What Are The Best Gateway Anime (Anime that can be used to introduce non anime fans into anime)

[TheGamingNewsGuy]

After recently watching The Promised Neverland - What are the best Gateway Anime?. For those who don't know - Gateway Anime are Anime that can be used to introduce people to Anime. Personally i think Promised Neverland works quite well as a gateway anime but what are your picks?

 

[Finaj]

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Cowboy Bebop

 

[vestan]

Cowboy Bebop (english dub)
Code Geass (english dub)
Death Note (english dub)

^ These three are the absolute GOATs for introducing someone to anime

Other good ones include:

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Steins;Gate
Gurren Lagann
Attack on Titan

 

[Sabin]

Psycho Pass Season 1

 

[Shahed]

Death Note

 

[Barrel Cannon]

mmmm that first post.

Cowboy Bebop is a must. Granted I don't watch anime much at all

 

[Deleted member 1041]

Yu yu hakusho
Death Note

 

[RochHoch]

One Punch Man

My Hero Academia

 

[BWoog]

It's really Cowboy Bebop. Easily digestible installments with a cast of likable characters, leading us to a banger of a finale.

 

[Deleted member 8463]

Samurai Champloo

 

[Deleted member 4783]

Definitely The Promised Neverland and Mob Psycho 100.

Those 2 anime got 7 of my friends into anime, and those anime are pretty recent.

 

[Vilix]

Redline
Appleseed
Trigun
Devil Is A Part Timer

 

[lordmrw]

This is why I miss the ova market from the 90s. It was perfect for stuff like this

 

[SJRB]

DBZ as the super obvious one aside, I'd say Attack on Titan.

 

[Deleted member 3925]

Cowboy Bebop/Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Attack on Titan, Mob Psycho 100, My Hero Academia, among others.

Ghibli films are a great introduction too.

 

[Messi]

My Hero academia
One Punch Man
The Promised Neverland
A Place further than the universe

 

[Dream Machine]

Satoshi Kon's movies

 

[Normal]

Dragonball Z
Death Note
One Punch Man
Naruto
Attack on Titan


Pretty much any mainstream anime.

 

[Cantaim]

Depends on the audience in all honesty. If you're trying to introduce someone to comedy anime then One Punch Man is the safest possible bet. If you are trying to hook someone up on more dramatic and action driven show FMA:Brotherhood or Cowboy Bebop

 

[Powdered Egg]

Ninja Scroll and Grave of the Fireflies

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

The Promised Neverland is a great new option, my gf and I just finished the first season.

Ninja Scroll and Grave of the Fireflies

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The one with multiple gratuitous rape scenes? Nah.

 

[Burt]

 

[E_i]

Didn't see this mentioned, but Planetes.

 

[Sunster]

lol don't say Miyazaki movies. That just made me love those and think other anime was trash in comparison.

 

[nachum00]

Some Studio Ghibli films.

 

[deepFlaw]

I feel like the answer is generally either some of the better shonen series, or things like Ghibli or Hosoda movies.

If they want something slower/less action-focused, there are other movies or short series they could check out but that feels like less of an actual gateway to seeing more than just that. Which is fine too.

 

[Deleted member 3208]

Fate Zero
Psycho Pass Season 1

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

Cowboy Bebop is a great choice, for more recent stuff, Promised Neverland is a great pick and so is One Punch Man. I also noticed a lot of non-anime-watching friends getting quite hyped over Attack on Titan.

 

[RangerBAD]

I think there are gateway anime for just about any genre. So it really depends on the person.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Literally, everyone loves that show.

 

[sph3re]

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Cowboy Bebop

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That one-two punch, goddamn

I find it hard to argue with this, quite frankly. Lmao @ people saying DBZ, like non-weebs are gonna sit through entire episodes of nothing happening

 

[Jeb]

FLCL season 1

 

[I KILL PXLS]

More recent-ish stuff off the top of the dome:

One Punch Man
Mob Psycho 100
Attack on Titan
From the New World
The Promised Neverland

 

[Violence Jack]

Studio Ghibli films, and maybe something from Satoshi Kon like Perfect Blue or Millennium Actress. Maybe even Hellsing.

Just don't make the same mistake I did and introduce someone using Evangelion. It was when I first met my wife, and she's into religious studies, so I thought she'd get a kick out of all the symbolism. Nah, it just made her absolutely hate anything anime.

 

[Joker Code]

Something like Naruto or Death Note. Most of the people I know got into anime because of Naruto.

 

[Jeb]

Space Dandy

 

[psynergyadept]

Cowboy Bebop
Samuria Champloo
Dragonball
My Hero Academia
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
Mob Psycho 100

Though Dragonball/MHA/FMA:B don't fit the bill but try to have them watch short season/series first; like 12-26 episodes first.

Also any Studio Ghilbi film or Your Name; the latter one has really convinced some of my friends that anime isn't just for kids and can have compelling stories.

 

[Elderly Parrot]

Besides the obvious I will say any time I put on case closed on my normal friends like the whole self contained mystery thing

 

[SageShinigami]

Dragon Ball Z. One Piece.

The "high class" stuff most people talk about when they recommend anime is horrible as "gateway" stuff. It creates a false representation, so what happens is they exhaust the few things that are like that then swear every other anime is garbage. That's not a gateway lol Better to show them something a wide variety of people love, so they understand anime isn't just all prestige stuff--that's an unrealistic expectation.

 

[Deleted member 33533]

Black Lagoon is pretty good for this I think.

 

[Heromanz]

Dragon Ball Z. One Piece.

The "high class" stuff most people talk about when they recommend anime is horrible as "gateway" stuff. It creates a false representation, so what happens is they exhaust the few things that are like that then swear every other anime is garbage. That's not a gateway lol Better to show them something a wide variety of people love, so they understand anime isn't just all prestige stuff--that's an unrealistic expectation.

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One piece is a terrible anime to introduce anyone to at least Dragon Ball has Kai .

 

[shadow_shogun]

Monster

 

[Rosebud]

Death Note, short and good.

But most people are introduced with long shonens like Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball, etc.

 

[Deleted member 48205]

Neon Genesis Evangelion was the one for me
Probably not a good starting point though, starting out with the best one will make everything else look like shit

 

[Deleted member 176]

DBZ
Fullmetal
My Hero

First one is the gold standard for anime in the west. Fullmetal is short and has more in common with a show like Avatar imo since it all flows well from beat to beat and feels self contained. My Hero has superheros which people can understand easily.

 

[IIFloodyII]

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood was what get me really interest in anime again. It's just a fantastic show.

 

[Sephzilla]

DBZ

 

[Chopchop]

Haikyuu is fantastic.

 

[shnurgleton]

Spirited Away

Didn't see this mentioned, but Planetes.

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[Sho_Nuff82]

Dragon Ball Z. One Piece.

The "high class" stuff most people talk about when they recommend anime is horrible as "gateway" stuff. It creates a false representation, so what happens is they exhaust the few things that are like that then swear every other anime is garbage. That's not a gateway lol Better to show them something a wide variety of people love, so they understand anime isn't just all prestige stuff--that's an unrealistic expectation.

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How do you even begin to recommend One piece to someone who has never seen anime before?

"The first 160 hours are pretty good world-building, but it really kicks up a notch around episode 475!"

DBZ is much more digestible, but even now I would recommend Kai or the Abridged series to newcomers.