Top 6 Must Watch Middle School Animes For You
December 7, 2020
Have you ever been bored, and just been wanting to watch something? Well If you like anime this is fit for you! Even if you don’t watch anime or never tried it, at least give these a try, or try something else. Since you’re still reading this, you probably wanna know what are Anime choices we’ve got.
I’ve interviewed a few students from the Glasgow after school anime club and asked them for their choices. “Anime is different from other shows because you can see the journey, the character development, and the lessons that they take on the way,” said an anonymous interviewee. These Anime have a decent amount of episodes, and each has hooking stories to each of them. In conclusion, these are the top 6 must-watch animes that we came up with.
Number 1, “Your Lie In April” or, also known as “Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso”. Is an anime that ran in 2016 with roughly 22 episodes. Your Lie In April is about a Kosei Arima,
a high school pianist who has been traumatized from his mother’s death and is unable to recover and play piano again. He goes on with his normal life and with his good friends Watari and Tsubaki. Still, condemned about playing piano, until he meets a bright, free-spirited violinist named Kaori Miyazono, who slowly attempts to help Arima recover and play piano again. However, Kaori’s life isn’t much different from Arima’s. She also has something very severe in her own path. Will she ever be successful to help Arima play piano again? Or will she suffer from her own troubles and fail? Watch Your Lie In April, A Heartfelt story about 2 Musicians, to find out!
|Where to watch/Resources: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, ETC.| Genres: Drama, music, romance, a slice of life, heartfelt |Studio: A-1 Pictures| Recommended Grade level: 6th+ | Trigger Warnings Include: Fainting, hospital, minor violence.|
Number 2, “The Promised Neverland” currently has 12 episodes and is about to release a second season. Emma, Ray, and Norman are the smartest kids that live their normal life in the Grace Field House Orphanage, with their kind, thoughtful, loving guardian, they call “Mom”. They love spending time every day on the farm and live their best lives, making them want to st
|Where to watch/ Resources: Crunchyroll, Youtube, Funimation, Netflix, Vrv, ETC| Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Horror, Drama, Psychological, Thriller.| Studio: CloverWorks |Recommended Grade level: 7th+ | Trigger Warnings Include: Minor gore, fear, minor blood sightings, may be upsetting for certain audiences|You can read full review here,
Number 3, “Cells at work” Or “Hataraku Saibō” is a 13 episode anime that aired in the Summer of 2018. Did you know there are about 60 trillion cells in the human body? But, what really happens inside? Each c
Watch This fun, and informative anime to find out.
|Where to watch/ Resources: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Vrv, Funimation| Genres: Informative, adventure, comedy. | Studio: David Production | Recommended Grade levels: 6th+ | Trigger warnings Include: Blood, violence, adventure, fear, language|
Number 4, What have you ever wished for? Wealth, power, love? If you’re proven worthy of it, your deepest darkest desires will come true, you’ll be summoned into a “regular” to climb the tower, everything awaits at the top of the tower, the “Tower of God”. Tower of God was originally a webtoon created by SIU, on the Korean App “Line Webtoon”. This anime really combines Korean and Japanese animators, by having the opening song of the anime sung by the popular K-pop group “Stray Kids” of JYP entertainment. Tower of God is based around Bam, a little body in rags, who lives in a cave, alone where he cannot dare to escape. Until he meets Rachel, a blonde girl who would numb that loneliness for Bam. However, Rachel decides to leave Bam and climb up the top of the tower for her desire to be granted. As Rachel vanishes into the tower a slight opening of the door opens, allowing Bam to go through. From there he makes his whole life and his whole existence, to go search for Rachel. Will Bam be Successful in finding Rachel? Who will he meet on the way? And what else is in store for him? Watch Tower of god, a 100% unique next-generation anime from SIU of LINE Webtoon.
|Where to watch/ Resources: Crunchyroll, Possibly Youtube, ETC. | Genres: Action, adventure, drama, mystery, fantasy. | Studio: Telecom Animation Film | Recommended Grade level: 6th-7th+ | Trigger Warnings Include: Blood, violence, language, slight Fear | Extra: Read the original on LINE Webtoon, recommended for a better experience.|
Number 5, “A Silent Voice” Or “Koe no Katachi” is about Shoya Ishida, who decides to bully the new girl, Shouko
| Where to watch/ Resources: Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation, ETC,| Genres: Drama, romance, redemption, a slice of life. | Studio: Kyoto Animation | Recommended Grade level: 7th+ | Trigger Warnings Include: Suicide thoughts, language, minor blood sightings, violence. Recommended watching with caution, upsetting for certain audiences. | Extra “I think that the lesson of Koe no Katachi or a Silent Voice teaches us the beauty and importance of having a voice and sharing it with the world. Koe no Katachi means “the shape of voice” translated from Japanese. The shape of voice makes more sense to me than A Silent Voice in my opinion because it explains the movie more,”- said Lana Noredin, an interviewee.|
Number 6, “Mob Psycho 100” Currently aired with 2 seasons, circles around Shigeo Kageyama, or “Mob”, who is an ESPER with telekinetic abilities. He follows around his “Master” who is an
| Where to watch/Resources: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Vrv, ETC. |Genres: Action, comedy, a slice of life, supernatural. |Studio: BONES |
Recommended Grade Level: 6th-7th+ | Trigger warnings include: Violence, blood sightings, minor adult references. |
Additional Information:
A Tribute to Kirby Morrow, who recently passed away and dubbed a bunch of beautiful characters.
A letter to Kirby Morrow | Fan Tribute Project -| Angela Tehaha |
Honorable Anime Mentions:
- Maquia when a promised flower blooms
- Hunter X Hunter
- Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood)
- Howl’s Moving castle
- Violet ever garden
- Toradora
- Assassination classroom
- Haikyuu
- One piece
- Naruto
And many more.
Authors note: When or if you’re watching anime, always watch with caution, and always read reviews before you start it. It might startle you.

Carlin Adjula is an 8th grader at Glasgow Middle School, Her ethnicity originates from the Philippines and she loves to embrace that. She also likes entertainment such as K-drama and Anime, along with listening to music artists such as, Yoasobi, Dreamcatcher, LiSA, Itzy, etc. Some of her hobbies include singing, dancing, along with attempting to learn new languages. Overall, she's dedicated to what she does, and always tries her hardest.
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Oct 31, 2021 at 1:36 pm
i will recomend watching the black butler
Alisa O
Jul 17, 2021 at 5:01 pm
I love that you included A Silent Voice! It’s such an amazing anime, definitely one of my faves!
Eeman
Nov 18, 2021 at 8:32 pm
I totally agree it is such good anime I also love it!
Misha
Mar 16, 2021 at 9:24 am
I have watched ‘Your Lie in April’, it is definitely amazing!
Lana Noredin
Mar 10, 2021 at 7:54 pm
Amazing! Thank you for including my quote right there! 🙂
Isabella Pikner
Feb 26, 2021 at 4:09 pm
I just wanted to say that this article is super well written plus i’m so glad that you included a silent voice because that’s one of my favorite animes!