Hi all, I’d like to find some anime for my 9 year old daughter. So far, she’s watched: Little Witch Academia & Kaleido Star.

She doesn’t really like anything too dark or violent. Thanks!

Edit:

Thanks for all the responses, some great suggestions!

  • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml
    2·
    1 year ago

    Non Non Biyori, Mitsuboshi Colors, and K-on are pretty light-hearted, slice of life, comedies that would all be good

  • Little8Lost@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    i suggest Bofuri: maxing out my defense so i dont get hurt. It has some fighting scenes because it is in an vr mmo rpg. But very funny. Dont know about translation tho

  • Ava@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 year ago

    Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon were made with kids in mind, I think. Definitely seems like a lot of people grew up watching them.

    Keep your hands off Eizouken is one of my recent favourites, and I think would be really enjoyable as a kid. Lots of imagination scenes and a really sweet story about friends.

    Nichijou should also be inoffensive, just kid shenanigans. They don’t always make sense, but the tone is very chill. Also Azumanga Daiou, similar vibes I think.

    Paripi Koumei is a recent show about a girl trying to launch her singing career with the help of a reincarnated chinese general, I don’t think it has any scary scenes but a lot of it does take place in a club, and depicts alcohol. But the story and characters are heart-warming and I enjoyed it a lot.

    I’ve also heard very good things about Carole and Tuesday, which came out around the same time and also centres around music. But I’d recommend looking into the themes more, I don’t know how serious it gets.

    Hinamatsuri - I think this might be the funniest show I’ve ever watched. It cracked me up even on a rewatch. It does center on a Yakuza member, so there are some jokes that might appear scary, though being a comedy of course everything works out pretty quickly. It depends on her tolerance for those themes.

    One I don’t see recommended often is Gatchaman Crowds. I just looked up the rating and it is 13+, but I loved that show, and remember recommending it to my younger brother around your daughter’s age.

    I haven’t met a 9-year-old in a while, so sorry if my recommendations skew a little older! Definitely the first three should be good for her, the others might need to wait a year or two depending on her tolerance and what you’re okay showing her. But if she watched Little Witch Academia, none of these shows get darker than that, for sure.

  • peppy6582@sopuli.xyz
    2·
    1 year ago

    TV Shows

    • Sailor Moon Crystal
    • Spy x Family - there is some light spoiler 1 in the beginning
    • Pokemon
    • Dr. Stone - Profanity/Partial Nudity non-gratuitous spoiler 2 (my 9 yr old loves this show)
    • Avatar: The Last Airbender
    • The Legend of Korra - LGBTQ Themes spoiler 3
    1

    murdering

    2

    “ass,” “hell,” “d–k,” “s–t”/ backsides, cleavage, revealing outfits, characters imagine each other in sexualized poses (but without sexual activity)

    3

    Korra is bi-sexual

    Movies

    • My Neighbor Totoro
    • Ponyo
    • Spirited Away - illicit substances and blood spoiler 1
    • Kiki’s Delivery Service - smoking
    1

    There are references to smoking and the drinking of sake. In one scene, a dragon trying to protect the main character is attacked and returns injured and bleeding from the mouth

  • molave@reddthat.com
    2·
    1 year ago

    Spy x Family

    Cardcaptor Sakura

    Bocchi the Rock

    Nichijou

    Spirited Away

    Toradora

    Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken

    Dragon Pilot

    Komi Can’t Communicate

    Violet Evergarden

    Your Name

    • aqua_synonym@lemmy.world
      5·
      1 year ago

      As much as I am a fan of Spy x Family and Violet Evergarden, they are more for more mature audiences as they have quite the adult themes. Violet Evergarden is set in a war world and although the story is not set in the war itself, the flashbacks (especially THAT scene during the attack on the fortress) are nonetheless too violent.

      Spy x Family might seem like a wholesome family anime but it has underlying political and war themes. Bond’s arc as well as Yor’s assassination techniques in Ep 2 is something that I would not really recommend to a nine year-old kid. There’s car explosions and use of dogs for warfare

    • sleet01@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’d veto Spy x Family and Violet Evergarden; the violence they have is quite brutal, and the themes I think are fairly adult.

    • Shin@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Spy X Family has some pretty dark storylines, hell episode one is one those very cases. I think it could be good for older kids and teens, but stuff like Bond’s introductory arc is really heavy. I cannot imagine a kid reacting positively to the Handler’s speech about her experience with war.

  • Shin@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Another vote for Bocchi, it’s an awesome and inpsiring anime. Plus, I think it could be empowering to a little girl to see an all girl cast kick ass at being rockstars.

    The only con I can think of are a few adult gags, though they aren’t super offensive. Most kids shows I warched growing up had adult humor that flew over my head, so it should be fine. Just something to consider.

  • Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    With the exception of Grave of the Fireflies, anything Studio Ghibli. Also, “Welcome to the Space Show” is a fun “Summer Movie”.