Submitted 4 weeks ago by mo_lave@reddthat.com to anime@ani.social
Mine:
Violet Evergarden
Spirited Away
A Place Further Than The Universe
Gintama
Steins;Gate
Frieren
Fruits Basket (2019)
Tsurune S2
Your Name
Your Lie in April
MOST BASIC LIST EVER
MOST BASIC LIST EVER
If everyone else enjoy the anime that you enjoy, it just means that you’ve got great taste.
❤️
Indeed, I don’t need to stand out by having more unique tastes, I like what I like
In no order whatsoever:
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Vinland Saga
Jujutsu Kaisen
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Apothecary Diaries
Summertime Render
Oshi no Ko
Chainsaw Man
My Hero Academia
Dr. Stone
11 because I could decide what to ditch from the list above: Dungeon Meshi
I hesitated to put Orb very high on my own list due to worries about recency bias, but it really was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. I started it because, I mean, look at my username. A show about astronomers studying heliocentrism in 15th century Poland sounds like it’s tailor made for me. But it’s even better, because it’s not actually about astronomy. It’s about the anonymous contributors to history, whose names and faces were never recorded, and yet were instrumental to building their era, and by extension every era afterward.
Near the end of the show, a certain character makes reference to the fact that “when the people of the past or future gaze across the span of time, they’ll merely see us all as people from the fifteenth century.” Indeed, he feels that “we, who happened to live in this day and age, even if we hated one another enough to kill, are comrades who built an era together.” Even if your name won’t survive over the next five centuries, you still have laid a brick in the foundation of history.
Idunno, I can write a three page essay about this show, and it still wouldn’t capture all of my thoughts and feelings. It’s the easiest 10/10 I’ve given a show since Standalone Complex. Truly the only valid criticism of it is that it is physically difficult to watch if your room isn’t pitch black. They gotta go back and turn the brightness up on some scenes.
There are many shows I have enjoyed watching, but very few I got literally addicted to. Orb is definitely one of those.
Hunter x Hunter is excellent
Sonny Boy is such a mind fuck.
I just started watching anime again recently after not watching much for over a decade, so a lot of mine are newer
Some of these I haven’t watched in a while, so the order could be different after rewatching them:
I like drama and slice of life the most.
I have 24 anime on my list with a max score, used to watch a lot but haven’t watched in a long time. 10 of my favorites in alphabetical order, trying to also pick some lesser known ones:
Not enough Ping Pong the Animation on these lists
Based Chihayafuru, shame that it seems to have stopped like half way through the manga.
And the manga only has a digital release :( It has been severely mistreated.
From my AniList which I regurarly use-
I actually do top 15 so here 5 more.
Based on my MyAnimeList that I haven’t visited in a long while and evaluated how my scoring would have changed until now. Also I rarely watch anime as much as 15 years ago. Just based on those that I gave 8, 9 and 10/10 and reevaluated just now lol.
Here are mine’s: 1.Chainsaw man 2.Cyberpunk Edgerunners 3.Jujutsu Kaisen 4.Undead Unluck 5.Transformers Armada 6.Jojo’s Buzzard Adventure 7.Mashle 8.Kill la kill 9.Fruits Basket 10.Ninja Kamui
Based Undead Unluck enjoyer
100, 銀魂 100, 日常 95, らき☆すた 95, ひだまりスケッチ 92, のんのんびより 92, けいおん! 91, 苺ましまろ 91, きんいろモザイク 91, あずまんが大王 91, ゆゆ式
Honourable mention: こげぱん (very short)
If you can’t read Japanese, here is what (I am pretty sure, my Japanese is far from good) this list translates to:
- Gintama
- Nichijou
- Lucky Star
- Hidamari Sketch
- Non Non Biyori
- K-On
- Ichigo Mashimaro
- Kiniro Mosaic
- Azumanga Daioh
- Yuyushiki
HM: Kogepan
Lots of CGDCT!
Quintessential CGDCT list if I ever saw one. Yes, including Gintama.
I just started watching anime in the last 6 months or so, before that I had mostly only seen Ghibli stuff and like DBZ on Toonami when I was 12. Since I started, though, I’ve been making pretty good progress through shows. Here’s my top 10 of what I’ve watched since I started this project:
I’m in the middle of Blue Box and Roshidere right now and they’re both pretty good, though I don’t think either will supplant anything in this list. I did not expect to like rom-com and slice-of-life stuff as much as I clearly do.
I should really pick up QQ. I heard that the protagonist is the only decent one in the harem subgenre aside from Rentarou.
I haven’t watched the show, but I read the QQ manga and liked it. I think the MC is definitely on the better side of the harem protagonist spectrum.
It’s hard to talk about QQ without also bringing up Bokuben. I think that I liked the MC better in QQ, but I liked the (manga) ending and the girls better in Bokuben. Bokuben in particular does an interesting thing with its ending (only in manga, I don’t think the anime finished the story) that I enjoyed a lot (but if I talk any more about it will definitely spoil).
Well my only real exposure to harem MCs are these two, lol. I liked QQ a lot, it’s a little slow at first but it’s very charming. Fuu-kun in QQ is a good guy, he’s not a saint like Rentaro but the show also isn’t batshit insane like 100 Girlfriends, so he’s more of a real person. You always like him though, at least I did, and you believe he cares about all of them. At the very least it’s a fun light watch.
Gushing over Magical Girls
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Look, I don’t like it either, lol. It’s surprisingly charming. Not my fault it’s good.
Mine:
I especially love Bocchi the Rock! I’ve watched it many times.
Yay Bocchi! Best show ever. More soon!
Here’s my list of top 10 anime.
Saved you a click (roughly ordered by release date):
Its plot twist caught me off guard the most.
Here are other top anime that didn’t make the list.
Some reasons for some of them not being in my top 10:
After falling in love with 100 Girlfriends, I watched the first season of KonoSuba on a recommendation and didn’t like it much. I didn’t hate it but if it wasn’t only 10 eps I probably would have dropped it. For whatever reason most of the comedy in KonoSuba doesn’t land for me like 100 Girlfriends does. Kazuma isn’t very likable, he just seems selfish and gross. The girls are fun, if mostly a little one note. I get the Megumin thing though, she’s great and I see why she’s so loved.
I dunno, maybe I’ll get back to it at some point.
For whatever reason most of the comedy in KonoSuba doesn’t land for me like 100 Girlfriends does.
That do be like that sometimes. Entertainment is subjective; humour even more so.
Kazuma isn’t very likable, he just seems selfish and gross.
He is. IMO he follows the trend of anti-hero protagonist who behaves like a dick (e.g. Deadpool). I can see why people dislike him.
I dunno, maybe I’ll get back to it at some point.
Personally, I hardly give dropped anime second chances. I don’t have a lot of time, but there are so many anime out there. Every minute I spent trying to make it work is time I could have spent watching another show, anime or not. Or reading another book or manga, or doing something else in my life.
I’d imagine it’ll be the same for most people. Of course, if we have all the time in the world, it will be a different story.
No particular order
Didnt included movies, otherwise mosr ghibli movies would be thers
Eighty Six fan spotted
I’m still relatively new to anime, having hated on it for my entire life until I actually gave it a chance in 2021, so keep that in mind with my list. I also have a hard time going in numeric order so these are my unordered top 10.
I say reluctantly on Demon Slayer because I have my criticisms of it, but the animation and the overall concept are really enjoyable. I just don’t like the super tropey “WaTeRbReAtHiNg 254th FoRm! MeNtAl ExPlAnATiOnS!” thing. I know that’s pretty common in anime but as a writer and former hater, that still drives me nuts. Show, don’t tell.
As for the two “don’t judge me” ones, I say that jokingly because my preferences are typically for mature, complex narratives more than romance stories but I feel like both of those are really maturely-written for romance anime. A Sign of Affection was utterly wholesome and My Happy Marriage’s Cinderella archetype with magic systems and mild political drama is pretty fun, especially given how gorgeous the art is.
As for GITS, that was my gateway to anime in general. After loving Cyberpunk 2077, I wanted more cyberpunk-themed media. GITS was one of the top recommendations so I decided to break down my barrier and check it out. It ended up completely changing the paradigm for me when it came to anime and it’s still probably my number 1 simply because it’s so heavily philosophical and beautifully-made.
LOGH Die Neue These was a funny one for me because one of the first anime shows I ever had recommended to me was the original one from the 80s. I couldn’t find anywhere to watch it (legally) and so I never really gave it a go until I got a Crunchyroll sub for a bit in late 2022/early 2023. I ended up semi-bingeing it and I really loved it, the story was great and the setting had all the right classic Star Wars vibes for me (but with a more complex plot behind it all).
AoT became a favorite for me because I was looking for something to give me at least some of the same vibes that Avatar: The Last Airbender did, in terms of the epic scope of it all. Aside from a very awful first half of season 4 (screw Gabi), I really loved that one.
A Silent Voice is a masterpiece, not just of anime, but of storytelling. Not many stories can deliver me a true gut punch but that one did. Same with Shinkai’s works, all of the ones I’ve seen have been phenomenal stories with some of the prettiest art and animation I’ve ever seen.
Bebop is pretty self-explanatory given its reputation. Aside from a semi-underwhelming finale, the world building was great, the art is still some of my favorite and the plot was remarkably well-written.
Finally, we have Spy Family, which is just about the funniest and most wholesome piece of media I’ve ever seen. That one, I’ve even succeeded in getting some family members into, to the point where I didn’t even have to see Code White alone because they wanted to see it.
Considering all the other 9 anime you listed, Demon Slayer getting in your list as one of the more generic shounen anime plot wise is a miracle in my opinion.
Lol yeah, I could’ve said SAO but I think I’d have gotten boatloads of hate for that hah.
Dangers is seriously underappreciated by romance enjoyers dissuaded by the premise, but its one of the best coming of age stories I’ve seen. I’m watching and liking Blue Box and Solo Leveling right now.
Oh Dandadan is great, if you liked the first season you’ll like the rest even more.
Not in a particular order, but my 10/10s on MAL of ~500 completed are:
Interesting that you have the Megumin spinoff higher than the main series. I really liked the spinoff, but my impression is that a lot of people missed having the main cast and the chemistry that they bring. I get it though…I love me a good chuuni character (you have excellent taste with your Eminence in Shadow rankings), so I had a ball with the Crimson Demons.
The megumin spinoffs get better once the gang is sort of involved, pre gang (which is I think fully adapted? I still haven’t actually watched it yet lol) as for why ::: spoiler Main series S2 spoiler Iris gets involved in the shenanigans :::
In no particular order: Ergo Proxy Knight’s & Magic Made In Abyss Eighty Six To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts The Ancient Magus’ Bride Gurren Lagann Darling in the FRANXX Rising of the Shield Hero (season 1) Eureka 7
Is the newest season of Slime worth watching? I remember the pacing last season slowed down to a crawl.
Genuinely I do not know. I usually wait for seasons to finish
Haibane Renmei, Gurren Lagann, and GitS: SAC share first place. Ghost in the Shell changed how I rate shows, because I can’t rate a show 10/10 if it doesn’t stand up to Ghost in the Shell. Haibane Renmei and Gurren Lagann may lack the technical perfection that earned GitS its place, but they affected me on an emotional level more than any others. The quiet melancholy and ultimately positive resolution of Haibane Renmei puts it in first place for me, and Gurren Lagann’s unabashed bombastic glorification of Humanity and complete denial of despair is irresistible to me.
A Certain Scientific Railgun got me into anime, so it has to be up there. Since I started the show nearly four years ago, I’ve maintained a streak of watching anime every single day. The Sisters Arc remains my favorite individual portion of anime I’ve ever seen.
Mushishi is one of a very few series I would call a flawless masterpiece.
Shinsekai Yori led to a great many discussions with both myself and others about what constitutes a “human,” which is maybe my favorite philosophical topic
Last Exile perfectly captures my favorite world building technique of just plopping the viewer in the world and not explaining anything, plus Range Murata’s character design is peak
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a series focusing on astronomers studying heliocentrism in 14th century Poland. The basic concept was tailor made for me specifically. The actual show is less about astronomy, and more about the anonymous figures throughout history who never had their names or particular contributions recorded, but were nevertheless instrumental to building both the time they lived in and the future that came after it. It has the longest review I’ve ever written for a show—usually I struggle to come up with more words to say. Talking about Orb, I struggle to stop writing.
ACCA: 13 Territory Inspection Department because I really like the deliberate denial of action. A show about a federal government auditor investigating a potential coup, and there isn’t a single action sequence
Read or Die (OVA and The TV), because Yomiko Readman is my wife I like the story and all the characters. I’ve never missed characters after finishing a show like I missed the Paper Sisters
Ergo Proxy, because it too raises questions about what is “human,” it too sparked a lot of writing from me, and it raises interesting discussions about theology. I struggle to think of any other shows with a decidedly antitheist vibe.
Megalo Box, because the whiplash between the first and second seasons was incredible. Never seen a show go from shounen to seinen like that. I found both seasons compelling, but the second season shot it up to 10/10 for me
Finally a fellow patron of taste and culture
I know, that’s more than 10. Love em all anyway.
I considered more recent anime (like Frieren/Dungeon Meshi) but I am resisting the urge to succumb to recency bias.
i don’t watch much so here’s a top 5 instead:
In no particular order:
Ghost in the Shell. Nausicaa. Samurai Champloo. Cowboy bebop. Neon Genesis Evangelion. Akira. Ninja Scroll. Trigun. One Punch Man. Chainsaw Man. Totoro. Princess Mononoke.
Well, looking at my AniList it’s these!
I’ve been mostly watching seasonals lately. I really need to go back and watch some more classics. That’ll bulk up the top of the list, I’m sure.
Little Witch Academia OVA 1 (2013)
Kemurikusa
Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na
86
Sousou no Frieren
Akudama Drive
YuruYuri S1
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
ODDTAXI
Nichijou
…or something like that.
Unboxious@ani.social 4 weeks ago
It’s hard to pick a top 10. The top 5 on this list are pretty firmly my favorites but after that there are any number of great shows that could’ve filled the latter 5 slots.