Diablo Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 My cousin is a 20 yr old guy and he's never watched any anime before. Which one would you suggest him to watch for the first time. BTW he's doesn't like cartoons because he think they're for kids. I was thinking of showing him "Death note", I think he might like it because its kinda realistic. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mando_22 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Just because I know its what brought me and a lot of my friends into anime I would recommend FMA.Is there any genre you think he would prefer (mecha, Shōnen, etc)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefsProduction Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 i would suggest a movie maybe perfect blue, or something by studio ghibli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Just because I know its what brought me and a lot of my friends into anime I would recommend FMA.Is there any genre you think he would prefer (mecha, Shōnen, etc)?No genre as specific, shonen is fine but I'll prefer a realistic anime and not a complete fantasy one.i would suggest a movie maybe perfect blue, or something by studio ghibliI was thinking of showing him a series coz it'd be more gripping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiden911 Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Cowboy Bebop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekennia Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Naruto and DBZ obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankh Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Bebop is a good one. You want to keep it somewhat reasonable but interesting at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlterUser Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Well, I got my brother back into anime thanks to Dragon Ball Z. He watched a lot of anime from the 80s. Especially Voltron ((in which I'm a total fan of, too)). But then after a while, he stopped watching anime and wasn't a fan. Then I got all 9 seasons of Dragon Ball Z and asked him if he wanted to watch them with me ((I've always preferred watching the stuff I actually owned with someone because I'm weird that way)) and because of that, he started to get into anime again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkling18 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 well as a kid every kid got every other kid to watch DBZ. Then yu-gi-oh started and stuff like that, but I think Naruto is an awesome starter for people to get into anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Sailor Moon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henak Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I was intreduced into animes with Nausicaä, Grave of the firefly, Record of Lodoss Wars and Vampire Princess Miyu. That was abt 20 years ago and did work then for me .I watched a lot before on TV as a child not knowing that this would be animes like Captain Future or all the children animes shown in Germany in the 70s and 80s with no sign at all that theier origin is Japan.I think one of the Ghibli films would do the Job pretty well, Totoro or Kikis Delivery Service for the lower ages or Princess Mononoke for mor Adults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroahlex Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 if it was not for code geass i would have never watchedany thing and it was the first and well it was the beginning of a long nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjoxford2007 Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I got into watching anime when I saw the very first episode of Elfien Lied. I was like O_O through the whole thing almost. I thought to myself "OMG THIS IS AWESOME!" Then I showed my friend it and he couldn't stop saying "WHAT THE FUCK!" at every head/limb being ripped off. I of course was laughing the whole time at his reaction xD. Probably the best anime to watch for a 1st time anime watcher who loves violence and dismemberment. Even if your not, might as well get it over with . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelzbuckwheat Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Fruits Basket as silly as it sounds. Growing up I watched whatever was on Adult Swim (Inuyasha, Cowboy Bebop, etc.) but I never really wanted to watch the next episode because i was too young to really care. But Fruits Basket was the first one I really sought after via manga then youtube lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorzeros Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Well my first anime was one piece. But to say which anime got me to watcch other anime was full metal alcomist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimeShooter Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Id say Naruto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spicer Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Definitely Bleach for me. I had seen the usual as a kid, Sailor moon, Pokemon, DBZ, etc and had been showed Trigun and a few others later on. But it was Bleach that really made me want to watch more anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexible87 Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi,My journey started with Naruto. I've seen many ppl comment on Naruto not being a good anime. Since this is my first anime, i can't compare. However I can say that it's got me intrested and left me wanting for more.So in my case i would say Naruto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyguysteve Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 Trying to get my friend into Trigun and Naruto, but the #1 anime that hooked us all is DBZ for my group anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffrey martin Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 dragonball z for me and for my friend robotech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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