While I'm here I might as well ask for your recommendations of anime with protagonists 13 or younger or 19 or older.
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2nding Zom 100, total bloomer shit, gorgeous animation, adult characters, gotta love it
then theres Ranking of Kings, the protagonist, deaf and mute boy, the son of a mighty giant despite his frail and small stature, is somewhere between 10 and 15 its pretty hard to tell but he's a good little bean and you should watch his show
Also lavishly animated. There's some weird shit right in the last half of the last episode but not like /that/ weird considering anime but yeah fair warning
I think Vinland Saga is also an anime people like that's about adult characters?
Then there's Erased which is pretty fucked up but a masterpiece, I think the characters are grade schoolers? but yeah there's a kidnapper on the loose or something, I don't remember specifics but its best seen without spoilers
Dragon Pilot is a bizzare anime about adult japanese air force members, who happen to work with dragons instead of planes, and they fly the dragons by being vored by the dragons. Its surprisingly adorable and I had a pretty good time watching it with my partner, it is weird tho
Ghost in the shell and cowboy beebop are older characters as well I'm pretty sure
Hunter X Hunter contains the best anime friendship in addition to being an all time favorite, main protagonists are monstrously strong 12 year olds or adults, not much in between
PLUTO is a mystery noir anime (made in the west maybe? idk) about a robot detective solving a world spanning crime, 3 laws of robotics style stuff its pretty neat. all the main characters are old or robots or old robots
Delicious in dungeon, adult charcaters
Pluto is based on Astro Boy, I know.
I did see some Delicious in Dungeon when it was being shown on Blorptube, and I kinda remember feeling like it was overhyped, but maybe two in the friggin morning isn't the best time to try new things.
Hunter x Hunter and Ghost in the Shell are things I ought to see for apparent historical significance alone, anyways.
I've heard of Vinland Saga and of course find the premise striking because it's based on the history of my backyard (which is over 1,000 km away from me, shut up, viking is viking). Also, insert remark on the translation of hnefatafl here.
Ranking of Kings has a Deaf main character, huh? Looking into it, it includes signing which was supervised by the Japanese Association of the Deaf. That alone should win me over! I've already got A Silent Voice and A Sign of Affection on my planning list; I've been doing Deaf Culture Nights on Blorptube lately and am always on the look-out for new things to show for that.
I'll have to look more into Erased and Dragon Pilot.
In dragon pilot the food the dragons eat are old flip phones, they love munching on them