Top 4 Anime Recomendations For People Who Have Seen 0 Anime

What happened when you watched anime for the first time? Did you think that it was weird, interesting, frightening, like something you had never seen before? I felt all of these things when i was watching Spirited Away at the age of 10, which spawned my interest in anime. I have today compiled a short list here of a couple of shows that you would like if you either have gotten recommended or you purposely want to get into anime. This is for people who haven't seen ANY anime.

Death Note, 37 Episodes, 1 Season Series, 2006, Thriller

Story

Out of boredom, a shinigami called Ryuk drops a death note to the human realm. A genius boy named Light Yagami who one day finds the book dropped on the ground, picks it up. In the instructions, it says that when you write a name in the death note, that person dies in real life. He uses it and starts to use the death note as he wants to eradicate all criminals from the world.

Personal Thoughts

This is what got me into the more "dark" and " serious" types of anime. Before watching death note, I hadn't watched any anime in years and it was when I saw death note that I quickly wanted to watch more of that style anime again. 

 One-Punch Man, 24 episodes, 2 Seasons, Series, 2015, Comedy, Action

Story

One punch man is about a failed businessman named Saitama who decides to train like an elite athlete to become a superhero. He eventually becomes so strong that he can beat enemies with just one punch. 

Personal Thoughts

OPM opened up the world of anime to a lot of people, and the anime is very short and easy to watch. It's also action-packed and even though it's a parody of long battle anime like f.ex Naruto and bleach, it has a great story and stellar animation. However, I would only recommend the FIRST season.

 Spirited Away, Movie, 2001, Supernatural

Story

A spoiled and naive girl named Chihiro is moving into a new town with her parents when they suddenly notice an amusement park that slightly different then it what appears to be at first.

Personal Thoughts

It was my first anime ever and got me obsessed with the supernatural genre in anime. This is a must-watch if you are not only into anime but movies also. Because I consider this to be as much of a classic as let's say "A clockwork orange" or "Citizen Kane".

A Silent Voice, Movie, 2015, Drama

Story

Shouya Ishida is a bored elementary school student who tries to beat his boredom in many cruel ways and when the deaf Shouko Nishimiya transfers into his class, Ishida and some other classmates start bullying her for fun and when she eventually leaves the school, Ishida takes all the blame even though he was only just one part of it. Now in his third year of high school, Ishida is still plagued by his mistakes as a young boy. Because he is regretting his past actions, he sets out on a journey of redemption: to meet Shouko once again and make peace with everyone.

Personal Thoughts

Prepare to cry while watching this one, this is a very dramatic anime with themes of bullying, suicide, etc.

As you saw this list was a mix between movies and series, this is because if you want something more bite-sized I recommend one of the two movies, but if you want something more cohesive and long with stuff like character development, characterization, etc. Watch one of the two series. This list didn't include every genre, it only included the ones that I think are easy to watch/get into.

This is all for now,

Sayonara mina san

First Episodes: Shield Hero, Cardcaptor Sakura, One Punch Man S2

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new segment to My Anime Life.

In this new segment on the blog, I'm going to write about my first impressions of 3 new shows that I'm giving a chance during one spare evening. These are shows that have been on my PTW list on Myanimelist for a while, and I thought what better way than to talk about my first impressions of these anime right here.
 I will talk about each show, giving you my thoughts and then decide if I'm going to drop the anime, put it on hold or continue watching it.  I will see later on how often I will do this, but I hope that all of you readers will have a fun time reading this while I do this, so let's start with...

Cardcaptor Sakura: This reminded me of the very first series I watched back in the day called Kamichara Karin. Karin was a magical shoujo show that was very upbeat and happy with some romance sprinkled across it. I've heard that there will be romance later here but so far I'm digging everything about it even though it's aimed for maybe a slightly younger audience than me (I'm 16). So, it probably won't do some batshit insane things like what happened in Madoka Magica.

Judgment: I will, however, put this anime on hold, even though I was impressed, I wasn't as impressed as some of the other first episodes that I watched this evening.

The Rising Of Shield Hero: Damm, this was interesting. It was a bit daunting to see that this episode was 47 minutes long and also that I'm also nooot the biggest fan of this genre. I have only completed two isekai shows previously (NGNL & SAO), but just from this episode alone, this is much more unique and un-cliche than both of them. I actually felt pissed off at what was happening to our main lead, Naofumi. At first, I thought that this would be just another isekai but then when I saw what happened to him I was like well, this is different. (not going to spoil)

Judgement: I'm continuing watching this one, everything about Shield Hero was infuriating but that's exactly why I'm going to be watching it.

One Punch Man S2: Not bad, but not that great. This was not as a strong of an episode that the very first episode of the first season was. The first thing I noticed was that the animation has gone down a notch, this was because studio MadHouse adapted the first season but now it's J.C Staff, which are more famous for their high school romcoms (f.ex Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo & Toradora!)
 It's still as hilarious as the first season, I laughed so hard when Saitama suddenly appeared at King's house. but I hope it will pick up and improve from here on.

Judgement: I'm continuing to watch this one, but if it doesn't improve animation and quality wise, I'll have to drop it.

Final Thoughts: This has been an experiment, but this was really fun, the reason why I even did this was because to explore these anime that have been sitting on my PTW list for like months, so I thought that I would make this segment, which is perfect for me to not only give these shows a chance (whatever they are current or classic) but also to recommend you what you can expect from these anime, kinda like me giving you all recommendations on what to watch.

100 Completed Anime!

After 7 years of watching, I finally completed 100 anime!

Now, when I have watched 100 more anime, how long will that take?