This anime adapts the first book in Nahoko Uehashi’s fantasy series. Middle school girls must decide whether to have a wish granted and gain magical powers (along with all the consequences). If you think this is typical cutesy, fluffy magi-girl anime, think again. This show is a master of the cliffhanger. Everything changes when the kids learn the truth. Grace Field House is an idyllic, loving home for orphans up to age twelve. In each episode, Kino travels to a different country, and the experiences are sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrifying.
This show is based on the light novel series by Keiichi Sigsawa.
Kino’s Journey – The Beautiful World (2017) Yet another killer soundtrack by Yoko Kanno.ġ4. The show follows one contractor as he searches for his missing sister. Individuals called contractors gain super abilities but must pay a price each time they use them. This story is a cat ‘n mouse game between two brilliant minds.
The story follows a waitress who recruits two swordsmen to help her find a samurai who smells of sunflowers.ĭon’t understand the backlash against Netflix’s live-action adaptation? Check out the original anime about a student who is given a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written inside. A wonderfully grey story without black and white morality.ĭirector Shinichirō Watanabe’s follow up to Cowboy Bebop, this is a genre-blending, hip hop romp through an alternate Edo-era Japan. So cute and so, so funny! Naru will steal your heart.Ī prince searches for a way to lift a curse and finds himself caught in a battle between humans and spirits over natural resources. Otherwise, on with the 30 Anime You Absolutely Must Watch Before You Die, Part 2:Ī psychological masterpiece by the master Satoshi Kon, this disturbing, disorienting film tells the story of a pop idol who quits singing to pursue an acting career and loses her grip on reality when she’s pursued by a mysterious stalker.Īfter an embarrassing public incident, a disgraced calligrapher is sent from Tokyo to rural Gotō Island to discover his own style of calligraphy. If you missed Part 1, you can check it out here. And the one thing they all have in common? They carry the TBG seal of quality. Some you will already know, but hopefully a few might surprise you. The titles that follow are varied in age and genre. To help you make the absolute most of your anime watching time, Two Beard Gaming is counting down the 30 anime that you absolutely must watch before you die, broken into three instalments because we just love the antici… Our years in this wonderful world are slowly slipping away one moment at a time, and rather than confront that grim existential reality, why not cram the best possible anime we can find into whatever days we have left? Yay, escapism!