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[Rec] Seeking recommendations for kid friendly anime (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Burbour@sh.itjust.works to c/anime@ani.social

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I used to watch anime but haven't watched anything new in a while now. Have a 6 year old kid and thought it would be a good excuse to start watching some together with her. We just completed little witch academy and we have seen the ghibli movies. I'm seeking more series and movies that would be appropriate for kids and also not to boring for an adult to watch.

[–] NineSwords@ani.social 8 points 7 months ago (7 children)

It's a 6-year-old kid for God's sake.

Apothecary Diaries -> solving murders is the main theme. Plus prostitution, harems, blackmail, slavery, etc...

Frieren -> slow burn for adults that understand the concept of missed time and looking back. Not to speak about all the atocities done by the demons

The Way of The Househusband -> haven't seen it but a Yakuza themed show ...

Delicious In Dungeon -> sister dies gruesomely and gets turned from a bloody flesh mob into a monster that hunts her own brother and friends.

Sakamoto Days -> I think this one was assassin themed? Not sure.

Romantic Killer -> another assassin-themed show IIRC

Violet Evergarden -> lots and lots of very dark themes, including the war orphan origin of MC.

'Tis Time For Torture, Princess -> nothing wrong with this one, but I don't know how entertaining it would be without knowing what it parodies (torture)

Solo Camping for Two -> adult drama/romance? Why not suggest Yuru Camp instead?

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale -> okay now I know that you are trolling.

Usagi Drop -> aimed at adults. Utterly boring for kids.

Secrets of the Silent Witch -> sure OPs daughter will enjoy MC losing her father due to being burned alive and all the assassination attempts.

With You and the Rain -> another show aimed at adults. The only thing that a 6-year-old would find interesting is that the "dog" is cute.

The Devil is a Part-Timer -> is it really funny to someone who hasn't worked a day in their lives? Plus, again, the theme of dying parents in FMC.

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

Anything worth watching is going to have some dark themes, and don't ask me why I haven't recomended shows I've never watched.

There's nothing on my list my youngest daughter hasn't been able to watch if/when she wanted, as I was watching them. She loved The Devil is a Part-timer her first few years of grade-school. Same for Buddy-daddies, Usagi Drop, With You and the Rain. Have your kids never met a homeschooler, stay-at-home parent or adult who never moved out of their parents house?

I'll admit I haven't been able to get her watching Solo Camping for Two, largely because I'm waiting for it to be dubbed so we can watch it with my her mom, and we camp a lot, so there's not-so-much novelty for her there.

Apothecary Diaries has murders? Well, I guess that would be its single biggest difference versus Disney's Aladdin, what with Aladdin's Brothel scene and ... oh wait, no, Gazeem dies in the openning scene.

Frieren? Sure, every death is shocking, corpses too. The alternative is comfort with things, just because you don't see that they've happened.

The Way of The Househusband has Yakuza characters doing every-day things. The fact they can't even dress normally and don't know how to act non-threatening is part of the humor. Meanwhile, the MC bakes cookies and takes the lunch he made to his wife at her job.

Sakomoto Days? The protagonists don't kill, and the protag-faction grows by way of people they've spared realizing that killing is always optional, never mandatory(honestly, one of the more fantastical elements, considering the extreme situations portrayed).

Romantic Killer? What, your google-fu abandon you? No one dies or kills for a living in this one.

Lots of lazy counter-arguments and shows you-haven't-even-watched in your comment, nevermind fully half of what you poo-poo'ed is on the, granted, hillariously-bad Bored Panda list linked by another commenter here.

Just about the only thing you've pointed out that isn't covered by the Ghibli movies OP's child has already watched is death, although one wonders if they watched the whole of Howl's Moving Castle or any of Grave of The Fireflies.

Pretending grade-schoolers and Stay At Home Moms should never have to see or hear about death or naked people(my list could be over twice as long, but I read the room and chose my battle) has done such wonders for society. If OP were trying to raise one of the 53% of White Women who voted for Trump, they could hardly go wrong with your voluminous advice.

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[–] Burbour@sh.itjust.works [S] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Interesting thread and thanks for the suggestions. My daughter is pretty "adult" for being 6 years old. That being said violence, sexism and too dark themes is of course a no go. When we watched spirited away a year ago I was a bit hesitant it being to scary, but she enjoyed it and had some good insights. But I'll have to do some vetting to find some good gems out there

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You're welcome. I'm amazed how-much backlash my list got with that last paragraph, what with being called a troll right out of the gate, but how dare I suggest you ultimately make your own judgement calls as a parent, right?

Vetting and limited, almost-entirely supervised, screen-time in general are the way to go. Most of the rest of what I've seen from others here would look like gibberish versus books, ie "that one has too many big, made-up words!" Not that anime doesn't have so-much else in-common with manga or comics, but if you're present for anime, there's always the fast-forward button or just " ... let's take a break, then watch another show".

If you want a laugh at my expense, sample Kamferer in-private. Yes, I have a line, and episode one(or two?) of that show was my single-biggest failure at pre-screening. Accidentally stumbled-upon something I wasn't even comfortable re-visitting on my own time with that one, nevermind how shocked my daughter was to hear me say "hey, listen, I know you were laughing you're ass-off for the last 30 minutes straight, but none of that stuff on-screen was cool for you to see/hear at your age. Now I've got to explain this to your mother. Don't try to watch this show again, with or without us, and don't suggest it to your friends or teachers."

(I learned the hard way that day, at 10 years old, she no longer has a line where she openly-expresses discomfort with animation. Also, school has apparently exposed her to casual cruelty on a great many topics in ways I was not prepared to learn of. I pity her classmates that were blind-sided by topics which they still only know-of from schoolyard bullying, or thinking they are missing-out instead of just being normal 4th-graders)

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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 2 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

Y'know, your rebuttals for each anime do make sense. However, the ad hominem at the end is uncalled for IMO.

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[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Versus accusing me of trolling? I didn't even look to see if they gave any actual advice to OP; I was honestly somewhere between not caring and hoping to be wrong.

Oh wait, do you think I called them a SAHM, a Trump voter, white, a woman(OP's daugher/"her" is the only gender I've noted in this whole Post/Thread), or even a USian? Like, between you and me, who here is confused here, and about what? Are you thinking I was questioning OP's motives, this far down a thread they aren't participating in?

Other than the "voluminous advice" thing and shows they flat-out stated they hadn't watched, I'm not seeing anything a reasonable person would remotely expect has a real chance of applying to OP, @NineSwords@ani.social, or even be insulting to those they applied to, in my last few paragraphs.

Wasn't even going the "if the shoe fits" route: I just laid out what I think is one of the many, many problematic outcomes of the popular outlook re: raising children and death and mature topics in general. It takes way too many adults a lifetime to learn how to handle such things responsibly and respectfully, if they ever do, when parents see their entire role as stearing them away from those topics until time robs them of the means to do so.

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