Do you believe the top 50 anime on Mal are the best anime ever? If not, why do you think they're ranked so high?
| The highest rated series on Mal: https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php Series Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Stein's Gate, Gintama, Attack on Titan. Along with the others. In your honest opinion, are these series the best anime that exist? The Godfather's and Casablanca's of anime. If not, why do you think they have such high praises? And what traits do you think boosts those series so high? |
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| I think they do a bunch of things right so they appeal to a vast majority of anime watchers, as for it I think they are the greatest? not really |
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| None of them deserve top 50. They are liked by young teens, who are the majority of people who have the time to rate things. (on weekends and during breaks from school) Typical adults don't have time to correct this problem. Unless you are a NEET. |
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| I haven't seen all of them. But the ones from what I've seen. Most of them don't deserve it, some of them deserve even more, some deserves it. I think they are animes that appeal to wider audience or just really artistically different which people starts considering as "omg, its so deep and different!!" |
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| "Do you believe the top 50 anime on Mal are the best anime ever?" YES: KnK, AoT, Monster, Mushishi, MP 100, Odd Taxi, Your Name, Shouwa Genroku NO: Ousama Ranking, jjk, kny, VE GOTTA REWATCH: CB, CG, lotgh, S;G, hxh, Spirited Away, Clannad, Vinland Haven't seen the rest. "If not, why do you think they're ranked so high?" Animation, accessibility and enjoyment (can't say for sure tho, ask them) |
| In your honest opinion, are these series the best anime that exist? No. Very much NOT. There are far better anime out there though a few good ones are in the top 50 that are also in my personal top 50 (4 or 5) If not, why do you think they have such high praises? And what traits do you think boosts those series so high? Because the top 50 are mostly filled with the easy to watch series and thus are easily consumable by the casual fans out there. Most casual fans tend to rate things higher (from what I've observed) and thus those particular anime have a higher rating then they would have otherwise. It's not a bad thing, it just proves that you can't rely on other people's taste and expect it to appeal to you. Honestly, the more anime you watch, the more jaded and critical you get. I sometimes envy the casual fans who can still enjoy things as much as they do. I miss those days, tbh. |
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| I mean I think some of them do but it just comes down to opinion, like I don't think demon slayer should be top 50 but other people like so its just whatever is popular |
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| They definitely aren't my personal favourites and I think if we gathered together a group of professional anime critics they wouldn't pick the same anime to be the top 50 either (not that I'd necessarily agree with those critics). Anime on MAL are community voted. The anime that have been seen by the most people are also ones that have been voted on by the people who have seen the fewest anime. New fans are less critical than veterans, but even as time goes on people look back fondly on the anime that got them into the medium. There's also a bit of a circlejerking effect, where by being told that something is good people want to believe it to be true and will rate it high against their better judgement, looking at it less critically because they're looking more for confirmation in the consensus rather than forming their own unique opinion on it. In terms of how they got there in the first place, it does vary from anime to anime, but a lot of them appeal to the masses more or are just inoffensive to anyone who isn't a massive fan. |
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| Best is entirely subjective, but no, I certainly wouldn't trust this sites consensus on the top 50, too much bias. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| of course not, even though most of us may have some of them inside our top 10's, the only reason they are ranked this high is based on either bots or the fact that all of us are rating it, one by one, which means the scores are purely opinionated. |
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
| For me, there are probably ~10 good anime on that list. |
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| I actually do like a lot of the series up there. I would make a few changes here and there but as a whole, I don't think it's a bad list |
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| Nope, because rating are from all MAL user and everyone have different taste |
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| Can't really say anything because I haven't watch most of them |
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| Anime that dont belong in the top 50: - FMAB - HXH - Fruits Basket - Ousuma Ranking - Haikyuu - Mushishi - JJK |
| Probably not, but some of them are pretty good. |
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| Very few of them actually are/might be called like that...but most of them are rated so high because of their popularity and hype that gets with it and because they have a bigger appeal to every demographic audience than other series.....not even close the The Godfather's and Casablanca's of anime... |
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| 18/50 are good, according to my taste. The rest are decent or outright bad. There are many different kinds of anime in the top 50. The reason Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen are there is not the same as Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes. What they all have in common is that none of them are particularly controversial or have bad production value. |
| Here, Fullmetal alchemist is considered to be the best anime but in Japan it isnt even considered to be worthy of top 100 anime or barely enters top 100 by the Japanese Fans, in China its probably the same and those places are Wayyyy more relevant to the anime industry compare to MAL and West for now at least. Beside this, there were so many casual anime fans that entered the anime Medium in these last years that I think tend to overrate things too easy, like if Sword art online Aired these days It would easy get 8.20 score at least whitout going down |
| I mean some of them have been aired recently so they appeal to be on the top but in a matter of time there position would be dropped or increased...I don't actually care about them but the top spotters are pretty good tbh oke AOT and FMAB so I am satisfied |
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| Nope. They are all more or less mediocre, then you have Huntrash x Garbage (2011) which is honestly one of the worst anime ever created. |
| "Do you believe the top 50 anime on Mal are the best anime ever?" I believe they are not the best anime for me... I like 9 of those (I count the multiple instances of Gintama and Mushishi as 1 per franchise) and I think only 3 are deserving to be in top 50 (Cowboy Bebop, Mushishi and Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu). "If not, why do you think they're ranked so high?" 1. Because people like different stuff than me. 2. Some fandoms are overprotective and will fight tooth and nail to keep their favorite show visible even if they don't think it's the ultimate masterpiece. |
| yes indeed, especially the 9 gintamas |
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| The is a difference in quality and popularity. Marvel movies for example appeal to a huge number of people and offend/turn away very few. They are easy fun for anyone but it's hard to argue that they are little more then fun action movies riddled with logical inconsistencys |
| I've only watched 14 of those 50 top shows and my average score for those shows is somehow exactly 7 lol So no, for me personally these are not the best anime. Shingeki no Kyojin is the only one I rated a 10/10. |
TheBlockernator said: If not, why do you think they have such high praises? And what traits do you think boosts those series so high? Everyone has their own taste and in top 10 at least you have mainly shounen anime, cause they are most popular, top = popularity. So by that what you've said you mean that cause they are at top 10 it means that people who enjoy mainly slice of life/comedy/romance anime will enjoy those shounen too? If these titles would have less popularity or would be aired later than they did, I'd bet that some of them wouldn't even find a place in top 50 x). |
| Cause they just are, and thas just how it is. Lots of people only watch anime for the enjoyment regardless if it's any good or not, which it why people rate things highly even if it's below average. Thats just how people work. So not every show in the top 50-100 or whatever are good, it's just what is the majority enjoy and thats how it'll always be. |
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| I mean, the immediate flaw I see in this question is that the "top 50 anime" are a lot less than 50 anime; Gintama holds like 10 spots on that, and it's not the only anime to occupy multiple of the top 50 spots. Speaking of Gintama--unlike short 1 cours--most people who don't think they're going to like Gintama don't even attempt to watch it, because there are so many freakin installments of it (example: I've seen a couple episodes, and have no plans to ever touch it again), so its score is less likely to be swayed by the "anime critics" who think they need to watch every new anime that airs every season. Forgive me for using Gintama as a third example, but... Gintama is way more popular in Japan than the rest of the world; I would definitely say that Gintama is one of the best anime, if not THE best anime, in regards to appealing to a Japanese person's sense of humor, and referencing/joking about the entire country's culture. There are several anime on that list that don't even have a popularity of 100,000 or more, so while these might be highly regarded to the niche communities they're watched in, similar to what I was saying about Gintama, it's hard to know whether or not these anime would still be in the Top 50 if they had received greater attention. While I don't whole-heartedly agree with this argument, I think that saying, "the best anime are those that reach mainstream" wouldn't be wholly inaccurate. There are definitely some amazing anime that I know for a fact non-anime watchers haven't even heard of, but there is definitely something to be said about those anime that are capable of being known to basically any random person you talk to on the street. Those anime have truly ascended from something niche to something great. It's kind of like a star athlete, Michael Phelps is a great example, why? Because all I know about him is the fact that he is an olympic swimmer, and can I name any other olympic swimmers? Nope. I don't know if he is or ever was the "best swimmer in the world", but clearly he was good enough to reach an astounding amount of fame. Ultimately though, I return to my original point; the top 50 list on MAL is something I never really look at because its actually a list of only around 30 anime. There are certainly some good ones on there, but my personal top 50 would probably contain less than 10 of MAL's top 50 (although in fairness, I actually do have a few things on my PTW that are on that list, like Legends of the Galactic Heroes). |
MrSpenfoFeb 1, 2022 9:23 AM
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| I don't think there is an objectively best anime so no. I think the top 50 are simply anime that can be enjoyed by a lot of people. |
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| Well obviously the vast majority of people liked the show and that shows much they enjoy the series which can be anyones main priority including me but that remains subjective, like it or not that's drawn to your taste. Anyways who cares so much about the top animes when you know some of the top ones can be evidential if any botting occurs. |
| imo they are really good, they have something that appeals to viewers that's why they are so popular |
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| They appeal to the majority of anime fans, and they're easy to get into, thus making them popular. For most of them I think they're very good, but not deserving of the top 50 best anime of all time. |
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Hrybami said: ma man Hrybami is back. Good to see ya again.Nope. They are all more or less mediocre, then you have Huntrash x Garbage (2011) which is honestly one of the worst anime ever created. |
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