Mine are Death Note and A Silent Voice.

  • Endmaker@ani.socialEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I agree with both @Unboxious@ani.social and @falidorn@lemmy.world regarding the definition of a must-watch anime. There’s nothing that can please everyone, and yet there are some things everyone should have at least heard of. Hearing of something may be a low bar, but it is the precursor to attempt watching it.

    To put it another way, this question is asking for the greatest (read: most popular) of all time for anime.

    Wikipedia has lists of GOATs for various media:

    Some examples to save you some clicks:

    • Mario
    • Pokemon
    • Star Wars
    • Harry Potter
    • Avengers / MCU
    • The Lord of the Rings

    Interestingly, even though we’ve got a list of best-selling manga, we don’t have a list of top anime.

    However, there are heuristics - we can reference the list of highest-grossing Japanese films and most popular anime on AniList (or myanimelist, etc)

    Some picks are:

    • any of the big 3 long running Shounen series: Bleach, Naruto, One Piece
    • Pokemon
    • Attack of Titan
    • Demon Slayer
    • Your Name
    • Ghibli films

    I suspect Frieren may join the ranks at some point.

    Personally, I have not watch Bleach / Naruto / One Piece and dropped Demon Slayer.