Hajime no Ippo

Critics & Connoisseurs was a club that was founded in 2008 and ended club activities on the 31st of 2022.

The goal of the club was to come up with a list of highly recommended quality shows that are exemplary either within its genre or universally. An anime needed a 70% approval rate in our voting to get on the relation list. The following anime are all part of said list.

You can see the club page here:
https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=2913

Anime Relation List Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/328
Manga Relation List: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/334

Martial arts category is really few in anime. I have collected the best anime of martial arts for you. Let's see if you can survive in the ring!

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✯ 𝖘𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 → https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9172
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✯ 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖆 𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 → https://myanimelist.net/stacks/13935
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Main character goes through great trials and tribulations (and maybe a training montage or two) to get to the top. Starts out weak or with little to no power or skill, and becomes stronger/ more powerful/ skillful.

Anime with unique teachers

Stack where you can find anime that gonna make you jump of excitement.

Most adaptations are, at best, on par with the original. Some aspects are better, some worse, so it's down to preference as to how to enjoy a story. There are, of course, many, *many* outright stinkers that make one think the original was far worse than it actually was. But sometimes there comes an adaptation made with such outstanding effort, it elevates the source material onto a completely new level of experience: either through masterful editing or reimagining of the original narrative, or visionary direction, or incredible sound design, or career-topping performance from animators and/or voice actors.

This list covers anime adaptations that I consider far and away superior to their printed source materials. To the point where there isn't any need at all to read the original as long as the adaptation exists because everything is just better in the latter.

Do note that I don't necessarily consider all of these shows great per se; the only condition for them to be here is to be much superior to the original work across the board. A notable example of a horribad manga somewhat saved by outstanding adaptation effort is Erased. Similarly, while Devilman: Crybaby is contentious by itself, almost all of its faults lie with Go Nagai's original, and Masaaki Yuasa's version still manages to mitigate many of them.

Also note that I'm omitting sequels, subsequent seasons, etc., to avoid clutter, and in MOST (but not all!) cases they would also apply. Notable exceptions exist, e.g. One-Punch Man season 2. In all other cases I'll either use the first installment in the series or the one I consider the best-made (for example, if it's a movie with greater production values than the rest of the series).

See also the opposite of this list: Outstanding manga with incredibly disappointing adaptations: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/2346

More entries will be added in the future. Existing entries are subject to revision.

This list constitutes my personal views and stances. If something isn't on it, it likely means I haven't watched it or am not familiar enough with the original to have a qualified opinion. Feel free to shoot me suggestions via DMs, but make sure you have a convincing argument if it's not something that's already on my main manga/anime list. I don't promise it'll end up here, but I will consider all suggestions.

Prime examples of what I mean when I say "Best battles + strategic fights + cool characters sorta animes" are 'World Trigger' and 'Kingdom'.
But some of the titles I've included are more prominent in one of these aspects, like 'March comes in like a lion' being more strategic heavy.
All the animes that are included are super interesting and worth the watch.

Source: Wayback Machine

Made just for fun and for anyone that's curious on which series have held the title.



(Ordered chronologically from the very first (or only) time they became first)

A comprehensive watch order of the Hajime no Ippo series, which includes every entry of the Hajime no Ippo franchise.
Original Guide: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1865155

AEGC Interest Stack index: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2017008

Made to make it easier to find animes whose names got changed when localised as there is no way to make the localised names show up as the search result. Does not include simple translations of the original name.

Mostly English, but one or two for those changed in other territories

Dorohedoro-40, Fire Force-174, Demon Slayer-100, Mysterious Girlfriend X-37
Nisekoi-106, One Outs-82, Pandora Hearts-33, Sasameki Koto-13, Slam Dunk-185
Usagi Drops-25, Bloom Into You-25, Black Clover-270, Bleach-480, Nagatoro-47
Land of the Lustrous-30, Toilet Bound Hanako-36, Girlfriend Girlfriend-36
Rent a Girlfriend-50, Talentless Nana-28, One Punch Men-85, Tokyo Revenger-73
Reincarnated as a Slime-87, Record of Ragnarok-20, God of High School-112
Tower of God-78, In/Spectre-16, Doctor Stone-83, Made in Abyss-26, Haikyuu-291
Vinland Saga-54, Attack on Titan-130, Golden Kamuy-191, JoJo6-47, My Hero-258
To Your Eternity-54, Jujutsu Kaisen-63, Dress-Up Darling-40, Shadows House-47
Ranking of Kings-155, Sasaki to Miyano-32, Duke of Death and His Maid-68
Tonikaku-45, HunterxHunter-340, Girl's Last Tour-33, World God Only Knows-190
March Comes in Like a Lion-89, Hajime no Ippo-556, Teasing Master Takagi-100
Grand Blue-21, Mob Psycho-91, Noragami-38, Bungou Stray Dogs-54

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
Drazen, Patrick. “Bushido: The Way of the Warrior.” Anime Explosion. Stone Bridge Press, 2003. 120-125
LightSparker. “What is Spokon?” Forums – MyAnimeList.net. 13 May 2018.
Schodt, Frederic L. “The Spirit of Japan.” Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha USA, 1997. 79-87.

Avoided a bit of the really obvious ones (The Big 3 and Death Note) and some that were really similar to something already present on this list. Also, enjoy your life a bit more by watching these gems.

Anime that bang

Various sports compiled into one list of anime. If there are multiple TV-series with the same sport, be warned I just chose the one with a higher popularity. However, there are most definitely other sports anime you should check out such as Slam Dunk, Megalo Box, Ahiru no Sora, Tennis no Ouji-same, All Out!!, Ashita no Joe, Major, Ryman’s Club, Blue Lock, etc.

Animes that had been aired on any Filipino major channel (ABS-CBN, GMA, TV5 etc.). Not included are the shows that only aired on Animax-Asia.