It's more of a supernatural romcom than horror, and the animu probably focused more on the romcom side than the horror/supernatural elements (on top of having a different feel to it anyway because of being in color vs. black and white)

What you're referring to is commonly associated with hentai not most anime genres in general, I think whoever told you to watch Bible Black as your first anime had no clue and it has put you off despite there being a lot of quality anime like Death Note, Ghost in the Shell series, Gungrave and Black Lagoon to name a few.

I would again recommend you to check out "Monster" as its definitely not for kids, here is the intro of the series which should give you some idea about the tone of the anime.

Monster Opening

Its good that you have forgotten because the series is a straight up adaptation of the manga without any filler and I guess thats another reason why its still one of the best anime series. :)

Try Cowboy Bebop.

I currently have Monster on my check out list. I've also added the Twelve Kingdoms and Higurashi. I also have another on my list that a female friend recommended to me, but I think I'll just wait and watch it with her sometime, I have my doubts that I'll enjoy it. I also found an Ergo Proxy collection amidst a stack of discs. Is this any good? I can't remember watching it. I might check it out.

The Bible Black wasn't exactly recommended to me by anyone. I was, and still am, completely new to anime and the title sounded like something I would be interested in so I downloaded it. I love dark and scary. I didn't know the difference and had never even heard of hentai and was just thrown off. That is not to say if a female friend threw it in while I was there that I would just turn it off and walk away, if she wants to throw in a porn I'm game. lol I just know that the stuff that was being shown on TV was just not appealing to me. It's possible anime just may not be for me at all. But I figure I'd give it another chance. Maybe this time take some recommendations instead of running blind. I do appreciate the advice.

I like zombie movies and apocalypse related stuff too if there is anything on that topic also.

Glad to know that you have added Monster and other recommendations to your list, hopefully the series doesn't disappoint you as I have now recommend it twice. Ergo Proxy is actually on my list to watch as well because I have heard its quite good. :)

Haha...I understand, having never heard of hentai and watching the hardcore stuff in Bible Black would certainly elicit a WTF reaction. Suffice to say that like any other porn, folks that watch hentai certainly don't do so for the plot and story. ;)

Jumping in blind and landing on hentai is definitely not at all likely to get someone interested in anime, so hopefully some good recommendations from this thread will change your perception towards it as I am sure you'll find something to your liking in the vast variety of different genres that anime encompasses.

The only popular zombie anime I know of is "High School of the Dead" but I wouldn't recommend it personally as it is filled with annoying tropes and fan service which I try to avoid as much as I can when looking for a potential anime series that would appeal to me.

Yup, that seems to be the case so far...
Take notes :

-Psycho-Pass
-Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
-High-school of the Dead
-The Twelve Kingdoms
-Parasyte
-Death Note
-Berserk
-Trigun
-Neon Genesis Evangelion
-Blue Gender



Watch these^, not necessarily in that order . Trust me, I've probably watched more animes than anyone you've ever met, I know what I'm talking about .


P.S. Ergo Proxy is good, but bad for beginners .

When it comes to Horror Anime I'd recommend:

*) High School of the Dead
*) Gakkou Gurashi
*) Parasyte: The Maxim
*) Blue Exorcist
*) Elfen Lied
*) Another
*) Shiki
*) Seraph of the End
*) Vampire Hunter D and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
*) Hellsing and Hellsing Ultimate
*) Attack on Titan
*) Corpse Party

Warning! Some of the above are very gory and not suited for children. They are generally rated 16+ or even 18+ in some countries. I'm pretty sure you will like all of the above and can watch them in no particular order. I recommend starting with Corpse Party and Elfen Lied though since they are relatively short.

The two When they cry series (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (aka When the cicadas cry) and Umineko no Naku Koro ni (aka When the seagulls cry) are also very good. However, they are very difficult to follow.

They are anime adaptations of games (or rather visual novels) and every few episodes the story is restarted and sligthly different behaviour of the main characters causes different things to happen (e.g. different people becoming paranoid and killing everyone in sight or finding out more or less about the cause of the paranoia in Higurashi) until the viewer knows the whole story. So they are probably not that great for an anime beginner.

When you have seen several other anime and you like movies where the viewer never has the whole story but only sees fractions of it (possibly even time shifted) like in Memento or Pulp Ficition then you should definitly watch them, too.

On top of that I recommend:

*) Death Note
*) Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
*) Black Lagoon
*) Psycho Pass
*) Avatar: The last Airbender


Avatar is great and should be easy to come by because it is technically not an anime. It was made in the US. It does copy the anime style almost religiously though and is considered to be one of the best animated shows ever.

I would say not just FMA Brotherhood, but the first FMA series as well. Brotherhood is, iirc, closer to the manga than the original. However, that's not to say the first is bad. There's a different storyline there and you get different emotional impacts from certain characters and situations.

Another vampire one would be Trinity Blood.

A show I think nobody here has mentioned:

- Texhnolyze

The first 5 episodes are pretty bad, but the rest of the show is AMAZING. Definitely one of the top 5 shows I've ever seen. Doesn't matter if you like anime or not, anyone should give it a try.

HSoTD is a bad choice if you dislike fanservice. (insane amounts of it that is)
Berserk anime never got far into the manga right?
What's Twelve Kingdoms about?

He said he doesn't like porn, I don't think he'll have a problem with ecchi, so he should be able to watch HSotD .
Berserk has an abrupt ending, but the road there is more than worth it .
Twelve Kingdoms is a complex high-fantasy loosely inspired by Chinese mythology .

Only Amine I liked was Full Metal Alchemist and I watched it to the end.

Hurray, another Avatar the Last Airbender fan!

It really is good. Great animation and fight scenes, good characters, lots of humor and drama. Surprisingly subtle in parts.

One note though - Viacom took AtLA off of Netflix. It's on Amazon Prime and I'm sure the episodes are up on Youtube - I've found seasons 2 and 3 but not season 1 yet. Nick.com has some episodes up for streaming but not all of them.