Lists 3

These are rankings of our favourite anime series.

MEGA = 71 to 100+ episodes
MAXI = 41 to 70 episodes
MIDI = 21 to 40 episodes
MINI = up to 20 episodes

My Top Anime: Mega-Series

  1. Attack on Titan (Wit Studio, MAPPA, Hajime Isayama) [2013-2023]
  2. Slam Dunk (Toei Animation, Takehiko Inoue) [1993-1996]
  3. Haikyu!! (Production IG, Haruichi Furudate) [2014-present]
  4. Chibi Maruko-Chan (Nippon Animation, Momoko Sakura) [1990-1992]
  5. Kuroko’s Basketball (Production IG, Tadatoshi Fujimaki) [2012-2015]

Chloe’s Top Anime: Mega-Series

  1. Attack on Titan (Wit Studio, MAPPA, Hajime Isayama) [2013-2023]
  2. Hunter × Hunter (Nippon Animation, Madhouse, Yoshihiro Togashi) [1999-2014]
  3. Monster (Madhouse, Naoki Urasawa) [2004-2005]
  4. The File of Young Kindaichi (Toei Animation, Youzaburou Kanari, Fumiya Satou) [1997-2000]
  5. Hikaru no Go (Pierrot, Yumi Hotta, Takeshi Obata) [2001-2003]
  6. Chibi Maruko-Chan (Nippon Animation, Momoko Sakura) [1990-1992]

My Top Anime: Maxi-Series

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Bones, Hiromu Arakawa) [2009-2010]
  2. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Sunrise) [2006-2008]
  3. Psycho-Pass (Production IG, Tatsunoko Production, Gen Urobuchi) [2012-2023]
  4. The Twelve Kingdoms (Pierrot, Fuyumi Ono) [2002-2003]

Chloe’s Top Anime: Maxi-Series

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Bones, Hiromu Arakawa) [2009-2010]
  2. The Twelve Kingdoms (Pierrot, Fuyumi Ono) [2002-2003]
  3. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Sunrise) [2006-2008]
  4. Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World (White Fox, Tappei Nagatsuki) [2016-present]
  5. Cooking Master Boy (Nippon Animation, Etsushi Ogawa) [1997–1998]

My Top Anime: Midi-Series

  1. Summer Time Rendering (OLM, Yasuki Tanaka) [2022]
  2. Kill la Kill (Trigger) [2013-2014]
  3. Death Note (Madhouse, Tsugumi Ohba) [2006-2007]
  4. Cowboy Bebop (Sunrise, Hajime Yatate) [1998-1999]
  5. Neon Genesis Evangelion (Gainax, Tatsunoko Production) [1995-1996]
  6. Your Lie in April (A-1 Pictures, Naoshi Arakawa) [2014-2015]

Chloe’s Top Anime: Midi-Series

  1. Summer Time Rendering (OLM, Yasuki Tanaka) [2022]
  2. Cowboy Bebop (Sunrise, Hajime Yatate) [1998-1999]
  3. Parasyte: The Maxim (Madhouse, Hitoshi Iwaaki) [2014-2015]
  4. Death Note (Madhouse, Tsugumi Ohba) [2006-2007]
  5. Ajin: Demi-Human (Polygon Pictures, Gamon Sakurai) [2016]
  6. Cells at Work! (David Production, Akane Shimizu) [2018–2021]
  7. Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Madhouse, Uoto) [2024-2025]
  8. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Madhouse, Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe) [2023–present]
  9. Made in Abyss (Kinema Citrus, Akihito Tsukushi) [2017–present]
  10. The Apothecary Diaries (Toho Animation Studio, OLM, Natsu Hyuuga) [2023–present]
  11. Beastars (Orange, Paru Itagaki) [2019–present]

My Top Anime: Mini-Series

  1. Erased (A-1 Pictures, Kei Sanbe) [2016]
  2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Shaft, Magica Quartet) [2011]
  3. Ping Pong: The Animation (Tatsunoko Production, Taiyou Matsumoto) [2014]
  4. Heaven’s Design Team (Asahi Production, Hebizou, Tsuta Suzuki) [2021]
  5. Thermae Romae Novae (NAZ, Mari Yamazaki) [2022]
  6. Watamote (Silver Link, Nico Tanigawa) [2013]
  7. Horimiya (Clover Works, Hiroki Adachi) [2021]
  8. Charlotte (P.A. Works, Jun Maeda) [2015]
  9. Violet Evergarden (Kyoto Animation, Kana Akatsuki, Akiko Takase) [2018]
  10. House of Five Leaves (Manglobe, Natsume Ono) [2010]
  11. Japan Sinks (Science Saru, Sakyo Komatsu) [2020]
  12. Prison School (J.C. Staff, Akira Hiramoto) [2015]
  13. Attack on Titan: Junior High (Production IG, Saki Nakagawa) [2015]

Chloe’s Top Anime: Mini-Series

  1. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Shaft, Magica Quartet) [2011]
  2. Heaven’s Design Team (Asahi Production, Hebizou, Tsuta Suzuki) [2021]
  3. Odd Taxi (OLM, PICS, Kazuya Konomoto) [2021]
  4. Pluto (Studio M2, Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki) [2023]
  5. Heavenly Delusion (Production IG, Masakazu Ishiguro) [2023-present]
  6. Land of the Lustrous (Orange, Haruko Ichikawa) [2017]
  7. Skip and Loafer (P.A. Works, Misaki Takamatsu) [2023-present]
  8. Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House (J.C. Staff, Aiko Koyama) [2021-2022]
  9. Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (MAPPA, Ren Eguchi) [2023]
  10. Kotaro Lives Alone (Liden Films, Mami Tsumura) [2022]

Chloe’s Top Anime Films

  1. Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon) [1997]
  2. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Mamoru Hosoda) [2006]
  3. Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda) [2009]
  4. Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii) [1995]
  5. Akira (Katsuhiro Otomo) [1988]
  6. Paprika (Satoshi Kon) [2006]
  7. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki) [1997]
  8. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki) [1984]
  9. Millennium Actress (Satoshi Kon) [2001]
  10. Inu-Oh (Masaaki Yuasa) [2021]