12 Best Anime Series of All Time - 2020
I lived in Japan for a few years and watched a lot of animations in order to strengthen the Japanese language. Willing to spend so much manpower and time to draw such exquisite 2D animation, it is difficult to find a second country except Japan. Not long after I started this blog, let me introduce to you my 12 favorite animations. The well-known long-form anime is out of the scope of this discussion. (Like One Piece, Naruto, Hunter, etc.)
No. 12 Evangelion (1995)
Director: Anno Hideaki
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When the world needs to be saved by a cowardly high school student Shinji Ikari who lacks parental love and maternal love, it always makes people angry to see him nestling beside the wall, but when we think of his lonely life and being a high school student but has often to fight with monsters on the battlefield. Maybe we shouldn't blame him too more. And his father Gendo Ikari was always using everyone, and after using it, he ruthlessly threw it aside and waited for it next time when he needed it. The ruthless attitude is unpleasant. But what he did was to save the world, although his original purpose seemed not to be for this.
To be able to write such a script 25 years ago is definitely not something normal people can do. Each main character has a little personality distortion, but their personality and habits are all related to his past experience. It is very delicate inwardly. Even in 2020, this work is still very high-quality.
No. 11 Sword Art Online Season 1 (2012~)
Original Author: Reki Kawahara
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In 2022, a company created a machine that can connect to the virtual world. People can directly use brain waves to perform various actions in the virtual world, just like living in another world. The protagonist Kirito (Kazurto Kiriya) first played the closed beta version of "Sword Art Online", and when he was enjoying the official version of the world with 9,999 other players, he suddenly realized that the logout function was missing. The person who claims to be the game designer "Kayaba Akihiko" announced to everyone that only if 100 layers are destroyed can everyone return to the real world, and if they die in the game, they will also die in the real world. How do players who are trapped in the game overcome their fears and work together to break through the difficulties?
No. 10 Haruhi Suzumiya (2006~)
Original Author：Nagaru Tanigawa
Haruhi Suzumiya is a high school girl who has the ability to change the world, but she doesn't know this. She feels that the world is too ordinary and boring all day long. She hopes that something strange will happen and encounter special creatures, but her inner sanity let her refuse to believe that these strange things really exist in this world. The protagonist, Kyon, is a person who only wants to spend every day leisurely, but since he met Haruhi Suzumiya and was dragged into the SOS group established by Haruhi, he was forced to get along with all kinds of strange things and strange people. He knew that all of this was made by Haruhi Suzumiya, but he can't make her aware of it, and all kinds of strange stories happened.
No. 9 Monogatari Series (2009~)
Original Author：Nisio Isin
The kind-hearted, helpful but a bit "hentai" high school boy Koyomi Araragi and a few girls encountered many Japanese folklore stories, relying on the side effects (rapid recovery ability) left by him as a vampire to solve the people around him to get rid of all kinds of problems. In this series of animations, there will be a lot of talk rubbish and a little perverted scene, but the screen has an alternative artistic atmosphere, it is a very unique work. Although the progress of the plot is a bit slow, in this work, the plot is not the point. The interaction between Koyomi Araragi and the heroine of the "yandere" heroine, Hitagi Senjōgahara is full of fun, and the other characters are also got personality.
No. 8 The Promised Neverland Season1 (2019)
Original Author：Kaiu Shirai
The children who grew up in the orphanage lived a happy life, and some children were sent out every time they passed, because some people wanted to adopt them, and everyone watched them leave with envy. But is this really the case? In fact, there are many dark sides in this world that they don't know! One day, Norman and Emma, the smartest children in the orphanage, accidentally discovered the cruel truth. How should they take the other children to escape the cruel truth?
No. 7 Your Lie in April (2014)
Original Author：Naoshi Arakawa
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High school student Kōsei Arima was trained strictly by his mother to learn piano since he was a child. His ability to play accurately according to music scores allowed him to always win championships in various competitions. But at the age of 11, his mother fell ill and passed away, coupled with his own self-blame, which caused him to fall into a psychological barrier that he could not hear his piano, and finally gave up music. One day, he met the violinist Kaori Miyazono, and was forced to return to the music world by her, and was touched by her free-spirited style, and he also slowly changed.
No. 6 Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
Director：Akiyuki Shinbo
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Middle school student Madoka Kaname often sees a black-haired girl and a cute animal in her dreams. One day, the black-haired girl Akemi Homura, suddenly appeared in her real life as a transfer student, and when she was shopping with friends, she heard a strange sound and met the cute creature she had seen in her dream - Kyubey, And met another school sister who has become a magical girl - Mami Tomoe. Seeing Mami's graceful and heroic posture in maintaining the world, she also aroused the idea of becoming a magical girl, but becoming a magical girl is really such a beautiful thing?
No. 5 Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (2019)
Original Author：Aka Akasaka
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In the elite-studded Shuchiin Academy, the Vice President of the Student Union Kaguya Shinomiya and President Miyuki Shirogane are the two elites most admired by the students of the school. But there has been a war between the two of them all the time: a war called love. Neither person's self-esteem can actively confess to each other, the one who confessed first loses! Two people have exhausted their excellent minds in order to let each other confess, who will be the one to overcome?
No. 4 Violet Evergarden (2018)
Original Author：Kana Akatsuki
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The pictures in the entire animation are full of beauty, and the heroine Violet seems to be living in a dream world. During the war, she was originally just a young but terrifying killing machine. Later, she went to Gilbert’s team. Unlike others, Gilbert was very gentle with her, and Gilbert became all of her life. But in the last battle, Gilbert was seriously injured. Violet also lost her hands to save him. After losing consciousness, she woke up and was already in the hospital with both hands fitted with prostheses. Later, Gilbert's friend Claudia took care of Violet and let her worked in the postal company he ran. Violet became an "automatic handwriting doll". While writing letters for each guest, Violet, who had no sense of autonomy and only knew to obey orders, gradually learned to be considerate and understand the true meaning of love.
No. 3 Code Geass (2006~2007)
Created by：Gorō Taniguchi, Ichirō Ōkouchi
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The "Holy Britanian Empire", a superpower country that owns one third of the world's territory, conquered Japan and changed its name to the "Area 11". High school student Lelouch met the witch C.C. by accident and was given the power of Geass. From then on, he began his long-planned ambition: launch a revolution and conquer the Holy British Empire. While living the life of an ordinary high school student, he also organized a strong resistance force as a hero, Zero. But at the same time, his best friend Suzaku Kururugi was also reused in the Holy British Empire army and became his strongest opponent without knowing it. The battle between two friends is also related to the fate of Japan. In the end, who is the winner?
No. 2 Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World (2016~)
Original Author：Tappei Nagatsuki
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High school lettuce Subaru Natsuki, who escaped from school, was suddenly transported to another world for unknown reasons. It is not easy for him to survive in this different world full of battles without equipment and no special skills! But he also found that he had an ability: death return, every time he died, he would return to a certain point in time, and only he had this memory. After he met Emilia who was willing to help him when he was desperate, he decided to do everything for her and help her complete her mission. But every failure, pain, and death constantly tortured his heart, and he couldn't let others know how much pain he silently paid for everyone's happiness. Why does he have this ability? Why was it sent to this world?
No. 1 Steins;Gate（2011, 2018）
Created by：Chiyomaru Shikura, Naotaka Hayashi
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Rintaro Okabe is a patient with a severe form of "Chūnibyō" and a self-proclaimed arrogant mad scientist-Kyouma Hououin. He has established a "Future Gadget Laboratory". In addition to his members, he has his childhood sweetheart Mayuri Shiina and his friend Itaru "Daru" Hashida. One day when he and Mayuri went to attend the presentation of Dr. Nakabachi, they saw the talented girl Kurisu Makise, but soon after seeing her lying on the ground covered in blood, he fled the hall in a panic and sent Mail I told Hashita about this, but the moment it was sent, a strange phenomenon occurred, and the whole world changed. The venue where the conference was originally held was hit by an unknown object suspected of artificial satellites, and the announcement would be cancelled. It was held, and he saw Kurisu, who had fallen in a pool of blood, appeared in other meetings as if nothing had happened. What was going on?
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ReplyDeleteYou should watch nichijou, its very good, also do more anime with real life locations
ReplyDeleteI watched about 2 episodes, I will keep watching.
DeleteThanks you!