I’ve seen this question, or variations of it pop up multiple times over in the Crunchyroll forums and elsewhere on the internet:

I like anime but my [mom, dad, girlfriend, friend, etc.] has never watched anime before. What should I show them?

Should You Show Them SAO?

My goal in this post is to lay out a number of anime in different genres in order to provide a two-wave guide on how to introduce someone new to the anime genre.

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