The best anime of the new millennium to date have been tallied once again, yielding up a surprisingly stable list of classics and classics-to-be – although how many of them will be remembered by the end of the next decade is open to question.
The ranking:
1. Bakemonogatari
2. K-ON!
3. Ano Hi Mita Hana
4. Working!!
5. Toradora!
6. Clannad
7. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
8. Angel Beats!
9. Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou
10. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
11. Shinryaku! Ikamusume
12. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
13. To Aru Majutsu no Index
14. Nichijou
15. Baka To Test To Shoukanjuu
16. Hanasaku Iroha
17. Guilty Crown
18. Yuru Yuri
19. Infinite Stratos
20. Sora no Otoshimono
21. Ore no Imouto
22. THE IDOLM@STER
23. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
24. Hidan no Aria
25. Chihayafuru
Most on the list has loli and tsundere heroin. zzzzz
lol 2000-2012? i think there are mostly titles from 2008-2012…. yea no GitS SAC… Samurai champloo is also very good anime theres no Macross or other very good animes
This list was mistitled. Top 25 Moeblob anime of 2000-2012.
Afterall, most of the otaku who vote on these lists are B Type.
For us who are A Type, we know whats good for us, and they know whats good for them, while cringing at their choice in anime.
This list is shit.
Where the hell is Macross F?? Was the mecha series toooooo much awesome for this list??
12 years worth of anime.
K-On is at number 2.
WHAT
Who did the ranking ?!!
K-ON!
stopped reading
whatever you said i damn agree with this list! goddamn agree!
It’s Kinda funny how Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, and all that shitty MainStream stuff isn’t on this list. Apparently its good enough to reach america, but bad enough that it’s worse than K-ON!. but by far, whoever made this list, has only recently started watching anime. There are some strong ones in here, but some of them are just fucking stupid. Ika Musume? wtf is that shit. Top 25 my ass. Missing good ones. but Spice and Wolf tho, good shit.
What about the classics like cowboy bebop?? trigun?????? hellsing?? Monster?? Rurouni kenshin??? slam dunk??
wow i think the list here fails imo
oops forgot the 2000-2012 haha.. some animes i listed are from the 90’s but they’re still worth to mention.
and i forgot to mentioned gurren lagann! that anime kick ass and sad that it doesn’t even mention here.
Aren’t these lists always kinda shit? The newest junk always takes the top place. I mean make this list (2000-2014) in two years and whatever new cute series come out between now & then will likely take up 4 of the top 5 positions.
Oh man, I like how these lists never please everyone, and everyone just starts to complain.
The complaining is delicious to feed off of.
hahaha like all of them are only about Moe cut shit.
If we’re talking about 2000-2012, this list is dead wrong.
Other than Ano Hi Mita Hana (could be in top 50 somewhere) and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (barely acceptable), I wouldn’t even deem acceptable as possible candidates for best anime between 2000 and 2012.
I have serious doubts when I see these amongst the 25
– K-On
Don’t get me wrong, I like this too. But it’s blown way sky high
– Madoka
Same affect as K-On. I really didn’t see this as a “HOLY SHIT A MUST SEE!”
– Ika
I stopped watching it out of shame of watching it. That tells alot
– Baka Test
I love this, but by god it’s stupid as fuck. So why in the top 25? Maybe people are also stupid, hence the title
– Guilty Crown
I stopped watching it at episode 7. That’s how bad I felt it was
– Hidan no Aria
I watched this through, and I regretted wasting my fucking time on it.
didn’t name some since I haven’t watched some of them
when you see K-on 1 or 2, you know to that list is a epic fail crap.
No mention of Durarara!… Did ANYONE watch that show?
Legitimacy pending.
Railgun better than Index, Angel Beats! and madoka???
c’mon, railgun it’s a ridiculous anime!!!!
You’ve got to be kidding me?! Railgun is glorious! Although, I still prefer Index over Railgun.
where d hell is ttgl!? this list is fail
n how d hell is k-on above clannad?
>guilty Crown
>not on the 25 worst list
Japs confirmed for shit taste. At least Chihayafuru is up there.
Nah, it’s not all of Japan. Just the ones that make the lists for Biglobe.ne.jp. Notice how they’re always made up of shows that have HUGE volumes of merchandise for sale? That site is nothing but a marketing campaign for all the figurine & merchandise companies.
For what it’s worth a lot of the posters at Biglobe hate the lists, too.
ridiculous
Where the FUCK is STEINS;GATE? WHEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
24> Hidan no Aria.
Bullshit.
Fuck this list.
More like anime from the past 3 years not the past 12.
This list is exactly like many ‘Best Of’ lists generated by surveys submitted by population samples in Japan; Short-sighted and largely dominated by moeblob garbage.
None of this decade’s classics are up there, and that’s a shame. I was sure that Japan wouldn’t forget about Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, but apparently the otaku demographic has shifted so much in the last four or five years that all Japan seems to enjoy is underaged girls showing off their underwear and participating in terrible slice-of-life vignettes.
There’s no GiTS SAC, no Samurai Champloo, no FLCL, no nothing. Fuck this list, fuck the people who contributed to it and fuck the direction the industry is headed. Anime is going to tank before 2020 if only because every non-moe genre is being marginalized and the mass-market appeal of the medium is simply non-existant.
Pardon me, but where are Honey & Clover, Rozen Maiden, Macross Frontier, Red Garden, Higurashi, Aria, GiTS: SAC/SSS, Tsubasa Chronicle, Detroit Metal City, KimiNozo, or Tiger & Bunny?
Another botch list.
by Aria, you are referring to that one with the gondoliers and NOT Hidan no Aria, correct?
Bah, there’s another reason to hate that fucking series: it has a name that could be confused with an actual quality title (at least from what I keep hearing; I sadly have yet to watch the gondolier Aria)… as well as a number of characters bearing the name whom actually are awesome (like the girl in Seitokai no Yakuindomo). Good god, what was that light novelist thinking naming the series after a main character that happens to have a somewhat commonplace name?
Why are so many people crying about Code Geass not beeing on the list? Code Geass ist the most grossly overrated piece of incredibly bad written SHIT ever! Ok, first season was good but with the second this anime went straight to fucking hell!!!
WORST FUCKING LIST I’VE EVER SEEN ON THIS SITE.
Moe killed the anime, that’s all.
How can Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou be ranked higher than Nichijou?
Because it’s more recent.
I’ve noticed that Japanese otaku have a very short attention span when it comes to anime. I’m assuming that’s where these rankings come from.
All of these anime aired in only the past couple of years with the exception of shows like Haruhi Suzumiya. All lists are usually like this. It seems useless to ask the Japanese to identify classics because I think they don’t know what a classic is. These shows are not classics because they will eventually forget about them and replace them with new shows. Just wait until next year when there’s a list ranking the best shows from 2000-2013. Most of the shows will probably come from now and on.
i’m getting a bit concerned about the apparent sweeping wave of amnesia amongst otakus…
this has to be some very bad virus transmitted over 2chan
No Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien?
Rizelmine?
Natsume yuujinchou?
Air Tv
Kanon 2006
FMA brotherhood
Full Metal Panic
Gosick
Blood+
Guyver Bioboosted Armor 2005
Highschool of the dead
Emma
kimi ga nozomu eien, while the first season is very good, i find it they really ruin it with the second season imo.
No Stein’s Gate – FAIL!!!!
Yeah only 6.6k ppl voted in this ranking, so this is no where far to reliable source information what to watch ;d.
Also no Macross Frontier, nor Gundam UC on the list.
based on what???
Senjougahara Hitagi breezing to the no1 spot.
Don’t get me wrong, I liked most of these, but I really don’t see most of these hitting a “Best of” anything. I enjoyed Angel Beats and Infinite Stratos, but the sad fact is they share something unforgivable. The first 2-3 episodes were good, then everything up to the last 1-2 episodes was complete garbage. Not that these were the only examples, but I feel they were the paramount display of this.
Good start. Fantastic end. Creamy filling of waste.
I check these lists to see if Madoka and K-on are on them. Always.
Garbage list.
Even Macross Frontier didn’t even made this list..
There are so many better and older anime out there that should be here. Instead we got a list of what? Top 25 moe anime of the past 4 years?
Another shit list with overrated crap at the top.
lol…2000-2012?…all this came out during 2010 – 2012.
How is this 2000-2012 if FMA and/or FMA:B is not even on it? *mind boggled*
Clannad
Angel Beats!
Shinryaku! Ikamusume
To Aru Majutsu no Index.
Nichijou.
Hanasaku Iroha
Infinite Stratos
Are all fucking terrible anime and dont deserve mention ever
you forgot ano hi mita hana.. god that anime, while its good but almost at the end of the show, i feel like i wanna choke all the characters, they cry like bunch of babies so hard and oh god.. don’t let me mention the ending, one of the most melodrama pile of dunk horse s*it i’ve ever seen in a while IMO.. not sure if its worth to put it in this list.
No Eureka Seven, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, FMA, PSG, or Highschool DxD?
Good lord…
Highschool dxd?? lol
It feels like a battleground in here
The Forever Alone list of best anime of the century.
Looks like a randomized list to me. Half the list is anime from the past 2 years and I can say for a fact that the past 2 years haven’t been THAT great for anime.
the opinions of 6654 people (Not sure if revoting was possible)…wow, what a credible list.
other than that, I can agree with AnoHi, Toradora and Bakamono being high, just not necessarily that high up.
Other than that..Baka test..ikamusume??(Gintama and Sket Dance are two mainstream mangas off the top of my head that are way better written).
guilty crown and no code geass? no fate zero? no steins;gate? no higashi no eden? no usagi drop?
who make this rating? MONKEYS????
wtf, and where is Death note?
i want kill people
Don’t get it. Madoka is in the list, but not Nanoha. Madoka is a very good mahou shoujo anime, yes, but it can only be second, because the first is Nanoha, of course.
Apparently their memories don’t go back as far as 2000.
People have pretty short memories.
List isn’t accurate, but when are they? I like over 90% with the ones that I don’t like being the ones I haven’t watched.
This is why you can’t let 2D otakus vote.
I wish SC would stop making these list.
They only breed hatred between our kind.
Instead of Otaku fighting, Otaku should merge together to make the world a better place.
So all of you Otaku, get together and together we will change the world.
Something like that?
only in lala land
If you’d click the link the full ranking, you’d see that Sankaku doesn’t make these lists.
No panty and stocking, no stein;gate…?
lolz
Bakemonogatari, heck all Shaft Anime, is the most artistically challenged piece of garbage I have ever seen. It’s like watching an indy film where the cameraman has no idea what he is doing, the effects worker just wants to play around with all his stock effects on his Mac, and the actors speak as monotone as possible. I fell asleep three times during this anime series. I swore to never watch another Shaft anime after this horrendous pile of dog doodie dipped in acid.
Is Bakemonogatari that fucking good? IMHO I hate that anime.
Yes, Bakemonogatari is amazing!
It probably includes votes for Nisemonogatari.
No, Nise would be getting negative votes.
Um, fucking obviously Steins;Gate should’ve been on here. Fuck Guilty Crown with it’s “I have a dick, you have a dick, stick your dick into my dick” fucking ending.
Bakemonogatari & K-ON is too much for that place.
Penguindrum not on there.
Guilty Crown on there.
The world is stupid.
Donuts.
A guilty delicacy of the western world. Remember Elizabeth, do not eat such food, you will become sloppy like a certain silver haired samurai.
Remember, it’s better to be lazy, at least, you won’t get tired.
.. Much like this list. Must be made by lazy people.
Bakemono strong
>2012
>people giving their opinion on what is good anime
DERP
and the world will melt like mozzarella cheese by the end of 2012.. yummy
Well I can understand all the commotion down here but still, there are some that actually deserve a spo- *sees Hidan no Aria*
OKAY FUCK IT.
ha… I can’t believe everyone got trolled again, it isn’t a list of most depressing title ever, its a list of what sold the most merchandize… fuck everything about that, but what other metric could have been used?
About 80% of that list is total, complete, full bullshit.
>Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou and Angel Beats scoring higher than Puella Magi Madoka.
What a bunch of hipster bullshit. Who the hell voted for this?
as much as I adore MadoMagi, it could’ve been a lot worse. At least Angel Beats and Danshi Koukousei are pretty good series and at least somewhat worthy of competing with it, IMO. Hell, I’d say most of the series placing above it make for worthy contenders. I would, however, be willing to argue WORKING!!’s place above it, as well as Railgun (just wasn’t as good as Index) and Clannad (I say this a lot, but horribly over-rated compared to earlier Key series, which are also absent from the list). K-ON! too. Its presence on the list is practically a given considering its ridiculous amount of hype, but compared to Madoka Magica… while both shows do owe a fair amount of their popularity to the moe phenomena, Madoka should deserve far more credit for managing to actually enhance the story-telling through the moe elements rather than deprecating it.
No code geass. Suck my dick Sankaku.
wow so many talking about fma
what about fmp? …
“19. Infinite Stratos”
BEST LIST EVER!!!
I-it’s not like I was trolling or something like that!
There is no Mawaru Penguidrum
This top 25 is full of shit
Hold on…. I think everyone is forgeting Arakawa Under the Bridge. Where is it????
It’s not a list of good shows, ignore the title.
Where’s DENNOU COIL???!?!?!
Wow, the fact that Guilty Crown is on that list already tells me the list is garbage. We probably will forget about half the anime listed there.
It’s forgetting FMA, Code Geass, Death Note, Gurren Lagaan, FLCL. These are musts. They’re the type of shows that will be remembered for years.
Other shows I personally liked a lot was Ouran High School Host Club and Welcome to the N.H.K.
Even then, I can name many MANY sub par series that could easily crush the shows listed on this list. I mean seriously.. Hidan no Aria? That’s not even a decent show. Ridiculous.
One of the worst lists I’ve ever seen in my life. Well done!
I think that for once Sankaku Complex should create their own list. The list of best anime 2000-2012 based on comments of it’s users. Something like that would make me feel like a part of living community that is good for something more than just trolling.
A Sancom list to troll 2ch with. Count me in.
Well these lists are not from 2ch anyway…
The funny thing is that people will STILL bitch and complain if it is doesn’t match their opinions.
Elfen lied? Code Geass? :v
Elfen Lied, ahaha go neck urself buddy
Just accpet it, Elfen Lied is a classic for countless people! It introduced legions of people to anime 8 years ago. SUCK ON IT YOU HATING FAGS!
No Gundam SEED in this top is a failed top.
Top Anime to who? I am not disagreeing but I am working on buying Clannad and both the old and new Kanon next time I order my manga. Just looking at the shelf of the Anime and Manga, my Japanese Playstation 2 games and my Xbox360 from Japan games, I have bought I only see Idol@master and Haruhi on my self from that list.
Another junk list…
HIDAN NO ARIA – 24???
It’s not even in the best 500 of the last 12 years!
No spice and wolf?
Guilty Crown???
Joke list confirmed.
This is blasphemy. They crossed out all the REAL and WORTHY anime shows and put most of the Moe Moe shits instead (Working..? Like, wtf?)
I’m pretty sure the ones who voted here are Loli-fucking-cons.
At least put Gurren Lagann in the freaken’ list.
Hey, Working!! is fairly funny. It’s stuff like Yuru Yuri whose presence I question, as it really is “Cute girls occasionally being lesbian teases and not doing much else.”
>Infinite Stratos.
I stopped giving this list a fuck right there.
No mature and deep shows like Planetes? And what’s this? Generic shit Infinite Stratos? You fucking kidding me?
Planetes is excellent and its really underrated.. Good to see people appreciate planetes and definately recommend to anyone who likes space theme animes.
If it makes you guys feel better, the Japanese comments say some of the same things – too new, etc.
Sorry, but I can’t agree with this list. It seems like most of it is more recent shows, too many of them to be part of the entire decade and some. The list has big ones like Haruhi, Toradora, K-On but soooo many from the past few seasons. Maybe people are just forgetting what they watched.
Bakemonogatari is #1 and has only 4.5% of the total votes (6654), so this list is extremely inaccurate. Also seeing Guilty Crown in any list beginning with “Top” other than “Top Fails” is startling.
Came in hoping to see my fave, Planetes (2004) listed. What I got was a very bad list. 12 years of anime and Idolmaster makes the cut. Seriously.
Their sample size was 6654. When can Sankaku organize its own shitty poll? We should be able to come up with better results. …..right?
Note, these people tend to go with their recent favorites and not the overall value of the show. This list is not legit. Though I do love some of the recent ones but I have to disagree with the order, some stuff with little more arts and value should be on this list but it is not.
Y Kimi Ni Todoke???
All of these are moe anime which mostly have no story what so ever, designed to appeal to fatass otakus. The only exception “I’m” aware of is Index which can is a extremely good plot, but the anime is far behind compared to the novel which has better developed story. It’s counterpart Railgun is still a lame moe anime.
Not all slice of life is bad. Ano Hi Mita Hana is a good example.
No Gundam and Fullmetal Alchemist. Fail list.
How the fuck is Guilty Crown on this list and Ghost in the Shell 2nd Gig isn’t? Dear fucking lord you people have short memories, Guilty Crown was NOT a good show, and certainly not a top 25 from the last TWELVE YEARS!
39. Amagami SS
Yes!!! Amagami made it in the list.
This list is worthless.
They left of Shoujo Sect and Ikki Tousen!
it`s very…weird list
Wheres TTGL, kanon, honey & clover, samurai champloo???
No higurashi? Im amazed…
No s-cry-ed!? really???
FMA??? what!
No Code Geass!? Blasphemy!!!
Oh what, I see there must be a misprint in the title
‘Top 25 Anime of 2010-2012’ phew… I was almost worried there for a second.
5 Maybe
Love Hina ^^ Just since its in this range
ditto what this guy said… Kanon, Air, Clannad were still part of 2000 – 2012 and these shows were outright awesome!
Also no TTGL!? How can one easily forget the name of the only mecha to dwarf millions and millions of galaxies? >_<
The list isn’t ‘Top 25 Anime of 2000-2012 – American version’.
If thats an American version. Where’s Naruto?
Sigh… another dumbass comment from an ignorant, shallow, racist, peice of crap.Whatever country youre from im sure the U.S. is donating food and/or money to it. I personally wish they would stop financing dumbass countries like yours.
I live in the US and hate it. Does that mean I can complain too?
(Not the same anonymous as above) I’m from Finland, one of the wealthiest countries in the world and USA pays nothing for my country, nor we pay for USA. So, may I have the right to criticize USA?
OMFG NO FLCL EITHER?!?! its all fucking MOE BLOB
I fail to see how not having FLCL makes the list a moeblob list. There are some that were seriously overlooked, but people only really remember the top or most recent series from their head for polls like this anyway.
And if we’re talking about just making cutoffs, let’s throw Cardcaptor Sakura into the mix, wa ha ha~
Every time I see anyone mention FLCL as being even good, let alone deserving of any top lists I facepalm so hard I leave red prints.
Don’t. You’d facepalm to destroy you retard head.
TTGL is shit kid, deal with it.
Your mom is shit kid, deal with it
they just want to seperate you from your parents. very likely a behaviour they have because they want to rape you.
Comment section is now opinions
……list ranking?
Not a single fuck was given that day.
No Gintama? Well I suppose that’s because it’s not over yet.
Seriously, who conducted this list?
No Code Geass. This list is total bull shit.
I agree and FLCL. Poor taste is what these people have.
>likes FLCL
>complains about poor taste
quit pissing in your panties you bunch of silly fags.
Couldn’t agree more. :/
where the FUCK is CODE GEASS, FMA, GURREN LAGGAN, EUREKA SEVEN AND CNADY CANDY?!!!!(joke)
stupid japanese people, they have just kawaii shit in the head
Nah, most of these shows are far better than that teenage garbage crap you listed. Eureka Seven has to be one of the most atrocious Anime I’ve ever seen
You’re an idiot Eureka Seven is a bad ass anime and none of the anime he listed are “teenage anime” just because there isn’t TONS OF BLOOD doesn’t make it a “teenage anime”…
I agree completely.
This should be “Top 25 Anime of 2009-2012”
Where are the real classics Like –
Death Note
FMA
Mushishi
Elfen Lied
Higurashi Series
TTGL
Eureka 7
Horrible list I can make a new list my self from scratch and add at least 20 TOP anime that really deserve to be here with ease, this list fails completely most titles on this list is based on popularity and nothing else I mean just look how many sh1ty anime they add that dont have any place to a list with name “TOP 25 ANIME of 2000-2012” get serious this list is full of moe, echii, loli, gag and other crap even 1 anime based on a videogame for idols.. spare me…
There’s some legit contenders here: Bakemonogatari, Clannad, Haruhi, and Madoka, Ano Hana, Raildex (though for fairness, and consistency, Raildex should really only take up one slot, not two), K-ON!, Toradora, and OreImo, for instance, all probably belong (either on the basis of sheer popularity or actual quality). However, some of the omissions are downright mind-boggling. To wit:
Black Lagoon
Code Geass
ef
FLCL
FMA (either version)
FMP
Gunslinger Girl
Higurashi
Lucky Star
Macross F
Noir
RahXephon
SZS
TTGL
Welcome to the NHK
Those are no-brainers, IMO. You could at least make a Top 25 case for some others, as well, such as:
Ai Yori Aoshi
Air
Aria
Bokurano
Daibuster
Eureka 7
Hidamari Sketch
Kamichu!
Mahoromatic
Pani Poni Dash
All in all, this is one of the worse lists of this sort that I’ve seen here. Granted, these lists are usually pretty shit, but this one is abnormally so.
Even if you consider the fact that every show on the list, save Haruhi only, aired since 2007, and shorten up the span accordingly, it’s still missing ef, FMA Brotherhood, Lucky Star, Macross F, SZS, and TTGL from my list of no-brainers. If you include shows which, like Haruhi, began before 2007, but either ran into 2007, or had later installments in the 2007-12 period, then you are also missing CG, Gunslinger Girl, and Higurashi. IMO, this list is just completely fucked.
Someday they will learn to exclude anything within the past two years when they try to make a list for posterity.
you can never understand what the Japanese were thinking
Dafuq did I just read?
Code Geass, Fullmetal Alchemist, Eureka Seven, Spice & Wolf and Death Note aren’t on the list. If none of those big-name shows aren’t there, this list isn’t worth my time.
spice and wolf is really underrated..
Ah, excellent! Bakemonogatari is in first place where it should be.
Don’t know why its a pretty big pile of shit from what I seen.
yea.. not only that it was short as hell too..
So Bakemonogatari places first, while it’s shit sequel doesn’t even make the list? Feels good to be vindicated.
I get the feeling most of the voters have only been watching anime for 5 yrs. or less.
and where is Elfen Lied, Steins Gate, Death Note, and the super awesome CODE GEASS? !!!
K-ON beat Clannad……..they found the pot.
where is Ben 10?
Then where are you come from? Fucktard.
chill out guys. when they surveyed this, it’s out of the blue or what everyone has already said; something recent
I really don’t see how Code Geass is NOT on here
Yeah, C.C.’s pizza ass and whatnot.
2000-2012?
There’s nothing on this list beyond 2006.
Not true, if you go down to the lower ranks, you can find Da Capo at #42. And that franchise had its first animated entry in 2003.
wha…wha…what about Gurren Lagann?
(;_;)
no FMA list fail>
That’s because FMA is already a failure of a show.
While I am upset with a lot on the list like Clannad not being higher (and being what I believe the oldest series at 2007) and lots of shows I don’t think should be on there, I’m actually pretty impressed to see an under-appreciated show like Chihayafuru get recognition (even as lame as this).
just where the hell is Baccano ???
baccano, while its excellent, i find it abit too short imo
I think Durarara is far more deserving.
No way in hell.
WFT?!?!?
Hidan no Aria???
That anime isn’t even in the top 25 of 2011 anime!!!
“Best Anime of 2000-2012”
Is there any anime in there that’s from more than 2-3 years ago? O_O
Another bullshit list.
Just letting the animation studios know what they wanna see more of, I guess.
Haganai and iM@S I am happy with that don’t care for the others
Top list of mediocre recent anime once again! Guilty Crown? Yuru Yuri? Hidan no Aria!???????
bunch of nonsense, where are the anime from early 00s? FMA? Death note? code geass? shitload others…
FMA and Death Note aren’t on here probably because it wasn’t an ORIGINAL anime (it was manga).
Hey! Yuru Yuri is a good comedy!!
Guilty Crow and Hidan no Aria… errr…. well, if Infinite Stratos is in the list… 😛
Totally Agree, but a least K-On is not on the first place and that makes me happy.
K-On! easily wins out in popularity contests it seems even in NA. I personally didn’t really enjoy it so much, especially when I noticed it didn’t really concentrate on music. I really liked Beck for the music, and even enjoyed more DMC than K-On! on many levels.
Bakemonogatari was very unpopular at our anime viewings in our anime club. I enjoyed it, but very few did.
Ore no Imouto was generally very well received. Nothing much to say, except that I enjoyed it ^^
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was great, but not a masterpiece.
Only show worthy of possibly being named in a top 50 of 2000-2012 (that’s mentioned in this list) would maybe be Ano Hi Mita Hana.
I want more Ghost in The Shell already!!!!!!!!!
“probably because Bakemonogatari requires critical thinking skills, which many lack”
Wrong.
Bakemonogatari requires a deep understanding of Japanese culture, which obviously many non-Japanese lack.
When suppressing your troubles makes you lose weight, lost snails become lost cows, or a monkey’s pawn becomes a devil’s hand, lacking the basic understanding of the underlying culture is what makes that show underwhelming.
Basically, it’s like a show based on word plays. Once translated it loses a lot of its original qualities.
“Bakemonogatari was very unpopular at our anime viewings in our anime club. I enjoyed it, but very few did.”
probably because Bakemonogatari requires critical thinking skills, which many lack
FMA and Death aren’t good anime, they are anime adaptation of a good manga.
and yet its still better than half that list…
I’d be fine with that if this was a list of “original” anime, but it’s not. The majority of anime is adapted from other sources (good or bad). So what’s your point?
Yeah but an anime made out of a manga doesn’t bring anything new compared to an anime adaptation of a light novel or a visual novel for example, since good manga already have “animation” in a certain way
FMA is garbage. I’d take most of these shows over that crap.
Burn in a alchemical fire-you-FUCK
You’re fucking stupid, that is all.
you’re the typical shit head that faps to figmas, your list sucks! go watch moe and suck at life
FMA- Babbies 1st grimdark shounen
You don’t even know what Moe is, dumbass. Stick with your generic Shonen garbage.
Guilty Crown = Garbage
Yuru Yuri = Garbage
Hidan no Aria = Really? Really? see above.
Death Note = Let down by the 2nd part.
Code Geas = Clamp no way
FMA = why not naruto instead that answers your questions.
Naruto and FMA are way different.
If you haven’t noticed, FMA’s one of the very few mainstream Shonen anime, that have a protagonist that DOES NOT go through a training arc of ANY kind. He does not gain any new powers. He is the same strength from the start to the end of the manga. Yet, the plot can be developed to that much of an extent.
if you put FMA (specifically brotherhood) on the same level as Naruto, I really doubt you have actually seen more than a minute of either. Hint: FMA is far superior in all areas
It’s the same crap as Naruto
Who makes these sucky list?
No Macross Frontier, WTF?
Biglobe users are the most consistently retarded anime fans I’ve ever come across.
Normally I simply refrain from commenting on the quality or worth of those rankings, but this one is so utterly ridiculous I just had to:
This list is ridiculous.
The list is obviously made by those B list otaku.
This list is a joke
even though i do like my moe brainless stuff, I have to admit this list sucks…a lot.
Top of 2000´s
Top of 2000-2012
Top of 1990´s
Top of the History
Top of Sci-Fi
Top of Slice of Life
Top of Drama
Top of Gore
…
Top of any-shit-you-wanna-put-here
Why they keep doing this if it is just a popularity poll? Tomorrow they’ll make the same poll and the results will differ.
Where is INITIAL D?
Haganai wasn’t even that good, neither was iDOLM@STER (except when it had some Chihaya).
I thought people hated Railgun… (maybe that was 4chan)
yet another list i disagree with 90% of. and how is this 2000-2012 when most of these anime are only a few years old?
yeah it’s more like 2007-2012
No Black Lagoon, I don’t know why I even bother looking at these lists.
Probably cause I’m bored.
Idd! What makes lists like these obsolete is that they only measure the most popular recent Animes. I mean, not only no Black Lagoon but no Code Geass and no Death Note and I can name tons more better Animes than I see. I can’t even find 10 of thses I’d recomend to people..
Black Lagoon hmmmm,… well if there is consolation extention of the list.
but it looks fine, you can’t have all of the released titles ever made – then what would the point be other than everyone is indecisive of where to draw the line.
I salute you sir.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Come on, Sankaku.
agree gits is a must
i second that! GITS, TTGL, FLCL, Code Geass, the list goes on
What a PATHETIC list full of moe shit!!!
Here’s what they missed that SHOULD’VE been on a REAL list.
Death Note
Code Geass
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Hellsing Ultimate
Higurashi
Katanagatari
Steins;Gate
Supports that list
As if Higurashi and Code Geass are somehow moe-free anime…
at least higurashi storyline is better than most of the anime in this list..
you guys forgot Monster
monster = overrated boring show
+1000
You forgot Gintama , no wonder you’re MArude Dame dA Ojisan.
all this lists are a matter of opinion. there’s no right or wrong list.
Oh but there is, there is a wrong list.
Any list where the “Slice of Life” genre is involved can’t be considered serious.
We’re judging stories here, not an animated diary.
My list would include:
Black Lagoon
GITS SAC/2nd Gig
Samurai Champloo
Eureka seveN
Darker than Black (First season only)
FLCL
Last Exile
Gundam Unicorn
Soul Eater
Spice and Wolf
Gurren Lagann (A must have for this to be legit)
Hellsing Ultimate
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Toradora! (very well written, despite its genre)
xxxHolic (great stories but, CLAMP animation…)
Clannad had a mystical aspect to it, that’s not really slice of life.
“Any list where the “Slice of Life” genre is involved can’t be considered serious.”
This is more of a subjective opinion…not a fact,
but whatever.
Animes like Clannad and Honey and Clover changed my outlook on the Slice of Life genre.
Erranty, you sound really close-minded and the same goes for the people who up-voted you.
I’m not trolling…just a rant on how you should think.
i would like to also mention Utawarerumono i loved that anime
Please remove soul eater the ending just sucks
General rule in life #random:
One does not take a survey seriously at all.
Achiuakuna, you’re a fucking idiot. That is all.
you neglect to mention code geass thus even your list fails.
“Any list where the “Slice of Life” genre is involved can’t be considered serious.”
I like apples but I hate oranges. Therefore oranges shouldn’t be considered fruits.
“We’re judging stories here, not an animated diary.”
Where the fuck does it say that? Don’t use “we” when you are only talking about yourself. If you like stories read a fucking book.
PS: Despite all that your list stinks. As much as the original list sucks, yours is even worse. Go kill yourself.
This list is wrong!!! FACT!
Black Lagoon
GITS SAC/2nd Gig
Ergo Proxy
Paranoia Agent
Texhnolyze
GunXSword
Elfen Lied
Samurai Champloo
Gunslinger Girl
A lot of what you just listed requires the viewer to think. Great list nevertheless.
agreed, list could use a few replacements imo but great nevertheless
LUCKY STAR D: WHERE IS LUCKY STAR!?
Black Lagoons = errr no. Storm trooper effect + story really unrealistic done inferior to Star Wars. Star Wars >>>>>>>> Black Lagoon can’t supersede a classic don’t bother.
GITS SAC/2nd GIG = definitely give you that one, but too many fillers + flashes over the place miss one episode miss a lot.
Ergo Proxy = err no. Too specific. Remember this is a list for everyone to watch not specifics.
Paranoia Agent = as above
Texhonlyze = see Ergo Proxy.
GunXSword = AHAHAHAHHAHA your soooo funny. Gundam is better. Especially Unicorn.
Elfen Lied – whoa now I know you have shit taste this Anime is BAD really Bad see Mortal Kombat.
Samurai Champloo = Yes totally agree this must have been forgotten.
Gunslinger Girl = WHAT WHAT!! Huh!!! see Elfen Lied Loli don’t make a show great. Besides NIKITA >>>>>>> GG make sure you supersede.
Retard or troll.
This can’t possibly be serious…
@19:34
Ergoy Proxy, Paranoia Agent, Texhnolyze = “Specifics”? Don’t you mean obscure? They’re not obscure, BTW. Anyone that followed anime that year was more than aware of it’s release, discussion on messageboards & media reviews. They can still easily be found by anyone that finds one of the dozen or so anime streaming or torrent sites. Besides, no one ever said anything about a commercial blockbuster requirement. The only requirement is that they are 2000 to 2012 releases, period.
Black Lagoon = “Storm trooper effect” & ‘inferior to star wars”? Uh, we’re comparing anime & not blockbuster movies….? Anyway the storyline is inferior only if you’re looking for a George Lucas fairytale. If you’re looking for a blend of Tarentino, Rodriguez & a dozen John Woo films then Black Lagoon is clearly a superior choice. I’ll give you the “storm trooper effect”, but c’mon….who doesn’t love that on occassion? It’s like comfort food,lol. Besides, it’s offset by the poetry in motion of Roberta the Maid, the exploration of moral ambiguity & how much Rock represents the audience member. His character development is fascinating.
Gun X Sword was a refreshing change from the angsty, emo-tarded excess of Gundam. (Not that I don’t also like Gundam on occasion) The main character has a pair of 50lb balls & that’s a plus in my book.
Elfen Lied may have been a knee-jerk choice on my part. So much colorful eye candy, though! NYUUU!!!
Gunslinger Girl: Wasn’t the Loli that impressed. It was how each member was a reflection of their trainer & how some of them ultimately brought out the humanity in those trainers. (For the most part) That & the highly polished gunfights.
Now that I think of it, I’d like to also add:
Paprika
Howl’s Moving Castle
Place Promised in our Youth
Samurai X
I came close to adding Gantz, but that’s just too weighed down by a shitty budget & even shittier ending.
Dissapointed Chihayafuru isnt higher 🙁
Also Gunslinger Girl is definitely too specific. But damn if that quality per episode didnt turn heads back then. 100,000 yen (supposedly) per episode sure didn’t go to waste 🙂
@Anon 19:34: The one with shit taste is YOU and nobody else!
FLCL!?!? ANYONE!?! (though i highly agree with everyone else, yall just beat meh to it)
Deathnote i don’t agree with but everything else i do
There are still people getting mad at Sankaku lists? They are just for fun. No reason to get all butthurt about it and post your own shit list. Take a chill pill.
And what’s wrong with moe? If you don’t like it just don’t watch it. Or you can just kill yourself if you can’t handle the reality. Recommending the latter.
Dude ssssshhhut the fuck up. I swear to God you’re like a hemmorrhoid that won’t die.
Holy shit your stupid!
You misspelled a few words.
No Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann?
The blu-rays will never come at this rate. The Japanese should take their polls more seriously.
Oh yes, I certainly can’t wait for Gurren Lagann to get crappy Q-Tec upscaled Blu-Rays that look worse than DVD…
what is up with people and that anime? what are you, 9??
More like the top anime from the last few years that you can remember off the top of your head.
where the fuck is Code Geass? not even gonna complain why it isnt number 1. who the fck rates these things? seriously. this is like the top 25 best anime for old creepy otaku men who would most likely show up to little kid anime conventions
Code Geass got ridiculous when it started using extremely contrived plot devices to further the plot. Like Lelouche telling Euphie to kill everyone in jest when he knew his Geass was prone to activating spontaneously or Mao surviving a firing squad because Lelouche commanded the police to shoot him without specifically mentioning that they should kill him in the process. Not to mention all the unannounced deus-ex-machinas that take place.
I think Death Note was better written by far, although it does decline after the amazing performance in the first half.
there where enough details presented to confirm that the geass missfired and that he wasnt aware of the missfiring possibility during a normal conversation after the red rings wear off . it ONLY missfired in this situation and thus he never “tested” the “drawbacks”.
and that mao mentioned the sheer possibility of the medics because they were actually able to patch him up. he was wondering himself and thus told him the line.
Code Geass was pretty good for quite a while, but once that “turning” point hit, everything changed too much and started sucking.
Code Geass had its moments, didn’t suck till the last episodes. What about Suzumiya Haruhi? who tortured us with 8 endless eight episodes? Or did people forget already??? How did this anime made it in that list after trolling its audience?
What about Fullmetal Alchemist? Too many recent anime on this list.
I think they just… forget about stuff and about famous anime. They watch so many shows that while they take the poll, they don’t remember a lot of them.
Why have a list of the best anime of 2000-2012 if only one entry over 3 years old managed to make the top 25? Even Haruhi, the sole marginally older anime, would have probably been left off had it not been active in the last few years. I get the impression that most of those voting in this haven’t been watching anime for very long.
“But Aya is such a bitch. A can’t fap to my waifu because of her!” is probably the reason
Japanese really are stupid. All they need is shitty plotless ecchi stuff (and americans ar like that too)
But that list is also missing the best ecchi stuff! And I’m not talking about Ikkitousen & Queen’s blade crap.
Bitch, please. Japanese are people who creating all the anime. So I beg you to be stupid somewhere else.
P.S. Influence of American animation that have created environment for anime to develop in Japan.
And if you were addressing the general public: I assume that such kind of generalization is too much for you to comprehend, but I agree that it isn’t bright.
Obvious troll is obvious
@14:40 for such a stupid generalization, You’re obviously not too bright yourself.
i am pretty sure 2012 has not ended yet. should it not be 2000-2011 ?
this people have a really short memory, this all are very resent and there’s no way those are the best from 2000 till now.
Their definitely some of the best.
this list is retarded where is Gurren Lagann? stupid people
ya that show kick ass, love the ending too.
Magical Pokaan is where? No magipoka? Are you serious? Again? The heck is up with these lists the last two years?!
surprised guilty crown made the list when code geass didn’t…
I’d trade the time I wasted on Guilty Crown to watch Code Geass all over any day the fucking week.
Not too bad, but there are some that are way too recent.
clannad should be higher
2. K-ON! –> biggest crap I ever saw in 7 years
7. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun —> err, crap
14. Nichijou–> crap, exept for selamat pagi
17. Guilty Crown –> crap
18. Yuru Yuri –> crap
19. Infinite Stratos –> fap only
22. THE IDOLM@STER –> great
24. Hidan no Aria–> lullaby
where is last exile, phantom, gintama, kemono souja erin, higurashi, fate, FMA broth, rainbow, spice n wolf, eureka, valkyria, NHK, and GURREN LAGAN ?
Idolmaster great? Go and shoot yourself!
No Hellsing Ultimate, Blood+, Ergo Proxy, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, GunGrave, Eureka Seven…sad days. Guess it’s all ‘too violent’ and probably faaarrr too advanced for most of their simple minds to follow (and understand) these series.
This list is a simple moe kawaiii uguuuu~~~~ retard list, gz!
Completely disagreeing this list. :/ It’d be fine if it’s like 2008-2012.
Why no TTGL???
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???
It’s official. this is the WORST list ever put together by SC.
How the fuck did Hiden no Aria get on the list!? Toradora, Maduka, and Bakemonogatari at #1!? WTF! And Lucky Star no where on the fucking list!!!
Hey! Bakemonogatari IS deserving of taking first place.
Nah, if one series of the list deserves the first place, is Clannad.
k on defianitly should not have been up there. and a few others toradora and to aru majutsu no index and railgun all should be up there for sure but where is haruhi suzumiya, code geass, full metal alchemist, and others
suzumiyas on there. just lower down. the others are action shounen so even though theyre good, theyre kinda mainstream and get neglected in these votes
To this day I still don’t see what people seen in Bakemonogatari, it was boring as hell.
Same here, bro, same here.
Its good, but not THAT good.
I’d have to disagree with you. Now, if you were talking about Nisemonogatari, then, yes, you’d be right.
Bakemongatari is a masterpiece. It’s usually just boring to neanderthals.
+1
If you don’t like dialogue then it isn’t for you. It’s also a very interesting take on the supernatural kind of like Mushishi.
Speaking of which, Mushishi is like the best anime ever made and I’m sure it didn’t even get mentioned once.
You mean 2006-2012.
Bakemonogatari at first? I don’t think so.
Yeah, Bakamonogatari is a bit overrated. For my tastes, of course.
I prefer Clannad in the first place.
bake is my fourth favorite anime of all time so it would be near the top of my list as well. third in my case. Id put hidamari and clannad above it. Lain aired in 91 so I cant include it. Just cause you didnt like it doesnt make it bad. Several of the titles in this list are quality. As it gets farther down they just become recent random okay stuff but the first half, for the most part, isnt bad. Of course more recient titles are going to win. get over it
by 91 i meant 99 >>
You’re complaining that Bakemonogatari is on the list? Did you see Infinite Stratos? That should not be on this list and everyone knows it.
Agreed. I personally enjoyed Infinite Stratos, but it definitely doesn’t belong on this list. And definitely not above Sora no Otoshimono.
infinite stratos is for fapping material.. i meant the girls are hot..
yay
Oh there you are at the bottom of the list,…
Yay!