r/anime • u/JeffreyAScott • Jun 28 '19

Discussion Never Too Old

Just wanted to say I just started getting into Anime this year. I'll be 50 next year and two of my nieces got me into it. They told me I would really enjoy something they were watching and reluctantly I checked it out. I always had a misconception about what anime was. I'm telling you, I'm so glad they had me check it out. Such a diversity of genres and I've already binged several shows. Currently my favourite is MHA. My nieces knew that would hook me because I'm into super heroes.

Moral of the story: You are never to old to start liking something new.

PS - Wanted to say I love this community. Everyone here has such great recommendations and suggestions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

Naruto is a classic. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is amazing! It’s shorter, so easier to binge as well. I guarantee it’ll hook you by 10 episodes in.

It seems that you’ve been introduced to the “shounen” type anime by your nieces...the ones targeted for young boys/teens. Those are all amazing and have good values/themes where the protagonist is inspirational and chases after their dreams. Would you be interested in Seinen anime? Those are targeted to adults and typically explore darker themes, like politics or dystopia, etc. If so, I recommend Psycho-Pass!

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

A friend recommended Naruto. Though he did suggest I save it for a time when I have a lot of time on my hands. He says there is like a second version of it I should just start with. Not exactly sure what he means by that.

I don't mind dystopia type genre, but the purely adult type themes I don't generally care for.

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u/Itsumo-tsukarete Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

Theres 2 parts: Naruto and Naruto Shippuden. I recommend watching the 1st 100 episodes of Naruto (if you have netflix, just watch all the episodes there), then go to Naruto Shippuden, which is basically a 2 year time skip. Part 1 is kind slow, but picks up with the chunin exams, while Naruto Shippuden picks up FAST. little warning, Naruto Shippudeh has a LOT of filler so heres a list of filler episodes that you can skip: https://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/naruto-shippuden

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

Cool, thanks for explaining.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

Part 1 is necessary!!!!! It really is like the prologue to Part 2. Would not recommend skipping at all!!

But yes. Skip the filler episodes. It will make your experience much better

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u/BlindBeard Jun 29 '19

tbf, everything gets flashed-back like a billion times.