Tokyo Godfathers



Maybe 2x2 Shinobuden, although probably a lot of the jokes will go over her head.

Shin Chan!!!!


Every one likes Shin Chan.

I would say try Spice and Wolf. The interactions between Holo and Lawrence are hilarious, it's more of an adult setting(ie. not school), it doesn't require any knowledge of Japanese culture to understand any of the humor, Holo's dub is actually quite amazing and it was just overall a good show.

Galaxy Angel had it's moments as well. Not a great show, but decent to start with in terms of comedy.

Things that are a little more Japanese involved, maybe Love Hina though that may be borderline on the echi. All Miyazaki movies are pretty good for those new to anime.

Gintama is quite good.

Space dandy #1

death note

my mother ~ in her 50's ~ love it

No offense but I feel like A LOT of the reccomendations here are not relevant, well targeted, and suggestions like nichijou/gintama/nichibros are just going to give the person the feeling of of "wtf japan."

So, to make it look like I didn't come here just to critisize without anything better to say, there were a few good reccomendations people made. Here they are, I endorse because they all opens new avenues/possible interests and are beginner friendly.

Top Reccs:
Clannad
Spice and Wolf
Nodame Cantabile
Itazura na Kiss
Kemono no Souja Erin (not funny at all really but should be a good beginner show)

Maybes:
Angel Beats
Toradora
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
Full Metal Panic
Great Teacher Onizuka
Detective Conan
TWGOK (on the fence here. The otaku subculture discussed here might be too hardcore to begin with)
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
Eden of the East

Probably nots:
Baka to Test (kind of lots of ecchi)
Beck (only if she REALLY likes music maybe?)
Gintama
Nichijou
Daily Lives of High School Boys (aka nichibros)
Lucky Star
K-on
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Death Note

Any other series mentioned in this thread not mentioned here also would be probably nots or I didn't know enough about them to say for sure.

Older/middle aged persons I've found usually get super turned off at violent stuff I've found, also. But can't speak for every middle aged lady o_o.

this for Dubbed comedy

AHAHAHAHHAHAH, For 6 episodes (I think) it's actually really good, one of the few where the Dubs > Subs imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q6mcx2qF4Q

Tokyo Godfathers English trailer.

I saw it in Japanese, but I guess the dub is as good as it's gonna get.

(The movie is much better than the trailer might lead you to expect, btw)

This post was edited by hATemOnkEy on Mar 26 2014 06:56pm