Getsuya

I'd take it a step further and say it developed around where the old Uchida station 'used to be' just to make sure the reader knows the station isn't there anymore.

The town developed around where the old Uchida station was.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Fuwa is a wonderful community full of people who are all very sad when even a single of our number leaves. Though not every single name may get mentioned in this thread it would of course not mean that the un-named would not be missed were they to leave. We need all the various voices, from the newbiest noob to the saltiest old dog to make the beautiful harmonious choir that is Fuwa.

Woot.
Enjoy dat classic op



and dat other classic op

I would like to take this opportunity to create a thread about some amazing anime series that have fallen by the wayside and been forgotten by the sands of time. A lot of the anime I hold in very high esteem tend to be overlooked generally due to several factors such as weak opening episodes that failed to pull people in, confusing storylines that don't show their true excellence until very late, or just plain lack of anyone even knowing they exist.
 
If you know of any series that you think are completely and utterly forgotten/overlooked but that could easily be classics that everyone can enjoy, please post about them along with reasons you think the anime deserves to be more than just an underdog! Let's get people watching new and interesting things!
 
Figure 17



The Case For: Before Nanoha or Madoka turned magical girl tropes on their heads, Figure 17 did. Figure 17 is one of the most bizarre and amazing magical girl series ever created, and the fact that it generally passes unknown while Nanoha and Madoka are household names is really sad. Figure 17 combines amazing art, a beautiful soundtrack, memorable and realistic characters, a unique episode design (30 minutes of slice-of-life, 15 minutes of sci-fi magical girl action) with one of the most bizarre premises for a magical girl show ever. The trailer sets things up better than my explanation ever could, so just take a look at that.
 
Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra



The Case For: Book of Bantorra is generally overlooked (I imagine) because the opening story arc is very obtuse and strange. This is a story where the pieces don't fall into place until well into it, and after an action-filled first episode it slows down quite a bit. However, it is also based off of a light novel series that was completed when the anime came out. Like series that have actual, satisfying conclusions and cohesive story arcs? This should be right up your alley. The amount of effort the author went into creating an interesting, dynamic fantasy world should put them up alongside Japanese fantasy greats like Uehashi Nahoko. Yes, if you enjoy things like Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit this should be a no-brainer for you. For how good the plot is as a whole this show is criminally under-rated.
 
Zettai Karen Children



The Case For: I think most people drop this show upon watching the first episode which involves a guy with the 'psychic' ability to turn things into metal by shooting a beam from his crotch. It's... definitely not the best way to start a series of this kind. The manga has a much smoother entry (though it is also riddled with problems, including the fact that the whole manga gets rebooted after only a volume or so). But here's the thing, Zettai Karen Children is good. Really, really good. What does it have going for it? Well you may as well call this the Japanese answer to X-Men. It deals with the same kind of themes; you've got super-powered humans popping up here and there and the ordinary people of the world don't like that. So you've got the faction of the good power users trying to use their powers to help people and defeat the prejudice against them, then you've got the 'evil' power users who are really just people who have suffered at the hands of the prejudiced humans and now want a place of their own in society, and then you've got the ordinary people, some of whom soften up to the power users and some of whom hate the power users with a passion. Throw into this mix a complicated 'surrogate family' story with a main character who has his own emotional scars trying to break three young girls who have constantly been abused by the system and society out of their shells and help them to see the good in their fellow humans. What else does it have going for it? Try 52 episodes without a single filler or recap episode. Not one. Every single episode in the 52 episode series builds upon the central plot, making the series feel very complete and cohesive. And the characters are amazing. I think anyone who spends any amount of time with this series will immediately want to also go watch the spinoff which is told from the 'villain's perspective (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke).
 
Dennou Coil



The Case For: Dennou Coil is weird. It combines a twisted, mysterious cyberspace plot that would put most cyberpunk novelists to shame with cartoony graphics and filler episodes that would be more at home in a Nickelodeon show. It starts off at a very slow boil, and even when things pick up the bizarrely idiotic filler episodes often throw cold water on any intensity the series has gathered. But still, this is a story worth sticking around for. There's not much else I can say about it without spoiling bits of the story, so I can only heartily recommend that you check it out if you have any interest whatsoever in mysteries or stories involving virtual reality/cyberspace.
 
Kemono no Souja Erin



The Case For: It's written by the same person who wrote Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit. For some reason they decided to stretch the story out longer than it needed to be, insert Jar Jar Binks level useless gag characters and dumb filler eps, and give it an animation style that looks more like a PBS educational cartoon and yet... no matter how much stuff you pile on top of it, this is still a fantasy story written by one of the most famous and popular fantasy authors of Japan, and it shows. This is a highly fulfilling and satisfying fantasy epic that any fantasy fan should watch RIGHT NOW. Unless you haven't seen Seirei no Moribito yet in which case watch that and then watch this RIGHT AFTER.
 
 
There are several more shows I want to highlight, but I don't want to drown people in random shows right from the first post. If you'd like to post some underdog shows please do, though try to keep your reasoning behind posting it short and succinct so people can browse through the titles easily enough. Also please try to include a video, either an OP or maybe a trailer/preview that will help show off the show in some way.

I would like to take this opportunity to create a thread about some amazing anime series that have fallen by the wayside and been forgotten by the sands of time. A lot of the anime I hold in very high esteem tend to be overlooked generally due to several factors such as weak opening episodes that failed to pull people in, confusing storylines that don't show their true excellence until very late, or just plain lack of anyone even knowing they exist.
 
If you know of any series that you think are completely and utterly forgotten/overlooked but that could easily be classics that everyone can enjoy, please post about them along with reasons you think the anime deserves to be more than just an underdog! Let's get people watching new and interesting things!
 
Figure 17



The Case For: Before Nanoha or Madoka turned magical girl tropes on their heads, Figure 17 did. Figure 17 is one of the most bizarre and amazing magical girl series ever created, and the fact that it generally passes unknown while Nanoha and Madoka are household names is really sad. Figure 17 combines amazing art, a beautiful soundtrack, memorable and realistic characters, a unique episode design (30 minutes of slice-of-life, 15 minutes of sci-fi magical girl action) with one of the most bizarre premises for a magical girl show ever. The trailer sets things up better than my explanation ever could, so just take a look at that.
 
Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra



The Case For: Book of Bantorra is generally overlooked (I imagine) because the opening story arc is very obtuse and strange. This is a story where the pieces don't fall into place until well into it, and after an action-filled first episode it slows down quite a bit. However, it is also based off of a light novel series that was completed when the anime came out. Like series that have actual, satisfying conclusions and cohesive story arcs? This should be right up your alley. The amount of effort the author went into creating an interesting, dynamic fantasy world should put them up alongside Japanese fantasy greats like Uehashi Nahoko. Yes, if you enjoy things like Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit this should be a no-brainer for you. For how good the plot is as a whole this show is criminally under-rated.
 
Zettai Karen Children



The Case For: I think most people drop this show upon watching the first episode which involves a guy with the 'psychic' ability to turn things into metal by shooting a beam from his crotch. It's... definitely not the best way to start a series of this kind. The manga has a much smoother entry (though it is also riddled with problems, including the fact that the whole manga gets rebooted after only a volume or so). But here's the thing, Zettai Karen Children is good. Really, really good. What does it have going for it? Well you may as well call this the Japanese answer to X-Men. It deals with the same kind of themes; you've got super-powered humans popping up here and there and the ordinary people of the world don't like that. So you've got the faction of the good power users trying to use their powers to help people and defeat the prejudice against them, then you've got the 'evil' power users who are really just people who have suffered at the hands of the prejudiced humans and now want a place of their own in society, and then you've got the ordinary people, some of whom soften up to the power users and some of whom hate the power users with a passion. Throw into this mix a complicated 'surrogate family' story with a main character who has his own emotional scars trying to break three young girls who have constantly been abused by the system and society out of their shells and help them to see the good in their fellow humans. What else does it have going for it? Try 52 episodes without a single filler or recap episode. Not one. Every single episode in the 52 episode series builds upon the central plot, making the series feel very complete and cohesive. And the characters are amazing. I think anyone who spends any amount of time with this series will immediately want to also go watch the spinoff which is told from the 'villain's perspective (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke).
 
Dennou Coil



The Case For: Dennou Coil is weird. It combines a twisted, mysterious cyberspace plot that would put most cyberpunk novelists to shame with cartoony graphics and filler episodes that would be more at home in a Nickelodeon show. It starts off at a very slow boil, and even when things pick up the bizarrely idiotic filler episodes often throw cold water on any intensity the series has gathered. But still, this is a story worth sticking around for. There's not much else I can say about it without spoiling bits of the story, so I can only heartily recommend that you check it out if you have any interest whatsoever in mysteries or stories involving virtual reality/cyberspace.
 
Kemono no Souja Erin



The Case For: It's written by the same person who wrote Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit. For some reason they decided to stretch the story out longer than it needed to be, insert Jar Jar Binks level useless gag characters and dumb filler eps, and give it an animation style that looks more like a PBS educational cartoon and yet... no matter how much stuff you pile on top of it, this is still a fantasy story written by one of the most famous and popular fantasy authors of Japan, and it shows. This is a highly fulfilling and satisfying fantasy epic that any fantasy fan should watch RIGHT NOW. Unless you haven't seen Seirei no Moribito yet in which case watch that and then watch this RIGHT AFTER.
 
 
There are several more shows I want to highlight, but I don't want to drown people in random shows right from the first post. If you'd like to post some underdog shows please do, though try to keep your reasoning behind posting it short and succinct so people can browse through the titles easily enough. Also please try to include a video, either an OP or maybe a trailer/preview that will help show off the show in some way.

Book of Bantorra just got me in this OP. I LOVE this song of Ali Project, since I've watched her singing it live. I didn't know where it was from.
 
Anyway, I think Shinsekai Yori fits this "underdog" category. It has a great story, a great development and a lot of twists and mystery. The problem was most with the pace, that was pretty slow, and some people didn't understand a lot about it - mostly at episode 5, I guess, where the art changed and people didn't get the meaning. Oh, and also at episode 9, just because of homossexuality pfff Anyway, a lot of people that i know dropped it just because of it being hard to get.

I would like to take this opportunity to create a thread about some amazing anime series that have fallen by the wayside and been forgotten by the sands of time. A lot of the anime I hold in very high esteem tend to be overlooked generally due to several factors such as weak opening episodes that failed to pull people in, confusing storylines that don't show their true excellence until very late, or just plain lack of anyone even knowing they exist.
 
If you know of any series that you think are completely and utterly forgotten/overlooked but that could easily be classics that everyone can enjoy, please post about them along with reasons you think the anime deserves to be more than just an underdog! Let's get people watching new and interesting things!
 
Figure 17



The Case For: Before Nanoha or Madoka turned magical girl tropes on their heads, Figure 17 did. Figure 17 is one of the most bizarre and amazing magical girl series ever created, and the fact that it generally passes unknown while Nanoha and Madoka are household names is really sad. Figure 17 combines amazing art, a beautiful soundtrack, memorable and realistic characters, a unique episode design (30 minutes of slice-of-life, 15 minutes of sci-fi magical girl action) with one of the most bizarre premises for a magical girl show ever. The trailer sets things up better than my explanation ever could, so just take a look at that.
 
Tatakau Shisho: The Book of Bantorra



The Case For: Book of Bantorra is generally overlooked (I imagine) because the opening story arc is very obtuse and strange. This is a story where the pieces don't fall into place until well into it, and after an action-filled first episode it slows down quite a bit. However, it is also based off of a light novel series that was completed when the anime came out. Like series that have actual, satisfying conclusions and cohesive story arcs? This should be right up your alley. The amount of effort the author went into creating an interesting, dynamic fantasy world should put them up alongside Japanese fantasy greats like Uehashi Nahoko. Yes, if you enjoy things like Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit this should be a no-brainer for you. For how good the plot is as a whole this show is criminally under-rated.
 
Zettai Karen Children



The Case For: I think most people drop this show upon watching the first episode which involves a guy with the 'psychic' ability to turn things into metal by shooting a beam from his crotch. It's... definitely not the best way to start a series of this kind. The manga has a much smoother entry (though it is also riddled with problems, including the fact that the whole manga gets rebooted after only a volume or so). But here's the thing, Zettai Karen Children is good. Really, really good. What does it have going for it? Well you may as well call this the Japanese answer to X-Men. It deals with the same kind of themes; you've got super-powered humans popping up here and there and the ordinary people of the world don't like that. So you've got the faction of the good power users trying to use their powers to help people and defeat the prejudice against them, then you've got the 'evil' power users who are really just people who have suffered at the hands of the prejudiced humans and now want a place of their own in society, and then you've got the ordinary people, some of whom soften up to the power users and some of whom hate the power users with a passion. Throw into this mix a complicated 'surrogate family' story with a main character who has his own emotional scars trying to break three young girls who have constantly been abused by the system and society out of their shells and help them to see the good in their fellow humans. What else does it have going for it? Try 52 episodes without a single filler or recap episode. Not one. Every single episode in the 52 episode series builds upon the central plot, making the series feel very complete and cohesive. And the characters are amazing. I think anyone who spends any amount of time with this series will immediately want to also go watch the spinoff which is told from the 'villain's perspective (The Unlimited Hyobu Kyosuke).
 
Dennou Coil



The Case For: Dennou Coil is weird. It combines a twisted, mysterious cyberspace plot that would put most cyberpunk novelists to shame with cartoony graphics and filler episodes that would be more at home in a Nickelodeon show. It starts off at a very slow boil, and even when things pick up the bizarrely idiotic filler episodes often throw cold water on any intensity the series has gathered. But still, this is a story worth sticking around for. There's not much else I can say about it without spoiling bits of the story, so I can only heartily recommend that you check it out if you have any interest whatsoever in mysteries or stories involving virtual reality/cyberspace.
 
Kemono no Souja Erin



The Case For: It's written by the same person who wrote Seirei no Moribito/Guardian of the Spirit. For some reason they decided to stretch the story out longer than it needed to be, insert Jar Jar Binks level useless gag characters and dumb filler eps, and give it an animation style that looks more like a PBS educational cartoon and yet... no matter how much stuff you pile on top of it, this is still a fantasy story written by one of the most famous and popular fantasy authors of Japan, and it shows. This is a highly fulfilling and satisfying fantasy epic that any fantasy fan should watch RIGHT NOW. Unless you haven't seen Seirei no Moribito yet in which case watch that and then watch this RIGHT AFTER.
 
 
There are several more shows I want to highlight, but I don't want to drown people in random shows right from the first post. If you'd like to post some underdog shows please do, though try to keep your reasoning behind posting it short and succinct so people can browse through the titles easily enough. Also please try to include a video, either an OP or maybe a trailer/preview that will help show off the show in some way.

From what I understand, Utawarerumono is based off of old Ainu legends. It's possible some Breath of Fire stuff came from there as well, or it could just be a coincidence.

Anyone who wants to have a significant other for their Elin in Tera just let me know and I'll create the perfect Popori boyfriend for you~

Anyone who wants to have a significant other for their Elin in Tera just let me know and I'll create the perfect Popori boyfriend for you~

To be fair lolis are about as close to real children as Naruto is to real ninjas.

Jesus: Kyofu no Bio Monster
https://vndb.org/v877
 
Also holy crap there's some real classics missing from this thread:
https://vndb.org/v2528- Policenauts
https://vndb.org/v1305- Snatcher

Jesus: Kyofu no Bio Monster
https://vndb.org/v877
 
Also holy crap there's some real classics missing from this thread:
https://vndb.org/v2528- Policenauts
https://vndb.org/v1305- Snatcher