Space Dingo
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I see a lot of posts about animes that you started with or animes that you are currently watching/hooked on or series to reccomend, but what I want to know is what series have you read or watched that is obscure? Not commonly talked about? Let's talk about a series or movie or story that hardly has an active fandom and that you're burning to find other people with the same or similar interest. I don't want to see any mentions of the Holy Shounen Trinity (unless it's in reference to your obscure animu/mango)
Bonus points: write a review of the series you like in question and write why other people should watch or read it.
Ps: I'll allow series that are translated and may have aired on tv, but are just not as common or known and ended up fading into oblivion.
I'm pretty sure this series I will mention is as obscure as you can go.
It's called Soil and it's by Kaneko Atsushi.
Brief synopsis: I would call this the Twin Peaks of the manga world. What happens when an idealistic family disappears during a town wide blackout and the only thing to remain are piles upon piles of salt in their home? Not only that, but a lot more weird occurrences keep on happening within their town. Two detectives are deployed to solve the case, but what they find are more questions than answers.
Why I like it: the art style is not your typical or common style. The main characters are not beautiful or pretty to look at. Even the head detective is an older fat ugly man who does not have a likeable personality while his partner who is a younger woman is far from beautiful. That might be a turn off for some, but I think that is what makes the series highly interesting.
It sucks though, the series isn't complete and the last update I can find is from 2013.
Less obscure:
20th Century Boy by Naoki Urasawa
Synopsis: Childhood is fleeting. We all grow up. We all grow out of our childhood dreams. They often become forgotten. But what if your childhood is not dead? What happens when a new cult emerges drawing inspiration from your childhood? A fabricated story about destruction that only heroes can stop. Who is behind the mask of Friend?
Why I like it: it combines 70's rock and roll with 70's early shounen anime while remaining a serious and mature. What I really like is how it's kind of got this Shounen element without the superpowers but all the chapters are adults and eventually middle aged men. Middle aged men (and woman) trying to save the world.
Bonus points: write a review of the series you like in question and write why other people should watch or read it.
Ps: I'll allow series that are translated and may have aired on tv, but are just not as common or known and ended up fading into oblivion.
I'm pretty sure this series I will mention is as obscure as you can go.
It's called Soil and it's by Kaneko Atsushi.
Brief synopsis: I would call this the Twin Peaks of the manga world. What happens when an idealistic family disappears during a town wide blackout and the only thing to remain are piles upon piles of salt in their home? Not only that, but a lot more weird occurrences keep on happening within their town. Two detectives are deployed to solve the case, but what they find are more questions than answers.
Why I like it: the art style is not your typical or common style. The main characters are not beautiful or pretty to look at. Even the head detective is an older fat ugly man who does not have a likeable personality while his partner who is a younger woman is far from beautiful. That might be a turn off for some, but I think that is what makes the series highly interesting.
It sucks though, the series isn't complete and the last update I can find is from 2013.
Less obscure:
20th Century Boy by Naoki Urasawa
Synopsis: Childhood is fleeting. We all grow up. We all grow out of our childhood dreams. They often become forgotten. But what if your childhood is not dead? What happens when a new cult emerges drawing inspiration from your childhood? A fabricated story about destruction that only heroes can stop. Who is behind the mask of Friend?
Why I like it: it combines 70's rock and roll with 70's early shounen anime while remaining a serious and mature. What I really like is how it's kind of got this Shounen element without the superpowers but all the chapters are adults and eventually middle aged men. Middle aged men (and woman) trying to save the world.
