The Perfect Anime Starter Kit

For the people who are new to anime, Senpai has created a list of Perfect anime that'll help you watch the best of all the anime. The main motive of the article is to essentially educate people in the world that anime is much more than just shirtless men fighting. So to guide anyone who wants to get into anime culture but has no idea where to start, this is the holy grail for you. Now anime has 5 genres, rather, demographics:

Shounen: Made for teenage boys.

Seinen: Made for adult men.

Shojo: Made for teenage girls.

Josei: Made for adult women.

Kodomomuke: Made for small children to instill moral values. A popular example would be Doraemon.

This knowledge will help you to find the anime demographic you're most interested in!

● Dragon Ball

● Death Note

● Naruto

● JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure

● Attack on Titan

● One-Punch Man

● Pokémon

● Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

● My Hero Academia

● The Seven Deadly Sins

Often considered the greatest shounen of all time, Dragon Ball is the most popular anime. Dragon Ball is perfect to get into anime. The story follows a young boy named Son Goku, from his childhood to adulthood while he trains in martial arts and attempts to acquire “Dragon Balls” while making many friends and foes with similar objectives along the way. Dragon Balls are 7 magical wish-granting orbs. Each has stars numbered from 1 to 7. Dragon Ball was followed by Dragon Ball Z. It became a major hit and thus, the cultural phenomenon it is today. Dragon Ball also had 20 animated movies and OVAs. Although only three, namely:

Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Gods, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F and the recently released Dragon Ball Super: Broly is part of the headcanon.

Death Note is a shounen anime which tells the story of Yagami Light. He is a prodigy and perhaps the smartest person in Japan. He acquires the “Death Note”. It's a book which essentially gives you the ability to kill someone by writing their full names in it. Light decides to write the names of criminals in the book in the name of justice! What follows is the cat and mouse chase with L, an equally smart detective and his protege Near in the latter half. This anime essentially makes you doubt your IQ. If detective anime interest you, you must go for this!

Naruto is a shounen anime that follows the life of Uzumaki Naruto. He is a knuckleheaded brat who runs around in the village, Konohagakure (the village hidden in the leaves). He has a strong desire to become the Hokage (leader of the village) and earn the recognition and love of the villagers. But, they often shun him as he contains the spirit of a 9 tailed demon fox within him. This very fox attacked and tried to destroy the village 12 years ago. The story follows his journey making friends and earning the love of the village while learning his destiny.

JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure is a shounen/seinen anime following the Joestar family members that who all happen to have ‘JoJo’ as their initials. The first part (Phantom Blood) follows the story of Jonathan Joestar and Dio Brando, his adoptive brother. Dio is essentially a very cunning and cruel guy bent on world domination by using a stone mask which is a Joestar family heirloom. On the other hand, Jonathan uses Hamon - an ancient martial arts technique that relies on breathing. The second part (Battle Tendency) is set 50 years later and follows the story of Joseph Joestar, Jonathan’s grandson and the Pillar Men - Santana, Wammuu, Esidisi and Kars - the creators of the Stone mask from Part 1. The following parts Part 3 (Stardust Crusaders), Part 4 (Diamond is Unbreakable) and Part 5 (Golden Wind) introduce new powers, new foes, and so on with new JoJos.

Shingeki No Kyoujin is more popularly known as Attack on Titan. It is set in the fictional world of Paradis, which seems to mimic medieval Europe. In this world exist giant humanoid monsters who eat humans. As a result, most of humanity has been exterminated and the few remaining humans have been driven into three concentric walls. The story follows Eren Yeager and his friends Mikasa Ackermann and Armin Arlett in the aftermath of an attack by the Colossal Titan in their home district of Shiganshina, their pursuit to join the Survey Corps along with battles and discovery of the truth about the Titans.

One-Punch Man is a seinen manga about heroes. It’s set in a futuristic world where many individuals are heroes and villains. The story is about Saitama, a person who is capable of defeating any opponent with a single serious strike. In the setting of the story, most people are heroes for money and fame, however, Saitama is a hero for fun and only hopes to save people in danger. Genos is Saitama’s student and one of the few people who realize how strong Saitama is. The story shows that you may not necessarily get credits for your achievements but still you have to continue giving your best, or in Saitama’s case, a single punch!

Pokémon, short for Pocket Monsters is perhaps the most popular Japanese media of all time! The Pokémon animated series is split up into six chronologically sequential series in Japan. Split up by the version of the video game series the anime takes inspiration from. The original series (composed of The Beginning and Gold and Silver), the Ruby & Sapphire series (or the Advanced Generation series), the Diamond & Pearl series, the Black & White series (or the Best Wishes! series), the XY series, and the Sun & Moon series.

It is the story of Ash. In all the different series, he is a Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town whose goal is to become a Pokémon Master. His starter Pokémon is Pikachu that he receives from Professor Oak after arriving late to his laboratory. Pokémon is perfect for you if you are a gamer because all the games related to the series are a delight to play!

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood is a shounen anime revolving around Alchemy i.e. exchanging a particular amount of a compound to get a particular amount of another compound. The story follows Edward Elric who lost his right arm and left leg and Alphonse Elric who lost his whole body after performing human transmutation and their journey to get their bodies back. FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood is a perfect example of a good shounen anime - it has good action, a well-written plot, and connectivity with the characters. It is short in comparison to other shounen. So, it’s a perfect anime to start right now.

My Hero Academia is an anime about quirks (superpowers) and heroes. This popular shounen anime was released in 2015. It is the story of Izuku Midoriya. He belongs to the 20% population who don't have any quirk and thus, are called "quirkless". One day, his friend Bakugo is attacked by a villain, and couldn't be saved by heroes due to unfavorable conditions. So, Midoriya jumps into the fray to help his friend despite being quirkless. What follows is the story of Midoriya becoming the greatest hero of all time!

Nanatsuno Taizai also known as The Seven Deadly Sins is a shounen anime. It is set in European Middle Ages. The story follows the Seven Deadly Sins, an effective group of knights in the region of Britannia.

Their supposed defeat came at the hands of the Holy Knights. But rumors persist that they are still alive. Ten years later, the Chief Holy Knights Dreyfus, Zaratarus’ younger brother and his dearest friend and comrade Hendrickson stage a coup d'état and capture the king. They become the new tyrannical rulers of the kingdom and use the King’s power under his name. The third princess, King Baltra’s adoptive daughter, Elizabeth Liones then starts on a journey to find the Seven Deadly Sins. She hopes to take back the kingdom from the Holy Knights with their help.

So this was the perfect anime guide. If you watch the animes listed here, I'm pretty sure you'd start being called a weeb!