Hi, this is Kevin from Suki Desu and in this article I want to talk about my 10 favorite animes. For this, I prepared 2 options, a video for those who don’t like to read and a complete and detailed article.
First, I would like to warn that I don’t want to put them in order or ranking of the best animes. It’s just that the first ones that appear have a higher value than the last ones on the list, but I find it impossible to decide a first and second place since they are different genres.
Also, remember that this article is my opinion; you can be sure that I will list quite a few unknown animes in this list and some honorable mentions. I hope you like it and also leave your list in the comments.
Besides the list, I also made a video on my channel. I’m better at writing than speaking, but I made an effort and it took days to make this simple edit, so I hope you enjoy:
Table of Contents
My top five favorite animes
The animes below are the ones I have the most difficulty choosing a position for.
Steins;Gate – The best time travel anime
Steins;Gate – This anime is based on a Visual Novel by Nitroplus and 5pb and its first season was released in 2011 by the studio WhiteFox. The first 11 episodes are slow and may be boring for some, but I don’t know any human being who has finished this anime and hasn’t placed it among their top 10.
For me, Steins;Gate is the best anime of drama, comedy, suspense, action, romance, psychological, and time travel that exists on the face of the earth. It manages to surprise beyond what you expect, even with its movie and new season that tells an alternative timeline as good as the first.
The synopsis seems simple, as I don’t want to give spoilers. It’s about a group of friends where the protagonist is a bit crazy and discovers a way to travel through time. Trust me! Watch it and survive until episode 12! You won’t regret it!
Uchuu Kyoudai – Space Brothers – Brothers in Space
We have already talked about it here on the site, one of the best animes that no one knows. Uchuu Kyoudai is a manga written by Chūya Koyama and received the anime by the studio A1 Picture in 2012 with 99 episodes.
Without a doubt, Uchuu Kyoudai is one of the best slice of life with suspense, comedy, and action that I have watched in my entire life. Watching this anime is comforting and makes you want to watch the next episode, which was tough since only one fansub was subtitling it, and they took their time to do so.
This anime is aimed at the Seinen (young adult) audience and tells the story of 2 brothers with a dream of becoming astronauts. Despite having a simple synopsis, the anime surprises and made it to my list of favorite animes!
I strongly recommend you give this masterpiece a chance! Its success in Japan was so great that every week it competed for the top spot in the Japanese ranking, and it even received a quality Live Action.
Hunter x Hunter – My favorite shonen
Hunter x Hunter is a very popular masterpiece; there isn’t much to add. However, Hunter x Hunter was one of the few trendy shounen animes that attracted me, as I was never interested in Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece.
This work was written by Yoshihiro Togashi since 1998 and is still ongoing, despite the gigantic hiatuses. It has received 2 adaptations for anime, which divide different opinions; I prefer the new version by MadHouse released in 2011.
The anime tells the story of a young boy named Gon who is searching for his father and takes a test to become a Hunter and gain various privileges. He joins a group of friends, and thousands of different things happen. The anime is very good, especially in the other arcs where the story advances in unimaginable ways like most shonen.
Detective Conan – One of the greatest animes of all time
Detective Conan is a classic that has been airing since 1996 and is written by the mangaka Gosho Aoyama. This phenomenon of Japanese TV has surpassed 800 episodes and 20 movies, and manages to be the best investigation and suspense anime, outperforming American series of the genre.
Despite its childish nature and somewhat repetitive style, every episode is a different case, even though the work has a main story that seems to be one of the greatest conspiracies in the universe. This is one of those animes that even my mom watches; it teaches many things about Japanese culture. Perhaps this work is responsible for making the Japanese so intelligent.
FullMetal Alchemist Brotherhood
Fullmetal was basically the first anime I watched with subtitles and followed weekly. I think most people already know this one since it occupies the first place on MAL. It had 2 anime versions, where the most recent and entirely based on the manga is called Brotherhood and was released in 2009. This classic manga was written by Hiromu Arakawa since 2001.
The anime tells the story of 2 brothers who lost their mother and try to resurrect her by breaking a taboo of alchemy. One of them loses his entire body and has his soul trapped in an armor, while the other loses an arm and a leg. The 2 try to go after the Philosopher’s Stone to recover their bodies while facing a great conspiracy involving the whole country.
The rest of my top 10 best animes
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
An original anime released by Sunrise in 2007 involving mecha, wars, and psychological thriller. Some question the graphics, the direction, and the fact that it has mecha, but this anime is still one of the best I have ever watched in my life. I even marathoned all 50 episodes in less than 24 hours.
The anime shows the world being dominated by an Empire and a super intelligent guy trying to destroy this empire using a special ability he received that allows him to command a person to do something (he needs to look into their eyes, and he can only do this once per person). The plot is very good and has one of the best endings in anime history.
Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann
Another anime involving mecha that was released in 2007 based on the manga by Kazuki Nakashima. Despite the anime’s art style bothering most people, it manages to be impactful and win you over despite all the proposed unreality.
The anime tells the story of 2 friends who live underground but finally manage to get out, only to face beings that want to send them back underground. It seems like a simple premise, but the anime goes far beyond, even with the author smoking a little.
Monster – An incredible thriller
Another anime that I took a long time to watch due to fear of the graphics and because it is old. Another work of art made by Madhouse with 74 episodes released in 2004 and based on the manga by Naoki Urasawa from 1994.
You already know the anime is going to be good when it starts quoting a text from the apocalypse with a sinister song. Despite the name monster, the anime has nothing supernatural. It simply tells the story of a doctor who is accused of murdering people, while the real murderer is a child he saved.
This child becomes a merciless serial killer, so the doctor goes after him trying to capture this serial killer and prove his innocence.
Accel World – I think it’s much better than SAO
Accel World is by the same creator of the trendy Sword Art Online, Reki Kawahara. Based on a Light Novel, the anime was released in 2012 by Sunrise and didn’t achieve much success, sacrificing the chances of a new season.
In Accel World, we have a futuristic world where people easily enter a virtual world with augmented reality. A failed boy receives an invitation from the most popular girl in school to register for a mysterious fighting game that allows him to use an ability that accelerates his brain while pausing time around him.
Still, I believe that the story of Accel World with a weak protagonist and a badass girl works better than the overpowered Kirito. Some criticize the anime exactly because the character isn’t strong and cool, and mainly because he looks like a chubby chibi.
I’m in doubt about choosing the 10th anime on the list
There are many animes that I would like to include in the top 10 of all time. So instead of making an honorable mention, I will list them all as if they were among my 10 favorite animes. They are:
- Ore no Imouto Ga Konnani Kawaii wa ke ga nai – I don’t know why, but it marked me;
- Re Life – Best romantic drama;
- Shokugeki no Souma – Best cooking;
- Sidonia no Kishi – What a trip this is;
- Boku no Hero Academia – Best Shonen:
- Kiseijuu – Best Action;
- Nana – Best female drama;
- Zero no Tsukaima – I marathoned it, very good;
- Aldnoah.Zero – Best OST;
- Golden Time – Best romantic comedy;
The fact that I mention “best” does not mean that I consider others better. The animes mentioned above were at some point among my TOP 10 until others appeared that took them off the list.
I hope you enjoyed my list, and I hope you watch all the animes mentioned in it! We appreciate the shares and hope to see your list of best animes in the comments.
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