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Are you looking to branch out from Ghibli or do you want more of the same?
Death Note is without a doubt the best place to start in my opinion.
I can't tell you where to start, but I can tell you where not to start.
Death Note is utter garbage. Anyone recommending it hasn't watched it in ten years, and is forgetting how contrived it is.
For example:
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The main characters play tennis while trying to win a mental game of rock, paper, scissors.
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They turn a scene about looking inconspicuous into one of those over-edited Indian soap operas (I'll take a chip... AND EAT IT!).
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Misa is annoying as hell.
The target audience for it are teenage boys who listen to Jordan Peterson, can't talk to girls and dream about beating their Dad psychologically.
It's a mental masturbatory power fantasy.
I have never seen Death Note, and don't intend to, but the primary target audience for like, 99.8% of all anime is teenagers. So hearing that it tries to appeal to that isn't all that shocking, honestly.
Naww. Your numbers don't track.
- Kids (6,487)
- Shounen (1,950)
- Seinen (1,015)
- Shoujo (490)
- Josei (151)
I haven't seen Angel beats in here yet, but that one was pretty solid. It was one of my firsts.
I'll just suggest some shows in the order I watched them (or some order, I don't remember exactly):
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Dragon Ball Z (though the pacing is frustrating... You could try playing Kakarot instead though)
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Dragon Ball Super (much better pacing)
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One Punch Man
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Naruto (it's long but worth it)
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Hunter x Hunter
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Sword Art Online
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Deathnote
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Seven Deadly Sins (though be aware that there's some consent issues here, though they do craft an interesting scenario for it that I can't give away without spoiling)