Anime for 12-13 year olds? (2024)

ichii_1

Merli

DancingTheBa

Also here's some recommendations you might like;
Steins;Gate
Fullmetal Alchemist
Assassination Classroom
My Hero Academia
Magic Kaito 1412
Mob Psycho 100
This Art Club Has a Problem
Haikyuu!!

CatSoul

Neon Genesis Evangelion constantly toes the line, but is overall probably fine for your age. The old releases were rated for 12+ if I remember correctly.

Higurashi goes significantly beyond "minor gore" - wait a few years.

Kill la Kill doesn't have any real "graphic" fanservice (as in, no nipples, explicit sex, genital detail, etc.) but there's a lot of it. Another borderline. Definitely not for your brother.

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I haven't seen some of them yet by myself (namely Grimgar, Arslan Senki, Magi, Log Horizon, Pandora Hearts) but I'm sure they are okay. ^^"

* Owari no Seraph, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Kyoukai no Kanata, Juuni Kokuki, Shinsekai Yori and maybe Soul Eater as well as Noragami and D.Gray-Man could be not the right choice for your younger brother, if you called him immature. Could be right for you, if you could handle Death Note, maybe.

*looks at the answers above* Uhm, people? Parasyte, Attack on Titan and Tokyo Ghoul? o.o

Dauphine

I think it would be safe to watch it with your little brother too. ^^

Other anime to consider:

Tegamibachi,
don't know if it can really be countend as fanservice, the character "Niche" when the MC first meets her, he realizes she doesn't wear any underware, so he gives her a pair of his own boxer shorts, no nudity is shown, only implied, it's a running gag that the pair of large underware she got from him is proof of their trust and whenever she get's upset with him she discards them, nothing is ever shown though. It's worth noting that Niche looks like a child.
An adult woman character appears naked but no detailed nudity. she covers up in a sort of bikini after the MC asks her to. The battles are mostly all bloodless.
I know it might sound bad but it really isn't!

D.Gray-man, no real fanservice as far as i remember, but Lenalee wears a mini skirt all the time,Battles are relatively bloodless from what i remember except in the sequel D.Gray-man Hallow but that one is fairly gory and better left for when you're older.

Ao no Exorcist, no real fanservice, battles don't have any gore and probably no blood either if i remember right.

Noragami, Battles don't have any blood or gore at all, there's some fanservice though, like some quick panty flashes, Bishamon's outfit is fairly revealing, we can also see her naked in the water, but nothing detailed, Hiyori let's Yukine sleep in the same bed as her thinking he's much younger and this causes some impure thoughs(nothing is shown though)

I tried to list any content that i remember as fanservice/violence so you can make the decision for yourself if you want to watch them or not.

mariou_shannon

About the ones you think of watching, Naruto and Attack on Titan are great ideas. But have in mind that AoT can get really violent with graphic details. Now about Neon Genesis Evangelion, you should knwo before deciding to start this one, that it's not a simple mecha/action anime. Not at all to be honest. It deals with many psychological issues and is quite confusing if you aim for just a mecha plotline.

Hope I helped.

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Zerzey

plenty more but im too lazy to type soooo... yeah

8oomer

Rurouni Kenshin
The 100+ episode TV series. Graphics a bit dated now but everything in this show is geared to adolescents (boy or girl for that matter). No swearing or fanservice, Kenshin uses a reverse-blade sword (hits his opponent with the blunt side) so he never kills. Plenty of shounen-type baddies as well as several side-kicks who are introduced in the first few episodes.

DO NOT WATCH the prequel until your brother is much older and even for yourself it's rather gory and disturbing right the start (the most disturbing scene is in the first few minutes but there are more scattered throughout). The prequel was produced for an older audience and details how he got his nickname (basically killing people when he worked as an assassin for one of the sides in the Japanese civil war) and his X shaped scar.

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Misre

ichii_1 said:
Studio Ghibli movies
Tokyo Ghoul
Soul Eater
Parasyte the maxim
Attack on Titan
Deadman Wonderland
Glitter Force

Parasyte and Deadman Wonderland might be a bit too violent for me, though i did watch a few eps of attack on titan last night

I'll look into Soul eater, thanks C:

Merli said:
Bleach
Arslan senki
Ao no exorcist
Code geass

I assume Ao no Exorcist is Blue Exorcist, in which case, i'll try it

I really enjoyed Nichijou and Lucky Star, I was curious if they're appropriate for kids or not.

I'll try My Hero Academia, FMA and Haikyuu, thanks C:

WIXOSS looks interesting, and i can handle incest, as long as it's non-graphic and it doesn't accompany a cringey plot (cough alfheim cough)

would it be ok if i watched KLK by myself?

I've seen the first minute or so of Magi: Adventures of Sinbad (The netflix original). Does that count? xD

I've REALLY been trying to avoid any kind of Dragon Ball, mostly because I'd have to watch ALL of the show, along with DBZ, and DBZ Kai and whatever other series there is, plus stay up to date on DBS, but i'll try to get into it

I've seen good things about Log Horizon. Isn't it like one of those fantasy Anime like SAO or KonoSuba?

Also I've seen Most of the Pokemon Cartoons, and like 3 of the Gen 5 movies. It's a bit childish though.

I watched most of Digimon (Seasons 1-3 and Fusion). Again, it's a bit childish for me.

I'll try Chunibyo and Spirited Away, as well as Dragon ball and Log horizon, thanks c:

oh boy

i've seen the first episode and about 1/8th of the 2nd. The second that

Hunter x Hunter also seems good, ill try that too c:

I'll try them both, they seem interesting. I'll avoid the prequel, after comparing the MAL ratings, i see what you mean. Thanks! c:

Thank you to anyone who suggested anime for me to watch c:

Drackx

Arex

Lucky Star - its a good anime, though might not be for everyone, still comedic at times.

Higurashi - I do not recommend watching that now, its is pretty gory but also painful at times (hard to explain), maybe when you are 16+ for the full experience :)

Konosuba - fan service and some mature jokes although still a great comedy and fun to watch, really depends on how much fan service you can handle (edit: my sig is from there so you might know what its like)

Naruto shippuden - Watch it but skip fillers and then head straight to boruto after, definitely something i'll be looking back at when im older

Attack on titan - also a little gory but if you're up for some good action its great too.

Re:zero - good anime aswell, would recommend to you, maybe a bit much at times too like AoT.

Definitely check out Hunter x hunter(2011), My Hero Academia, Haikyuu, Code geass and Bakuman.

Swagernator

https://myanimelist.net/anime/genre/27/Shounen

SeijiSensei

Next are two fantasy shows produced by the NHK for kids your age:
Seirei no Moribito
Kemono no Sou-ja Erin

And some science-fiction shows with kids as the main characters
Dennou Coil
Noein
Angelic Layer

Noein has some material on quantum mechanics that might be a bit over your heads, but there are decent explanations, and all you really need to know is the concept of "parallel universes."

If you like science, you should give Time Travel Shoujo a try. The heroine is about your age and travels through time meeting famous scientists and inventors like Michael Faraday and Benjamin Franklin. It streams on Funimation.

If you want a good show about sports, I strongly recommend Cross Game. It uses baseball to drive a deeper story about family, love, and loss. It's only available illegally these days in the West, I'm afraid, so you're on your own.

Hikaru no Go follows a boy of about ten who becomes inhabited by the spirit of an ancient Go master. Under Sai's guidance, Hikaru begins a life devoted to Go. Streams at Viz. You'll be surprised at how dramatically they portray the games. The first few minutes of this clip show a match between Hikaru and the boy who will become his rival, Touya. Hikaru has never played Go before so the ghost master Sai is playing through him. Touya is a Go prodigy.

Here are a few other shows that might be of interest:
Chi's Sweet Home
Suisei no Gargantia (some mild fanservice)
Mahou Shoujotai Arusu
Nijuu Mensou no Musume
AKB0048
Tsuritama
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime ("Snow White with the Red Hair")
Flying Witch
Rocket Girls
Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin
Arslan Senki
Rokka no Yuusha (a couple of skimpy outfits)

Kill la Kill is one of my favorite shows of the past few years, but it has many layers of meaning. It looks like an over-the-top comedy with fighting and fanservice, but it's really a story about the nature of fascism. The creators make this point in the opening scene which takes place in a history class discussing Nazism. I'd probably say it's a show you might wait on for a year or two and your brother a bit longer.

Konosuba, on the other hand, is something you can watch now. It's funnier if you've played Japanese role-playing games like the Final Fantasy series since some of Konosuba's humor parodies JRPG memes. The girls do have skimpy costumes (a running controversy on the web is whether Aqua "goes commando"), but otherwise it's not that sexually explicit. It's also pretty funny. Might be borderline for your brother.

I stopped watching Lucky*Star after the first, rather boring episode about chocolate coronets. I came back to it later on and enjoyed it, but I'd watch other things ahead of it. It has a lot of in-jokes and material that targets Japanese anime fans. Hibike! Euphonium, also by Kyoto Animation, is a more serious but much better show than Lucky*Star. Someday you can watch Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu followed Lucky*Star, but I wouldn't make them a priority.

EratiK

for your brother I would say Puzzle and Dragon Cross and Deltora Quest

MorteTorment

Misre

Thanks for the clarifications on KonoSuba, Re:Zero and Higurashi, they were useful c:

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"Rosario + Vampire"

thanks for the recommendations!

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Hikaru and Time Travel Shoujo sound really interesting, especially the latter, since i really enjoy science (in fact it's the only subject in school i really get straight A's in).

Gargantia is something that's been on my radar a little while, I'll try it.

Death note isn't as violent as people say (at least from what i can tell, coming from somebody that's on like episode 5)

OPM is bloody, but not really overly violent, similarly to Death Note, I'm on about episode 4 or 5, but it's not gory and it's violent in a humorous way (imo)

Though I can't help but agree in the case of AOT, but dismemberment isn't anything i can't handle, it's a bit disturbing however.

MorteTorment said:
Almost every anime ever made is aimed at 13 year olds, and that goes double for modern day, as most of it is set in junior high.

Although there seem to be a lot of anime geared towards my age, there's also a metric ton of 18+ anime, so that claim seems to be a bit of a stretch

lawofreflection

Also, @mariou_shannon, where is that girl in your forum pic from?

Light-

Mate, if he's watched the devil is a part timer he is definitely old enough for konosuba.

Let the ma- i mean boy watch what he wants.

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Mate, if he's watched the devil is a part timer he is definitely old enough for konosuba.
Let the ma- i mean boy watch what he wants.

Light-

That was meant as a joke, but to be fair, 90% of shounen is violent and that genre is aimed at pre-teens/teens

But yeah, Ecchi and suggestive stuff? best stay away till you're older :P

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Elijah_Parr said:
I've REALLY been trying to avoid any kind of Dragon Ball, mostly because I'd have to watch ALL of the show, along with DBZ, and DBZ Kai and whatever other series there is, plus stay up to date on DBS, but i'll try to get into it

Misre

It's not like it isn't violent, of course it is, the thing is that i've seen worse on youtube and such. I've seen the first episode of this (non-anime) black comedy tv show called "Happy Tree Friends". Google it and you'll know what i mean. >.<

Okay, Thanks for the clarification. I'd like to watch the show because i have uncles and stuff that watched Dragon Ball when they were younger. My dad watched it too, so i'd like to poke at it and try to make him laugh.

j0x said:
My Hero Academia
Mob Psycho 100
Star Driver
Little Witch Academia TV
Accel World
Captain Earth
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga sh*tai
Dennou Coil
Initial D

Accel World's that anime that takes place in the SAO universe right?

If my little brother finds out i was watching Little Witch Academia he'll take the chance to 1-up me because just the other day he was saying we should watch the 30 minute long short film because he heard that adults watch it, and i said no xDDDD. I'll try to watch it.

Energetic-Nova

Just because it is "appropriate for 13 year olds"... doesn't mean it should be watched by 13 year olds kind of question. I would say... Wait until you are 14. Watch then. I watched it when I was pretty young... and the only reason why I was understanding any part of it was because I was already a depressed child who felt her parents did not love her. Unless this is you, I would say, hold off on this one until high school.

It is an anime of intense psychological emotion.... with an ending that is hard to understand really unless you are empathetic to the protagonist. Despite being more violent, Attack on Titan is easier for kids to understand.

My brother who is 13 watches Cowboy Bebop. He loves it. I would suggest also FLCL to watch with your brother. Digimon though is my favorite at 11.

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Misre

Okay, thanks!

I think i can empathize with characters really well. I'll get incredibly emotional after the death of a character, like in Attack on titan when

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