need help with anime choices for my mum

My Mum is staying with me for two weeks while her new house gets sorted. Captive audience. her "rent" is to watch FMA: Brotherhood with me. One disc per night. Heh heh heh.
 
Ok I was thinking about it for a whlie but I have this idea,

I was thinking of getting my mum in to watch both bleach and naruto * minus the fillers of course * I think she,ll like them if given the chance. It'll take for ever to get though naruto from beginning to end and same with bleach but I think bleach would be more tolerable since naruto takes it's bloody time to get the point of things. Naruto has some good moments in it but it takes for ever to build up
 
I don't know what your mum is like. But my guess is, if I was introducing a parent to anime, I would stop thinking like a typical anime fan i.e. a teenage fanboy. Think seinen/josei with intelligent plots and possibly innovative animation; avoid as much as possible shows that take for granted an audience that's used to panty shots, little girls/adult men pairings, and gratuitous non-sequitur. Avoid also otaku shows - she won't get it. A useful guide would be to remember Hollywood movies/TV shows she likes and try to find similar things. If she liked Cowboy Bebop:

Ghost in the Shell
Monster
Psycho-pass
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (people like Game of Thrones, why not a political epic set in space of equal/greater complexity)
Seirei no Moribito
Planetes
ANYTHING Satoshi Kon (Paranoia Agent, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue etc... if they like this, move them onto more 'rad' Masaaki Yuasa works e.g. Mind Game, Kaiba, Tatami Galaxy)
ANYTHING Mamoru Hosoda (if she likes this, then go Shinkai, working your way from more recent works to his earlier works, which are less sophisticated)
Deat Note/Kaiji - only if they like cliff-hanger TV shows like 24 or Lost

If your dad likes mafia, consider Gungrave over Baccano. Like, that's a proper mafia tale. Also Black Lagoon might work.

I am dying for the day when I can introduce an adult of roughly my age or slightly older to anime. I would show them the delights of animation that is mature and beautiful without needing to be depraved. Knowing the kind of person I'd hang around with, I'd go for the jugular with GiTS and LOTGH and Satoshi Kon works. Just gonna hang in there until my 'adult wannabe anime fan' arrives.
 
animefreak17 said:
Ok I was thinking about it for a whlie but I have this idea,

I was thinking of getting my mum in to watch both bleach and naruto * minus the fillers of course * I think she,ll like them if given the chance. It'll take for ever to get though naruto from beginning to end and same with bleach but I think bleach would be more tolerable since naruto takes it's bloody time to get the point of things. Naruto has some good moments in it but it takes for ever to build up
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Oh god... I don't think long running, mindless Shonen shows are the way to go here. I think Vivi hit the nail on the head, go for something which is a bit more mature with a more intelligent plot, although I can't comment on quite a few of the recommendations made since I have only seen Psycho-Pass, Death Note, Baccano, the GiTS movies and Shinkai's 5cm Per Second. Maybe I should be watching some of those...

I'd still recommend Eden of the East though since I've had luck getting people to watch that.
 
VivisQueen said:
I am dying for the day when I can introduce an adult of roughly my age or slightly older to anime. I would show them the delights of animation that is ... depraved.
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I also look forward to this. I suppose showing depraved things to Vash will have to do for now.
 
Since she liked the men in RxJ I think you should show your mum some more series with cool male characters. It should be your first priority from now on.

R
 
Me and mum finished the count of monte cristo and she gave it a 9/10 and you was right rui I did say something about the animation being like wall paper but she enjoy it alot, it's one of my favs

I wish gankutsuou was explored a bit more tho


Were watching Towa no Quon now we watch ep 1 last night and maybe ep 2 tonight or tomorrow

I'd like you lot to give me a few suggestions
 
just watched 1.30.00 of howls moving castle with granny and she likes it, my mum and dad went to the pictures to watch world war z and it was grannys day to come to our house so i said, since there going out il hang out with ya, and she said she wanted to watch a anime with me, i wasn't expecting that she would and i thought oh god what should we watch i thought spirited away would be a good choice but then i thought it be too long and then i thought, howls moving castle,

we didn't finish it but she said she wanted to finish it next time,
 
finished spirited away with mum last night,

ok decisions decisions

i was thinking of showing her

giant robo - it will be her fisrt time to watch a giant robot anime
baccano - im getting my dad to watch this with me too. told him its a mafia anime
gurren lagann
KARAS
angel beats - i think she'll like this
spice and wolf

IDK what do you lot think
 
animefreak17 said:
baccano - im getting my dad to watch this with me too. told him its a mafia anime

IDK what do you lot think
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This has some fairly graphic violence/torture but if she's ok with that then it should be fine. I finished watching it a few weeks ago and still find myself thinking ISAAAAC.... MIRIAAAAA.... (Subs had this so no idea how the dub handled it :) )
 
My Mum really enjoyed Baccano. She doesn't like gory films at all but as she keeps reminding me "it's just drawings dear." So she appreciated the humour and cleverness of the story, without being put off by the violence. She did appreciate it was for adults though.
 
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