Late summer/early fall I asked yall for some manga recommendations for my nieces for Christmas and I got a bunch. They really love Attack on Titan so I got them the first volume omnibus and I’m told they absolutely love it. I got them some others but I like the fact that I’ve been able to bond with them over manga/anime. If only I could get them into old school super hero comics.
I love all the book and manga recommendations here but I probably will still be reading them well into retirement
Already watched Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion I don't think isn't really my thing to begin with even though traditionally I veer towards sci-fi I have a major prejudice against those invasion battle for survival style stories because they're often pretty badly written. As for mediocre, the sad thing is even pretty mediocre anime these days is a million times better than most modern woke western crap. The fairy tail soundtrack is excellent so I'm tempted to give it a shot at least.
I'm still kind of watching currently airing things though so I'm not exactly lacking for entertainment been pretty happy with a lot of the stuff this year and looking forward to more.
I've praised it before, but check out Synduality Noir. Nothing ground breaking, but pretty dang fun. Adorable android waifu is a plus too, of course.
Yup, it's a bit of a double-edged sword. I watch a fair bit of anime nowadays, and some of it's...not so great. Makes me feel a little guilty for enjoying it but, I mean, Western crap is so meh, as you say, mediocre anime is still better.