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[–] zourn@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago (28 children)

I've been keeping my eye out for anime I can watch with my early teen daughter, and the intersection between good anime and anime that doesn't require ample amounts of jiggle physics is fairly small.

The list is pretty much:

  • Mashle
  • Dragon Goes House Hunting
  • Cells at Work
[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (10 children)

Yeah, it's definitely hard. A couple I can think of:

  • Tri-Gun
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • Dr. Stone
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (I think is mostly safe)
  • DBZ (Mostly safe, I think Dragonball has some questionable stuff)
  • Komi can't communicate (relationships seem mostly okay)
  • One punchman
  • Mon Pyscho
  • Steins Gate
  • Kinos Journey

The real issue is finding an anime that doesn't oversexualize anyone and still has lead female characters. If you're looking for early teen I think the US actually makes better shows:

  • Gravity Falls
  • Amphibia
  • Star vs Forces of evil
  • Infinity Train
  • Young Justice

There's more I could recommend, but for a teenager daughter those all probably have better plot, character development, and female leads than most of what I can think of for anime (although being a guy there are probably a number of anime I'm just not aware of).

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Komi-san is a great show whenever one particular character is not onscreen, but the parts where that character is onscreen mean I don't think it can go on this list.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, what did I block from my memory?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Yamai Ren. The character whose entire gimmick is that her horrible behavior is played off with "it's funny because she's a lesbian."

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