My mom has watched Ghibli films with me, but I did get her to watch Maquia, turned to me during the emotionally pivotal moment at the end of the film and said “I hate you” with tears in her eyes. Still very proud of this moment lol

Hearing the words "Are all anime like this?" just pierces through the heart unlike anything else Edit: Holy smokes thanks for the likes! May you guys who experienced the tragedy rest in peace.

Blind Pick - Attack on Titan Shounen - Jujutsu Kaisen Psychological - Death Note Action - One Punch Man Drama - A Silent Voice Sci Fi - Psycho Pass Romance - Your Name Feel Good - Spy x Family For Dad - Vinland Saga For Mum - Wolf Children Wild Card - Baccano Isekai - Re Zero High School - Kaguya Sama Love is War Cute Girls - A Place Further Then The Universe Degeneracy - High School Of The Dead

My dad was older (just passed at 85) and he mostly watched anime with me just because I commandeered the tv. His 3 favorites were "Gunslinger Girl", "Spirited Away", and "Nana". No consistency but damn good taste.

Gigguk's editor is always putting in some fantastic work

Thank you including a japanese dub of "never gonna give you up" in the romance pick, didn't think I needed that lmao.

Aot is a very safe but fair pick, I don’t know a single person that hasn’t gotten completely obsessed about it since they’ve watched it. It’s so good.

A Silent Voice is an excellent movie. It is such an excellent movie that I find it hard to convince people to read the manga, which believe it or not, is even better. Not because Kyoto did a bad job in any way, but because they had the thankless job of adapting 64 chapters into a two hour long movie, and they pulled it off far better than I could have imagined. But I would still suggest people who are into reading manga to give this one a go, even though you have watched the movie.

Moment you said A Silent Voice, i got flashbacks to when I recommended the movie to my parents and my mom went "it's so horrible, the things that happened in the movie were so messed up". I was like, "yes, that's the point, but that's the beauty of it, learning and growing from the mistakes of it". She did not listen lol

I didn't expect Garnt to make a video specifically for new fans but I like it.

My recommendation I always send to my newer anime friends is Kaguya Sama, but specifically the dub. Because it keeps the heart of the show but is easier to consume as its in their home language. Also Sinclair knocks it out of the park and sets unrealistic expectations for dubs. It's also for the fact that it overexplains itself perfectly especially with japanese history and games.

Dude, I love this editor so much for the song he used to introduce the wildcard section. I was jamming so hard and then got hit with nostalgia the second I realized that it was The Pillows playing. holy shit

I"m quite surprised that Horimiya didn"t got mentioned as a starter romance. I find it to be the most inoffensive and sweet romance show.

Personally I introduced my mom to anime using Arcane since it’s got some of the "codes" of an action anime while still being close to a regular live action show - you know, so that she could slowly get used to it - and then I watched Cyberpunk with her. Oh and I once caught my dad watching Food Wars in the living room, so I guess my family was pretty easy to convert.

As someone who's recently been getting into anime, this is nice. Love Spy x Family with all my heart, it really is a show you can watch anytime, it's just so heartwarming. I watched Wolf Children quite some time ago, but thoroughly enjoyed it, also... 22:37 -> props for using Ace Attorney music :)

I’ve recommended Psycho Pass and Vinland Saga since the plot was good and more relatable to what family or friends watch. I also recommend season 1 of Promised Neverland. If a family member enjoys a little fantasy comedy then My Uncle From Another World might be a good pick.

I always use fma brotherhood for shounen because it fully represents the balance of the action ,emotion and comedy

Easily one of the easiest animes to get into for a veteran or a new person in the scene or someone who is skeptic towards anime has to be Vinland Saga. It's easy to understand, has a coherent story, nice animations, a historical inspired story so it's pretty good with it's world building and the characters will grab you quite fast and change overtime very nicely.

A silent voice is such a perfect pick for drama i couldnt agree more, its the best romance anime ever made imo. id give horimiya the romance spot tho.

I can tell you that this is a good video because so many of your recommendations and runners up were some of my first animes

Your list is so spot-on!! I love your emphasis on keeping "anime bullshit" to a minumum when recommending shows to newcomers. Some shows are awesome, but they really shouldn't be entry points because anime bullshit can be really off-putting (even for seasoned fans).

Considering I just recently heard the "oh those are those weird japanese cartoons right?" the 'no anime bs' rule definitely is a good one to include

Loved your picks! It's clear that you put a lot of thought into it and we appreciate that a ton. So as a follow up, how about a video about; "Hidden gem animes" or most underrated for a couple of genres?

Thank you for including Baccano, it seems to get way too little recognition.

not sure if my dad got into anime, but last year when I was visiting my parents I put on Vinland Saga wanting to rewatch it, he saw like an episode or something with me, but when I woke up next morning and I saw him watching it by himself I was super surprised. We watched it together and he was disappointed when it ended cuz 24 eps wasn't enough. Can recommend VS for all the dads out there.

Violet Evergarden is such a perfect pick for this list. It honestly couldn't be any more accessible to viewers who are wary of anime. It's only one season and there's no filler, meaning there's no huge time commitment. It's KyoAni so everything looks gorgeous. The music is stellar. And best of all, it's one of the very, VERY few anime that (sans Cattleya) has zero cringe-inducing horny shit.

for a romance anime, i always ALWAYS recommend 'from me to you' i just think it's the sweetest show ever made and yeah, sure, it's very slow BUT!!! i never really got bored because of how much it focuses on sawako's friendships and growing confidence as well as the romance

Gotta love Garnt's audience trolling him at every opportunity while he's trying to give a serious presentation on why he picked each anime.

I recommended Kaguya-Sama (one of my favorite manga) to my mom as her first anime. We've been watching it together and just finished season 3. She loves it

I always recommend 91 days and great pretender. Not only is the art amazing but the storys have a nice Western feel.

i truly think One Punch Man is gotta be one of the best First Anime options. Great Action, Great Comedy, Adult Life Humor. Godly Animation S1

Tbh I feel like Kimi Ni Todoke is the better entry-level romance, while still being one of the best romances if not THE best as of today. People that aren't into the genre kind of forgot of 2000s and early 2010s romances but they were SO GOOD (especially the former's) and Kimi Ni Todoke was just... God, when the announcement for the 3rd season got out, I just couldn't help smiling for a full week. For "for mum" I'd ALSO go with "Maquia", so good, beautiful tale of motherhood, just a different type of, I'd recommend them both in such a category, but I'm glad he at least got it as a backup title. ALSO!!! One important category is missing: spokon. And that spot goes to Haikyuu!! hands down. Perfect for a newbie, and still one of the best sports series ever created while also being not just about sports. Such an incredible series.

I think something like Megalobox is the perfect anime for a dad, more mature, still introducing them to the more anime kinda things like the side kick kids & sci-fi mechanical boxing stuff... But the themes and episode 1 cliffhanger will for sure get them to episode 2 and the rest I think... While season 2 can also immediately surprise them with the dramatic mature themes

I'm glad Violet Evergarden is getting the respect it deserves

Damn just seeing Bloom into You in the montage was enough for me. It got the respect it deserves

YESS IM SO HAPPY YOUR RECOMMENDED BACCANO. I was thinking of it but i was like, its too random he wont pick it, but its a great choice!! WWWWW

I love when editors add in tracks you'd never expect, the one from Hellsing OST was a great pick ^^

Great work alan!

This is the most thoughtful list and I totally agree. Even if I disagreed on any of them (and I don’t), it’s legit focused so well on how my friends who don’t watch anime think about tv shows.

I would highly recommend the "my life as inukai-san's dog" anime. Its a general good all rounder series, something to really sit down with friends and family alike to enjoy ya know?

Jujutsu Kaisen is the best recommendation for anyone who has never watched anime and needs fast passed and hard hitting action to keep them hooked and eventually getting them invested in the story...

As a youth worker, and someone who's been up to my elbows in anime/videogame culture for at least 30 years, I've spent a lot of time explaining the culture to people who aren't familiar with it, not just parents of young people, but even those in generations above my own who are in their 60's and 70's these days. There's a few I generally recommend to folks new to the genre, and its like you said, it depends on their tastes. One rule though, no highschool stuff. Most of these people don't want to see that, unless they want to know their teenage child is watching. For the more action-centred anime, I generally recommend Black Lagoon, its real-world setting and no superpowers means people unfamiliar with anime can relate it back to action tv/movies with just enough smart writing to keep them hooked. For the more feel-good stuff, I tend to recommend Watanabe's Carole & Tuesday, especially if they're familiar with shows like American Idol, have a disdain for modern mainstream music (which is most older audiences), and has a lot of themes going on in the background that a lot of uninitiated audiences can relate to, such as politics and issues within society. Its also a good way to transition them into more mainstream anime, as its set in the same universe as Cowboy Bebop. For those old enough to actually know who Alfred Hitchcock is, I tend to recommend Perfect Blue. Its a psychological thriller that is very much in the same vein as the old Alfred Hitchcock movies of old. Lastly, Hajime no Ippo. While the anime hasn't kept up with the manga, anything that's still going after 30 years is going to get the attention of older audiences and sports fans alike. Exploring the mechanics of the human body like anime does has big appeal to sports nuts, as well as that most of these people know what Rocky is, they can make that connection of the underdog rising through the ranks by boxing (with just the slightest touch of romance that they had often seen with Hong Kong cinema) is something uninitiated audiences tend to really relate to.

I live with two roommates and I got them hooked after showing them three newer shows on Netflix. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, Castlevania, and Arcane. They are all limited series with a great first episode, good animation, a love story, and most importantly, quick/great character development. Once they got hooked onto a character it was over. Those three are my picks for first time watchers.

I literally had a mate watch corpus party as a first anime. He loved it. Corpus Party was his introduction to anime, and he LOVED IT.

The emotion I felt when he named Psycho Pass>>Never have I’ve been so proud of one of my, if not my favorite anime ever.

such solid picks bro

For the Feel Good pick, I'd say that Ghibli Movies like Kiki's Delivery Service or Totoro are pretty good picks too. Family friendly movies I'd definitely watch in a gathering (and I have lol).

ngl this is probably the best list of its kind out there cause it has something for everybody as well and going for the more serious stuff instead of the fluff stuff that every genre has that's popular but not necessarily quality enough to hook newer fans.

When Golden Frieza said "I have no enemies" and did a little prank, I couldn't hold my tears. Still have no idea why DBS isn't in the drama.

I cant believe you mentioned A Place further than the Universe! I feel like no one I talk to has watched that. I'm so happy!!!! 😁😁😁😁

Promised Neverland season 1 is the best blind pick anime imo it has one of the best first episode hooks and the camera direction is really good and it's constantly tense while the plot unravels

Attack on Titan was legit my first starter anime as a teen besides watching DBZ, Pokémon, Digimon, and Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid. I first watched it in English on Netflix and loved it. It was also my first anime that I watched subbed. It got me into other anime because at the time, in 2015, AOT had no second season

After finishing this video I watched Maquia with my mom on your recommendation Garnt. I really can't thank you enough for such a fantastic recommendation. Thanks a ton. That movie was a gem.

THANK GOD! Baccano is my go to for this. SOOO much Fun!

I guessed EVERY anime bc I use EXACTLY the same anime for my friends and it works every time!!! 1st ask what genre of TV they usually watch 2nd pick the show from that genre. PERFECT video 🔥💯🔥

The anime that got me into anime is Horimiya, I think it is a pretty good contender for the Romance category tbh

So no one noticed that editor rickrolled us in 16:26 (japanese version of never gonna give you up)

I highly recommend GTO Greatest Teacher Onizuka. It starts out weird but stick around, he changes, I swear! I also recommend spriggan for good action animation. It's short and juicy

Welcome to the OP Journey 👌🏼 enjoy it because once you’re caught up you’ll realize that it’s not that it’s long it’s that it’s not long enough bro

Sad to see Fruits Basket(or shojo in general tbh) not get any love here. I feel like it would fit much better in the romance category than Your Name and is probably tied with Ouran High School Host Club as the most common first anime among my friends. Def happy with most of the picks, though!

I got my friend into anime by using his love of sports against him. "One Outs" did the trick. Such a great pick since it has the sports and the drama, and just enough of the anime BS to introduce you to the idea, without it being over the top or pulling a first timer out of the story. That friend got so deep into anime over the last 3 years, he watches all the isekai as they release, just like me. Brings a tear to my eye, I'm so proud.

Gotta say, kind of gobsmacked that the sci-fi pick wasn’t Vivy: Flourite Eye’s Song, that’s always my top blind pick for people to start with (along with Odd Taxi)

Also, Re:Zero wasn't my first anime as I dipped my feet in again, but it was the anime that SUCKED me back up the maelstrom. It's still my favourite non-SOL 3 years later, closely followed by Made in Abyss and Mushoku Tensei.

I think easiest way to get someone to watch an anime is to pick one that is available on a platfrom they are regular viewers of. Comedian Bill Burr watched One-Punch Man, because it was promoted on Netflix at the time and he enjoyed it big times, despite having no prior knowledge about anime. So good criterias for first anime should be: - Availability on popular streaming services - Good Dub - Easy to digest themes without in jokes

For the wild card category, i would actually recommend 91 Days. It's one of the most underrated anime I've ever watched and the ending hits hard.

Nice list with some good thoughts behind it. You made me question your sanity with recommending Re:Zero though, havent seen many isekais but man does that one suck. I have a hard time thinking of anyone new to anime not bouncing of the protagonist super hard. Gonna check out a few of your other recommends!

I agree with this entire list, well thought out Garnt 👏

Your list is pretty damn good, I would've picked AoT, JJK, Spy x Family, etc. I'm surprised to see Psycho-Pass on a major list it's so good and so underrated. I loved that show.

The Promised Neverland was my parents' first anime, I chose it because of the fast hook. Their second anime and first shonen is Hunter x Hunter. I've seen 40 eps with them now, and my Dad loves it. He says Leorio is his favorite character

High School of the Dead also opened me Kishida Kyoudan & The Akeboshi Rockets band

Yooo that HOTD was goated lmfao

I'd argue that Moriarty the Patriot is also great for beginners. It features characters many are already familiar with, which make it way easier to get into than a show like Death Note.

12:26 I still tear up when I think of the main character screaming “SHOUKO!!!” Award winning performances all around really.

Ascendance of the Bookworm- isekai with no anime bullshiy and just wholesome drama vibes 😊

16:44 Romance, GunGrave

I started showing my mom Kaguya-sama (we are at the start of the second season) and she absolutely loves it. We haven't watched it in a while though since I've been gone.

I remember my father, who never got into anime, had a liking for the Noir anime because it was a thriller with skilled assassins (them being female is a plus). I had a VHS tape with the show recorded from its airing on TV when my dad caught it and placed it into DvDs as a birthday gift. Edit: had because he never had the time to watch it fully, so I safeguarded the DvDs.

I would say March Comes in like a Lion is a perfect pic for drama. I watched that with my mom and she loved it

I love that the last slide is just SAO. Like most of us growing up in that day remember vivedly how we watched SAO, it was just the best out there at the time for becoming Isekai Trashheads. Pls make Part two, like an Advanced List for people that watch anime regularly but maybe never heard of some older shows that are top notch on their premis

Mushi shi is also a decent pick for certain audiences. Ergo proxy... Because it's awesome for intellectuals. I 100% agree with AoT, Your Name and Wolf Children

16:25 I had to do a double take. I thought this sounded so eerily familiar and then I realized I was just Rick Rolled in Japanese. I cannot believe that this exists. I love it!

Back in the day I watched Vampire Hunter D, Akira and Robot Carnival on SciFi channel with my mom. Usually it was on Saturday early mornings but we caught a few on a weekday evenings. She loved it. My mom loved story telling and I think she appreciated the uniqueness of those three. Our normal watch was Masterpiece Mystery since I was little and she read Redwall and LOTR to us annually so my sister and I were used to death and violence in story telling. As I look back my mom was amazing and I miss her dearly. I makes me happy to see Garnt with his mom.

for putting in Perfect Blue... You are a legend good sir,.,

I'm so happy someone else likes Violet Evergarden. I think the end of the movie and Your Lie in April are the only times I've cried while watching anything. 10/10, will always recommend

"some absolutely beautiful scenes" 17:49

20:27 Does this mean watching Vineland saga will bring my dad back?

I already watched ur maximum recommendation 😄

Switches to the shounen section and kicks it off with the Gohan SSJ2 theme? Hell ya man.

Solid picks, to be honest. There are categories where I'd have a different pick, but picking ONE show is hard. and doesn't really make sense, outside of the context of a video. I think for recommending good starter animes, discussing what genre the person in front of you would be interested in first is indeed important, obviously, but then having a single pick is a bit too hit or miss in my opinion. Just have say 3 picks with different appeals, but have those differences be simple enough to be explained in a single sentence to not be overwhelming, and easy to remember. Like "Oh, so you want something that you feel could be released by HBO if it were live action, basically? Well, you have Attack on Titan, where the last bastion of humanity is threatened by man-eating titans, so if you want great world building and an amazing plot, way deeper than what you may expect rn, with a lot of twists and turns in the story, that's for you. The action's really cool, too. Though, if you feel more like watching some dramatic story about Vikings, you have Vinalnd Saga. That show knows how to do good action, but also have quieter moments, entire arcs even, where you have the characters questioning themselves, the world, their relationships, etc. And if you Want something more like a murder mystery drama, but from the point of view of the murderer, with a bit of supernatural, try Death Note, another classic whith a smart-ass student that has a notebook that's able to kill anyone whose name is written on it. He uses it to kill criminals only, and sinks deeper and deeper into madness, while playing 8D chess against a genius detective." That's just a random example, but that way I feel like you give more options. because people who don't know shit about anime don't know what a death note is. they just heard of Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, Maybe Bleach? and if they're your parents maybe they heard about older shows you don't know of lmao, but that's it. And giving more diversified recommendations may spark interest in the other person like "damn vikings sound dope, but I think I feel like watching a show where you follow the bad guy right now. But I'll keep the other two in the back of my mind". Plus, if the person ends up dropping one, they may end up "Nah, In the end, I can't put up with having the bad guy as the Main character, I think I feel too forced to be sympathetic to him... Let's try this other one with the Titans, that sounds safer" (plot twist incoming lmao) Recommending your favourite anime is cool, recommending your own first anime is probably even better, but just adapt your suggestion to the person. I've seen friends recommend random seasonal anime bullshit to people that doesn't watch anime... it hurts. it actually physically hurt, please stop. At least give some "tamer" shows. the most important rule is probably the "no anime BS". unless you're recommending an anime for a middle/high schooler, i guess.

I didn’t expect the Japanese rickroll at 16:27…

That Christmas B-roll footage made me laugh so hard when I watched the little girl fake act her ass off LMFAO

I agree with all of the list, but I'll really recommend Clannad for Romance / Highschool / Slice of Life. And of course, Your Lie in April is also a great pick.

I was literally making my picks as you went through this and almost everything was the same HAHAHA. For Drama I was in a mix with A Silent Voice and Wolf Children but after you got to for Mom, it made so much more sense to have it there.

I feel like a category that i would put is also "reflexive", that anime that you can vibe with and their themes are so compelling and beautiful that you constantly think about them, and none other anime fits that category for me than Mushishi. I showed Mushishi to my mother (keep in mind i also hadn't watched it at that time) and the vibes were something that i don't see ANY anime do. Yeah it's episodical, but every story is memorable, and the fact that it's told in such a calm and relaxing way, it's a breath of fresh air when most of what anime fans like about the medium is flashy colors and character fight goes zoom (and most of the more popular anime fits in these categories). Mushishi is unforgetable, man. And also has 0 anime bullshit! Both me and my mother loved the anime to pieces

6:10 Magic Knight Rayearth, I will put that as a contender for an isekai without bullshit!!

If it's someone who has never watched anime, my default starter for them usually comes from the Studio Ghibli library. They have a magical feel to them, and since they aren't series, there is no stress for them to feel like having to commit to anything, and you can pick from a variety of themes from the fantastic and magical to the more realistic. I find that it helps ease them in without overwhelming them.

The thing to remember if you're trying to get someone into anime is that failure is always an option. Sometimes people are too stuck in their ways to see animation as anything other than for kids (even if that animation features explicit nudity and/or blood and gore, they'll just ask why they show this to kids in Japan) or maybe it's just not for them. Don't force the issue.

9:41 Did Not expect the Texhnolyze openig there, got goosebumps instantly.

What a great list.

18:52 ... i really thought that my phone was rinning 😂