Why isn't more anime like this?


I love this type of anime. I love some very select few other anime. Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Berserk, Shigurui Death Frenzy, Trigun, Gungrave and some very few others. Adult anime. Not to be confused with Hentai.

I hate 99% of anime. I can't watch it for more than a few minutes without feeling like kicking the TV. Ridiculous dialogue. Weird cutesy animation. Annoying whiny high school characters as the heros. Lame melodrama that plays like a soap opera. And the most annoying sappy music on the face of the earth.

An example of this type of nonsense is Rurouni Kenshin. Unwatchable. I can't make it out of the first episode. It's impossible. (BTW- if you love it, that's great. This isn't a post aimed at you unless you can be unbiased and post without trolling).

Now I basically always have chalked this up to cultural differences and idiosyncrasies that render anime inaccessible to me. However, they did go ahead and make THIS fantastic anime based on the series. They cut out all the crap and made a beautiful masterpiece. So obviously I'm not alone in this sentiment. A taste exists that rendered this masterpiece necessary. And it's extremely well received. So why is this type of anime the exception? Why isn't there more of it? Why is it that when I ask for recommendations based on Samurai X, Berserk, Bebop, Shigurui, I get answers like some ridiculous Lelouch... where I turn it on and there's an entire episode dedicated to a cat that steal his helmet and runs around campus as he tries to retrieve his helmet... from a God damned house cat?!?!?!

Please. I beg of you help me find some hidden anime gems of this ilk... Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Berserk, Shigurui Death Frenzy, Trigun, Gungrave, Elfen Lied, Wolf's Rain, Ninja Scroll, Ghost in the Shell, and movies like Appleseed, Vexile, Sword of the stranger, etc. ADULT ANIME... NOT Neon Genesis Evangelion for the love of God.

Please Help!

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The Japanese term for the type of anime you crave is seinen. The types you dislike are shonen (anime for boys) and shojo (anime for girls). Try a Google search for seinen anime and you'll probably get some good recommendations.

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