10 Best Anime For Beginners to watch in 2024: The galaxy of Japanese anime is very deep and vast, it can be pretty overwhelming for a first-time anime watcher. As for the people you too heard about the popular animes like Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball, and also the Fairy Tale. But if you had never seasoned anime watcher, these series, all having 200+ episodes looks to pretty intense.
So if you are also a new comer in the world of anime and looking to watch some best anime series, we have listed some of the best show that you might find enjoyable, (10 Best Anime For Beginners to watch in 2024) –
This is relatively pretty cute magical anime, Little Witch Academia will remind fans of several different fantasy fiction movies and shows they’ve witnessed over the years. In this series a young witch named Akko is to be founded who is looking to become a full-fledged witch for helping the people and make everyone happy. While Akko’s powers are limited and not very powerful, the little witch always tries everything in her power to challenge others.
This series also shows her competitive adventures with other young witches, whom she befriends along the way. This coming-of-age fantasy series also has contains drama and mystery to keep you enjoying to your seat and making fun and light first-time anime watch.
9. Noragami + Noragami Aragoto
Noragami + Noragami Aragoto
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy, Comedy
Number of episodes – 25 + 4 OVAs (Original Video Animations)
A little less mainstream but it is also a great anime series to watch, Narogami follows the amazing adventures of the Yatom, a god without a shrine. While he is struggling to make his personality better ro become competent god. He runs into the middle school name Iki Hiyori, to whom he always offer the help for as low as 5 Yen.
The series has yet to release its season 3, which fans have eagerly been awaiting since 2015. However, the first two seasons of this action-filled and compelling anime are just enough to get a new watcher interested in the Japanese anime world. Everyone likes to watch the anime because of its great diversity and unique cultures trends. Beginners should check out this action anime, which also has enough mystery to keep you at the edge of your seat.
The Another relatively less mainstream anime, ‘KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!’, known as KonoSuba, is a light-hearted and fun anime series that has been loved by many people. This anime show also follows the character of Kazuma Sato, a high school student who dies a kind of unfortunate death only to be awakened by a goddess, who gives him two choices – continue to heaven or reincarnate in a fantasy world.
Before Sato gets the chance for starting the new fresh start in the fantasy world, which functions as an RPG, he’s allowed to choose one item that may help him in his quest which makes this anime very challenging. Sato, who thinks he will outsmart everyone, chooses the goddess Aqua herself, only to hilariously realize how “useless” she is later on. The two also meet other eccentric and hilarious companions along the way. This light-hearted and hilarious anime series is a great first-time watch for newbies!
7. One Punch Man
One Punch Man
Genre: Comedy, Superhero
Number of episodes – 24 + 12 OVAs (Original Video Animations)
The One-Punch Man’s anime series always brings a good refreshing new take to the superhero and comedy genres with its sardonic wit and brilliant satire. The story of the One Punch Man follows the bored superhero Saitama, who can defeat any enemy with simply one punch move which looks to be awesome in the fighting scenes.
The funniest part of all of this is that Saitama looks nothing like a conventional superhero, which is why people have a hard time trusting his strength. What’s even better is that Saitama’s origin story is nothing like a “normal” superhero origin story since his powers come from “training hard.” Beginners will love this short but hilarious anime series that took the world of anime by storm upon its release.
6. Fate/Zero
Fate_Zero
Genre: Action, Dark Fantasy, Magical Fantasy, Tragedy Â
Production from a similar studio Fate is the critically acclaimed Demon Slayer, and also it is the story of the Holy Grail War that is fought between the 7 mages (sorcerers). This story centers around the seven mages who must fight to acquire the Holy Grail that can fulfill any wish. While in the fate series has much other anime series like ‘Fate/Stay Night’ and ‘Fate/Apocrypha,’ ‘Fate/Zero’ is where it all begins.
However, the rules of war in any field are always not simple because each mage must call upon a “servant” having the historical figure everyone will just have to read out through the centuries ranging from legendary knights to demigods. This series features many best-filmed battles and brilliant dialogue between Mages and their ‘servants’ as they make their way to battle against others. It is an excellent watch for a new anime viewer and will leave you wanting more anime for sure.
5. My Hero Academia
My Hero Academia
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Superhero
Number of episodes – 113 + 5 OVAs (Original Video Animations)
Becoming the most popular anime of the current generations, My Hero Academia is emotion-filled but the comedic superheroes in this series always follows the adventures of Izuku Midoriya, AKA Deku. This series takes place in the world where 80% of world just born with powers making the society with the superheroes.
However, in the whole world, full of everyone being super, young Izuku is born without a “quirk,” making him one of the few to be so. Will Deku ever join U.A., a school for the best and brightest young superheroes? It’s a journey that you don’t want to watch and cannot be missed! But don’t lose hope because, as Deku says in the episode one, it’s the story of how he becomes the greatest superhero ever in his life.
Demon Slayer: Kimestu no Yaiba, also known as the Demon Slayer, is one of the most popular anime from recent times perfect for new anime watchers to watch and enjoy. This series also takes place in the fictional Japan where all the humans and demons exist in the same society and focusing on the “demon slayers” who looks like a Samurai. While in the second season of anime is still ongoing, fans have plenty of content to devour since a movie follows the first season.
The most entertaining part of this anime is its drama and fantastic action scenes will leave you intrigued by the world of anime! In the world, demons are the former that of the humans who sold their power for humanity with the supernatural abilities. The central theme of this anime foucsing on the demon slayers and the story of the teenager named Tanjiro Kamado struggling to become a demon slayer after his family is killed, with his younger sister Nezuko turning into a demon.
3. Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan
Genre: Dark Fantasy, Post-apocalyptic, Action
Number of episodes – 81+ (currently ongoing) + 8 OVAs (Original Video Animations)
Attack on Titan is one of the most high-rated anime series to watch and exciting series recently. This anime has quickly become a great popular show in the recent past eight years since it started to becoming air.
This dark story always revolves slightly different around but the compelling theme of giant creatures in this series known as “Titans” who wants to kill all the humans living inside the walls Maria, Rose, and Sina. This series will intrigue first-time watchers in the first episode itself, the thrilling action scenes are waiting for them as it has a great written character and the mystery surrounding the “titans.”
Apart from that, mystery surrounding from the origin seems to be the main theme also the story follows the lives of Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and the other Survey Corps members. Together they always fight these strange giant creatures (titans) to protect the human beings living inside the walls.
One of our generations has the most iconic anime series filled with actions and suspense in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. This series follows the adventures of two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric. This is the second series of anime to be adapted from the manga series by the Fullmetal Alchemist, but unlike its predecessor, this adaptation remains faithful to the original storyline.
When an alchemy experiment goes wrong, brothers Alphonse and Edward will have to heal the physical damage and emotional to get the results. Well-written characters, and a great suspense story all are waiting to unfold the mention of a philosopher’s stone, making this anime “just best” for beginners
This is the most popular iconic anime series to watch, Death Note is the best for all first-time watchers simply because of its concise and to-the-point storytelling. It is the kind of anime that your friend can blindly trust to watch an amazing storyline and force you to watch the whole series.
It has a great story of a high school student called Yagami Light, having the power to kill anyone by simply writing a name in a book called ‘Death Note.’
Light acquires the books because a bored Shinigami (a god of death) decides to throw his book named Death Note into the Human world. Light’s antics soon attract the attention of a detective called L. With L on his case and the Shinigami Ryuk on his shoulder; Light must make sure to enact his plans without getting caught.
