20 Of The Best Anime Series Ever Created

20 Of The Best Anime Series Ever Created

Naruto

Another highly popular series with a massive fan following around the world, Naruto is a long-running series with excellent action sequences and a compelling storyline. When a powerful nine-tail fox attacks the ninja village of Konoha, their leader is forced to capture and seal this spirit inside his newborn son Naruto. The series follows the adventures of the titular character as he understands who he is really is and what he is truly capable of.

Samurai Champloo

Set in an Edo-era, anachronistic Japan, Samurai Champloo is one of the most stylish anime’s ever created. It uses a funky hip-hop background track and a powerful and motivated titular character to deliver on a satisfying storyline that is as engaging as it is entertaining.

Berserk

Berserk is a story centered around Guts, a mercenary based in a European Medieval world. Despite being an action-adventure story, Berserk shines because of its constant examination of the human condition. Are we generically good or evil? This is a question that forms the crux of many of this series’ crucial plot points.

Monster

If you are a surgeon in a highly respected medical institution and you find yourself in a situation where you are forced to pick between operating and saving a dying orphan child and the mayor of the city, who you do save? Dr Tenma picks the former over the latter which feels like an honorable choice. It even costs him everything he worked so hard towards all his life. What happens though if the orphan turns out to be a serial killer? Monster is a dark and dreary take on the value of life and the choices we make.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

The anime world is full of mecha-based story lines but no series comes close to capturing what Neon Genesis Evangelion did when it first hit the screen. It is mecha-action of the highest order with the stakes being as great as they can be.

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