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Death Note

A genius student named Light finds a notebook with more...559 points

Naruto

A popular shounen anime based on manga by Kishimo more...427 points

Code Geass

Japan is named Area 11 and ruled by the almighty B more...385 points

Bleach

A shounen anime based on manga by Kubo Taito. Kuro more...355 points

Vampire Knight

Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster more...353 points

Full Metal Alchemist

Two brothers, Edward and Alphonse, broke the taboo more...312 points

Kyo Kara Maoh! (God! Save Our King)

Yuri Shibuya was living a pretty normal life. That more...288 points

Inuyasha

This story is about a time-traveling middle schoo more...277 points

Dragonball

The legendary shounen anime. Goku struggles to bec more...241 points

10

Hunter x Hunter

A young boy named Gon searches for his father; dur more...226 points

11

Detective Conan

A high school student Jimmy Kudo witnesses a murd more...213 points

12

One Piece

A boy named Luffy is a captain of a pirate ship lo more...208 points

13

Elfen Lied

The race of diclonius, the mutant humans, is abuse more...205 points

14

Yu-Yu Hakusho

A disturbed and seemingly selfish teenager does a more...202 points

15

Dragon ball Z

Many years have passed since Goku first searched f more...185 points

16

Fruits Basket

This is a cute anime about people who turn into more...162 points

17

Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club is a club of attractiv more...153 points

18

D.N.Angel

Whenever Daisuke Niwa thinks about his crush Risa, more...149 points

19

Gakuen Alice

Best friends Mikan and Hotaru grew up in a small t more...145 points

20

Pokemon

Multiple series were created in Pokemon universe, more...144 points

21

Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)

Kenshin wanders around Japan to find a new life an more...139 points

22

Shugo Chara

A story about a girl who got her powers from her c more...136 points

23

Tsubasa Chronicle

Syaoran travels the different worlds with his comp more...133 points

24

Blood+

Otonashi Saya is a high school girl and an amnesia more...130 points

25

Yu-gi-oh!

An anime based from a card game!128 points

26

Sailor Moon

A legendary anime of magical girl genre. Usagi Tsu more...127 points

27

Cardcaptor Sakura

Ten-year-old fourth grader Sakura Kinomoto opens a more...125 points

28

Cowboy Bebop

A classic japanese animation series that takes pla more...112 points

29

Trigun

Vash the Stampede travels the 'wild west' sort of more...111 points

30

Prince of Tennis

Ryoma Echizen attends a private school famous for more...106 points

31

Karin (Chibi Vampire)

Karin is a child in a family of vampires. She is d more...103 points

32

Full Metal Panic!

Sousuke is an elite soldier working for a mercena more...92 points

33

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Haruhi is a high school girl who has a supernatura more...91 points

34

Samurai Champloo

A 15 year old girl Fuu saves two fierce warriors, more...90 points

35

Michael & Yanci

Every school has there mean kids. West Valley has more...90 points

36

Houshin Engi

The story is set in legendary China. A beautiful f more...84 points

37

Hellsing

Alucard, a powerful vampire is working for a human more...82 points

38

Eureka 7

Renton Thurston, a 14 year old boy, leaves his gra more...81 points

39

Wolf's Rain

The world is freezing over and dieing. The only ho more...81 points

40

Chobits

Hideki is a farm boy who comes to Tokyo to study i more...81 points

41

Special A

Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Taki more...81 points

42

Shugo Chara!

Hinamori Amu has a reputation for being cool and s more...74 points

43

Digimon

Digimon (Digital Monster) is a series about kids w more...71 points

44

Fooly Cooly (FLCL)

Naota's relaxed and simple life is interrupted whe more...70 points

45

D. Gray-Man

In a fictional 19th century Earth, humans with spe more...70 points

46

Ranma 1/2

Sixteen year old guy named Ranma Saotome was train more...68 points

47

Fate/stay night

Seven Masters and their Servants, resurrected her more...67 points

48

Shaman King

Yoh Asakura is a lazy and relaxed young guy, who i more...67 points

49

Neon Genesis Evangelion

It's year 2015, and Earth is being attacked by mys more...65 points

50

Claymore

Claymore are half-women, half-demons, named after more...63 points

51

Avatar: The Last Airbender

100 years before the start of the series, a 12-yea more...62 points

52

Yamato Nadeshiko (The Wall Flower)

Sunako, a girl who was called "ugly" by more...61 points

53

Trinity Blood

In the future, war is waging between humans (Terra more...59 points

54

Fushigi Yuugi

Miaka Yuki, a 3rd yr junior high student finds an more...59 points

55

Black Blood Brothers

Vampire Jiro Mochizuki and his brother Kotaro trav more...59 points

56

Rosario + Vampire

Tsukune Aono is a painfully average high school fr more...59 points

57

Gundam Seed

The series begins with the Bloody Valentine War. O more...57 points

58

xxxHolic

Watanuki Kimihiro is haunted by monsters only he c more...56 points

59

Naruto Shippuuden

This is Part 2 of Naruto. (Naruto meets his father more...56 points

60

Ghost in the Shell

In year 2029, humans have crossed the line between more...54 points

61

Soul Eater

Students of the Shinigami Technical School are cal more...54 points

62

Myself;Yourself

A boy named Sana who back to his childhood hometow more...53 points

63

Gundam Wing

In year 195 AC (After Colony), the space colonies more...52 points

64

Air Gear

Air Gear is about the life of Itsuki Minami " more...48 points

65

Shuffle

The basic storyline of Shuffle! follows the romant more...48 points

66

.hack// Sign

Tsukasa wakes up in a virtual reality MMORPG calle more...47 points

67

Shakugan no Shana

Sakai Yuji, a high school student, learns that he more...47 points

68

Tokyo Mew Mew Power

This is a awesome anime about a girl, who gets pow more...47 points

69

Outlaw Star

Gene Starwind and his 11 year old companion Jim Ha more...46 points

70

Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac)

6 years before the events at the start of the seri more...46 points

71

Black Cat

Train Heartnet; known as the Black Cat for speed a more...45 points

72

Love Hina

Story about a clumsy guy, who is living in Hinata more...44 points

73

Lucky Star

Funny anime about four girls attending a Japanese more...42 points

74

Get Backers

Retrieval agents who have a 100 percent success ra more...42 points

75

Zero no Tsukaima

A high school student Hiraga Saito is summoned int more...41 points

76

School Rumble

The female protagonist is Tenma Tsukamoto, a secon more...40 points

77

ouran high school host club

Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at Ouran H more...39 points

78

CLANNAD

Tomoya Okazaki is a high school student who is res more...36 points

79

Tenjou Tenge

Todo Academy is no ordinary school: students here more...36 points

80

Skip Beat!

A new and ongoing anime about Kyoko Mogami, a 16-y more...36 points

81

Escaflowne

The Vision of Escaflowne is the full name of this more...34 points

82

Darker than Black

After opening of Hell Gates, people with special p more...34 points

83

Berserk

A brutal and bloody anime telling story of Guts, a more...34 points

84

Loveless

This is the story of 12-year-old Ritsuka. Ritsuka more...34 points

85

Magic Knight Reyearth

Hikaru Shidou, Umi Ryuuzaki, Fuu Hououji are on a more...34 points

86

Zombie Loan

Kita Michiru, a timid high school girl, possesses more...33 points

87

Black Lagoon

Fast paced, girls-with-guns action anime. The stor more...33 points

88

Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)

The Hell Correspondence website may only be access more...33 points

89

Mobile Suit Gundam 00

It's year 2307. Humanity run out of fossil fuels a more...33 points

90

ah! My GoddesS

Keiichi Morisato is an engineering student, top dr more...33 points

91

Kaze no Stigma

Kazuma had no talent for Fire magic (En-jutsu), so more...32 points

92

Azumanga Daioh

Follow the lives of six Japanese high school girls more...31 points

93

La Corda D'Oro ~primo passo~

Hino Kahoko is a second year student at a Seisou A more...31 points

94

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi

Kenichi Shirahama is your average 16 year old livi more...30 points

95

Katekyo Hitman Reborn!

Tsuna unwillingly undergoes training from an Itali more...30 points

96

Eyeshield 21

Sena Kobayakawa is an average guy who joins Deimon more...30 points

97

Dragon ball GT

goku goes to find the dragen balls and gohon goes more...30 points

98

.hack// Twilight

.hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet is the full more...29 points

99

Mahou Sensei Negima

Negi Springfield is a 10 year old mage who gets an more...29 points

100

AKIRA

A cyberpunk anime film set in NeoTokyo, 27 years a more...29 points

101

Zoids

Animal type mechas called zoids used for war, batt more...29 points

102

School Days

School life harem anime with a twist! Based on a h more...28 points

103

Devil May Cry

The series takes place between the first and fourt more...28 points

104

princess princess

28 points

105

Ichigo 100%

Junpei Manaka encounters a beautiful girl on the s more...27 points

106

Transformers

Giant robots that can transform into anything that more...26 points

107

Air

Kunisaki Yukito travels around the country, seekin more...25 points

108

Hikaru no Go

A 6th grader named Shindoh Hikaru finds an ancient more...25 points

109

Samurai 7

The small Kanna village hires samurai to defend ag more...25 points

110

Midori Days

Seiji Sawamura is a tough student in his high scho more...25 points

111

The Law of Ueki

A boy called Ueki accidentally participate a magic more...25 points

112

Itazura Na Kiss

A romantic comedy about a clumsy girl with persist more...25 points

113

Frazier

Ashley is a stripper who has the ability to contro more...25 points

114

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Literally meaning 'when cicadas cry', this is a co more...24 points

115

Full Moon Wo Sagashite

Twelve-year-old girl named Mitsuki dreams of becom more...24 points

116

Elemental Gelade

Beings called Edel Raids co-exist with humans in t more...24 points

117

Chrono Crusade

Set in the United States during the 1920s, Chrono more...24 points

118

Hajime no Ippo

Magunochi Ippo is an ordinary high school student more...23 points

119

Ghost Hunt

Mai Taniyama, an ordinary first year high school s more...23 points

120

Great Teacher Onizuka

Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old former member of a more...23 points

121

Great Teacher Onizuka Anime

Onizuka is an ex-biker and gang leader who has one more...23 points

122

Full Metal Panic The Secon Raid

It is a fallow up of the first Full Metal Panic bu more...23 points

123

Gintama

This show is a Japanese animation that takes place more...22 points

124

Gravitation

Shuichi Shindo and his band Bad Luck are strugglin more...22 points

125

Basilisk

Ten representatives each from two warring ninja cl more...22 points

126

Detective Academy Q

The story began in a classroom of a middle school. more...22 points

127

Initial D

Japanese street racing anime that begins with Red more...21 points

128

TO-LOVE RU

this anime is funny sexy and ecchi
you will like t more...21 points

129

Maburaho

A story about a boy who's name is Kazuki Shikemori more...21 points

130

Kanon

Yuichi Aizawa returns to the city of his childhood more...20 points

131

Hellsing Ultimate

One of the best action anime series. Hellsing Ulti more...20 points

132

NANA

Two girls named Nana who met by accident in a trai more...20 points

133

Please Teacher! (Onegai Sensei)

A boy kei kusanagi meets an alien who becomes his more...20 points

134

Tenchi Muyo!

Tenchi Masaki was a normal 17-year old boy until t more...20 points

135

Flame of Recca

Flame of Recca follows the story of a teenage boy more...20 points

136

Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

An epic anime about humanity rising up to fight th more...19 points

137

Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers)

Tsukushi Makino, the main character of this series more...19 points

138

GUNxSWORD

The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Il more...19 points

139

Pretear

A high school girl named Himeno Awayuki is attempt more...19 points

140

Witchblade

Masane Amaha is a wielder of Witchblade, a powerfu more...18 points

141

Samurai Deeper Kyo

One of the greatest and most feared samurai in the more...18 points

142

Vandread

In a universe where men and women are mortal enemi more...18 points

143

Ergo Proxy

In a post-apocalyptic world, humans survive largel more...18 points

144

Angelic Layer

12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involv more...18 points

145

Scryed

18 points

146

Kiba

Zed, a 15 year old boy lives in an urban area call more...17 points

147

Final Fantasy Unlimited

Ai and Yu, after reading their parent's research a more...17 points

148

Monster

Kenzo Tenma, a famous brain surgeon tries to track more...16 points

149

Lovely Complex

This is a romance and comedy anime series. it is a more...16 points

150

Full Metal Panic Fumoffu

It has the same characters as Full Metal Panic but more...16 points

151

My-HiME

Teenager Mai once dreamed of an ordinary high scho more...16 points

152

Serial Experiments Lain

The plot of this cyberpunk anime is hard to summar more...15 points

153

Robotech

Earth fights off three successive extraterrestrial more...15 points

154

Gantz

Synopsis:
Kei Kurono is a typical high school stud more...15 points

155

Witch Hunter Robin

A specialized group in the government who's purpos more...15 points

156

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

The legendary anime Full Metal Alchemist is coming more...15 points

157

Gungrave

A fantastic story about Brandon Heat, a hired kill more...14 points

158

Spice and Wolf

Craft Lawrence is a trader who travels selling his more...14 points

159

Honey & Clover

This anime is a slice of life type of story about more...14 points

160

Speed Grapher

Speed Grapher follows the exploits of former war p more...14 points

161

The Twelve Kingdoms

Yoko Nakajima, an unhappy high school student, is more...14 points

162

Princess Princess

Princess Princess is a story revolving around the more...14 points

163

Suzuka

A track star named Suzuka specializes in the high more...14 points

164

Rsario+Vampire

Tsukune Aono is a painfully average high school fr more...14 points

165

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo

Insane and bizzare show. A rebel named Bobobo-Bo B more...13 points

166

Mushishi

They are neither plants nor animals. They differ f more...13 points

167

Welcome to the NHK!

Tatsuhiro Sato is a university dropout and has bee more...13 points

168

Voltes V

The original anime!13 points

169

Hungry Heart

Hungry Heart: Wild Striker tells the story of Kan% more...13 points

170

Nabari no Ou

Set in the modern age, the story is about Rokujo M more...13 points

171

Blue Gender

mature, violant, and not g@y like naruto or some s more...13 points

172

RomeoXJuliet

Dystopian anime loosely based on William Shakespea more...13 points

173

kodomo no omocha(KODOCHA)

The main characters of Kodocha are Sana and Akito more...13 points

174

Mobile Fighter G Gundam

G Gundam is set in the Future Century timeline of more...12 points

175

Kekkaishi

14 year old Yoshimori Sumimura and 16 year old Tok more...12 points

176

He Is My Master

Ecchi anime about two sisters serving as maids for more...12 points

177

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Nanoha Takamachi is a 3rd grade elementary school more...12 points

178

True Tears

True Tears revolves around a high school student n more...12 points

179

Ragnarok

Having recovered emotionally from the death of her more...12 points

180

Please Twins

made by the people who brout you please teacher, t more...12 points

181

Itazura na Kiss

Itazura na Kiss tells the love story of Kotoko and more...12 points

182

Ju Oh sei

If you like stuff like blood, violance, sexual con more...12 points

183

Pitchi Pitchi Pitch

12 points

184

Ninja Scroll: The Series

Only 13 episodes but action packed. Jubei Kibagami more...11 points

185

Last Exile

Claus Valca and Lavie Head are young courier pilot more...11 points

186

IGPX

In the year 2023, a new racing sport was born, the more...11 points

187

Kodomo no Jikan

23 years old Daisuke Aoki, gets his first teaching more...11 points

188

Bamboo Blade

Toraji Ishida is a penniless high school kendo tea more...11 points

189

Hayate no Gotoku

16-year-old Hayate is really down on his luck. His more...11 points

190

High School Girls

Eriko, Yumi and Ayano finally entered Yambuki Girl more...11 points

191

Midori No Hibi

11 points

192

Rozen Maiden

When Sakurada Jun, a deeply traumatized ex-student more...11 points

193

Chrome Shelled Regios

One of the newest anime from Japan that just recen more...11 points

194

La corda d'oro

Hino Kahoko goes to this amazing school, though sh more...11 points

195

Baccano!

Each of the stories in the series involves several more...10 points

196

Rental Magica

Young and inexperienced Itsuki Iba has a special p more...10 points

197

Medabots

In the year 2122 everybody who is anybody has thei more...10 points

198

Monster Rancher

A kid is pulled through his video game into anothe more...10 points

199

Slayers

Lina Inverse, a wandering sorceress and bandit-kil more...10 points

200

NOEIN

AWESOME ANIME LOOK INTO WATCHING THIS ONE ALSO10 points

201

Excel Saga

Truly a unique anime, and one of the few animes th more...10 points

202

Gundam Seed Destiny

Gundam Seed Destiny is the sequel to gundam Seed. more...10 points

203

Kannazuki no Miko

Its the story of Himeko and Chikane, the reincarna more...9 points

204

Night Wizard

High schooler Renji Hiiragi and other Wizards with more...9 points

205

Ai Yori Aoshi

A story of a man who ran away from home... And one more...9 points

206

Paranoia Agent

9 points

207

Girls Bravo

Girls Bravo features a young male student named Yu more...9 points

208

Moon Phase

Photographer Kohei Morioka, while on assignment fo more...9 points

209

Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka

In order to protect the girl Yuuhi Katagiri, a new more...9 points

210

Strawberry Panic

A transfer student in high school finds herself fa more...9 points

211

DNA2(squared)

This poorly drawn anime is a great romantic comedy more...9 points

212

my-otome zwie

Arika Yumemiya has traveled far in search of her g more...9 points

213

Paradise Kiss

Yukari wants nothing more than to make her parents more...9 points

214

Buso Renkin

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215

Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun

Ninomiya Shungo is a rich high school student livi more...8 points

216

RahXephon

RahXephon is a godlike mecha, piloted by a 17-year more...8 points

217

Tactics

a boy named kentarou who is a folklorists and who more...8 points

218

Descendants of Darkness

Even after death, life is full of paperwork and cr more...8 points

219

Kino's Journey

In Kino's Journey, the protagonist, Kino, accompan more...8 points

220

Chaos;Head

An amazing psychological thriller8 points

221

Tokyo Majin

Throughout Tokyo, people vanish only to turn up de more...8 points

222

Peach Girl

Dramatic, will keep you guessing what will happen more...8 points

223

07-Ghost Summary

Set in a gothic fantasy world, this is the story o more...8 points

224

Prism Ark

There has been war between the kingdom of Windland more...7 points

225

Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora

17 year old Yuuichi is hospitalized for hepatitis. more...7 points

226

Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien

Narumi Takayuki is a high school guy who spends hi more...7 points

227

Koi Kaze

Drama and romance anime about brother and sister f more...7 points

228

H2O footprints in the Sand

a story about a Blind guy named Hirose Living with more...7 points

229

Happy Lesson

About five teachers living with a student things m more...7 points

230

Kimikiss Pure Rogue

Kouichi Sanada and Kazuki Aihara's childhood frien more...7 points

231

Tsukihime Lunar Legend

This siries followes the life of Shiki Tohno a 17 more...7 points

232

King of Bandit Jing

Jing, a dashing Robin Hood-like bandit, and his wi more...7 points

233

Burst Angel

Some crazzy chick that reminds me of the girl from more...7 points

234

Aquatic Age

Girls with supernatural powers are fighting an inv more...7 points

235

Gakuen Heaven

7 points

236

Aishiteru baby

the tale of a boy in highschool who thinks nothing more...7 points

237

Slamdunk

Slam Dunk centers around Hanamichi Sakuragi, who s more...7 points

238

School Rumble

Tsukamoto Tenma is an ordinary 2nd year high schoo more...7 points

239

KARAS

In a fictional version of Tokyo, battle ensues bet more...6 points

240

Blue Drop

This science fiction yuri anime is about a schoolg more...6 points

241

Tokimeki Memorial Only Love

The story revolves around a male second year high more...6 points

242

Rocket Girls

its about a high school girl looking for her fathe more...6 points

243

Izumo

its about a war which happened in the other world more...6 points

244

Now and Then, Here and There

A young boy named Shu Matsutani in an attempt to s more...6 points

245

knight hunters (weiss kreuz)

6 points

246

El Hazard

The story focuses on four people from our world (H more...6 points

247

Sister Princess

Wataru Minakami and his fellow classmates had the more...6 points

248

Seto no Hanayome

Seto no Hanayome's story revolves around a young t more...6 points

249

Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure

DUAL! Parallel Trouble Adventure takes place in tw more...6 points

250

Magical Meow Meow Taruto

Meet a cute and lovable little kitty who just happ more...6 points

251

Magic Knight Rayearth

Magic Knight Rayearth begins when three junior hig more...6 points

252

Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z

In order to stop an ecological disaster, Ken Kitaz more...6 points

253

Nodame Cantabile

Megumi Noda, or %u201CNodame%u201D is a piano stud more...6 points

254

G Gundam

In F.C. 60, the 13th Gundam Fight begins. Domon Ka more...6 points

255

LineBarrels of Iron

This show is about a kid always forced to run erra more...6 points

256

Pandora Hearts

Oz Vessalius, heir to one of the duke houses, has more...6 points

257

Rosario+Vampire CAPU 2

A new semester has arrived for Tsukune and the gan more...6 points

258

Dennou Coil

In the future, we're surrounded by virtual reality more...5 points

259

Infinite Ryvius

Over 500 teenagers from a space station school Lie more...5 points

260

Dragonauts: the Resonance

In order to prevent danger to earth from Thanatos, more...5 points

261

Rumbling Hearts

Story about love and drama between four best frien more...5 points

262

Da Capo

2 siblings that are not related by blood Junichi A more...5 points

263

Mahoromatic

Vesper is a secret agency fighting an army of alie more...5 points

264

Hatenkou Yuugi

A tale of 3, a girl Razhel, and two men Alzeid and more...5 points

265

Canvas 2 ~Niji iro No Sketch~

Once expected to be a great artist, Kamikura Hirok more...5 points

266

Cluster Edge

This anime is about a kid in a world were mankind more...5 points

267

Red Garden

"An odd string of suicides surrounds a privat more...5 points

268

Record of Lodoss War

On the cursed island continent of Lodoss, a party more...5 points

269

Here is Greenwood

This anime revolves around the activities of 4 boy more...5 points

270

Orphen

Orphen is the greatest sorcerer that the tower has more...5 points

271

Hiebane Renmai

Angel like creatures called Hiebane live in an iso more...5 points

272

Rizelmine

A story of a boy picked to marry a sort of science more...5 points

273

Soul of Destruction

The year is 2009 where everything is peaceful ever more...5 points

274

Asu no Yoichi

A samaurai from the Mountains seek for training at more...5 points

275

Scrapped Princess

Pacifica Casull is "the poison fated to destr more...5 points

276

Wedding Peach

The story follows Momoko Hanasaki, a junior high s more...5 points

277

REBOOT

An older show, but a classic no the less. The seri more...5 points

278

kamichama karin

trust me one this one i bet my life on it u will l more...5 points

279

Toradora!

Despite Ryuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eye more...5 points

280

Aquarion

More 12000 years ago the world was destroyed and b more...5 points

281

ayashi no ceres

aya, discovers that the celestrial being ceres, li more...5 points

282

Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna

Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning tells the story of more...5 points

283

Mahou Shoujotai

Alice is a young girl who travels to a fantasy wor more...4 points

284

Sazae-san

The oldest and longest Japanese anime series (arou more...4 points

285

Giant Robo

The series takes place in a retro-futuristic setti more...4 points

286

Planet Survival

La historia se ubica en el siglo 22, donde la anti more...4 points

287

Gravion

Mecha series, similar to voltron..4 points

288

Sketchbook Full Colour'S

A shy and timid girls enters high school and is en more...4 points

289

Zero's Adventure

A girl named Hikari meets a boy named Zero with a more...4 points

290

Demon Hunters

Light and Yami are fraternal twins one a Demon and more...4 points

291

Blue Seed

Momiji Fujimiya thought she was just an ordinary h more...4 points

292

Puny Puny Poemi

From the maker of Excel Saga, features almost too more...4 points

293

Geneshaft

A future World where 9 of every 10 Humanbeings are more...4 points

294

Nurse Witch Komugi

A rabid cosplayer, Komugi took on the role of nurs more...4 points

295

Marchen Awakens Romance (MAR)

4 points

296

Tokko

4 points

297

Nero's Maiden

Nero a fifth teen year old boy proposes to four gi more...4 points

298

Akikan!

The story revolves around a typical high school bo more...4 points

299

I, MY, ME, STRAWBERRY EGGS!

IT IS ABOUT OF A NEW GRADUATED MAN WHO WAS CHALLE more...4 points

300

Sasami Magic Girls Club

i don't really know much about it since i started more...4 points

301

Green Green TV

It's the refreshing season of early summer. Deep i more...4 points

302

one outs

psychological, tactical & tricky baseball play more...4 points

303

Saikano

Shuuji and Chise are third year school students. S more...3 points

304

Battle Programmer Shirase

Akira Shirase nicknamed BPS is a godly computer pr more...3 points

305

Futakoi Alternative

The Futaba Detective Agency, being run by Rentarou more...3 points

306

Aizu Pure

Seto Ichitaka has a crush on Yoshizuki Iori, a gir more...3 points

307

Asatte no Hoko

Asatte no H%u014Dk%u014D follows the lives of Kara more...3 points

308

Seven of Seven

Nana Suzuki, living with her inventor Grandfather more...3 points

309

Martian Successor Nadesico

Also known as Mobile Battleship Nadesico, it's a s more...3 points

310

ChaosZero

Max an fifteen year old high school student learns more...3 points

311

Chaos's Rebellion

In the year 2105 the world is controlled by one ma more...3 points

312

Potemayo

One morning Sunao Moriyama, a male junior high stu more...3 points

313

Takashi's Requiem

Takashi an average boy living an average life soon more...3 points

314

L.C

Rei an only child of a billionaire family who are more...3 points

315

Betterman

The series' plot focuses on the threat of "Al more...3 points

316

Project C.H.A.O.S

Every 400 years a group called the Chaos Society t more...3 points

317

Phoenix Protector

In this World there are three types of people roya more...3 points

318

Chaotic UnderGround

The City of Eri a place where the SuperNatural hap more...3 points

319

Shinigami Rei

In the Shinigami world a bored Shinigami goes in t more...3 points

320

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha

Nanoha Takamachi is a 3rd grade elementary school more...3 points

321

Asura Cryin'

This action anime with some comedy thrown in cente more...3 points

322

Mezzo D.S.A

3 points

323

Toaru Majutsu No Index

Both science and magic exist in the world. On the more...3 points

324

Sola

15-year old Yorito Morimiya loves the sky. One day more...3 points

325

Mother Please

The title is weard but the storyline is great.A wa more...3 points

326

Major

The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, more...3 points

327

Wolf Rain

According to an old legend, when the end of the wo more...3 points

328

Oruchuban Ebichu

Ebichu Minds the House is an anime that follows a more...2 points

329

Spirit of Oblivion

Every 20 year a man is possessed by a Spirit belie more...2 points

330

Boogiepop Phantom

A light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and more...2 points

331

Birdy the Mighty

this is a damn good show! Birdy Cephon Altera is a more...2 points

332

Colour Cloud Palace

2 points

333

Leaves Of Glaz

2 points

334

Minami-ke

A light and funny comedy anime on everyday life of more...2 points

335

Shijo Saikyo no Deshi Kenichi

A weakling named Kenichi always gets beat up. Unti more...2 points

336

Neo Angelique abyss

Arcadia is plagued with evil, life-draining demons more...2 points

337

gokujou mechamote iinchou

The February issue of Shogakukan's Ciao magazine, more...2 points

338

Natsume Yujincho

Natsume has only a few momentos left from his gran more...2 points

339

Shikabane Hime

Makina Hoshimura is one of the living dead. If the more...2 points

340

Underground

There is an underground city beneath Japan where h more...2 points

341

yu-gi-oh 5d's

The game of Duel Monsters has changed; a new addit more...2 points

342

Chobits

The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, more...2 points

343

Princess Resurrection (Monster Princess)

Hiro Hiyorimi is a boy who has just moved to the c more...1 point

344

Solty Rei

a hunter named roy ravant is somewhat of a mercena more...1 point

345

UFO Princess Valkyrie

Princess Valkyrie crashlands on Earth like any oth more...1 point

346

Dears

One year prior to the beginning of the story, mank more...0 points

 

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Anime is awesome!

Ayaka says:

yes luv anime very much <3!!!!!!!!! i noe over 50 animes rite now bout i think tht the anime list is wrong cuz the best anime show tht i watched so far is ONE PIECE and HITMAN REBORN!!!!!!!!!! ONE PIECE SHOWED BE IN FIRST PLACE!!! EVERYONE U SHOULD WATCH ONE PIECE ITS NOT BAD IF U TRY TO WATCH IT!!!!!! I THOUGHT IT WAS BORING AT FIRST BUT WHN U KEEP WATCHING IT, IT GETS BETTER!!!!!!!!! TRUST ME!!!!!!! <3

CHEEAAA!!!!!!! says:

Yah i watched more than 50+ animes im pretty addicted to it i started last last year =D but im watching katekyoushi hitman reborn , shugo chara , naruto , princess lover and some korean drama and all of the fricken anime i watched was mainly romance/comedy/action/harem and so on i watched ohhc really funny i recommend yamato nadeshiko shinchi henge and what the heck hitman reborn is 95 ????? true that every episodes seems shorter because of the haru haru dangerous what ever :C it should be 1st then naruto / naruto shippuuden!!!!

Natasha says:

i am bored and ANIME ROCKSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Anthony says:

Neon Genesis Evangelion and Samurai Champloo are the greatest!!!

Sunshine says:

I really like Bleach, Digimon and Full Metal Alchemist

number 8 says:

ouran high school host club is alright it deserves to be at least number 8

i love O.H.H.C says:

yer your right the animie ouran high school host club is da best thank you for saying that it doesn't deserve 2 b number 18 for flip sacks.

best watch it!!!!!!!! says:

just to let you know you suck if you think ouran high host club is not good.watch it and then reply and say what you think of it .some of the animies weren't in flipping English.

jess says:

ouran high host club is the best i loved it better then death note and bleach for me anyway i haven't seen all of the animies but i know ouran high host club is the best i don't know why it wasn't in the top five.wish there was more episodes though but still i loved it.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

khadijah says:

why vampire knight go at number 5 it should be at number 2 and naruto should be at number 1

symphonic anime says:

SOn of a bitch anime is the best fucking anime! enjoy ejaculation!!

pass says:

my favor anime will be onepiece

average anime lover says:

well i like anime and cars and toppa taNGA garrun laggan

kostas says:

one piece

Anime sucks!

fuck this anime list says:

katekyo hitman reborn should not have been placed at #95

anime sucks says:

anime sucks

Dumbasses! says:

Anyone who thinks Naruto should be #1 is a retarded dog
the animations is not even nice and they look UGLY
so all retarded ppl PLS go to the retarded instituitions to get ure head FIXED!

CoolFoto says:

I have no idea what you are talking about!

Jult~ says:

for mister "You suck":
firstival; hear this though i'm not the person who like brags but
{Especially those that think they can all of a sudden speak japanese just because they watch anime. Oh and if u dont like my opinion, }
i do watch anime and i know a few words also the basic
if i "Suck"
tell me how'd you like THIS:
-Yumai hontoni yanayutu des, naniu baka ojisan-
well i'm sure you'll get this, Jani~

Jane~ says:

HEY WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA THROWING ME WITH ANIME-LOVES...
anime isn't good are bad eigher..
eveyone
you did waste your time for somethin' doesn't deserve

sgan says:

btw,i feel like naruto shouldn't be even in the top 10 in the "anime" list. manga is a bit better. although if its only counting the naruto before shippuden, i would say go ahead and put it in top10

Hibari Kyoya says:

Naruto is one of the worst anime ever! how is it 3rd!?
Reborn should be first~

change it says:

1=fushigi yuugi
2=fruits basket
3=lucky star

top 3 for me if u dont believe dat, ur weird and u suck

You suck says:

Anime is pure awesomeness, fanbase however is retarded. Especially those that think they can all of a sudden speak japanese just because they watch anime. Oh and if u dont like my opinion, suck my bawlzz

yumichan says:

is death note good?

hitman reborn 1 says:

hitman reborn should be at the top and kenichi second these people who rate it do not have any common sense and are just plain old crazy
and they suck

Lilicon says:

they should make better judgement of these anime

SexyCommunistBitch says:

Okay so... death note was #1. I could see that.. but Neon Genesis should not be placed at #50 god dammit

 
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Top Recommendation: Death Note 

One of the best animes featuring a duel between two great minds.

Light Yagami is one of the top ranked students in Japan. He's brilliant and smart, yet bored. One day he finds a Death Note - a notebook with the power to kill anyone who's name is written into it. It belongs to Ryuk, a Shinigami (god of death) who dropped it into the human world to entertain himself. He's perfectly content with letting Light to play around with it.

After testing the Death Note on a local thug, Light soon casts his doubts away and starts a grandiose campaign to rid the world of all crime. However, a genius detective L is already on the track of this mysterious new killer...


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Personal comment: it's very entertaining to watch the best minds of the world trying to outwit each other, as well as Light's transformation from an innocent student to a cold blooded killer. Definitely one of the top animes in my book; it has also been holding #1 spot for a while in our list of top anime above.

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Fantasy, alchemy and wild action. Probably one of the greatest animes ever created.

Edward Elric has mechanical automail limbs instead of his right arm and left leg. His brother Alphonse is a huge, hollow metallic armor, with the blood seal inside being the only thing that binds his soul to this world. The reason they ended up this way is because the alchemist brothers broke the taboo of human transmutation: they tried to revive their dead mother.

Now Ed and Al travel around the world in search of the legendary Philosopher's Stone: the only thing that is rumored not to obey the principle of Equal Trade. With it, they should be able to regain what they lost the night they attempted to bring their mother back.


Preparations for human transmutation Al getting eaten Overused alchemy Chimera Homunculus is born Ed with a glaive Angry priests Advanced circle Alchemy power Ed and Al Gluttony Roy Mustang - Suicide Rose in Cemetery Ed and Al burn their house Alchemist battle - Edward vs Mustang

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Much more than your usual mecha series.

Renton Thurston, a fourteen year old boy is living his boring life in a small town called Bellforest with his mechanic grandfather. He is constantly teased by his peers because of the reputation of his father, Adrock Thurston, who is considered a hero by the military. Renton's life becomes even worse when his favorite reffing (a sport similar to surfing, only done in air) spot is closed off.

One day Eureka, a cute and mysterious girl crash-lands in his yard, asking him and his grandfather to fix her mecha, Nirvash. Renton ends up joining Eureka in Gekkostate, a ship of rebels led by his idol Holland.


Eureka crash landing Eureka appearing Renton and Eureka on Nirvash Gekkostate ship Nirvash, evening Gekkostate gang Renton pranked Anemone piloting theEND Renton holding Eureka Talho screaming Eureka falling Holland and Axel Eureka piloting Nirvash Skyfish flying with Nirvash Renton's house after the crash

Personal comment: my favorite anime of all time. Expect giant robots flying on surfboards, science fiction, romance, comedy, action, good old "saving the world", and amazing techno soundtracks. From the list of all anime shows I've seen, this is #1 in my top 10. [Read more about Eureka 7...]

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Princess Mononoke

Set in medieval Japan, Miyazaki's story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the spectral spirits he protects.

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Comments 

Your comments, suggestions and feedback on our top anime series list lens are welcome.

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akira24 wrote

what is that???

Reply Posted July 13, 2009

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kimsamsoner

Hi my favorite anime is shakugan no shana i want 2 vote this anime beacause very mystiruos thanks

ReplyPosted July 13, 2009

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Ayaka wrote

ONE PIECE ROCKS!!!!!!! <3 try to watch it. it gets better further and further!!!!!!!! if any information for one piece just go to watch-onepiece.com, gogoanime.com, or animefruit.com!!!

Reply Posted July 13, 2009

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great list thanks wrote

you can watch all of them @ http://www.umaianime.com
kenshin is the best of all

Reply Posted July 12, 2009

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khadijah wrote

in reply to Jesus you r wrong that naruto is suck anime its reason is that in this anime each character background is based on reality but the other animes that i have seen have not any kind of reality and in this anime there are many moral lessons which are mostly cannot be seen in other animes i think so that this is the reason that people like naruto this much that they are in ranked 2

Reply Posted July 11, 2009

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death note!!!!!! wrote

death note is the best thats why it is first and i can't wait for the live action film that is going to come out in 2011

Reply Posted July 10, 2009

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Lloyd_Sama wrote

Kyo Kara Maoh is COOL!!!!!!!

Reply Posted July 10, 2009

Lensmaster

Jesus wrote

This list amuses me, it's actually very good. This is just one website's view on anime and these are the stats for it. Everyone is freaking out for random reasons. I say to each their own, the series that I like are Full Metal Alchemist, D.Gray-Man, Bleach, Death note, Vampire knight, Gundam Seed(and destiny), Inuyasha, Hikaru no Go, Soul Eater, Ouran High School host Club, and various others. Personally I think One Piece and Naruto are the two worst things I've ever had the displeasure of seeing, they're the gayest damn series that I've seen. But that's my opinion and I can put it in caps and have a bunch of exclaimation marks, but that doesn't make it any more or less than my opinion.
So, my advice to those people is chill the fuck out. You just end up looking retarded.

Reply Posted July 09, 2009

shoopak1 wrote...

i saw the trailer of vk season 3 and it was tight and sad kind of and also
i think romantic

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ReplyPosted July 09, 2009

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asdfgh wrote

blurb blurb bluuuuuuurrrrrb blurb is the farkin best anime ever (ouran high school host club) YOU R ALL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBSSSSSSS!

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

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asdfgh wrote

blurb blurb bluuuuuuurrrrrb blurb is the farkin best anime ever (ouran high school host club) YOU R ALL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBSSSSSSS!

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

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Fumble wrote

naruto darker than berserk!!! ? hahahaha that made me laugh

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

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selma wrote

are you serious ???????????
naruto better than samurai champloo, trigun, darker than black suzumya haruhi, berseck,cowboy bebop,gungrave, better than KARAS !!!!,better than true tears !!!! and MONSTER !!!!??????
these are absolute mastepices naruto and bleach cannot even compare so shouldn't even be in the same list as these
if you don't know them please watch debause your missing something
(ps the only shonen animes that can compare to these are one piece, gintamaan soul eater )
(2 PS the best anime of all times is GUNGRAVE although i came across many animations but the moment i watched this animation it somehow felt very real and indeed the truth about life has been revealed in this animation.Man i cant even think of something else but of gun grave.A Real TRAGEDY of life.truly a real one and the worst one i have ever seen in my entire life

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

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im god bitch!!!!!! wrote

in reply to luvthemm!!!! you are so right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

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i am god bitch! wrote

gurren lagann is by far the best anime ever!!!!!!

Reply Posted July 08, 2009

 
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