Yep, I’ve finally put together a top shows list. As I hopefully made clear in part one and part two of my critical biases post, this is obviously my list – it represents the things I think are most valuable in stories in the way I think they’ve best been articulated. It’s also just a list of shows I enjoy – there’s no hard criteria here, so I wouldn’t stress the numbers too much. Also, it’s a bit front-loaded – I only started watching anime seasonally about two years ago, so the last couple years are disproportionately represented. Incidentally, I’m not including movies here either – I think direct comparisons between shows and films are a bit of a stretch, but if they were included, this list would certainly be somewhat different. And finally, I’m absolutely (and thankfully) certain this list will change over time – there are still piles of widely beloved shows I’ve never seen, so I’m sure the current rankings will be filled out in the years to come. So with that all said, let’s get to the list – Bobduh’s Top 30 Anime of All Time.
-edit- I have now created a Top Shows Addendum for shows that have either fallen off or just barely missed this list. Please enjoy these additional almost-top shows!
Flip Flappers marries the blossoming artistic vision of many of anime’s most talented young animators to a story teeming with the rich psychological inquiry that anime does so well. Centered on a girl on the verge of young adulthood who feels too paralyzed by consequences to decide who she wants to be, Flip Flappers takes her on a wild adventure through a series of evocative alternate realities, all of which ultimately reflect back on the human interiority of her own world. Flip Flappers appreciates the inherent beauty of our distinct internal worlds, and pairs a wild tour through the human experience with a core character arc that reflects thoughtfully on the complexity of love, identity, and growing up. Slotting somewhere thematically between FLCL and Evangelion, it is a can’t-miss addition to anime’s coming-of-age pantheon.
Here’s my review of Flip Flappers.
Flip Flappers is available streaming on Crunchyroll.
Gatchaman’s a goddamn busy show – in the course of a 12-episode run, it covers everything from internet culture to crowdsourcing to the necessity of leadership to social responsibility to human nature to… well, you get the idea. And it explores all these ideas while also staying remarkably light and breezy – you could enjoy the show purely as a fun, visually interesting, musically brilliant adventure without even thinking about how identity is constructed in the digital age, or whatnot. And when you combine these two strengths, you get a show that proves you don’t have to be dry to be smart – you can make awesome points about how the internet will change the world without ever giving up a sense of fun and moment-to-moment excitement. Brain food and comfort food at the same time.
Here’s my review of Gatchaman Crowds.
Gatchaman Crowds is available at Amazon and streams on Crunchyroll.
Giant Robo is Bombast Incarnate. Featuring an epic clash between the Experts of Justice and Big Fire, there’s no room for subtlety in this production – it’s all massive robots and deadly superspies and fights for the fate of the world. It’s also a beautiful thing – a series of seven OVAs released over most of a decade, the show is a gorgeous ode to classic super robot storytelling, brought to life with strong animation and rich colors and epic orchestral scores. And yet for all its larger-than-life size, the show also tells a gripping story, full of fully-articulated characters and reflections on family and human ambition. Giant Robo essentially feels like the final act of the Greatest Robot Story Ever Told – it has absolute confidence, and earns the viewer’s trust through constant dramatic hooks and total polish in execution. Even if you generally like smaller stories, I’d give Giant Robo a chance.
Here’s my essay on Giant Robo.
Giant Robo is vaguely available on Amazon.
Bokurano manages the difficult feat of staying tonally downcast and even desolate at all times while simultaneously conveying an unflinching message of optimism, and belief in humanity as a species. Its premise is terribly arbitrary and cruel, and very few members of its young cast survive, but the stories they tell in their leaving reflect the kaleidoscopic spectrum of the human experience. Its compelling scifi narrative ultimately becomes little more than a stage for its young stars to shine, as they each take up an impossible mantel and fight on behalf of their species, their cruel guide mocking them all the while. But Bokurano does not believe in its guide’s cynicism; though the world it posits is harsh, its young heroes shine all the brighter for it.
Here’s my review of Bokurano.
Bokurano is available streaming on Crunchyroll.
Kyoto Animation excel at making quietly excellent little dramas, and Sound! Euphonium counts as one more feather in their distressingly pincushioned cap. The show is as gorgeous as you’d expect, the drama is understated but well-articulated, and the episodes are full of those alternately funny or poignant little moments that KyoAni’s mastery of animated storytelling always provokes. And Kumiko is one of the most fun people you could possibly follow around a story like this, with her snark and clumsy bluntness making her a refreshing and relatable protagonist. You can enjoy this show for its close viewing of the classic band experience, for its funny mess of jokes and characters, or for its well-articulated personal drama and reflections on goals and identity. It succeeds on all levels, making it one of the most impressive and fully realized high school dramas around.
Sound! Euphonium is available streaming on Crunchyroll.
As the only long-running shounen on my list, HxH’s a bit of an outlier. But HxH is not your typical shounen – directed by Madhouse (likely my pick for the best studio of all time) and adapted from a source by the writer of Yu Yu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter is basically a master class in what makes adventure entertaining. Though it starts off “only” demonstrating it knows how to make challenge-based television entertaining (in lieu of actual fights, it generally sets up compelling puzzles of all shapes and sizes for its heroes), it ends up jumping from genre to genre, dabbling in crime thriller, tournament shounen, and even war drama. And through it all, the show’s fantastic aesthetics elevate it above almost everything out there – in direction, in sound design, in pacing, in animation, in basically every relevant aesthetic metric, Hunter x Hunter triumphs. That it’s been maintaining this level of quality for well over a hundred episodes is nothing short of astonishing – in fact, I’d say Hunter x Hunter has only gotten better over time.
Here’s a critical breakdown of HxH episode 116, and here’s an essay on the recently concluded (and breathtaking) Chimera Ant arc.
Hunter x Hunter 2011 is available streaming on Crunchyroll.
Mushishi is one of those strange, special shows that seem to just emerge confident and fully constructed, exude excellence for all of their running time, and then go quietly on their way. Its vignettes are dreamy and ambiguous, full of resonance and compelling ideas but never didactic. Its world is mysterious and enchanting, evoking both a more resigned and possibly more dangerous version of Miyazaki’s mystical forests. Its production is fantastic, with beautiful backgrounds matching a wonderfully understated musical score and a great sense of pacing to conjure its powerful, singular atmosphere. And all this works in service of a show that’s fundamentally just incredibly calming and sedate – a series of long, lazy afternoons spent enjoying the company of a master storyteller.
Here’s my essay on Mushishi.
Mushishi is available at Amazon and its sequel streams on Crunchyroll.
Grouped together because they really do feel like two sides of the same coin, both of Gainax’s Buster shows would also make this list independently. Flippant and heartbreaking, cynical and triumphant, personal and universal, each of these OVAs tells a story of humanity’s struggle against all the forces of the universe with style and heart. And each can stand alone, as well – Gunbuster is helmed by a pre-Eva Anno already exhibiting his unnerving style of direction, and Diebuster offers a very appropriate conclusion to the FLCL era of Gainax production. Only six episodes each, too – it’s pretty remarkable how much story each of these manage to tell.
Here are my essays on Gunbuster and Diebuster.
Both Gunbuster and Diebuster are available at Amazon.
Shinsekai Yori is basically tailor-made for fans of fantasy and scifi novels. Heavy on worldbuilding and questions of human nature, its story unfolds on a scale far greater than most anime, exploring a compelling dystopian society by following one generation from childhood through adolescence and well into adulthood. Though I often feel its characters fade into the background of its storytelling pretensions, it all works in service of an incredibly compelling central narrative, and its devastating conclusion justifies everything that came before. It’s a rare and valuable thing – few shows work on the scale of Shinsekai Yori.
Here’s my review of Shinsekai Yori.
Shinsekai Yori is available at Amazon and streams on Crunchyroll.
An idol show?!? I could actually go on for a while about what makes various idol shows great (and I have), but as far as Idolm@ster specifically goes, this show is just a solid episodic drama that succeeds in almost everything it attempts. It’s got a rich and well-developed cast of characters, lots of great little character stories, and a bunch of fun adventures like “the team runs a Sunday game show” or “one idol ends up as a runaway bride while another fights yakuza goons.” On top of that, Idolm@ster features one of the best creative teams in recent memory – a bunch of former Gainax staff and other great creators combine to make this one of the most beautifully directed and animated shows I’ve seen. Even if you don’t have any interest in idols, Idolm@ster’s combination of fun stories and gorgeous execution makes it a rare and impressive show.
Here’s my review of The Idolm@ster.
The Idolm@ster is available streaming on Crunchyroll.
Thumbs up for sure! And I’m so glad you give Magica what it deserves, such a brilliant piece of art and a story to back it up in the fullest. My list would “as givin” very but not much. top 1 for sure I’m not a Nge fan at all never captured me, in replace bebop Im a 90’s kid who grew up watching bebop outlaw star yu yu. And yes even dbz… Stopped after buu sad day what happened to an entertainment my anime. However, have you seen yumekui Merry? I think you may enjoy it. One thing I know is that making a top “30” is damn hard when you have seen the plethora of amines that I and assume you have a top “100” list suites it better but that’s a big blog ehh. Well just wanted to comment on how I appreciate what you are giving to the newcomers of anime. I’m just so tired of the usual blasphemie to anime people say is the “best”. Oh also I love Afro samurai its a true story of indignation with trials of care and deep motions. Anyhooooo. Love the list!
Just stumbled across your list and I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to write this out. I’ve taken a few years off from watching anime, but recently I’ve felt the pressures of adulthood and confusions of being a part of this universe, and so I wanted to find some shows that would make me feel better, and thanks to you I have about six new series’ to find and watch.
A worthy list, in most respects. You’re leaving out the greatest romance anime of all time however, Maison Ikkoku.
Yes!!!!! Maison kkoku the best romantic anime of all time!!! =)
Thanks for sharing a nice list! But no deathnote, well I haven’t seen any anime movie with the same style, farceless confidence, and plot as that one!!
To be honest I really liked death not until the end, I grew attached to L and Kira (can’t remember anime names I’m sorry you can kill me later if you must) so when the end came I just kinda died inside ya know? (I won’t go any further to prevent a ramble and spoiling it so watch and see for yourself if your that curious) anyways so what I’m saying is I think death not is one of those animes where you like it or you hate it, me on the other hand it’s a love hate thing, I laugh at the funny stuff remember the normal stuff and cry at the other stuff lol
Quite simple: Your list is awesome!! 🙂
I actually haven’t seen all the shows that are on ur list but after reading your reviews, I think I’ll give them a go. I like the way you review anime and how you seperate ur own feelings and general facts. Excellent reasoning! My fav happens to be also NGE and as much as I love the show it has it’s own problems. Nothing is perfect. I could go on and on about the show, but I especially liked how you reviewed that!
Code Geass
Just yes. Code Geass is a masterpiece.
No FMA: Brotherhood?!
No Code Geass?!
No Death Note?!
No Attack On Titan?!
You Fail!!!
Stines;Gate and Psycho Pass are way too far up on your list.
Worst List I’ve ever seen.
i love all of em .
first of all , Stein gate are masterpiece , it come slow , and POFF , too much complexity really original . same goes for pyscho pass .
anyway the author like oregairu and monogatari .
im sure hot headed character are a no no . hence attack on titan .
deathnote are pretty much author cup of tea but i respect him for not showing that , i mean , most peoples know them ready .
code geass ? ..
i think you like deadly anime .
. _ . tragic anime ..
Lol Nial you know nothing about Death Note. You think dark atmosphere is a bad thing? You should really get more experience before commenting man. Death Note is one of the best ever, and I bet you haven’t even completed it. If you did, and didn’t like it, then that’s just retarded.
Death note was amazing for the first 15 or so episodes, but it slowed down so much and became an annoyance later, *SPOILER* especially after L dies. The whole part with N seemed pointless, and they should have ended the show with L catching Light Yagami instead because those two actually had an interesting back-and forth.*SPOILER* It was intense when they would go in the heads of those two, and early on I did’t even know whom I wanted to win. L and Light’s battle made the show, afterwards it was kinda a trashy show that felt like it was beating a dead horse.
I agree with what you’re tyring to say, that an shouldn’t have done the job, since he’s L’s underling, and I understand that. But, L’s death was NOT a bad thing since we even see that he was smart enough to know it was his end, by telling Light before dying, and that someone took over for him. But I don’t like N himself. Also, the ending where *SPOILER* Light dies isn’t a bad thing either since we get to see that the main character isn’t also a winner, and that part when Ryuk kills him is actually a pretty good ending. N sucks, I get it, and when L was alive, the show was 10 times better: doesn’t mean the show doesn’t deserve to be on this list…
But you gotta agree the One Piece COMPLETELY DESERVES TO BE ON THIS LIST. And don’t tell me it compares to other shonens because HELL NO! This final arc is freaking amazing, and nobody has the right to say anything about one piece until they’ve hit Marineford Arc.
I’m pretty sure this was done on purpose by the authors so that readers may find animes they haven’t already watched; as much as I love the shows you mentioned, I think we all know them.
Code Geass is highly overrated.
so is neon genesis evangelion :/
NGE yes, End of NGE NO.
hey naruto????
Naruto sucks. Okay, the high moments of Naruto are absolutely worth watching – but has any other show had that much filler? Naruto is famous for injecting four or five episodes of filler in the middle of intense action scenes. Also, it repeats the same caricatures over and over again! The Fifth Hokage’s brother, Obito and Naruto are EXACTLY the same character. They had tough childhoods, all wanted to be Hokage, all were underperforming ninjas with big hearts and big dreams who were willing to work hard to achieve their goals. Is Naruto a decent anime? Yes. Is it even in the top 100 anime of all time? No.
harsh
u say naruto is crap and yes it is on the top 100 anime of all time. naruto deserves to be on this list so does death note and code geass. you say code geass is overrated thts stupidness just cause it is dosen’t ean it is no good. deathnote u hated it but u liked it ?? make up ur mind deathnote is a masterpiece there is no other anime like it. so dude take a scissors and cut the smalltalk
u say naruto is crap and yes it is on the top 100 anime of all time. naruto deserves to be on this list so does death note and code geass. you say code geass is overrated thts stupidness just cause it is dosen’t ean it is no good. deathnote u hated it but u liked it ?? make up ur mind deathnote is a masterpiece there is no other anime like it. so dude take a scissors and cut the smalltalk ok,
Personally, i found Death Note to have a great start, and alright middle, and an end that I coulnt bring myself to even watch. I started losing interest once SPOILERS Light got rid of his memories, it removed the best part of the show in my opinion, which was L and Light each trying to figure each other out. Then they went and killed L, ending the banter for good. But the biggest crime they committed, and it was at this point where I stopped watching it, they introduced N. From first seeing him all I saw was a carbon copy of L, lacking all of the background story that L had. It was just another “L” without anything to attach the watcher to the character. So in terms of “greatest” animes, it had a great shot of being one, but failed in the end.
Your POV is pretty retarded, but I agree that Death Note was worse in the ending. However, it still deserves to be on this list and the ending where SPOILER Ryuk kills Light was an amazing ending. The part where u went completely out of your mind is when you said the beginning was better than the middle. ARE YOU F*N STUPID? After Light and Misa turned themselves in, that’s where the show gets amazing. WTF? You have all that stuff with the new Kira and Misa getting Her book back, which was freaking amazing. You don’t know this anime enough to be commenting here.
This is a practically perfect list. I notice you’re watching Fullmetal Alchemist though, when you really should be watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. They cover the same events, but FMA goes off of the manga and brings up random stuff with Dante and things with Hoenheim make absolutely NO sense. Watch brotherhood. I can tell you care a lot about good characters, and FMA-B has characters in spades.
Completely agree!!! 😀
Thank you very much for this list! I greatly appreciate the fact that you left out known animes (attack on titan, death note, code geass) so that the readers may for once actually find series they haven’t already seen.
Secondly, I commend you for the fine little descriptions you made for each show: instead of just explaining the plot, you gave us a feeling for the “kind” of anime it is and for what is to be expected of it.
Finally, thank you ever so much for your eloquent and subtle writing that made reading a pleasure (you may as well be a professional critic!).
Many thanks for taking the time to do this, it’s been very helpful 🙂
Where is ergo Proxy???
thanx its really a convenience.
Where is Fairy Tail?
You should watch ” The irregular at magic high”
the number one is fullmetal alchemist brotherhood!!!!!!!!!!…….
Not number 1 but good
No, number one.
Fooly cooly, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!!
Favourite show ever. I understand why most people think it’s just a bunch of schizophrenic frantic ridiculousness… but that’s because it’s spending most of it’s time setting up tropes just to subvert them, all whilst carefully (and I mean VERY carefully) crafting a young male coming of age story of surprising depth. It’s a show that is very divisive; you either love it or hate it.
Sad to see that Outlaw Star is not on your list. Highly recommended as Cowboy Bebop is high on your list.
I’m glad you took your time to write these heavily detailed paragraphs, teaching everyone about different anime. However, I don’t see Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, or One Piece. You should DEFINITELY WATCH THESE, ESPECIALLY DN AND OP. I’m sure you already know about Death Note being loved everywhere, and I’m sure you’ve heard people saying One Piece sucks.. Well they’re 100 percent wrong. For me, I’ve loved the anime ever since the start, but some people don’t like the beginning of the show and drop it quickly. You have to have some patience and wait for the show to progress a little (even though it’s amazing from the start and I don’t know what these people are saying) to get the real experience. I haven’t seen One Piece on your list of anime watched already, so you should watch it.
Sweet Christ One Piece is an endeavor but they make you love the characters. Albeit in the same way over and over and over and over and over…. But I still keep up with it because like 600 episodes in they change their writing style completely.
Well I won’t say I don’t like your list as I have not seen most of the ones u mentioned but I have one question what about one piece, out of all anime I have seen I liked it the most and I agree for death note the ending ruins the level of it. 🙂
you need to put animes like avatar the legend of aang
Oh my, you do realise Avatar isn’t an anime. It’s just a mix between anime style and american cartoons but definitely not classed as an anime.
I feel Avatar: The Last Airbender is truly one of the only American Anime. It’s the only cartoon show outside Gravity Falls that has wonderful characters, vivid enticing environments, and a beautiful story. For me that is what makes anime, and the U.S. has 2 anime in my opinion. I know anime is supposed to be classified by style but in my world it’s all about the writing and artwork.
Great your review. When i view your article and view your site have good.
I must say that I haven’t seen too many of the ones on your list. Although as my name implies there weren’t too many action type shows on the list that I’ve seen. To the individual who said naruto sucks you’re are a joke. An anime can’t bring in that much publicity over that amount of time as well as bring in the revenue that it most likely accrued. I’ll be honest the fillers were always quite disappointing but if you saw what people put when a show didn’t air for one week you could understand why they did it. Don’t forget the early days of Naruto; the Lee Gara fight I could watch a million times. Likewise when you have that many shows, movies, action figures, halloween costumes, and even video games it’s near impossible to say that it sucked.
That being said you should take a look at Death note like many said because it is breath taking throughout the entire two seasons. The one I’m a bit baffled not to see on here is Bleach. I figured it may have at least made your top 10 but if you’re lucky you’ve never seen it. Another show to watch is The Irregular at Magic High. I’m crossing my fingers for the next season to come soon. Attack on titans I would fund it’s production on my own if possible. Sword Art Online is another great that I must say is a must watch.Magi is a great show to watch but it may not be a top 30 type. Needless to say you have a lot of enjoyment ahead of you. Not trying to promote but check out animeseason.com and its top rated list. It won’t disappoint.
I really like this list it has a lot of very good anime on it. But is missing one of my favorites “Sword Art Online”, and I was a little bit disappointed to not see “Steins;gate” higher on the list or “Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood”. But overall you included a lot of very good ones.
Sword Art Online, my God, I love this show. It’s like a condensed perfection of One Piece. In that I felt the same way about Kirito and Asuna as I did for Luffy and Robin and they didn’t take 300-400 episodes (I forget where that arc is) to build up.
Sword Art Online: Brilliant
Alfeim Online: Watchable
Gun Gale Online: Stunning and Clever
#1 Monster
I think FMA brotherhood should be included in the list!
Meh, ok list, your opinion. But it miss quite some.
Clannad fo example, Monster, Another, Higurashi, and bunch more.
Watch Hellsing… that is all.
Code Geass and Gurren Lagann should have been on this list. I liked Death Note but Code Geass is better than it. Lelouch is a version of Kira that has a fucking actual purpose and dignity. Gurren Lagann is the most epic anime of all time plus it has great storyline, characters, drama…
Gurren Lagann, Code Geass ??
Gurren Lagann is the most epic anime of all time plus it has great storyline, characters, drama…
Code Geass and Gurren Lagann should have been on this list. I liked Death Note but Code Geass is better than that. Lelouch is a version of Kira that has a fucking actual purpose and dignity.
Gurren Lagann IS on this list Assclown
i missed that
I really like your list. I would add these to your list. Top 3: (Elfen Lied, Death Note & Monster)… Code Geass, Denno Coil, Future Diary, Noein, and Full-metal Alchemist (Brotherhood), just off the top of my head.
Thanks for writing this list and the blog! You introduced me to some great anime.
Given your taste (based on this list), i’d say you’d probably enjoy Cross Game and Touch, both anime based on manga by Adachi Mitsuru.
Cross Game is actually my favorite manga! I should really also get to Touch at some point…
If only nosebless(i have bad spelling), sen rock, tower of god, god of high school, basically the good Manhaws; as well as ONE PUNCH MAN, AKAME GA KIRU, The breaker, shoughniki no soma, The gamer were animes, then the list would need to be changed alot.
So I take it that Anime didn’t exist before 1998 or so? Where the hell is Totoro? Yamato? Macross? Robot Carnival? Project A-Ko? Grave of the Fireflies? Akira? Bubblegum Crisis? Escaflowne?
Totoro, Robot Carnival, Project A-Ko, Grave of the Fireflies and Akira are movies. The list is about series…
ummmm…. no am just saying and i think they should add swords art online now that should be number 1
putang ina nyo karat tayo every time every where
Terrific list, yet you could add xxxHolic and Suzumiya Haruhi no yūutsu. Both totally deserve to appear in any top list.
I’ve never had anything move me as deeply as End of Evangelion. While the flaws in the series itself are apparent as you mention, the story, the way its presented, the symbolism, deep philosophical and theological implications are what make it a masterpiece.
What about serial experiments lain? That show was a freaking masterpiece.
No Golden time,Nisekoi,The world God only knows,The girl of sakurasou,Date A live,Boku wa tomodachi and noucome? WTF IS THIS LIST?!!
#1 FAIRYTAIL!!!!
Sword art Online is also a must watch but highly recommend Fairytail.
have you seen Gintama, is a little slow at first but its awesome later
i agree with toradora being number 16 its good but there are better anime than that
are you kidding me no dragon ball in top 30
Where is sword art online?!?! ITS THE BEST ANIME EVER!!!!!
God, I was just reading through the comment section. It’s filled with 13 year old kids that have yet to understand hidden currents underneath the surface water. I was cringing at every full caps reply of “WHERE’S SWORD ART ONLINE?”. I truly feel sorry for you, oh author, if you read through these comments or have stopped because of the sheer level of idiocy portrayed in them.
I read every one. They’re really something.
Fun fact – I’m actually a staff critic at Anime News Network, and one of the shows I’m assigned to cover weekly is Sword Art Online.
Awesome list and exactly what I was looking for. Also appreciate the well written blurbs on each one with what you liked about it. I stumbled upon this trying to figure out which series to watch next and came out with a ton of good suggestions.
I’m surprised I’m not seeing Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood on the list though. Its the one big addition I would make…
I recommend you watch Angel Beats, Clannad, Clannad: After Story, Air, K-Project, K-on, AnoHana, SAO, AOT, Ao Haru Ride, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Fairy Tail, Black Butler, Maid-sama, Noragami, Tokyo Ghoul, AnY(I want to recommend more but it’s too tiring)…………Like DUDE you missed A LOT of the GOOD SERIES…….You MUST watch them you might wanna change your top 30 list after watching them…
Keeping this on favorites list for future reference. Thanks for the educated reviews that have some actual depth in analysis, and thus relatively trustworthy.
The best animes are :
Sword Art Online
Highschool dxd
It should be renamed to TOP 30 anime series by a 12yo girl.
I think this is my new favorite reply to this post. Congrats.
I’m glad you’re still here enjoying the show
I really enjoyed this list and that you introduced me to some new anime and most of them contain actual plot. and not all the mainstream stuff that pumps action into them, but I must say there are quite a few that are missing on your list. I don’t know if you just don’t know them, or whatnot. But this is a personal list so there is no ultimate no. 1. The list isn’t composed by the most popular, or most viewed. but moving on, you should check out: Clannad, Gintama, The world god only knows ( for it’s amazing humor), and many more!