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May 22, 2016 3:51 PM
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So as the title says, this post provides a list of my current top 100 favorite anime/manga series, complete with an image and description of why I love the anime and/or manga for every entry on the list. You may be asking why I would find the need to make a top 100 list. Well, there’s a story behind it:

A few months back, a couple of guys came over for some tabletop gaming at our house for the first time. They were talking to me in our game room and one of them asked what Collectable Card Games (CCGs) we are into.

I said, “We (my wife and I) don’t really play any. We both used to play Magic, but don’t really play anymore. I’m not really into that sort of gameplay.” (I do actively collect the My Little Pony CCG, but no one really plays so I didn’t find the need to mention it.)

He then said, “Oh, well, you know they’ve brought out a new version of the Dragon Ball Z card game!” (He sees the anime wall scrolls in the house and seems to think this might be a way to entice me into getting back into CCGs.)

I respond, “I’m not really that big of a DBZ fan.”

And the two guys look at me like I’m some kind of alien for a second then say, “So your wife is the big anime fan then.”

“No, I’m the one who got her deep into anime. I liked DBZ well enough back in the day, but it’s not really one of my favorites anymore. It wouldn’t even be in my Top 100.”

And the other guy was like, “You have a Top 100?!”


So yeah, that’s how we got here. A conversation with a couple of casual anime fans planted the idea in my head and made me feel like it must be done. Just a quick description before I get into this thing, each entry in the top 100 is for the overall series/franchise. For example, my Evangelion entry includes the original TV series, the End of Evangelion movie, and the new Rebuild movies. The link provided is either the most relevant entry in the series for why I love it or just the first part of the series. So anyway, let’s get started!



And that’s it! I’ve made a Top 100 list of my favorite anime and manga series! Hope some people found it fun to go through. If you actually read every word I wrote, damn, thanks! You must have either been really bored or I’m a more interesting writer than I thought. This list will likely evolve and I might post an update in a few years. I have it on an Excel spreadsheet for easy adjustments. So anyway, until next time!
Posted by pluvia33 | May 22, 2016 3:51 PM | 5 comments
mozgow | Nov 1, 2016 12:30 PM
I read the whole list and found only 26 I've already seen :-)


Here are some of them with some comments from me :-)

Dragon Half - I would love to see more of the story animated.
Hoshi no Koe (Voices of a Distant Star) - This was also my first Makoto Shinkai anime. When I watched it around 2008 I also thought it was great. But then I watched more anime, and more Shinkai stuff, and while I still can see good parts in it, it's not that great anymore.
Pale Cocoon - I had to watch it couple of times to fully understand the story :-)
Majo no Takkyuubin (Kiki's Delivery Service) - The most re-watched anime from Studio Ghibli on my completed list. I've already seen it 4 or 5 times :-)
Byousoku 5 Centimeter (5 Centimeters Per Second) - This was the first anime with a bit sad ending that I've seen.
Zero no Tsukaima - You have no excuse to not watch the final season :-)
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - FF7 was my first jrpg game I've played (back in 1997). I agree that the first version of the movie was not that great, but the "Complete" version is perfect :-)
Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (The Place Promised in Our Early Days) - After "5 Centimeters Per Second" I wanted to see another anime by Makoto Shinkai and this was what I watched.
Clannad - This was the first anime to made me cry. And for two different reasons. First, I laughed till tears when Tomoya got two achievements at once (one for manipulating Fuko and the other one I still can't remember). Second, I the "After Story". But I do not write when, as it would be spoiler :-)
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) - The first anime I watched dubbed in Polish :-)
Shakugan no Shana - I waited almost two years to watch the final season. And I'm ashamed it took me so long to do so :-)
Outlaw Star - I would love to see other works in the Toward Stars Era animated.
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica - I watched it for the wrong reason :-P Everyone was talking about it, so I looked at it and saw it was magical girl. I thought it couldn't be anything good, so I decided to watch it to see how bad taste people can have :-)
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - A friend of mine told me that I would love it. So I started watching it without knowing what it was. After the first scene and following episode I was convinced that it would be a nice mystery anime. You can imagine how my faced look while I was watching episode 4 :-)
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - If it gets proper anime adaptation it could rival "Aria" as the best SoL anime ever made :-)
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu - How about the movie? Or the entry is for the whole series ?


I'm really interested if you would put the following anime on your top 100 list (once you get chance to watch them).
Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa (Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise)
Top wo Nerae! Gunbuster
Shinsekai yori
 
pluvia33 | May 22, 2016 6:39 PM
@mikebz45
Haha! Well, I think at least with Higurashi, I made you watch that when you visited me at Holloman that one time! I might have made you watch Haruhi then, too. And we watched Azumanga Daioh together back in the day! Fun times. ^_^
 
mikebz45 | May 22, 2016 6:30 PM
Wow. I can't believe I "went" through the list. I skipped the ones I knew of or plan to check out. Surprised that I saw most of your top 20; thought there would be fewer of those there.
 
pluvia33 | May 22, 2016 5:21 PM
@Eve778
Wow, thanks for reading it! I'm glad that you were able to find some new stuff to watch/read. ^_^
 
Eventually_ | May 22, 2016 5:14 PM
Whoo!

Read through the whole thing. I've seen some things on there, some I had already planned to watch/read, and some things I now plan to watch/read. Those include:

Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin
Hanasaku Iroha
Mekakushi no Kuni
Air
Kuragehime
Detroit Metal City
Moyashimon
Byousoku 5 Centimeter
Zero no Tsukaima
AnoHana
Sennen Joyuu
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Mousou Dairinin
Kaleido Star
Genshiken
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
 
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