It all depends on the anime itself, really.
You can say the target audience for Ghibli films are kids, but the ones who get the most out of them are adults.
Many of the anime I would consider the best, would include themes I couldn't really understand the nuances of as a teenager, or even as a young adult, yet are published in Shonen/Young Jump.
Sure, but the show is explicitly a deconstruction of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
NGE was a deconstruction of ordinary mecha anime.
I'm not saying someone with no experience with anime couldn't enjoy GL, but it's wrapped in so many layers of meta, most of the themes and inside jokes would be missed.
I can't tell you where to start, but I can tell you where not to start.
Death Note is utter garbage. Anyone recommending it hasn't watched it in ten years, and is forgetting how contrived it is.
For example:
The main characters play tennis while trying to win a mental game of rock, paper, scissors.
They turn a scene about looking inconspicuous into one of those over-edited Indian soap operas (I'll take a chip... AND EAT IT!).
Misa is annoying as hell.
The target audience for it are teenage boys who listen to Jordan Peterson, can't talk to girls and dream about beating their Dad psychologically.
It's a mental masturbatory power fantasy.
Gurren Lagaan is a parody of mecha anime, it's not really something you can recommend to normies.
Sales tend to be lower when your game costs a fucking fortune and a half.
Being strong doesn't make you a capable fighter.
Knocking someone out is not as easy as it may seem, it takes skill, more than strength.
One in eight men think they could score a point against Serena Williams
Who do you think would win between an Olympic level male swimmer, or an amateur level female UFC fighter?
"No, but you see, since all cops are part of a systemic issue, all of them are bastards, even if they have the best intentions and aren't complicit in the problems I have with police"
There is probably a lot of overlap with people who think all white people are racist, or all men are rapists.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
The only backstory you need is right after the prelude, it showed that she was really good at judo.
A woman beating the shit out of a man does not defy physics.
I saw some people complaining about Cooper's daughter being bi-racial lol.
Did they even play the game?
Jesus Christ.
Send me your postcode. I'll go door-to-door to find out who I need to praise for such a comprehensive answer.
I don't take pre-prints as evidence.
Anecdotally, everyone I know hates it.
What do you mean "what if"?