Are these the must see series of the medium?

How do yoy not recognize these?

Depends on the taste of who you ask or your own taste. You gotta ask the question: why would they be a must, specifically, to watch? Because they're necessary to watch to be able to appreciate the medium? Definitely not, though they might help. To understand online and offline discourse about the medium? Maybe on Yea Forums. It's pretty arbitrary to single out these shows as 'must watch' or to limit yourself to only 9 of them.

I dont browse 3x3 nor threads of anime i dont watch i guess?

circa 2013

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Let's face it, Yea Forums is pretty boring.

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first and foremost I would replace Champloo with Geass, Champloo doesn't deserve to be on any 3x3.

Hahahaha
Flcl
Eva
These anime are literal pleb filters unironically

Still don’t understand why Berserk is in this chart, don’t think anyone waves around liking 1997 as having “patrician” taste

But Champloo > Bebop

middle is Welcome to NHK
upper left is Serial Experiments Lain
bottom right dunno

all of these are good choices if you want ambitious arthouse shit or just good storytelling, even if I'm not that into some of them personally
but most people here only watch moe or shonen and call everything else "pretentious", so of course this grid is "cringe" and you're a pretentious hipster cuck if you like any of these

>Are these the must see series of the medium?
No, you'd be alright even if you didn't know shit about any of those.

Tatami Galaxy is arthouse. FLCL is entry level experimental stuff that everyone has seen and is so short it can be easily viewed. Lain is philosophy, with Texnolyze being a surface level extension of that, it's the "other Lain". NHK is universally recognized and possibly relevant to personal struggles of the type of viewer who would find this. Mushishi is comfy "art". Evangelion is Evangelion. LOTGH and Berserk are both series you recommend to people to show how good anime can be without falling into the trappings of "anime", "dude it's totally great", has adult/dark themes, "check it out you'll like it even if you don't like anime maaaaan!"

There I've explained to you sufficiently the rationale behind the anime chosen to be featured on this "anime is as good as any other medium look!" 3x3. I think my explanation is pretty on point.

Only logh berserk and NGE. Flcl, tatami galaxy, nhk and lain are shit.

Let's face it, we're getting old and old people are boring.

The point is that this is all very entry level and basic stuff that would appear on any list of quality anime but it's only a surface level type of thing, comprised of stuff that any crossboard poster is likely to have seen while maintaining the veneer of sophistication..

Unironically spoonfeeding faggots.
>upper left is Serial Experiments Lain
kek
>bottom right dunno
KEK

Lain is terrible, nhk is garbage, logh was nothing special and is easily a 5 and flcl is just trash

I immediately know to disregard someone’s opinion if they have one of these shows as their favorites

LOL. So on point. Since I am an Omega turbo Chad I will in an unashamed way tell you my top 9. Judge me Yea Forums idgaf if you think I'm a pleb I like what I like. This list is pretty much the list that Yea Forums will shit on but these anime changed my life in some form or another. Also the truth is One Punch Man is a true pleb filter (manga version at least):

Anime:
FMA original/brotherhood
TTGL
Kenshin
Steins Gate
Naruto (super guilty pleasure)
One Punch Man
Food Wars
Made in Abyss
JoJo's part 3 ending, part 4 and 5

Manga:
Attack on Titan
Promises Neverland
Dr.Stone
One Punch Man
Trail of Blood
Chainsawman
One Piece
HxH

BTW if you are in the current year on this board and don't recognize that manga is superior than anime I've got tough news for you kid.

That's retarded, the point of this image is all of these shows are generally good or even excellent but are extremely surface level and entry level introductions to what anime "can be". Evangelion, Lain, Mushishi are all great.

please be nice i have brain damage

These shows aren't generally good though. I'm afraid you should watch more anime if this is the case with you, though.

FLCL is the most annoying obnoxious tryhard show I've ever seen. Fuck off with that shit.

They objectively are and everyone except you seems to agree, pretentious newfaggot. I'm fucking 30 years old, fuck you cunt. Go ask your mother to change your fucking diaper.

Based DigibronyMLP lives in Yea Forums's minds rent free

zoomer opinion disregarded

I wish every person that says that would give his examples of good anime.

yeah I know that was the original idea behind it, but now some people are actually taking it seriously and shitting on these shows because of the meme which would be hilarious if it weren't so tiresome
NHK, Tatami Galaxy and Mushishi
yeah I just le spoonfed the newfag like a baws, and there is NOTHING you can do about it

>They objectively are
Not an argument.
Also, spend more time on your bait next time. Everything after the objective part is just a mess.

and I wish everyone that said THIS would watch more anime instead of begging for recs.

Yes. My brain cell production just got boosted by 200% from looking at that collage.

This zoomer dipshit seriously suggesting that even half of these is somehow of a quality less than "generally good" is an example of such an idiot falling for post-ironic memery.

Look at this actual retard and laugh. Mushishi isn't "generally good"? NHK isn't? Evangelion isn't? Lain isn't? Galactic Heroes isn't? "Generally good"? You have to be a fucking idiot.

Great: LoGH, Berserk, Lain
Good: NHK, Tatami
Mehh: Mushishi
Trash: NGE
Cancer: FLCL, Texhnolyze

>zoomer
The irony is only underage teens use the words zoomer and boomer.

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They're all pretty overrated, desu.

Only eva and lain are good.

oddly enough i have a friend who is into 3 of those

i don't really watch anime besides with friends sometimes so it's only 6

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>Eva good
Why do people unironically think this? Liking Eva is the biggest sign that you have bad taste.

>replying to bait

>EVA
>Good
You mean dogshit.

Don't feel that strongly about the rest of these but FLCL is near the peak of anime. If all you got out of it was lolrandom then the problem is not the show but your goldfish attention span.

Eva is literally a masterpiece you fucking memeing retardo faggots.

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>Liking humanity's greatest achievement is the biggest sign that you have bad taste.
based retard

If you want something good that you probably haven't watched yet try Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora

It's quite sad but that's why people seem to hate FLCL even though they can't get through the surface of the show.

Eva hides behind good animation and edgy existential nihilistic philosophy to masquerade as being good. The characters are unlikable and bad on purpose. The story is edgy and they accomplish nothing in the end.

That scene where shinji cums in his hand and looks at it says pretty much everything about the edgy fanbase it caters too.

it's not a masterpiece, it's THE masterpiece

can't we all just join in the unity of shitting on VEGfags?

Can you explain why it's good? I've tried to get into it but I don't understand the hype around it.

It should be a requirement to be born before 9/11 (and not insignificantly before) to post on this website.

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Seasonal garbage has rotted your brain.

>we
Go back.

>look how deep and smart I am for liking le random reference memespouting show *holds up spork* (spork is an epic reference to fooly cooly btw)

Why are all of these shows giant pseud magnets?

veg? who the fuck even remembers that turd existed?

>interesting and experimental visuals
>clearly a project purely made of passion
>the story isn't spoonfed to you inviting you to look deeper into themes
>the characters are entertaining to watch
>can be funny sometimes
>is just as long as it needs to be without any padding

You don't need to explain it. Just keep signalling how smart you are

Unironically find some youtube video essay by some asshole about the significance of FLCL and its themes, you would be better served by that then indulging something as stupid as this Because they are on the nose outright "clever arthouse" (Tatami), "comfy art" (Mushishi), deep philosophizing (Lain) series that are well known by all aka "entry level".

>dude you just didn't get it just listen to some faggot rationalizing it then it gets good

If you're 12 maybe

God no. It's one of the most pleabian shows the medium has ever offered. It's on the same level as cancer like SAO, Bebop, Tokyo Ghoul and SnK.

Not really, I don't enjoy seasonal anime. I still think FLCL is overrated. Lack of a cohesive plot doesn't automatically make anything good.
Fuck "art" anime and fuck the pretentious cunts who think it's in any way intellectual.

>replying to himself
that's a yikes

Hey, reddit.

>Cowboy Bebop
>plebeian cancer
>mentioned seemingly unironically in the same breath as Attack on Titan and Sword Art Online
oh I'm being memed by pseud contrarians who fell for their own line of utter bullshit

>faggot thinks CB isn't the biggest amerifart-pandering
Sure, buddy. Amerifart detected.

>everyone I don’t like is from reddi
Yeah go ahead and shut the fuck up. You’re probably some weird neck beard fat fuck irl and even a girl like me could kick your ass so keep putting dumb shit in the chat, hun.

>so why is that show good?
>UGH I CAN'T EVEN HOW CAN YOU EVEN SAY THAT ITS CONSENSUS OBJECTIVELY GOOD JUST WATCH SOMEONE ELSE'S PRETENTIOUS VIDEO ESSAY I DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE I ONLY HAVE TIME TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH SMARTER THAN YOU I AM BECAUSE I LIKED A JAPANESE CHILDRENS CARTOON MORE THAN YOU

>Thinking attack on Titan is bad
That is the real pleb filter.

Beshit is terrible though, user-kun. It's far from actual anime and a soundtrack carried the show.

I dont need recs i just want to know what someone shitting even at Yea Forums elitist taste watches.

Imagine being this retarded

its only good for its spectacle. If you think its a deep political espionage thriller or a deep character study you clearly havent watched many of either types of those shows

SnK is dogass

I'm not going to write my own fucking essay that someone else has already concisely written to respond to an user while I'm simultaneously being told Cowboy Bebop is bad because it panders to Americans when it was a fucking labor of love that was barely allowed to air in Japan at the time of its creation.

>biggest plebian shit ever
>pleb filter

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>hurrr go look on youtube for EXPLERNATION of the anime like i did durrrr
>YOU just didnt understand it

Only Evangelion is a must see, and not because it's good or not.

I was madly in love with Haruko at the age of 15 and shitposting on Yea Forums when you were in kindergarten. I understood FLCL and its themes long before some faggot posted a video essay, or youtube video essays were even a thing. Fuck you faggot.

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I will not laugh, it's not funny when you see this shit in every thread

>Mushishi
very boring, the soundtrack is ok but could use some sawano drops. 3/10
>NHK
there is a cute moe girl, but the MC is a loser numale cuck. why can't he just trip on her tits and almost kiss the conspiracy girl a couple of times? 4/10
>Evangelion
literally the worst thing I've ever seen in my life. the beautiful imagery doesn't count because it doesn't carry hidden meaning like in my favorite book, The Da Vinci Code. at least it had cute girls and mechs. 2/10
>Lain
I turned this off when I saw the main girl, what kind of pedo shit is this? I can't jack off with my onahole to this, so literally no point. 1/10
>Galactic Heroes
I watched one episode, I didn't like it. the artstyle was too old. I did jack off to the bishie protagonist though so hey. 4/10

You can always head back to your hugbox

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It's physically painful to read your tryhard pretentious posts
>I like it because le wacky random sexy girl was my waifu when I was a retard teen
Well shit you could have just said so.

Your bait is so bad; try harder newfag.

I will never understand why LOGH is lauded as one of the greatest
If I wanted a good space opera, I’d watch Yamato

>interesting and experimental visuals
Pretty good, I'll admit.
>clearly a project purely made of passion
Doesn't make it good.
>the story isn't spoonfed to you inviting you to look deeper into themes
I did understand the deeper themes it was trying to convey, but it was still a mess to watch.
>the characters are entertaining to watch
All of the characters were unlikeable, the only character I found entertaining was MCs dad.
>can be funny sometimes
Didn't laugh once.
>is just as long as it needs to be without any padding
And? Since when is short length vs. long length an indicator for whether a series is good?

This is exactly what I mean. Not even baiting. You guys probably watched the anime then thought it was shit huh? Manga SnK is truly an achievement in the industry.

i have read the manga and its still only good at spectacle and hype moments. Can you explain why its "an achievement of the industry"?

Many of these westerner anime "classics" seem to be weird comedic hyper action shows. I can respect those but personally I prefer cute girls, slow and comfy, atmospheric, iyashikei etc.

So many newfags in this thread. How can anyone not recognize any of these shows?

I've been here since 2010 and didn't recognize the top left, tbf

We found a reddit fag here

It's just about war. Not some super cerebral in depth philosophical war piece. It's about war in it's brutal fashion of surface level nature. I believe it accurately reflects the way that soldiers are not very deep people and go to war because they have to or because they think it's right. I also believe it accurately reflects and depicts how revolutions play out in real life and the Dynamics that end up happening. It's not complicated. It's not even that complex. It's a cut and dry spectacle like you said. But that's kind of what war is in real life. Just a cut and dry spectacle for no reason other than base level of things like survival. I also think the manga has really good action sequencing. Sometimes basic is reflective of real life the something super complex.

>upper left is Serial Experiments Lain
KEK

>Shits on shows because they aren't "generally good"
>Can only give meaningless nitpicking criticisms
faggot

>It's a cut and dry spectacle like you said. But that's kind of what war is in real life.
go tell that to a war vet

that post is clearly satire, the only subtle bulwark aside from my own criticisms against the retards of the thread

What happens in war? It's not that complex.
Bloody boom boom explosions
People dying
Ptsd from said experiences

Not that hard to figure out.

I think the show should be read more in aesthetics and emotion than from a strict focus on plot (which I know is hard in a time when so much of how the internet responds to art is informed by fat youtube neckbeards and their "rational analysis").
To me the show is the pure expression of suburban ennui, the experience of puberty, and trying to grow up while surrounded by negative models of adulthood. Those things are all very relatable to me which is probably why I have such an emotional attachment to the show, but I imagine they're relatable to a pretty large percentage of people on this board as well.
The whole thing is extremely tight and able to wrap up 3 extremely satisfying character arcs in just 6 episodes (Naota, Mamimi, Ninamori), but just as important are the older characters entrenched in their ways that do not change at all by the end of the series (Naota's dad, Haruko, Amarao).
It also has some of the best animation and music in all of anime, and so many images that are permanently burned into my mind, like Naota swinging the bat or Mamimi picking up the camera in the final episode.

war vet is pretty vague. Are we talking about someone that was in the front lines or some pussy hiding in the back on a radar that doesnt do shit?

Sorry I spent so much time thinking everyone else in this thread was a retard when I was the retard all along

how did you not get the irony

I saw the post and honestly no one cares the humor was definitely on par with a reddit post. Tell us how your favorite anime is lain for the 100th time, casual-kun

I guess that's where the divide is then. I actually enjoy a plot rather than rely on aesthetics and emotion for the show. I wouldn't necessarily call it good but I wouldn't call it bad either. I'll at least acknowledge that there are things about it that other people like that I can't resonate with, but because of that I might not be able to give it fair criticism. I want to avoid circlejerking like the people ITT who look down on other manga/anime.
For instance, I enjoy Berserk but I still won't call it a masterpiece not by a long shot. I just like the idea of dark fantasies, and it skews my opinion of other manga to the point where I'm unable to enjoy them as much.

yeah I agree it was a subpar work, just a quick spur of the moment thing and not one of the shitposts I'm actually proud of
and I'm not a fan of Lain actually, it's too incoherent for me. totally understand why it appeals to so many people though

I understand the appeal as well. The appeal is the I haven't seen much anime and this is the best

user pls that's too obvious.

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FLCL is the greatest pleb filter ever made.

nah, it's definitely well directed, unique and intriguing. it just doesn't really solve most of the mysteries it gives you, so they feel like they go nowhere

That's not Evergarden.

Berserk 97 is patrician af. Thanks pic related.

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why are you here then?

>well directed
how? Vaque shots is good directing? Entry level film school editing is good directing, noted, user

No more comfy 3x3 threads for a while, I guess.

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Why are 3x3 threads allowed?
They fall under the category of “template threads”

>comfy
>that image
bait wasn't really good aside from using the word 'comfy'

They're to contain newfriends and Yea Forumseddit

>roast my TOTALLY NOT Yea Forums's MAINSTREAM taste

kek

I would say that no. I mean not only are none of them a gateway anime (the things you usually see once you've passed the mainstream Dragon Ball, Naruto and so on; like Death Note), you are, out of personal taste, excluding HUGE segments of the actual medium that have their own "must see" anime.

Is this supposed to be a 3x3 thread?

>Are these the must see series of the medium?
No, retard. Try to develop a taste of your own, instead. Don't let others tell you what is supposedly "good". Those nine are more of a "least common denominator" of the more pretentious posters on Yea Forums.

Berserk is literally the only good one posted, the rest are garbage or overrated trash.

Pokemon doesn't belong with those.

nhk isn't actually that good

>nhk isn't actually that good
Neither is FLCL.
Nor either Berserk anime, if you're honest.
Nor LoGH.
And you can make an argument for most of those that they aren't "that good", depending on how good "that good" is.

Berserk is a gateway but you are right

No, because you should read Berserk instead

Plotfags must hang

>Plotfags
That meme is just as bad as "native isekai", "timeflop" or "Yuasa is good".

this is the only patrician 4x4

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>4x4
That's obviously a 6x6, user.

>only patrician 4x4
>it's actually a 3x3
what did he mean by this

>what did he mean by this
Propbably that YYH is the only good thing in this obvious inverse grid.

Kek, SPBP

the boring taste meme convinced me to watch a lot of those anime, now LOTGH is my favorite of all time. Keep posting these so others can watch these shows

you can watch and read whatever you want

just leave

based and nichijoupilled

What’s the top left anime?

Since when is CCS considered boring taste?

Stuff like this is funny, people like stuff that's good and that's basically the beginning and end of it.

Yours are good, but mine are truly patrician.

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Since that faggot started adding random shit to that grid

Facebook tier. Go back

I didn't watch a few of those shown and neither I feel the need to. But from what I've did seen, here's my two cents.

Lain was one of those wierd, overly saturated with philosophy, abstratct arts. I will not pretend I understood what it tried to convey and I don't think my life would improve even if I did.

FLCL I somewhat liked as a kid, for cool animation and music. When I grew up and rewatched it, I realized how horrible person Haruko is and that Naota is like Shinji another loser, that lost a lot and gained nothing aside from vague self revelation.

Eva is simply depressed Anno inflicting himself on other people, telling them how to change to make his life easier.

Berserk is dark and edgy as fuck, but it's the only thing from the list, that's actually keeping me genuinely interested despite te unregular updatyes and looooong waits in between.

>shonenshit

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Eva, LotGH and Berserk definitely. I really liked Lain but it doesn't feel like a "must see" to me, just a neat, short dumb fun thing. A good must see is either approaching the peak of what has been done with the medium or recontextualizes everything you see before and after it.

>Tatami Galaxy is arthouse
Ugly != arthouse
(That being said, it was okayish. Probably the best thing Yuasa has to offer.)

Good taste man.

> lain good
Trash taste.

>Naota is a loser
He was never a loser - just a normal kid afraid to grow up. He has way more balls than Shinji and undergoes way more growth as well.
>gained nothing aside from vague self revelation
My dude, it was anything from vague how he became braver, more confident, and less afraid of maturity.
>Haruko is a horrible person
Yes. We're not supposed to like her. She's a rude uninvited guest who screws up everything she touches i.e. a metaphor for puberty.

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It's 2k19, nobody's going to judge your homosexuality.

> trying this hard
Here, have a (you).