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best anime to start on (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by RobotDaniel@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/anime@ani.social

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I have watched a lot of the studio Ghibli stuff but not sure what series to start on, looking for recommendations

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[–] w_tree@ani.social 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Best to start is series that are finished with one season (24 max). My recommendations

Charlotte
Odd Taxi
Gurren Lagann
A Place Further than the Universe
Cyberpunk Edgerunners
Ping pong the Animation
Lycoris Recoil
Tatami Galaxy

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Gurren Lagaan is a parody of mecha anime, it's not really something you can recommend to normies.

[–] w_tree@ani.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It doesn't look like normal mecha anime but I don't see it as a parody anime. I believe it can be a good anime for starter since Gurren Lagann shows how crazy and stupid anime can be sometime.

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago

Sure, but the show is explicitly a deconstruction of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

NGE was a deconstruction of ordinary mecha anime.

I'm not saying someone with no experience with anime couldn't enjoy GL, but it's wrapped in so many layers of meta, most of the themes and inside jokes would be missed.