Not all anime are well-known, and some deserve much more attention. We present to you 5 anime series that are hidden gems.
The world of anime is vast and colorful. Nowadays, so many new series are released every season that it’s hard to keep up with all of them – and often, one doesn’t even want to. Often, amidst the flood of well-known animes, some pearls get completely overlooked.
This can have various reasons. Perhaps these animes are airing alongside a mega-hit that gathers all the attention. Maybe a new series hasn’t been licensed in Germany and isn’t available from any provider. Or the series just didn’t quite appeal to the mainstream, thus receiving little attention.
If you prefer something magical, these 3 anime might help:
With this list, we want to take a look at 5 anime that you may have never heard of – and that are simply too good to ignore. We have tried to ensure a solid mix of genres so that there is something for every taste.
Shinsekai Yori
Alternative titles: Shinsekai Yori: From the New World
Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Number of episodes: 25
Streaming available on: No providers known currently. Available for purchase only.
Many centuries have passed since psychokinetic powers awakened in humanity. Wars have ravaged the world, and the few surviving humans live in strict asceticism to avoid repeating the past incidents. During this time, Saki Watanabe also lives, whose powers have also awakened. As she learns to cope with this gift at school, strange incidents occur – rule breakers mysteriously disappear, and during a school trip, the children discover that the world may have changed even more drastically than they ever imagined…
Shinsekai Yori combines fantasy with science fiction, often weaving in a touch of horror into the story. The world is extremely complex, and the story offers many high points and drastic twists, continually placing the events into new contexts and revealing only the next layer of what lies beneath the surface of the plot.
