Anime is one of the biggest forms of entertainment in the world right now, with cult classics
like Naruto, Deathnote and One Piece, fans have been fighting over which anime is the
best for as long as anime was a thing. As an anime fan myself i was intrigued to see
what i would put on this list so i hope your favourite made it. THese are the Top 10 Best
Animes Of All Time. Please dont hate me if yours isnt on it, this is objective.
Starting us off with number 10 is Naruto. I dont think this anime list would do any
fan justice if i didnt start off with Naruto. Named the 4th best selling manga series in
history, This ones a bit tough because some people think Naruto is better than its sequel
Naruto Shippuden and vice versa. Why not love both? The manga is split into 2 parts which
is why the show also has 2 parts. Naruto focuses on the lives and times of a young ninja called
Naruto Uzumaki His goal in life is to become Hokage (hoe-ka-gay) which makes him the leader
of his village and the strongest person there. Naruto represents part 1 of the manga and
details his preteen years, right before he was born the demon Kyuubi is sealed inside
of him which makes his life in the village hard. The struggle is real for him but hes
always optimistic. The villains are also so enjoyable evil in this anime that its crazy.
Naruto Shippuden is Part 2 and starts off 2 and a half years after the events of Naruto,
hes older now, hes more confident and frankly the plot is darker, more mature and a lot
more violent. Part 1 is more character focused and part 2 is more plot focused if that makes
sense. Coming in at number 9 is One Piece. I think
this was the first anime i ever heard of, my best friends used to watch it all the time
when i was a kid and i had no idea what it was except for the fact it has like 1000 episodes.
And that is not an exaggeration, the anime first aired in 1999 and currently has 945
episodes. The plot follows Luffy (loo-fee) who’s wanted to be a pirate ever since he
could remember, years pass and he accidentally acquires the properties of rubber when he
eats a supernatural gum gum fruit. He founded the pirate crew Straw Hat Pirates and is one
of their top fighters. The entire plot follows him and his ragtag friends in their quest
of trying to find the most valuable treasure in the world known as ‘one piece’. Finding
it makes the person the next Pirate King which means unlimited freedom in this world. And
its not just him who wants to find it, hes part of the Grand Age of Pirates all of whom
want the title. The guy has gone against so many leaders, fleets, the world government
and so on, the more dangerous he becomes the higher the bounty is for him. And as you can
imagine, a lot of people would want that bounty so a lot of people are after him. Thats the
overarching plot but with that many episodes there are so many side plots and more and
its actually funny too. Its one piece cmon just watch it.
At number 8 we have Cowboy Bebop. Critics have dubbed this anime a masterpiece. The
scifi story brought in a lot of western viewers at the start of the century which kind of
served as a gateway for the western world. Set in the year 2071, the plot follows a group
of bounty hunters as they travel through space in their spacecraft ‘bebop’. 50 years
prior there had been a terrible accident which made earth basically uninhabitable and so
they moved to other planets. Crime starts getting out of hand so the Solar System Police
is formed and bounty hunters help them keep peace in the galaxy. The plot focuses on Spike
who's a former hitman and his rival Vicious, as well as the other hunters. It really gets
into the characters complicated emotions, its just relatable, like the feeling of just
being bored everyday, thinking about the mistakes youve made in the past, the people youve killed,
the loneliness, the anime really touches on everything. Even in terms of genre, people
call it the jack of all trades anime and that theres something in it for everyone. Its mostly
sci-fi, western and noir inspired and the artwork is sick.
Filling our number 7 slot is Bleach. This one is also mega long with 16 seasons, 366
episodes and its dark. But we all like a bit of dark dont we? The story follows high school
student Kurosaki Ichigo who accidentally gains the ability to see ghosts. So yes he does
see dead people. His family gets attacked by a Hollow which is just an evil ghost that
will kill you. A soul reaper named Rukia (ruh-kee-a) swoops in and tries to save the family and
ends up getting injured and unable to finish her job. So Kurosaki takes her powers and
becomes like a substitute soul reaper but you dont just become one out of nowhere, you
have to train. He joins up with his classmates who have cool powers of their own and they
go and hunt Hollows. Its just very adventure filled and interesting, despite it being so
long it does always keep you engaged. Its very similar to the Sixth Sense.
Now at number 6 is Dragon Ball Z. Again another household name and fan favourite that really
needs no introduction. Aired in 1989, Dragon Ball Z is the sequel to its predecessor Dragon
Ball and they follow the character of Goku (go-koo). The first one follows Goku through
childhood into adulthood and the sequel starts 5 years after the events of the last one.
Goku is basically a saiyan (say-an) which is an alien race, and hes sent to earth as
a baby to destroy it. When he lands he hits his head and forgets all about it and then
his dad raises him and he ends up being good. Its a martial arts anime so yes theres a lot
of fighting sequences, flash attacks and theyre not easy fights. Goku will literally wait
till his opponents at their strongest to fight them. Dragon Ball Z follows Goku as an adult
as well as the life of his son Gohan (g0-haan). Goku has to defend earth from getting destroyed
by a number of different enemies like Freiza (freeza), androids and majins which are like
magical creatures. Its so long and its so well loved and it was actually one of the
few animes that aired on North American TV as well.
Coming in at number 5 is My Hero Academia. Che actually loves this one and hes wanted
me to watch it for so long but i had way too many on my list so i havent gotten to it yet.
It was voted as the best manga last year and one of the best animes of the decade. This
superhero anime follows the life of Izuku Midoriya (ih-zoo-koo mi-doriya) who actually
has no powers, which sucks in a world where everyone now has them. And its just the norm.
And just to give you an insight as to how vast this world is, its hard to find 2 people
with the same quirk or power, the potential of their quirks are so wide that youre surprised
everytime you learn of another one. And ofc where there are heroes, there are many villains
as well. Regardless, Izuku still wants to be a hero and idolises a hero called All Might.
Turns out All Might has an injury which no one knows about. He passes his quirk to the
kid after he sees the potential he could have and then he enters hero school and im sure
you can imagine the rest. At number 4 is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.
So ive seen the original 2003 FMA but i actually havent seen Brotherhood which everyone thinks
is a lot better. A lot of animes loosely follow the mangas theyre based off of, some take
inspiration from the mangas, but FMA brotherhood is an anime that follows the manga very closely.
The plot follows Edward and Alphonse Elric whos dad was an extraordinary alchemist. One
day while they’re still young, their dad abandons the family and their mum Trisha raises
them. As they grow you can see both brothers gaining an interest in alchemy and wanting
to do it themselves. Eventually their mum dies and they travel the world getting better
at alchemy and they decide they want to bring their mum back. But transmutation in alchemy
works with objects, not people and it goes horribly wrong. Alphonse's body is completely
gone so is Eds left leg. His soul remains however and with automail parts he becomes
the armoured knight that he is. The anime then basically follows them to when they train
to become State alchemists and eventually in their quest for the philosophers stone
so they can finally get their bodies back. Filling our number 3 slot is Pokemon. And
im not saying this for its incredible artwork, im saying it for the pure legacy its left
behind. Everyone grew up with pokemon, watching it, playing it, collecting the cards, that
transitioned into the digital age with Pokemon Go. its so influential which is why it will
always stay in the top 3 best animes ever for all of time. It aired in 1997 and is still
going so there are a lot of plotlines, the anime is split into 7 series’ but each one
Ash Ketchum and obviously Pikachu. Ashes dream is to become a pokemon master and so the series
follows him fighting in different pokemon battle tournaments aka the pokemon league.
Pokemon was so popular worldwide that animes popularity shot up. The 2 highest grossing
anime films in the US are both pokemon if that proves anything to you.
Now at number 2 is Death Note. Voted as the Best TV Anime in 2007, as the number 1 anime
series of all time, and with a 9.5 rating on IGN, Death Note is one of the most famous
animes to ever exist. Even if youre not into anime or have ever watched it, you have heard
of Death Note. So as you can probably guess from the title, the story is about a teenage
prodigy called Light Yagami (ya-ga-mee) who finds a notebook called, you guessed it, the
Death Note. The book has the ability to kill anyone whose name you write inside of it and
thats because it belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk beforehand which is this supernatural
death god. The shinigami is honestly just bored and is like yknow what i wonder what
happens if a human finds this notebook. The plot follows Light as he uses the book to
kill people he thinks arent worthy of life, like murderers, evil people and so on. His
aim is to rid the world of crime but hes not a good heroic guy. Of course his rampage has
consequences and an elite force of officers are tasked with stopping him. It’s only
37 episodes and i know for a fact they made a live action movie of it too which I refuse
to watch cus i just know its gonna be done terribly. BUT the anime is so worth watching.
And finally at number 1 is Attack On Titan. Omg i have so many things to say, i just finished
watching it last week and its become my favourite anime ive seen so far. Voted as the best action
anime, and the one that you guys always recommended to me the most when i first started watching
anime, Attack On Titan is just amazing. Like i dont even have the words. The plot centers
around Eren Jaeger and his best friends Mikasa and Armin. The story is set in a world where
humans are contained within 3 walls protected from human eating titans that live outside
the wall. Some of these titans are small like 3meters tall and others are freakin gigantic.
It starts with Erens hometown getting overrun by titans and his mother getting eaten. Eren
and his friends then train and join the Scout Regiment which is a branch of the military
tasked to go out and collect information on titans and kill as many as possible. But its
not just action, theres so much underlying politics going on, corruption within the different
military branches, the friendships will make you cry, the plot twists will freakin shock
you and its just so so good.