Ask HN: What's your favorite Underrated Anime that no one talks about?

Basilisk

I don't know if it's completely what you'd class as anime, but 'Oban Star Racers' was fantastic.

And 'Last Exile', that was some really cool worldbuilding.

'Scrapped Princess' would also be up there, but it unfortunately had a bit of a lackluster ending.

- Ping Pong (not underrated, just less mentioned)

- Shigofumi: Letters from the Departed

- Kamichu! (set in Onomichi, very strong sense of place)

Probably can't call it underrated, but some of Hayao Miyazaki's lesser known work is also some of my favorite.

One example is the On Your Mark [1] music video, which is possibly the only time he went into cyberpunk, and despite being a few minutes long and having no dialog it has amazing world-building and storytelling.

Future Boy Conan (Mirai Shōnen Konan) [2] is a great TV series by him that doesn't get mentioned enough IMO.

1: https://vimeo.com/394801904

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Boy_Conan