Anime are not just cartoons. It’s a whole other experience. A world where emotions hit harder, where imagination runs wild, where one scene can stay with you forever.
Remember the first time you watched ‘Death Note,’ that chill when Light wrote a name in his notebook? That moment in ‘Attack on Titan’ when the walls came crashing down. The heartbreak of ‘Your Lie in April,’ the madness of ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion,’ the nostalgia of Naruto’s ramen-filled dreams. It’s more than just pixels moving on a screen. It’s stories, emotions, life itself, wrapped in hand-drawn magic.
So here are the 50 greatest anime of all time. Some classics, some underrated gems, some that’ll make you laugh, cry, and question everything.
1. Death Note – 2006
2. Code Geass – 2006
3. No Game, No Life – 2014
4. Attack on Titan – 2013
You can watch these on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
5. One Punch Man – 2015
Available on Netflix and Muse Asia YouTube channel.
6. Dragon Ball – 1986
7. Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma – 2015
8. One Piece – 1999
9. Rurouni Kenshin – 1996
Available on Crunchyroll.
10. The Seven Deadly Sins – 2014
11. Kuroko’s Basketball – 2012
12. Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – 2012
13. Hunter x Hunter – 2011
14. Naruto: Shippuden – 2007
15. Bleach – 2004
16. Fairy Tail – 2009
17. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day – 2011
18. The Future Diary – 2011
19. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – 2009
20. Parasyte: The Maxim – 2014
21. Tokyo Ghoul – 2014
22. Sword Art Online – 2012
23. Haikyu!! – 2014
24. Ajin – 2016
25. Your Lie in April – 2014
You can watch these on Netflix.
26. Btooom! – 2012
27. Highschool of the Dead – 2010
28. Ace of Diamond – 2013
29. Akame ga Kill! – 2014
30. Darker Than Black – 2007
31. Aldnoah.Zero – 2014
32. Steins; Gate – 2011
33. Angel Beats! – 2010
34. One Outs – 2008
35. Yowamushi Pedal – 2013
36. Blast of Tempest – 2012
37. Log Horizon – 2013
38. Shiki – 2010
39. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? – 2015
40. Dragon Ball Z Kai – 2009
41. Black Lagoon – 2006
42. Black Butler – 2008
43. Deadman Wonderland – 2011
44. Black Cat – 2005
45. Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works – 2010
46. Monster – 2004
47. Get Backers – 2002
48. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom – 2009
49. Fighting Spirit – 2000
50. Claymore – 2007
Streaming availability in India is limited; these may not be available on major platforms.