I’m also pretty new, loved Solo Leveling (watch it slower than i did, burned thru it in a monthl) and One Punch Man (haven’t finished it yet). Attack on Titan is also very good but a lot of body horror which isn’t for everyone - not quite my favorite thing but the storyline and voice acting are top notch (I watch dubbed sometimes sorry true anime fans lol).

Decades ago I used to watch DBZ and Inuyasha but that was it, starting to pick back up on some DBZ and other Dragon Ball series as well now. Can’t speak to any other shows, but bookmarking this thread for myself so thanks OP!

Yes, correct, they skipped a lot of the harder science for the movie to keep it a reasonable length. Movie was still very good though!

Project Hail Mary has a bit about this, don’t want to say more to keep it spoiler free.

Thanks for saying this in a nicer way than I would’ve.