The 12 Best Anime to Watch if You Think You Hate Anime

如果你认为自己讨厌动漫，这 12 部作品是最好的入门选择

Despite its ferocious popularity, people still tend to swear off anime entirely. These are usually the people whose reference of the medium pertains to a certain stereotype or to the few seconds of anime they once saw on a computer somewhere in the early 2000s. 尽管动漫极其流行，但仍有人对它敬而远之。这些人对动漫的印象通常局限于某种刻板印象，或者仅仅是 21 世纪初在电脑上偶然瞥见的几秒钟片段。

But Japan has been producing some of the most emotionally resonant and visually audacious storytelling in contemporary media for half a century, and a great deal of it looks nothing at all like the stereotype it holds. 然而，半个世纪以来，日本一直在创作当代媒体中最具情感共鸣和视觉冲击力的故事，其中许多作品与人们心中的刻板印象截然不同。

So here’s a case for the uninitiated. Start with self-contained films you can knock out in a single evening before graduating to series worth committing wholly to. The common thread, if you’re keeping score, is that not one of these requires you to know anything about anime, or Japan for that matter, going in. 因此，这里为初学者提供一些建议。先从可以在一个晚上看完的独立电影开始，然后再尝试那些值得投入时间的长篇剧集。如果你在做记录的话，这些作品的共同点是：在观看之前，你完全不需要了解任何关于动漫或日本的背景知识。

Note that many of these picks are available in both the original Japanese audio with subtitles or as “dubs” with dialog dubbed by English voice actors. Dive in however you’d like. 请注意，许多精选作品都提供日语原声配中文字幕，以及由英语配音演员录制的“配音版”。你可以选择任何你喜欢的方式开始观看。

Solo Leveling

《我独自升级》

If you want something fast, slick and unapologetically addictive, start here. Adapted from a South Korean web novel and webtoon by the Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures, Solo Leveling follows Sung Jinwoo, an E-rank hunter regarded as the weakest of his profession. After being slaughtered during a dungeon expedition, he awakens with access to a mysterious system that only he can see–and which allows him to become stronger in a world where everyone else’s abilities are effectively fixed. Watching him transform from expendable underdog into an overwhelmingly powerful fighter is pure wish fulfillment, driven by propulsive pacing and enormous battles. 如果你想要节奏快、制作精良且让人欲罢不能的作品，从这里开始准没错。这部作品由日本动画公司 A-1 Pictures 改编自韩国网络小说和漫画，讲述了被视为职业中最弱的 E 级猎人成振宇的故事。在一次地下城探险中惨遭杀害后，他觉醒并获得了一个只有他能看到的神秘系统，这使他在一个其他人能力基本固定的世界里能够不断变强。看着他从一个可有可无的弱者蜕变为极其强大的战士，这种纯粹的愿望实现感，配合紧凑的节奏和宏大的战斗场面，非常过瘾。 Watch on Crunchyroll (在 Crunchyroll 上观看)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

《穿越时空的少女》

This 2006 film is one of the softest possible landings into anime, with a concept that is simple to follow. Makoto is an ordinary teenager who unexpectedly discovers that she can leap backward through time. She initially uses the ability to redo poor test results, avoid awkward confessions, and correct everyday embarrassments. But manipulating time has consequences for the people around her, forcing Makoto to confront a future she may not be able to reverse. 这部 2006 年的电影是动漫入门最平易近人的选择之一，概念简单易懂。真琴是一个普通的少女，她意外发现自己拥有穿越时空的能力。起初，她利用这种能力重考不及格的试卷、避免尴尬的表白，并修正日常生活中丢脸的小事。但操纵时间会对周围的人产生影响，迫使真琴去面对一个她可能无法挽回的未来。 Watch on HBO Max (在 HBO Max 上观看)

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

《葬送的芙莉莲》

Most fantasy stories end when the heroes defeat the great evil. Frieren begins there. After completing a decade-long quest, the elven mage takes off on a solitary journey, returning after 50 years to find that her human companions have aged while she has remained unchanged. Regret at missing out on reconnecting earlier and the pain of witnessing the death of one of her friends sets her on a journey of self-discovery. The result is a quiet, beautifully animated meditation on memory, mortality, and the meaning we find in seemingly fleeting relationships. 大多数奇幻故事在英雄击败大魔王后就结束了，而《葬送的芙莉莲》却从那里开始。在完成十年的冒险后，精灵魔法师芙莉莲踏上了孤独的旅程。50 年后她归来，发现曾经的人类伙伴已垂垂老矣，而她却容颜未改。因未能早些与伙伴建立更深联系而产生的遗憾，以及目睹朋友离世的痛苦，让她踏上了一段自我发现的旅程。这部作品是一部安静且画面精美的沉思录，探讨了记忆、死亡以及我们在看似短暂的关系中所发现的意义。 Watch on Crunchyroll / Netflix (在 Crunchyroll / Netflix 上观看)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

《风之谷》

Take a trip back to the anime of the ’80s, when writer-director Hayao Miyazaki was helping redefine what Japanese animation could accomplish—even before he cofounded Studio Ghibli. Set in a world poisoned by ecological catastrophe, the film follows Princess Nausicaä as she tries to prevent a war between human kingdoms while understanding the enormous toxic forest spreading across the planet. It is a postapocalyptic adventure but also a remarkably prescient story about environmental destruction and humanity’s impulse to conquer what it fears. 回到 80 年代的动漫世界，那时编剧兼导演宫崎骏正在重新定义日本动画的可能性——甚至在他共同创立吉卜力工作室之前。故事设定在一个因生态灾难而中毒的世界，讲述了娜乌西卡公主试图阻止人类王国之间的战争，同时努力理解蔓延全球的巨大腐海。这不仅是一场末日后的冒险，更是一个关于环境破坏以及人类试图征服恐惧之物的极具前瞻性的故事。 Watch on HBO Max / Hulu (在 HBO Max / Hulu 上观看)

Death Note

《死亡笔记》

For viewers who think anime means sprawling fights and exaggerated superpowers, Death Note offers a psychological thriller instead. High school student Light Yagami discovers a supernatural notebook that allows him to kill anyone whose name he writes inside it, provided he knows their face. With this discovery, he launches a crusade to eliminate criminals. What follows is a compulsive, morally murky battle of wits about justice, power, and how quickly idealism can become tyranny. 对于那些认为动漫就是打斗和夸张超能力的观众来说，《死亡笔记》提供了一部心理惊悚片。高中生夜神月发现了一本超自然的笔记本，只要写下名字并知道对方的长相，就能杀死任何人。凭借这一发现，他发起了一场清除罪犯的运动。随之而来的是一场令人欲罢不能、道德模糊的智斗，探讨了正义、权力，以及理想主义如何迅速演变成暴政。 Watch on Netflix / Hulu (在 Netflix / Hulu 上观看)

The Colors Within

《你的颜色》

Totsuko is a Catholic girls’ school student with an ability to see people’s emotions as colors. She joins a band with two people whose auras she’s drawn to, and so unfolds a musical odyssey of emotion and connection, tuned to classic anime characteristics. This 2024 Japanese drama film is a great watch if you’re after something with a bit more depth. 都子是一所天主教女子学校的学生，她拥有一种能将人的情绪看作颜色的能力。她与两个被她所吸引的人组建了一支乐队，由此展开了一场关于情感与连接的音乐之旅，充满了经典的动漫特色。如果你想看一些更有深度的作品，这部 2024 年的日本剧情片非常值得一看。 Watch on HBO Max (在 HBO Max 上观看)

Jujutsu Kaisen

《咒术回战》

For anyone who wants supernatural horror with spectacular action, Jujutsu Kaisen is an easy gateway. High school student Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed finger to save a classmate and becomes the vessel of Ryomen Sukuna, a reincarnated sorcerer known as the King of Curses. Yuji is brought into the secretive world of jujutsu sorcerers, who fight supernatural beings created from humanity’s negative emotions. The series becomes considerably darker as it progresses, but its humor, memorable characters, and inventive battles make the commitment worthwhile. 对于任何想要超自然恐怖元素和精彩动作场面的观众来说，《咒术回战》是一个很好的入门选择。高中生虎杖悠仁为了救同学吞下了一根诅咒之指，成为了被称为“诅咒之王”的转世咒术师两面宿傩的容器。虎杖被带入了咒术师的秘密世界，他们与由人类负面情绪产生的超自然生物战斗。随着剧情推进，该系列变得相当黑暗，但其幽默感、令人难忘的角色和极具创意的战斗场面，绝对值得你投入时间。 Watch on Crunchyroll / Netflix / Hulu (在 Crunchyroll / Netflix / Hulu 上观看)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

《辉夜姬物语》

Japan’s most famous folklore reimagined in a hand-drawn masterpiece by Isao Takahata took eight years to make. As if sketched in real time, the story unfolds with a bamboo cutter who discovers a tiny girl inside a stalk. He raises her and watches her transform into a woman of impossible beauty. But the girl is slowly suffocated by everyone else’s plans for her, including five noble suitors competing for her hand. 这部由高畑勋执导的手绘杰作耗时八年制作，重新演绎了日本最著名的民间传说。故事仿佛实时素描般展开：一位伐竹翁在竹竿中发现了一个小女孩。他将她抚养长大，看着她出落成一位拥有绝世美貌的女子。然而，女孩却逐渐被周围人强加的计划所窒息，包括五位争相求婚的贵族。 Watch on HBO Max (在 HBO Max 上观看)

Kiki’s Delivery Service

《魔女宅急便》

Even if you have never explored anime, you have probably encountered this one. Hayao Miyazaki’s 1989 fantasy follows Kiki, a 13-year-old witch who leaves home as part of her training and settles in a seaside city with her talking cat, Jiji. She begins supporting herself by running an airborne delivery service, only to find her confidence—and her ability to fly—beginning to disappear. Ostensibly a children’s film, it is also an unusually perceptive story about independence, loneliness, and creative burnout. 即使你从未接触过动漫，也可能听说过这部作品。宫崎骏 1989 年的奇幻电影讲述了 13 岁的魔女琪琪离开家乡进行修行，带着会说话的黑猫吉吉在海边城市定居的故事。她通过经营空中快递服务维持生计，却发现自己的自信心——以及飞行能力——开始逐渐消失。表面上这是一部儿童电影，但它也是一个关于独立、孤独和创作倦怠的、极具洞察力的故事。 Watch on HBO Max (在 HBO Max 上观看)

Spirited Away

《千与千寻》

Hayao Miyazaki (宫崎骏)