Top 10 Slice of Life Anime
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jun 17, 2012 09:35 JST
- Tags: K-ON!, Kyoto Animation, Lucky Star, Moe, Nichijou, Otaku, Rankings
The slice of life anime, that great favourite of Type B fans, has been subjected to ranking by its many fans – with KyoAni’s showing as strong as ever in a genre it dominates rather strongly…
The term “slice-of-life” actually has no direct equivalent in Japanese – the (very) close equivalent being “kuuki-kei” (空気系 – loosely, “atmosphere type”), describing works which centre developing a distinct “atmosphere” rather than a follow a storyline.
The almost synonymous “nichijou-kei” – “everyday life type” – shares practically the same definition.
These terms describe a loose genre centred on the interactions of moe characters, (frequently unrealistic) everyday settings, and a lack of overarching story, most often being derived from 4 panel manga.
Having only taken shape in the last decade, defining examples are likely to be familiar – Azumanga Daioh!, Lucky Star, K-ON! and Nichijou being some of the most representative.
1. Nichijou
2. K-ON!
3. Danshikousei no Nichijou
4. Acchi Kocchi
5. Lucky Star
6. Working!!
7. Yuruyuri
8. Minami-ke
9. Hidamari Sketch
10. Ore no Imouto
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and i was sure Azumanga Daioh would be in the top 3...
i'm getting old
Indeed, due to the severe lack of Azumanga Daioh, this list is moot.
Yeah, troll list again..
Bull shit newer crap that has no place being higher then the shows they stole 99% of their content from like China would..
It's because the list was intended for latest series.
If they want to add 90's, they will specify it, it's not that they have bad memories.
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It spread like wildfire in the US, and is iconic to this day.
It's still one of the best shows for non-anime crowds.
I wonder what Japan has against it? The humor and animation don't feel particularly dated.
Yes, thats's the thing. It is definitely popular in the US, and would definitely be top ten if it were a top 10 list put together by US fans, but this is unfortunately not. Perhaps Azumanga just didn't have the same sort of impact or influence in Japab that it had in the US.
I almost commented on this in the article.
Azumanga Daioh is certainly popular in Japan, but it does not have the iconic status it does amongst western fans.
I was thinking Highschool Days or B Gata Kei.
Haha, this list is hilarious.
Nichijou ranked 1?!?! Nichibros Ranked 3?!?! WHAT THE HELL? ACCHI KOCCHI HASN'T EVEN FINISHED AIRING AND ITS RANKED 4?!?!
OH AND WHY IS OREIMO AT 10?!?! retarded list is retarded.
This is the way i see it (Only including the ones on the list)
1-K-ON!
2-Ore no Imouto
3-Hidamari sketch
4-YuruYuri
5-Lucky star
6-Working!!
7-Minami-ke
8-Acchi Kocchi
9-Nichijou
10-Danshikousei no Nichijou
Nope.
Nichijou should stay in first place.
And K-ON doesn't even deserve to be in 2nd place.
And if you don't even include Azumanga on your list, then let me tell you, your list the one that is hilarious.
so agreed
nichijou rocks, k-on should be replaced by the almighty azumanga
and if minamike is there perhaps MITSUDOMOE should desserve a good place as well !:p
Nichijou < K-ON!
Anonymous Wa Honto Ni Baka Danaa.
No Azu Daioh, no credibility.
BLEACH SHOULD BE NUMBER ONE~!
bleach > all.
Because azumanga was never all that funny.
It is way funnier than those teenage girls that act like elementary students from K-ON
Lol
Azumanga Daioh fans are so annoying
Who said Slice of Life had to be a joke anime?
Nichijou deserves the first place slot and Lucky Star in the top 10 but I'm surprised Azumanga Daioh is all the way down at 15 and Hanasaku Iroha or Mari Mite didn't make the list at all.
WTF no Strawberry Marshmallow!
Sadly, STRAWBERRY MARSHMALLOW/ICHIGO MASHIMARO isn't even on the full list. I guess it's been too long since the last IchiMashi OVA.
Maybe if Barasui could get back to drawing more than 4 to 6 pages of the IchiMashi manga a month, there'd be enough material for another few OVAs or even another 1-cour late night TV series.
People were too focussed on the lolis to remember that it was slice of life.
Damn! That is one that I believe is 100% deserving to be on the list. Other than myself, I've recommended that show to guys, girls, hard-core Anime fans and newbies alike and every single one of them have thanked me for it.
It's sad, but it was so long ago thet's hardly for anyone to remember such a good series. Worse than SM, where is Azumanga Daioh? :(
No A-Channel, Azumanga Daioh, Strawberry Mashmallow, Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Best Student Council, Hanasaku Iroha, and School Rumble too.
Well at least Nichijou, K-On!, Lucky Star, Yuruyuri, Hidamari Sketch, and Ore no Imouto are on the list. I am content with this list.
Personally I didn't like A-Channel, but I adored Hanasaku Iroha
Wow, Acchi Kocchi above Lucky Star? I don't know, man
If Lucky Star S2 comes out, it would come out top.
Azumanga Daioh is not even on top 10...
.Shit List is Shit.
Agreed.
Also, no love for Genshiken here?
K-ON! above Lucky Star???
Shitty list is shitty
List is Fail. That is all!
No, It's a success. That is all!
In your mind/own little world, yes. That is all!
if you like any of these, you should really check out Azumanga Daioh! it was the godmother of them all
The rest of that list
11. Seitokai no Ichizon
12. Kill Me Baby
13. GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class
14. A Channel
15. Azumanga Daioh
16. Sketchbook ~full color's~
17. Nazo no Kanojo X
18. Natsuiro Kiseki
19. ARIA The ANIMATION
20. Shiba Inuko-san
21. Yurumate3Dei
22. Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki
Kill Me Baby over Azumanga Daioh!?
Invalid list is invalid :|
ARIA at only 19th? Survey sure had lots of tasteless bastards.
Nazo no Kanojo X > Life
YEAH, G.A and A-Channel!!!
wow they really got Aria in there
Some faith in huanity has been restored
still no mashimaro or pani poni
I'm starting to doubt the credibility of this 'Slice of Life list', since so many romantic comedy anime made its way inside =/
Virginity confusion. For virgin otakus, romantic comedy = slice of life (in their imagination).
You just hit the nail on the head.
Lucky Star No.1
K-ON! No.2
Hanasaku Iroha make it to Top 10
That'll make it better List
No disrespect intended towards Nichijou, but considering how unsuccessful it was compared to many other titles on the list, its ranking at number 1 can only mean this is a complete troll list. I mean, Nichijou outranking fuckin' K-ON!?? That's a dead giveaway if there ever was one.
What do you mean by unsuccessful? If you're basing it on the DVD/BD sales than you've got it all wrong.
Fuck K-ON! my inverted dick is more entertaining