The Best Anime of All-Time

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This is a live list where I rank anime. Everything within a tier is arranged alphabetically. If something isn’t on the list, it will be someday. Leave your comments and we’ll talk.

I give a lot of weight to scope, scale, and depth. If an anime is higher than you expect, it probably did one or all of those things very well. If it’s lower, well, it probably frustrated me.

Rankings: updated 4/8/25

Latest additions: Invincible (1-3) | Berserk 1997 | Dragon Ball Daima | Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | My Hero Academia (S7)

Note: Shows within a tier are in alphabetical order


My Favorites

  1. Cowboy Bebop
  2. Death Parade
  3. Dragon Ball Z
  4. Escaflowne
  5. Gurren Lagann
  6. My Hero Academia (1-7)
  7. Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World (1-2)

Wow

  1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
  2. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (1)

Impressive

  1. Attack on Titan
  2. Bleach (1-16)
  3. Death Note

Enjoyable

  1. Invincible (1-3)
  2. Dragon Ball Daima
  3. Sword Art Online (1-2)

Positives 

  1. Berserk 1997
  2. Dragon Ball Super
  3. Mob Psycho 100 (1-2)
  4. One-Punch Man (1-2)

Neutral 

  1. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

Almost 

  1. Hunter x Hunter
  2. Yu Yu Hakusho (1-3)

Not Quite

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Not For Me

Really Not For Me

  1. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (1)
Chris
Chris
Chris Lambert is co-founder of Colossus. He writes about complex movie endings, narrative construction, and how movies connect to the psychology of our day-to-day lives.
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