Post by Arwen17 on Nov 25, 2015 3:55:02 GMT
Thought I recommend some fun anime where a god or gods is trying to get more worshippers lol. Reminds me of Mab a lot.
Noragami season 1 (12 episodes) is fabulous. It's already dubbed in english if you would prefer that over subtitles.
Yato is a war god of calamity who's fallen on hard times and no longer is noticed by humans. It's funny, action-packed, and dramatic as he tries to gain more followers by acting as a "delivery god" lol. kinda like a pizza delivery dude or something. But there's serious battles too along with the humor and cuteness.
Like our dear Mab, these gods are seriously in danger of disappearing if they can't get more followers. And sometimes a god can revive or return after thousands of years if humans start praying to them again. (But like most humans, they're praying for a war god to come and curse their enemies. That isn't going to end well lol)
Noragami season 2 (12 episodes) is finished in japanese sub, but is currently halfway thru releasing the dub english versions on funimation's streaming dub channel. Season 2 features the female war goddess Bishamon a lot more and its really cute and heart-wrenching. I love the epic climax episode of her fighting with a sword against a giant spirit monster, after going through a very dangerous episode of almost disappearing for good.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Noragami_episodes
Tons of laughs through Yato's antics, but one of the funniest is when he's stuffing his face at a restaurant and his friend makes a comment he shouldn't eat so fast or he'll have problems going to the bathroom.
Then he thoughtlessly, happily, and vulgarly responds that "gods don't need to poop."
=D !!! his friend nearly choked and died on that "too-much-information" section. lmao add that to the 120 things you never wanted to know about gods (or maybe you did). It's official. There are clearly no toilets in the Land of Magic. Poor Merlin must have had to go to the lake to poop!
Another anime I would recommend is a humorous and romantic one called Kamisama Kiss (2 seasons = 25 episodes total). "kamisama" is the japanese word for God. It is also dubbed in english if you want that instead of subtitles.
It has action and humor just like Noragami, but is a little more romance-focused.
Nanami, a human girl, is handed the powers of a god of love and matchmaking because he doesn't feel like doing his job anymore or something lol. She finds out his shrine is in terrible condition and he has a very sexy, sarcastic fox familiar called Tomoe. Tomoe is understandably very reluctant to treat a human girl as his new master and god of the shrine. Nanami is equally reluctant once she realizes the mess she's been handed, but starts to work hard at being a Deity and hilarity, drama, and action ensues.
As a human, she's not in danger of disappearing, but her spirit friends are. Without a healthy shrine and followers, there's no reason for them to continue to exist.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamisama_Kiss#Anime
I think Noragami can be enjoyed by either gender, but Kamisama Kiss would be watched by females only because of the romance.
I've watched the dub and sub versions of both shows and they did a great job dubbing both of them, so if you choose the English dub it's fine.
