Anime fans supply a ranking of the anime they would feel comfortable recommending to people unfamiliar with the medium – which for once includes some definite classics, and a near absence of moeblobbery.
1. Usagi Drop
2. Ano Hi Mita Hana
3. Gintama
4. Natsume’s Book of Friends
5. Tiger & Bunny
6. Clannad
7. Summer Wars
8. Toki o Kakeru Shoujo
9. Durarara!!
10. One Piece
11. The Twelve Kingdoms
12. Gundam Seed
13. Gundam 00
14. Steins;Gate
15. Neon Genesis Evangelion
16. Ranma 1/2
17. Toradora!
18. Hetalia
19. Aria
20. Case Closed
Beck Mongolian Chop Squad.
“So its about a young boys struggles through his own feelings of uselessness and shyness after he picks up and begins to deal with music.”
“Yep…”
“And theres no moeblob ridiculousness, no cookie cutter tsunderes, no strange magic girl things, and no shounen powerlevel rehashings?”
“Well there is a dog that looks like he’s made out of other dogs… but mostly its about music and growing and s♥♥t like that. It just so happens to be an anime and manga rather than like a live show.”
YuYu would catch a lot of people who might think anime is too girly or childish to watch
WTF!¿ what about Cowboy Bebop, or Escaflowne, Wolf Rain, this are animes I was able to recommend and they watched them, to my family and friends(including older people around 30-40 or more)
Steins Gate and 12 Kingdoms are good choices. I think that they could be enjoyed by those that would be considered non-anime fans. Gundam Seed also had a great story worth a mention. The other series are more for die hard fans. I tried to get a friend into One Piece and they thought of it as too childish.
A typical skeptic would not spend more than 10 minutes little lone a full episode or two unless the series grabs them. Most of these series either don’t do it or utilize a humor that is unique to the anime world.
I am also surprised to see Death Note not on this list. That one usually impresses people that don’t watch anime.
11. The Twelve Kingdoms
Finally a good to remember series, damn! I didn’t know how it goes after the anime…. T_T