The 15 Best Anime For Beginners
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Pokémon, which is known as Pocket Monster (ポケットモンスター) in Japan, is now one of the most popular anime among both kids and adults around the world. It has been loved in Japan since the first video game of Pokémon was released in 1996, and the anime adaption started to be aired in 1997.
Samurai Champloo (サムライチャンプルー) is one of the most recommended anime series to the anime beginners overseas. The Samurai-themed adevnture anime is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe who is known as an anime director of the popular title Cowboy Bebop. It was broadcased in 2004 consisting of 26 episodes.
What happens if you combine being an anime fan with some crazy fantasy story taking place in modern Japan? My tip would be Animegataris. The premise of the story is simply that the main character could be you yourself, and it brings together hundreds of different fandoms in one.
Eichiro, referred to by his friends as Ei-chan, needs to find a new hobby that involves physical exercise. He’s a straight A student, so he feels like he could use the exercise, so taking a tip from a girl he only just met, he joins the local tennis club.
An Anime about anime making? YES! Aoi Miyamori and her four friends decide to live for their dreams and become artists in the world of anime. Aoi becomes a production manager at the studio, Musashino Animation (obvious reference to Kyoto Animation).
Our main hero, the Mercenary, whom we never learn the real name of, has to put up with a small witch known as Zero, who has written a codex about the basics of true magic. However the codex or Grimoire, ended up in the wrong hands and Zero and her new unlikely partner are out to get it back.
A young sorceress and a nobleman join forces to change the world, and unite a kingdom that has fallen apart. Although Theo isn’t nearly as ambitious, Siluca pulls him along into a war for conquest which has both noble and personal reasons behind it.
Kaoruko Moeta is a small, but courageous high school aged girl who is also an aspiring manga artist. Her biggest problem is, she just can’t find her own way, always keeps going from one style to the other, but never finds her own voice in the art.
Yet another sports anime, Rifle is beautiful, takes us into the world of shooting sports. Hikari, our main character, is a carefree and slightly air-headed high school girl who creates a club based around what she’s best at, with her friends and old rivals.
Anime is, put simply, Japanese animation. It is when a Japanese artist animates things into a storyline, basically like any other cartoon movie but Japanese style. Don’t go calling anime cartoon though. Cartoon has become synonymous with American animation and anime is too distinct to be called a cartoon.
What happens is there are different target audiences for anime and then there are different genres. The target audiences are Kodomo, Shonen, Shojou, and Seinen.
As interesting a premise as this anime has, it has a reputation for giving in to pure fan service. Fan service is when the author detracts from the story, even takes from it or changes it, to give fans what they want. This mostly comes at the cost of the story itself. The fandom of this anime is not helping matters.
Genres are actually universally used terms to refer to what kind of story you’re about to get into: Adventure, romance, angst, sports, tragedy, drama, comedy, family, crime , etc… are all genres. Harry Potter is of the fantasy genre, Twilight is romance, Gulliver’s Travels is Adventure, and CSI is crime.
Anime is a rising medium in the entertainment industry. In fact, it’s so widespread, chances are you’ve been exposed to anime without realizing it. Many kids in the 90’s watched Dragonball Z and Sailor Moon without knowing it was anime they were watching.
Anime is included in this as well as games and any other form of entertainment. This is where you start trying to decide which anime to get into, which anime to follow and which fandom to get involved in. In the anime community, there are widely accepted ‘gateway anime’ to introduce to people just starting out.
Cartoon has become synonymous with American animation and anime is too distinct to be called a cartoon. Strictly speaking, and to please fans, the two are different. As said, without knowing, you may have been exposed to such animation a while ago. You know popular games like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts.