Postby bluekaitou1412 » September 14th, 2015, 12:56 pm
- Just recently, God Eater. I played the game and the story was nothing special (quite predictable, actually). I haven't seen many excellent game-to-anime adaptations. So I assumed God Eater to be just another beautiful anime by ufotable and didn't expect the studio to deviate from the game's plot, but by episode 4 I was proven quite wrong.
- The first studio DEEN Fate/stay night, when I watched it back in 2008. I had no idea what I was going into. This is an interesting case because it got me hooked on the source material immediately afterwards (it was my first VN) so my opinion of the anime soured. I've been a fan of the Fate universe ever since.
- Magi. I thought it was just a Hunter x Hunter ripoff and kinda gimmicky for alluding to Arabian Nights but goddamn it turned out to be one of the most political/philosophical animes I've ever watched without being too explicit about it. I moved on to the manga after the first season.
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica; self-explanatory.
- Steins;Gate. Again, no idea what it was prior to watching it. A friend recommended but was extremely mum about it. I almost dropped the series after just watching episode 1 because it didn't sell the anime that good, but I went back to it again after a few days and the rest was history. I also know now why my friend didn't spoil a single thing.
- Umineko no Naku Koro Ni. Watched it after Higurashi, expected another murderfest. That's only half-true. I liked it way better than HNNKN.
- Haikyuu!! I checked what the fuss was about, expected another Kuroko no Basuke/Prince of Tennis type of sports anime with all the absurd superpowers. But actually I felt like it was closer to Slam Dunk and that gained it a spot in my favorites list.
- And there's Hyouka, and don't even get me started with this one. Considering it became my all-time favorite slice-of-life anime when I just kinda watched it on a whim and expected a relaxing, fluffy school-life story. The first episode caught me off-guard and when the anime started dropping blatant references to Agatha Christie and detective tropes in general, I went positively nuts (some subtle ones appear in the end titles). Where's my season 2, KyoAni?!