Anime can be intimidating for newcomers. With the medium's explosive growth in the last handful of years, there's more demand than ever for anime that fans can show to their friends and family to get them excited about the medium.

Still, not every anime is suited for those unfamiliar with the medium. Certain popular anime tropes might cause confusion, and cultural differences may lead potential fans to get the wrong impression about anime. The best anime series for showing newcomers might still include some of these elements, but are more committed to easing viewers in.

20 Pluto

Pluto is a series based on a manga by Naoki Urasawa, which is in turn an adaptation of a story arc from Osamu Tezuka’s original Astro Boy . That gives Pluto strong ties to the very foundations of anime

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