The Top 50 Anime Of Japan

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Released by Japans Agency for Cultural Affairs, who also released the recent Top 50 Manga of Japan, and very much like last year’s poll of top 100 anime of 2006, is a list of the top 100 anime in Japan. To much delight over those who complained of 2006 top list (although conducted by a different entity) this list has both series and movies. See how your favorite’s fair, just dont expect the newer series to beat the timeless classics.

The top 10:

  1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  3. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
  4. Mobile Suit Gundam
  5. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
  6. Mushi-shi
  7. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
  8. My Neighbor Totoro
  9. Fullmetal Alchemist
  10. Ghost in the shell

The full top 50 after the break!

  1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  2. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
  3. Laputa: Castle in the Sky
  4. Mobile Suit Gundam
  5. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
  6. Mushi-shi
  7. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex
  8. My Neighbor Totoro
  9. Fullmetal Alchemist
  10. Ghost in the shell
  11. Dragon Ball
  12. Princess Mononoke
  13. AKIRA
  14. Spirited Away
  15. Doraemon
  16. Fullmetal Alchemist-Conqueror of Shamballa
  17. Porco Rosso
  18. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
  19. Crayon Shin-chan
  20. Gundam: Chars Counterattack
  21. Card Captor Sakura
  22. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
  23. Kamichu!
  24. Mobile Police Patlabor 2: the Movie
  25. Z Gundam
  26. Voices of a Distant Star
  27. Mobile Police Patlabor
  28. Galaxy Express 999
  29. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
  30. Manga Nippon Mukashi Banashi
  31. Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Appare! Sengoku Daikassen (movie)
  32. Grave of the Fireflies
  33. Conan, The Boy in Future
  34. Howls Moving Castle
  35. Space Battleship Yamato
  36. Wings of Honneamise
  37. Slam Dunk
  38. Sailor Moon
  39. Gundam SEED
  40. Sgt. Frog
  41. Gunbuster
  42. Doraemon (Movie Series)
  43. Brave Series
  44. Cowboy Bebop
  45. Samurai 7
  46. Martian Successor Nadesico
  47. Heidi, Girl of the Alps
  48. Urusei Yatsura
  49. Astro Boy
  50. Lupin III (original TV series)

There was also a write-in section in the poll, which gave the most diligent a chance to vote for virtually any title every created, the results might please a lot since it includes much newer material, the classics didnt stand a chance!

  1. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
  2. Cowboy Bebop
  3. The Twelve Kingdoms
  4. Planetes
  5. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  6. Rozen Maiden
  7. AIR
  8. ARIA
  9. Eureka Seven
  10. S-CRY-ed

Do you agree? Rant in the comments!

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14 Replies to "The Top 50 Anime Of Japan"

  1. Link says:

    I despise Neon Genisis Evangelion. Most of these I’ve never seen though. Out of the one’s I have seen, I like two of them. Most I don’t like.

  2. Khaim says:

    I DO NOT like Full Metal Alchem

  3. Link says:

    @Khaim
    Fullmetal is actually one of the ones I like.

  4. Ive never been a huge fan of evangelion myself, it was a cool series but Ive always think its overrated. Ive seen most of these, pretty much all the classics, so for once Im satisfied with the list.

  5. Kikimaru says:

    So basically, Studio Ghibli PWNS Japanese animation.
    Yeah… didn’t see that one coming! =P

    But nice to see the kids/otaku vote for Oharumi-sama, yay ^_^

  6. Ben 'FBINinja' Schmidt says:

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps!1!!
    FUCK YEAH SEAKING

  7. c14 says:

    wow this is the worth list i seen mostly all off them and im not a big fan of Evangelion or FMA but i guess the are huge in japan so wat ever

  8. Daffy Duck says:

    Existance is akin to a bag, it is always empty and always full, there is something in it. It sent a dog running to its master and spilt beer on its master, the master yelled “hey dog , cant you see im playing guitar”

  9. Evangeline02 says:

    waw awesome evangelion ^^

  10. bubba says:

    aww no death note?

  11. cornollio says:

    i love FMA but i dont see Naruto…….

  12. TsukiYume says:

    Nice to see The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya still holding strong ^^

  13. Kiba says:

    Why in God’s name isn’t Wolf’s Rain in the top 50!?!?!?!

  14. yoshii says:

    ummm… that list is soooo old wtf..no VK.no NARUTO. no VH. no DN. no CG…wut a waste of time


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