Anime Recommendations for a Newb?

[Scarlet Illusion]

I looking to find some animes to watch, mainly just to practice my Japanese listening skills, and wanted to know if you all had any recommendations.

I've seen Lucky Star (probably my favorite), Love Live, Himouto! Umaru-chan, My Hero (at least the first three episodes anyways), Digimon Tamers (season 1 & 3, I think), Sailor Moon (original, not Crystal), and Toradora. (Oh, and Pokemon, of course! Come on, who hasn't seen it at some point? XD)

Definitely not interested in anything that's dark or horror-themed, and definitely nothing heavy on fanservice kind of stuff.

 

[cafenurse]

K-On and Cardcaptor Sakura might be up your alley

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

Oh, I forgot about K-On! I have seen some of it and it's a cute show! Never seen Cardcaptor, so I ought to check it out! :D

Thank you!

 

[peaches2217]

Would you be open to Yuri on Ice? It's my personal favorite. There's some fanservice stuff, being an anime about male figure skaters, but it's got a really uplifting plot and a very cute couple at its center. It's a feel-good show that leaves you feeling warm and fuzzy. Also, it's only twelve episodes, so it's easy to binge in an afternoon.

I'd also recommend Sakura Trick, because it's colorful and cute and funny, but it's pretty fanservice-heavy, so approach that one with caution.

 

[uncreepy]

Something I like to do with my favorite anime episodes is download the audio, cut out the long gaps of silence in Audacity, and put the episode's audio on an mp3 player to listen to again and again. It really helps with learning vocab and memorizing sentence structure when you already know the context of the scenes, because you've seen the episode with your eyes and can laugh along to it again with just your ears.

I'm not sure which anime to recommend just based on the non-horror restriction. Are you looking for comedy, slice of life, anything remotely shoujo/romantic, magical girl, BL/GL, sports, action, something else?

Edit: Call me weird, but when I was lower level, I also liked to sit at the computer and pause the episode almost every sentence and write down what I heard in a Word document.

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

I'm pretty much down with anything that's not dark, fanservice heavy, etc.. Maybe something magical girl or comedy? Slice of life is good, too!

I like the idea of taking an episodes audio and converting it to MP3! I'll have to try that!

 

[cafenurse]

Oh, Princess Tutu too. It's a magical girl anime about ballet.

 

[___]

Digimon Tamers (season 1 & 3, I think)

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

Btw dunno if I understood you correctly but Digimon Tamers has only one season and no ( animated ) continuation. Digimon anime is also weird cuz each season is also difefferent canon so when you said Season 1 I wasn't sure whether you meant Digimon Adventure or not?

Anyways, allow my digimon loving-ass to recommend you Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters. It's seriously the funniest digimon anime and it doesn't take itself very seriously most of the time and it has probably the most lovable main characters out of all the digimon seasons. The stakes get higher by the end of the show and it gets more serious but it doesn't get dark like Tamers or Adventure did. Seeing Eri I was worried there would be fanservice but nope!

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

Ohh! I forgot Digimon has different names for each canon! By season one I definitely meant Digimon adventure. Oops.

I'll definitely have to check it out!

Thank you to all of you for your recommendations! :D

 

[peaches2217]

What about Tokyo Mew Mew? I watched the first half of season 1 years ago and remembered it being really cute.

 

[Wario94]

I got one: Azumanga Daioh.

 

[Älfa Dröttning]

You could try Carol and Tuesday. It's music themed and it's mostly in Japanese with the exception of the songs. I haven't finished it because I've been busy, but it's really good.

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

What about Tokyo Mew Mew? I watched the first half of season 1 years ago and remembered it being really cute.

Oh, I've been meaning to look at it for a while! Thanks for the recommendation!

You could try Carol and Tuesday. It's music themed and it's mostly in Japanese with the exception of the songs. I haven't finished it because I've been busy, but it's really good.

I've been meaning to check that one out since the Mermaid Sisters became a fad! Judging by the small bit I've seen of it, it looks pretty funny! Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[lIlI]

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NICHIJOU! Here's a clip if you want an idea of what to expect:

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

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NICHIJOU! Here's a clip if you want an idea of what to expect:

I can't thank you enough for sharing this! I just checked out a few other clips and I think you may have just introduced me to my new favorite show! XD

 

[lIlI]

I can't thank you enough for sharing this! I just checked out a few other clips and I think you may have just introduced me to my new favorite show! XD

Awesome! So glad, it's one of my favourites.

 

[uncreepy]

What about Tokyo Mew Mew? I watched the first half of season 1 years ago and remembered it being really cute.

I second this. The anime is pretty funny.

Shugo Chara is pretty good (it's on Crunchyroll). I watched it in the background while translating stuff (because I thought it would just be dumb), but ended up getting pretty invested in it and couldn't stop watching it.

Mermaid Melody has singing magical girl mermaids, the main characters and bad guys sing songs to hurt each other and the songs are very catchy.

 

[Daveybear_HTID]

Might iRecommend Chobits?
iSecond the motion that you watch Azumanga Daioh, Carole & Tuesday, and NIchijou.
Also in the realm of slice of life, iHighly recommend Minami-ke! One of my personal faves, although S2's animation went a TOTALLY different direction. S3 kinda went back, but not entirely.
Kill Me Baby is also really random and funny.

Edit: I forgot about Working!! Such a good show :3

 

[Scarlet Illusion]

Thank you for the recommendations! So far I really like Nichijou, and I definitely need to check out the rest of the recommendations! Everything sounds really interesting!

 

[Nova]

Might I recommend The Hero Is Overpowered But Overly Cautious? It's a pretty hilarious show with how it parodies Isekai anime