| I'm trying to find some shows that I can watch with my two boys, who are 7 and 13. Due to the younger one's inability to read fast enough for subtitles, an English dub is a requirement. We're fans of Gundam, Macross and Patlabor, so we don't need suggestions in the super-popular mecha area. Also, I don't have a problem with violence as much as inappropriate sexual situations. Here what we've started: 1. Bleach - We love it. 2. Rurouni Kenshin - Another favorite. 3. Fairy Tail - We've started it, but I feel at times it's a bit risque. 4. Yu Yu Hakusho - At times it seems too mature (breast grabbing/light profanity) but I've decided to allow it since it's predominantly battles. 5. Big Windup - The boys adore this one. Unfortunately only the 1st season was dubbed. If only more sports anime were dubbed. 6. Case Closed - The younger one loves Detective Conan. 7. Dragonball (Original) - This is one I get bored with, and have felt it sometimes is too perverted for the younger one, but have let them watch. 8. Naruto - Started and then stopped about 7 episodes in due to lack of interest. These are what I feel will work, although if anyone thinks something in them may be inappropriate I'd appreciate it: 1. Eureka Seven 2. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood - I watched the first series and feel it should be fine for them. 3. Hikaru no Go 4. Hunter x Hunter (1999) 5. S-Cry-Ed 6. Wolf's Rain 7. Zegapain Here are the recommendations so far by others in this post that seem like pretty good options, ordered by current MAL rating: 1. Soul Eater (2008) (8.28) - Possibly having to skip parts for the younger one. Maybe I can get him to close his eyes when I yell "earmuffs!" 2. Last Exile (2003) (8.06) 3. Inuyasha (2000) (7.75) 4. Tsubasa Chronicle (2005) (7.75) 5. Heroic Age (2007) (7.74) 6. Birdy the Mighty Decode (2008) (7.68) 7. Magic Knight Rayearth (1999) (7.54) 8. Zoids (1999) (7.53) - Doesn't look all that interesting to me, but we'll see. 9. Oban Star-Racers (2006) (7.40) 10. Angelic Layer (2001) (7.38) It seems like I have a great starting point with the shows I've mentioned above, but considering the massive amount of anime out there I've been surprised that this was all that I've found. Hopefully others can make suggestions for anime they've enjoyed in the category of dubbed and family-friendly. Thanks in advance! |
cedellOct 12, 2012 9:34 AM
| Who doesn't like Bleach? XD In Fairy Tail, there is a lot of beer drinking and senseless fighting early on. Later in the series, this stops and it becomes more about team work and helping people. I stopped watching it because I liked it the old way, but I feel like now it's better for children to view. Yu Yu Hakusho... It's a pretty good show. I was under the impression that most of the fondling was accidental, though. Dragonball Z IMO is better than the original Dragonball, plus it's less perverted FYI. Eureka Seven and Full Metal Alchemist are clean, so there's nothing to worry about. I haven't seen any of the others. You might also want to check out Naruto, since that one is pretty child friendly as well. |
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| Gurren Lagann and Soul Eater. Both have a 'couple' ecchi scenes but overall, it's a good dubbed action anime for boys who have only started. Eureka Seven might be a bit slow IMO, assuming they're not watching only for the mecha fights, they might get bored. Same with Hunter x Hunter, especially the beginning. Hikaru no Go might be confusing and less entertaining if they're not fond of the game itself or enjoy that type of series, where the entire anime revolves around a board game and no action fighting or anything along those lines. FMA would probably work with a on and off feeling. S-Cry-Ed as well. Though I don't know your brothers so I can't really say. |
PaulOct 11, 2012 10:45 AM
CLYDESDALE said: Yu Yu Hakusho... It's a pretty good show. I was under the impression that most of the fondling was accidental, though. Yeah, the fondling has been rare, but was something I had to tell the little one was definitely not proper behavior. CLYDESDALE said: Dragonball Z IMO is better than the original Dragonball, plus it's less perverted FYI. I definately think we'll jump into Z (or Kai) after the original. :) CLYDESDALE said: You might also want to check out Naruto, since that one is pretty child friendly as well. Ah yes! I neglected that on my list. I'll update it. Unfortunately we didn't really care for the show as it became repetitive after a while. But seeing that we were only 7 episodes in, we may attempt it again at another time (especially after Yu Yu having a similar pace). Thanks for the feedback. |
Paul said: Gurren Lagann and Soul Eater. Both have a 'couple' ecchi scenes but overall, it's a good dubbed action anime for boys who have only started. Ah yes, I've seen Gurren Lagann, although we all know of one episode in particular that wouldn't be appropriate for a 7 year old. I'm unfamiliar with Soul Eater... although I'm a little hesitant when I hear the word ecchi. Care to elaborate on what is actually shown? I'll look into it as well. Paul said: Eureka Seven might be a bit slow IMO, assuming they're not watching only for the mecha fights, they might get bored. Same with Hunter x Hunter, especially the beginning. I'll make a note of that. Especially considering they're both longer than a typical series. Paul said: Hikaru no Go might be confusing and less entertaining if they're not fond of the game itself or enjoy that type of series, where the entire anime revolves around a board game and no action fighting or anything along those lines. Yeah, I was considering getting the boys a Go board at some point. I thought it would be fun to play the game prior to watching the series. Hopefully it would intrigue them. |
cedellOct 11, 2012 11:55 AM
cedell said: Paul said: Gurren Lagann and Soul Eater. Both have a 'couple' ecchi scenes but overall, it's a good dubbed action anime for boys who have only started. Ah yes, I've seen Gurren Lagann, although we all know of one episode in particular that wouldn't be appropriate for a 7 year old. I'm unfamiliar with Soul Eater... although I'm a little hesitant when I hear the word ecchi. Care to elaborate on what is actually shown? I'll look into it as well. For Soul Eater, there's a character called Blair and most of the ecchi moments will usually revolve her being in the bath or transforming from a human to cat, in which cases, she's sometimes naked. The anime doesn't go full and show the pink or anything though. The very first episode will show her bath about halfway through and there's one episode scene when she fights a certain opponent which was full of fanservice but it was short and not the main target of the episode. The anime itself has 50 episodes, so overall, if you add up all the ecchi moments, it isn't actually much and just to note that the episodes with the scenes are not focusing on the ecchi. My younger brother watched Soul Eater after Bleach. I believe he was in 3rd or 4th grade at the time. The highest recommending anime to it is Bleach. |
PaulOct 11, 2012 12:14 PM
| you hv a good list there though most are shounen... hmmm.. how bout happy tree friends haha |
| I'll suggest Inuyasha. There's one main character who's kinda perverted, but despite that it's still a classic action-adventure series and should be enjoyable for your kids. |
| Surprised nobody's mentioned Zoids yet. If you're looking for DVDs, you'll have a hell of a time but it was a favorite of mine when I was a wee lad. cedell said: I don't have a problem with violence as much as inappropriate sexual situations. You wouldn't happen to be from the Midwest, would you? EDIT: Netflix has most of Chaotic Century (missing discs 1 and 3). |
Negative-TravisOct 11, 2012 12:56 PM
| I'm dead. Don't come looking for me. |
Paul said: cedell said: Paul said: Gurren Lagann and Soul Eater. Both have a 'couple' ecchi scenes but overall, it's a good dubbed action anime for boys who have only started. Ah yes, I've seen Gurren Lagann, although we all know of one episode in particular that wouldn't be appropriate for a 7 year old. I'm unfamiliar with Soul Eater... although I'm a little hesitant when I hear the word ecchi. Care to elaborate on what is actually shown? I'll look into it as well. For Soul Eater, there's a character called Blair and most of the ecchi moments will usually revolve her being in the bath or transforming from a human to cat, in which cases, she's sometimes naked. The anime doesn't go full and show the pink or anything though. The very first episode will show her bath about halfway through and there's one episode scene when she fights a certain opponent which was full of fanservice but it was short and not the main target of the episode. The anime itself has 50 episodes, so overall, if you add up all the ecchi moments, it isn't actually much and just to note that the episodes with the scenes are not focusing on the ecchi. My younger brother watched Soul Eater after Bleach. I believe he was in 3rd or 4th grade at the time. The highest recommending anime to it is Bleach. To add onto this, most of the ecchi is in the first six episodes and drops off sharpley after that. I'd suggest watching the first six episodes, seeing whether you feel the younger one can handle it, and make the decision then. Heroic Age has a dub, and I think that with your guidelines it would be perfectly acceptable for your brothers. Angelic Layer - might be more appealing for the 7 year old, as long as he doesn't mind there being a girl lead, since it has kids with dolls battling it out frr the top spot. It also ends in 26 episodes. Magic Knight Rayearth - another one that's if they don't mind girls in the lead roles. It has a lot of action and adventure - it's really a shounen series featuring girls. Birdy the Mighty: Decode - this is a fairly simple, straightforward plot. The synopsis page might make it look like it's full of fanservice, but it's not. There's no fanservice at all except for some tamer-than-most-billboards shots in the beginning. She does wear a rather skimpy suit, but it's not used to sexualize her at all. Summer Wars - while it's a movie, it's a whole lot of fun and excitement. Defintely something that they'd enjoy. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - nothing particularly objectionable here, unless you have a thing against series that are open-ended. You'd have to read the manga for that. Last Exile - it's a fun little steampunk show, with lots of flying and aerial battles. Something they'd probably enjoy. Hikaru no Go - I have no interest in Go itself, but found it to be a very fun, exciting series. I don't think they'll have a problem with it. FMA- while I think that this would be fine for the 13 year old, this would be a bad choice for a kid that's 7. Children that age simply don't have the mental development to process genocide and Nina's death due to her father. You would have to be sensitive and actually talk out some of these things, because he will need some understanding to be able to process it. The plot complexity is also probably above-and-beyond what he'd be able to really understand - simply take a look at the books they read to him in class, or even the shows they put on tv, and you'll see what I mean. Give him two years to mature and there will be a world of difference, but at 7 years old, he's not able to handle this one. |
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| trigun maybe? i dont know i thikn the last 6 episodes are a bit too steep for younger kids in terms of dark and mature tones but hey if we are counting naruto which has plenty of murder and as of recent people loosing body parts then fuck it trigun counts too |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| First of thanks for all the responses thus far. Lets see if I can respond in total. Paul said: For Soul Eater, there's a character called Blair and most of the ecchi moments will usually revolve her being in the bath or transforming from a human to cat, in which cases, she's sometimes naked. The anime doesn't go full and show the pink or anything though. The very first episode will show her bath about halfway through and there's one episode scene when she fights a certain opponent which was full of fanservice but it was short and not the main target of the episode. The anime itself has 50 episodes, so overall, if you add up all the ecchi moments, it isn't actually much and just to note that the episodes with the scenes are not focusing on the ecchi. My younger brother watched Soul Eater after Bleach. I believe he was in 3rd or 4th grade at the time. The highest recommending anime to it is Bleach. I'll definitely look into it. Maybe I'll check it out with my oldest and let the younger one into the fray later on. Looks interesting. jenelcarlo said: hmmm.. how bout happy tree friends haha Yeah, no. lol. But I may check that out for myself. ;) TravSavage said: I'll suggest Inuyasha. There's one main character who's kinda perverted, but despite that it's still a classic action-adventure series and should be enjoyable for your kids. Ah, that looks pretty cool. Thanks for the recommendation! Negative-Travis said: Surprised nobody's mentioned Zoids yet. Looks like it may be a good one. Personally it didn't look as interesting to me, seeing that I wanted something we could all watch together, but I may try it for them alone. Thanks Negative-Travis said: cedell said: Also, I don't have a problem with violence as much as inappropriate sexual situations. You wouldn't happen to be from the Midwest, would you? Hah! That makes me chuckle. No, I'm pretty liberal and open minded. But, my opinion on exposure to televised sexuality is that if it happens (and it will) I would rather he see real live actors than to associate it at such a young age with anime. |
cedellOct 11, 2012 5:48 PM
Sweetpea said: To add onto this, most of the ecchi is in the first six episodes and drops off sharpley after that. I'd suggest watching the first six episodes, seeing whether you feel the younger one can handle it, and make the decision then. Heroic Age has a dub, and I think that with your guidelines it would be perfectly acceptable for your brothers. Angelic Layer - might be more appealing for the 7 year old, as long as he doesn't mind there being a girl lead, since it has kids with dolls battling it out frr the top spot. It also ends in 26 episodes. Magic Knight Rayearth - another one that's if they don't mind girls in the lead roles. It has a lot of action and adventure - it's really a shounen series featuring girls. Birdy the Mighty: Decode - this is a fairly simple, straightforward plot. The synopsis page might make it look like it's full of fanservice, but it's not. There's no fanservice at all except for some tamer-than-most-billboards shots in the beginning. She does wear a rather skimpy suit, but it's not used to sexualize her at all. Summer Wars - while it's a movie, it's a whole lot of fun and excitement. Defintely something that they'd enjoy. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle - nothing particularly objectionable here, unless you have a thing against series that are open-ended. You'd have to read the manga for that. Last Exile - it's a fun little steampunk show, with lots of flying and aerial battles. Something they'd probably enjoy. Hikaru no Go - I have no interest in Go itself, but found it to be a very fun, exciting series. I don't think they'll have a problem with it. FMA- while I think that this would be fine for the 13 year old, this would be a bad choice for a kid that's 7. Children that age simply don't have the mental development to process genocide and Nina's death due to her father. You would have to be sensitive and actually talk out some of these things, because he will need some understanding to be able to process it. The plot complexity is also probably above-and-beyond what he'd be able to really understand - simply take a look at the books they read to him in class, or even the shows they put on tv, and you'll see what I mean. Give him two years to mature and there will be a world of difference, but at 7 years old, he's not able to handle this one. Ah, thanks for all the options. I'll start looking into each to see if there are any keepers. And your comment about Soul Eater sounds good. I'm thinking that's exactly what I'll do. :) I agree as well about your feelings towards FMA. With that being said, something I make a point of is to have open discussion about a lot of topics. And, to be honest, what you've said seems like the show would actually offer great educational opportunities for comparisons to actual historic events. Conversations about genocide/WWII/Hitler have cropped up here and there with the young one, since he listens to conversations I have with his brother's school work. Also, I feel a great learning methodology is to compare the dry, boring verbiage found within History books to some form of entertainment a child can connect with. Regardless, I'll definitely take your two cents into account and perhaps consider putting it off a bit for something less serious. Thanks! DJIzzyIzzyHitler said: trigun maybe? i dont know i thikn the last 6 episodes are a bit too steep for younger kids in terms of dark and mature tones but hey if we are counting naruto which has plenty of murder and as of recent people loosing body parts then fuck it trigun counts too Ah, Trigun. Yeah, I watched that a while back. Definitely a similar character situation as Rurouni Kenshin in many ways (from what I've seen so far). For some reason I feel like that may have been a bit mature in content...although I honestly don't recall why. I may let them tackle that by themselves. Thanks. |
cedellOct 11, 2012 6:10 PM
| I'd go with pretty much everything Sweetpea says. I'd also like to throw in a few others: Well, gonna reinforce NOT showing FMA: Brotherhood to them. It's not just minor violence, the violence in this is pretty heavy. I know you say you're okay with violence, but I doubt you'd show Berserk to them, right? Oban Star Racers- A very fun, 100% safe show for kids. It was made for children's tv but I think you would enjoy it as well. I'm 24 and I LOVED this show, it's one of my top 5 favorites. Fairy Tail is FINE for your kids. All the dubbed episodes are fairly safe. If you're okay with them watching Bleach then Fairy Tail should be a non-issue. It doesn't get risque until well into the 100's which aren't even dubbed yet. The ONLY problem with it is the fact that every girl has D boobs, but they watch american TV so I doubt that's an issue. Hikaru No Go is perfect for em. Fourthing Soul Eater. Once again, if you're okay with them watching Bleach then Soul Eater should not be an issue AT ALL. It's a great safe, fun show. Seconding Angelic Layer- Safe, Pokemon-like fun show. Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. They don't show these anymore, but these are some of the anime I grew up watching and I loved them. Great, 100% safe. Every single Miyazaki movie except Princess Mononoke (fine for the 13 year old, not for the 7 year old) is great for them. Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns, Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, etc. DO NOT SHOW THEM FLCL. DO. NOT. |
AmberlehOct 11, 2012 6:12 PM
Amberleh said: Well, gonna reinforce NOT showing FMA: Brotherhood to them. It's not just minor violence, the violence in this is pretty heavy. I know you say you're okay with violence, but I doubt you'd show Berserk to them, right? Oh wow! I have Berserk on my personal todo list, and know full well about it's violence... But I had no idea that FMA: Brotherhood was close in violence. So you're saying it's much more violent than the first series? Perhaps my recollection of the first one has been muddled, but I didn't think it was that bad at all. Amberleh said: Oban Star Racers- A very fun, 100% safe show for kids. It was made for children's tv but I think you would enjoy it as well. I'm 24 and I LOVED this show, it's one of my top 5 favorites. I'll look into that one. At first glance it looks good. Amberleh said: Fairy Tail is FINE for your kids. All the dubbed episodes are fairly safe. If you're okay with them watching Bleach then Fairy Tail should be a non-issue. It doesn't get risque until well into the 100's which aren't even dubbed yet. The ONLY problem with it is the fact that every girl has D boobs, but they watch american TV so I doubt that's an issue. Yeah, the constant boob action is something I'm a little uncomfortable with (although I haven't stopped their watching it). My problem is that, with boys (and I was once an oversexed little boy once too) that a lot of bouncy boobs and revealing outfits can lead them to make a connection with being aroused and anime. Personally, I feel there's no real problem with it if that's what gets their rocks off later in life, but I get a mental twitch every time I think that my subjecting them to anime would be the prime cause of it. Amberleh said: Fourthing Soul Eater. Once again, if you're okay with them watching Bleach then Soul Eater should not be an issue AT ALL. It's a great safe, fun show. Seconding Angelic Layer- Safe, Pokemon-like fun show. Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. They don't show these anymore, but these are some of the anime I grew up watching and I loved them. Great, 100% safe. I'll look into them. Thanks. Amberleh said: Every single Miyazaki movie except Princess Mononoke (fine for the 13 year old, not for the 7 year old) is great for them. Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Cat Returns, Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, etc. I've actually shown them a couple of Miyazaki films, but they always seem bored. I'll continue to sneak them in here and there though. ;) Amberleh said: Yeah, I couldn't get into that show. Three episodes in (which I believe was half way) and I gave up. Seeing that I'm looking for shows we all can watch together, that won't be happening.DO NOT SHOW THEM FLCL. DO. NOT. |
| ^ Thinking on it, for the younger one, easing into those topics (since he's already starting to pick up on them) with a show like Avatar: The Last Airbender might be a solid idea. If he hasn't seen it already. Those topics are dealt with, but in an... easier to digest manner. Also, it's a fantastic show in and of itself. |
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Sweetpea said: ^ Thinking on it, for the younger one, easing into those topics (since he's already starting to pick up on them) with a show like Avatar: The Last Airbender might be a solid idea. If he hasn't seen it already. Those topics are dealt with, but in an... easier to digest manner. Also, it's a fantastic show in and of itself. Actually Sweetpea, my recent motivation to integrate anime into my family's tv time was initially spurred on by watching The Legend of Korra. I was extremely impressed by the show and commented on throughout our watching to my boys its similarity to anime in storytelling and art style. Despite American cartoons improving in story as of late, moving from episodic to serial, the modern flat style still remains unimpressive artistically when compared to Japan's, in my opinion. After finishing Korra my objective has been to find shows that not only impress me, but my boys as well, in the anime realm. So yeah, it was a show we all definitely enjoyed together. I didn't include it in my original post since it's American-made and technically not anime. Both boys watched the original (which I have not) and Korra was the first time we all sat down and enjoyed an animated show together. Shows like this are exactly what I'm looking for, and seemingly rare outside of Japan. I think I'll update my OP to include the recommendations I've received thus far. Looks like I have some good options, so thanks to all who have chimed in. |
cedellOct 12, 2012 9:31 AM
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