>>1209003If you want to get into anime, the absolute best starting point is The Promised Neverland season 1.
It's a short and sweet 12 episodes. It's a tightly plotted thriller. The characters are likeable and sympathetic, the music is good, and it has a great ending. It's also a good introduction to the general idea that anime can be full of cute characters and pretty backgrounds and still deal with mature and serious tones and topics.
Here's the synopsis: It's about three eleven year old children; Emma who is kind, cheerful, athletic, and optimistic, Norman, who is rational and calm, and Ray, who is reserved and calculating. The three of them have spent their entire lives together on an estate, growing up happily together with out 30 other children, loved and cared for by their 'mother,' Isabella. Children are periodically 'shipped out,' never before their 6th birthday, but never after their 12th.
One day, Emma and Norman see something they weren't supposed to, and realize their world is far more sinister than they imagined. So begins a struggle for the three children to outwit and out-plan their enemies.
My only criticisms are that it's a little bit slow to start, and one character is a little flamboyant for the setting. Also, Season 2 is a huge step down in quality, so I would move on to another series if you like it and then maybe come back later.
Like I said, it's only 12 episodes, so it doesn't require a huge time investment. It's available on Crunchyroll and Netflix.
