Recommend me a slice-of-life anime

[Sehnsucht Engel]

NANA is the only slice of life anime that I enjoyed watching, so I can't recommend anything else. It's really good though.

 

[DrRockor]

I always recommend the same stuff but they are all awesome so watch these:

K-on
Ouran High school host club
Fruits basket
Clannad
Kanon

If you want some manga I can give you some good titles too

 

[Snowbell]

Sorry if the text is too small to read, just copy/paste it on your computer and zoom in using picture manager or something. I hope this doesn't cause too much lag. Anyway, this should tide you over for a while.

Is there a bigger version somewhere? I saved the image and even cut the link out of your post but I still couldn't read it It looks really useful, especially since I'm currently on an anime binge (I've joined my university's anime club council so I badly need to catch up, I've watched 24 in 3 weeks and I have another 3 months to go!)

OP; I reckon you'll love Usagi Drop (it's ADORABLE!), Skip Beat was actually quite interesting though it's one of those 'advertise the manga' series like Fruits Basket so its ending is awful. The Wallflower is WAY too wierdly Japanese, Kino's Journey is quite nice, though most of its character development is in its OVAs.

 

[ZehMadScientist]

Ef - a tale of memories is another excellent one. Great music, extremely stylish animation, and a story with a lot of romance, drama, and many a sad moment. It's very sincere and mature with little in the way of wackiness or comedy.

What this kind sir said.

5 centimeters per second - Damnit, making my eyes sweat and all that...

Usagi Drop - Not a romance, but I'll be damned if this isn't one of the best slice of life anime I've seen.

Bakemonogatari - If you like a show for its characters and romance, this is the show to watch.

Steins;Gate - Because it's my favorite series

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

If slice of life with some romace is what you're looking for then I'd have to recommend Gosick. By the end of of the unfortunatly short 24 episode series you'll come away really caring about the characters and how they've changed.

Also I'd have to second Usagi Drop although it's not a romance, but the art style is adorable and the charcters are lovely.

Captcha: Spend time~So spend time watching these shows

 

[Ultress]

Have you seen Time of Eve or Usagi Drop? If not go change that quick like.

Also awesome: Tatami Galaxy,a great skewering of time loop/romance tropes

Haibane Renmei,enough symbolism to make an English teacher jizz themselves for a year

Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!, a nice little slice of life show about girls making their school great. Notable at least to me for a complete lack of fan service.

Hourou Musuko, a nice little show that treats cross dressing seriously and not just wacky comedy fodder.

Oh and if you can deal with/enjoy Shaft's way of doing things then check out Bakamonagatri/Nisimongatri and Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei

 

[necromanzer52]

I'm going to reccomend anything by Studio Ghibli because...fuck it's Studio Ghibli, but one in particular (since you said slice of life) is My Neighbors the Yamadas. It's about a Japanese family and...that's it. It's little vignettes of their life, some connected, some not. It's just their everyday life, though there are bits where it gets a little metaphorical or silly. It's rather heartwarming and gentle.

But Yamadas doesn't really have any characterization or romance.

I feel I must recommend a different Ghibli film called: Whisper of the heart. It sounds like exactly what you're looking for.

Also I don't know where you stand on the dubs vs subs debate, but due to the plot of this film, it doesn't really work in english.

If we're talking t.v. shows then Azumanga Daioh is probably the one I've seen with the least amount of "anime wackiness".

Then there's Beck, which I don't know if you can call a slice of life, but it certainly relates to my life quite a bit.

 

[Zoe Castillo]

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[Crenelate]

If you like kittens then Chi's Sweet Home is good. It's the slices of a kitten's life anyway!

 

[Scarim Coral]

I not sure if this count as slice of life but it is mudane (normal real day setting) like any other anime from that type.

It's called Shirokuma Cafe aka Polar Bear Cafe.

I can tell you for one thing it's surreal due to the fact the anime got talking animals that look like animal and they have the same rights as human (some go to work in the zoo).

While part of the humour revolve around Japanese puns but it's the only mudane like anime I ever watch since I'm not a fan at that type of anime in the first place. I just find that anime to relaxing to watch after working at my job.

 

[TwiZtah]

bludgeoning angel dokuro-chan is something for you, the main protagonist is the worst pedophile in the world when he grows up, therefore heaven sends an angel to kill him, but she's too kind to kill him so she resurrects him again and again.

also, taking away an angels halo gives them diarrhea.

 

[Jonluw]

Hyouka is one that's airing now.
Made by the same people who made K-On, Haruhi and Clannad.
Pretty good.

Hyouka is interesting enough. Honestly, I doubt that it would be as interesting as it is without the god-tier production values, but it currently is a very fun show to watch even if its overall direction in the story is still pretty vague.

I admit the aesthetics are a large part of why I watch Hyouka.
I'm sort of hoping some more clear cut story will emerge with time though.

 

[trollnystan]

LOVELY COMPLEX IS AWESOME GO WATCH IT NOOOOOOOOOW

Er, ahem. Oops, seemed to have left the caps lock on there. Cough cough. But really Lovely Complex is a great anime. About a really tall girl (for being Japanese) and a short boy (even for being Japanese) and their friendship and feelings for each other. And they all speak Osaka-ben! *swoon*

 

[BNguyen]

you might want to try Working!! both seasons or how it's actually called : Wagnaria
Lucky Star and A-Channel are good too
can't really say that Azumanga Daioh was any good though
and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is also good if you can include sci-fi into your circle of enjoyment
and Bartender was pretty good as well

 

[Keela]

If you like Clannad and Angel Beats, Kanon (2006 version) and Air are guaranteed to please you (I don't know if you have already seen them). Same writer, same composer, and same animation company. I worship all of these series =)

Ef - a tale of memories is another excellent one. Great music, extremely stylish animation, and a story with a lot of romance, drama, and many a sad moment. It's very sincere and mature with little in the way of wackiness or comedy.

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (or Ano-Hana if that is too much of a mouthful) is another one that I can think of off the top of my head. It's another slice-of-life drama tinged with sadness, as it deals with what people do to cope with the loss of a friend.

I have not watched any of those, actually. Judging by your descriptions of these shows, I think you've hit the nail on the head for me.

Despite being a guy, I am a huge fan of tear-jerker anime dramas ever since watching Angel Beats. No other entertainment medium can make me shed as many manly tears like anime can.

WORD UP, SAVO

 

[ldgoodpobad]

I would re-up the recommendation to watch Haibane Renmei. It has strong thematic simularities to Angel Beats, but is more subtle and darker. The first few episodes are slow, but still relay good at establishing an environment after that it gets relay addictive. Also made my cry like a baby.

Also if you had not scene Clanad After Story you should see that. Its a squeal to Clannad that most fans consider to be better than the original.

Haruhi Suzumia is kinda the other half of Angel Beats. Haruhi is rally similar to Yuri from Angel Beats! but the show doesn't have the dark atmosphere or story of Angel Beats! It was also made by Keyoto Animation who made Clannad. Unlike Clannad and Angel Beats! comedy not drama is the focus.

My favorite romance anime is Toradora. There is no dub out for it, but subtitles are available. Like Clannad (as well as Air and Kanon) is a high school romance. But doesn't come from a visual novel so there is a slightly smaller cast of characters who get more development. Also the Drama is a little more grounded in reality, no one has terminal diseases, however it still gets a lot of drama from just making you care about the characters and their relationships. I cried at Toradora many times.

Also Azamanga Dio and Bamboo Blade are very grounded funny anime slice of life shows.

Beck Mongolin Chop Squad has one of the best realistic slice of life in anime. It can be slow, but the pacing adds to the feel of realism.

Also my personal favorite slice of life is Genshiken again very realistic, buts it is about hard core anime fans on other Otaku. There is a good chance you will feel out-nereded.

 

[Torrasque]

How about Yosuga no Sora?
/trollface

Hmm... There was a bunch of slice o life that a friend from school recommended for me, since that is his jam.
Lets see if I can find em...

Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan
Aria the Natural

and there are a few others in this folder, but I'm not sure if these are slice of life or not, so I won't post them.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I've only seen the first few episodes (it was on my cable system's free on demand service for a while), but if the rest of the series is half as good, I can't recommend Aria enough. It's a slice of life show about a group of women who run gondolas in a city that's basically "Venice, but on another planet after humans have discovered interstellar travel." It's basically just a show about said women, the people they take on gondola rides, and the city itself. That city is the reason the show has an entry on TVtropes' "Scenery Porn" page. The backgrounds in that show are absolutely beautiful.

Edit: Excuse me, not interstellar. It takes place on a terraformed Mars. Also, I was semi-ninja'd by the poster above, who gave the name of the second season. The first season was called Aria: The Animation.

 

[fish iron4]

If its slice of life you want then I suppose Lucky Star has you covered