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[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It can't be anything long, has to be something they can reasonably finish. No One Piece, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z. Ideally one season, no longer than two.

It also shouldn't be anything that's still ongoing, has to be something they can literally finish. I'd really like to say Frieren, I think it hits a lot of the right beats to appeal to someone who has never watched anime before, but I wouldn't want to leave them hanging. And we don't even know how long it's going to be in the end, I already said no longer than two seasons anyway.

Has to have a dub. Someone who does not watch anime is not going to read subs. I'm so close to wanting to recommend Apocalypse Hotel as a short and sweet 12 episode masterpiece, but the lack of a dub will be a dealbreaker to your non-weeb friends.

With how much I'm emphasizing that it has to be short, movies would be better than television shows. Which leads us to the extremely obvious answer of Ghibli, anything Ghibli. But maybe Ghibli is too obvious an answer, I know plenty of people who watch Ghibli but have never seen anything else, so maybe we'll say Ghibli doesn't count.

So then I'd say my next answer would be A Silent Voice. Not just because it's my favorite movie, but it's a good example to show that there's so much more to anime than just battle shonen. I imagine most people who don't watch anime may have only ever heard of popular shonen and might not know what else is out there.

[–] ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Has to have a dub. Someone who does not watch anime is not going to read subs.

Why not? It's how many people started, no?

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I'm also pretty new, loved Solo Leveling (watch it slower than i did, burned thru it in a monthl) and One Punch Man (haven't finished it yet). Attack on Titan is also very good but a lot of body horror which isn't for everyone - not quite my favorite thing but the storyline and voice acting are top notch (I watch dubbed sometimes sorry true anime fans lol).

Decades ago I used to watch DBZ and Inuyasha but that was it, starting to pick back up on some DBZ and other Dragon Ball series as well now. Can't speak to any other shows, but bookmarking this thread for myself so thanks OP!

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Throw them into the deep end: Golden Boy.

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[–] Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
  • Now and Then, Here and There
  • The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
  • Uchouten Kazoku
  • Madoka Magica
  • Serial Experiments Lain

All would be solid choices I think, mature and not what one might expect anime to be.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 days ago

I don't think introducing someone to anime with a time genocide is a great start.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe the show that you could make the most references to while watching other anime? So JoJo’s.

[–] Unboxious@ani.social 1 points 4 days ago

I think that might actually be Mobile Suit Gundam.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Megalobox and Ranking of Kings

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[–] w_tree@ani.social 1 points 4 days ago
[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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