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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:
Studio ghibli counts?
Of course!
Yeah, it's definitely hard. A couple I can think of:
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:
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).
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).
Dr Stone also has some questionable aesthetics
Oh yeah, but I guess I was giving it a pass cause it goes both ways. Both the women and men have ridiculous designs.
Also, even though they definitely feel sexual, the actual dialogue doesn't focus on it too much (at least from what I can recall). It helps that the main character is really only interested in science.
Edit: It also has the issue that pretty much every major character is a guy.
Yeah, is always annoying when you've got the trope of
Like gender is a class and not half the population.
It's because the artist historically did NSFW content
..... Oh
Komi-san is a great show whenever one particular character is not onscreen, but the parts where that character is onscreen mean I don't think it can go on this list.
Oh no, what did I block from my memory?
Yamai Ren. The character whose entire gimmick is that her horrible behavior is played off with "it's funny because she's a lesbian."
If you're specifically looking for shows to watch with your daughter, I would highly recommend Little Witch Academia for that demographic.
People are sleeping on Little Witch Academia. If I had seen it as an early teen girl, I would've been obsessed.
Apothecary diaries
There are concubines, brothels, and child sexual abuse in that one. Not the most racy depictions, but still 🤷🏿♀️
Well there was the whole "frog" incident.
There's a number of shoujo anime that would fit your list, but it doesn't make it overseas because the majority of the foreign fan base doesn't like it. There's also a bunch of BL anime and manga that is popular in Japan, but not outside for the same reason. For example, take a look at "Aishiteruze Baby"
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
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.