#weird anime

[selfloathingextraordinaire]

Brave Bang Bravern is such a weird anime design wise; they have three different shows happening at once.

Serious military mech show with characters who have more realistic proportions. The women look at lot more like adult women, and the mechs are basically battle suits for the soldiers to operate.

Moe blobs that feel left leftovers from studio's girls that are also horses show. They belong in some cute girls doing cute things anime. Wild seeing them next to other characters who are also adults but proportioned differently.

Super robot show pulling in all the robotfuckers and Transformers fans (me included). Very gay, very flashy. We got superb nails on one.

It was so jarring in the first episode that I was going wtf the entire time lol

[divinefics]

Yachirin bitch club is such an experience

[headcanonforthought]

Bastard headcanon thing?

When Dark Schneider adopted Arshes Nei, he was going through a "horse girl" phase. Obsessed with this small child he tells her to get on all fours, run around and Neigh like a horse. He keeps yelling at her day after day to "Neigh!" So much so that she thinks, "Neigh" is he name.

Dark Schneider eventually comes to his senses and elongates "Neigh" to Arshes Nei. He hates horses now and pretends that never happened.

[cat-brains]

...??? ☆ !! ☆ !! ☆

[belvira]

Weird anime meme found on Reddit by gottwisted

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[itsavgbltpta]

Anime No One Talks About That Live Rent Free In My Brain

There are some anime shows that I've watched, but when I go online I barely see anyone talk about them. Anime that have less than 100k views on My Anime List (I know MAL isn't the only metric out there, but it's a big one).

And yeah, these shows are probably mid to most people. But for one reason or another, I ended up really enjoying them.

So I want to share!

Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist- (Kai Byoui Ramune)

Dr. Ramune looks like an anime aimed at kids. It's not. The second episode is titled "The Chikuwa Penis", where a man's penis gets replaced by chikuwa - a spongy food commonly found in Japanese dishes like oden.

Dr. Ramune gets werid. And it also gets kind of dark. There's an abusive cult storyline, an arc dealing with grief gone bad, and generally some really horrible things that happen to the patients that Dr. Ramune and his assistant help out.

I think this anime would have received more attention if the character designs were more adult? Or maybe the first episode being kind of wacky with a kid that cries condiments was a no-go? But I implore you to give this show a watch.

Muteking the Dancing Hero

I am a sucker for transformation super hero/tokusatsu-esque anime. And the Muteking song that plays (nearly) every episode when he transforms and fights the bad guys is a consistent ear-worm even years later.

This is another anime that looks like it's aimed for kids. And it is definitely more kid-friendly than Dr. Ramune. But this show also has some weird and darker moments, especially towards the end of the show.

I say at least watch it for the music. Maybe you'll enjoy it as much as I did. If nothing else, maybe someone else will know what the heck I'm singing every now and again.

The Gymnastics Samurai (Taisou Zamurai)

This anime has the looks and character designs that should have attracted an audience, but the pacing/plot lacked a lot of focus. It's half sports anime, with training, rivalry, and performances (with somewhat decent CGI involved), but the other half is slice of life/drama anime with the realities of being a single parent and missing out on things mixed along with goofy every day activities with a foreigner otaku who suddenly lives with the family.

And there's a weird pet bird too.

The first half walks, the second half sprints to an ending. There are some characters that could have used a lot more fleshing out. But it was fun. Plus the OP gets a thumbs up from me.