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[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

omg Sakura Quest mention! And Shirobako my beloved, I really ought to rewatch it sometime.

Besides those, I'd add:

  • Odd Taxi
  • Dungeon Meshi
  • Frieren
  • Death Parade
  • Mononoke (not to be confused with Princess Mononoke)
  • Perfect Blue
  • Psycho-Pass
  • Recovery of an MMO Junkie
  • Wotakoi
  • Yuri!!! on Ice
  • A Sign of Affection

And these, with some asterisks:

  • Rose of Versailles - The main characters are teenagers at the beginning, but they're adults for the majority of the show. Even the teenager part is not anything like your typical school anime because they're in the royal court of Versailles and everyone else is an adult.
  • Apothecary Diaries - Technically the lead character is 17 but again, it takes place in a royal palace, she behaves and is treated like an adult, and nearly all of the other characters are adults.
[–] Sulv@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I just started Apothecary Diaries and can confirm it doesn’t fall into any sort of adolescent weirdness, also just really good besides.

The main character seems really grounded and not some dumb anime stereotype.

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

I've been meaning to rewatch Shirobako for years, too. I'd like to eventually get around to Apothecary Diaries, Sign of Affection, Wotakoi, Frieren and Dungeon Meshi, too, but my planning list has like 100 things on it, so who knows if I'll even get to them in this lifetime...

[–] RBridger@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Odd Taxi is fantastic, easily my favorite anime in recent years. I also want to recommend sore dake ga neck (weirdish story about convenience store workers, I liked the voice acting) and the great passage (slice of life about a dictionary's editorial staff) Edit: I can't believe I forgot this but Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju is about a man who gets released from prison and immediately apprentices himself to a rakugo master who has never taken apprentices before. It's one of my favorites, I highly recommend it