Favourites are a great thing. What makes these shows mine is that I think about them very often when I'm thinking about anime and wish to watch them more than once. Some of them I've already watched 5+ times. To be a favourite they also must be entertaining as a whole series. So if they have season 2's or more, I should have loved them just as much as their season one. Everything on the list below applies! I've been meaning to make this kind of list for many years now and I've finally sat down and mulled through all my anime titles and picked these 100 to be my absolute favourites.
Like digitalboy I'll be updating this list regularly from now on but not once a month. I will only update when I feel an anime has stood up to my standards to break into this 100 anime list. I will keep a list at the bottom of this page which of which anime has moved in and which it has kicked out. I doubt that it'll happen very often but time will tell. Check out my Does Not Want List for a taste of my dislikes.
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1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
2. Fullmetal Alchemist
3. Full Metal Panic!
4. Hikaru no Go
5. Macross Plus
6. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
7. Jyu Oh Sei
8. Baccano!
9. Ristorante Paradiso
10. Infinite Ryvius
11. Mushishi
12. Princess Mononoke
13. Serial Experiments Lain
14. Ninja Scroll
15. Berserk
16. Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
17. Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
18. Strawberry Marshmallow
19. Hi no Tori
20. Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Picture done by miyatake kazutaka
21. Gintama
22. Neon Genesis Evangelion
23. Koi Kaze
24. Oseam
25. Rose of Versailles
26. You're Under Arrest!
27. Durarara!!
28. Kare Kano
29. Kita e ~Diamond Dust Drops~
30. Twelve Kingdoms
31. Kemono no Souja Erin
32. Cowboy Bebop
33. Crest of the Stars / Banner of the Stars
34. Mobile Suit Gundam 00
35. Himitsu: The Revelation
36. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni / Umineko no Naku Koro ni
From the anime Nodame Cantabile, Chiaki Shinichi is 21 years old from a wealthy family and a 3rd-year piano student at Momogaoka Music Academy. Later on he goes to Paris to be a conductor and further his music career following the energetic Noda (Nodame) Megumi, whom he has romantic feelings for even if it's hard to see.
Why I like him: I love a man that can cook! He'll always does it for Nodame and I think that's sweet of him. I like how determined he is in his musical goals. It's overpowering at times but you know right away where his heart lies. The relationship between him and Nodame really makes me think of my own current relationship, for better or for worse.
Why I hate him: Too critical about everything. I don't understand how he can fail so much at relationships but be pretty much awesome at everything else. His cold shoulder drove me bonkers when it came to tender moments between he and Nodame.
Overall: GYABO!
Nodame frequently goes over to Chiaki's house to eat and demand strange things. XD
One of my favourite parts of the series has been the OP's and ED's. And this one is my favourite of them all. I simply love the visuals and the song is too cute.