Inasmuch as we love phones on this blog, we also love movies and general entertainment. In today’s posts we’re going to be looking at some recommended animes for beginners.
One area that we’ve not looked at is Anime. All through the early years of my life I have seen several animations (or cartoons) from several companies that were popular back then and still are till today.
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My earliest animations were from entertainment giants like Disney, Metro Goldwyn-Mayer, Nickelodeon etc.
I would say the one I enjoyed most while growing up as child to when I became an adult was Tom and Jerry (Fred Quimby’s version) because it had all the action, slapstick comedy, and unrealistic stuff that defied the laws of nature and physics.
Japanese Anime
In those early years, one cartoon which was very popular back then, was Samurai X.
Although back then, everyone around including me thought it was just a regular cartoon because we were oblivious of the Japanese style of animation which I later came to know as anime.
This concept is now a part of my favorite style of cartoons. This became very apparent when I got introduced to NARUTO wI would say it was definitely worth it. This is because it sampled elements of multiple genres from comedy, action and supernatural which I very much enjoyed due to the awkwardness and illustrations of the characters.
Now, since then I have watched a lot of anime which I would say are really interesting.
Choosing an anime series
Just like I was clueless about anime until I was introduced to a particular series which skyrocketed my interest in the Japanese art and other anime, I understand that it wouldn’t be easy for you as to just suddenly pick one of these anime to start watching.
This is because you may not be very grounded on the subject and some of the good old ones are already a lot of seasons ahead. This will make it somewhat tasking to catch up if you don’t have a lot of time on your hands and you may even want to give up watching anime.
For someone who wants dive into anime watching, there are some good animes you can start with as someone of these anime isn’t far gone in their episodes or seasons, so you can easily meet up and be updated on their current episodes. I will be listing the animes along with their genre in no particular order.
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Some recommended animes for beginners
1. Spy X Family
In order to maintain the state of peace between the rival nations of Westalis and Ostania,[a] a Westalian agent code-named “Twilight” is tasked with spying on Donovan Desmond, leader of the National Unity Party within Ostania (Wikipedia).
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 24 (2 Seasons)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen
The story follows high school student Yuji Itadori as he joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers to eliminate a powerful Curse named Ryomen Sukuna.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 25
3. God of High School
At the dawn of time, humans, demons and gods lived together on Earth. The gods allowed the weak humans to borrow their powers, creating the “Borrowed Power” system (or “Charyeok” in Korean) so they could defend themselves from the demons who wanted to rule over them. Shortly after the demon defeat, the gods split up the humans, demons and gods among the three Realms. (Wikipedia)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 13.
Note: this was such an action packed anime I wished it will be renewed for another season
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4. His eminence in shadow
A boy in modern-day Japan desires to be a mastermind who exerts power from the shadows, but in the process of training, gets hit by a truck and dies. He is reborn in a fantasy world as Cid Kagenou, where he maintains a perfectly mediocre appearance as to not stand out and pursue his dream of manipulating from the shadows (Wikipedia).
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 13 (Currently airing)
5. That time I got reincarnated as slime
This series follows a man who is killed and reincarnated in another world as a slime named Rimuru (Wikipedia).
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 24 (2 Seasons)
6. Fire force
A mysterious phenomenon stripped the humanity of the right to have a quiet life, with hopes and dreams. This plague is known as Spontaneous Human Combustion and turns people randomly into mindless creatures known as Infernals, which is the fate worse than death and causes one sufferings unimaginable (IMDB).
Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural
Number of Episodes: 24 (2 Seasons)
So these are some recommended animes for beginners. Although there are other great and amazing animes I have watched, a lot of them are already in their 3rd, 4th Seasons and above. As a consequence, it will be a hassle for someone who is new to the genre to start watching them from scratch when they are just getting introduced into this kind of world.
However, I will include my personal review of some of these anime in a different write up and I hope you enjoy the experience. Please leave comments if you give any of the above listed anime a try.
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