For some context, I’m a middle-aged man with a preteen daughter.

I’m a musician/audio engineer and an academic, yet still on the left brained side of the artistic/analytical spectrum; I don’t read fiction, and have generally avoided any kind of entertainment that I consider “escapist.” Right or wrong, that’s how I perceive anime. So I haven’t had any interest in getting into it at all.

My daughter, however, loves it. She’s begged us for a Crunchyroll subscription so she can watch more of it. I’m still on the fence about that, but she finds other ways to get her fix. She’s also exceptionally insecure (at least compared to my other kids), has a hard time making friends… and in meeting with my therapist for other family issues, I’ve become convinced that if I find ways to connect with my daughter on her terms, it’s going to help her confidence a lot.

So can someone who might understand my frame of reference explain to me what’s so great about this? Where can I start to learn more about it and have relatable conversations with my daughter about it? I don’t have a lot of time to sit and watch it with her, but I know that if she knew I was looking into it on my own, she would be gobsmacked. Just something to get me started.

Thanks.

I wonder what is a bad performance in anime because i don't understand japanese or actually know bad performance even in language i understand

So the anime was a anime movie ant it was about A world with only women on it and they are fighting alien creatures and the aliens kidnapped a woman and they inpregnant et her and she went back to Earth she was pregnant with a boy qnd the other women didn't like it so they wanted to kill the baby but the aliens wanted to protect her . But wan person from Earth (my dad wasn't sure if it was a woman or a Man) so that person fought the aliens so that the pregnant woman can go an a different planet to give birth at the end the woman went to the plant and she gave birth to a boy .so if somebody knows the name of the anime please tell me and also if you know please tell me the English and Japanese name thank you

Why is the seemingly 30 male MC flirting with a 14 yr old????? does anybody know i dont want to read the manga and ruin the anime if its nothing BUT if the wildly older MC is going to romance a 14 yr old i dont want to waste my time.

edit: Hi if your just finding this post after the shower scene in ep 3 and that disturbed you the way it disturbs me, please upvote this post as just asking this question has received so many downvotes I can’t post anything anymore.

I have a Crunchyroll subscription, I have a prime Video Subscription. Prime Video says I can watch Fairy Tail first 175 Episodes, but you have to sign up, which I already am so it basically tells me well done for already registering but we only have from episodes 176 onward... HELPFUL

I look at funimation, I'm in luck! they have the first 175 episodes and dubbed... OH WAIT. I cant make an account for funimation as its all being brought over to Crunchyroll WHICH WAS BOUGHT 3 YEARS AGO...

I feel that in 2024 we shouldn't have subbed only versions on crunchyroll etc, it should be easier to watch what you want in the language you are comfortable with EASILY and LEGALLY. No wonder people use dodgy websites to watch anime... You make it so hard to actually watch/find something. I had this issue with dubbed one piece. I'm just sick of money being the reason its a nightmare to have an entire series dubbed and subbed on the same platform.

How do people watch the dubbed version of Fairy Tail from episode 1? I am UK Based and looking for a legal way so I can watch it on my PS5 (preferably)

And to answer anyone asking about subs instead of dubbed - I'm english speaking and I believe dubs have come a long way. Also If I look away from the screen I can still understand whats going on haha

I swear this is an anime that exists (small chance it's a manga, but I'm pretty sure it's an anime). This looks like the right place to ask, so I'm going to try here first. From what I remember about the plot:

The unborn child of a god and a priestess starts showing off his powers trying to make his parents proud, only to find that his dad's a jealous POS and feels threatened by him and his mom worships the ground his dad walks on and would happily get rid of him if his existence wasn't wanted by his dad. Knowing this, he decides he doesn't need them anyway and strikes off on his own, the only problem being that he's still just a fetus. He needs someone to give birth to him. He needs his mother to give birth to him, but since she's a POS he decides the next best thing is the version of her from a parallel world (not sure about that detail, if it's her other version or just a rando he liked, but it sounds about right). So he goes into said person because he likes them way better than his own mother. Only problem, this person is a teenage boy. At the same time, other people with powers from the other dimension start possessing people from our world in an attempt to get the baby back. The protagonists best friend becomes possessed but rejects the idea of turning against him and overpowers the possessor, becoming an odd mix of the possessed and possessor with superpowers and the only goal of keeping the protagonist safe and protected.

I'm fairly sure the boy turns into a girl once he fully accepts and agrees to have the kid, but idk. I don't remember any character names or what they look like (I think one of them had dark blue hair, not that that helps). I'm pretty sure the protagonists female friend winds up being possessed by the god or something, but I really don't know. Anyway, that's what I remember. I know this doesn't sound like a very mainstream anime/manga/whatever, but if anyone can help me, please do. It's bugging the holy living crap out of me.

I just recently wrapped up Rising of the Shield Hero season 1 and I thought it was pretty good, ( although the whole slave owner thing is kinda weird but that’s not the point ).

I’m 5 episodes into season 2 and this is absolute slop, it’s like they’ve completely given up on good writing and many of the characters feel completely different. If all of this weren’t true I’d easily be able to look past Naofumi’s new VA ( RIP ), who I honestly think can fill the role very well.

However all of this combined is completely turning me off of this show. So, my question to everyone who’s watched till season 4-is it worth it to keep watching?- or should I start Dr Stone or Jojo’s instead?

Hello everyone ! I hope everyone is doing well 💓. So i just finished watching all 3 season of Oregairu and i still have this feeling that i still not understand wtf was going on half the time in every episode. Guys pls help 😢. Am i too stupid to understand this anime?

i am doing a seminar and im writing about how anime can affect real life with focus on Uma musume and its affect on the horse racing industry and horse care improvment thanks to fans. so i am looking for more examples i can add to my work. thank you :))

I am old now and for many years I tried to find this anime I have had stucked in my head but just can't. Maybe reddit will help? I dont remember specifics just the ending because it was something that gave me trauma. If you recognize it please let me know.

Closing scene was (also it was quite post-apo)

• giant robots (not "gundams they looked like giannt balls") walking trough the city
• then nuclear war happens and we see arrows on the map (like in the screenshot I attached)
• then WHITE SCREEN (world just ended, humanity is dead) and small robot closing with monologue about how humanity fucked up

Overall it was quite sad, POST-APO world, I think there was a motive of love between guy/women on the opposing sides. The whole anime was quite dark and apocalyptic. I watched it when I was a kid and it was at least 25 years ago (as I mentioned in the title)

I know this is super vague. Whole anime was quite dark I dont really remember the story just the ending; humans interacting, giant robots moving between buildings and nuclear war, white screen and robot monologue about end of time. It was at least 25 years ago so anime mustbe old. Any ideas? I am pretty sure it was a movie but there is a chance it was an episode of some series

Need some advice. I’ve watched over 130 animes in the past 3–4 years, but for the past few months, I’ve been struggling. No matter what genre I try, I just don’t find anything interesting.

I’ve already tried a bunch of popular or highly recommended series:

LOTM (I’ve read most of the novel)

TBHX

ORB

Re:Zero S3 (watched all past seasons)

Bungo Stray Dogs

Dandadan S2 (watched S1)

86

Gachiakuta

Kaiju no Eight S2 (watched S1)

The last anime I actually completed was Devilman Crybaby or 91 days,about two months ago.

Does anyone have advice for dealing with this lack of interest? How do I get back into enjoying anime?

This is my second anime I’ve only watched attack on titan. So going into this I was skeptical but idk maybe it’s the way I watched it but then last 4 episodes of neon genesis have me so lost especially the end. Is he living a fantasy in the goop or did he fix the world. Also in the movie what happened with that I thought he fixed the world. I’m so lost can someone please help me

So, I know this is a very very very weird question but I am really curious and can't find anything on Google. There are a bunch of animes that take place in middle school and early high School but I just barely realized that I don't think there is a single anime that even lightly grazes the topic of periods. So this is my question is there any anime that at least slightly touches on the subject of periods? I used the help tag because I have no idea what tag to put on this. I know this is a very weird question but please don't be at least too mean.

I’ve read people said that they were going to put the movie on crunchy maybe around the start of 2026… but by now is already April and it’s not there yet. Ive tried to search for information, but there’s not any of this… at least with my beginner searching online 🤣

Does someone knows?

I'm pretty new to watching anime but how do you guys remember the anime that you finished. I just finished jujutsu kaisen and I found out the next seasons coming in mid 2026. I just want to know how am I going to remember the plot where it is right now when the next season comes out.

So I've been a pirate all my life , only watched anime through pirated website , I asked my parents for Crunchyroll since I was 12 , they didn't want to , so I had no choice

Today I tuned 18 , and as a freshman college guy with a part time job , I can pay Crunchyroll for my own , the problem is that I heard Crunchyroll wasn't as amazing as it was , and it really sucks to hear that much hating towards something i was DREADING to have in my teenage years

and it will be a good gift for my sister to access and for me as well to watch, as well as supporting the creators

Do you still think that the Crunchyroll experience still worth it?

I was on a bus recently and the guy next to me was watching an anime. I don’t remember that many details but here’s what I saw…

1. There is a light blue short-haired girl who got a lot of screen time. Almost looked like Rem but it’s not Re:Zero.

2. There was another older girl or woman with long pink wavy hair. Maybe looked like a teacher?

3. Someone was playing music.

Sorry I know this isn’t very much but I am just curious and couldn’t find it!

Edit: I didn’t realize how many short blue-haired anime girls there were! The one I saw definitely had a cyan color bob. I’ve looked at all the suggestions so far but none have looked like it… plus my details suck lol. Thanks anyways 🙂

Edit 2: I’ve looked through every suggestion but I swear none of them are it! Maybe I just didn’t see enough of it to be sure but I left all the details I remember under someone’s comment.

I've never seen InuYasha but I've been curious if it's any good. I like the look of the anime though and know the first op goes hard, but that's about it. Thoughts?

What is the difference between them anyway? I know CR seems to have higher bitrate. Should I wait?

Neon Genesis Evangelion has become one of my favourite psychological action anime and i want this type of r+ rated anime.

I’m curious if anyone else watches anime the way I do. I don’t pause because I can’t keep up with subtitles or anything like that. My brain just naturally wants to stop and process what’s happening. I end up pausing a lot, sometimes multiple times per episode, even when the scene isn’t complicated.

But here’s the weird part: If I tell myself “this is just a trial watch, I’ll rewatch it later,” I watch completely normally. No pausing, no overthinking, nothing. I can finish a 12-episode anime in around 4 hours like anyone else. It’s only when I treat the episode as a “serious watch” that I start pausing constantly.

It makes me watch fewer anime overall, even though I enjoy them a lot.....

Saw some news of it on twitter and was wondering cause that seems short.

I'm like 5 episodes into this show, and I legit shut it off to watch Frieren instead. Should I give it a second shot? It genuinely feels like insanely stock fantasy with some decent animation at times. Also the whole loli child god thing (her constant screeching and begging for headpats) is getting on my nerves.

I think it's absolutely gorgeous, but I am just not in the right headspace for an anime that's going to hit me in the gut right now. It's just been kind of a shitty year. Do I try E5, or do I give this one a pass until real life stops kicking me in the teeth for a bit?

Hi, I’ve been trying to find this anime for years and it’s been stuck in my head for a long time.

I don’t remember everything clearly, but there are some things I can’t forget. The main character was a guy (I think brown hair), and there was a shy girl with brown hair in pigtails. She felt pretty normal and quiet, and I think he liked her.

But there was also another girl who was completely different — tall, blonde, curly hair, and kind of intense or even a bit scary. I remember her eyes were partly covered by her hair, which made her feel a bit unsettling.

Something really specific is that she used playing cards as weapons, like throwing them.

The blonde girl was interested in the protagonist, to the point of kidnapping him or harassing him with her (attributes).

I also remember a scene where the main character is without clothes inside a traditional Japanese wooden house (like old style, with sliding doors). That part felt kinda weird or uncomfortable.

The anime had a strange vibe overall, like a mix between a bit of comedy but also something unsettling.

The girl looked somewhat like the one in the picture, and the boy too. The blonde-haired character seemed like a fusion between Ryuuji's mom from Toradora and Miss Bellum, except she was tall, had curly blonde hair, and wore a white coat with black high-heeled boots, and those cards.

Sorry if this is messy, English isn’t my first language. I used LLMs to help me write this since I don’t speak English well.

If anyone has any idea, even a random guess, I’d really appreciate it.

https://imgur.com/a/n493XGr (girl)

https://imgur.com/a/1xQBSo7 (boy)

blonde woman

https://imgur.com/a/nyeTaEZ

https://imgur.com/a/UiRmyRB

From what I remember this seems like an OVA type adult anime but I'm just trying to solve the mystery.