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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I agree with both @Unboxious@ani.social and @falidorn@lemmy.world regarding the definition of a must-watch anime. There's nothing that can please everyone, and yet there are some things everyone should have at least heard of. Hearing of something may be a low bar, but it is the precursor to attempt watching it.

To put it another way, this question is asking for the greatest (read: most popular) of all time for anime.

Wikipedia has lists of GOATs for various media:

Some examples to save you some clicks:

  • Mario
  • Pokemon
  • Star Wars
  • Harry Potter
  • Avengers / MCU
  • The Lord of the Rings

Interestingly, even though we've got a list of best-selling manga, we don't have a list of top anime.

However, there are heuristics - we can reference the list of highest-grossing Japanese films and most popular anime on AniList (or myanimelist, etc)

Some picks are:

  • any of the big 3 long running Shounen series: Bleach, Naruto, One Piece
  • Pokemon
  • Attack of Titan
  • Demon Slayer
  • Your Name
  • Ghibli films

I suspect Frieren may join the ranks at some point.

Personally, I have not watch Bleach / Naruto / One Piece and dropped Demon Slayer.

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Endmaker@ani.social 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I guess you just want personal recommendations then?

In that case here's my top 10:

my AniList favourites

Here are more of my top-rated anime that I can't fit in my top 10:

more favourites

Note that I'm partial to:

  1. comedies
  2. Gundam-like shows
[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Naah I just thought you think I am someone new to anime.