Anime shows that astounded watchers and made a long-lasting impact by way of merely their debut episode have served as the focal point of this new ranking, leaving many humorously unsurprised by the results as a highly venerated series littered with gruesome beasts swung its way to the top spot.
4. Osomatsu-san
9. Kingdom
10. Pop Team Epic
No Macross?
No s♥♥t i agree also where’s Gundam
Gakkou Gurashi… That truly did hit me hard.
I hope someday someone remakes the series in anime form so its faithful to the source material and we get further seasons.
Kotoura-san had a pretty dark first episode, considering that is a comedy anime mostly.
How is Goblin Slayer not there?
I thoroughly enjoyed Goblin Slayer slaughtering the hook noses.
Because Goblin Slayer is only shocking if you’re an emotionally fragile snowflake. To anyone who has ever watched a hentai series I’d say rapey goblins are fairly tame.
Depending on the hentai, of course yeah. Goblin Slayer was tame compared to some tentacle hentai from the mid ’90’s, that had women inflated with tentacle fluid/semen until they popped like balloons. O_o However, one could say that comparing hentai with non-hentai is an “apples to oranges comparison”.
True, but I think with hentai being a class of anime there are plenty of people who have watched who wouldnt think Goblin Slayer is shocking in the slightest.
This is why Goblin Slayer fans should all at least be put on a watchlist. If you so much as dislike watching r♥♥e scenes (as any normal person would), you’re somehow “an emotionally fragile snowflake.” There’s no doubt that among Goblin Slayer fans there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of people with convictions for sex crimes. They are mostly psychopaths.
i’m not against r♥♥e in storytelling its how its used & its execution is what’s important A lot of my favorites manga & anime contain such elements like r♥♥e. Like death, r♥♥e can add genuine good tension to a story.
i’m not a fan of GS i don’t like it but claiming a hugely disproportionate amount of GS fans have committed a sex crime without any evidence makes you look like a SJW snowflake.
And i hate the Goblin slayer series but i like violence jack, somewhat like Wicked City and love urotsukidouji, berserk, wolf guy so i guess i’m crazy in your eyes too.
This may really shock you imbeciles, but downvoting my comment does not magically prove me wrong. It just shows that you cannot contest what I said. So you agree that you should be on watchlists (at the bare minimum).
you could fill a whole list like this with nothing but gundam. A shocking first episode is literally a trope with the series. s♥♥t since gundam came out in 79 it might have started that trend with anime in general.
But it’s not really “shocking” if it’s expected. How else are those damn kids gonna get their hands on literal death machines?
“But it’s not really “shocking” if it’s expected.”
No its more complicated & nuance than that with Gundam as context is important. Gundam is expected to be dark but every new gundam series never fails to shock you be that you as an old time fan or a new viewer into the franchise.
Gundam is very different from other anime once you seen you just “get it” it never fails even the so called “bad ones” like wing or IBO “get it” right.
I was surprised not to see Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon on this list. Its first episode is one of the reasons most people have never even heard of it.
Cross Ange is a great mention that should’ve been included