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Anime for my daughter - a question (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net to c/anime@hexbear.net
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My daughter is 13, and is getting in to anime, I guess. She's been binge watching Attack on Titan this week. I know exactly nothing about it because I'm not interested in it, but I'd like to find her some good anime to watch, that isn't full of the typical borderline porno stuff it seems is popular with G*mers.

Can anyone suggest a couple to get her going? I'd like to do something for her and get a jellyfin server going but dunno what to put on it. What would you suggest for someone getting into anime? Are there services worth paying for? Should I just be sailing the seas?

Asking her she says she likes

No Hero Academia,
Naruto,
Dan Da Dan,
Jojo,

Thanks yall.

ETA - I just gave her the list of stuff suggested so far and she squealed. She says thanks. I appreciate yall. Kiddo is happy then daddo is happy too.

eta2 - I have to go to bed, I was supposed to be asleep an hour or two ago but everyone has given me such a big list to start on that I didn't want to not tell anyone thanks. Thank yall. I have a chance to give my daughter some media she will like, so I score some points with her for being a good dad, and I have a cheap excuse to sit and do something with her, even if it's just television entertainment. At some point mom and dad aren't priorities anymore and I have a chance to bond some more. I appreciate that the most I think.

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[โ€“] MrPiss@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

People seem to be forgetting movies. Studio Ghibli is very well known for making quality movies like Spirited Away. I also enjoyed Look Back (deals with loss) and A Silent Voice (this movie starts with a suicide attempt and very brutal bullying) which are both pg13 and probably outside her current interests. I also liked the show 86 (anti racist in a more liberal way).

I'd like to find her some good anime to watch, that isn't full of the typical borderline porno stuff it seems is popular with G*mers.

A quick visual que I use to gauge anime is the hemline on women's clothes (less obvious compared to every character having giant tits). The lower it is the less likely it's got bad shit in it. Like there are good anime where the women's skirts are above the knee but it tells me roughly how much anime bullshit I'll need to put up with.

Edit: Also there are some battle shonen that feel partially like ads for the Japanese Self Defense Force in the same way American movies are ads to join the military. Might come up depending on what she naturally watches and I'd assume you're against that kind of thing given where we are.

[โ€“] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

That might be a guideline I use to find stuff for her to watch. Sounds like some safe dad suggestion guidelines and I'm fine with that.

I'd like to stay away from the stuff that feels like a Japanese version of American military ads, so I'll keep that in mind if I see something that just feels too propaganda-y. I suppose if I'd given it a seconds critical thought I'd have come to the conclusion that just because its animation doesn't mean it isn't a vessel for some crappy messaging.