good universally liked recommendations!

recently I’ve had a few people who want to get into anime ask me what they should start with! My top 5 are 1. fmab 2. nana 3. one piece 4. samurai champloo 5. death parade

SO these are all kinda long and I don’t know if they’re necessarily good to start with. Fmab is INCREDIBLE! But it’s a little long to start with if ur not sure you’d like this style of media. Frieren is pretty new and there’s only one season so people think that would be good to recommend? ALSO not looking for some gooner freak shit I’m looking for something really universal that anyone would like:)!

lmk if u guys can think of or anything you’ve recommended to people that they’ve liked :D!

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Uma-apreciator2026-01-25 01:25

Hajime no Ippo

longdong54322026-01-25 01:28

Date-A-Live

ActualRound76992026-01-25 01:28

just pointing out: if you consider Samurai Champloo (26 episodes) and Death Parade (12 episodes) in the kinda long category then you should get your attention span checked or just stick to films,

With that aside, there isn’t such a thing as universally liked. Frieren has a big fan base but there are still people that dislike it.

If you want something broadly liked, I would go with any of the Ghibli films because they weren’t made to appeal just to anime nerds

OneCheesecake53992026-01-25 01:30

death parade isn’t long BUT some people don’t really like the the psychological kinda vibe I’ve tried to show some of my friends and for that specific one they didn’t like the general premise. And if you’ve never watched anime 26 eps can kinda drag if you’re not super into it:)! thanks for the super helpful recs :D!

ActualRound76992026-01-25 01:32

It helps to kind of know what other people are into as well. I don’t like sports or robots irl. Somif we were friends and you tried to show me Haikyuu or anything Gundam, you’d lose me immediately.

Thats why it helps to cater to someones already established interests.

brucebananaray2026-01-25 01:28

Cowbepop is from the same creator of Samurai Champloo.

Another is Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex. There is a movie, but it is own universe and also very great.

There is also the original Fullmetal Alchemist series which is very different than Manga and Brotherhood. It is still very good.

OneCheesecake53992026-01-25 01:31

omg duh! I love cowboy bebop! That is such a good starter great music and super fun to watch! The original full metal is also really good thank you:)!

SuplexPanda2026-01-25 01:34

Generally beloved anime shorter?

Sword Art Online
Cowboy Bebop
Redo of Healer
Steins;Gate
Kaguya-sama
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

[](https://myanimelist.net/anime/54492/Kusuriya_no_Hitorigoto/video)

pandarose62026-01-25 01:37

death note

future diary

yuri on ice

my hero acadmacia

jeynxv2026-01-25 01:50

Generally liked anime to me would be:
- FMAB
- Attack on Titan
- Death Note
- Steins; Gate
- One Punch Man
- Death Parade
- Haikyuu
- Your lie in April
- Hunter x Hunter

These are what got me into anime personally
There are way more though, like Naruto, Parasyte the Maxim, Tokyo Ghoul, Akame Ga Kill, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mononoke, Mushishi, Love is war, Toradora, Ghibli movies, ReZero, Vinland Saga, and a billion more.

So many are considered universally liked, it’s all about understanding your preferences, I personally found myself loving sports anime despite never thinking I would. So people trying it out should at least give each genre / length of episodes a try imo

sad-Fan10102026-01-25 02:03

I would recommend one of these: Vinland saga, code geass, steins gate, gurren Lagan, dororo, noragami aragato…

they are all on the shorter side, well paced and fantastic for different reasons.

say-af2026-01-25 03:30

Add chainsaw Man and Kaiju No.8 as well

nonwonderdog2026-01-25 02:24

Everybody loves Utawarerumono.

tiny_nova2026-01-25 02:42

Shoushimin, the mystery show that wrapped up with season 2 this year. Display of intellect on par with Death Note.

Oh! Death Note. Part 1 is way preferred to part 2, but you need to buckle down for the final resolution.

Last one I'll add is *Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken*. SoL about girls in their high school anime club.

say-af2026-01-25 03:32

Death Note has a part 2?! I mean of what I know of DN, it only has 37 episodes—1 part!

tiny_nova2026-01-25 04:25

Lol no, not like that. Poor choice of words, sorry. Just the clear-as-day split in the middle. It's where I stopped watching my first time thru. Where most people agree the story changes. And it's not a terrible conclusion to the story. But it's not the full cathartic release. You gotta push thru the second half for the *real* ending.

Cephalo_Kayum2026-01-25 04:02

Frieren has S2 now but I don't think it will have more than 5 seasons all in all. MHA is consistently widespread regarding its reach and has a new spinoff.

Bad_Muh_fuuuuuucka2026-01-27 18:51

Cannot stress enough how great it is and I’m late to Frieren but man, this is such a refreshing piece of work

I absolutely adored season 1 of Frieren and excited for each week now the new season is dropping. I’ve found this anime a bit late and usually hate the English dub for most shows but freakin love Frieren and Ferns voice actors. The writing of the two ladies in general is so refreshing in anime. There’s no fan service over the top cleavage or short skirts, they’re dressed moderately and don’t have the typical tropes of the overexcited or incompetent female character that plagues most other anime. The dead pan delivery from both of them is stellar and when Fern gets upset with Stark is actually cute rather than annoying like when a girl typically has a crush, love those little arm hitting scenes or when she calls him a pervert for the simplest thing but it shows her character as prudent. Frieren is humble, apathetic to anything aside from treasure chests and grimoire. And her socially awkwardness is the best, despite being 1000 years old her isolation leaves her adorably clueless around people. Love the comedic relief from Stark too even as the grounded yet goofy male character. Just a great show. Will be reading it after this season ends. Read awhile back that the writer got pretty sick, Hoping the best for their recovery. We need more ladies in anime trampling tropes.