Anime for a newbie?

[Lucario]

Hi,
does anyone know of a good anime for a 13 year old who's new to anime? (but has watched pokemon)

 

[machomuu]

A 13 year old who's only watched Pokemon?

Well, the obvious choices that you'd probably enjoy at least one or two of are the long running Shounen: Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece- with added Fairy Tail or Soul Eater as you please. Just pick one and go all out.

As for shorter choices, people'll generally point to shows like Cowboy Bebop, more Western appealing anime to get people started, because that does make sense. But I'll recommend Durarara!, Angel Beats!, and Baka and Test to get three particularly different, very anime tastes. And if you like any of those, anime's for you. If you don't, those anime aren't for you.

Bonus, Shirobako. Whether you'll like it's up in the air, but if you're interested in the medium and want some form of appreciation for it, or just love stuff like it (both of which are me), I'd recommend checking it out. Gives a fair deal of insight, and it's one of my favorite shows for that.

 

[Etherion]

Try Erased! :D If your in to the Mystery genre.

*points @ sig*

 

[JJ Styles]

Not entirely sure if you'd go old school but some older animes aren't as "deep" or as "gravitational" but are still good. Voltes V is what i'm thinking about though it gets repetitive. Or something like Ninja Senshi Tobikage or otherwise known as Ninja Robots, because Ninja mechas is far too entertaining.

If you're insane like i am, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's a good entryway.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

I'd suggest not doing it to yourself. If I could go back 11 years an be 13 again I wouldn't.

If you're dead set on it though go for Galaxy Express 999 and One Piece. Will keep you entertained for years.

 

[RegalSin]

The best of anime is gone. Everything now worth watching is student made or fan made goodies. That is it. I could mention Rated-R material but I rather not.

Support your local artist.

 

[countryemo]

Well I would suggest something that is close to your interest, tv shows, movies that you watch. If you like'd Pokemon, maybe look into Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Bakugon, other creature animes, possibly even Zatch Bell.

You can also look into the mainstream/well known/veteran animes, like DBZ, the above, one piece, naruto, inyuasha, yuyuhakisho, sailor moon.

 

[Akiba]

Ah, middle school. Those were the good days.

I watched stuff like Bakemonogatari and Durarara!! back then.

Seconding Regal and the britbong, anime has mostly come to ****, so it's a waste of time unless you're super picky about what you watch.

The Hataraku Maou-sama and Kaichou wa Maid-sama are pretty cute, so they'd make decent starter animes. You can try the two I mentioned earlier if you're up for something different.

 

[Arma]

Shaman King was pretty much the coolest thing ever when I was your age! It's action packed, and really funny too!! Durarara!! is good as well, but it can be rather fast paced, so you gotta pay attention when watching it.

 

[Lucario]

Thanks for all the responses. I think I'll stick to pokemon for now.

 

[Kenchiin]

9 posts later he just decided to ignore all of you.
I love forums.

 

[Pinkie-Dawn]

Here's some anime recommended for your age:

Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Bayblade, Dragon Ball, One Piece, Inyuasha, Cory in the House, Sailor Moon, Hamtaro, Bakugon, Yu Yu Hakusho, and the Transformers Unicron trilogy series (Armada, Energon, Cybertron).

 

[Lucario]

I wasn't ignoring, I just think that I'll finish watching all of indigo league first.

 

[semi]

I wasn't ignoring, I just think that I'll finish watching all of indigo league first.

In that case, you're a newbie to Pokémon as well! And welcome to the crazy-all anime world, I might add.
If you don't mind me adding (when you finished the season and all) I suggest you start proper anime with Fullmetal Alchemist or Death Note. They're classics, both with amazing plots, the first more emotional and the second mindblowing and DAMN.
Anyhow, good luck handling Ash for a little while longer. Don't worry. There's bound to always be a plot twist somewhere nearby.
And there's Pikachu.
Who needs a damn plot twist when there's Pikachu in every episode? Not me :3

 

[Midnight shadow]

In that case, you're a newbie to Pokémon as well! And welcome to the crazy-all anime world, I might add.
If you don't mind me adding (when you finished the season and all) I suggest you start proper anime with Fullmetal Alchemist or Death Note. They're classics, both with amazing plots, the first more emotional and the second mindblowing and DAMN.
Anyhow, good luck handling Ash for a little while longer. Don't worry. There's bound to always be a plot twist somewhere nearby.
And there's Pikachu.
Who needs a damn plot twist when there's Pikachu in every episode? Not me :3

I personally wouldn't recommend Death Note for a 13 year old (no offence to the OP), as it might be kinda hard to follow the plot. If you like Pokemon chances are you'll like Digimon, Beyblade and Bakugan too. If you're going for Beyblade I'd start with Bayblade: Metal fusion as it has better animation quality than the original series. After that, it really depends on what you are looking for in an anime. If you like mmorpgs then definitely take a look at Sword Art Online and Log Horizon. If you like lots of magic then Magi: the Labyrinth of Magic or Fairy Tail will suit you best in my opinion.

 

[Keiran]

Everyone needs to watch Naruto at least once in their life. The latter half is incredible.

 

[semi]

I personally wouldn't recommend Death Note for a 13 year old (no offence to the OP), as it might be kinda hard to follow the plot. If you like Pokemon chances are you'll like Digimon, Beyblade and Bakugan too. If you're going for Beyblade I'd start with Bayblade: Metal fusion as it has better animation quality than the original series. After that, it really depends on what you are looking for in an anime. If you like mmorpgs then definitely take a look at Sword Art Online and Log Horizon. If you like lots of magic then Magi: the Labyrinth of Magic or Fairy Tail will suit you best in my opinion.

You may be right about that, though I sincerely believe it depends on taste. Besides, I despised Digimon and anime of that sort when I first started with Pokémon and anime in general. To be honest, I had watched Death Note at 13 myself.
But I agree with you that Sword Art Online and Magi are exceptional. Or rather, pretty amazing.

 

[Desinishon]

You must watch Naruto. It's awesome and I know you're certainly going to enjoy it.

If you prefer something total destruction and insanely powerd anime I recommend you to watch Dragon ball Z and One punch man :)

If you want to see a total badass anime protagonist that's where "bleach" came in.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

The latter half is incredible.

First half was way better.

 

[donavannj]

So much dumb filler in the second half. Great intro anime as it's easy to digest. Story's better in the manga, though. Practically the entire second half of the original Naruto run is filler.