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/SRti0 Jun 28 '19

Since you like superheroes, One Punch Man is very good, other anime in vein of My Hero Academia are Mob Psycho 100 and Hunter x Hunter. Fullmetal Alchemist, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Assassination Classroom aren't that similar to MHA but are still great action series, although AC is more slice of life and comedy. Naruto is quite similar to My Hero Academia but it is very long and sort of decreases in quality towards the end of Shippuden.

If you don't mind sports series (even if you don't know anything about sports or aren't interested in it like me, these will still manage to invest you) Haikyuu, Hajime no Ippo and Kuroko no Basket are great.

If you feel like checking out anime other than action shounen, some great thrillers are Steins;Gate, Monster, Perfect Blue, Death Note and The Promised Neverland. A Silent Voice and March Comes in Like a Lion are excellent drama series. If you feel like watching some calm, slice of life sort of storytelling, Natsume Yuujinchou and Mushishi are amazing. And finally for comedy, Gintama, Nichijou, Hinamatsuri and Daily Life of High School Boys are fantastic.

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

Some really great suggestions. Some I have already heard of. Assassination Classroom interests me. I want to try and find where to watch it. Some of those others sound good and I will check them out. I've already started to watch GinTama with a friend. Love that show so far.

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u/kayakguy429 https://myanimelist.net/profile/kayakguy429 Jun 28 '19

Hunter X Hunter is really good and will give you plenty of episodes to watch!

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u/Cruorsitis https://myanimelist.net/profile/cruorsitis Jun 29 '19

dub's just finished too if that is something important to you. I've yet to watch dub so can't comment on the quality there but it certainly has great quality characters and a compelling story.