Collection
Anime for Beginners
20 titles · 1998–2023
Never watched anime? Start here. Short, gripping series and films that need no background — thrillers, action, comedy and romance — chosen so that the first episode hooks you and the last one leaves you wanting the next title.
Surprise meDeath Note
2006–2007 · Mystery, Fantasy · 1 season
★ 8.6Death Note
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of…
Attack on Titan
2013–2023 · Action, Adventure · 4 seasons
★ 8.7進撃の巨人
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave…
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2009–2010 · Action, Adventure · 1 season
★ 8.7鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the…
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019–2022 · Action, Adventure · 4 seasons
★ 8.6鬼滅の刃
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
One-Punch Man
2015– · Action, Comedy · 3 seasons
★ 8.4ワンパンマン
Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a…
Your Name.Movie
2016 · Fantasy, Romance · 1 h 46 min
★ 8.5君の名は。
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Spirited AwayMovie
2001 · Drama, Family · 2 h 5 min
★ 8.5千と千尋の神隠し
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
SPY x FAMILY
2022– · Action, Comedy · 3 seasons
★ 8.5SPY×FAMILY
A spy, an assassin and a telepath come together to pose as a family, each for their own reasons, while hiding their true identities from each other.
Cowboy Bebop
1998 · Action, Adventure · 1 season
★ 8.5カウボーイビバップ
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty…
JUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · Action, Adventure · 3 seasons
★ 8.6呪術廻戦
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the…
My Hero Academia
2016–2026 · Action, Adventure · 8 seasons
★ 8.6僕のヒーローアカデミア
Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered "quirk," Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to…
Haikyu!!
2014–2020 · Comedy, Sports · 4 seasons
★ 8.6ハイキュー!!
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama…
ERASED
2016 · Crime, Mystery · 1 season
★ 8.5僕だけがいない街
Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.
Mob Psycho 100
2016–2022 · Action, Comedy · 3 seasons
★ 8.5モブサイコ100
Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he's surrounded by false espers, evil…
Toradora!
2008–2009 · Comedy, Drama · 1 season
★ 8.2とらドラ!
Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
Your Lie in April
2014–2015 · Drama, Music · 1 season
★ 8.6四月は君の嘘
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 season
On air★ 8.5サイバーパンク エッジランナーズ
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023– · Adventure, Fantasy · 2 seasons
★ 8.8葬送のフリーレン
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity's mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends' dying wishes. Can an elven mind make…
A Silent Voice: The MovieMovie
2016 · Drama, School · 2 h 9 min
★ 8.4映画 聲の形
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya,…
Assassination Classroom
2015–2016 · Comedy, Horror · 2 seasons
★ 8.4暗殺教室
The students of Class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher…
Anime for Beginners — watch online free in HD on our site: every title has a free page with the official trailer and the player, and every series a page for each episode, no sign-up needed. In the list: Death Note, Attack on Titan, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, One-Punch Man, Your Name., Spirited Away, SPY x FAMILY. Sort by year or rating, or press “Surprise me” to pick at random.
Questions & answers
How many anime are in “Anime for Beginners”?
20 titles, from 1998 to 2023: Death Note (2006), Attack on Titan (2013), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), One-Punch Man (2015), Your Name. (2016), Spirited Away (2001), SPY x FAMILY (2022), Cowboy Bebop (1998), JUJUTSU KAISEN (2020), My Hero Academia (2016), Haikyu!! (2014)….
Where can I watch Anime for Beginners online?
Every title in the collection has its own page with the official trailer and a player; series also have a page for every episode. Open a title and press play — or start with the trailer.
Can I watch “Anime for Beginners” for free?
Yes, every page in the collection is free and needs no sign-up: the official trailer in HD, the plot, the voice cast and the player. What plays in the player depends on the title and your country.
