I want to get my mom to start watching anime and I need recommendations.

Hello, I'd like to get my mother to appreciate anime as well, and she has those basic initial prejudices like "I don't like cartoons," "I don't like watching anything subtitled," etc.

And her current boyfriend (my father passed away) is also quite picky about this kind of thing, so I thought about showing her some movies like "In Your Name" first, and for him I thought about things like Death Note, which gets you hooked in the first episode. Has anyone tried doing something like this with anime/movies that would captivate them?

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uwugamergirls2026-01-04 17:28

Overflow?

Itzz_D4rk2026-01-04 17:49

sis he is gonna watch it with his mom

Itzz_D4rk2026-01-04 17:31

u can watch like
vinland saga (there are some 18+ things not much but its peak story)
ranking of the kings (u and ur mom both will surely love it 100%)
dororo(every ep is peak)
Spy x family (its family friendly and wholesome)
full metal alchemist brotherhood (peak story like its one of the best anime)
code geass
naruto (its long tho)

i would suggest these as starters

Agitated_Canary89962026-01-04 17:47

Spy x family is a must, it's too innocent.

chidecki2026-01-04 17:32

Erased - it has my favorite anime Mom and it’s a good entry level anime

bochin_govlok2026-01-04 17:32

violet evergarden maybe???

Sw4gtastic4202026-01-04 17:34

The apothecary diaries

69DayGrind2026-01-04 17:36

The ultimate entry level anime for parents is Death Note, but you could always be evil and throw her into the deep end with Aot.

Mustang4MA2026-01-04 18:21

🤣🤣🤣 As a mom who's seen both with her son, this really cracked me up! I love AOT, but it would be truly evil to start out there.

69DayGrind2026-01-04 18:39

Lmao it's my favorite anime but the amount of yt videos I had to watch to understand the plot was insane😂

Mustang4MA2026-01-04 19:00

Lol! My son had already seen it when we started watching it together (and read the Manga), so luckily he could keep everything straight for me as we went along. I had several, "Wait, what?" and, "Who's that, again?" moments. 😂

69DayGrind2026-01-04 19:08

I could only get my mom to watch death note and Danganronpa all the way through but Aot was WAYY too much for her. She has enough stress😂

Mustang4MA2026-01-04 20:03

Awww. It's stressful for sure! And so much death.

Desertman1232026-01-04 17:37

my friend's mom also enjoyed Death Note

OppositeMagician78372026-01-04 17:37

AoT, Death Note, Vinland Saga, Dr. Stone, Assassination Classroom are ideal, but be aware that for the last three I mentioned, it depends on personal taste.

OppositeMagician78372026-01-04 17:38

Death Note, I think that's already a good test*

pedroArgenir2026-01-04 17:38

Edit: I am a Brazilian who speaks Portuguese.

bbconundrum2026-01-04 17:39

Hmm, my mom really liked Frieren, Vinland Saga, Erased,

She also really liked berserk (golden age arc memorial edition) for the most part, until something happened and then she insulted my sibling for recommending this show.

S1 made in abyss she liked as well, there are a couple more but these are the ones she enjoyed the most, especially Frieren, that will probably be her fav of all time.

ShadowRavencroft232026-01-04 17:39

I dont show my parents anime

HairlessChest2026-01-04 17:39

The Garden of Words

Aware-Designer9692026-01-04 17:40

Try watching redo of healer with her or overflow🙂

Itzz_D4rk2026-01-04 17:52

its gonna be traumatic exp he never gonna think of anime after that

lordfreaky2026-01-04 17:40

the troll in me is fighting to post culture, stick with ghibi

context_g2026-01-04 17:41

Death note

Butterlegs212026-01-04 17:42

We don't know. You know your mom and her tastes we don't. Unless you can give us examples of her likes in media we cannot give an informed answer. Anime is just a medium after all.

Marth-Koopa2026-01-04 17:46

Clannad

god_iloveher2026-01-04 17:48

berserk?!

EMChanterelle2026-01-04 17:59

Frieren and The Apothecary Diaries for awesome female characters and good plots. Delicious in Dungeon for yummy food, great characters and the overall message.

BitterBet30932026-01-04 18:16

A SILENT VOICE

Very nice story with an emotional touch

Mustang4MA2026-01-04 18:17

A mom chiming in here! Yes to Death Note. I'm not sure if it was the first my son showed me, but it was very early on.

Another early one was Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Also Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night. I love the Fate series and universe! Frieren is a good suggestion I've seen in the comments!

Now I'm somewhat a veteran, having watched the entire AOT twice. I've even started watching a couple without my son - Sword Art Online and Violet Evergarden.

There's one he showed me early on that I don't recommend to start with: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! They don't call it "bizarre" for nothing! 😆

You might also consider RWBY. It's one of my favorites and though it's not Japanese anime, it might be a way to get her past the "cartoon" aspect before needing to deal as much with subtitles. You just have to know that the animation gets much better as you go along.

Some are harder to keep up with the subtitles than others. Start out slowly and offer to pause a show now and then as she acclimates to the speed reading.

I hope she enjoys this new adventure with you. It's been an amazing way for my 26 y.o. son and I (62 y.o.) to share in something fun.

pedroArgenir2026-01-05 00:15

It's good to know the age difference between you and your son is close to mine.

Mustang4MA2026-01-05 00:22

Great! He started introducing me to anime about 10 years ago, I think. One thing that helped was that we have the same taste in media generally (with some outliers). Mostly supernatural, paranormal, and speculative. I lean a little more towards horror (but not slasher) in regular movies, which he doesn't really like. But he can handle it in manga and anime, evidently.

Amethyst_Uchiha2026-01-04 18:58

I started my mom with JJK, followed by Kakegurui, and then Assassination classroom. She’s been hooked for years now lol

No_Durian_69872026-01-04 20:46

Elfen Lied

Jk. Maybe she’d like Steins;Gate