Japanese Anime - A good way for some escapism, relief and psychological comfort

[Diana]

While watching Japanese anime, always have the original Japanese audio on, with subtitles in your language. Japanese voice acting is unparalleled, and no dubbing from any country can match the realism and effort Japanese voice actors put into these anime. It may feel odd at the start, but soon you will get used to it and follow the flow smoothly.

I agree that the best, and in my mind the only, way to watch anime is Japanese audio with subtitles. I highly recommend anything by Hayao Miyazake (except the too too sad Graveyard of the Fireflies). I do prefer mostly the older anime and less so the more modern stuff. Death Note of course is fabulous (in Japanese with subtitles, the anime not the movie).