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lol I think the only one that isn't hot shit is Sci-fi
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What actually is a good beginner anime? Maybe one punch man?
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are you an adult man?
Vinland Saga
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Hajime No Ippo unironically !anime
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boku no pico
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So much this
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I like One Punch Man, but there's a lot of inside humor because it makes fun of so many anime tropes.
I'd start with movies like Akira and Ghost in the Shell. Then you'll be disappointed with the lower quality production of every anime afterward.
Attack on Titan is really good. Just ignore the fanbase and its sneeders (as with every anime).
Appleseed, the one from the late 80s or early 90s is good. They had a sequel I think in the early 2000s that uses that CGI, which is okay.
Knights of Sidonia is a really cool sci-fi.
If you want a short film, there's Memories, which is a collection of short films. It's the second one about space garbage collectors which is great.
There's another short film about these guys who recover nuclear weapons in a post-apocalyptic world. There's this robot they fight called GONK, I think. The battle scene is excellent. !anime, search results are such shit, so please help a neighbor out.
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akira is overrated , Appleseed and ghost in the shell definitely aren't beginner friendly.
I guess watch Demon Slayer or Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood?
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Holy frick you're literally
the only other mf on this site I've ever seen reccomend knights of sidonio bassd
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Just google "Hentai" and go from there.
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Ghost Stories (English Dub)
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fate zero
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Nothing. Why would you ever want to get into anime?
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Just pick something by Studio Trigger. They're all fun and over the top so you're bound to enjoy it for that alone.
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Cowboy Bebop. Good english dub, decent slow burn, amazing soundtrack, just solid overall.
If you want more action and "magic", Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is a loved classic for a reason.
One Punch Man is actually not a bad show to start with, especially with marvel capeshit flooding western markets making its parody relevant and relatable. A good number of parodied tropes may be missed though.
Mushishi is a very slow burn but its great. Each episode feels like a foreign folk tale from centuries ago come to life, and while character design suffers the storytelling is great and so is the background artwork.
For a modern work thats great, Sousou No Frieren is good, about a long lived elf who realizes she needs to learn to connect with people and enjoy living rather than taking time for granted since she has so much of it.
Violet Evergarden is beautifully animated and can hit the loner/neurodivergent in the feels as its about a near robotic emotionless person trying to learn how to connect with people through writing.
Obligatory: if you can find someone who loves politics and long, discussion based shows, Legend of the Galactic Heroes (the original 80s/90s version) is the unironic greatest show ever produced. Literally fascism vs democracy, with no good guys or bad guys, no moralizing, just a story that makes you think of the virtues and failures of political systems. Its very long, very old, very slow, but it is truly kino
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Interesting my brother's favorite anime of all time is Legend of the Galactic Heros.
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Its really really good, but because of subject matter its also not for everyone. Monster is similar in terms of pacing and tone (dialogue heavy), featuring a doctor who saved the life of a child who grew up to be a "monster" that creates crime by introducing would-be criminals to motives and motivation. The doctor ends up on the run when the kid kills his medical rivals leading to police believing he committed the crime. He tries to evade police and find the kid to kill him after realizing the monster he saved and unleashed onto the world.
Its a slow burn, really slow, but its a good show. The last arc fricking sucks though, it should have ended around episode 54.
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One punch is fine, Tatami Galaxy and Ping Pong is what I'd suggest to a normal person with limited anime exposure.
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agreed on tatami galaxy sure, but ping pong? really? not saying its a bad anime or anything, but i dont see anyone new to anime watching that and sticking to it for more than half the first episode
the problem with these lists is that theyre often made by people who have watched a decent amount of anime and they try to think out of all the things theyve seen what would be the best anime that everyone agrees is a "classic" for newbies to watch, when in reality, the average newcomer to anime would probably have the most fun watching some pure slop like sword art online
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I recently rewatched Ping Pong with my normie friend. Before the first sitting he said he could do one episode and then he'd have to go to bed. We got through 5 that night. Actual 10/10 series.
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IMO Ping Pong would have far more appeal to a normal person from the story it's telling, since it's so grounded as a sports anime. While still being very ANIME (aka actually visually interesting to look at) while not having any elements that'd make it creepy or otherwise put off a normal person.
Sloppa you mention I think has more appeal to people who are degen, I think I'm coming at it more from, "what would you recommend to your totally normal roomate who is into movies or to your mom who only watches TV dramas like NCIS" then "what would you recomend to your little brother with ADHD or your neurodivergent comic book geek friend"
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Hentai
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Monster
Full metal
alchemist
One punch
man (season 1)
Hajime no ippo
Ghost in the shell
(Movies)
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