Maybe it's that the people all feel a little too idealized?
I get what you mean. I sometimes have the same feeling. I wouldn't say they're without flaws per se, but they are all almost saintly at times. On the one hand it's refreshing because it means that the usual "misunderstanding arc" that could be resolved by just talking doesn't happen or go on for ages. On the other hand they sometimes go too far and it feels unrealistic.
These are my picks: :::spoiler Nominations
Ah, I didn´t realise you were manually going to be sifting through the nominations. Fair enough!
Regarding the formatting, the anime series themselves are relatively straight forward, but what about the OPs/EDs and VAs? There are many ways of writing this down. Is the song name + anime sufficient? Or just the anime + OP 1/2? Or do you need song + artist + anime? Does the order matter? Do you want streaming links?
All I'm hearing is "good animation" and "action".
That's all it really is tbh, and good music. The animation is insanely good and would've kept me hooked if it wasn't for incredibly obnoxious side characters (Zenitsu mainly)
I definitely second watching Hibike Euphonium. It means so much to me. The way the characters act and interact is what makes the show. Don't forget Liz and the Blue Bird!
Despite Frieren being in your "havent watched cuz unappealing/overrated" list, I'd still recommend it. It's very unlike the others in that list.
The big hero story is done, the big evil is no longer an existential threat. This anime takes place after your typical hero-demon king story from the perspective of a very long lived elf. The journey you go on with Frieren as she undertakes a nearly the same journey from 80 something years ago, while discovering what that meant/means to her and the world, is quite special. Seeing how an elf perceives things compared to short lived races like humans is a perspective I've never quite seen like this. It's quite introspective, while mostly staying really relaxing. The world it builds is the most expansive fantasy world I've seen in anime in a long time.
Aside from that, the music by Evan Call (same composer as Violet Evergarden) and the animation are just incredible.
Some other recommendations:
Thanks, then I'm not gonna go further.
Just watched the 1st ep. Is this anime just going to be this? Like, is there anything driving the plot towards a less fucked up world or something? Or is it going to stay as despair porn? I'm not particularly excited about the prospect of people getting killed in despair every episode without a payoff
Both. Weaponised stupidity
More or less, yeah.
From what I know, Wero is based on the standard Dutch payment service iDeal. iDeal becoming more international is something I'm very happy with as it works great.
Yeah.. I dropped it some time last year. Anytime anything happens, it pretends that nothing happened.