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Glad you found the list helpful! Between the two, Death Note is a great first anime since it's shorter and more focused, but overall, I think Attack on Titan is the better series-it's also my favorite anime!

I actually started watching Death Note a couple of days ago and I'm hooked to it. So thanks for recommending it again! I feel this one gets me going to watch more of these series

It's good to hear that, you should definitely also try Attack on Titan, I'm sure you'll love it too.