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Mine:

  1. Violet Evergarden

  2. Spirited Away

  3. A Place Further Than The Universe

  4. Gintama

  5. Steins;Gate

  6. Frieren

  7. Fruits Basket (2019)

  8. Tsurune S2

  9. Your Name

  10. Your Lie in April

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[–] Spiritgaming28@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Here are mine's:

1.Chainsaw man

2.Cyberpunk Edgerunners

3.Jujutsu Kaisen

4.Undead Unluck

5.Transformers Armada

6.Jojo's Buzzard Adventure

7.Mashle

8.Kill la kill

9.Fruits Basket

10.Ninja Kamui

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Based Undead Unluck enjoyer

[–] Endmaker@ani.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Here's my list of top 10 anime.

Saved you a click (roughly ordered by release date):

  • K-On - I didn't think that I would be into the Cute-Girls-Doing-Cute-Things subgenre. K-On changed my mind.
  • Konosuba - I enjoyed it so much that I had to check out its source material, making Konosuba the first Japanese light novel I've read.
  • Cells at work! - It is entertaining and educational. Apparently, the information presented is accurate too.
  • Cautious Hero

Cautious Hero mild meta / non-plot spoilerIts plot twist caught me off guard the most in anime.

  • The Demon Girl Next Door - I didn't think I would be into the Magical Girl genre. TDGND changed my mind.
  • 86 - It left such a deep impression on me; possibly my top anime. Also, it is my favourite "Gundam" show.
  • Belle - This is my favourite anime movie.
  • The Witch from Mercury - It brought me back into anime after a long hiatus. Without WfM, I may not have watch a number of other top anime.
  • 100 Girlfriends - Its source material is the only long-running manga that I'm following. Also, it's quite possibly the only good harem anime.
  • Frieren - It is The Lord of the Rings of anime. I daresay it is the best produced anime so far.

Here are other 10/10 anime that didn't make the list.

Some reasons for some of them not being among my top 10:

  • they are not as special - see reasoning above
  • they do not have consistently 10/10 seasons - e.g. Bofuri season 1 vs season 2
  • they lack rewatchability for me - I have rewatched at least some scenes, if not whole episodes or seasons, of my top 10 anime
  • they are simply not as entertaining as my top 10

Right now, the anime that has a shot at making it into my top 10 is Medalist. It could very well be my first 10/10, and my favourite, sport anime.

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[–] XenBad@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Some of these I haven’t watched in a while, so the order could be different after rewatching them:

  1. March comes in like a lion
  2. Spirited Away
  3. Hunter x Hunter
  4. Kaguya-sama: Love is War
  5. Made in Abyss
  6. Oshi No Ko
  7. Delicious in Dungeon
  8. Ascendance of a Bookworm
  9. The Dangers in My Heart
  10. Your Lie in April

I like drama and slice of life the most.

[–] Lazhward@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I have 24 anime on my list with a max score, used to watch a lot but haven't watched in a long time. 10 of my favorites in alphabetical order, trying to also pick some lesser known ones:

  1. Chihayafuru
  2. Fuujin Monogatari (Windy Tales)
  3. Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight
  4. Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku
  5. Katanagatari
  6. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
  7. Ping Pong The Animation
  8. Serial Experiments Lain
  9. Uchouten Kazoku
  10. Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (Tatami Galaxy)
[–] XenBad@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Based Chihayafuru, shame that it seems to have stopped like half way through the manga.

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[–] JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm still relatively new to anime, having hated on it for my entire life until I actually gave it a chance in 2021, so keep that in mind with my list. I also have a hard time going in numeric order so these are my unordered top 10.

  • Ghost in the Shell (the whole franchise)
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes (specifically Die Neue These)
  • Attack on Titan
  • Spy Family
  • Anything by Makoto Shinkai (especially Suzume)
  • A Silent Voice
  • A Sign of Affection (don't judge me)
  • My Happy Marriage (again, don't judge me)
  • Demon Slayer (reluctantly)

I say reluctantly on Demon Slayer because I have my criticisms of it, but the animation and the overall concept are really enjoyable. I just don't like the super tropey "WaTeRbReAtHiNg 254th FoRm! MeNtAl ExPlAnATiOnS!" thing. I know that's pretty common in anime but as a writer and former hater, that still drives me nuts. Show, don't tell.

As for the two "don't judge me" ones, I say that jokingly because my preferences are typically for mature, complex narratives more than romance stories but I feel like both of those are really maturely-written for romance anime. A Sign of Affection was utterly wholesome and My Happy Marriage's Cinderella archetype with magic systems and mild political drama is pretty fun, especially given how gorgeous the art is.

As for GITS, that was my gateway to anime in general. After loving Cyberpunk 2077, I wanted more cyberpunk-themed media. GITS was one of the top recommendations so I decided to break down my barrier and check it out. It ended up completely changing the paradigm for me when it came to anime and it's still probably my number 1 simply because it's so heavily philosophical and beautifully-made.

LOGH Die Neue These was a funny one for me because one of the first anime shows I ever had recommended to me was the original one from the 80s. I couldn't find anywhere to watch it (legally) and so I never really gave it a go until I got a Crunchyroll sub for a bit in late 2022/early 2023. I ended up semi-bingeing it and I really loved it, the story was great and the setting had all the right classic Star Wars vibes for me (but with a more complex plot behind it all).

AoT became a favorite for me because I was looking for something to give me at least some of the same vibes that Avatar: The Last Airbender did, in terms of the epic scope of it all. Aside from a very awful first half of season 4 (screw Gabi), I really loved that one.

A Silent Voice is a masterpiece, not just of anime, but of storytelling. Not many stories can deliver me a true gut punch but that one did. Same with Shinkai's works, all of the ones I've seen have been phenomenal stories with some of the prettiest art and animation I've ever seen.

Bebop is pretty self-explanatory given its reputation. Aside from a semi-underwhelming finale, the world building was great, the art is still some of my favorite and the plot was remarkably well-written.

Finally, we have Spy Family, which is just about the funniest and most wholesome piece of media I've ever seen. That one, I've even succeeded in getting some family members into, to the point where I didn't even have to see Code White alone because they wanted to see it.

[–] JayGray91@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Considering all the other 9 anime you listed, Demon Slayer getting in your list as one of the more generic shounen anime plot / storytelling wise is a miracle in my opinion.

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[–] clot27@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

No particular order

  1. Naruto
  2. Death note
  3. Full metal alchemist brother hood
  4. Apothecary diaries
  5. Attack on titan
  6. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
  7. Solo leveling
  8. 86
  9. Monster
  10. Pokemon
[–] clot27@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Didnt included movies, otherwise most ghibli movies would be there

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