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Top Ten Popular Anime

Cowboy ​Bebop​
Cowboy ​Bebop​

Cowboy Bebop is a 1998 anime television series animated by Sunrise featuring a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, character designer Toshihiro Kawamoto, mechanical designer Kimitoshi Yamane, and composer Yoko Kanno.

Dragon Ball​
Dragon Ball​

The anime is extremely popular among children in both japan and the west, and this makes pokemon one of the most popular anime to have ever run. Naruto The second coming of dragon ball z. The author being inspired by the dragon ball series, he created his own fighting shounen manga, wich was adapted into an anime.

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Code Geass​
Code Geass​

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, often referred to as simply Code Geass, is a Japanese anime series created by Sunrise, directed by Gorō Taniguchi, and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with original character designs by manga authors Clamp.

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Fullmetal ​Alchemist: Brotherhood​
Fullmetal ​Alchemist: Brotherhood​

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is an alternate retelling of Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist manga that is closer to the source material than the previous 2003 adaptation, this time covering the entire story. On March 31, 2016, FUNimation Entertainment's license to the series expired.

Neon Genesis ​Evangelion​
Neon Genesis ​Evangelion​

30 Reasons "Evangelion" Is Still The Greatest Anime EVER After several contenders and imitators, Neon Genesis Evangelion remains untouchable. SPOILERS ahead

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Gurren ​Lagann​
Gurren ​Lagann​

Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, is an anime series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It was also directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima.

Naruto ​Shippūden​
Naruto ​Shippūden​

Naruto: Shippuden (Naruto -ナルト- 疾風伝, Naruto Shippūden, lit. "Naruto: Hurricane Chronicles"), developed by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date, is the sequel to the original Naruto anime; it corresponds to Part II of the manga.

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Angel Beats!​
Angel Beats!​

Angel Beats! is an original anime that was created by screenplay writer Jun Maeda and directed by Seiji Kishi. A manga adaptation was later released by Jun Maeda and published by ASCII Media Works in Dengeki G's Magazine.

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Kill la Kill​
Kill la Kill​

Anime fandom academics Charles Dunbar and Kit Flowerstorm argue convincingly that Kill La Kill‘s narrative arc is a political allegory for Japanese-U.S. relations, and the lessons Japan needs to learn in order to maintain its autonomy and survive into the future.

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Psycho-Pass​
Psycho-Pass​

Psycho Pass is quite a popular anime IMO as it belongs to sci-fi, futuristic genre. It is quite interesting and thrilling to watch the anime. It is quite interesting and thrilling to watch the anime.

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Samurai ​Champloo​
Samurai ​Champloo​

Top 15 Best Samurai Anime of All Time Samurai are probably one of the most well-known aspects of Japanese history and culture, which also makes them a highly sought after theme in the anime world. To check them out in action, here are 15 of the best samurai anime.

Puella Magi ​Madoka Magica​
Puella Magi ​Madoka Magica​

Looking for information on the anime Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database.

Case Closed​
Case Closed​

Detective Conan is known as "Case Closed" in North America. The name "Case Closed" results from concerns of copyright conflict of the name Detective Conan. Viz Media licensed the manga series under the name for English-language publication in North America, which is up to Volume 66 as of April 10, 2018.

Dragon Ball ​Super​
Dragon Ball ​Super​

Dragon Ball Super is set before the end of Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball Z ends with a flash-forward to a new tournament, and Goku abandoning his family to go train a reincarnated Uub. But as we learned in a statement from Toriyama, the series will begin about six months after the original defeat of Kid Buu.

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Steins;Gate​
Steins;Gate​

Beer stein (/ ˈ s t aɪ n / STYNE), or simply stein, is an English neologism for either traditional beer mugs made out of stoneware, or specifically ornamental beer mugs that are usually sold as souvenirs or collectibles.

Anohana: The ​Flower We Saw That Day​
Anohana: The ​Flower We Saw That Day​

Looking for information on the anime Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. (anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database.

Guilty Crown​
Guilty Crown​

Guilty Crown is the perfect example of an interesting premise going wrong. It is a very formulatic show : following every damn cliches in anime history. It seems Production I.G tried really hard to make something revolutionary. It is revolutionary ; this anime completely changed my opinion of what a poorly written plot is. And not only the plot, the characters are mostly one-dimensional, and some of them bipolar.

Sword Art ​Online​
Sword Art ​Online​

Sword Art Online is without a doubt in the top 5 Anime Created and definitely the best of its Age. Incredible story especially in Season 1. The best set of Characters in any anime I've seen, especially with the likes of Kirito, Asuna, Klein and so many more recognizable amazing characters.

Bleach​
Bleach​

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Clannad​
Clannad​

The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed the Clannad anime series, and ADV Films localized and distributed the television series and the OVA starting with the first half season box set consisting of 12 episodes with English subtitles, Japanese audio, and no English language track, which was released on March 3, 2009.

Hunter x ​Hunter​
Hunter x ​Hunter​

Hunter x Hunter is one of, what I think, few anime/manga that actually have an character development. All of the characters have good and bad sides and strive to always make themselves better while thinking about their bad sides too.

Fruits Basket​
Fruits Basket​

Looking for information on the anime Fruits Basket? ... Let's learn more and take a look at 15 most popular shoujo anime on MAL! by FreeNightFalls.

Pokémon​
Pokémon​

The anime is extremely popular among children in both japan and the west, and this makes pokemon one of the most popular anime to have ever run. Naruto The second coming of dragon ball z.

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One Piece ​(JP)​
One Piece ​(JP)​

In June 2002, Animage readers voted One Piece to be the 16th best new anime of the year 2001, and gave it another 16th place in 2004 in the category Favorite Anime Series. In a 2005 web poll by Japanese television network TV Asahi One Piece was voted 6th most popular animated TV series.

Dragon Ball ​GT​
Dragon Ball ​GT​

As a result, when compared to Dragonball Z and even Dragonball, Dragonball GT tended to have fewer fans, was considered to be the least favorite of the 3, and at best was pretended by many to have never existed by many.

Baccano!​
Baccano!​

Baccano! is based on Ryohgo Narita's award-winning light novels of the same title and mainly adapts the first 4 novels. While more faithful to the first 3 novels, the 4th novel (1932) is followed more loosely and is mostly an anime-exclusive story. In addition, content from later novels is briefly included in the anime as well.

Mobile Suit ​Gundam Wing​
Mobile Suit ​Gundam Wing​

If nobody includes Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt in their all time top 5 anime then they’re crazy. Not intensely story driven because it happens towards the end of the UC era, but even its short story of only 7 episodes (they sneak a 70 minute movie in there as well for a total of 8 “episodes”) does a good job of character development and has incredible action sequences. On top of all that it has a sountrack that competes with Cowboy Bebop and Samura Champloo.

Ghost in the ​Shell: S
Ghost in the ​Shell: S

Ghost in the Shell (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊, Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai, "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a Japanese media franchise originally published as a seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

Yu-Gi-Oh! ​Duel Monsters​
Yu-Gi-Oh! ​Duel Monsters​

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Blood+​
Blood+​

Sure, a lot of anime have degrees of violence in them, but these shows will really gross you out with torn limbs, spewed blood, and whatever other awful things you can think of. In gory zombie anime or action anime TV shows like Attack on Titan, you'll see people being eaten alive.

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Kino's ​Journey​
Kino's ​Journey​

Kino's Journey is a collection of societal parables, told through the eyes of a wanderer who visits countries and observes them. Kino, the main character, takes a somewhat prime directive stance toward the civilizations, although she is sometimes coaxed to interfere out of compassion.

Eureka Seven​
Eureka Seven​

Eureka Seven, known in Japan as Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven (Japanese: 交響詩篇エウレカセブン, Hepburn: Kōkyōshihen Eureka Sebun, lit. "Symphonic Psalms Eureka Seven"), is a 2005 Japanese anime series created by Bones.

Yuri on Ice​
Yuri on Ice​

Yuri on Ice is the most-tweeted anime show of fall 2016, according to a report from analytics company Kadokawa Ascii Research Laboratories. Over 1.4 million tweets were posted about Yuri on Ice between Nov. 24 and Dec. 14, compared to just 348,109 about the second most popular show, volleyball anime Haikyu.

source: dailydot.com
Love Live!​
Love Live!​

School Idol Project is a part of the "Love Live!" multimedia franchise, co-developed with Dengeki G's Magazine. In 2015, idol group μ's was Japan's eighth best-selling musical act, selling over eight hundred thousand CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays.

Ergo Proxy​
Ergo Proxy​

Ergo Proxy is a highly experimental show, and just like all shows of that kind it always divides the viewers into two camps: while the ones enjoy its complex story and thought-provoking symbolism, the others fiercely criticize it for "pretentiousness" or simply scratch their heads in perplexity, wondering what this whole thing is supposed to mean.

Deadman ​Wonderland​
Deadman ​Wonderland​

Deadman Wonderland adapts the first 5 volumes of Kazuma Kondou's and Jinsei Kataoka's manga series of the same name. Some characters from the manga were not featured in the anime, notably the then minor character Azami Midou and the gay crossdressing character Masaru Sukegawa.

Serial ​Experiments Lain​
Serial ​Experiments Lain​

Serial Experiments Lain falls in the latter category and for this reason Serial Experiments Lain stands out as a true classic. Serial Experiments Lain pushes the envelope of what the perceived notion of what can be done with television as a medium.

Mobile Suit ​Gundam SEED​
Mobile Suit ​Gundam SEED​

In every Gundam series the mobile suite are all 58-63 feet tall and 28-32 tons heavy nothing that big and heavy can move in reality from a mechanical point of view, unless of course you manage to warp the gravity around the mech (witch ahab reactor do in this series).

Dennō Coil​
Dennō Coil​

Dennō Coil (電脳コイル, Dennō Koiru, lit. Electronic Brain Coil or Computer Coil), Coil—A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality (AR) technology has just begun to enter the mainstream.

Turn A ​Gundam​
Turn A ​Gundam​

If nobody includes Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt in their all time top 5 anime then they’re crazy. Not intensely story driven because it happens towards the end of the UC era, but even its short story of only 7 episodes (they sneak a 70 minute movie in there as well for a total of 8 “episodes”) does a good job of character development and has incredible action sequences.

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Chobits​
Chobits​

Chobits was adapted as a 26-episode-long anime television series broadcast on TBS and Animax from April to September 2002. In addition, it has spawned two video games as well as various merchandise such as figurines, collectable cards, calendars, and artbooks.

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Future Boy ​Conan​
Future Boy ​Conan​

(Granted I liked urusei yatsura a lot) Future Boy Conan is based of the book The Incredible Tide and has been translated to almost every language you can think of. It is directed to young adults with the overall theme similar of other anime in the time about how war and fighting is atrocious and there are no winners.

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Kabaneri of ​the Iron Fortress​
Kabaneri of ​the Iron Fortress​

Looking for information on the anime Koutetsujou no Kabaneri (Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. The world is in the midst of the industrial revolution when horrific creatures emerge from a mysterious virus, ripping through the flesh of humans to sate their never-ending appetite.

Mobile Suit ​Gundam SEED Destiny​
Mobile Suit ​Gundam SEED Destiny​

Appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn; Episodes: OVA 7; Aired: Feb 20, 2010 to May 17, 2014; Unicorn is the only full-psycoframe mobile suit on this list. Before, I mentioned that the Destiny was built to maximize range of movement and flexibility. Well, the Unicorn takes movement and responsiveness to a whole new level.

Speed Racer​
Speed Racer​

In addition, a Speed Racer daily comic strip written and drawn by Mort Todd ran in the New York Post from 2000-2001. IGN ranked the original Speed Racer series at #29 on its "Best 100 Animated Series" list.

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Mobile Suit ​Gundam UC​
Mobile Suit ​Gundam UC​

Top 10 Best Gundam Series of All Time – Anime ... Top 10 Gundam Pilots OR Top 10 Most Powerful Gundam Suits. Mobile Suit ... it does draw a conclusion to the UC era ...

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Mobile Suit ​Gundam 00​
Mobile Suit ​Gundam 00​

If nobody includes Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt in their all time top 5 anime then they’re crazy. Not intensely story driven because it happens towards the end of the UC era, but even its short story of only 7 episodes (they sneak a 70 minute movie in there as well for a total of 8 “episodes”) does a good job of character development and has incredible action sequences.

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Dragon Pilot: ​Hisone and Masotan​
Dragon Pilot: ​Hisone and Masotan​

Dragon Pilot: Hisone to Masotan is quite literally the season's quiet-springer, seeing it as the less popular, lesser well-known series against many heavy hitters, the sleeper surprise hit. And surprise (more) surprise, it's studio Bones leading the production, an original one at that.

Mr. Osomatsu​
Mr. Osomatsu​

Looking for information on the anime Osomatsu-san (Mr. Osomatsu)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. The majority of the Matsuno household is comprised of six identical siblings: self-centered leader Osomatsu, manly Karamatsu, voice of reason Choromatsu, cynical Ichimatsu, hyperactive Juushimatsu, and lovable Todomatsu.

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