Best Animes to start off with

kevinchaosvs · Shogun Joined: Jul 28, 2005 Posts: 2551

Indeed, for people who just got into anime, DONT go to stuffs too cute, they may not get used to it. The more popular choices (for the guys, dont know about the girls, though, sorry )are usually the "long-running fighting based"
DGrayman, Naruto, Bleach, Gundam series. etc
Those anime movies as well. eg Paprika , Ghost in the shell, FF7:Advent Children et

xenocrisis0153 · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:51 am Post subject:

Visual · A-Source Staff Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 146

bilyar · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:02 pm Post subject:

I agree that you should use more mainstream anime first like the shonen ones (Full Metal Alchemist, Yu Yu Hakusho, etc.). I got into anime by watching action type shows first then moving on to other genres from there.

Miyazaki films are also a good idea, I would recommend Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away to start of.

Other good ones would be Millennium Actress, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Fate Stay Night

trueline · Pure Hope Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 5134

Starting with action type is good but I think its would be better if they start with movies rather than series.

Some of my friends got bored before they finish the series or they forget about it after watching one to three episodes.

Miyazaki films sure attract the attention ^.^
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Hyped · newbie! Joined: Dec 05, 2007 Posts: 9

Hmm, for starters,
I think alot matters with the first impression.
What oftern comes to mind of a person that does not know anime is
"Oh, those cartoons" Which obviously their wrong.

So, it'l probably be good to start of with a bang.
Hmmm, Death Note might be abit too much to handle.
Series like Code Geass Perhaps??

Something exciting which you can never go wrong.
It gives them a rough idea about anime.
Some nail bitter anime for a start would probably give them good
first impressions.

Then after their first taste, you can slowly expose them to the other
genres like comedy, drama, mecha.....ectectect~

Scamp · newbie! Joined: Feb 29, 2008 Posts: 17 Location: Ireland

FMA seems like the obvious choice. It even has a good dub which should get people over who wouldnt watch a subbed show.

I also think Love Hina should be watched early. Its very likable but if you watch it after watching loads of other animes you might dismiss it because it has all the things people hate about harems (such a the wimpy lead)

eyesotope · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

the movie Idea is very good for people who get bored from watching a series, one of my friends wanted to sample a (cartoon) so I gave him Vampire Hunter D: blood Lust..
if they are ready for a series I try stuff like FMA or Slam Dunk..
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mochi · newbie! Joined: Apr 15, 2008 Posts: 1

well these are the ones i started off with,

lupin the third.
cowboy bebop.
berzerk.
ninja scroll.
neon genisis evangalion (every one should agree)
ghost in the shell
FLCL
and gundam wing

Xristyan · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:50 am Post subject:

what worked for me before might not or should I say will definitely NOT work for the would be anime fans of today...

For movies I would recommend Miyazaki films to start off with...

for series... I guess something easy, straightforward kinda approach... Fushigi Yuugi or Yuyu Hakusho and maybe even Rurouni Kenshin would be good ol titles to see...

I'm not sure how wise it is to put them into Naruto or Bleach but they are options as well...

at a much later time should they be introduced to things like Deathnote, GTO, Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Air... then moving along you must insert in the ecchi titles as well... can't forget about those... Very Happy

In my case I started off with Voltes V... Then on to DBZ... then Yuyu Hakusho, Flame of Recca, Gundam W, Rurouni Kenshin...

then I got into the whole hentai and ecchi phase cause I was a growing highschool student... Razz

Oh and almost forgot that whole craze with Neon Genesis Evangelion...

And it continued on, watching anime on the local channels, on cable, and once I had internet.. well... yeah... you can probably figure out the rest... Very Happy

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