If you want to be part of the current cultural conversation, this is it. It takes the classic "high schoolers with superpowers" trope and injects it with high-stakes horror and some of the most fluid, jaw-dropping animation ever put to screen by MAPPA.

If you think anime is just for kids, Monster will change your mind. It’s a grounded, realistic thriller about a Japanese surgeon in Germany who saves a young boy’s life, only to realize years later that he saved a serial killer. The Fugitive meets Silence of the Lambs .

A world-class spy has to create a fake family to infiltrate a private school. The catch? The wife he hires is a secret assassin, and the daughter he adopts is a telepath who is the only one who knows the truth.

Wholesome, hilarious, and stylish (1960s Cold War aesthetic).

If you prefer reading over watching, Kentaro Miura’s Berserk is often cited as the greatest manga of all time. The art is so detailed it belongs in a museum, and the story of Guts—a lone mercenary fighting against fate—is a grueling but rewarding journey. High-octane Dark Fantasy (Very mature themes).

Dark fantasy, incredible fight choreography, and a very cool (but very stressed) cast.