Manga, like anime, is now part of popular culture in almost every country in the world, and more precisely among children and young people 👦🏼 but also among many adults. There are few people who have never heard of Dragon Ball, Naruto or even One Piece . And as is the case with books, films, series and others, there are also in anime those licenses that most recognize as being classics or essentials. These are the most watched and appreciated manga adaptations by fans of the genre.
It must be recognized that in terms of manga and anime, the list is endless and it would be pretentious of us to base our opinion on which is the best anime, given the immensity of genres and adaptations. The objective of this article is therefore to quickly review the most well-known titles. 📺 This is also the reason why we will avoid talking about the same anime in two different lists.
The best-selling manga:
If, for 12 years from 2006 to the end of 2018, One Piece was the best-selling license in Japan (motherland of manga), this is no longer the case since 2019. Indeed, the famous young wacky pirate 🏴☠️ in the straw hat was dethroned by Kamado Tanjirō with the manga Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demon Slayer (literally Demon Slayer 👿 ). According to official data provided by Oricon (unlike those published by Shueisha), this series sold just over 12 million volumes between November 2018 and November 2019 while One Piece sold only 10 million copies. Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece, even congratulated Demon Slayer's incredible performance through an official 📨 message published on the Oricon website.
Important point to also note: Demon Slayer has already surpassed its 2019 achievement in the first 8 weeks of 2020 with 12,882,297 copies sold. And this success is not about to stop given that when it was released in Japan on July 3, 2020, volume 21 of this manga sold more than 2 million copies in just three days . Since its publication until October 2020, the total circulation for Kimetsu no Yaiba: Demon Slayer is 100 million 💲 copies and a total of 71 million physical copies have been sold. The franchise is on the verge of breaking several records.
Pre-published from February 15, 2016 in the Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from the Japanese publishing house Shūeisha, Kimetsu no Yaiba is the work of Koyoharu Gotōge (writer and designer). This manga takes us into Japan at the time of Emperor Taishō to follow the adventures of young Kamado Tanjirō. The eldest son of a family whose father died, the latter supports his family by selling coal in town. One day, being unable to return to his house 🏚️ because of the rumor of a man-eating demon wandering during the night, he found refuge with someone.
Unfortunately, when he was able to return home, it was to discover with horror the massacre of his family by this demon, with the exception of his little sister Nezuko. Unfortunately, she was injured and is gradually transforming into a monster in her turn. However, she continues to experience emotions unlike other demons. 🤔 In order to save her, young Tanjirō sets out to find an antidote. It is planned that this saga will include 23 volumes in total until December 2020. The publishing house Panini Manga distributed a first French version, whose title was Les Rôdeurs de la nuit, from August 2017 to January 2018. A second French version under the current title was released in September 2019. In addition, this manga was also adapted into an animated version by the Ufotable studio between April 6, 2018 and September 2019.
TOP 5 Best Netflix animated:
Netflix 🎬 has now become one of its popular subscription video platforms with more than 6.7 million subscribers. This platform not only has a large number of series and films, but also around more than a hundred Japanese anime franchises. 🎌 Its catalog includes cult titles such as Naruto or Neon Genesis Evolution as well as original licenses such as Devilman Crybaby, Rilakkuma and Kaoru. Below we offer you a list of the 5 best anime available on Netflix based on the ratings given by users of the IMDb site.
1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
With a score of 9.1 out of 10, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is in first place in this ranking. Produced by the Japanese studio Bones Inc. and adapted from the manga Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa , this anime takes us to Amestris, a country where alchemy is considered a universal science. We find the story of two brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric whose father abandoned them and whose mother, Trisha Elric, died shortly after.
Having wanted to bring the latter back to life by using alchemy ⚗️ and by defying the ban on using human transmutation, the two brothers suffered serious consequences. Older brother Edward lost a leg and his younger brother his body. They then set out in search of the famous philosopher's stone which would allow them to recover what they lost. And to achieve this, aged only 12, Edward joined the army to become a state alchemist . Throughout their journey, they experienced journeys that put their lives in danger on numerous occasions.
2. Death Note
Next in second place is the anime adaptation of the successful shōnen manga D eath Note written by Tsugumi Ōba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata with a rating of 9 out of 10. The title Death Note refers to a mysterious notebook picked up by a gifted high school student Light Yagami and with whom he has the possibility of killing anyone just by writing his first and last name inside the mysterious book. 📓
After testing it and discovering the reality of its power, the young genius decides to rid the world of criminals. Faced with the corpses of criminals accumulating all over the world, a mysterious and very talented detective by the name of L 🕵️♂️ began to investigate the one whom the population nicknamed Kira (from the Japanese pronunciation of the English word Killer ).
3. Hunter X Hunter
In third place with a rating of 8.9 out of 10, we find on Netflix the entire second anime adaptation of the shōnen manga Hunter X Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi . This franchise tells the story of Gon Freecss , a 12-year-old boy who wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, Ging Freecss, and become a legendary Hunter. To get there, he must pass a very difficult and dangerous exam. It even happens every year that candidates are injured 🤕 or even killed during the different stages of the test. Throughout his adventures, Gon will meet several characters, some of whom will become his friends ( Kurapika, Leorio and Killua ) and others his enemies (Hisoka).
4. One Punch Man
With the first season produced by the Japanese studio Madhouse available on Netflix, One Punch Man is in fourth place in this top 5 with a rating of 8.8 out of 10. This animated series refers to the story of a superhero who has become too powerful. Saitama is so powerful that he becomes bored for lack of opponents. Indeed, Saitama trained hard for three years without a single day of respite to become a superhero. 🦸🏼♂️
This training even caused him to go bald. In extreme conditions, he undertook 100 push-ups, 100 squats, 100 abs 💪 and 10 km run daily. His intense training has given him phenomenal strength to the point that a single punch is enough for him to defeat his opponents. So even though he was able to put an end to all of the greatest threats the world has ever known, none of his fights provide any thrill or adrenaline anymore.
5. Steins;Gate
We find the animated Steins;Gate in fifth place in this ranking with also a score of 8.8 out of 10. It is originally a Visual novel or video game novel (a very popular genre of video game in Japan) developed in collaboration by 5pb studios. and Nitroplus . In Steins;Gate, the story takes place in Akihabara, an otaku neighborhood in Tokyo. The main character is an 18-year-old young adult Rintaro Okabe who likes to call himself Hououin Kyouma and proclaim himself Mad Scientist (meaning mad scientist 🧑🏼🔬).
One day, Rintaro Okabe and his group of friends accidentally invented a phone with a microwave oven that allows them to communicate with the past through text messages. ⏳ They then began to carry out numerous experiments related to time travel, but each of their actions modifying the past has direct and irreversible repercussions on the present.
Best Anime of all time:
There are also a large number of anime rankings on the Internet. Below we offer another list of animated series rated as among the best, with the exception of the titles already mentioned above:
1. Gintama
With a total of 367 episodes spread over 11 seasons, the Gintama series is very popular with manga fans, especially in Japan. These many seasons are adaptations of the eponymous shōnen manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. In 2009 alone, with more than 2,700,000 copies sold, the manga was placed in fifth position among best sellers 🔝 (behind One Piece, Naruto, Bleach and Fullmetal Alchemist respectively).
And in 2014, Japanese readers of Da Vinci magazine ranked this manga as the third best anime behind Dragon Ball and One Piece . This anime transports us to feudal Japan during the Samurai era, and more precisely during the Edo era. Invaded by aliens called Emento, the Land of the Rising Sun is transformed into a futuristic country where carrying swords in public is prohibited.
The story focuses on a group of people gathered around an eccentric former samurai ⚔️, Gintoki Sakata , and who combine to become handymen or Yorozuya. Alongside Gintoki Sakata, we find in particular Kagura and Shinpachi. Their main missions are to arrest criminals , but some have secret objectives such as destroying the bakufu which is the military government in place.
2. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Adapted from the saga of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka, the animated series Legend of the Galactic Heroes or Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu ( The Heroes of the Galaxy in French) was only broadcast in Japan until 2015. It was only from 2018 that it began to be broadcast in other countries thanks to the American company Sentai Filmworks, LLC. The plot takes place in a distant future in which humanity has conquered space and created new states in terraformed worlds. Two of these powers have been in permanent conflict for 150 years now, we no longer really know why. These are the Galactic Empire and the Alliance of Free Planets. The narrative mainly focuses on two protagonists who each face each other on one side , namely Reinhard von Lohengramm for the Empire and Yang Wen Li on the Alliance side.
3. Attack on Titan
The anime S hingeki no Kyojin or Attack on Titan is an adaptation of the shōnen manga of the same name written and illustrated by mangaka Hajime Isayama. With 4 seasons in total, this series tells the story of Eren Jäger and his friends M ikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlelt in a world where humanity is threatened with extinction ☠️ by giant creatures called Titans. To protect themselves from the latter, men erected immense walls 50 meters high. They also established armed battalions to fight the Titans and reclaim their land despite the difficulty of the task.
4. March Comes in like a Lion
The animated series from the Japanese studio Shaft, March Comes in like a Lion or Sangatsu no Lion was broadcast in Japan and French-speaking countries from October 2016. It is adapted from the eponymous work by Chica Umino comprising 12 volumes then that the anime has a total of 44 episodes. The story revolves around a 17-year-old gifted in shogi (a type of Japanese chess): Rei Kiriyama . Unfortunately, despite the latter's skills and numerous victories ✌🏼 during several matches and tournaments, he still feels alone and has difficulty integrating into society. However, his life changes when he meets a young single woman, Akari Kawamoto and her two younger sisters Hinata and Momo. These will give him a taste for life again and help him mature and assert himself as a professional player.
5. Clannad: After Story
Also adapted from a video game novel (a kind of video game) called Clannad and designed by the Japanese visual novel development studio Key, this anime has 24 episodes and follows a first season. The story of Clannad: After Story focuses on two main characters and their friends after their high school graduation. In a relationship and living with the parents of his girlfriend Nagisa Furukawa, Tomoya Okazaki hopes for a brighter future without depending on his in-laws. With the unwavering support of his beloved 👩❤️💋👨, the young man discovers the virtues of a good work ethic. Together, they face the twists and turns of life while forming new relationships and consolidating old ones.
Top: best anime 2020
With this other ranking, we will look at five anime considered to be among the best for this year 2020.
1. Tower of God
Adapted from a South Korean webtoon of the same name, Tower of God is an animated series produced by the Japanese studio Telecom Animation Film. Broadcast in South Korea, Japan, the United States as well as several French-speaking countries in Europe, this anime features a young boy named Bam in a strange universe dominated by a giant 🗼 tower made up of 135 floors . In order to find the person dear to him, namely a young girl named Rachel, Bam undertakes the ascent of this tower to reach the top at his own risk. Indeed, each floor offers a difficult test where the candidate for ascension can lose his life.
2. My Hero Academia
The anime adaptation of the shōnen manga My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi has to date four seasons produced by the Japanese studio Bones Inc. Being a real worldwide success, and more particularly in Japan, this saga takes us into a world of which 80% of the population have superpowers. Called Quirks, these people choose to become either superheroes 🦹🏼♂️ or criminals. In this context, the anime presents us with I zuku Midoriya aka Deku , a young person without power who dreams of becoming one of the greatest superheroes of his generation, like his idol All Might. Considered one of the best anime of this year, the fourth season was broadcast between October 2019 and April 2020. Offered in two arcs, this season focuses on a new antagonist, Kai Chisaki aka Overhaul, who does everything to eliminate the powers, Quirks. ⚡ His actions will spark a violent clash between the heroes and the Yakuzas.
3. The God of High School
The anime GOH or The God of High School is an adaptation of the manhwa (comic book in Korea) of the same name written by Park Yong-je. Broadcast in Japan and around the world since July 6, this animated television series tells the journeys of a 17-year-old high school student, Jin Mo-Ri. A specialist in martial arts, 🥋 the latter is invited to a tournament called The God of High School and bringing together fighters from South Korea and also from around the world. Whoever emerges victorious from this competition will have the benefit of seeing these wishes come true. However, as they progress, Jin Mo-Ri and the other participants gradually discover the real reasons that motivate the mysterious organization behind this tournament.
4. Jujutsu Kaisen
Jujutsu Kaisen is first of all a shōnen manga created by Gege Akutami. Its adaptation into an animated series is the work of the Japanese studio MAPPA Co., Ltd. and its broadcast began in October 2020. This anime tells us about a young high school student, Yuji Itadori , who has incredible physical strength and who is a member of the spiritualism club. He lives in a Japan where, every year, more than 10,000 people disappear or die for unexplained reasons. This situation is mainly explained by people's negative feelings, such as suffering, humiliation or regret.
Once accumulated, these feelings become curses, monsters that bring real scourges in their wake. It was also to save a friend from a plague that Yuji Itadori was possessed by the two-faced demon, named Ryomen Sukuna , 👹 after he swallowed one of his severed fingers. Sentenced to death by the order of exorcists, he absolutely must find and eat all the other fingers of this thousand-year-old creature to escape. And for this, he must learn and use the mystical art of exorcism.
5. Darwin's Game
Based on the eponymous shōnen manga created by the duo composing FLIPFLOPs ( Shu Miyama on the screenplay and Yuki Takahata on the illustration), the animated Darwin's Game has been broadcast in the Land of the Rising Sun since January 4, 2020. In this series, we discover a high school student named Kaname Sudo who, against his will, must participate in a deadly competition, Darwin's Game . It is an urban arena in which participants compete to the death while they are all connected to each other through a social network. 🌐 Wanting at all costs to win and touch the jackpot, the other participants do everything to prevent Kaname Sudo from fleeing.
The best Isekai Anime
Remember that Isekai anime is a subgenre of Japanese fantasy in which the protagonists, normal people, are most of the time transported or trapped in parallel or imaginary worlds . Since there are so many Isekai anime out there, it's not possible for us to list them all here. We therefore offer you below our list of the five best Isekai.
1. OVERLORD
Adapted from the light novel Overlord by Kugane Maruyama (screenplay) and so-bin (drawing), this anime is offered in 3 seasons of 13 episodes of 24 minutes each. It all starts with a very popular virtual role-playing game, but which will be shut down at midnight after 12 years of existence. The main character, whose pseudonym is Momonga , cannot accept this closure and decides to stay connected to the game until the last second. Once midnight passes, he surprisingly realizes that he is still in the game. He then realizes that he is no longer in the real world, but in a completely different world where the NPCs have become alive with their own will and feelings. Even disoriented, Momonga decides to act and do everything to become a legend under the name of his guild, Ainz Ooal Gown , of which he was the leader in the game. 🎮
2. Me when I reincarnate as a Slime
Broadcast in Japan between October 2018 and March 2019, this animated series is an adaptation by studio 8-Bit of the light novel Me When I'm Reincarnated as a Slime . It is about the adventures of an ordinary 37-year-old man, a simple employee named Satoru Minami and who, to save his friend and the fiancée of this same friend, sacrifices himself and finds himself stabbed. 🔪 Dying in the street, he looks back on himself while a voice seems to listen to him and notes everything he says. When he "wakes up", he finds that he has become a Slime in a completely different world. There he meets a dragon called Veldra and with whom he becomes friends.
3. The rising of the shield hero
Written by Aneko Yusagi, the light novel The Rising of the Shield Hero was also adapted into an anime by the studio Kinema Citrus. The first season of this animated series started airing on January 9, 2019 until June 26 of that year. Currently, the studio is in production of the second and third seasons. Passionate about the Heroic fantasy genre, the protagonist Naofumi Iwatani is a 20-year-old student. One day, he finds a book telling the story of 4 knights 🏇🏼 each with a different weapon, namely sword, bow, spear and shield. While reading, he then finds himself drawn into the book and inherits the legendary shield 🛡️ to become a “Shield Hero”. Unfortunately, his weapon is only a defense weapon and he is not allowed to possess more than one. While he is despised by others, including the other heroes, Naofumi Iwatani tries to build notoriety.
4. Re:Zero
Adapted into anime by the Japanese studio White Fox, the light novel series Re:Zero kara hajimeru isekai seikatsu is the work of the duo Tappei Nagatsuki for the scenario and Shinichirou Otsuka for the illustration. It's the story of a Japanese high school student, Natsuki Subaru , who finds himself transported into a parallel universe for no reason while leaving a convenience store. While trying to understand why he found himself in this other world, young Natsuki Subaru is attacked by bandits. It is at the last minute that he is saved from death thanks to the intervention of Emilia , a half-elf with silver hair. He then decides to also help her in her quest to find a person who stole something from her in order to thank her. But one day, the two protagonists are killed during an attack by a mysterious character. That's when Subaru wakes up in the same place and on the same day that he landed in this parallel world. He then understands that he has the possibility of returning to the past by dying . 🕰️ He therefore uses this power to save the young elf as well as himself.
The Best Shonen Anime
There is also another type of anime called Shonen which literally translates to Teenager . This genre is usually about a character or group of characters who must fight repeatedly and show crucial values like friendship, perseverance, or teamwork. Anime of this genre are generally very successful. We offer you below a list of the five best Shonen anime (apart from those already mentioned).
1. One Piece
Inspired by the successful manga of the same name, the One Piece anime is also an incredible commercial success all over the world. This saga takes us into the fictional universe of pirates where we follow the journeys of a young captain, Monkey D. Luffy, whose dream is to one day become the Pirate King. To achieve this and gain total freedom, Luffy sets out in search of Gol D. Roger's legendary treasure, the One Piece . 💎 Like most other pirates, Luffy has powers given to him by the Devil Fruit he ate. The latter allowed him to have an elastic body like rubber and to use it as a weapon to attack or defend himself from his enemies. Indeed, Luffy must face several adversaries throughout his adventures, whether other pirates or the Navy which is the armed arm of the World Government.
2. Dragon Ball Z
Another global success, the Dragon Ball franchise has always occupied the top of the podium in terms of sales, whether it is the manga or the animated series that is inspired by it. Unlike the manga, the anime is divided into two very distinct parts, namely Dragon Ball which targets young people and Dragon Ball Z dedicated more to adults. The latter therefore follows the first and is inspired by the last 26 volumes of the manga. It relates to the story of Son Goku after he married Chichi and had a child who they named Son Gohan. In these adventures, Son Goku will have to face a warrior from space, 🌌 Raditz, who turns out to be his brother. So he learns about his own origins and why he is on earth. He was supposed to conquer the world but lost his memory due to a fall when he was just a child. If you want to acquire Dragon Ball Goodies, take a look at Goku-Shop .
3.Naruto
Like the first two, Naruto is also a very successful anime in Japan as well as in most parts of the world. The story takes place in a world populated by ninjas, 🐱👤 they being divided into clans. These different clans regularly clash against each other in order to recover particular powers or simply to defeat and subdue the opposing clan. It is in this context that we meet young Naruto Uzumaki who is training hard at the Academy to achieve his biggest dream: becoming Hotake. This one is the host of a very powerful creature, Kyûbi, 🦊 the Nine-Tailed Demon , whom many are jealous of and do everything to take away from him.
4.Dragon Ball
As has been said previously, the Dragon Ball license has always been a real commercial success over the years. The Dragon Ball anime is an adaptation of the manga series of the same name created by the Japanese Akira Toriyama. Produced by Toei Animation, this television series has a total of 153 episodes and was originally broadcast in Japan between 1986 and 1989. Its first broadcast in France took place on TF1 in the show Club Dorothée on March 2, 1988 and this until 1994. This first saga tells us about the childhood and adolescence of a young boy very gifted in martial arts, Son Goku . 👊
It has the particularity of having a mysterious tail resembling that of a monkey. In the company of a young woman named Bulma, he sets off in search of the seven magic crystal balls called the Dragon Balls which would allow him to summon the Dragon Shenron using a precise formula. The latter can thus grant the wish of the one who invoked it. Throughout his journey, Son Goku must face multiple adversaries, some of whom are very powerful and who also seek to monopolize the Dragon Balls. To fight them, Son Goku has the ability to transform into a giant monkey 🦧 just by staring at the full moon and thus obtain extraordinary destructive power. His greatest adversary is the demon Piccolo who is the incarnation of evil.
5. Naruto Shippuden
Naruto Shippuden follows the anime Naruto and takes up its main plot. Broadcast in Japan from February 15, 2007 and in France from September 8, 2000, this saga has twenty seasons for a total of 500 episodes. This series refers to the return of Naruto Uzumaki to the village of Konoha after his two and a half year training with Jiraiya. After having found his friends, his comrades and his teachers 🧑🏼🏫 from the Ninja Academy, he notices that everyone has changed, with the exception of Kakashi Hatake who has not changed at all. Unfortunately, he must face a new threat that weighs on the village's new Kazegake, Gaara , and who seems to come from the criminal organization Akatsuki.
Become an Otaku yourself
As we have seen, there is a considerable number of manga and anime, each just as interesting as the next, and this is only a tiny part of what is possible to watch. 📺 You are spoiled for choice when it comes to becoming a true Otaku . And if you want to know the top 100 best anime of all time, you can go to this site: https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php .
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