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rattatatouie · 6 years

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Heres a Thread of Anime Recommendations Because Friends Always Ask:

To start with, these are just my opinions and I haven’t watched every anime in the world. So if you have other recommendations, add them!

BEGINNER ANIMES: Most beginner animes I particularly like are pretty long (100-300 episodes) but I have a few that are not. I genuinely don't remember the first anime I watched, but these are my recommendations

Naruto/ Naruto Shippuden: Naruto and Naruto Shippuden pretty much go together for me. Naruto doesn’t start out the best, a lot of the characters turn you off because they are either really whiny or just all broody which isn’t particularly my cup of tea, but by around episode 20 (the start of the Konoha Crush arc) you are HOOKED. Naruto Shippuden, on the other hand, is good from the start and is (in my opinion) why I still love the series as a whole to this day. Naruto was one of my first anime, so I will always have a special place in my heart for it.

PROS:

Great characters

Excellent character development

Awesome plot

Lots of action (once you get into it)

Fight/background music is great

Comes in dubbed and subbed

CONS

Not the best theme songs (not a problem for me in particular but I didn’t want to leave that out)

Fight scenes are pretty long

Long series in general

Tons of filler episodes

Inconsistencies

Helpful Hint: Look up the filler episodes if you watch this series. It makes the series a lot shorter and saves you from bullshit plots plots that don’t particularly add to the story

Hunter x Hunter (2011): I haven’t finished this series yet and haven’t gotten that far into it, but I really like it so far. The whole plot is interesting and easy to follow and just a wholesome show in general.

PROS

(as I mentioned earlier) Easy to follow

Great characters

Shorter fight scenes

Interesting plot

Currently releasing dubbed and the voice actors aren’t Shit are perfect for the characters

Good background music *cues spanish guitar*

Good fight scenes

CONS

A Relatively long series (not a bad thing but you just have to invest a lot of time into it)

Hard to get hooked (the first arc is slow)

Constant hiatus

Chimera Ant arc dragged on for too long

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is genuinely one of the best animes I ever watched. Everything about this show is great and I cant give it enough love.

Pros

Fights were perfect length

Characters are likeable (even a lot of the villains to be honest)

Good character development

Not an obscene amount of romance (I’m looking at you, Sword Art Online)

Plot is great

Perfect show length

Subbed and dubbed

CONS

The First Episode is Slightly Confusing

Pokemon: I watched this show when I was a kid, either Naruto or this show was probably my first anime but I’m not sure. It’s a pretty good show but isn’t my favorite of all time. I still think it’s a good start into the anime world, though

PROS

Genuinely funny characters

The pokemon weren’t “boring”– They had personalities of their own and made the show a lot more entertaining at times

Great movies

Antagonists are charismatic

Dubbed and subbed

Nostalgic

CONS

Plot is pretty basic

Boring at times

The newer seasons aren’t that good

Fights aren’t that great

Characters weren’t that complex

Overrun (in my personal opinion)

Quite long

Attack on Titan: I genuinely liked Attack on Titan for a long time before cancerous fans started polluting my feed. I still watch it (I haven’t watched all of season 2 yet, though, oops) and I do really like the show. I just some of the toxic fans.

PROS:

Good plot

Fights aren’t drawn out usually

Great plot

Dubbed and subbed

Still coming out

Amazing art

Good opening

CONS

Eren (the main character) comes off as an Asshole is angry 90% of the time (which is understandable, but annoying)

Mikasa (the main characters friend) is very whiny

A lot of the character’s you see all the time are really underdeveloped

Many fans are toxic

Takes a long time for new Seasons to come out

HONORABLE MENTIONS IN THIS CATEGORY (aka stuff I haven’t watched/ watched a lot of but everyone “raves” about

Dragon Ball Z

One Punch Man

Assasination Classroom

One Piece

Madoka Magica

SCI-FI/PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR: I personally haven’t watched a lot of psychological horror/sci-fi even though I want to. This is probably because my life has been consumed with rewatching animes I have been watching other stuff instead. Anyhow, here are my favorites:

Death Note: I love this anime a lot. The plot, the characters, the everything. I haven’t watched it in a couple of years, but is for sure on my top 10 list even still today.

PROS

Great character development

Great plot

Makes the watcher think

Intense

Dubbed and subbed

CONS

Normal Length (about 40 episodes)

Some of the characters are annoying (by some I mean one in particular)

Complex plot (not a con for me but a lot of people prefer easy-to-follow anime)

Dubbed voice actors don’t really go with the characters (also not a problem for me because I usually prefer subbed over dubbed)

First episode doesn’t “hook” you in

Parasyte: I haven’t watched a lot of this show so I cant particularly criticize it as much as the others just because I haven’t watched the whole thing. But from what I’ve watched, it seems like a decent show.

Pros:

Decent length

Interesting plot

Pretty easy to follow

Good character development

Subbed and dubbed

“Hooks” you in quite easily

Opening is a bop

Cons

I don’t have any huge cons about it so far, all I could really say is that its “gruesome” but then again I haven’t watched a sci-fi/psychological horror one that isn’t like that

Tokyo Ghoul: Another anime I haven’t finished, but I have read a lot of the manga and do genuinely enjoy the show. It has all of the elements I like in a show and more. I just haven’t watched enough of it because I am already watching 2 anime’s and don’t want to completely flunk out of college.

PROS

Great plot

Characters are interesting

Easy to follow

Subbed and dubbed

Decent length

CONS

Dubbed isn’t the best

First episode was pretty fast paced

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Cowboy Bebop

Steins;Gate

Psycho-Pass

Code Geass

ROMANCE/SLICE OF LIFE ANIME: I feel like these go hand and hand. A lot of these could go under a “fantasy” tab but I honestly haven’t watched a lot of fantasy that weren’t also “romance” or “sci-fi”. This tab is going to show how hopelessly romantic I am, oh my God.

Also, keep in mind most of these will be relatively short (12-24 episodes) just because

Nijiiro Days: This genuinely is such a funny and great slice-of-life anime. The friendship and the different personalities of the guys in this show is so great. I watched it earlier this year, and it has become one of my favorite slice-of-lifes of all time.

PROS

Funny

Decent length

Characters are interesting

Easy to follow

Not the typical “romance” anime (theres not a bunch of unnecessary drama, no unreasonable jealousy, etc)

Wholesome

CONS

Can feel a bit repetitive at times

There isn’t a lot of “character development”: most of the characters stay the same

Hanasaku Iroha: I haven’t watched all of this show, but I love it so far. It’s unlike any slice- of life I’ve seen before. Theres not a huge amount of romance in it, it’s mostly about the the relationships the main character develops throughout the show.

PROS

Funny

Decent characters

Interesting plot

Not a stereotypical “slice of life anime”

Decent length

Great art

Wholesome

CONS

Subbed only

Isn’t an anime you can binge

Some of the characters are assholes rude to the main character for genuinely no reason other than jealousy

Nana: A great romance anime that leaves you in shambles. It has some great bops in it. It takes everything you thought you knew about romance anime and completely turns it around and makes you wonder “why?”

PROS

Interesting

A lot more realistic than most romance animes

Dubbed and subbed

Good music

Decent characters and character development

CONS

Can feel repetitive at the beginning

First few episodes aren’t that great

Makes Rethink Everything you Once Thought About Love

A lot of jealousy

Durarara!: I watched this anime early last year and really liked it. I have to admit that I didn’t like the second season as much as the first, but it was all really interesting to me. I didn’t know if this was considered sci-fi or romance, but I decided to put it under this category anyways.

PROS

Hooks you in easily

Funny

Action-packed

Characters are interesting

Has some character development

CONS

Some episodes are quite boring/uneventful

Second season isn’t that great

Ao Haru Ride: Not my favorite anime of all time, but still deserves to be on the list. It’s genuinely the typical School Romance Anime. I bet a lot of people would like this series, I think I didn’t like it because I went through a breakup right before watching this series.

PROS

Characters have decent backstories

Art is pretty

Average length

Funny

Cons

Characters can be quite annoying and are pretty “typical” people

So much unnecessary jealousy

Feels drawn out

Kaichou wa Maid Sama: I walked into this anime expecting not to really like it, and was pleasantly surprised. I honestly thought it was going to be lolita trash but it was so much more. I love the manga and wished that they made the whole manga into an anime, but, alas, you cant always get what you want.

PROS

Wholesome

Makes you scream because of how cute it is

Great plot

Enjoyable

Hilarious

Dubbed and subbed

Not the stereotypical “romantic comedy”

CONS

Not the whole series

Dubbed isn’t great

The main Character can come off as annoying

Yona of the Dawn: I loved Yona of the Dawn, other than the fact Pierrot didn’t do the whole manga. Because of this, I recommend reading the manga after you finish the 24 episode series, because so much more happens.

PROS

Decent length

Subbed and dubbed

Great plot

So much action

Action sequences don’t take up an entire episode

Easy to get hooked on

Adorable as a whole

Great art

CONS

Not all of the dubbed actors fit the characters

Not the whole manga (by “whole” I mean all thats been currently released)

Antagonist has a stupid reason for going after the protagonist (in my opinion)

Ended the series without a great conclusion

Kamisama Kiss: I also wasn’t expecting great things from this, I thought looking at it that it was kind of strange because it’s literally a fox human, but my friend made me watch it, and I was blown away. This series made me cry more times than I care to admit. The whole series as a whole is just magnificent.

PROS

Great plot

Really sweet

Unique

Warms your heart

Funny

Dubbed and Subbed

Dubbed actors are perfect for the characters

Easy to binge

Although it’s not the whole series, it concludes at a good spot

CONS

First episode doesn’t hook you in

Not the whole series

Snow White with the Red Hair: I watched this series earlier this year and really enjoyed it. I only had a few issues with it as a whole, and they are just minor things. If you are interested in fantasy and romance, you should start with this or Kamisama Kiss.

PROS

Relatively short

Great characters

Excellent art

Warms your heart

Easy to binge

Dubbed and subbed

Dubbed voice actors fit the characters perfectly

Easy to binge

CONS

Some of the Episodes aren’t Interesting

Not the whole series (I recommend reading the manga)

Ends without any real conclusion

Lovely Complex: Lovely Complex has a special place in my heart as the first romantic comedy I watched at age 12. I’ve rewatched it once when I was 14, and let me tell you, if you romantic comedy, this is it. I don’t think I’d like it as much if I rewatched it now, but it still deserves to be on the list because it has a special place in my heart.

PROS

Funny

Really sweet (when you get farther in to the series)

Easy to binge

Relatively short

CONS

Characters can come off as whiny

So much unnecessary drama

Doesn’t “hook” you in per se

Characters are pretty bland

Toradora!: I wasn’t amazed with Toradora!, I did like it though. Toradora! is just a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy I’d probably watch in middle school. Although it didn’t stand out in my life, I think a lot of people would still like it, and I have to give it credit where credits due.

PROS

Short in length

Easy to binge

Hilarious

Sweet

Dubbed and subbed

CONS

Typical romantic comedy story

Characters aren’t that interesting to me

So much unnecessary drama

Unreasonable Jealousy

Your Lie in April: Such a great show. Like genuinely I am amazed how unique and bittersweet this whole show was. I watched this last year on a whim and by the ending I was shocked and crying.

PROS

Excellent art

Excellent music

Great plot

Realistic

Some interesting characters

Hooks you in

CONS

Some characters personalities are kind of bland

Isn’t good to binge (please, trust me, take it slow, or else you’ll contemplate the show for too long)

There are some episodes that are kind of meh if you don’t particularly like music if you don’t like music, this show is not for you

Kimi ni Todoke: Really a pretty sweet show. I liked that the minor characters and main character a lot more than the main characters love interest. The show, all in all, is pretty good if you’re looking for something basic to watch.

PROS

Easy to follow

Decent length

Funny

Decent plot

CONS

A few of the characters are bland

Pretty generic

Second season is just a bunch of drama

Tonari No Kaibutsu-kun: I think I watched this pretty soon after Lovely Complex. Decent show, all in all, just a few issues with it. It reminds me a lot of Toradora!.

PROS

Easy to follow

Average length

Funny

Some interesting characters

CONS

Generic plot

A lot of unnecessary jealousy

A lot of drama

Main character and love interest get annoying at times

Say “I love you”: This was a decent show. I really liked it when I first watched it, but didn’t really like it the second time. I feel like most romantic animes you can only watch once, then it kind of loses its charm.

PROS

Easy to follow

Gets straight to the point

Wholesome

Warms your heart

Most of the girls in the show are really realistic

CONS

Relationship is unrealistic (but we can dream, right?)

Guys in the show are pretty bland

A lot of unnecessary drama

Generic Plot

Silver Spoon: Silver Spoon is a slice-of life anime that I went into with no real expectations. I honestly just chose to watch it because it was the only thing I found interesting on netflix at the time and decided to watch it on a whim. Let me tell you, this is genuinely one of my favorite slice-of-life animes of all time. The characters are great, the plot is great, and I honestly can’t believe it doesn’t get more attention.

PROS

Not that long

Unique

Great plot

Funny

Interesting characters

CONS

Hard to get in to

Takes a while to get hooked

Ouran Highschool Host Club: I didn’t know if I should put this under the romantic comedy section, but it for sure has comedy. This show sounds extremely weird when you read the summary, I know, but trust me, it’s hilarious. I genuinely love this show and it’s characters with all my heart and wish they made more of it.

PROS

Average length

Hilarious

Great characters

Great plot

Can honestly watch any episode of the series in any order and get the same result (minus the 1st and last 3)

Theme song is a bop

Hooks you in easily

CONS

Not the whole series

Can feel a bit repetitive at times

Not the best conclusion

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Princess Jellyfish

Spice and Wolf

Orange

Fruits Basket

Clannad

Kokoro Connect

Sorry this is so long! I didn’t realize how many animes I thought were decent. I’ll make a separate thread for movies sometime soon so I dont make this any longer. I hope this helped a lot of you guys out!

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