s Blade The Queen’s Blade anime is like an old workhorse, it just keeps plodding along. This means there is really no release or chronological order to watch it in. You watch the serie

With humanity all but extinct after severe prosecution, the world is ruled over by spirits and all manner of strange creatures. One day, a golem that serves as guardian of the forest meets a young human girl. She has no memory of her parents, but the golem decides to at least seek out other humans to return her. Endlessly fascinating in premise and wholesome as hell in practice, if you are looking for anime recommendations based on Somali and the Forest Spirits, head on down below. For Fans of Mystical World The Ancient Magus’ Bride After being abandoned by her family, Chise Hatori is a 16-year-old teenager without hope. In order to not have to worry about herself, she sells herself to slavers, only to be purchased by Magus Elias Ainsworth. There she is told she will become his apprentice and, in the future, his bride. Together they work together to build a relationship and work to control her own magus powers that will eventually result in he

Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always come back. If you are finally coming back and stopped watching sometime in or before 2014, here are all the best anime series that you missed and definitely should go back and watch. Noragami There will be times where you may happen across an odd phone number written in red. If you call it, you will get in touch with a young man who introduces himself as the Yato God. This Yato God is a minor deity and the self-proclaimed God of Delivery. He dreams of having millions of worshippers, but there isn’t a single shrine dedicated to his name. He spends his time doing odd jobs for spare yen until the day his weapons partner deserts him. Just as things are looking down, he happens across a young school girl that saves him from a car accident by taking the hit for him. She survives, but her soul becomes loose.