| I always wondered what shows people absolutely love but would never recommend to a new watcher. Personally, I'd say the Monogatari series (which is personally one of my favorites), because for myself it took awhile for me to really get good at reading subtitles quickly and catching overt Japanese references. Plus all the talking and staying in the same place can be hard for people to latch onto. |
| Row! Row! Fight the Powah! |
| Shinsekai Yori... unless they were already into dystopian/sci-fi novels, I guess. |
| K-ON |
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| Monster Serial Experiment Lain |
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| Anything that relies heavily on Japanese in-jokes, like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. Bad shows |
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TheGeniusBaka said: I think the manga would be good for a newbie tho, if they like crime/detective storiesMonster |
| Watamote |
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TakaMeiyo said: I still wouldn't recommend them to an Anime fan :-)Anything made by Kyoto between '04-'08 Those eyes will suck your soul and leave you with emptiness. |
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| gintama, I guess |
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| Try harder. Seconding SZS. I love it, but oh man is it full of Japanese cultural references. Not to mention that you need a decent understanding of the Japanese language to even get half the jokes because they just don't translate into English at all. I mean, the entire reason behind the protagonist being the way he is is because of his name's kanji. EDIT: Also anything focusing on chuunibyou stuff, like Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! or Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de. And things with lots of references to other anime, like Nyaruko-san and Lucky☆Star. |
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| Panty and stocking. |
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| Monster Neon Genesis Evangelion Mushishi Ergo Proxy Suzumiya haruhi Monogatari Series |
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Kasou said: Suzumiya haruhi Haruhi's gotten heaps of people into anime though... |
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Zazie122 said: Do u rlly want ppl to watch the endless eight?Kasou said: Suzumiya haruhi Haruhi's gotten heaps of people into anime though... |
mayukachan said: Zazie122 said: Do u rlly want ppl to watch the endless eight?Haruhi's gotten heaps of people into anime though... Most people would just watch the first series if anything. |
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mayukachan said: You know that there was no endless 8 for many years, right?Zazie122 said: Do u rlly want ppl to watch the endless eight?Haruhi's gotten heaps of people into anime though... It was of many shows that got me into anime in 2007~ |
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| Bakemonogatari. It would probably give them a shitty first impression. |
| Kill la Kill. Relies on understanding tropes in high school and shonen as well as at least a vague familiarity with mecha and Mahou Shoujo. There's a few Japanese jokes as well. mochabearkawaii said: Watamote Referrences to K-ON!, and battle royal, and a few others I have not seen. It just requires you to be confortable with anime in general. I probably wouldn't recommend K-ON! because cute girls eating cake and drinking tea isn't going to be well received by people who haven't watched anime. Bakemonogatari for obvious reasons. |
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merryfistmas said: Kill la Kill. Relies on understanding tropes in high school and shonen as well as at least a vague familiarity with mecha and Mahou Shoujo. There's a few Japanese jokes as well. Not really. You can just turn your brain off and enjoy the spectacle. |
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| I think even "newbies" are entitled to try whatever they want. Different people like different things. |
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| Girls Bravo. Then again, I wouldn't recommend that to anyone. |
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gedata said: Of course, but I found it more enjoyable as I watch more shows and more parts of it become more than spectacle. I still don't think it's great for newbies because it's so ridiculous.merryfistmas said: Kill la Kill. Relies on understanding tropes in high school and shonen as well as at least a vague familiarity with mecha and Mahou Shoujo. There's a few Japanese jokes as well. Not really. You can just turn your brain off and enjoy the spectacle. |
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| I don't think anyone would warn a Japanese novice to American cinema to steer clear of, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey in favor of Armageddon, would they? Honestly, this idea that some Anime could be too challenging for someone based solely on their unfamiliarity with it reeks of self agrandiszment. People over blowing the importance or worth of something they care about in order to make themselves feel special for liking it. |
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Liar_A2D said: I don't think anyone would warn a Japanese novice to American cinema to steer clear of, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey in favor of Armageddon, would they? Honestly, this idea that some Anime could be too challenging for someone based solely on their unfamiliarity with it reeks of self agrandiszment. People over blowing the importance or worth of something they care about in order to make themselves feel special for liking it. But one of those is clearly better than the other... there's a big difference between challenging and unenjoyable. I would not have liked WataMote if it had been the first anime I watched. |
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sullynathan said: K-On! was my gateway anime. It was literally THE show which made me want to go out and watch more anime. K-ON So yeah. Get fucked. |
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| Cross Ange. Only the true veterans will understand its greatness. |
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| MAL: A community that thinks every anime is bad, but rates everything a 7/10. |
Griffith said: All the shitty high school / romance series so they don't have to interact with a weeaboo and want to kill themselves after realizing these people exist. |
| Brace yourself. Soon as LotGH 2017 comes out. The anime community is going to become so cancerous you will need to take cover and hide. |
merryfistmas said: Liar_A2D said: I don't think anyone would warn a Japanese novice to American cinema to steer clear of, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey in favor of Armageddon, would they? Honestly, this idea that some Anime could be too challenging for someone based solely on their unfamiliarity with it reeks of self agrandiszment. People over blowing the importance or worth of something they care about in order to make themselves feel special for liking it. But one of those is clearly better than the other... there's a big difference between challenging and unenjoyable. I would not have liked WataMote if it had been the first anime I watched. Clearly? Perhaps to you. Personally I wouldn't think to compare the two. Regardless, perceived quality is totally irrelevant in this instance, as people aren't suggesting that a show is 'too good' for a new viewer, but rather too challenging for their pitiful, newbie brains to appriciate so just stick to the simple stuff, champ. It's patronizing. |
| Nothing can ever happen untill you swing the bat. |
| Ergo proxy, serial experiments lain, habenei remnei and shin sekai yori. Infact i'd not recommend those animes to anyone. Because they're far to deep and complex for any of you common rabble to understand. 2deep4u. Humph. |
| Actually, even though people often say that the really western inspired shows are good gateway anime, I beg to differ. You show them something like Monster or Cowboy Bebop and they'll just end up disappointed when they come to the shocking realisation that Japan makes anime for Japanese people and not them. They'll go searching for more stuff like it and they'll probably find a handful of shows to their interest. But they'll be swimming through a sea of cutesy or otherwise distinctly Japanese shows to get that point. When they realise that fact, that's when they get angry. When they get angry, they'll want to vent their frustrations. When they want to vent their frustrations, they'll take to their Internet. When they get on the Internet, they find anime forums. I think you know the rest. I got into anime through cutesy stuff like K-On!, Haruhi and Lucky Star so I was fortunate enough to never go through that phase. |
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Liar_A2D said: merryfistmas said: But one of those is clearly better than the other... there's a big difference between challenging and unenjoyable. I would not have liked WataMote if it had been the first anime I watched. Clearly? Perhaps to you. Personally I wouldn't think to compare the two. Regardless, perceived quality is totally irrelevant in this instance, as people aren't suggesting that a show is 'too good' for a new viewer, but rather too challenging for their pitiful, newbie brains to appriciate so just stick to the simple stuff, champ. It's patronizing. There are definitely shows I wouldn't have liked as an introduction but I guess it's more about knowing the taste of the person you're suggesting anime to than categorizing them into 'newbie' and 'non-newbie'. |
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Noxious_ said: Griffith said: All the shitty high school / romance series so they don't have to interact with a weeaboo and want to kill themselves after realizing these people exist. Oh, will you look at that? You just won the thread! Hahaha! |
| Nothing can ever happen untill you swing the bat. |
| Serial Experiments Lain |
| mushishi someone who definitely sick of action battle anime and really need something to break the mood. |
mayukachan said: I am talking about the snail paced and dragged animeTheGeniusBaka said: I think the manga would be good for a newbie tho, if they like crime/detective storiesMonster |
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mayukachan said: I literally stopped watchin anime bcoz of it.Zazie122 said: Do u rlly want ppl to watch the endless eight?Haruhi's gotten heaps of people into anime though... |
| LotGH Texhnolyze JoJo Mushishi |
| Monogatari series if only because it's a bit too much of throwing them in at the deep end and not something I'd want to recommend for someone new to the medium. |
TheGeniusBaka said: yeah i knowmayukachan said: I am talking about the snail paced and dragged animeI think the manga would be good for a newbie tho, if they like crime/detective stories |
| Boku no Pico. |
| Depends if they are a perv or not, if not then probably half the stuff I watch is a bad idea :P |
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| Except from pretty evil troll picks like that and pupa, I guess you shouldn't recommended animes which heavily build on knowledge about other animes like world_god_only_knows do. Though that series is a refined pick for the matured fan later. ;D |
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| Gintama since there's no way he'd get all these references. Monogatari also seems like a strong contender. |
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