sci-fi anime/manga

The space opera of Legend of Galactic Heroes should be mentioned. It is long but very filling. Nothing like it. OP.

GiTS S.A.C is very good. A spin off series that focuses more on police action and criminal drama with a dash of philosophy. OP

Recently went through Bebop with some friends and it's really an amalgamation of different genres. Cowboy/crime noir set in space with the soundtrack inspired by blues and jazz but it comes together really well through the personal journey of Spike. It's a good time. OP

Darker than Black has that 2000s edge to it. A protag who drinks, his helper who doesn't emote set in a city that's always raining. It's not bad if you can get through a few of the arcs. OP

Oh boy, Code PANTS. I haven't watched Geass in about a decade due to loving it so much as a teen. It's a tightly focused mech drama with Lelouch carrying the show on his back. It straddles that line of the show being awesome with the tactics Lelouch comes up with vs cringe in the teen drama. I'd say give it a watch though, it doesn't waste a single episode and events and characters actually matter to the story, like orange for instance. OP.

Honestly can't go wrong with FMA: Brotherhood. I think it's overlooked by just how competent it is. OP

Few more I'd throw in myself

Girl's Last Tour. Two girls and their Kettenkrad travel through an empty city at the end of civilization. There is a depressing cloud hanging over everything but it's a real nice series that that's only 13 eps long. OP

Houseki no Kuni.The gem series that Steven Universe ripped of. This.. oh this series is good. Phos walks the path of the Buddha and to say any more of the plot would be massive spoilers. Suffice to say, the themes in this are to do with "what is a human?" It is 3DCG but the company that did it worked on game cut-scenes. and as a result it's really smooth, especially the 60fps blurays on Nyaa. OP.

Humanity has declined is almost the same as Girl's Last Tour, except this one has an upbeat and cheery nature to everything. It's also quite comedic in tone. The episodes are intentially told out of order but they should be listed there on anidb. OP.

Yamato (2013). A remake of the classic story from the 80s, it's really faithful to the source material. Plus it's Yamato, you've gotta see Yamato at some point. Leiji should get more recognition in turning an icon of Imperial Japan into a cultural icon in modern Japan, to the point that the Self Defense Navy still play the OP to this day.

Did you know there's a Zone of the Enders anime? Did you also know that it's pretty good. Story is James Link is on earth and gets a message from his dead with through the bot Dolores. Half of the series is him trying to get to Mars with his kids and evading authorities. OP

I've got a soft spot for Last Exile. It's kind of a weird one but the designs of the ships are second to none. Give it a shot, maybe you'll like it. OP

The early 2000s was a weird time for anime because each series had different takes on what the internet would be. Lain and Digimon for example. Dennou Coil is what would happen if you could see the internet and interact with it in the real world with taoist cards and symbols. Follows a group of kids in a pocket of the internet that might leak into the real world. OP.

One I just remembered. The Third. Samurai girl/mechanic that fixes up a homemade tank to travel around the desert. Can't remember if it's good or not. OP.

One series I've been meaning to check out is Aura Battler Dunbine. I used the characters extensively in Super Robot Wars X and it just has a good feel about it. A hollow earth with a fey kingdom that fights with insect mechs. OP

Another 80s Mech to check out is VOTOMS. It's a little on the long side but there's an entire arc that's like the Vietnam War with mechs, complete with napalm and mechs on boats. Watch it. OP.

sci-fi anime/manga

The space opera of Legend of Galactic Heroes should be mentioned. It is long but very filling. Nothing like it. OP.

GiTS S.A.C is very good. A spin off series that focuses more on police action and criminal drama with a dash of philosophy. OP

Recently went through Bebop with some friends and it's really an amalgamation of different genres. Cowboy/crime noir set in space with the soundtrack inspired by blues and jazz but it comes together really well through the personal journey of Spike. It's a good time. OP

Darker than Black has that 2000s edge to it. A protag who drinks, his helper who doesn't emote set in a city that's always raining. It's not bad if you can get through a few of the arcs. OP

Oh boy, Code PANTS. I haven't watched Geass in about a decade due to loving it so much as a teen. It's a tightly focused mech drama with Lelouch carrying the show on his back. It straddles that line of the show being awesome with the tactics Lelouch comes up with vs cringe in the teen drama. I'd say give it a watch though, it doesn't waste a single episode and events and characters actually matter to the story, like orange for instance. OP.

Honestly can't go wrong with FMA: Brotherhood. I think it's overlooked by just how competent it is. OP

Few more I'd throw in myself Girl's Last Tour. Two girls and their Kettenkrad travel through an empty city at the end of civilization. There is a depressing cloud hanging over everything but it's a real nice series that that's only 13 eps long. OP

Houseki no Kuni.The gem series that Steven Universe ripped of. This.. oh this series is good. Phos walks the path of the Buddha and to say any more of the plot would be massive spoilers. Suffice to say, the themes in this are to do with "what is a human?" It is 3DCG but the company that did it worked on game cut-scenes. and as a result it's really smooth, especially the 60fps blurays on Nyaa. OP.

Humanity has declined is almost the same as Girl's Last Tour, except this one has an upbeat and cheery nature to everything. It's also quite comedic in tone. The episodes are intentially told out of order but they should be listed there on anidb. OP.

Yamato (2013). A remake of the classic story from the 80s, it's really faithful to the source material. Plus it's Yamato, you've gotta see Yamato at some point. Leiji should get more recognition in turning an icon of Imperial Japan into a cultural icon in modern Japan, to the point that the Self Defense Navy still play the OP to this day.

Did you know there's a Zone of the Enders anime? Did you also know that it's pretty good. Story is James Link is on earth and gets a message from his dead with through the bot Dolores. Half of the series is him trying to get to Mars with his kids and evading authorities. OP

I've got a soft spot for Last Exile. It's kind of a weird one but the designs of the ships are second to none. Give it a shot, maybe you'll like it. OP

The early 2000s was a weird time for anime because each series had different takes on what the internet would be. Lain and Digimon for example. Dennou Coil is what would happen if you could see the internet and interact with it in the real world with taoist cards and symbols. Follows a group of kids in a pocket of the internet that might leak into the real world. OP.

One I just remembered. The Third. Samurai girl/mechanic that fixes up a homemade tank to travel around the desert. Can't remember if it's good or not. OP.

One series I've been meaning to check out is Aura Battler Dunbine. I used the characters extensively in Super Robot Wars X and it just has a good feel about it. A hollow earth with a fey kingdom that fights with insect mechs. OP

Another 80s Mech to check out is VOTOMS. It's a little on the long side but there's an entire arc that's like the Vietnam War with mechs, complete with napalm and mechs on boats. Watch it. OP.

sci-fi anime/manga The space opera of Legend of Galactic Heroes should be mentioned. It is long but very filling. Nothing like it. OP.

GiTS S.A.C is very good. A spin off series that focuses more on police action and criminal drama with a dash of philosophy. OP

Recently went through Bebop with some friends and it's really an amalgamation of different genres. Cowboy/crime noir set in space with the soundtrack inspired by blues and jazz but it comes together really well through the personal journey of Spike. It's a good time. OP

Darker than Black has that 2000s edge to it. A protag who drinks, his helper who doesn't emote set in a city that's always raining. It's not bad if you can get through a few of the arcs. OP

Oh boy, Code PANTS. I haven't watched Geass in about a decade due to loving it so much as a teen. It's a tightly focused mech drama with Lelouch carrying the show on his back. It straddles that line of the show being awesome with the tactics Lelouch comes up with vs cringe in the teen drama. I'd say give it a watch though, it doesn't waste a single episode and events and characters actually matter to the story, like orange for instance. OP.

Honestly can't go wrong with FMA: Brotherhood. I think it's overlooked by just how competent it is. OP

Few more I'd throw in myself Girl's Last Tour. Two girls and their Kettenkrad travel through an empty city at the end of civilization. There is a depressing cloud hanging over everything but it's a real nice series that that's only 13 eps long. OP

Houseki no Kuni.The gem series that Steven Universe ripped of. This.. oh this series is good. Phos walks the path of the Buddha and to say any more of the plot would be massive spoilers. Suffice to say, the themes in this are to do with "what is a human?" It is 3DCG but the company that did it worked on game cut-scenes. and as a result it's really smooth, especially the 60fps blurays on Nyaa. OP.

Humanity has declined is almost the same as Girl's Last Tour, except this one has an upbeat and cheery nature to everything. It's also quite comedic in tone. The episodes are intentially told out of order but they should be listed there on anidb. OP.

Yamato (2013). A remake of the classic story from the 80s, it's really faithful to the source material. Plus it's Yamato, you've gotta see Yamato at some point. Leiji should get more recognition in turning an icon of Imperial Japan into a cultural icon in modern Japan, to the point that the Self Defense Navy still play the OP to this day.

Did you know there's a Zone of the Enders anime? Did you also know that it's pretty good. Story is James Link is on earth and gets a message from his dead with through the bot Dolores. Half of the series is him trying to get to Mars with his kids and evading authorities. OP

I've got a soft spot for Last Exile. It's kind of a weird one but the designs of the ships are second to none. Give it a shot, maybe you'll like it. OP

The early 2000s was a weird time for anime because each series had different takes on what the internet would be. Lain and Digimon for example. Dennou Coil is what would happen if you could see the internet and interact with it in the real world with taoist cards and symbols. Follows a group of kids in a pocket of the internet that might leak into the real world. OP.

One I just remembered. The Third. Samurai girl/mechanic that fixes up a homemade tank to travel around the desert. Can't remember if it's good or not. OP.

One series I've been meaning to check out is Aura Battler Dunbine. I used the characters extensively in Super Robot Wars X and it just has a good feel about it. A hollow earth with a fey kingdom that fights with insect mechs. OP

Another 80s Mech to check out is VOTOMS. It's a little on the long side but there's an entire arc that's like the Vietnam War with mechs, complete with napalm and mechs on boats. Watch it. OP.