Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Top 50 Best Anime For The 21st Century


For those who are wondering what is the best anime nowdays, well, the NicoNicoDouga fellow otaku have listed out 50 of the best anime from 21st century to date. The ranking are based on a composite of “title/production/story power,” “character power” and “anime music power”:

1. Bakemonogatari

 
2. Clannad 

 
3. To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
4. AIR
5. Angel Beats! 
6. Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi

 
7. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
8. Ano Hi Mita Hana 

 
9. Toradora

 
10. K-ON!
11. To Aru Majutsu no Index 
12. FMA
13. Lucky Star
14. Code Geass 

 
15. Steins;Gate
16. Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
17. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 
18. Macross F
19. Natsume’s Book of Friends

 
20. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 

 
21. Ore no Imouto
22. Gintama
23. Hayate no Gotoku 

 
24. Minamike
25. Full Metal Panic
26. Eureka Seven 
27. Shakugan no Shana
28. Spirited Away
29. Grave of the Fireflies 
30. Sora no Otoshimono

 
31. Working!!
32. Gurren Lagann 
33. Ghost in the Shell
34. Fate stay/night
35. Infinite Stratos 
36. Rozen Maiden

 
37. Amagami SS
38. One Piece 
39. Seitokai no Ichizon

 
40. Aria
41. Garei Zero 
42. Gundam Seed
43. Durarara!!
44. Naruto 
45. Zero no Tsukaima
46. Milky Holmes

 
47. Hanasaku Iroha 
48. Tiger & Bunny

 
49. Shinryaku! Ika Musume
50. Sousei no Aquarion
 Bakemonogatari also won the best music, while the classic Clannad win the best title and Railgun with best character.

Some of the titles I've never seen before, luckily there's no Ecchi genre anime in there, like Kiss x Sis or Queens Blade or Seikon No Quaser. I wonder what happened to Bleach.....