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No way I can list any definitive top anything except maybe top 1 and even then it kinda depends so I'll just list and talk about some of my favorites.

Monogatari series. I currently say this is my favorite anime. It's one of the few anime to be both incredibly unique and incredibly well produced. It's still an absolute mystery to me how this managed to become very popular. It feels as niche as texnolyze or SEL or something and yet it keeps selling like hotcakes and getting more made. I'm not complaining though. Owarimonogatari S2 especially is my favorite ending of any anime. Like, the whole season. It was all just a perfect wrap up of everything, at least for me.

I'm a little unusual in that I like nisemono best and like monogatari second season the least. Seems to be the opposite reaction of just about everyone else. I can't wait for more.

Code geass was my previous number 1 anime and its still up there. It's also the anime I've rewatched the most (I think I've seen it about 7 times). It has everything. Comedy, action, drama, FEELS, strategy, tactics, waifus, pizza, and so much dramatic flair. The sound design especially is easy to not focus on but I think it's what ties it all together. Theres honestly so much I could talk about here. I feel like lelouch is the correct version of light yagami (from death note). Also JYB as lelouch takes that character to the top. Aside from the ambiguity leading to a season 3 it was also my favorite ending up until owarimonogatari. Very cautiously optimistic about upcoming S3.

Legend of the galactic heroes also occupied my top spot for a time. There really is no story on as grand a scale. It was great on every level really. For a show with so much polictics, it manages to stay impressively impartial. It's almost like watching a documentary on the romance of the three kingdoms or the warring states era, just more interestingly handled and with more thematic weight. It does kinda get boring at times though. Also kinda feel like a certain character not dying would have made the show better in the long run. Oh well.

HXH 2011. I credit it as the only good shonen. Thats somewhat hyperbole but I feel like it really manages to actually solve almost every problem that plagues shonen. It feels like something that almost anybody would like as long as they aren't put off by the episode count. In recent years we have really seen the value of putting out shonen seasonally so they can maintain good pacing and production quality but somehow hxh 2011 actually managed to have it all with a nearly 150 episode run AND solid pacing as well good production quality.

Neon Genesis Evangelion. It has almost everything I came to anime to find in the first place. As a teenager especially I was very into the psychological and philosophical anime out there, especially the dark ones and I feel like this one is still the best. It also just has this really unique atmosphere. I've never really seen anyone talk about that. Just the way its filmed and how they talk and the noises and stuff make it feel unique in a way that I think really compliments what the show is all about. The main message of the show also resounds so powerfully for me. I've been depressed and had trouble connecting plenty. It's just kind of the perfect look at that with the message that even though it's all painful and difficult, it's still worth it, and presented in a way that feels earned and not patronizing.

Made in Abyss is something I sorta feel like I shouldn't put on a top list yet, but only because its not over and the ending will be so very important. Theres nothing in all of anime that I'm more curious about than what is at the bottom of the abyss. On the other hand, that means it better be fucking good. I kinda feel like I'm setting my expectations impossibly high but thats the shows fault for being so good. Favorite soundtrack in all of anime. Kevin Pinkin did such a great job.

Character limit approaching so thats all for now.
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