Board 8 > Robazoid Ranks 275 Anime and Top 100 Anime Characters 3 (FINAL)

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where are you watching monster's later episodes?

the rest of the episodes hit Netflix sometime in the last few days

Oh nice, now I can actually recommend people watch it without caveats!

Speaking of Monster, Ive been rereading 20th Century Boys which is imo even better. Its been six or seven years since I read it, so Id forgotten a lot of the details.

th3l3fty posted...

the rest of the episodes hit Netflix sometime in the last few days

cool! i didn't love it that much in the mumei says but my partner might be interested, so i might give it a try again, along with CG

SeabassDebeste posted...

where are you watching monster's later episodes?

I just downloaded them. I didn't want to have to pirate a bunch of recommendations so I made a rule against it, but Monster was a special case of Netflix being stupid.

I'm glad to hear they're finally added the rest of the episodes though, even if it's too late for me. They just officially announced getting rid of account sharing, too, so my access to an account could get cut off at any moment!

(I decided I would do a write-up for this by treating it as if I recommended it to myself. If anyone was feeling bad about me not really loving their recommendation, you might feel better after seeing how low I rank something I picked for myself!)

BONUS. Classroom Crisis
https://myanimelist.net/anime/30383/Classroom%E2%98%86Crisis
Summer 2015 (13 episodes)
My Score: TBA, MAL Score: 6.98/10
Best Character: Sera Mizuki
Recommended by: @Robazoid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SgrQvxS5uQ
(EDIT: I got this video link at work and I can't really listen to it here, but I'm worried from the title that this is the OP with Crysis music or something. It was either this or no OP link at all, though, so oh well. The OP isn't very good in any case)

Premise: At a corporate school on a Mars colony, the advanced A-TEC class is dedicated to aerospace development. Then a new student transfers in, and it turns out that Kiryuu Nagisa is actually a high-ranking executive who's been sent to shut A-TEC down!

The Good: Classroom Crisis is a sci-fi anime set in a future where humanity has numerous space colonies. This is thanks to the powerful Kirishina Corporation, which also sponsors a school where the advanced A-TEC class is at the cutting edge of aerospace research. Both the students and their teacher have eccentric personalities and a reputation for wasteful spending, which finally drives Kirishina to dispatch a young executive to shut A-TEC down. I liked a few of the characters, especially Mizuki. She was a nice upbeat girl, and her interactions with the executive transfer student Nagisa were the best part of the show. I also didn't mind some of the corporate scheming, though it was held back a bit by stuff I'll cover in the bad section. Other than that, the nicest thing I can say about this is that one of the characters was basically a corporate ninja, which is always fun.

The Bad: Classroom Crisis did so many things wrong that I'm honestly struggling to decide where to begin. Part of that might be that I went in with the wrong expectations. I wanted a sci-fi slice-of-life about kids designing a spaceship, but this wasn't what the show was at all. The only part of development process that wasn't skipped over was budgeting. Otherwise they pulled new breakthroughs out of their asses entirely offecreen. There was also very little that I would call slice-of-life. No, this was an anime about the cutthroat world of corporate politics... but, even on that level, I don't think it did a good job. Nagisa mostly maneuvered against his older brother Yuji, who was an awful mixture of abusive and stupid. He was such a crappy person that you wanted to see Yuji fail, but he was also such an idiot that victories against him felt hollow rather than satisfying. It didn't help that Nagisa himself was a terrible person most of the time too, though at least he got some development along the way to help justify it.

Other than that, Classroom Crisis had a lot of big plots that came out of nowhere and were handled shockingly poorly. They introduced a major character having amnesia halfway through the series as an offhand comment, I mean, come on. They spent a lot of time developing a relationship and then turned it into a love triangle with no build-up at all. And, like I said before, the whole aerospace research aspect of the show was basically skipped over. It was just an excuse to have corporate scheming. This meant that most of the A-TEC students got no development at all.

Overall: Classroom Crisis really seemed like an anime that I would like, which just goes to show that it's impossible to tell if I'll enjoy something without trying it first. The characters, with Mizuki as a notable exception, were either annoying, jerks, or they barely got any development at all. The corporate scheming was unsatisfying, the research was nonexistent, and a lot of big plot moments came out of nowhere (and, arguably, went nowhere). I felt bad for giving low ranking to a lot of recommendations, but I hope this helps people see that it isn't their fault! This is the kind of junk I often wind up choosing for myself, after all.

Classroom Crisis looked like the kind of show I would like but then most people I saw talk about the show hated it so I never watched it.

BONUS. Monster
https://myanimelist.net/anime/19/Monster
Spring 2004 (74 episodes)
My Score: TBA, MAL Score: 8.85/10
Best Character: Wolfgang Grimmer
Recommended by: @MartinFF7 and @LordoftheMorons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msTB5r8nUHU

Premise: Tenma Kenzou, a skilled neurosurgeon, has his life changed forever after operating on a young boy. Johan Liebert turns out to be a monster who leaves a trail of death in his wake, which forces Tenma to go on a journey to try and stop him.

The Good: Monster is a drama/thriller anime. It began with Dr. Tenma saving a boys life, which turned out to have unimaginable consequences when its revealed that the boy is evil. Tenma is the protagonist, and the story mostly follows him after hes forced to go on the run and try to track Johan across Germany and beyond. Still, I really enjoyed how expansive this anime turned out to be. It would often introduce new side characters or even shift focus to a new group entirely for a few episodes before ultimately tying them back into the larger story. For such a large cast of characters, its impressive how memorable most of them are. I struggled to choose a favorite! I settled on Grimmer because he had the most interesting background and his role in the story was cool, but Dr. Reichwein and Nina were up there as well, and Tenma was a solid lead.

This anime did a great job setting up tense situations, and it always built up a solid atmosphere. I went into this expecting Johan to be a much more brutal murderer than he turned out to be, like I figured hed be massacring people on the street or something. Rather than killing a lot of people himself, however, he turned out to be someone who could awaken the darkness in others. Johan felt like an almost supernatural entity, like the personification of evil. Large parts of the story were dedicated to delving into how he came to be, which was interesting. There were also the larger thematic questions regarding life and death. Tenma is a surgeon who dedicated himself to saving lives, but now hes on a quest to kill someone. Monster examined ideas like whether people could go against their inherent nature, and I found a lot of it to be fascinating. For such a long anime, I was surprised at how smooth it was to watch. Aside from maybe one or two meh episodes, there was never a lull or a crappy arc or anything like that. It was a deep and interesting story from beginning to end.

The Bad: I had a few minor problems with the story. It relied a bit on coincidental meetings, like the several times characters stumbled across someone with a deep connection to the mystery. Also, while I liked Inspector Lunge overall, his initial conclusion that Tenma was the real serial killer was kind of stupid. Doctors in general are a profession known for working long hours, and Tenma in particular was portrayed as a workaholic who dedicated himself to saving people. If he was wandering all around Germany murdering people, I think someone wouldve noticed! None of this ruined the story, but they were my biggest complaints. I also didnt like one part of the ending, but overall if was a satisfying conclusion.

Overall: Watching Monster was a long journey, but, in the end, it was definitely worth it! I liked all the main characters, and lots of side characters were memorable as well. This anime excelled at setting up tense situations. There were countless interesting moments and it examined deep themes, and all of that built into creating a satisfying overall story. However, having said all of that, this wound up being a tough anime to fit into my ranking. I had a lot of nice things to say and I dont have any major complaints. Still, I couldnt justify raising it beyond a 7/10. I can see why this anime would resonate with a lot of people and rise into their favorites, but for me it was just a solid, well put-together story. In any case, Im glad I finally watched this! Thank you to both MartinFF7 and LordofheMorons for pooling your recommendations for Monster. I feel bad for not ranking it higher and I struggled for longer than I should have trying to find a way to justify myself here. In the end, though, perhaps theres nothing wrong with thinking it was just a solid, well-told story.

Also some quick spoiler thoughts for the ending of Monster

I really liked the situation they set up in that town at the end, but in the end I felt a bit disappointed. That old couple handed out lots of guns, but each of the characters the story actually focused on (Wim, his drunk dad, the lotto couple) wound up resisting the urge to kill anyone. When the town began tearing itself apart, it felt like it was just Johan's lackeys led by Roberto who were doing all of the killing. Since it was set up as Johan simply setting up the opportunity for people's inherent darkness be the spark that would rip the town apart, not getting to see any of that from any of the characters the story focused on was a letdown. Thankfully, all the actual character stuff was great. It was neat having Tenma, Lunge, Grimmer, Nina, Roberto, and Johan all in one place finally interacting with each other and finishing the story off. The actual ending was great... until that sequel hook shot of Johan apparently escaping from the hospital! Maybe my opinion on that will change later after I've thought more about it, but right now I think that's pretty lame. I'm not sure how Johan going back into the world ties into the themes. Tenma told him the name his mother gave him, and maybe that will infuse humanity into Johan and he'll live a life of peace, which would point to one thematic conclusion. Or maybe he'll go back to sowing death and chaos, making Tenma regret saving him again, and that would point to a completely different thematic conclusion. I'm not sure how I feel about such a well put-together story having such an inconclusive ending, but oh well. Everything else about the last episode was solid.

monster had a lot of characters reacting SO DRAMATICALLY a lot of the time and that kinda took me out of it i guess that's common in anime, but most anime have more comedic moments to offset the melodrama.

grimmer is my fave too. the magnificent steiner!

I apologize again for never reaching my promised goals, but I only have thirteen Mob episodes left! Pretty soon I can do the final write-up and post the final ranking.

(This write-up wound up being pretty long, my apologies. I'll try to get up early enough to post the final ranking in the morning before I go to work)

BONUS. Mob Psycho 100
https://myanimelist.net/anime/32182/Mob_Psycho_100
Summer 2016 (12 episodes), Winter 2019 (13 episodes), Fall 2022 (12 episodes) plus 1 OVA
My Score: TBA, MAL Score: 8.49/10 S1, 8.81/10 S2, 8.75/10 S3
Best Character: Dimple
Recommended by: @Sheep007

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw-5Lka7gPE

Premise: Kageyama Shigeo, also known as Mob, is an incredibly powerful psychic. He works part-time with a fake psychic, Reigen Arataka, in order to learn how to control his powers.

The Good: Mob Psycho 100 is an action comedy about over-the-top battles between psychics with crazy powers. It mostly follows Mob, a boy who has been suppressing his abilities and has a pretty dull personality as a result. Sometimes emotions get the best of him, however, and then his powers erupt. Theres also a large cast of colorful characters, including the con artist Reigen and an evil spirit named Dimple. He wound up being my favorite because I liked the visual of a little green ghost dude hovering around, plus he got some good development in one arc. Tome, the girl with an interest in espers, was a fun character too even if she was minor. The anime followed the daily adventures of Mob, which included a lot of stunningly well-animated battle sequences. I imagine the sheer spectacle of this anime is a big reason why so many people love it.

The Bad: Mob Psycho 100 is another work by the creator of One Punch Man, and its becoming increasingly clear that his style just isnt for me. That author is a big fan of a few tropes that I dont enjoy. One of the big ones is setting up what appears to be a dangerous battle only for the hero to instantly win with little effort. It was funny in OPM (for most of one season, at least), but I didnt like how it was handled in Mob. Itd be like if Saitama needed to psyche himself up before he could deliver the one punch. It wouldnt really change the flow of the battle, it would just stretch it out a lot.

Almost every big battle started with other heroes fighting the bad guys and getting beaten back. Then Mob would show up and start fighting too, but his heart wouldnt be in it. Then, finally, his emotion counter would hit 100% for one reason or another, and only then would he instantly win with little effort. I know this isnt literally how every battle played out, they usually had a slight variation on the formula or took a detour for characterization purposes, but as a general rule I think it holds. Rather than basking in the sheer spectacle of the animation, I often found myself simply waiting for Mob to show up or for his counter to max out so the fight would finally end.

I know that opinion isnt fair. It would be like bashing OPM because Saitama wins every fight in one punch. Mob being insanely powerful and held back only by his emotions is literally the point of this story, and the battles are all about him coming to terms with some aspect of himself and growing as a result. I understand that. Like I said before, though, it just wasnt my thing. I think the reason is that I dont usually enjoy such insane power levels. Mob didnt appear to have any defined limit on his abilities, and most of the people he fought felt like they could do almost anything too. Mob would do a big psychic blast, destroying a barrier the bad guy had summoned. It was always amazingly animated and looked spectacular. I just couldnt get into it because its not like Mob has limited energy capacity, so that blast didnt cost him anything. And the bad guy can always just throw up another barrier, assuming Mob isnt in 100% instant-win mode. I guess what Im trying to say is, Im a big fan of battles where the fighters have clearly defined strengths and limitations. Mob Psycho 100 simply didnt have those types of battles.

I also wasnt a fan of a lot of the characters or their development. Reigen was a big miss for me. Sometimes he was a scummy idiotic con artist with zero morals. Other times he was a genuinely intelligent leader full of good advice. The two halves never fit together for me. Mobs crush on Tsubomi felt incredibly flat, too. Most of the other characters had goofy one-note personalities. Mob himself mostly felt flat and boring. It seemed like this anime was stuffed full of things that would be charming for people who were into it, but I just wasnt that into it. Also, one big battle destroyed a bunch of skyscrapers in the middle of the city and within a day nobody seemed to care. Again, that reminded me of OPM, specifically the episode where the meteor destroyed a bunch of the city and, again, nobody seemed to care. Its comedic and zany, and I understand why other people would enjoy it, but that narrative style just isnt for me.

Overall: The quality of the production of Mob Psycho 100 is certainly undeniable, especially the animation during the fight scenes. It was also full of charming details and creative ideas. Sadly, the whole thing wound up not being my thing. I prefer battles where I know what everyone is capable of so I can follow the back-and-forth while trying to predict whatll happen next. By contrast, Mob Psycho 100 focused on nebulous abilities that kept reaching newer and crazier heights. Aside from Dimple and Tome, I didnt love any of the characters either. I wont claim this anime is bad or anything. In fact, I can easily see why so many people love it! It just wasnt for me. Still, Im glad you recommended it, Sheep! Even if I didnt love the shows overall style, those fights scenes were all damn impressive and I was happy to watch it for that alone. This is also another case where its probably a good thing the show wasnt designed to appeal to my tastes. The sheer popularity of Mob Psycho 100 shows that theres a big market for this kind of thing, even if Im personally not part of it.

Reigen is the worst. One of the biggest hypocrites in anime, and most of his big moments are just him giving shitty advice.

Not liking Reigen is a large part of why Mob Psycho fell flat for me I think.

Season 1 was solid, but then season 2 had some arc I didn't like for reasons I can't remember, before immediately following it up with a Reigen-centric arc, and at that point I was just done.

Reigen's great, one of my favorite anime characters. Certainly not for everyone but I do quite love him.

Before posting the final ranking, I want to go some stuff for anyone who might be interested.

I talked about this a few times during this project, but here's a reminder of how my ranking works. I always keep a certain number of anime in each tier. I'm very close to reaching 300 shows, which, when organized from 10 to 1, will have tiers of 10/20/30/40/50/50/40/30/20/10. This means that one third of the shows I've seen will be considered roughly average, and anything that reaches the top or bottom extremes is either really good or really terrible. Whenever I watch a new anime, I slot it into the list. I've kept up with this ranking ever since I first started watching anime. This might seem like a colossal waste of time, but I work a job where I often spend hours sitting at a desk with nothing to do. Stuff like this helps me pass time!

Shows often shift around in the ranking. Sometimes that's because a new one was added to the tier. Since there can only be ten 10/10s (at least right now), finding a new favorite means a current 10/10 needs to fall to a 9, and then a current 9 needs to fall to an 8, and so on. It isn't always the anime ranked lowest in the tier that slides down, either. I enjoy reexamining the various shows in each tier and trying to determine the weakest link. There are also times where I move anime around in the ranking because my opinions have changed, or for a variety of other reasons. It's a living document. This might not make sense to a lot of people. I mean, why should finding a new 10/10 retroactively downgrade my opinion of a completely different show? I imagine most people just rank something a 7 on MAL or wherever and then they never think about it again. For me, though, aside from giving me something to do to kill time at work, I enjoy shifting anime around. It gives me a reason to think about them again, even years later.

My way of ranking things also means that my true favorites slowly rise, my most hated slowly fall, and everything else slowly slides towards the middle. That's pretty much what happened as I put together this final ranking. I spent quite a long time writing up a post detailing every single change (including minor shifts like Re-Kan and Iroduku swapping positions or exactly which shows were bumped from a 7/10 to a 6/10), but I eventually realized no one cares about any of that except me. In the full ranking posted below, there will be some differences. Some are even significant, like Children of the Whales falling from a 9/10 to a 7/10 (I assumed it would be a 9, then, when I finally rewatched it, it was too late to rank it any lower than a 9. The same thing happened with Parasyte). However, I'm only going to go into detail for the 36 new additions listed below.

3- Searching for the Full Moon
(Recommended by Mega_Mana)

This was my favorite recommendation and it reached the coveted top 5. It mixed together so many different moods and genres, and it handled them all so well, that the result was something truly special.

28- Talentless Nana
(Recommended by Cody11533)

This show had a great concept and handled it well. It landed right below Kakegurui. The two aren't very similar, but they left me with similar feelings due to both having interesting protagonists who got into neat situations.

53- Raven of the Inner Palace
(Airing anime)

This anime had great supernatural elements and a lot of great character development. It landed next to Kakuriyo, another anime with those same aspects.

54- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
(Recommended by CoolCly)

This anime also had a great concept and a super fun mystery. It landed ahead of The Girl in Twilight, another anime with a concept that really appealed to me.

69- BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense
(Recommended by WhiteLens)

This fun anime about an overpowered girl in a VR video game was both interesting and hilarious, which earned it a spot between Blend-S (which fell from the 8/10s) and D-Frag, another comedy about video games.

72- The Little Lies We All Tell
(Airing anime)

This comedy anime also landed near D-Frag and The Demon Girl Next Door. Much like those two, it had a style of humor that really appealed to me.

73- Sasami-san @ Ganbarenai
(Recommended by MacArrowny)

This anime was just so wonderfully weird, but also wound up telling a compelling story about interesting characters. It landed near Arakawa Under the Bridge, mostly because both shows left me with a similar vibe.

83- Romantic Killer
(Airing anime)

This anime was a wonderful rom-com that used the genre's expectations for a lot of great situations and humor. It landed right below My Dress-Up Darling, another fun rom-com that avoided the dramatic pitfalls a lot of shows in this genre fall into.

88- Monster
(Recommended by MartinFF7 and LordoftheMorons)

This was an interesting story, and I'm really glad I finally got a chance to watch it. It didn't wind up being one of my favorites like it did for a lot of people, but I certainly enjoyed it. It landed right below Death Note, mostly because both shows were about exploring interesting characters in deadly situations.

103- 86 Eighty-Six
(Recommended by NBIceman)

This mecha anime had a lot of great characters and ideas, but was held back by being too heavy-handed with a lot of things, especially the whole racism aspect. I still enjoyed it enough to rank it near The Price of Smiles, another mecha anime that I thought had a lot of great ideas but not the greatest execution.

136- Tsukigakirei
(Recommended by KommunistKoala)

This tale of young love wound up landing in what I call the near-average rom-com section of my ranking, alongside anime like Tsurezure Children and Toradora.

138- Sakura Quest
(Recommended by pyresword)

This fun slice-of-life anime landed near shows that left me with similar feelings, such as Non Non Biyori. This section didn't resonate with me enough to rise any higher, but there's nothing wrong with being a nice near-average anime!

140- Do It Yourself
(Airing anime)

This anime was a unique slice-of-life club anime, and I enjoyed it quite a bit even though I didn't love it. It also landed near Non-Non Biyori, close to average.

145- Bocchi the Rock
(Airing anime)

This anime is a low 6/10 alongside a few other music shows like D4DJ and Love Live: Nijigasaki. I usually like shy girls, but Bocchi didn't quite do it for me (though I didn't hate her or anything, I just didn't like her enough to rank this any higher).

152- Vinland Saga
(Recommended by NFUN)

The high 5/10s have a lot of action anime that I enjoyed but didn't love, and Vinland Saga currently sits alongside them. I'm excited to watch the second season to see if this ranking will change!

176- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
(Airing anime)

As much as I disliked certain aspects of the story, this was still a decent anime with good production values. It landed near Madoka, another anime that had some ideas I liked and other ideas that I hated.

181- Kaiji
(Recommended by Reg)

This anime was held back quite a bit by its slow pacing and what felt like padding. The gambles were still interesting enough to rank it in the 5/10s. It sits right below Saga of Tanya the Evil, another anime that had a neat premise but also a lot of little things that bugged me.

182- Cowboy Bebop
(Recommended by Celo)

This anime was held back by my dislike for the more dramatic story-focused episodes. Still, the more episodic space adventures were a lot of fun, and enough to rank it just ahead of Bodacious Space Pirates, another space anime.

188- Management of a Novice Alchemist
(Airing anime)

This anime was held back by my dislike for the super overpowered protagonist, but it still had good aspects like exploring the intricacies of running an alchemy business. It landed under Endro, another fantasy anime with cute girls that should've been a lot better than it was.

197- Kaguya-Sama: Love is War
(Recommended by handsomeboy2012)

Watching the second and third seasons of this anime wound up raising it from a 3/10 to a high 4/10. It escaped what I call the mediocre rom-com section and rose all the way to sit below The Ryou's Work is Never Done.

201- Chainsaw Man
(Airing anime)

This anime had a tone that didn't jive with me, but I still enjoyed stuff like the setting and the idea of all the different devils. It fell into the bottom of a section of grim anime, including shows like Magical Girl Site and Grimgar.

212- The Tatami Galaxy
(Recommended by Sceptilesolar)

This show was interesting and unique, but the style ultimately wasn't my favorite thing. I ranked it near Wandering Son, another anime that I consider special and important but, ultimately, just not really my thing.

216- Record of Ragnarok
(Recommended by GavEvans123)

This anime was held back by its shoddy production and glacial pacing, but it still had fun ideas. I'm glad I watched it, and I hope to watch the second season in the near future! I ranked it near Marchen Madchen, another flawed gem.

229- Beastars
(Recommended by Bane_Of_Despair)

My opinion on this anime is fluid, because I really liked the main relationship but there was other stuff I didn't like at all. I wound up putting it below the mediocre rom-com section, but it doesn't really fit there because the romance was the best part about this. Beastars was difficult to rank.

231- Akiba Maid War
(Airing anime)

This anime had neat ideas but, in my opinion, really bad execution. I wanted to rank it a 3/10 but it wound up getting bumped up to a 4/10 alongside other shows I have significant problems with, such as Re:Creators and Death Parade.

237- Mob Psycho 100
(Recommended by Sheep007)

This anime, sadly, ranked far below One Punch Man, another show by the same author. I had mostly the same problems with both of them, but Mob handled everything in a way I liked less. They both still had high-quality productions and a lot of neat moments.

240- Cromartie High School
(Recommended by cyko)

There were parts of this anime that I enjoyed, such as Mechazawa and the Gorilla, but ultimately the style of humor just wasn't for me. It ranked alongside shows like Aggretsuko and Sakamoto, other comedies where I could see what they were going for but it just wasn't my taste.

244- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
(Airing anime)

I'm really hoping the second season of this anime saves it, because I find myself hating it more the more I think about it. This has so many elements I should enjoy, but none of them have come together in a satisfying way yet.

248- March Comes in Like a Lion
(Recommended by changmas)

There were parts of this anime that I enjoyed. In the end, though, it mostly just left me with bad feelings. It ranks alongside several other anime that most people love that just didn't sit right with me for whatever reason. Shows like Hyouka and Sound Euphonium.

251- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
(Recommended by Maniac64)

This was an anime with high highs and low lows. I liked the concept and several of the characters, but Suzaku remains one of the worst fictional characters ever. This ranks near Violet Evergarden, another show that had episodes I loved and other episodes I absolutely hated.

253- Classroom Crisis
(Recommended by Robazoid)

I don't know what the deal is with this Robazoid weirdo, but his recommendation sucked. It had a lot of things that should've appealed to me, but nearly everything was handled poorly. This ranks barely above the trash isekai section, and I'm sad I couldn't justify ranking it lower.

255- I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills
(Airing anime)

This show was a trash isekai, not much else to say.

265- My Master Has No Tail
(Airine anime)

There's nothing worse than an unfunny comedy, and this anime was unfunny on every level. I ranked it near Holmes of Kyoto, another anime with a kind of historical vibe. Both of those shows also failed at everything they tried to do.

286- Neon Genesis Evangelion
(Recommended by HBJDubs)

I feel bad for ranking this as low as I have, because I honestly don't hate it nearly as much as a lot of things ranked above it. This show simply felt like it was designed so that it wouldn't appeal to me at all, and in the end I can't rank it any higher than a 1/10.

294- Psycho Pass
(Dropped Recommendation)

I dropped Psycho Pass when it got so grim that it pissed me off. Looking back, though, I might've just been in the wrong mood then. I've been thinking about this anime lately, and there's a good chance I actually will go back and finish it at some point. For now, though, it's in the Dropped Tier.

M1- Kiki's Delivery Service
(Recommended by Xeybozn)

The only anime movie recommendation, and also easily my favorite standalone anime movie. That may not be a huge achievement since the movie list only has six entries, but reaching the top is still pretty impressive!

(10/10 PERFECT TIER)
1- Engaged to the Unidentified
2- School-Live
3- Searching for the Full Moon
4- A.I.C.O.: Incarnation
5- Akudama Drive
6- Sagrada Reset
7- Girls' Last Tour
8- Sound of the Sky
9- Snow White with the Red Hair
10- Squid Girl

(9/10 AMAZING TIER)
11- Laid-Back Camp
12- Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai
13- Iroduku: The World in Colors
14- Re-Kan!
15- Gamers!
16- Watamote
17- Love Live: Sunshine
18- Zombie Land Saga
19- Etotama
20- Dropkick on my Devil
21- A Place Further Than the Universe
22- Odd Taxi
23- Chihayafuru
24- Super Cub
25- Flying Witch
26- Made in Abyss
27- Kakegurui
28- Talentless Nana
29- Lost Song
30- Revue Starlight

(8/10 GREAT TIER)
31- Princess Principal
32- Planet With
33- Witch Craft Works
34- Yuki Yuna is a Hero
35- Re:ZERO
36- Hunter x Hunter
37- From the New World
38- Angel Beats
39- Plastic Memories
40- Anohana
41- Your Lie in April
42- Hinamatsuri
43- Working!!
44- Anne-Happy
45- Kiniro Mosaic
46- The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated
47- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
48- Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
49- Keijo!!!!!!!!
50- Akebi's Sailor Uniform
51- Animegataris
52- Kakuriyo
53- Raven of the Inner Palace
54- Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
55- The Girl in Twilight
56- The Executioner and Her Way of Life
57- High-Rise Invasion
58- Mieruko-chan
59- Happy Sugar Life
60- Shiki

(7/10 GOOD TIER)
61- Golden Kamuy
62- Knights of Sidonia
63- Little Witch Academia
64- Children of the Whales
65- Sunday Without God
66- Noragami
67- Katana Maidens
68- Blend-S
69- BOFURI
70- D-Frag
71- The Demon Girl Next Door
72- The Little Lies We All Tell
73- Sasami-san @ Ganbaranai
74- Arakawa Under the Bridge
75- Lucky Star
76- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
77- BanG Dream
78- Ya Boy Kongming
79- Love Live! School Idol Project
80- Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions
81- Amanchu
82- My Dress-Up Darling
83- Romantic Killer
84- Scorching Ping Pong Girls
85- My Hero Academia
86- Steins;Gate
87- Death Note
88- Monster
89- Lycoris Recoil
90- Prima Doll
91- Harukana Receive
92- Anima Yell
93- Komi Can't Communicate
94- Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu
95- Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
96- Chio's School Road
97- In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki
98- Love Lab
99- Deaimon: Recipe for Happiness
100- Konohana Kitan

(6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE TIER)
101- Aria
102- Monogatari
103- 86 Eighty-Six
104- The Price of Smiles
105- The Magnificent Kotobuki
106- High School Fleet
107- Umamusume: Pretty Derby
108- WATATEN: An Angel Flew Down to Me
109- Uzamaid
110- Last Period
111- A Certain Magical Index
112- The Aquatope on White Sand
113- Celestial Method
114- Kokkoku
115- Land of the Lustrous
116- Love After World Domination
117- Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
118- Parasyte: The Maxim
119- Killing Bites
120- Vividred Operation
121- Castle Town Dandelion
122- Somali and the Forest Spirit
123- RPG Real Estate
124- Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood
125- Gabriel Dropout
126- Himouto! Umaru-chan
127- Teppen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Laughing 'til You Cry
128- Asobi Asobase -workshop of fun-
129- This Art Club Has a Problem
130- Nyarko-san
131- The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
132- Actually, I Am
133- Masamune-kun's Revenge
134- My Love Story
135- Tsurezure Children
136- Tsukigakirei
137- Toradora
138- Sakura Quest
139- Non Non Biyori
140- Do It Yourself
141- Healer Girl
142- Carole & Tuesday
143- AKB0048
144- D4DJ: First Mix
145- Bocchi the Rock
146- Love Live: Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

(5.5/10 EXACTLY AVERAGE TIER)
147- K-On!

(5/10 BELOW AVERAGE TIER)
148- Attack on Titan
149- Goblin Slayer
150- Megalo Box
151- Claymore
152- Vinland Saga
153- Classroom of the Elite
154- Urara Meirocho
155- Spy x Family
156- Hina Logic: Luck & Logic
157- Girls und Panzer
158- Mitsuboshi Colors
159- Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
160- Is the Order a Rabbit?
161- Yuru Yuri
162- Hinako Note
163- Kemono Friends
164- Cells at Work
165- We Rent Tsukumogami
166- Magimoji Rurumo
167- Pastel Memories
168- Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
169- Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
170- Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
171- Music Girls
172- Shine Post
173- Luminous Witches
174- Phantom of the Idol
175- Hanasaku Iroha
176- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
177- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
178- Sword Art Online
179- Overlord
180- Saga of Tanya the Evil
181- Kaiji
182- Cowboy Bebop
183- Bodacious Space Pirates
184- Yona of the Dawn
185- Ascendance of a Bookworm
186- Parallel World Pharmacy
187- Endro~!
188- Management of a Novice Alchemist
189- Three Leaves, Three Colors
190- Slow Start
191- GJ Club
192- Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
193- Hakumei and Mikochi

(4/10 MEDIOCRE TIER)
194- How to Keep a Mummy
195- Interviews with Monster Girls
196- The Ryuo's Work is Never Done
197- Kaguya-sama: Love is War
198- Magical Girl Raising Project
199- Magical Girl Site
200- Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions
201- Chainsaw Man
202- Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
203- A Certain Scientific Railgun
204- Phantom in the Twilight
205- One Punch Man
206- Daily Lives of High School Boys
207- Sabagebu: Survival Game Club
208- Konosuba
209- Haganai
210- Monster Musume
211- Sankarea
212- The Tatami Galaxy
213- Wandering Son
214- RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time
215- Marchen Madchen
216- Record of Ragnarok
217- Aokana
218- Cinderella Nine
219- Asteroid in Love
220- Teasing Master Takagi-san
221- Comic Girls
222- Girlish Number
223- New Game
224- Red Data Girl
225- Nanana's Buried Treasure
226- After the Rain
227- Recovery of an MMO Junkie
228- Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku
229- Beastars
230- Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
231- Akiba Maid War
232- Re:Creators
233- Death Parade

(3/10 DISAPPOINTING TIER)
234- Devilman Crybaby
235- B: The Beginning
236- Assassination Classroom
237- Mob Psycho 100
238- Strike Witches
239- Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
240- Cromartie High School
241- Aggretsuko
242- Servant x Service
243- Tada Never Falls in Love
244- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
245- Shirobako
246- Hyouka
247- Sound Euphonium
248- March Comes in Like a Lion
249- Violet Evergarden
250- The Ancient Magus' Bride
251- Code Geass
252- Scum's Wish
253- Classroom Crisis
254- The Devil is a Part-Timer
255- I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills
256- Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
257- How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
258- Seven Senses of the Re'Union
259- Island
260- Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
261- Karakuri Circus
262- Heroines Run the Show
263- Release the Spyce

(2/10 BAD TIER)
264- A Sister's All You Need
265- My Master Has No Tail
266- Holmes of Kyoto
267- Angels of Death
268- Brave Witches
269- Call of the Night
270- The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar
271- Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King
272- The Junji Ito Collection
273- The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious
274- The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting
275- School Babysitters
276- Kumamiko: Girl Meets Bear
277- Record of Grancrest War
278- Adachi and Shimamura
279- Golden Time
280- Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
281- Citrus
282- Vampire in the Garden
283- Frankenstein Family

(1/10 TERRIBLE TIER)
284- Symphogear
285- Hanebado
286- Neon Genesis Evangelion
287- Darling in the FranXX
288- Kinos Journey -the Beautiful World-
289- Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
290- Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It
291- My Little Monster
292- Maria the Virgin Witch
293- ID-0

(STANDALONE MOVIES)
M1- Kiki's Delivery Service
M2- Bubble
M3- Starlight Promises
M4- Expelled from Paradise
M5- The Garden of Sinners
M6- Calamity of the Zombie Girl

(TOP 100 CHARACTERS)
1- Takeya Yuki (School-Live)
2- Yuki Yuna (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)
3- Tachibana Aiko (A.I.C.O.: Incarnation)
4- Kuroki Tomoko (Watamote)
5- Shirayuki (Snow White with the Red Hair)
6- Etou Kanami (Katana Maidens)
7- Jabami Yumeko (Kakegurui)
8- Kohinata 'Pikari' Hikari (Amanchu)
9- Mitsumine Mashiro (Engaged to the Unidentified)
10- Toyama Kasumi (BanG Dream)
11- Souma Sumire (Sagrada Reset)
12- Kouyama Mitsuki (Searching for the Full Moon)
13- Emilia (Re:ZERO)
14- Hanekawa Tsubasa (Monogatari)
15- Sakurajima Mai (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai)
16- Ange le Carr (Princess Principal)
17- Tsuchimiya Asuka (The Girl in Twilight)
18- Takanashi Rikka (Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions)
19- Tsukishiro Hitomi (Iroduku: The World in Colors)
20- Miyazono Kaori (Your Lie in April)
21- Tachibana 'Angel' Kanade (Angel Beats)
22- Suzumiya Haruhi (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
23- Index Librorum Prohibitorum (A Certain Magical Index)
24- Amami Hibiki (Re-Kan!)
25- Kagamihara Nadeshiko (Laid-Back Camp)
26- Inami Mahiru (Working!!)
27- Ayase Chihaya (Chihayafuru)
28- Yotsuya Miko (Mieruko-chan)
29- Kobuchizawa Shirase (A Place Further Than the Universe)
30- Misakino Kukuru (The Aquatope on White Sand)
31- Koguma (Super Cub)
32- Swindler (Akudama Drive)
33- Hiiragi Nana (Talentless Nana)
34- Tokito Akari (The Executioner and Her Way of Life)
35- Kurokami no Onna (Death Parade)
36- Kuroi Souya (Planet With)
37- Riko (Made in Abyss)
38- Kagari 'Akko' Atsuko (Little Witch Academia)
39- Iki Hiyori (Noragami)
40- Sorami Kanata (Sound of the Sky)
41- Nagato Yuki (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
42- Nya-tan (Etotama)
43- Honma 'Menma' Meiko (Anohana)
44- Isla (Plastic Memories)
45- Konno Yuuki (Sword Art Online)
46- Squid Girl (Squid Girl)
47- Jashin-chan (Dropkick on my Devil)
48- Jahy (The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated)
49- Kurumizawa McDowell Satania Satanichia (Gabriel Dropout)
50- Kirishiki Sunako (Shiki)
51- Mishima Hitomi (Hinamatsuri)
52- Tsubaki Aoi (Kakuriyo: Bed & Breakfast for Spirits)
53- Kitagawa Marin (My Dress-Up Darling)
54- Hoshino Anzu (Romantic Killer)
55- Akebi Komichi (Akebi's Sailor Uniform)
56- Matsuzaka Satou (Happy Sugar Life)
57- Azusagawa Kaede (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny-Girl Senpai)
58- Shichimiya Satone (Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions)
59- Asagaya Minoa (Animegataris)
60- Shima Rin (Laid-Back Camp)
61- Togo Mimori (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)
62- Vladilena Milize (86 Eighty Six)
63- Makise Kurisu (Steins;Gate)
64- Otonashi Yuzuru (Angel Beats)
65- Zhuge 'Kongming' Liang (Ya Boy Kongming)
66- Eve (Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story)
67- Odokawa Hiroshi (Odd Taxi)
68- Liu Shouxue (Raven of the Inner Palace)
69- Nishikigi Chisato (Lycoris Recoil)
70- Tsumujikaze Koyori (Scorching Ping Pong Girls)
71- Asai Kei (Sagrada Reset)
72- Honjou Yuri (High-Rise Invasion)
73- Ayanokouji Kiyotaka (Classroom of the Elite)
74- Yagami Light (Death Note)
75- Yoshida 'Shamiko' Yuuko (The Demon Girl Next Door)
76- Azazel 'Ameri' Amelie (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)
77- Hanakoizumi Anne (Anne-Happy)
78- Komi Shouko (Komi Can't Communicate)
79- Sawabe Tsubaki (Your Lie in April)
80- Ooki 'Teko' Futaba (Amanchu)
81- Tsukuyomi Sasami (Sasami-san @ Ganbarenai)
82- Tsukimi Eiko (Ya Boy Kongming)
83- Yonomori Kobeni (Engaged to the Unidentified)
84- Inoue Narumi (Re-Kan!)
85- Ichigaya Arisa (BanG Dream)
86- Nakasu Kasumi (Love Live: Nijigasaki High School Idol Club)
87- Tsushima 'Yohane' Yoshiko (Love Live: Sunshine)
88- Kogami Akira (Lucky Star)
89- Yamada Tae (Zombie Land Saga)
90- Sakuranomiya Maika (Blend-S)
91- Miyamo Chio (Chio's School Road)
92- Hitori Bocchi (Hitoribocchi no Marumaruseikatsu)
93- Kagari Ayaka (Witch Craft Works)
94- Sugimoto Saichi (Golden Kamuy)
95- Soleil Yuki (The Price of Smiles)
96- Hoshimi Junna (Revue Starlight)
97- Chito (Girls' Last Tour)
98- Inubouzaki Itsuki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)
99- Makabe Masamune (Masamune-kun's Revenge)
100- Nanbu Gansaku (Megalo Box)
101- Takahashi Megumi (A Place Further Than the Universe)
102- Chakuro (Children of the Whales)
103- Dee Ensy Stratmitos (Sunday Without God)
104- Ursula Callistis (Little Witch Academia)
105- Miyauchi Renge (Non Non Biyori)
106- Izumi Shinichi (Parasyte: The Maxim)

And with that, my anime ranking is officially over. We started late July, but I'd been finalizing rankings and doing write-ups in advance for a few months before that. Due to some long recommendations towards the end, this also wound up taking a few months longer than I thought it would. All told, this project took me almost a full year! The final word count on the Google doc is 177787. That's a lot of words spent talking about anime.

This whole thing was a lot of work, but I also had a lot of fun with it. I especially enjoyed watching so many different recommendations. Even the ones I didn't end up loving were still worthwhile experiences, so I hope no one feels bad if I gave yours a low score. (Honestly, there are very few anime that I outright regret watching. Even most of the 1/10s were still unique experiences). It was also nice watching a bunch of shows I might've never gotten to on my own. I like to think I went into each of them with an open mind. Also, in the end, we got a decent spread across my ranking, including a new 1/10 and a new 10/10.

More than anything, though, I hope everyone enjoyed following along with this ranking project as much as I did creating it. I appreciated every single comment along the way, and I hope at least a few people will be inspired to check out one or two of my personal favorites! Or you can just pick a random anime you've never even heard of and give it a try! That's how I found some of my own all-time favorites, after all, and even unpopular shows might turn out to be hidden gems that appeal to your tastes specifically.

I might do something like this again in a few years once I've watched another few hundred anime. Until then, I'll be heading back to the anime topic and posting my thoughts as I finish things in there. Hopefully I'll see all of you in there from time to time. I'll keep this topic bumped for a week or so just to ensure everyone sees it and posts any final thoughts they may have. I'd be interested in hearing about your biggest agreements/disagreements with my opinions, as well as any unofficial recommendations of other shows you think I might enjoy that I can save for later. I'd also appreciate any thoughts about the ranking that I can use to improve things in case I ever do something similar in the future. Were the write-ups too long, did you like the Premise/Good/Bad/Overall layout, did I handle the risk of spoilers in a good way, that kind of stuff. After we've had time for that, we can let this topic die.

For the last time, thank you to everyone who followed along with this big dumb anime ranking project! I had a lot of fun with it, and I hope all of you did too.

Wish I could've recommended Kamichu. Sad that it's not legally streaming anywhere.

Robazoid posted...

I might do something like this again in a few years once I've watched another few hundred anime.

Personally, I think it would be much better to only do your top X anime, or do the anime users nominate (which might include stuff you've seen, or it might not). Including everything, even the stuff you don't like, isn't as interesting.

Good topic though! I enjoyed it throughout.

do your top X and bottom X

One of the most interesting lists ever.

You really represent the other side of anime. The kind of anime that makes wonder "who the hell is watching so much of this shit. " Fascinating

But you have hxh very high so that just proves togashi is the goat

MacArrowny posted...

Good topic though! I enjoyed it throughout.

Thanks for always checking in! I wanted to return the favor in your game ranking topic, but, while you've seen seemingly every anime, I had only played two or three games on your list. Still, I always appreciated your comments here. I'll definitely keep Kamichu in mind in case it ever reaches streaming or I ever become a more dastardly pirate.

I can see the logic for only doing a top 100, but I wanted to cover the full spectrum of everything I've seen. If I ever do an anime ranking again, I'd probably only post write-ups for new additions. Slightly edited write-ups from this would only be in the google doc or something similar, so I wouldn't spend months bashing everything again.

NFUN posted...

do your top X and bottom X

This is also an option! I'll have to wait and see what my ranking looks like once I hit 600 or so. Thanks for checking in and for your comments, NFUN!

pjbasis posted...

You really represent the other side of anime.

There's definitely a side of anime that I've barely seen. In the anime topics, sometimes you guys start talking about DBZ or One Piece or Bleach and I find myself skipping past several pages of posts. Perhaps someday I'll get around to those shows, though! I mean, I have to run out of cute girl stuff eventually. Thanks for checking into the ranking despite our differing interests. At least we agree HxH is great.

Mobilezoid posted...

Thanks for always checking in! I wanted to return the favor in your game ranking topic, but, while you've seen seemingly every anime, I had only played two or three games on your list.

Watching anime is a lot faster than playing games, and there are a lot more new games, heh.

great topic(s) roba

thanks so much for the just!

FYI the new season of Bofuri is going now and I'm really enjoying it.

KommunistKoala posted...

great topic(s) roba

SeabassDebeste posted...

thanks so much for the just!

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the ranking, thanks for keeping up with it!

Maniac64 posted...

FYI the new season of Bofuri is going now and I'm really enjoying it.

Now that I'm done recommendations, I have a few recent sequel seasons to catch up on (Iruma S3, Classroom of the Elite S2, etc), but Bofuri is one of the ones I'm looking forward to the most! First I need to watch as much as I can on Netflix before they get rid of password sharing, though. In any case, thanks for following along with the ranking, Maniac!

I enjoyed reading this too, and I've made note of some shows that I liked the sound of to watch them myself.

I may have put it in a way that seemed backhanded, but I do think it's cool to see someone enjoy the things that I don't.

And you have a pretty non-judgemental way of puttings things, even when the rankings seem harsh.

GavsEvans123 posted...

I enjoyed reading this too, and I've made note of some shows that I liked the sound of to watch them myself.

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for following along!

pjbasis posted...

I may have put it in a way that seemed backhanded, but I do think it's cool to see someone enjoy the things that I don't.

And you have a pretty non-judgemental way of puttings things, even when the rankings seem harsh.

I didn't see anything wrong with your initial comment, don't worry! There are a lot of popular shows I know absolutely nothing about, after all.

I'll give this one last bump

There have been some surprisingly good anime in the currently airing season

I've been watching Blue Lock. I'm a sucker for sports anime. The formula is just built for success.

Blue Lock is great. I don't picture it as a Roba show but I've been wrong before.

Maybe I will check Blue Lock out. The only sports anime I've watched that wasn't starring cute girls is Megalo Box.

Try cute boys for a change.

I would recommend Haikyuu over Blue Lock personally but I like both quite a bit.

i didn't like kaito or maki

My wife and I just finished Komi Can't Communicate on Netflix. We both loved it and thought it was a super fun and cute show. I really hope they animate the full series.

Komi is definitely a nice anime! I no longer have access to Netflix, but as long as they keep making new seasons of that (along with other good shows) I'll be able to justify at least one month a year to binge them all