Getting parents into anime

I love anime, my favourite is AoT and Vinland saga and i am trying to get my dad and stepmom into anime, so far we’ve tried death note which my stepmom liked but dad didn’t, attack on titan which my dad liked and my stepmom didn’t, frieren which both parents liked and i have started to realise what their problem is - they don’t like:

Fan service

Over exaggerated emotions

Bad or annoying voice acting

Something thats too dark

What are anime that are lower in those traits that can help them get into anime? Keep in mind they cannot watch anything with subtitles so they’ll have to do dub so keep that in mind.

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gud_fellow2025-12-28 13:51

I think anyone can get into 'The Apothecary Diaries' especially moms.

It has no Fan service

It's available in the Dub, and the Dub is great

No over exaggerated emotions, the fmc is non chalant

Just a little dark (political stuff), but not too heavy.

If your parents liked Frieren, they'll definitely like 'The Apothecary Diaries'

I think this is the type of shows that all age ranges can watch, from teenagers to elders. It's a great show, it'll finish before you know it

Orvit4142025-12-28 13:56

That works great - thanks

gud_fellow2025-12-28 13:57

I'm glad to help! Enjoy!

Brilliant_Beat_83272025-12-28 13:53

ig we all noticed the word "stepmom"

muzlee012025-12-28 15:01

Yes little Tommy. Some people divorce and remarry or their kid is not from marriage.

rishabnum2025-12-28 13:54

try mushishi

Ybhave2025-12-28 13:55

Spy x family

Orvit4142025-12-28 14:00

I showed them the trailer for it and they liked the concept but they found Anya’s dub voice WAY too annoying for them

gud_fellow2025-12-28 14:02

The Netflix's Dub is better than the Crunchyroll Dub, they are both different, which one did you showed them?

Orvit4142025-12-28 14:08

It was netflix - i thought they were the same? Maybe it varies by region

gud_fellow2025-12-28 14:14

They're different, I noticed it when I was rewatching, I first watched spy x family in dub on Netflix, after few months I watched it on Crunchyroll and it seemed different, so I searched it up, it's because they have different dubbing companies. It could also be because of the region thing. Here's the link of the reddit post :

https://www.reddit.com/r/SpyxFamily/comments/1fqirjz/the_english_dub_on_netflix_is_different_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

If it's different, then you can try out both and see which one you like.

Worldly-Text58182025-12-28 14:17

Frieren

Syssareth2025-12-28 15:36

I haven't seen either of them, but everything I've read people say about **Violet Evergarden** kind of gives me similar vibes as everything I've read them say about Frieren.

**Erased** is a good mystery/thriller, if they like that kind of thing.

I'm not sure what would be considered "too dark" if they liked Death Note and AoT, so maybe **Monster**?

Depending on how tolerant they are of talking animals, **Beastars**.

And this one got a little weird at times so YMMV (though I guess it wasn't any weirder than AoT), but **Kokkoku** felt more like a live action show than an animated one IMO.

Uh...**Cowboy Bebop**, **Barakamon**, maybe **Natsume's Book of Friends**?

PencilgonGiveIt2Ya2025-12-28 15:57

My Home Hero