Social problems among adolescents have been giving a huge impact on the formation of people in a community who live in the world of modern technology. Social problems are oftenly associated with fast-paced mass media that that come with information technology and sophistication. Anime is the entertainment brought by the electronic mass media for the children, youth and adults who have dominated the world of animation today. The difference in the characters, morals and cultures are believe to be a major for moral declination among teenagers. The elements of violence, sex, fantasy and superstition can be damage teenagers mind. A lot of anime studies show adversely and positive effects to the teenagers. Statistics from the Department of Statistics show the number of juvenile offenders in 2016 recorded a decline of 10.3% from 5,096 cases in 2014 to 4,569 cases in 2015. However, the number is not enough to release anxiety among the public on this issue. A pilot study was conducted on 85 respondents teenagers aged 13 and 16 years old by using quantitative methods. Results showed that there was positive effect on the result of watching anime, while the remainder showed there was no significant relationship to the social problems on this
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