I agree that it gets stereotyped all the time, since for the longest time that's how I viewed anime. After watching SAO I completely changed my mind. Since then I've seen quite a few, and I haven't hate ANY of them, but I can tell you the ones that I'd prefer. Just watching pokemon doesn't give you any basis to judge other Anime on.  

Gore is fine in fact Gore can make something better but nudity is not what I wish to see in my first anime  

Yeah, I started with SAO and that was so good the post anime depression hit me quite hard afterwards lol, then I moved onto Death Note, also a good starter, and then just started looking for some that peaked my interests.  

Posted by mangsi

Oh I don't care about Gore of stuff like that I just don't want naked people in my first anime

I'd recommend SAO or Angel Beats! since neither of them have gore or naked people.  

Posted by Reece

Yeah, I started with SAO and that was so good the post anime depression hit me quite hard afterwards lol, then I moved onto Death Note, also a good starter, and then just started looking for some that peaked my interests.

Definitelydeath note is a must watch. The dub is pretty cool too. Death note has so much plot and the plot keeps coming!  

Posted by Hadi

Definitelydeath note is a must watch. The dub is pretty cool too. Death note has so much plot and the plot keeps coming!

'Ill take a potato chip, and EAT IT'  

Posted by mangsi

Gore is fine in fact Gore can make something better but nudity is not what I wish to see in my first anime

Attack on Titan had good gore, brings alot of feels, but the thing it that the Titans are represented as Giant Naked Human like beast with no genitals, but it's not a big deal since they are OFTEN represented as a scary man eating creature.  

If you want some brand new awesome anime go with what everyone else said (SAO, AoT, Death Note, Black Butler, Soul Eater, Tengen Toppa, etc..) If you want some old school anime then you should go with Yu Yu Hakusho, Inuyasha, Cowboy Bebop, Zatch Bell, Rurouni Kenshin, Big O, FLCL, Yu Gi Oh, Samurai Jack, DBZ, and Shaman King.

Watch Bo Bobo bo too, it's very weird, but it's so funny!

Edit: I recommend you watch the old school anime first before you move on to the newer one because you can watch how they improved in the detail from like the 90s to 2014.  

Ok what I mean by nudity is I don't want the animes that have naked school girls or stuff like that, attack on titans is fine  

Posted by Killua*

Attack on Titan had good gore, brings alot of feels, but the thing it that the Titans are represented as Giant Naked Human like beast with no genitals, but it's not a big deal since they are OFTEN represented as a scary man eating creature.

Attack on Titan wasn't hardly sad at all. You don't really connect with anyone other than the 3 main characters, so when people die it isn't as big of a deal as seeing some of the characters on Angel Beats pass on.  

GOOD GOD NO. Dont listen to the people telling you to watch Sword Art Online as your first anime! These delusional culture-less fools think its a great show even though they admit the second half was utter garbage. Listen to Smoke and watch Gurren Lagann. Good anime that will get anyone hooked.  

Posted by twilit

GOOD GOD NO. Dont listen to the people telling you to watch Sword Art Online as your first anime! These delusional culture-less fools think its a great show even though they admit the second half was utter garbage. Listen to Smoke and watch Gurren Lagann. Good anime that will get anyone hooked.

It was my first anime, and I didn't have a problem with it. I admit that the second arc of SAO wasn't nearly as good as the first arc. It doesn't mean that it was a terrible show altogether!  

Hey I like SAO, already on the 5th episode today  

Posted by twilit

GOOD GOD NO. Dont listen to the people telling you to watch Sword Art Online as your first anime! These delusional culture-less fools think its a great show even though they admit the second half was utter garbage. Listen to Smoke and watch Gurren Lagann. Good anime that will get anyone hooked.

Gurren Lagann isn't that great for a gateway anime, kinda wanna stay away from fanservice anime as a starter. That could be the same for Sword Art Online too I guess, but Sword Art Online was just typically more popular. Plus SAO doesn't even reach my top 10 favorite anime.

Posted by Rockson

Attack on Titan wasn't hardly sad at all. You don't really connect with anyone other than the 3 main characters, so when people die it isn't as big of a deal as seeing some of the characters on Angel Beats pass on.

Spoiler

Tell that to the bunch of people crying for Petra.

 

Posted by twilit

GOOD GOD NO. Dont listen to the people telling you to watch Sword Art Online as your first anime! These delusional culture-less fools think its a great show even though they admit the second half was utter garbage. Listen to Smoke and watch Gurren Lagann. Good anime that will get anyone hooked.

Gurren Lagann is not a gateway anime at all.

Spoiler

Gurren Lagann lost it's traction when they did that horrible time skip and put more focus on that terrible character, forgot his name, the kid they found in another underground base. If you think throwing galaxies, making a ultra deluxe super combo wombo, having an enemy that was horribly introduced, not to mention ****ing Nia was somehow an Anti-Spiral. Let's not start down the path of the ****ing Anti Spirals either that make absolutely no ****ing sense. Literally, to enjoy Gurren, you HAVE to not think.

It's literally only above how SAO Season 1 ended simply because it was unique.

Edit; kind of ironic you call the people suggesting SAO as delusional culture-less fools, then suggesting something just as bad in terms of story lmao.


As for the topic on hand, What genres are you interested in? If I could get that, I'll be able to point you in a better direction than the usual hype train animes.