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[Kari Kamiya]

When it comes to watching some obscure old-school OVAs, I'm just waiting for AnimeSoul to come back online. Apparently it's being reconstructed and should be back soon, but there's a bit of a... strange coincidence it's offline the same time Nyaa got pulled.

 

[TheAmazingAxolotl]

@TheAmazingAxolotl I didn't know you were working in anime.

#TokyoSun #AnimeFood #HotWaifu #HoneyMustardDippingSauce

 

[Trilby]

Welp, at least I don't have to worry about making sure my torrents seed any more.

These things don't last forever.

 

[Alberto Balsalm]

This is gonna be animated next season. 2017 looking bleak.

Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike 4koma?

I will not stand for anyone disrespecting Pop Team Epic in this house.

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[Kari Kamiya]

I will not stand for anyone disrespecting Pop Team Epic in this house.

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I think this has convinced me to watch the show when it airs.

 

[Coster]

I will not stand for anyone disrespecting Pop Team Epic in this house.

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I don't think any of these are funny at all.

 

[Hui]

I like some 4komas

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Saw this on MAL, bringing it over here.

To commemorate 100 years of anime, NHK had a poll to list the top 100 Best Anime--according to Japanese audiences of course (about 600,000 votes were counted, but the list was up from January to March and voters could vote for three shows per day, so keep that in mind). But still, interesting how all over the place it really is. Brace yourselves:

Spoiler: 1-10

1 Tiger & Bunny
2 Tiger & Bunny Movie: The Rising
3 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
4 Love Live! School Idol Project
5 Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
6 Tiger & Bunny Movie: The Beginning
7 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
8 Cardcaptor Sakura
9 Love Live! The School Idol Movie
10 Osomatsu-san

Sounds like I need to start watching Tiger & Bunny.

Spoiler: 11-50

11 Gintama
12 Joker Game
13 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
14 Neon Genesis Evangelion
15 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
16 Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
17 Mobile Suit Gundam
18 Digimon Adventure
19 Psycho-Pass
20 Sword Art Online
21 Clannad: After Story
22 Girls und Panzer
23 Haikyuu!!
24 Detective Conan
25 Hyouka
26 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari
27 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
28 Shingeki no Kyojin
29 Uchuu Senkan Yamato
30 Shoujo Kakumei Utena
31 Bungou Stray Dogs
32 Prince of Tennis
33 Love Live! Sunshine!!
34 Cowboy Bebop
35 Steins;Gate
36 Natsume Yuujinchou
37 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
38 Hoshi no Ko Poron
39 Mirai Shounen Conan
40 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
41 K-On!
42 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
43 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
44 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro
45 Bakemonogatari
46 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
47 Hibike! Euphonium
48 Free!
49 Girls und Punzer der Film
50 Fate/Zero

Spoiler: 51-100

51 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
52 Shirobako
53 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi
54 Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
55 Gintama'
56 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%
57 Kimi no Na wa.
58 K-On!!
59 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
60 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
61 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
62 Free!: Eternal Summer
63 High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
64 Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
65 Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
66 The iDOLM@STER
67 Haikyuu!! Second Season
68 Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??
69 Mob Psycho 100
70 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
71 Fullmetal Alchemist
72 One Piece
73 Macross F
74 Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49
75 Saraba Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Ai no Senshi-tachi
76 Cardcaptor Sakura (2nd Season)
77 Angel Beats!
78 Mushishi
79 Urusei Yatsura
80 Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
81 K
82 Kuroko no Basket
83 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
84 Hunter x Hunter
85 Pokemon
86 Soukou Kihei Votoms
87 Juuni Kokuki
88 Kekkai Sensen
89 Hetalia: The Beautiful World
90 Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
91 Mononoke
92 Kill la Kill
93 InuYasha
94 Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
95 Dennou Coil
96 JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
97 Akira
98 Macross: Do You Remember Love?
99 Gan to Gon
100 Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei

The site also has the 101-400 rankings and showed the top 20 male and female votes if anyone's interested in that.

Also:
Tiger Mask is #1 for 1960s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859733169238458368
Mobile Suit Gundam is #1 for 1970s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859742284811653120
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu is #1 for 1980s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859750896321806336

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I really don't trust polls like this, and some of the entries make me think the voters are taking the piss here.

Look at number 38: Hoshi no Ko Poron has a reputation over there as a so-bad-it's-good anime in the vein of Chargeman Ken. Still, just below it is Future Boy Conan, so perhaps they're not all taking the piss.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Yeah, the list is really out there, but I thought it was interesting for a public poll. I'm actually wondering how many people really and truly voted. An estimated 600,000 votes were given, but I doubt it was 600,000 people. It makes me think of MAL's top anime list, except replace all of Gintama with Tiger & Bunny and Love Live.

The comments on MAL are fucking hilarious, though, that's the best thing about this.

 

[Trilby]

I really don't trust polls like this, and some of the entries make me think the voters are taking the piss here.

Look at number 38: Hoshi no Ko Poron has a reputation over there as a so-bad-it's-good anime in the vein of Chargeman Ken. Still, just below it is Future Boy Conan, so perhaps they're not all taking the piss.

Someone has to keep the candle lit on that classic (Conan, not Poron!).

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Yeah, the list is really out there, but I thought it was interesting for a public poll. I'm actually wondering how many people really and truly voted. An estimated 600,000 votes were given, but I doubt it was 600,000 people. It makes me think of MAL's top anime list, except replace all of Gintama with Tiger & Bunny and Love Live.

The comments on MAL are fucking hilarious, though, that's the best thing about this.

Here's some of the stuff I managed to find on the under-100 list... This'll probably tell whether it's all a joke or not:

Spoiler: A selection

103: Galaxy Express 999 (the film)
113: Heidi, Girl of the Alps
116: My Neighbor Totoro
125: Spirited Away
131: Ghost in the Shell (the film)
137: Princess Mononoke
140: Chargeman Ken (now I KNOW they're taking the piss) tied with Lupin III (the first show)
144: Bleach
146: Creamy Mami
178: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
182: The Adventures of Gamba
199: Ranma 1/2
214: Anne of Green Gables
224: Mazinger Z
226: Rose of Versailles
244: Cyborg 009 (the 1979 series)
255: Hellsing tied with Dragon Ball
277: Minky Momo
284: Lupin III (the 1977 series)
288: Naruto
304: Doraemon
309: Romeo's Blue Skies
311: Nils Holgersson
319: Spaceship Sagittarius
340: Tomorrow's Joe
351: Story of Perrine
357: Princess Knight
381: Eighth Man
397: A Dog of Flanders

I'm not entirely sure they're taking the piss or not. There's a couple of definite jokes, but otherwise... well, it's very eclectic!

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Here's some of the stuff I managed to find on the under-100 list... This'll probably tell whether it's all a joke or not:

Spoiler: A selection

103: Galaxy Express 999 (the film)
113: Heidi, Girl of the Alps
116: My Neighbor Totoro
125: Spirited Away
131: Ghost in the Shell (the film)
137: Princess Mononoke
140: Chargeman Ken (now I KNOW they're taking the piss) tied with Lupin III (the first show)
144: Bleach
146: Creamy Mami
178: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
182: The Adventures of Gamba
199: Ranma 1/2
214: Anne of Green Gables
224: Mazinger Z
226: Rose of Versailles
244: Cyborg 009 (the 1979 series)
255: Hellsing tied with Dragon Ball
277: Minky Momo
284: Lupin III (the 1977 series)
288: Naruto
304: Doraemon
309: Romeo's Blue Skies
311: Nils Holgersson
319: Spaceship Sagittarius
340: Tomorrow's Joe
351: Story of Perrine
357: Princess Knight
381: Eighth Man
397: A Dog of Flanders

I'm not entirely sure they're taking the piss or not. There's a couple of definite jokes, but otherwise...

I have to wonder if the lack of proper home video release for some of these older titles may have hurt the votes. I mean, I'm sure they were popular when they aired, but if they couldn't get a home video release or syndication, they just fade into obscurity eventually (unless this mentality has changed in recent years, and they are actually all legally available without resorting to old VHS recordings).

But I won't lie that I was disappointed Satoshi Kon's works never broke into the top 100, with Perfect Blue tying with Elfen Lied at 392nd place. That alone, next to anything-Dragon Ball not making it and One Piece being at 72, tipped me off something wasn't quite right with the list.

I did laugh at this, however:

- 53 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi
- 57 Kimi no Na wa.

>tfw a mediocre Pokémon movie beats out a (frankly overrated and kind of terrible) Makoto Shinkai film

 

[Halberd Sonichu]

I am surprised Tiger and Bunny ranked so high. I figured it be among the forgotten non-gundam shows by sunrise and this is coming from guy who watched at least four times since its broadcast. Also Gundam Seed is undeserving of any form of praise since its a bad low budget dragged out post eva version of Mobile suit Gundam. Even its ranked at 40 place. Its dog shit second season drags it down that much from being mediocre to just bad.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I have to wonder if the lack of proper home video release for some of these older titles may have hurt the votes. I mean, I'm sure they were popular when they aired, but if they couldn't get a home video release or syndication, they just fade into obscurity eventually (unless this mentality has changed in recent years, and they are actually all legally available without resorting to old VHS recordings).

But I won't lie that I was disappointed Satoshi Kon's works never broke into the top 100, with Perfect Blue tying with Elfen Lied at 392nd place. That alone, next to anything-Dragon Ball not making it and One Piece being at 72, tipped me off something wasn't quite right with the list.

I did laugh at this, however:

- 53 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi
- 57 Kimi no Na wa.

>tfw a mediocre Pokémon movie beats out a (frankly overrated and kind of terrible) Makoto Shinkai film

Most of these older titles are available on DVD over there, and are pretty famous to begin with.

EDIT: This list is about a decade out of date, but if you want an idea on what the wider Japanese public, and not some idiots on the Internet, would consider the best anime, here you go.

 

[Black Waltz]

mfw sword art online is higher than cowboy bebop

 

[Halberd Sonichu]

mfw sword art online is higher than cowboy bebop
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that is what makes it a dead give away that mostly Otaku and Younger people voted in the poll.

 

[Hui]

Saw this on MAL, bringing it over here.

To commemorate 100 years of anime, NHK had a poll to list the top 100 Best Anime--according to Japanese audiences of course (about 600,000 votes were counted, but the list was up from January to March and voters could vote for three shows per day, so keep that in mind). But still, interesting how all over the place it really is. Brace yourselves:

Spoiler: 1-10

1 Tiger & Bunny
2 Tiger & Bunny Movie: The Rising
3 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
4 Love Live! School Idol Project
5 Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season
6 Tiger & Bunny Movie: The Beginning
7 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
8 Cardcaptor Sakura
9 Love Live! The School Idol Movie
10 Osomatsu-san

Sounds like I need to start watching Tiger & Bunny.

Spoiler: 11-50

11 Gintama
12 Joker Game
13 Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
14 Neon Genesis Evangelion
15 Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2
16 Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
17 Mobile Suit Gundam
18 Digimon Adventure
19 Psycho-Pass
20 Sword Art Online
21 Clannad: After Story
22 Girls und Panzer
23 Haikyuu!!
24 Detective Conan
25 Hyouka
26 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari
27 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
28 Shingeki no Kyojin
29 Uchuu Senkan Yamato
30 Shoujo Kakumei Utena
31 Bungou Stray Dogs
32 Prince of Tennis
33 Love Live! Sunshine!!
34 Cowboy Bebop
35 Steins;Gate
36 Natsume Yuujinchou
37 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
38 Hoshi no Ko Poron
39 Mirai Shounen Conan
40 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
41 K-On!
42 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
43 Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
44 Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro
45 Bakemonogatari
46 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
47 Hibike! Euphonium
48 Free!
49 Girls und Punzer der Film
50 Fate/Zero

Spoiler: 51-100

51 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
52 Shirobako
53 Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Sheimi
54 Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
55 Gintama'
56 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%
57 Kimi no Na wa.
58 K-On!!
59 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
60 Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
61 Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
62 Free!: Eternal Summer
63 High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days
64 Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
65 Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
66 The iDOLM@STER
67 Haikyuu!! Second Season
68 Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??
69 Mob Psycho 100
70 Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
71 Fullmetal Alchemist
72 One Piece
73 Macross F
74 Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49
75 Saraba Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Ai no Senshi-tachi
76 Cardcaptor Sakura (2nd Season)
77 Angel Beats!
78 Mushishi
79 Urusei Yatsura
80 Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
81 K
82 Kuroko no Basket
83 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
84 Hunter x Hunter
85 Pokemon
86 Soukou Kihei Votoms
87 Juuni Kokuki
88 Kekkai Sensen
89 Hetalia: The Beautiful World
90 Fushigi no Umi no Nadia
91 Mononoke
92 Kill la Kill
93 InuYasha
94 Urusei Yatsura Movie 2: Beautiful Dreamer
95 Dennou Coil
96 JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
97 Akira
98 Macross: Do You Remember Love?
99 Gan to Gon
100 Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei

The site also has the 101-400 rankings and showed the top 20 male and female votes if anyone's interested in that.

Also:
Tiger Mask is #1 for 1960s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859733169238458368
Mobile Suit Gundam is #1 for 1970s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859742284811653120
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu is #1 for 1980s
https://twitter.com/nhk_anime100/status/859750896321806336

lol Hibike even being on the list Jesus. Cringe.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Saw this on MAL, bringing it over here.

I'm surprised Urusei Yatsura is so low on the list.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

EDIT: This list is about a decade out of date, but if you want an idea on what the wider Japanese public, and not some idiots on the Internet, would consider the best anime, here you go.

Yeah, that's better (I almost forgot about Sazae-san, that's another clue the NHK polling was skewed). I think this helps that this is just before anime started taking a turn for the worse (or at least before Code Geass came in), so it definitely feels more genuine, though it also showed that titles we really love over here like Cowboy Bebop and Escaflowne really and truly never did hit it off over there. Tom and Jerry being on there threw me off for a moment before I remembered, "Anime is animation over there." But then I just got more confused as to why it's actually on there, and is the only non-Japanese title up there.

The lack of Digimon saddens me, though.