anime recommendations blog post

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+title: "Anime you should see"
+publishDate: "13 Apr 2025"
+description: "My recommendations for anime that you might have missed."
+tags: [ "anime", "recommendations" ]
+---
+
+I've been told my recommendations are pretty good, so I thought I'd share a list of older anime that people forgot about
+or never even heard of. The order of the shows is not relevant, this is not a ranking, just a list of shows I think you
+should see. Click the MAL icon to see the show on MyAnimeList.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/339/Serial_Experiments_Lain" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Serial Experiments Lain</span>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Lain is one of those shows that you have to watch. It's eerily relevant how it portrays our relationship with
+technology,
+how it extends our very being and how it can affect us.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/227/FLCL" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>FLCL</span>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Extremely weird and surreal reality about growing up and world moving on regardless of what you do. Entire experience is
+really chaotic and fast-paced, but it works really well. and
+<a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4_Qzx-E2LQ">ending by "The Pillows"</a> is an awesome cherry
+on top.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/12445/Tasogare_Otome_x_Amnesia" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Dusk Maiden of Amnesia</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Tasogare Otome x Amnesia</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Great romance + mystery + ghost hunting combo. You don't want to read up or spoil anything before finishing the first
+episode, so I won't say much. Definitely worth a watch if you're into romance and mystery.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/24765/Gakkougurashi" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>School Live!</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Gakkougurashi!</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Gakkougurashi! is a slice of life anime with a twist. I will not say another word, you just need to trust me on this one,
+it's definitely worth a watch. Finish the first episode, you can thank me later.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/8525/Kami_nomi_zo_Shiru_Sekai" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>The World God Only Knows</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+I will with utmost confidence say that this is one of the last, if not the last good harem anime that doesn't revolve on
+"protagonist gets harem, because he's a protagonist".
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/41619/Munou_na_Nana" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Talentless Nana</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Munou na Nana</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+My Hero Academia-esque story that turns into something much more interesting. 
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/2025/Darker_than_Black__Kuro_no_Keiyakusha" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Darker than Black</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Very early low fantasy anime with deep characters and interesting story.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/48849/Sonny_Boy" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Sonny Boy</span>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+This is an interesting one. It touches on topics of existentialism and sens of self. Very abstract with how it presents
+its story.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/43299/Wonder_Egg_Priority" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Wonder Egg Priority</span>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+Sometimes you jest need to fight trauma. Literally. Amazingly animated story about dealing with loss.
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/550/Yu%E2%98%86Gi%E2%98%86Oh" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Yu☆Gi☆Oh!</span>
+    </h2>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+No, not the one you probably heard of due to the card game. This is the first anime before the concept pivoted to it.
+This is what people call "Season 0" of the anime. It's a lot darker than the things in the franchise that released after.
+
+
+<div style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; margin-top: 4rem;">
+  <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/24833/Ansatsu_Kyoushitsu" style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
+    <img src="/assets/images/mal.png" width="32px" height="32px" style="border-radius: 0.2rem" alt="See on MyAnimeList">
+  </a>
+  <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column">
+    <h2 style="margin-top: 0;">
+      <span>Assassination Classroom</span>
+    </h2>
+    <small>Ansatsu Kyoushitsu</small>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+This show has two seasons and somehow manages to give personality to the entire classroom worth of characters.
+Sometimes silly, but in general a fun watch.
+
+<hr>
+
+That's it for now, I will keep this list updated as I find more shows that I think are worth watching.