10 best Animes for beginners!

Have you ever wondered about the weebs around you? Have you ever felt like "Why are they watching animes? It's just a Cartoon, what's the fun in that? Well I bet you haven't watched a single season of any anime, that's why you're considering Animes as normal cartoons.

Anime has increased in popularity worldwide lately as more anime series and movies with multilingual subtitles and dubs are distributed to all over the world through lots of video streaming sites such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.
Many international people watch anime for just enjoying the entertainment contents , learning Japanese and other various reasons.

Here, I picked out some of the very best anime for beginners, which are popular among both Japanese and international anime fans. Check the selected starter anime list!

1. Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba

Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba is one of the most popular manga and anime in the recent years. The original manga was serialized on Weekly Shonen Jump from 2016, and it came to an end in 2020. In 2019, the first season of the anime adaption was aired with 26 episodes, and the sequel is to be released as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train on the screen in October, 2020.

The setting is the fictional Japan in the early 20th century where humans and demons exist in the same society. The action adventure anime centers on demon slayers who look like Samurai including the protagonist Tanjiro Kamado. It depicts moving dramas of both the humans and demons that are originally born as a human being as well as exciting battle scenes.

2. Erased

Erased was originally made as manga with 9 volumes between 2012 and 2016 and adapted into an anime with 12 episodes in 2016. It is recommended for those who like novels and comic books with the theme of mystery.
The setting is the fictional Tokyo and Hokkaido in Japan. The main character is Satoru Fujinuma, who is a 29-year-old less successful manga artist. He also has an extraordinary ability known as “Revival” which makes him travel back and forth in time in disregard of his wishes. The story follows him trying to prevent incidents around him from happing with the Revival.

3. My Hero Academia

My Hero Academia is a well-known Japanese superhero anime, which is adapted from one of the most popular ongoing manga published on Weekly Shonen Jump from 2014.
The anime is inspired by American comics like Marvel, mixed with the classic Japanese manga plot at the same time. There are a variety of heroes who have supernatural abilities called Quirks to fight against Villains.

My Hero Academia centers on a young boy named Izuku Midoriya, who does not have any Quirks at the first place. His growing-up story with other heroes is depicted in the anime.

4. One Piece

There is no reason why anime fans don’t recommend for you to watch One Piece as a starter except its too long story, which is a positive thing for the fans who hope it will not come to the end forever.
One Piece, based on the manga series with 96 volumes (as of April, 2020) is looked on as best of the best anime and manga all over the world of all time by many anime fans. This is the story of pirates, which unfolds with the adventures of the main character Monkey D. Luffy and his crews. He sails around globe in search of the ultimate treasure called “One Piece”, battling with powerful opposites.

There are Devil Fruits in the world of One Piece, which grant a superpower to those who eat one while the fruits unable them to swim. In addition to the fight scenes, it represents human drama such as strong bonds with friends and family, their negative pasts and social issues in the real world.

5. Dragon Ball

For the legendary action anime in Japan Dragon Ball, many anime fans agree with the one you should start to watch anime with. It was famous as a Weekly Shonen Jump manga written by Akira Toriyama at first, but the anime adaption has got popular since the late 1980s.

The worldly famous anime is divided into some parts with different titles: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super, and so on. The 2nd part Dragon Ball Z is the most popular all over the world, where the story starts when the main character Goku has grown up. Goku and many unique characters fight powerful battles using their techniques like Kamehameha.

6. Attack on Titan

Attack on Titan, categorized as an action and dark-fantasy anime, has been welcomed by anime fans all over the world since the first season with 25 main episodes were released in 2013.
It also surprised anime fans with the eccentric theme of titans attacking humans and the shocking drawings. The dark story is filled with mystery, and you will be craving to know why on earth the Titans attack people and where they come from.

Attack on Titan are such popular worldwide partly because the unique characters including Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman and the other Survey Corps members who fight against the strange gigantic creatures. The fourth season of the anime series, which is the final part, has been announced to be released.

7. Your Name

If you want to enjoy the whole story in an anime in a short time, it is recommended to watch an anime movie. What is one of the most famous and popular anime movies in the 2000s is Your Name released in 2016.

The fantasy drama anime movie, directed by the famous anime director Makoto Shinkai, was distributed to over 100 countries and regions. There are two main characters in Your Name: Taki Tachibana living in the metropolitan Tokyo and Mitsuha Miyamizu living in the countryside.

One day, they notice that their bodies are switched with each other suddenly, and that is intermittently repeated. Taki and Mitsuha are getting more and more about each other while they are puzzled under the strange condition. In addition to the interesting story, the beautiful anime drawings by Makoto Shinkai are worth watching Your Name.

8. Naruto

Naruto, the famous anime with theme of Ninja, is sometimes looked on as one of the best anime of all time worldwide and best for beginners. Naruto was originally made as a manga that were published from 1999 and completed in 2014 with the 72nd volume.
The anime series also came to the end in 2017, which consists of the first half and the second half Naruto: Shippuden.

The story is really simple since the main character Naruto grows up with various Ninja including his fellows, teachers and even opposites. There are powerful battle scenes with the Ninja unique techniques.

9. One Punch Man

One Punch Man, one of the most popular anime especially among foreign anime fans, is perfect for anime newcomers. The action and comedy anime is based on the manga which started to be published from 2009 and serialized with over 20 volumes.

The main character superhero named Saitama who never looks cool but can beat any enemy with a single punch. However strong the monsters and villains are, he defeats them with only one punch. What is funny is that he obtains the power by just training hard.
Not only Saitama but other cool and unique characters including his disciple Genos and the expert martial artist Bang are featured on One Punch Man. Enjoy the mixture of Japanese comedy with the American superhero’s essence.

4.Death Note

As is the case with several anime titles on this list, Death Note is an iconic and highly influential series that is perfect for beginners due it compelling and closed story. Death Note follows Yagami Light, a high school student who discovers a Death Note at this school. This book gives Yagami the power to kill anyone whose name he writes in the book, with Yagami using his power to enact vigilante justice.
Yagami's actions eventually bring him into conflict with an eccentric detective known as L, leading to a compelling game of cat and mouse between the two characters.