Top 15 Beginner-Friendly Anime List
Perfect Picks for First-Time Watchers

If you’ve been searching for anime to start your ‘anime journey,’ you’ve come to the right place.
Buckle your seatbelt and get ready to be entertained with these easy entry points into the world of anime.
1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
To restore what was lost, two brothers use alchemy to seek the Philosopher's stone to try to fix a tragic mistake that cost one his body and the other his arm and leg.
Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric’s course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.
2. Demon Slayer
A boy named Tanjiro Kamado becomes a demon slayer and joins an organization dedicated to hunting down demons called the Demon Slayer Corps after demons kill his family and transforms his younger sister Nezuko into a demon.
He fights monsters while searching for a cure.
3. Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) is a groundbreaking action anime series with elements of drama, horror, and anime featuring intense storytelling, brutal battles, and deep philosophical themes.
With humanity forced to live behind walls to survive giant man-eating Titans, Eren and his friends join the military to fight back and uncover shocking truths.
4. My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) is a popular anime series that blends action, heartfelt storytelling, and the personal growth of youths within a vibrant superhero world.
In a world where most people have superpowers (“quirks”), a powerless boy dreams of becoming a hero.
5. Death Note
A genius high-school student discovers a supernatural notebook that grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name is written in it.
He tries to reshape the world — and a detective tries to stop him.
6. Jujutsu Kaisen
The story follows a high school student Yuji Itadori who swallows a cursed object and becomes host to an evil spirit.
Watch on as he joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers to eliminate curses and the most powerful of Curse "Ryomen Sukuna".
7. One Punch Man
One Punch Man is a Japanese manga series created by One, originally released as a webcomic in early 2009. It tells the story of Saitama, a strong and independent superhero who, having trained to the point that he can defeat any opponent with a single punch, grows deeply bored from a lack of challenge.
He sets out to find stronger opponents, while making allies of other heroes as well.
8. Spy x Family
The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to build a family to execute a mission, not realizing that his adopted daughter is a telepath and his wife an assassin.
9. Buddy Daddies
Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a little girl looking for her father on Christmas Day; Kazuki and Rei end up taking care of her after the failed mission.
They learn to be parents while still doing dangerous jobs.
10. Your Name
Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.
11. Spirited Away
Ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents end up at an abandoned amusement park inhabited by supernatural beings. Soon, she learns that she must work to free her parents who have been turned into pigs.
12. Haikyuu!
The story follows Shoyo Hinata, a boy determined to become a great volleyball player despite his small stature.
He joins a team full of rivals and learns to work with them.
13. Horimiya
When the popular Hori and the gloomy Miyamura meet, they reveal another side of themselves. Could this be the start of something new?
Sit tight for a sweet and realistic romance.
14. Tokyo Revengers
The story follows Takemichi Hanagaki, a 26-year-old part-timer with a gloomy life, who travels back in time to his teenage years to stop a violent gang from ruining the future.
15. The Promised Neverland
The series follows a group of orphaned children in their plan to escape from their orphanage, after learning the dark truth behind their existence.
I hope I’ve shared enough without giving away too much.
Let me know in the comments which one you’ll be trying first, or which one you’ve already watched and how you found it.
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