You know, I was half expecting people to troll and suggest something like "Made in Abyss".
Anime
Anime is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from Japan.
Anime; the one thing that gets us closer to each other and brings us together.
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then i suggest elfenlied and euphoria if you want a troll here. Tthe second is weird porn, i only seen a warning but i still remember the name after years. So dont look it up when your are not into shit (right pronaunciation)
Non Non Biyori, Mitsuboshi Colors, and K-on are pretty light-hearted, slice of life, comedies that would all be good
I'd suggest "How to Keep a Mummy" from a few years back. Super cute and wholesome.
Ancient magus bride was a cute fairy tale type anime
Have you shown her any of the studio ghibli movies?
Right, yes, I forgot to mention, we watched My Neighbor Totoro & Kiki's Delivery Service. I should probably try to show her some other ones. Good call!
With the exception of Grave of the Fireflies, anything Studio Ghibli. Also, "Welcome to the Space Show" is a fun "Summer Movie".
Azumanga Daioh is where it's at!
I think I would recommend Yume-iro Pâtissière
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
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murdering
2
"ass," "hell," "d--k," "s--t"/ backsides, cleavage, revealing outfits, characters imagine each other in sexualized poses (but without sexual activity)
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Korra is bi-sexual
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murdering2
"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-sexualMovies
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Ponyo
- Spirited Away - illicit substances and blood spoiler 1
- Kiki's Delivery Service - smoking
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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
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.
I don't want to get hurt so I'll max out my defense AKA Bofuri
Maybe something chill and comfy like Yuru Camp ?
I dunno man Iyashikei might bore kids to sleep.
Does she have any specific interests? I guess if nothing in general, she might enjoy something like Spirited Away or Spy x Family?
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
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
I'd veto Spy x Family and Violet Evergarden; the violence they have is quite brutal, and the themes I think are fairly adult.
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.