Zachary's Favorite Anime

Four starter shows from different genres

Toradora!

Toradora
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Toradora! is a romantic comedy anime that follows the kind but tough-looking Ryuuji Takasu and the beautiful but abrasive Taiga Aisaka. Crossing paths after an embarassing mistake, the two learn they each have a crush on the others' best friend. They then form an unlikely alliance to help each other confess to their crushes. If I was asked to name my single favorite anime, this would be it.

Haikyuu!!

Haikyuu!! Season 1
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After seeing the volleyball ace known as the "Little Giant" on TV, Hajime Hinata is inspired to revive his own volleyball club in middle school. He manages to get enough players for a single game and is subsequently crushed by prodigy Tobio Kageyama "The King of the Court". Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team-only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Erased

Toradora
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In the psychological mystery thriller Erased, struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma has a strange power where he finds himself sent back in time a few minutes before tragedy strikes. After a certain event occurs and he is accused of murder, his power sends him back 18 years, where a series of unsolved killings of young girls occurred during his childhood. Satoru realizes the murders from his present and the past are connected, and must race the clock to find the murderer before those close to him are killed.

Assassination Classroom

Assassination Classroom
This is the season 1 cover image of the Assassination Classroom anime found at the MyAnimeList Database

When a mysterious creature destroys the moon, the students of class 3-E are faced with the bizarre task of assassinating the creature, who has shown up to become their teacher! The creature is able to move at speeds up to Mach 20 and is unkillable via normal means. Dubbed "Koro-Sensei" (the unkillable teacher) the misfits of the presitigous middle school find that the strange monster is the best teacher theyve ever had! Despite the silly premise, this is a fun show which had a profound emotional effect on me.