Guilty pleasure anime thread

[Mickeymac92]

Go Nagai Super Robot Shows are nothing to be Guilty about, IMO...

[ZeronHitaro]

Hmm...out of my little collection I think these three qualify as guilty pleasures (in order of smallest to largest on the GP scale):

All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (the original 6 OVAs)- Technically I don't think the show is/was ever low enough to the 'questionable quality' bar to count but I'll toss it in these days just because the crazy title along might be enough to drive people away. As any modern show associated with such a title would be jammed full of moe-moe ralf-ralf. Love the characters, love the art from that generation (oh hand drawn coloring; what a lost art you've become...), and the humor still clicks with me to this day. Not to mention the main character has some of the best 'heroic themes' during her moments of action, ever. XD

Lost Universe- You think Slayers has a niche audience, try dipping into this pool. XD I make the comparison because it's pretty much a spiritual sequel/spin-off to Slayers Try. It's pretty much the world of Dark Star, yes, that Dark Star; with Slayers style humor (for obvious reasons) in a Sci-Fi setting rather than fantasy. I've heard a lot of complaints about the CGI due to this being one of the earlier shows to try to implement it. But to me it never cropped up often enough to be a good reason to hold it against the show. English VA cast/dialog is a reaaaaly big mixed bag but if all else fails just watch it subbed.

Grenadier- I don't even know how I got convinced to watch this show. By modern definitions I tend to abhor fanservice-centric shows that Japan puts out. The absolute irritation I get from writers feeling the need to jam in scenes full of panty shots, boob jokes, accidental gropings, protagonists so driven by their hormones that neutering them would be a mercy, ect. is so great I think it deserves a higher tier of word than simply 'pet peeve'.

But Grenadier...very strangely...manages to be a heavy-fanservice show...while doing little to none of the above. It's a bizarre beast. What moments of eye-rolling fanservice it does have is buried under likeable characters and some rather clever action scenes. (Sadly toned down due to animation limitations via budget issues but just the ideas in play alone make the show worth a watch and any lack of quality forgivable.) The music isn't half bad either. Heck I actually still listen to some of Grenadier's tracks from time to time. Which is more than I can say for the OSTs of easily 90%+ of the anime I've watched in my life. The actually plot itself comes off as rather sub-par but eh...can't win all your battles At least it has an ending. Unlike a fair number of other Japanese shows. XP

[Darilon]

Card Captor Sakura... :)

That show was great. I remember watching it as a kid and loved it.

I have watched some stuff that was pretty bad but stuck with it or ended up being embarrassing to watch but they are not really guilty pleasures to me. One series does come to mind though.

Aria the Animation



I love this series. It is not exactly the fastest paced show ever and nothing really happens... at all. I ended up watching every season and never regretted it for a second. The reason it is a guilty pleasure for me is the show does not really fit my personality and I will never mention I watched it to anyone I actually know.

[Wild Armor]

Card Captor Sakura... :)

That show was great. I remember watching it as a kid and loved it.

I have watched some stuff that was pretty bad but stuck with it or ended up being embarrassing to watch but they are not really guilty pleasures to me. One series does come to mind though.

Aria the Animation



I love this series. It is not exactly the fastest paced show ever and nothing really happens... at all. I ended up watching every season and never regretted it for a second. The reason it is a guilty pleasure for me is the show does not really fit my personality and I will never mention I watched it to anyone I actually know.

Love this anime and its music. It really is a relaxed show with nothing too eventful happening.

[ZeronHitaro]

Totally found anew guilty pleasure that I have no idea how I missed until now.

Precure. The magical girl series you wish your magical girl series was.

Not even Nanoha's combat gets this direct.

[Raze]

Aria is wonderful.

If you want something similarly relaxing I recommend the manga Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. It's about a robot girl who owns a coffee shop in the country in the future. Reading a single chapter before bed is a great way to unwind.