"Best Anime 100" Results Revealed for NHK's "Nippon Anime 100"

 

The results have been released for the "Best Anime 100" online poll, part of NHK's "Nippon Anime 100" project, which celebrates a century of the art of Japanese animation. The rankings were determined through popular vote via a poll that ran online from January 08 - March 31, 2017, and featured some 10,000 entries spanning the whole history of anime.

 

The results were as follows:

 

 

• 100.) The Tatami Galaxy. (2011)
• 99.) Gan to Gon. (1974)
• 98.) The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
• 97.) AKIRA. (1988)
• 96.) JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. (2014)
• 95.) Den-noh Coil. (2007)
• 94.) Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. (1984)
• 93.) Inuyasha. (2000)
• 92.) Kill la Kill. (2013)
• 91.) Mononoke. (2007)
• 90.) Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water. (1990)

 

 

• 89.) Hetalia: The Beautiful World. (2013)
• 88.) Blood Blockade Battlefront. (2015)
• 87.) The Twelve Kingdoms. (2002)
• 86.) Armored Trooper VOTOMS. (1983)
• 85.) Pokémon. (1997)
• 84.) Hunter x Hunter. (1999)
• 83.) Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day. (2011)
• 82.) Kuroko's Basketball Season 1. (2012)
• 81.) K. (2012)
• 80.) Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. (2016)

 

 

• 79.) Urusei Yatsura. (1981)
• 78.) MUSHI-SHI. (2005)
• 77.) Angel Beats! (2010)
• 76.) Cardcaptor Sakura Season 2. (1999)
• 75.) Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato. (1978)
• 74.) Shōnen Hollywood. (2014)
• 73.) Macross Frontier. (2008)
• 72.) One Piece. (1999)
• 71.) Fullmetal Alchemist. (2003)
• 70.) Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans (2015)

 

 

• 69.) Mob Psycho 100. (2016)
• 68.) Is the Order a Rabbit?? Season 2 (2015)
• 67.) Haikyu!! Second Season (2015)
• 66.) The Idol Master. (2011)
• 65.) Yu Yu Hakusho. (1992)
• 64.) REBORN! (2006)
• 63.) High Speed! -Free! Starting Days-. (2015)
• 62.) Free! Eternal Summer (2014)
• 61.) Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-. (2016)
• 60.) Sailor Moon. (1992)

 

 

• 59.) Castle in the Sky. (1986)
• 58.) K-On!! Season Two. (2010)
• 57.) Your Name. (2016)
• 56.) Uta no Prince Sama Season 1. (2011)
• 55.) Gintama Season 2. (2011)
• 54.) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. (1984)
• 53.) Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior. (2008)
• 52.) SHIROBAKO. (2014)
• 51.) Your Lie in April. (2014)
• 50.) Fate/Zero. (2011)

 

 

• 49.) Girls und Panzer der Film. (2015)
• 48.) Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club (2013)
• 47.) Sound! Euphonium (2015)
• 46.) Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex (2002)
• 45.) Hanamonogatari. (2009)
• 44.) Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. (1979)
• 43.) Gurren Lagann. (2007)
• 42.) The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. (2006)
• 41.) K-On! Season One. (2009)
• 40.) Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. (2002)

 

 

• 39.) Future Boy Conan. (1978)
• 38.) Hoshi no Ko Poron. (1974)
• 37.) Fate/stay night. (2014)
• 36.) Natsume Yujin-cho. (2008)
• 35.) Steins;Gate. (2011)
• 34.) Cowboy Bebop. (1998)
• 33.) Love Live! Sunshine!! (2016)
• 32.) The Prince of Tennis. (2001)
• 31.) Bungo Stray Dogs. (2016)
• 30.) Revolutionary Girl Utena. (1997)

 

 

• 29.) Space Battleship Yamato. (1974)
• 28.) Attack on Titan. (2013)
• 27.) Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)
• 26.) Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion. (2013)
• 25.) Hyōka. (2012)
• 24.) Case Closed. (1996)
• 23.) Haikyu!!. (2014)
• 22.) GIRLS und PANZER. (2012)
• 21.) Clannad After Story. (2008)
• 20.) Sword Art Online. (2012)

 

 

• 19.) PSYCHO-PASS. (2012)
• 18.) Digimon Adventure. (1999)
• 17.) Mobile Suit Gundam. (1977)
• 16.) Is The Order a Rabbit? Season 1. (2014)
• 15.) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. (2008)
• 14.) Neon Genesis Evangelion. (1995)
• 13.) Legend of the Galactic Heroes. (1988)
• 12.) JOKER GAME. (2016)
• 11.) Gintama Season 1. (2006)
• 10.) Mr. Osomatu. (2015)

 

 

• 09.) Love Live! The School Idol Movie. (2015)
• 08.) Cardcaptor Sakura. (1998)
• 07.) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. (2006)
• 06.) Tiger & Bunny: The Beginning. (2012)
• 05.) Love Live! School Idol Project Season 2 (2014)
• 04.) Love Live! School Idol Project Season 1 (2013)
• 03.) Puella Magi Madoka Magica. (2011)
• 02.) Tiger & Bunny: The Rising. (2014)
• 01.) Tiger & Bunny. (2011)

 

 

You heard it here first, folks. Tiger & Bunny is the greatest anime of all time. Remember, this poll should not be construed as a massive online popularity contest, but rather as an objective evaluation of all anime made within the last 100 years. I.e. Attack on Titan is objectively better than Space Battleship Yamato, and there's no arguing to the contrary.

 

Sources:

Hachima Kikō

Official Nippon Anime 100 home page

 

Paul Chapman is the host of The Greatest Movie EVER! Podcast and GME! Anime Fun Time.