Anime recommendations for middle school anime club!

[sekabead]

Oh my bad... I'm bewildered because my comics I'm making actually features 3rd year middle school students, but they are 16-17 years old and forgot most of them are 12 to 14 years old Also I'm kinda surprised that it's pg14. Maybe because that cat is an alcoholic

[rajillustration]

You can't go wrong with Little Witch Academia -- It's like a PG Harry Potter style atmosphere but in an all girls school with an all boys school next door. Super pretty, it's funny, good for all ages, no random sexy stuff you'd feel weird about. Also, it takes place at a school and you're watching it at a school.

[nostalgicroxas]

That's actually the main problem - most anime are off the list for middle schoolers, even high schoolers, because of their content. It's less about what the teachers think the kids are okay watching, or what the kids want to watch, and more about what the PTA will get in an uproar over. The younger the kids, the more presence of the PTA.
And actually, I was thinking of the Jesus and Buddah anime from the weird manga- I haven't seen it but something tells me even that wouldn't be acceptable in a school setting.

[Freemints30]

mostly not as mostly it will be seen as the wrong version. "kids should be reading the true king james edition of the bible they will love that".

It will be alot easier if it was what will be a good children anime rather than a good anime that will not get the PTA's undies in a tizzle.

Doremon is a preschooler's anime, I haven't seen it but it seems to be mostly about this robot cat solving a bunch of kids problems. That sounds harmless and it has a bunch of episodes so you can pick and choose which episodes without worrying about long running plot plot

[Solias]

Watch you some Digimon specifically season 3 its not only the best season but also will hit you hard in the feels in quite a few places

[ButterflyEmpress]

When I was in middle school I was a huge fan of Ojamajo doremi and the pretty cure series(still on going).
They're demographic is around 7-12, but Japanese kids shows tend to be a little more mature than American kids shows. The English dubs of those shows (Magical DoReMi and Glitter Force), are way too heavily edited to the point that it dumbs down the original story and characters.
But you can check out both and gauge which you feel is more appropriate

[ionkozokar21]

I think you can watch Death Notebook if you don't know, it's an anime about a young prodigy who found one day that very Death Note, with the help of which he started to kill different criminals. It's a very interesting anime about psychology, I think if you watch it, you'll have something to discuss at school later. I can also advise you to take a quiz on your stereotype, or what kind of anime hero you are, I think you would be interested.

[RobertBMarks]

If it wasn't for the "no guns," I'd recommend Girls und Panzer, which is utterly insane and amazingly fun (and teaches just about every life lesson I would ever want my daughter to learn) - and my 4 year old little girl loves it.

Otherwise, Bofuri is a LOT of fun.

[Kuma]

Astro Boy (2003) (Might be a problem with the no guns rule)
San-Gatsu no Lion (It has the best arc about dealing with school bullying, has a heavy arc in the first season)
Cells at Work (Regular one, Black! is a bit darker)
Bakuman (Anime about making manga)
Shirobako (Anime about making anime)
SSSS.Gridman (A fun giant robot anime)
Keep your hands off Eizouken (Anime about making anime: Electric Boogaloo Auteur edition)

I would recommend Sakura Card Captor, but I remembered all the kinda weird couple dynamics it has. Revolutionary Girl Uthena is another kinda iffy choice, depends what is your goal with the anime club.

@ar-ninetysix
Your lie in April? You want to traumatize some kids?

[ar-ninetysix]

Christ, this was typed out a few years ago lol anyways-

I'm sticking with it being in my recommendations list! Granted, I have not seen it in forever, but from what I do remember.. it deals with the stresses of being a prodigy, the sacrificing time spent on friendships for practicing a hobby/ potential career, parental abuse, and to some extent grief over the loss of a loved one.

You might be thinking, why on Earth would I recommend it then if it has all these themes? I truly believe it would be a disservice to try to shelter teens from media that showcases all of that. I can't pretend to know that teens are old enough to understand the concepts, but I think there's room for discussion afterwards.

We don't know what they dealing with at home, and similarly, we don't know what they're gonna deal with once they're out of school. I just figured if there was a way that they had to be exposed to that stuff first, it'd be better for it to be through a show that could still be enjoyed a fair amount, you know?

But for the sake of this reply! I do kiiinda agree. Put an asterisk on Your Lie in April if you feel so inclined, OP