We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to give us recommendations for the best anime for a first-timer. Here are their suggestions:
1. Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
3. Durarara!!
4. Yu Yu Hakusho
5. Soul Eater
7. Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!)
8. Spice and Wolf
9. Inuyasha
10. Your Lie In April
11. Usagi Drop
12. Clannad
13. Erased
14. Paranoia Agent
15. Gintama
16. Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai
17. Saint Young Men
18. Ouran High School Host Club
19. Yuri!! On Ice
20. Free! Iwatobi Swim Club and Free! Eternal Summer
21. Cowboy Bebop
22. Mushishi
23. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
24. Attack on Titan
25. My Hero Academia
26. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
27. Darker Than Black
28. No. 6
29. Naruto
30. Death Note
31. Basically every Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli movie
32. Samurai Champloo
33. Bleach
34. Food Wars!
35. "The Classics"
Note: Submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.