Challenge: The quiet 10-year-old girl

I sort of question how quiet this girl is if she's asking random people about their shirts, but the question really is a challenge. Are there really that many substantive series that target that genre? It seems like most anime for the twelve and under is light on content. Once you get a little beyond that age, I think you start to get into some of the classic Shojo-y titles like Fruits Basket or Card Captor--although those can be pretty superficial too.

I'll have to give this more thought.

Good Question,
The only thing that comes to mind are Studio Ghibli films maybe His and Her Circumstances? Just from all the anime I have seen

I'm having the same problem as Stephan. I can't think of a single series beyond Ghilbi stuff. I guess MLP:FiM comes to mind but that's kinda like stealing a ball from another court.

I guess it's hard to relate to a little girl when you're an eighteen year old male... Most of the anime I watch are cute moe blobs of pointlessness, or something I'd rather not let a little girl watch, like Baccano or Lain or School Days.

I guess Shugo Chara!, Card Captor Sakura, Sailor Moon, all your cliche' little girl animes but I don't really know what they can take away from it. My little sister watched Clannad (The TV series) when she was eleven and it didn't fly over her head, so maybe there's something to take away there?

I actaully think a ten year old can watch Sora no Woto without much trouble and still take something away, though some may argue that they'll only take some sort of anti-war sentiment away from it which is really dependent on your personal views whether this is beneficial.

There is Pokemon. I mean it's cliche' and everything but it teaches teamwork, kindness, and all that jazz. All the while it still has cute little creatures to keep the child's attention.

I wonder if Macross or Macross Frontier would be a suitable choice. It's obviously something a boy would watch more than a girl, but certain elements like the romance and singing and such would be able to keep a girl entertained. I don't know, this one is a bit iffy.

Here's a question Brent: would you show a girl that age Boogipop? Or would you wait until they're more around the teen age group?

Though in the end I wouldn't really be able to tell unless I knew her better, like does she like pretty things, is she a tomboy, how mature is she, ect. ect. So if we're talking stereotypes here 'll just go with the magical girl anime (Madoka excluded).

And I would show her Ghibli and MLP:FiM weather it's against the rules or not >.>

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
(Off topic but I found a pinkie pie costume for my six year old sister.)

I was ten when I started watching anime! The first things that got me started were Ghibli movies, and Avatar: the last airbender (not an anime, but similiar). The first series I watched was Ah! My Goddess. I thought the concept was cool and it wasn't too confusing. However if asked if I would watch it again the answer would be definitely NO.

Damn, That's difficult. If it were a boy I'd say Rurouni Kenshin since I used to watch that when I was 8 or 9. Well, realistically, I'd probably recommend Hamtaro although I despise that show.