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!

  • Himawari@lemmy.4d2.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    Does she have any specific interests? I guess if nothing in general, she might enjoy something like Spirited Away or Spy x Family?

  • HakFoo
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’d suggest “How to Keep a Mummy” from a few years back. Super cute and wholesome.

  • Andvari@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    Angelic Layer, Azumanga Daioh, Fruits Basket, anything Studio Ghibli, Princess Tutu, maybe Spy x Family.

  • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
    1·
    2 years ago

    Many of the Ghibli movies should be perfectly fine (My Neighbor Totoro, Whisper of the Heart, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Ponyo, The Secret World of Arrietty, …).

  • d3ceived@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    Majo no Tabitabi. A very enjoyable magical adventure. Episode 8 has a jump scare that she might not like, so skip that one or watch it yourself first and decide. The episode itself starts with a warning about this so you don’t need to remember which one it is.

    Somali – another magical adventure, I don’t recall it containing any scenes that a child would be uncomfortable with.

  • molave@reddthat.com
    1·
    2 years 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
      1·
      2 years 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
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      2 years 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.

    • onlooker@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      While I absolutely love the show, I don’t think it’s a good fit. OP said nothing too dark and the show literally starts with the protagonists willingly selling herself to slavery. It does get more lighthearted from there, but then it gets dark again when the antagonist is introduced.

  • peppy6582@sopuli.xyz
    1·
    2 years 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