mathexpert9981 wrote:

In my opinion, a good anime is one that gets you thinking even after the credits of the last episode roll. Or even better, after each episode. For example, a select few animes like Clannad, Madoka, and School Days got me thinking for the rest of the day about what happened and I even analyzed the charachters, plot elements, conflicts, etc. in my head. In Clannad's case, I actually longed for more episodes (even though the story was escentally over) so much that I entered emo mode for about a week xD aka dark times in my life xD

Dramatic elements in the plot will always be #1 in an anime. An anime like K-ON! is fine for entertainment, but only dramas can really give me the effect of "this is why I watch anime". Also, fanservice can make or break an anime; It can add to the "enjoyment factor" as long as it isn't present every fucking five seconds and comedy is nice because it just adds some lightheartness admist all the drama. For me, animation quality is extremely inportant (for better or worse) because an anime with bad art is just hard to watch. This can be bad though, because I rarely watch pre-2005 animes due to difference in animation quality. OP and ED can really contribute how the anime affects me in the long term, a memmerable OP will remind me of how good/bad the actual show was but is just a nice addition.
Also:
Seinen > Shoujo > Shounen.

TL;DR:
Has to be memorable, have a good (dramatic) plot, a little fanservice, comedy, decent animation.

ragelewa wrote:

well obviously cute girls doing cute things duhh

F m L wrote:

lolis

Bakario wrote:

pokemons

mathexpert9981 wrote:

In my opinion, a good anime is one that gets you thinking even after the credits of the last episode roll. Or even better, after each episode. For example, a select few animes like Clannad, Madoka, and School Days got me thinking for the rest of the day about what happened and I even analyzed the charachters, plot elements, conflicts, etc. in my head. In Clannad's case, I actually longed for more episodes (even though the story was escentally over) so much that I entered emo mode for about a week xD aka dark times in my life xD

Dramatic elements in the plot will always be #1 in an anime. An anime like K-ON! is fine for entertainment, but only dramas can really give me the effect of "this is why I watch anime". Also, fanservice can make or break an anime; It can add to the "enjoyment factor" as long as it isn't present every fucking five seconds and comedy is nice because it just adds some lightheartness admist all the drama. For me, animation quality is extremely inportant (for better or worse) because an anime with bad art is just hard to watch. This can be bad though, because I rarely watch pre-2005 animes due to difference in animation quality. OP and ED can really contribute how the anime affects me in the long term, a memmerable OP will remind me of how good/bad the actual show was but is just a nice addition.
Also:
Seinen > Shoujo > Shounen.

TL;DR:
Has to be memorable, have a good (dramatic) plot, a little fanservice, comedy, decent animation.

ragelewa wrote:

I would love an anime about a bunch of pseudohikikomori talking in Tinychat (or an alternative thing) at nights and playing games, also they would never depict the characters during the day, all of the story would take place at night when they're talking to each other and playing games, the series would have preferably more than a couple hundred episodes and the plot would deal with important things in their lives, like paying the bills and how the sales clerk touched their hand when they were paying for their groceries.

no romance like in Welcome to the NHK, shit like that isn't realistic and in the last episode the characters would've aged by a couple of years and they would just state that "Damn, life sure is depressing." and the series would end, leaving many fans waiting for OVA's and sidestories.

-hys wrote:

something that doesn't have too much fanservice

Defacer wrote:

after decoding this piece of messed text above, recommend me some animes I may not have watched.

Oreiora wrote:

^Guilty Crown was a great but it had ALOT more potential. The art from GC was awesome (Gj Redjuice) and the soundtrack was amazing as well (Ryo + Egoist)