What anime do you think is way better on a rewatch?

Sonny boy

- Serial Experiments Lain

Probably the strongest example of this for me, with how dense and esoteric it is. And how it's one of my 10/10s, but up until the last two or so episodes during the first time watching it I very much felt I could conceivably have ended up giving it a very low rating instead if it felt like how it ended completely didn't either explain or justify everything which came before in a satisfying enough manner.

Mystery series or series with a strong mystery element are also often like this. One of my other top favorite series and one of the ones I've rewatched most, also one of my 10s, etc., is Higurashi, and up until that got further along into it, especially like midway through the first season, I also didn't know if it was going to end up as a poorly written incoherent mess just doing things for the sake of it.

Other series that are much more poorly written and have ended super rushed or without one or more major things being sufficiently explained or resolved definitely put you in that paranoid defensive mindset of being wary of wasting your time and energy. But if I didn't check some of that caution at the door and have faith and patience, I wouldn't have found gems like Lain and Higurashi.

Basic answer but attack on titan

Off the top of my head for me it'd be Re Zero, Steins;Gate and the Kara no Kyoukai (Garden of Sinners) movies. Picking up on lots of things hidden in plain sight is really cool to see the second go around.

Hunter x Hunter was an amazing rewatch. And Konosuba if watching with a friend 

Perfect blue took multiple watches to figure out whats going on and where the foreshadowing points all are

The original Mobile Suit Gundam.

Watching as a kid and in college were two very different experiences.

"Why is Amuro acting like an unhinged diva for episodes at a time?"

Becomes

"Amuro is a child soldier experiencing trauma and profound loss."

There's actual calculus (at least the symbols) in a few scenes if you pay attention.

The colony designs were inspired by an actual book by an actual scientist.

I feel like Attack on Titan was made to be rewatched

Madoka Magicka

Baccano

The Aria series

Knowing how it ended, I saw Alicia in a whole new light on my rewatch

Re:Zero is way better when you pay attention to every little detail. As a first timer you're trying to solve the mystery with Subaru trying to look through the story.

As a second timer you're finding all the hints the show left that you totally missed, all these random little tidbits that only make sense in retrospect or these other new pieces of information that link back to things that happen in the future. The second time through Re:Zero is a completely different show form the first time.

Not an anime, but Lord of mysteries, its pretty dense and you'll have no idea what's going on the first few episodes lol

Shinsekai Yori - honestly just alot more bleak when you know what you know from the first watch

I rarely bump up scores on rewatches, but Outlaw Star was an exception.

Serial experiments Lain is the absolute answer. You don't understand shit for more than half of the show on your first watch. The rewatch lets you pick up on so many details.

Liz and the Blue Bird is my favorite to rewatch (and also just my favorite generally). Each and every time I watch it makes me view the two leads in an ever so slightly different light, which makes it worth revisiting as often as I do.

Steins Gate.

Also if you know you can delaythe last episode of season one so there isn't a good end until the show is fully over.

Oregairu. Made it easier to pick out certain things as well as understand the protagonist's reasoning behind his actions.

Takopi’s original sin, angel beats, and Madoka magica

Nichijou.


First time: lol budget abuse.


Second time I appreciated how each segment was fitting together. It's not just a bunch of skits, it's a story about friendship. And all those odd moments in between both keep the pace perfect, but also connect with one another.


If you're only ever watched it as clips, definitely see it through in full.

The attack of giants

The first episode of *Lycoris Recoil* hits very different on rewatch when you have answers to questions you wouldn't have even known to ask the first time.  


*Akudama Drive* is one where you should at least re-watch the OP after finishing the show, since it hides some interesting things in plain sight.  


If you ask this question again in the future, *Gnosia* will most likely be my answer.  I imagine rewatching will be profoundly different when you know the characters better and know their motivations and can spot their lies.  Also there's some really interesting symbolism with the fish tank that would make a lot more sense knowing who's hunting whom.  

Emmm I like to force my friend to watch an anime I like
And my go to serie to force my friend to watch with is Vinland Saga :3
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I like to watch anime first in Japanese, then a rewatch some time later in English. I can pay better attention to the animation and visual storytelling details that second time.

I think freiren really benefited from the second watch for me. I loved it the first time, and chose to watch it last December in preparation for the new season, and loved it even more the second time. It was like visiting an old friend — everything was familiar, but there was stuff I didn’t note before, so there was plenty of novelty. (Plus, the English VAs are pretty good!)

None of them.