You can't start with the heavy shit
lots of the stuff doesn't even make sense until you get used to some basic stuff, like japanese culture and why they react the way they do to certain stuff and so on

Spice and wolf would be the best choice if she is intellectual. Clannad if not. You need to be smart to hit it off with dat wolf as your first anime watch.

everytime I see a 'rec me pls' thread outside the sticky I just want to link them to the nastiest part of hatemonkey's MAL

#scarredforlife

or you can try Code Geass, the english sub is actually pretty solid and I know of a lot of ppl that got hooked on power tripping school kid Lelouch
Clannad is pretty heavy for starters, Angel Beats would be better alternative

It's not that bad.

I need moar.

a lot of good suggestions here

IMO you pick a top 3 maybe based on what non-anime shows she likes and have a little diversity in the pool and have her watch episode 1 of each

pokemon

can't go wrong with this one

I would try deathnote first

Sword Art Online