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submitted 1 month ago by FritzApollo@lemmy.today to c/anime@ani.social

Hi! I just watched Tokyo Grandfathers and season 1 of Rewrite, and am quickly developing a taste for anime. Problem is, where does a noob start? I'm not overly into fight scenes - it's OK if it's important to the story, but I don't like fight scenes/explosions etc for their own sake. I like anime with a good storyline, relatable characters, make you think, and some cheeky bits of humour. Any recommendations appreciated!

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[-] muhyb@programming.dev 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I would say, take recommendations but you don't have to watch them to end. See if they click with you after watching a couple episodes. Once you have found genres you like, you can start from top rated animes of that genre.

A couple suggestions from me:

Bonus:

[-] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

Idk if Haruhi Suzumiya (you made a typo at the end btw) is a good noob recommendation, isn't that the one with the "repitition"? 😭 (Didn't wanna spoil it but I think you get what I mean)

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

Oh, thanks! It always happens when I write via a touchscreen. -_-

It might not be an exact noob recommendation but I believe it has quite the charm, even for someone who never watched anime. But you might be onto something, I gotta change the order.

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