Have you ever pondered about what is the best anime series, according to the fans in Japan? Well, it looks like we finally got the answer to that question. A prominent Japanese site, “Goo Ranking”, ran a massive survey, where more than 30,000 members from Japan voted for the finest anime in history.
The term utilized in the “Goo Ranking website” for this poll was “God Anime Popularity Ranking”. Fans from different fields of life and different ages participated. There were more than 1600 anime projects to choose from.
The participants have cast 157,000 votes (1 person can choose multiple alternatives and contribute 1 to 100 points to the selected anime) (1 person can choose multiple options and give 1 to 100 points to the selected anime).
Here are the top 20 ranks from the voting list:
20. Code Geass: Lelouch of Rebellion
19. My Teen Romantic Comedy Is Wrong (OreGairu)
18. Demon Slayer
17. KonoSuba
16. Clannad After Story
15. Hunter x Hunter (New version)
14. My Hero Academia
13. Psycho-Pass
12. Bakemonogatari
11. Sword Art Online
Here are the top 10 ranks from the voting list:
10. Haikyuu!!
9. Neon Genensis Evangelion
8. A place further than the universe
7. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
6. Re: Zero – Starting Life in another world
- Gintama
- Violet Evergarden
- Attack on Titan
- Steins Gate
- Code Geass
Here is the list of other popular anime series that didn’t make it into the top 20 of this list:
Naruto Shippuden (Ranked 27th)
One Piece (Ranked 21st)
JuJutsu Kaisen (Ranked 23rd)
Fullmetal Alchemist (Ranked 35th)
Tokyo Ghoul (Ranked 31st)