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Good anime for beginners. They speak very clearly. So clearly in fact, it sometimes felt like audio tracks from textbooks. There are instances of very thick Tsugaru dialect and drunk people muffling words but you're not expected to understand them.
The protagonist speaks politely unlike many other slice-of-life anime where you have to deal with the complexities of casual language. This is useful for grabbing set sentences and idioms that you can use in most situations. As an added benefit, this is closer to the kind of Japanese you learn in textbooks, so this can ease your entry into native material.
Speaking of applicability, this show provides a lot of useful day-to-day vocab. The title might imply that this is a fantasy with lots of magic and made-up words but there aren't any made-up words here and the magic is a rather minor element in my view. It is first and foremost an iyashikei, portraying the life of this girl who moved to the countryside. I especially liked how most scenes were happening at home or in nature and with only a minority at school (can you sense that I'm getting fed up with the prevalence of high schools in Japanese media?).
If you haven't tried watching anime raw, without any subtitles, this is a great candidate for your first try.