Thread 1547568

What are the best options for sokeone who wants to get into anime for the first time as an adult (20s) in current year?

>>1547568 (OP)
It depends if you want to explore all sorts of genres or only the "best/mature stuff", there's some dumb, comedy, slice of life or violent anime that only hits and hooks you if you're new to the medium, once you watch the best stuff then it could be hard to appreciate stuff like elfen lied, claymore, k-on!, haruhi,nichibros,

Almost everyone starts with these 3: Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo.
They are short, with lots of action scenes and easy to follow with high quality direction/animation.

After those a lot of people watch some of these: FLCL, Evangelion, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter, KonoSuba, Attack on Titan.

Skip the chaff and go straight to the wheat
For starters:
>Akira
>Perfect Blue
>Ninja Scroll
>Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
>Jin Roh
>Spirited Away
>Princess Mononoke
>Kiki's Delivery Service
>Memories
>Robot Carnival
>Redline
>Ghost in the Shell
>Mind Game
>Paprika
Don't trust weebs for recommendations. Don't trust weeb websites like MyAnimeList for ratings. Weebs have an incurable brain parasite called having shit taste. You have to keep in mind the OVERWHELMING majority of all anime ever produced is low standards garbage made for children and manchildren. This includes the usual crap like Death Note, Evangelion, FMA, Bleach and Naruto.

>>1547568 (OP)
Don’t. But if you must, just watch movies. Start with Ghibli.

>>1547572
The same way someone shouldn't start watching movies with the black and white classics, I believe it's best to not start watching anime by going to the old "classics".

Not that they're not good--they absolutely are, but it's better to start where anime is nowadays, with the better visuals,voice acting, and current trends. It'll be good for a start, and also allows you to easily talk about it with other friends who've watched anime.

You should *definetely* trust "weeb" recommendations, and work your way backward to the old gems, rather than go straight to the old gems and work your way forward.

A lot of people who advise older anime likely grew up with it, and are veteran weebs who've seen a lot of anime. As someone who just started, the goal is just to enjoy yourself, watch a good show and hopefully talk about it with some friends.

So, just go down the pop radio of anime and look at the synopsis of recent/popular, like demon slayer, attack on titan, chainsaw man etc.

The only thing I would advise against, is long-running anime like one piece or naruto. They take some time truly get started, and if you're not really into anime to begin with, you'll likely give up before anything good happens (and leaving a bitter taste in your mouth).

While anon above me wants to advise you the good old black/white classics of movies, I'm advising the opposite: going for what's at the theater right now.

>>1547587
>The same way someone shouldn't start watching movies with the black and white classics
And why the fuck not? You should start with something good, whether it's black and white or not. Weebs keep recommending the equivalent of Adam Sandler flicks.

>>1547588
>Weebs keep recommending the equivalent of Adam Sandler flicks.
And that's fine, Adam Sandler has done plenty of great flicks. If you can't enjoy his movies it doesn't make you a better person, it just makes you a weird elitist that enjoys the smell of your own farts

>>1547588
Not him but since the majority of anime is basically adam sandler flicks, you could end up not enjoying or missing out on experiencing some great anime that was created for teenage audiences, like school or slice of life shows, some of don't even have plots at all but are amazing to watch like Non Non Biyori or School Rumble.

Also the main reason of why manga/anime is made, is basically escapism for depression or stress, and what makes it so good is how you can get lost on it in and forget about your problems.

>>1547568 (OP)
Are western anime-like shows like Castlevania and ATLA good starting points?

>>1547585
>>Akira
Despite the sci-fi themes, and whats going on with tetsuo this isn't really an action film. You can compare the aesthetics to plenty of stuff, but something about the flow of the film itself is hard to compare to other stuff for some reason.

Welcome to the NHK

>>1547568 (OP)
there is some beautiful art in anime, but please, no, run. go outside instead.
do not curse yourself.
if you must, i recommend mushi-shi, it is like no other anime.
>>1547585
these are fucking good. but death note and FMA are actually good. like 7/10.
>>1547624
>the main reason of why manga/anime is made, is basically escapism for depression or stress
this. please go outside instead, anime is like a drug, it does not solve the problem. do anything else, learn self-defense, do art, play an instrument, get involved with your local church, anything.
>>1547917
>Welcome to the NHK
or you will end up like this^

>>1547946
Death Note was oddly enjoyable because of how stupid it is, up to a certain point where **someone dies** then it just becomes wholly uninteresting. FMAB (the one I watched) is just edgy shounenshit for teenagers, could not enjoy at all.

>>1547946
Death Note was oddly enjoyable because of how stupid it is, up to a certain point where [spoiler]someone dies[/spoiler] then it just becomes wholly uninteresting. FMAB (the one I watched) is just edgy shounenshit for teenagers, could not enjoy at all.

>>1547738
Avatar is ok-ish. Castlevania only has value if you want to see how bad things can get