There is over 4100 TV anime series already. And if somebody just started to watch anime, he may be pretty troubled about what to watch. While anime have a number of must watch (or at least must know about) series, which would be good to watch for beginners, lack of knowledge can easily lead them to watching some secondary series instead.
Generally when beginning to watch anime, its better to first watch most popular\best series. One important thing to understand about them, that there is at least 3 groups of popular anime: anime which is popular among normal anime fans, anime which is popular among kids, and anime which is popular only in Japan (and also mostly with kids). So even if some anime is popular in one group, it may be obscure for other group (which is especially true for the last one).
First of all lets look at anime which is popular among normal anime fans. And for convenience sake let's watch at them by genre. Most popular type of anime in this group is shounen series (in theory it means that they are for teens boys, but in practice its means more specific genre with a lot of battles). There is not a lot of series in it, but they tend to be very big, and famous. Most famous examples of them is: Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter (and there is also a number of others like Fairy Tail, InuYasha, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Yu Yu Hakusho, Kimetsu no Yaiba, and so on). Another famous genre is mecha (giant robots anime). Most famous example of which is: Gundam, Eva, Code Geass (keep in mind, that Gundam is by far biggest mecha anime series, and its consists of many series, some of them are not related to other, Seed\Wing especially recommended to watch). There is also a group of very popular anime series, with strong story plot, which are not belong to such clear cut genre. They are: FullMetal Alchemist, Death Note, Sword Art Online, Shingeki No Kyoujin, Yakusoku no Neverland (last on is not so well known yet, but its on the same level of quality). There is also a number of popular comedy series. Which can be separated in classical type (Ranma, Urusei Yatsura, Slayers) and modern slice of life comedy (Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka?, Lucky Star, K-ON!, Yuru Yuri, Kiniro Mosaic). As well as other types of series, such as Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, Kanon, Little Busters, Love Hina, Gintama. I also would recommend watching of some not so well known, but in my option very good series, such as Hikaru no Go, Black Rock Shooter, Munto, Kokoro Connect, and also .Hack, Kiba, Hayate no Gotoku!, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Yakitate!! Japan, Kantai Collection. It also important to understand, that most popular series, and commonly watched one are different things. While most popular one are mostly major big series (total number of which is not so big), in anime there is a lot more of much more minor series (mostly 1-2 season long). Largely consisting of different types of girls showcase (but not only) kind of series (whichever its love stories, or battle oriented series with girls). But while there is many of them, and they tend to be fine to watch, there is not a lot of masterpiece ones, to recommend. If you want to see some examples of what they like, you can watch such series as: Da Capo, To Love-Ru, Zero no Tsukaima, Shakugan no Shana, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, Kiss X Sis, Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun, Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, Seikoku no Dragonar, Granblue Fantasy, Erementar Gerad, Haifuri, Those Who Hunt Elves.
As for kids anime, it can be separated to anime targeted at kids in general, and anime for girls. As for general group most popular ones are mostly monsters\card\toys based anime series. Among which most popular ones are Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!. But there is also many other like BeyBlade, Bakugan, Battle B-Daman, Duel Masters, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight, Battle Spirits, Rockman EXE, Youkai Watch (Detective Conan is also pretty popular, but its from different genre, and I also would recommend such series as Mahoujin Guru Guru and Chi's Sweet Home). While among girl anime most popular ones are mahou shoujo (magical girls) series. Among which most popular ones are 3 major series made by Toei Animation, which is Sailor Moon, Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure (last one is by far biggest mahou shoujo series) and CardCaptor Sakura (if you like them also take a look at Tokyo Mew Mew, Mermaid Melody, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Hime-chan no Ribbon, Otogi Jushi Akazukin).
In Japan there is also exist a number of series (aimed at little kids), which traditionally have some of the highest rating among anime, and are happens to be some of the biggest anime series. But while they are well know in Japan, they are also mostly obscure outside of it (so many anime fans did not seen them at all, or even heard of them). They are: Sazae-san (biggest anime series, with about 2500 episodes), Chibi Maruko-chan, Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon,Nintama Rantarou, Sorike! Anpanman, Ojarumaru, Shimajirou.
Generally when beginning to watch anime, its better to first watch most popular\best series. One important thing to understand about them, that there is at least 3 groups of popular anime: anime which is popular among normal anime fans, anime which is popular among kids, and anime which is popular only in Japan (and also mostly with kids). So even if some anime is popular in one group, it may be obscure for other group (which is especially true for the last one).
First of all lets look at anime which is popular among normal anime fans. And for convenience sake let's watch at them by genre. Most popular type of anime in this group is shounen series (in theory it means that they are for teens boys, but in practice its means more specific genre with a lot of battles). There is not a lot of series in it, but they tend to be very big, and famous. Most famous examples of them is: Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter (and there is also a number of others like Fairy Tail, InuYasha, Katekyou Hitman Reborn!, Yu Yu Hakusho, Kimetsu no Yaiba, and so on). Another famous genre is mecha (giant robots anime). Most famous example of which is: Gundam, Eva, Code Geass (keep in mind, that Gundam is by far biggest mecha anime series, and its consists of many series, some of them are not related to other, Seed\Wing especially recommended to watch). There is also a group of very popular anime series, with strong story plot, which are not belong to such clear cut genre. They are: FullMetal Alchemist, Death Note, Sword Art Online, Shingeki No Kyoujin, Yakusoku no Neverland (last on is not so well known yet, but its on the same level of quality). There is also a number of popular comedy series. Which can be separated in classical type (Ranma, Urusei Yatsura, Slayers) and modern slice of life comedy (Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka?, Lucky Star, K-ON!, Yuru Yuri, Kiniro Mosaic). As well as other types of series, such as Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha, Kanon, Little Busters, Love Hina, Gintama. I also would recommend watching of some not so well known, but in my option very good series, such as Hikaru no Go, Black Rock Shooter, Munto, Kokoro Connect, and also .Hack, Kiba, Hayate no Gotoku!, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Yakitate!! Japan, Kantai Collection. It also important to understand, that most popular series, and commonly watched one are different things. While most popular one are mostly major big series (total number of which is not so big), in anime there is a lot more of much more minor series (mostly 1-2 season long). Largely consisting of different types of girls showcase (but not only) kind of series (whichever its love stories, or battle oriented series with girls). But while there is many of them, and they tend to be fine to watch, there is not a lot of masterpiece ones, to recommend. If you want to see some examples of what they like, you can watch such series as: Da Capo, To Love-Ru, Zero no Tsukaima, Shakugan no Shana, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru, Kiss X Sis, Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun, Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka, Seikoku no Dragonar, Granblue Fantasy, Erementar Gerad, Haifuri, Those Who Hunt Elves.
As for kids anime, it can be separated to anime targeted at kids in general, and anime for girls. As for general group most popular ones are mostly monsters\card\toys based anime series. Among which most popular ones are Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!. But there is also many other like BeyBlade, Bakugan, Battle B-Daman, Duel Masters, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Future Card Buddyfight, Battle Spirits, Rockman EXE, Youkai Watch (Detective Conan is also pretty popular, but its from different genre, and I also would recommend such series as Mahoujin Guru Guru and Chi's Sweet Home). While among girl anime most popular ones are mahou shoujo (magical girls) series. Among which most popular ones are 3 major series made by Toei Animation, which is Sailor Moon, Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure (last one is by far biggest mahou shoujo series) and CardCaptor Sakura (if you like them also take a look at Tokyo Mew Mew, Mermaid Melody, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Hime-chan no Ribbon, Otogi Jushi Akazukin).
In Japan there is also exist a number of series (aimed at little kids), which traditionally have some of the highest rating among anime, and are happens to be some of the biggest anime series. But while they are well know in Japan, they are also mostly obscure outside of it (so many anime fans did not seen them at all, or even heard of them). They are: Sazae-san (biggest anime series, with about 2500 episodes), Chibi Maruko-chan, Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon,Nintama Rantarou, Sorike! Anpanman, Ojarumaru, Shimajirou.
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