The best(-ish) 25(-ish) anime of all time

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Granted, this is not a perfect list by any measure, very much weighted towards the present and the more blokey sort of anime, with noticable omissions. But it is a good starting point and a way to inspire yourself to seek out more. You may have noticed I’ve been on a bit of an anime kick lately, mainly because I finally got off my ass and got a home entertainment system sorted, consisting of getting my Chromecast up and running, using Plex Media Server to stream everything from a net drive. It works surprisingly well, even when I’m away from home. Oddly enough, by making it easier for myself to watch my anime, I ended up watching more. This top twentyfive list was a neat way to think about what to watch next or seek out.

And since I posted this to MetaFilter anyway (and you may want to check out the discussion there) and it’s a waste to throw away all the links I found, I thought, why not post it here too? Below the cut is the complete list with links to reviews, trailers or discussions of them.

  1. Cowboy Bebop
  2. Trigun
  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  4. Full Metal Alchemist (2003)
  5. Akira
  6. Anything by Ghibli
  7. Full Metal Panic
  8. Ghost in the Shell
  9. Baccano
  10. Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl who Leapt Through Time) (Summer Wars) (Wolf Children)
  11. Mushi-Shi
  12. Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue) (Paprika) (Tokyo Godfathers) (Millenium Actress)
  13. Black lagoon
  14. Kara no Kyokai (Garden of Sinners)
  15. Gankutsuou
  16. Clannad
  17. Princess Tutu
  18. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni (when they cry)
  19. Code Geass
  20. Yoshitoshi ABe (Serial Experiments Lain) (Texhnolyze) (NieA Under 7) (Haibane renmei)
  21. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
  22. Spice and wolf
  23. Steins;Gate
  24. Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (We Still Don’t Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day) (Reaction)
  25. Soul Eater

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