Battle Programmer Shirase
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Shirase Akira is a genius hacker who has earned the nickname "Battle Programmer Shirase" (or BPS for short) for his incredible talent. From saving corporations to global security, BPS is always willing to help a hand -- for the right price. But for skills like his, money is not an option, so be sure to have specialized computer parts, sold-out tickets, or huggable life-sized cat girl posters to spare! With BPS in charge, no computer is safe! That is, if he can manage to stop being a complete slacker...
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Welcome to the NHK!
Alt titles: NHK ni Youkoso!
- TV (24 eps)
- 2006
Tatsuhiro Sato is a university dropout and a "hikikomori" – a person suffering from social withdrawal. To Sato’s dismay, his self-imposed exile from the world is rudely interrupted when a mysterious girl knocks on his door. She has charged herself with the task of curing Sato of his hikikimori ways! Now, as new problems ranging from hentai games to internet suicide spring up, can Sato manage to overcome his hermit-like ways, or will the imaginary N.H.K conspiracy force him to remain a hikikomori forever?
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add recboth feature an socially challenged otaku, living on their own in a small apartment who receive great amounts of help from young girls, its just that Shirase it much less of a looser than Sato. He's a world famous hacker, capable of defending even the largest of networks from attackers, where as Sato needs to calm his imagination a bit.
Both are hugely enjoyable, BPS's shot 10min long episodes make for a brilliant quick laugh!
Both series have a perverted loser as their main character, who don't seem to function very well in society, whether it be their status as a "hikikomori" or their lack of social skills. BPS has shorter episodes than NHK, making for a quicker laugh and faster-moving storyline.
Welcome to the NHK and Shirase both focus on a socially-challenged otaku who must deal with a variety of interesting situations. Each anime has a similar mood and feel, and will definitely remind you of the other.
The mood in both series is quite similar and feature a otaku with many problems: love, the own style of life and money. Loved one? Lover the other!
As soon as BPS started, I was immediately reminded of NHK. The protagonist in both series is a completely world clueless hikkikomori.
Both shows will serve you with plenty of laughs as more characters are introduced to shake up the otaku world. NHK is much deeper than BPS, but both are highly recommended.
Read or Die
- OVA (3 eps)
- 2001
Secret agent for the British Libraries, Yomiko Readman, has an infatuation with books. When she purchases one of the books that contain the notes for a plan to purge the world of humanity, Yomiko (along with the help of Ms. Deep and Drake) uses her powers of paper manipulation to stop a group of resurrected men from fulfilling the plan.
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add recSerial Experiments Lain
Alt titles: Lain
- TV (13 eps)
- 1998
"I have only abandoned my body, I still live here" - are the words emailed to friends of Chisa, several days after her death by suicide. As Lain delves deeper into the world of the "Wired" (also known as the internet), the line between it and reality becomes more and more unclear. Close the world, open the nExt.
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Gunsmith Cats
Rally Vincent and Minnie May are twogirls with a lot of fire power. When they are not busy managing their gun store, they are working as bounty-hunter duo the Gunsmith Cats. Rally's incredible gunslinging skills and Minnie's obsession for big explosions make the GunSmith Cats a deadly force, and every task an adventure.
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add recMartian Successor Nadesico
Alt titles: Nadesico
Meet Akito, a mecha pilot with all the training... of a cook?! Along with airhead Yurika, mecha otaku Hikaru, child genius Ruri, sultry Megumi and more of their cast of misfits, they crew mankind's last hope against the dreaded Jovian Lizards -- the Mobile Battleship Nadesico! Financed by a private company, they not only have to deal with the threatening alien menace, but also Earth’s own military (in which Yurika’s father happens to be an admiral!), who are not pleased to see such a formidable warship outside of their authority...
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add recThis is a bit of a strange recommendation to make, but I honestly believe if you enjoy one, you will appreciate the other.
Both have a slightly older animation style and similar characters thrust into a military role to help save the world. There are reasonably short arcs in both, that mean you can pick them up and put them down as necessary.
The flow of these shows is also quite similar, and there are some brilliant comedic moments to both. Highly recommended.
