Those anime all anime fans should know, as judged by anime fans, have been subject to rankification – and not surprisingly it emerges that all should know of the power of moe…
1. K-ON!
2. Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. Haruhi
4. Gintama
5. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
6. Hyouka
7. Bakemonogatari
8. To Aru Majutsu no Index
9. Code Geass
10. Gundam
11. Anything by Key!
12. Lucky Star
13. Natsume’s Book of Friends
14. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
15. Detective Conan
16. Dragon Ball
17. Toradora!
18. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
19. Macross
20. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
21. Pocket Monsters
22. Doraemon
23. Genesis of Aquarion
24. Fate
25. Sengoku Basara
Fails for absence of:
1) Tetsuwan Atom (Astroboy). Tezuka’s masterpiece. Re-imagined twice. Both brilliantly.
2) Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers). As popular in Japan as Star Trek is in the US and currently having its original series completely remade 40 years on, and brilliantly so. Three TV seasons and five movies from 1974 to 1983, and more recently an animated continuation movie (Resurrection, 2009) a live-action movie (2010), and now the aforementioned remake of the original series (first released as movies and now being broadcast on prime-time television).
Out of the list above, I would only consider Doraemon, Gundam, Macross, Evangelion, Detective Conan and Dragon Ball to be seminal anime. Scratching my head at some of those being mentioned, clearly nothing more than a popularity contest rather than any
lol mate, don’t hate the anime, hate the post and the person compiling it.
Bullshit. What kind of idiot doesn’t include Fullmetal Alchemist or Cowboy Bebop on a list like this?! And how the f♥♥k is K-ON! more of a must watch than Evangelion, Dragon Ball, Gundam and Code Geass?! Idiots!
What a bullshit list, I’d add Fist of the North Star, Akagi, Golgo 13, Crest of the Stars trilogy, Martian Successor Nadesico and Trigun just to name a few.
Hmm for some reason i’m failling to see tengen toppa gurren lagann up there