Anime is incredibly popular, but the amount of choice might overwhelm those who are just getting started. So here are the best anime for beginners!
Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood
Full Metal Alchemist : Brotherhood is one of the most iconic and influental anime of the past few decades. The series follows two brothers, Edward and Alphonse as they try to heal the damage inflicted on them both during an ill-fated ritual.
My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia is quickly becoming one of the most popular anime of the century. The series is set in a world in which superpowers, or quirks as the aniem refers to them, are held by around 80% of the population , which eventually leads to a hero / villain society. The series follows a young man named Izuku Midoriya who is given a quirk of the legendary hero All Might and joins the most prestigious hero school in Japan, UA.
Death Note
Death note follows Yagami Light, a high school student who discovers a Death Note at this school. This book gives Yagami power to kill anyone whose name he writes in the book, with Yagami using his power to enact vigilante justice.
Parasyte
Parasyte The Maxim may be one of the most underrated anime of the past decade. Based on a classic manga series from the 90s. Parasyte tells the story of a young man named Shinichi who wakes up to find that his right hand has been eated and replaced with an alien parasite. Then alien, eventually called Migi, is a part of an invading force that has been taking over various humans, however Migi was unable to take over Shinichi brain and eveuntally forms a close bond with him.
Attack On Titan
Attack on Titan is one of the most popular due to its incredible first season, with many refeering to it as the Game of Thrones of anime due to its intense and graphic plot. The series is set in an apocalyptic future in which humanity hides behind a walled city in order to keep out the Titans, who are these giant creatures that feed on humans.
One Punch Man
One Punch Man started as web manga that eventually took over the world after it was the subject of massively succesful anime adaption, with the property even spawning its own video game. The series follows Saitama, a man who has trained his body to such an extent that he is able to defeat enemies with one punch.
Dr Stone
This is a educational anime series, the plot is that a mysterious energy wave turned all people to stone, and 3700 years later, the brilliant teenager Senku Ishigami awakens from his stony silence. He is in a new Stone Age, and with the ower of science and faith in the human race, he is going to rebuild everything, one rediscovered invention at a time. He is kind of guy who can make funcitioning lught builbs in a 200.00 BC- style setting.
Cells at Work !
A few works of fiction have potrayed the inner workings of the human body in this fashion, and Cells at Work ! does it in true anime style. The human body is a vast city of apartments, furnaces, and aqueducts and hardworking cells keep it all running.
Re Zero ; Starting life on another world.
Re : Zero is one of the most popular anime of the past few years, with the characters of Rem and Ram being particularly widespreed across the anime merchandise. The series follows Subaru, a young man who ends up being transported from the modern world into a fantasy world. In this world, Subaru learns that if he is killed, he resets to a checkpoint, allowing him to alter his actions and try again.
Erased.
Erased is one of the most underrated anime of the past decade like parasyte. The 12 episode series is a dark and intense story that follows a 27 - year old man called Satoru Fujinama , who posses the ability to *rewind* to avoid a tragedy. However , after a murder in his present brings back forgotten memories of his childhood, Satoru rewinds to his childhood past. The series is as intense as it is heartwarming, with Satoru having to use his knowledge of the future in order to solve the murder in the future and catch the killer.
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