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FirestormGamingTeam's avatar

Sword Art Online was my first Anime, it will always be my fav one. The way it's written, how it progresses, how the love story goes and then climaxes at the end and how it leads into the other "online" series. I just love it.

Juuni's avatar

One of my very first was Nichijou. If you can watch it, do it.

Makster's avatar

I wish more people watched this show. It became pretty meme heavy when it was first released. I wish there was more Nichijou as Nano entered the group far too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ZnD1WicUo I think a more 'grounded' Nichijou would be Azumanga Daioh or Lucky Star which are older anime so the art style isn't as accessible or appealing nowadays but still come highly rated.

Shovel's avatar

Thanks so much for the honourable mention super appreciate it. I’m definitely going to keep this bookmarked because all of the animates mentioned that all looks so so cool and I love the fact that there’s little paragraphs as to why they should go ahead and watch it obviously absolutely no surprise whatsoever that attack on Titan is on there just like Asim said it is one of the best enemies of all time.

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Awesome. Thank you very much for the compliment and the Tokyo Ghoul suggestion!

R

Ahh, definitely saving some I have not seen from this list. Awesome share.

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Thanks Remi, glad you like it!

JHenckes's avatar

Great list! All Ghibli's movies are a must one! My favorite one is Mononoke Princess. All the movies are extremely rich.

One thing I think was missing was some options of comedy anime. Often a comedy is very easy to like and can be a great gateway into the Japanese world of animation.

That's why I think my best recommendation would be One Punch Man. It's a hugely successful anime and its subject matter is close to a Western universe, so I think it would be a great choice as the first anime for new "otakus".

Alex Sinclair's avatar

Great choice! One Punch Man is brilliant and hilarious (especially season one), and I've definitely recommended it to new anime fans before.

Lanah Tyra's avatar

Evangelion is amazing! Not sure how beginner friendly it is though, it's quite a heavy subject, always puts me in a "humanity is doomed and deserves it" mood, not sure if I would dare to give it to someone as their first anime, it might scare them away XD

Imperial Senator Bluecrash's avatar

It's anti-religious core and dystopia can easily be ignored watching kids pilot mechs against monsters to save the world. Some people are into that ... day zero.

Lanah Tyra's avatar

That's true, if you take away the heavy subject then it's just another mecha anime. I think I've seen it so many times, I can't just ignore that part.

And probably it is so famous that someone who heard of mecha definitely heard of Evangelion. And just like Gundam Wing, the graphics really stood the trial of time, it still looks as good as it did back in the days.

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