Recommended Anime for an Anime Noob

[wvereeck]

Hey there,

Lately i've been interested in watching some good anime series. I haven't seen any anime so far except the mainstream anime such as pok�mon, digimon, DBZ etc.

Which anime do you recommend for a starter like me? (I am mainly interested in fantasy, horror and action anime) :)!

I've read on this forum that bleach and deathnote are a must watch. Are there any others?

Thanks in advance!

[Gnorbu]

Another must watch would be fullmetal alchemist... That entails horror, fantasy and action! You will love it (if you don't know it already) :)

zxzero recommended some summer animes. I have watched them all and I love them!


Akagami no Shirayukihime
God Eater
Rokka no Yusha
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryu Sen’eki
Prison School
Overlord
Gangsta


Check out the trailers here:
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[xmxsummer]

I would highly recommend Log Horizon, Fairy Tail, Akame ga Kil (all on Crunchyroll and I'm sure other places) l, Black Cat (which you can find on Youtube) and one of my all time favorites -even though I hated the ending- is Darker Than Black (that was on Netflix but I'm sure you could find it other places too)

[Suicune]

1.) Fullmetal Alchemist - fantasy
2.) Psycho-Pass - horror, sci-fi, tinyest of hint of shoujo
3.) Deathnote - horror
4.) Blood lad - shoujo, fantasy (has vampires, werewolves, ghosts), supernatural, superpowers
5.) Sword art online - fantasy, romance, super power
6.) Naruto - fantasy, martial arts, super power
7.) Accel world - fantasy, sci-fi, shoujo
8.) Bleach - fantasy, super power, supernatural
9.) Beyblade
10.) Code:Breaker - super power, shoujo, horror
11.) Code Geass (not related to Breaker) - horror, shoujo, mecha
12.) Dusk Maiden of Amnesia - horror, supernatural, romance
13.) Eden of East - romance
14.) Ushio & Tora - supernatural, horror
15.) Tora dora! - romance
16.) Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet - romance, mecha, super power
17.) Hellsing Ultimate - pure horror and gore
18.) Kamisama Kiss - supernatural, romance
19.) Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions - super power, romance, fantasy
20.) Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers- - super power, supernatural
21.) Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma - food.
22.) Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (don't let the title put you off): super powers, romance, fantasy
23.) Attack on Titan - horror, super powers
24.) The World is Still Beautiful - romance
25.) Nagi no Asukara (Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea) - romance, fantasy
26.) Another - horror
27.) Spice and Wolf - shoujo, fantasy

Not in any real order ^^ just numbering them out[COLOR="Silver"]

Akame ga Kil:

Was okay but its so different from the manga, I'd recom watching the Anime then Reading the Manga :( (which is still going)[COLOR="Silver"]

Accel world has a season 2 confirmed and Sword art online has season 3 & 4 confirmed :)

I loved them both so much, I've brought all the light novels off Amazon

Few sites: (have ad blocker)

Watchcartoononline
Crunchyroll (also on consoles and devices)[COLOR="Silver"]

28.) Blood + - supernatural, super power, vampire, horror, shoujo
29.) Blue exorcist - fantasy, horror, super power
30.) Dream eater Merry - fantasy
31.) Soul eater - horror, super power, supernatural
32.) Elfen Lied - horror
33.) Guilty Crown - horror, mecha, shoujo
34.) Noragami - shoujo, fantasy, supernatural
35.) Tokyo Ghoul - horror
36.) Shiki - horror
37.) Blood C - horror
38.) Ghost hound - Horror
39.) Steins: Gate
40.) Fate/ stay night/ zero
41.) No game, No life
42.) Ghost in the Shell

[hissi]

i'd recommend Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood like everyone already has, but i'd also add Cowboy Bebop since a lot of people call it the anime for anime and non-anime fans alike :D got my previously anime-hating brother into anime with these two!!

edit: also Hunter x Hunter (2011 anime, action/adventure), Berserk (haven't watched this personally but my brother loves it, dark/fantasy/action from what i've heard), and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the 2012 anime since it's loyal to the manga--action/adventure and completely over-the-top in the best way)

personally i really wouldn't recommend Sword Art Online, i just think it's garbage :x i'm really not big on weird harem animes and SAO totally turns into that, plus the plot is total shit. Bleach i haven't heard a ton of good things about either, i think people mostly like it because of nostalgia more than it having actual value as a series, haha.

[CaptainNight]

wvereeck

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Start with it and just have fun on the ride haha. Its amazing.

Other than that, for horror/fantasy and such I suggest Parasyte and Attack on Titan. Both are really great and imo pretty good for noobs. Parasyte is probably my favorite anime in the last few years.

[wvereeck]

Thanks everyone for your list of recommendations! I'm sure this will keep me satisfied for a while :D

[FWD]

Baccano! would be right up your street I reckon. Confusing as hell for the first four episodes or so, after that it's bloody brilliant. Plenty of action, a smidgen of gore, and I suppose the whole immortal slant could count as fantasy. It's pretty funny as well.

Elfen Lied is my personal fave horror-esque anime, but then it's not a genre I watch very much.

Cowboy Bebop is a legendary show that you can't really go wrong with, great story and characters with music that will stay with you for a loooong time.

Darker Than Black is my all-time favourite action anime, but some folks find it a bit of a slow burner.

Can't actually think of a pure fantasy anime that's amazed me, most of the ones I've seen are sorta average.

[Cuva]

Elfen lied - Horror
Naruto - Action/Fantasy


I don't know so much of anime, sorry :P

[Shizuku]

Deadman Wonderland

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Like Serais pretty much covered everything else I know of.

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Actually:

1.Parasyte
2. Another

Action and horror nobody has mentioned.

[liyue]

You can find all of these on kissanime.com

Series
Neon Genesis: Evangelion (action)
FLCL (action)
Shingeki no Bahamut (fantasy / action)
Hoozuki no Reitetsu (gag comedy set in hell...fantasy?)

Movies
Akira (action)
Ghost in the Shell (action)
Patlabor: The Movie (action)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (action)

Other good stuff
Tatami Galaxy
Dennou Coil
Nasu: Summer in Andulasia (movie)
Kaiba
Ping Pong the Animation

[Zeus]

You can find all of these on kissanime.com

Series
Neon Genesis: Evangelion (action)
FLCL (action)
Shingeki no Bahamut (fantasy / action)
Hoozuki no Reitetsu (gag comedy set in hell...fantasy?)

Movies
Akira (action)
Ghost in the Shell (action)
Patlabor: The Movie (action)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (action)

Other good stuff
Tatami Galaxy
Dennou Coil
Nasu: Summer in Andulasia (movie)
Kaiba
Ping Pong the Animation

My first full-anime was Neon Genesis: Evangelion, It's still by FAR the best one I've ever seen in my life. I always recommend it to everybody that asks about new Animes and barely anyone I know has heard of it, even to this day I still thank my cousin for showing me.

[Ban]

wvereeck
If you want to be entertained for a few years, watch One Piece :rolleyes:
No, seriously, it's the best anime you'll ever watch :P

[Zeus]

wvereeck
If you want to be entertained for a few years, watch One Piece :rolleyes:
No, seriously, it's the best anime you'll ever watch :P


Aren't there like 800 episodes? I love TV, but not that much :o

[Ban]

Aren't there like 800 episodes? I love TV, but not that much :o

704 and counting :P
About 98 are fillers though xD
It's worth it, I swear D:


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[Hashbrown]

I highly reccommend Code Geass and Death Note :*
Those two got me deeper into the anime world.

[GrimmBunny]

my fav ones are inuyasha, kuroshitsuji, yu yu hakusho, hellsing and i cant really remember everything!!

[Ceiria]

Death note,Fullmetal alchemist,Naruto,Bleach

[Pharming]

I second Full Alchemist, Deathnote, Deadman Wonderland, Elfen Lied, and Blood+.
Also watch Mushi Shi, Attack on Titan, Shiki, Highschool of the Dead, and Tokyo Ghoul.

AND READ ALL THE JUNJI ITO MANGA IF YOU REALLY LOVE HORROR

[bandit]

I don't watch a lot of anime at all. But I have recently watched One Punch Man. It has some pretty awesome action in that anime. Also another one I would recommend is Hunter x Hunter. It actually has A LOT of episodes, and it is partially on Netflix. But I was literally glued to that anime most of the time.

[Irohh]

Kill la Kill is the only anime that kept my interest long enough for me to stick around till the end of it. :P I really recommend it!
Osomatsu-san is also pretty good. If you like cutesy things, Shugo Chara is something you might like.