Death parade

I discovered anime not too long ago. before I discovered it, I thought anime was dumb, it was for kids, no one with a right mind should watch it but when I watched my first anime because my friend forced me to, my perspective on anime completely changed and I started to love it. after having watched anime for about 5 months now, I always go back and ask myself, why did I think anime was dumb, why did I think it was for kids and no other show encompasses my feeling about anime now other than death parade. after having watched death parade I am so grateful to my friend who recommended anime to me because without that friend, I don't know what I would have been doing right now. death parade changed my life, it changed everything I know about living and death. on the surface, it's just a simple death game show but below that surface, it is so much more than that, seeing the participants slowly realize that they have died is extremely sad and extremely haunting at times. seeing the person who lost the game accept that they are going to hell and be ok with that is brilliantly done, and every new participant has something new to bring to the table, they never feel like the same characters, and they have a depth to them, the minigames so fun to watch but so hauntingly fantastic at the same time, the music goes perfectly with each minigame and backstory, the animation at times mindblowing, the attention to detail in every scene just makes this so easy to watch. the opening is completely different from the show, it just makes you think you are watching a fun minigame-filled show. as soon as the first episode played, I realized that this show was something special, it has one of the best first episodes in anime, the dart game is so genius, and the way that they realize how they died and that they were married was again haunting but fantastic, when one person hit the dartboard and the other person got hurt, you felt the pain, it was almost as if some had poked you with a syringe. the series ends perfectly with decim finally feeling emotion even though he is a doll, the ice skating scene so beautiful with great animation and music, the existential dread that you get watching this puzzle piece of a show slowly build itself together, every game while being basically the same, somehow feels refreshing and every character, even the random character here and there are written so brilliantly. the only thing I don't like about death parade is that one episode where they are playing twister and it's just innuendo galore going on, but apart from that, I think death parade will change how you look at anime. from the unique setting to the brilliant minigames to the backstory to the ending, I just feel that everything about it is nearing perfection.