The world of animes is colorful, flamboyant, and sometimes hard to understand. To help you recommend the right animes to your loved ones, we have selected 5 series and movies for you.
For many, the world of animes is uncharted territory. Colorful and flamboyant outfits, screaming warriors, and a story for which one would need an entire encyclopedia can be off-putting. Because of this, some people don’t engage with the world of animes at all – even though it has so much to offer.
MyMMO has selected 5 series and films from Japan that can even convince those who have only heard of animes in passing and have yet to form an opinion. Unlike Cortyn’s list, which is meant to convince self-proclaimed skeptics, we focus on:
- An easy-to-understand story
- No annoying or screaming characters (who else has developed a love-hate relationship with Demon Slayer thanks to Zenitsu?)
- No ecchi moments that you’d be embarrassed about if your mom suddenly walked in
- No extreme violence like in Chainsaw Man, where viewers now know the entire anatomy of the human body thanks to dismembered limbs
- A rating of at least 7.5 on MyAnimeList, after all, we don’t want to recommend any trash
That’s why you won’t find animes like Death Note or Vinland Saga in this list. The order of the animes has nothing to do with their quality – we can recommend them all equally.
Weathering With You
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Film length: 1:52 hours
- Available for streaming: only as a purchase option on Prime Video, Apple TV, and other providers
What is it about? The high school student Hodaka Morishima runs away from home and flees to rainy Tokyo. There, he finds a job at a small publishing house for occult magazines and meets Hina Amano. Hina is an orphan girl who possesses a mysterious gift: she can make the sun shine for a short time through prayers.
Hina and Hodaka scent an opportunity and offer sunshine as a service for special occasions like weddings and flea markets. However, Hina’s gift comes with a price: with each prayer, she sacrifices her body to the heavens.
Why is the film suitable for beginners? Weathering With You particularly impresses with its beautiful animation style. In every puddle and at every corner of Tokyo, there is a lot of love for detail.
The story is also a mix of coming-of-age and love story that can be universally understood. Hodaka and Hina are real people with hopes that are relatable. Unlike Your Name, there are no complex time travel themes here, just an easy-to-understand, linear narrative.
