Anime

It wasn't completely ignored, but I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder that Apocalypse Hotel didn't get way more recognition than it got. Should've won all the awards.

Going back a little deeper, I can't pretend to be surprised that Akagi isn't mainstream, but Kaiji by the same mangaka deserves more popularity. It's a tragedy that the anime ends at part 2 when part 3 was the peak.

Children of the Whales, also on Netflix. Pretty sure it flopped, cause it was years ago, and I haven't seen a second season.

Dennoh Coil (2007), it's basically if Studio Ghibli did Sci-Fi. Won a bunch of awards in Japan, but never got mainstream.

Fire Force. I got god damn hooked on that show a few years ago. And I'm someone who general just watches anime films, ovas, or limited series. favourites being Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex and Second Gig, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, etc. so generally nothing that has multiple seasons.

So Fire Force really isn't the type of anime I'm into. I'm not huge on the goofy fan service type of stuff that takes place over multiple seasons. hell I've never watched One Piece. But this show for whatever reason just hooked me. I had reminders set for when new episodes would come out. I can't quite put my finger on why I liked it but I just did. It's fun.

Other than that I don't know how popular it is but Psycho Pass. that one is more up my ally. I enjoyed that and the theme song is a real banger.

Warning, these are titty animes, so feel free to judge me if you want.

I have literally never heard anyone else talk about Sin: Nanatsu no Taiza/Seven Mortal Sins (this is NOT the Seven Deadly Sins show from Netflix), but I think it's incredible and incredibly deep. It doesn't totally beat you over the head with the themes, but it's an excellent take on the message of automony, free will, and determinism, with Lucifer the falling angel taking center stage.

Beyond that, I think Sekirei is probably one of my overall top favorite anime, with some truly fascinating world-building. It's Pokemon but big tiddy babes instead of little pocket monsters! That being said, there is one character that almost ruins the show with weird pedo bait and god I wish so very very much that character and her storyline just fully did not exist (Kuu).

"One Punch Man" and "Vash the Stampede" (Trigun?).

Shoutout for Pluto!

DEAD DEAD DEMONS DEDEDEDE DESTRUCTION

This and Pluto are the best scifi anime we had in recent years.

inuyasha seems wierdly geared towards night audiences,. evangelion. its not as popular as bleach, naruto, onepiece, brotherhood/or og alchemist.(im guessing the latter 2 are too short of a series and the time between final season, or series is staggeringly long. rather than having season by season each year. inuyasha had a horrendous amount of time between the official last season to final act which showed signs it was clearly rushed for just one final season, like 4-5years, AOT level of ridiculousness.

Yu Yu Hakusho, maybe? I got into it originally because I confused it for Bleach, which was super popular at the time. Loved it more than Bleach. Though I do see it brought up a lot more now a days than back when it originally aired, which I chalk up to being overshadowed a bit by Bleach. They're very similar.

I thought YuYu Hakusho was way more popular than it actually was.

Pluto was great! Have fun watching it and enjoy the plot unfolding and twisting :)

Flip Flappers!

Angel Beats was great but apparently not good enough to go mainstream. Only single season of like 13 episodes. I've watched it a few times. It's funny and I recommend.

I read Pluto and really enjoyed it, will try to watch it in the near future for sure. It's kind of stupid but "I parry everything" was excellent if you can get past the gag that the MC is just clueless.

Big O

Maybe it's just because it hit me the right way at the right time, but besides the deau meme, rozen maiden's first season hit me so hard I'm surprised it wasn't way more popular

Freedom (2006)

Wave, Listen to Me! (2020)