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Reposting from the last time this subject came up
Bolded titles are my top recs. Series listed in chronological order of my seeing them:
Steins;Gate (correction: episode 8 unfortunately has >!Okarin!< grope >!Luka!< because he doesn’t believe that they’re actually >!a girl in this worldline!<. Everyone rightfully calls him out for being a creepass)
Castlevania (shut up yes it is)
Vivy: Fluorite Eyes Song
Violet Evergarden (not the movie)
Hyouka (skip the ova)
Belle
A Silent Voice
Baccano
Deca-dence
Trigun
Akudama Drive
ACCA: 13 Territory Inspection Dept.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Spy Family
#Mushishi
5 Centimeters Per Second
Afro Samurai
Your Lie In April
Nichijou
Odd Taxi
Cowboy Bebop
Canaan
Sk8 the Infinity
Supercrooks
Bocchi the Rock
House of Five Leaves
Weathering With You
#Haibane Renmei
Samurai Flamenco
BNA
Redline
#Planetes
Last Exile
Witch Hunter Robin
Noir
Wolf’s Rain
Boogiepop Phantom
Boogiepop And Others
Ghost In The Shell (all timelines)
Niea_7
Serial Experiments Lain
Megalo Box
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Samurai Champloo
Bubblegum Crisis
Ergo Proxy
Read Or Die (OVA and The TV)
Madlax
Moribito
Xam’d: Lost Memories
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Kyousougiga
#Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
#Sonny Boy
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Thus concludes the exhaustive list of animes I’ve watched where I didn’t have to put up with any sexualization of minors
Thank you! I’ve been wanting to get into anime (more than just DBZ), but I’m never sure where to start
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (Please start on part one)
- Outlaw Star
- Trigun
- Cowboy Bebop
- Space Dandy
- Panty and Stocking with Garderbelt
- Mob Psycho 100
- Samurai Champloo
- Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
No Dungeon Meshi?
Haven’t seen it, I’m only suggesting stuff I am familiar with.
I find that if you want good anime recommendations, the recommendation must come from someone that doesn’t like anime. Anime fans tend to be really out of touch with certain baselines… like not being an open pervert.(I’ve seen that hentai hoodie, don’t lie.) Also people who don’t like anime can distinguish between “good for an anime” and “good”.
So I offer mine: Cyberpunk Edgerunners and Spirited Away.
Chi’s Sweet Home:
I just ctrl F’d “Undead Unluck” and didn’t find it so there’s that one. In fact, it even makes sure to establish the importance of healthy relationships! AND that beauty isn’t always in youth!
ctrl+f “Gundam” only 1 result
My disappointment is immeasurable.
And no child soldier business. Kids don’t need to be going to war
Do you think movies shouldn’t depict the human cost of war either?
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
It’s been a while since I’ve seen some of these, so you should probably look into them before watching with your kid, but hopefully it’s a good starting point
Vivy: Fluorite Eyes Song
Hyouka (skip the ova)
Belle
Trigun
ACCA: 13 Territory Inspection Dept. (may be a bit boring for a teenager)
Mushishi (also may be boring for a teenager)
Nichijou
Bocchi the Rock
Weathering With You
Haibane Renmei (very heavy emotional themes, bit of violence in the first episode, some references to self harm)
Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto
Moribito
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
The entirety of Studio Ghibli’s work
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).
Dr Stone also has some questionable aesthetics
I just wanna point out that while cowboy bebop is incredible, Fae Valentine’s outfit is skimpy to the point that she’s wandering around with her shorts unbuttoned in basically every scene where she’s not in a disguise (and she’s only staying in that top through the power of double-sided tape). By modern standards it’s really not great towards the women characters (except possibly ed).
Studio ghibli counts?
Apothecary diaries
Mushi Shi is good.
Damn, you beat me to it. Mushi Shi is an unfinished masterpiece and severely underrated. I had some I wanted to add to this list, but honestly some have blood and such which I don’t know exactly what you’d want for an early teens daughter. I would have recommended Delicious in Dungeon, but there are some dismemberment scenes and it sort of downplays death, as you can and can’t die in the dungeon. Lemme try to see what I can dig up from my history though.
- Kimi ni Todoke - It is romance, but its so fluffy and goes lightly into what bullying can do to people as well as showing that people are not always who they seem on the outside. Touches on judging others, but remains extremely lighthearted.
- Saiki K - One of the few anime that has made me legitimately laugh. It’s nonsensical and good for most ages. I’m usually a romance buff, but this one drew me in when I curiously watched the first episode.
- Spice and Wolf - I watched the original and started the remake. I think either should be fine. Great adventure story with a bit of romance.
- Ballroom Youkoso - So this will fall a bit into the unhealthy relationships. I can’t remember if there was any nudity, but it does stem from the viewpoint of a hormonal teenage boy. However, the art of the dancing is absolutely stunning. Just beware the necks. Iirc, there are crazy long necks in this one, lol.
- Yuri on Ice - Similar to Ballroom Youkoso, but has a bit of an unhealthy relationship as a side story, iirc. I haven’t seen it all, just a bit of it and can’t remember much. I really enjoyed the skating scenes, which are very similar to the dancing scenes in Ballroom. It is a boys’ love, but that’s not the main point of the anime.
- Spy x Family - Haven’t seen it all, but what I have seen is great and seems good for younger generations.
- Arakawa Under the Bridge - Okay, this may be a bit much at times, but damn if its not hilarious and mysterious. There is some non-showy nudity, I think, but its more like bathing and such, nothing extreme.
- Dr. Stone - This should be all around a good pick for multiple ages. Apocalyptic scenario with reinventing the wheel as the theme.
- Cells at Work! - Another one I’ve seen little of, but it was pretty good and teaches a fair bit about the internal human anatomy.
- Silver Spoon - Anime based around farming. It’s a happy little anime with a bit of serious undertones for the background of the characters. Made by the creator of Full Metal Alchemist. I would also recommend FMA, but there may be some parts of that anime that could be a bit scary for younger teens.
- Komi Can’t Communicate - Another good romance base. It starts around misunderstandings and the fear of speaking in public, but devolves later into just a regular slapstick romcom. However, that’s mostly in the manga where it goes far beyond the anime.
- My Hero Academia - I did get into this for a bit, but it sorta fell off my radar for no particular reason.
- Frieren: Journey’s End - Have not watched all of this, but the first 3 episodes were amazing and the story is endearing as well as very emotional. A great adventure with a touch of tragedy, but it seems well recommended for all ages.
I have many more, but I have watched a disgusting amount of anime and can’t remember everything. I’ve been watching anime and reading manga since 2006, lol. Please, anyone correct me on any of these. My memory is hazy, especially when it comes to older anime I watched a long time ago.
Old but goodie
Highly recommend sweetness and lightning. It’s my chicken soup.
Surprisingly most of the anime with " villainess" in the title are both good and more wholesome focused. Many have relationship aspects but they don’t rely on fanservice. snow white with the red hair is also good in that respect
I recommend Flying Witch. I enjoyed it a lot when I was still watching anime.
- Attack on Titan
- Monster
- Girls Last Tour
- Akira
- Black Lagoon
- Death Note
- Ghost in the Shell
- Kaiju No 8
- Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
- Redline
- Paprika
- Pluto
- Serial Experiment Lain
- Spy X Family
- Tokyo Revenger
- ERASED
- Stein Gate
- Mob Psycho 100
- Cowboy Bebop
- Vinland Saga
- Dorohedoro
- Dororo
- Perfect Blue
- Gintama
- NANA
- Berserk
- Anne of The Green Gable(1987)
- Anne Shirley (2025)
- The Apothecary Diaries (MaoMao look underage but she is 19)
- Maid in Abyss
- MUSHI-SHI
- Kingdom
- Hajime no Ippo
- Look Back
- A Silent Voice
- Bungo Stray Dogs
- To Be Hero X
- My Dress-Up Darling (Primary Adult Cast/Sienen)
- Code Gyatt(GEASS)
- Parasyte
Glorify unhealthy relationships
So many to call out, but to keep it lighthearted, Gintama plays abuse for laughs.
It’s a great show btw.
Ergo Proxy?
Planetes?Ooh yes Planetes is excellent!
“Anime to watch with my early teen daughter” probably doesn’t include Berserk. And Ghost in the Shell isn’t fanservice exactly, but definitely has sexual themes
GITS:SAC drinking game, take a shot every time they spend way too long on an angle featuring the major’s ass. Or she’s wearing an underbust oncepiece swimsuit in a professional meeting for just… no reason.
When OP said this? I replied to comic.
This was probably the top comment when Artemis opened the thread, and they likely thought it was part of the body of the post
Your comment is completely irrelevant, OP didn’t mention anything about a daughter wtf
Would Friren count? Romance of the two teens are age appropriate for them. And two dudes that are enamoured with older women, but I think that’s it.
It could, but people could also see it as an example of the 3000 year old loli trope. So it may not be a good example.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReallySevenHundredYearsOld/AnimeAndManga
Not to mention, those two dudes are both grown-ass adults. Nothing wrong with a grown man that likes milfs.
I’m waiting for the canonical reason why the female elves look like children while the one male elf we’ve met is drawn like a grown man. And I really hope it’s not that their brain outpaces their body because then we’re in the “5000 year old witch in a child’s body” trope.
If this is addressed in the manga, no spoilers plz beyond a simple “Yes, it is.”
I’d assume it’s because the only male elf is older? Idk this feels like looking for inappropriate intentions because you want there to be one.
Serie looks like a child too and he is not older than serie tho.
I mean, we have a sample size of 3 (in the anime anyway), and don’t actually know for certain how old any of them are. The only thing we really know is that Frieren is likely the youngest.
Yeah I was about to say this he was way older than friren
I’m sorry if my critical exploration of anime I enjoy makes you feel defensive but I literally just explained why I think that would be the worst reason. Don’t worry no one’s canceling Freiren, we’re just having a chat.
“Adult elf bodies reflect their own self-image” would be pretty cool. Especially for the monk.
The loli is not 3000 years old.
Heavy metal comedy = Detroit Metal City DMC.
Post-apo conspiracy = Ergo Proxy
Alien abduction comedy = Level E
Occult shop = xxxHolic
I can’t name anything else matching your criteria
Detroit Metal City DMC.
Isn’t one of the character raped the Tokyo Tower?
Are you trying to make a point that Tokyo Tower is underaged or that… Ummm… Stunt performance was an unhealthy relationship?
Naah, It will be weird to explain to non weeb.
I don’t watch a lot of anime, but watched the devil is a part timer recently and yeah… It was weird and put me off a bit
Gundam Wing was a favourite of mine growing up.
Shit what about Psycho Pass? (SEASON 1 ONLY)
