# The best anime to start with if you've never watched anime

The gateway to anime: easy-to-get-hooked series that almost everyone likes. Based on recommendations from Frikanime, Mundo Anime and The Cosmic Circus.

- 19 votes · 14 items
- Nov 26, 2025 · Karla
- https://even.best/en/l/4056/the-best-anime-to-start-with-if-you-ve-never-watched-anime

## Top 10

1. **Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Two brothers who defy the laws of alchemy to get back what they lost.
2. **Attack on Titan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Humanity against giant titans, with twists you won't see coming.
3. **One Punch Man** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A hero who wins every fight with one punch and is bored stiff.
4. **Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Tanjiro tries to cure his sister, who has been turned into a demon.
5. **Death Note** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A student with a killing notebook against an enigmatic detective.
6. **Cowboy Bebop** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bounty hunters in space with a jazz soundtrack.
7. **Jujutsu Kaisen** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A student swallows a cursed finger and enters a world of sorcerers.
8. **My Hero Academia** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Deku, a powerless boy in a world of superheroes.
9. **Naruto** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The orphan ninja who wants to become Hokage.
10. **Code Geass** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An exiled prince with the power to give absolute orders.
11. **Haikyu!!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — High-school volleyball, full of epic moments.
12. **Toradora!** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A high-school romcom between a scary-looking boy and a tiny, fierce girl.
13. **Horimiya** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two classmates who discover each other's hidden side.
14. **Your Name** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — A film: two teenagers who swap bodies, by Makoto Shinkai.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.