Japanese Fans Pick The Most Fascinating Anime
After a predictable top 10, the contents and order of the list are fascinating in and of themselves
In a new Biglobe free-for-all poll, almost six thousand Japanese fans named what they thought were the most fascinating anime... "gachi" ("extremely!") interesting ones that really suck you in.
After a predictable top 10, the contents and order of the list got fascinating in and of themselves.
1. Tiger & Bunny
2. Toradora!
3. AnoHana
4. Steins;Gate
7. Code Geass
8. Wagnaria!!
9. Gintama
10. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
11. A Certain Scientific Railgun
12. Ghost in the Shell
13. Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
14. Oreimo
16. Neon Genesis Evangelion
17. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
18. Durarara!!
19. Hidamari Sketch
20. Cowboy Bebop
21. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
22. Death Note
23. Eureka Seven
24. Squid Girl
25. (tie) ef
25. (tie) Ben-to
25. (tie) s-CRY-ed
28. Nadia Secret of Blue Water
30. City Hunter
31. Baccano!
32. Fist of the North Star
33. No. 6
34. True Tears
35. Urusei Yatsura
36. Legend of the Galactic Hereos
37. Goldfish Warning!
38. Macross: Do You Remember Love
39. (tie) Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon R
39. (tie) School Rumble
41. Akazukin Chacha
42. (tie) One Outs
42. (tie) Galaxy Angel
44. Saiyuki RELOAD
45. Noein
46. The Dagger of Kamui
47. Saint Seiya
48. (tie) Sakigake! Cromartie High School
48. (tie) Kyorochan
50. Jinzo Konchu Kabuto Borg VxV
For a Japanese audience poll, a top 20 spot for Cowboy Bebop is hugely surprising.
That said, especially the end of the list gets a bit suspect. For example, Kyorochan is a spin-off from a candy mascot. The Dagger of Kamui is far from meritless, but most would call it defensible at best rather than fascinating.
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
