I have seen a couple of animes over the years but haven't really got into anime. Is there a good starter anime or is there an official Kiwifarms anime watch list?
If you've seen a few then I'd recommend looking at what else the people behind it have made.
Since a good chunk of anime are adaptions of manga, there's a good chance that the original author has one or two of there other works adapted. If they where mostly original series then look at what else the director has made.
other general advice would just type in [anime series name] OP into youtube since 90% of the time you'll get a good idea of what the tone of the show is and if its interesting to you just from that 90 second intro.
Only use anime sites like MAL or AniDB for there database and advanced search feature, iirc both have features where for instance you can search for things not set in high school, so while you might get some shows about teenagers, the odds go down drastically.
If you have a hobby/activity there's a 50/50 chance there's an anime about it (odds go up if its something tangential to Japan) although Its also a 50/50 chance you'll either like it or completely despise it
its OK to listen to normies online now and then about what was the most popular show of the season is if you just want to put something on, just expected it to be overhyped to hell and back and never try to get into discussions with them
Other then that maybe try some anime movies not made by ghibli, mainly because ghibli is in its own little bubble for better or worse and arguably hasn't fit with most anime since the 60s-70s. And because most anime movies are still 2 hours or less ( I think all of satoshi kons moves where all just 90 mins) so if you watched a bad one you just wasted 2 hours instead of wasting anywhere from 4 to 12+ hours on a show you hated
