Anime that DON’T take place in a high school!

If you watch a lot of anime, it’s not hard to notice that the majority of shows you come across either take place in a high school or have teenagers as the protagonists. And sometimes you just want to watch someone other than a 14 year old save the world for once. So, here are some of my favorite anime that either take place after high school or have non-teenage protagonists!

Run with the Wind

If you’re looking for an anime that takes place in college, Run with the Wind is a really wholesome short sports anime that you’ll definitely enjoy! This show focuses on an avid runner who is attempting to turn his entire friend group into a competitive cross country team.

Monster

Monster is about expert surgeon Kenzou Tenma who gets way in over his head after refusing to perform surgery on a well-known official, opting to save a young boy who was admitted first instead. This show is a psychological thriller mystery that you won’t want to miss!

Baccano

Baccano is an action murder mystery story taking place in the early 20th century that involves a convoluted timeline, immortals, train antics, and tons of twists and turns. This show has a large cast of characters, the majority being adults.

Barakamon

Barakamon is a comedy show about a hot-headed calligraphy artist who gets exiled from the craft after punching a judge in the face. He ends up traveling to a remote island to learn more about himself and his art.

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

Rakugo is a centuries-old comedic Japanese performance art. This show focuses on a former criminal who wants to become a professional Rakugo performer, as well as the life story of his mentor.

Hope you enjoyed this rec list! Feel free to reply with any others you’d recommend. Thanks for reading,

-threecheersforinking

Anime Rec List: Psychological/Thriller

Here are some of my favorite anime that are categorized as “psychological” on MAL (MyAnimeList)! Check them out!

The Promised Neverland

Death Note

Parasyte: The Maxim

Erased

Death Parade

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

WYSW: Parasyte: The Maxim

Parasyte: The Maxim may have come out in 2014, but when I watched it for the first time a few months ago it immediately skyrocketed to the top of my favorite anime list.

I did a short summary of this anime back when I was doing my top 5 Anime of the year, so if you’ve read that one this review will be pretty similar, but with more of a stress on why you all should watch this awesome show.

The entire time I was watching Parasyte: the Maxim, I was singing its praises to everyone I know, who had no idea what I was talking about because the show came out so long ago. It also didn’t help that I was watching this around the time that Bong Joon-Ho’s film Parasite was released (an excellent film, btw) which caused a lot of confusion, woops.

But why should you watch this show?

Here’s a short summary: Across Japan, small alien ‘parasytes’ have been possessing humans by eating their brains and taking over control of their body, becoming essentially indistinguishable from a regular human. However, high schooler Shinichi manages to stop the parasyte from entering his brain and it starts maturing in his hand, where it develops its own consciousness separate from Shinichi’s. Shinichi is forced to compromise with this parasyte as the both of them navigate a world that is becoming more and more overrun by parasytes masquerading as humans.

Parasyte is an excellent example of truly compelling horror/thriller. Every episode ended on a cliffhanger, and I felt super fortunate to be able to watch multiple episodes in a row instead of having to wait for a new episode every week!

The reason why I love this show so much is that watching it gave me a new perspective on life and humanity. What makes us human? Do we have the right to even determine what makes us human? Are humans inherently bad/evil? I don’t want to answer any of these questions here, because I believe that anyone who watches the show will be able to come to their own conclusions about them. But I know for sure that after watching this anime, my thoughts on these ideas have changed.

I have yet to read the manga this anime was based on, but from what I’ve seen flipping through its pages at my local comic book shop, the manga art is uh... ugly af. I should probably be more forgiving considering it was written in the early 90s, but still.

Just as a disclaimer: this show is extremely gory, has hella body horror, & death, loss, and violence are major plot themes. I would not recommend this if any of those things are triggering or upsetting to you.

However if you think you can handle it, Parasyte is a very rewarding watch. If you do end up watching it due to this recommendation, I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks for reading,

-threecheersforinking

Anime Rec List: Drama/Thriller

A recommendation list of anime that falls under the drama/thriller category! There’s some spooky stuff in here so know yourself

Erased

The Promised Neverland

Parasyte: The Maxim

Steins;gate

Death Note