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[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, it's definitely hard. A couple I can think of:

  • Tri-Gun
  • Delicious in Dungeon
  • Dr. Stone
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Fullmetal Alchemist (I think is mostly safe)
  • DBZ (Mostly safe, I think Dragonball has some questionable stuff)
  • Komi can't communicate (relationships seem mostly okay)
  • One punchman
  • Mon Pyscho
  • Steins Gate
  • Kinos Journey

The real issue is finding an anime that doesn't oversexualize anyone and still has lead female characters. If you're looking for early teen I think the US actually makes better shows:

  • Gravity Falls
  • Amphibia
  • Star vs Forces of evil
  • Infinity Train
  • Young Justice

There's more I could recommend, but for a teenager daughter those all probably have better plot, character development, and female leads than most of what I can think of for anime (although being a guy there are probably a number of anime I'm just not aware of).

[-] offspec@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Dr Stone also has some questionable aesthetics

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh yeah, but I guess I was giving it a pass cause it goes both ways. Both the women and men have ridiculous designs.

Also, even though they definitely feel sexual, the actual dialogue doesn't focus on it too much (at least from what I can recall). It helps that the main character is really only interested in science.

Edit: It also has the issue that pretty much every major character is a guy.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Edit: It also has the issue that pretty much every major character is a guy.

Yeah, is always annoying when you've got the trope of

  • The explorer
  • The warrior
  • The inventor
  • The girl

Like gender is a class and not half the population.

[-] offspec@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's because the artist historically did NSFW content

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't that count for a lot of artists?

Pretty sure in Japan it's a trope that mangaka would do Hentai dude projects under a different name. I would judge an anime/manga on its content, and not by something unrelated.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I just wanna point out that while cowboy bebop is incredible, Fae Valentine's outfit is skimpy to the point that she's wandering around with her shorts unbuttoned in basically every scene where she's not in a disguise (and she's only staying in that top through the power of double-sided tape). By modern standards it's really not great towards the women characters (except possibly ed).

[-] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

Komi-san is a great show whenever one particular character is not onscreen, but the parts where that character is onscreen mean I don't think it can go on this list.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no, what did I block from my memory?

[-] missingno@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yamai Ren. The character whose entire gimmick is that her horrible behavior is played off with "it's funny because she's a lesbian."

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