Pat's Anime Recommendations!

Comedy Anime

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

About: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure tells the story of the Joestar family, a family whose various members discover they are destined to take down supernatural foes using powers that they possess. The story is split up into unique parts, each following a member of the Joestar family, who typically have names that can be abbreviated to the titular "JoJo".

Amount of episodes: 194
My rating: 4.5/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.7/5

Action Anime

Attack on Titan

About: After his hometown is destroyed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

Amount of episodes: 94
My rating: 4.9/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.9/5

Mystery Anime

Danganronpa: The Animation

About: The series follows 16 high school students locked inside "Hope's Peak Academy," their high school. The students are threatened by an anthropomorphic bear, Monokuma, who gives them only one way to leave the Academy: to murder another student, and not be found guilty in the subsequent trial.

Amount of episodes: 13
My rating: 5/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.5/5

Horror Anime

Junji Ito Collection

About: Ito's work consists of many subgenres of horror, mainly being host to the subgenres of body horror and cosmic horror. Much of his work is based solely in them, with other themes including a relationship of predator to prey, a loss of humanity, and obsession being common.

Amount of episodes: 14
My rating: 4.7/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.5/5

Drama Anime

Yuri on Ice!

About: Yuri!!! on Ice follows a Japanese figure skater named Yuuri Katsuki following his crushing defeat at the ISU Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia. As Yuuri becomes mixed over his feelings about figure skating, among the other troubles in his life, he goes to an ice rink and perfectly mimics Russian figure skater Victor Nikiforov's free skate program from the current season. When footage of Yuuri's performance is uploaded to the internet, it catches Victor's attention, causing him to decide to take a season off to become Yuuri's coach and bring him to victory at the Grand Prix Final.

Amount of episodes: 12
My rating: 4.3/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.8/5

Slice of Life Anime

Nichijou

About: Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal. But normal is the last thing you can expect in a town where salmon falls from the sky. In fact, the only thing you can count on is your friends, but even they are totally weird.

Amount of episodes: 26
My rating: 4/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.9/5

Sports Anime

Haikyu!

About: Shōyō Hinata, upon seeing a volleyball match, aims to become the next "Little Giant" and thus, joins his junior high volleyball club. After finding new members, they set out for the junior high school tournament, where they cross paths with a formidable school with the "King of the Upper Court", Tobio Kageyama. Although his team lost, Shōyō is still determined to aim for the top and exact revenge on Kageyama. Upon entering high school, he receives the biggest surprise; he and Kageyama are in the same high school volleyball club!

Amount of episodes: 85 + ongoing movies
My rating: 4.7/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.8/5

Thriller Anime

Death Note

About: An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

Amount of episodes: 37
My rating: 4.2/5
Crunchyroll rating: 4.8/5

Family Anime

Mirai

About: A young boy named Kun feels forgotten by his family when his little sister Mirai arrives. Running away from home, Kun stumbles upon a magical garden that serves as a time-travelling gateway where he encounters his mother as a little girl and has a series of adventures with his baby sister, who is all grown up, opening a new perspective on his world.

Amount of episodes: Movie 1hr 38mins
My rating: 8.8/10
IMDb rating: 7/10