{"id":348,"date":"2020-03-07T00:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animenewsandfacts.com\/2020\/03\/07\/japanese-fans-picks-their-top-30-anime-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2020-03-07T00:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T18:51:00","slug":"japanese-fans-picks-their-top-30-anime-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animenewsandfacts.com\/japanese-fans-picks-their-top-30-anime-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Fans Picks Their Top 30 Anime of All Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commemorating the success of reaching 3000 titles the largest Japanese mobile phone operator NTT Docomo conducted <\/span>an online research survey<\/a> asking users of their anime streaming service danime store their favorite anime of all time. The survey was conducted between December 20, 2019 to January 14, 2020 and users were allowed to cast one vote a day choosing from the 3000 titles available to their site.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here are the poll results:<\/span><\/div>\n
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1.”<\/strong>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/a><\/strong>” 8562<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ever since the death of his father, Tanjirou has taken it upon himself to support his family. Although their lives may be hardened by tragedy, they’ve found happiness. But that ephemeral warmth is shattered one day when Tanjirou finds his family slaughtered and the lone survivor, his sister Nezuko, turned into a demon. To his surprise, however, Nezuko still shows signs of human emotion and thought…<\/span><\/div>\n
Thus begins Tanjirou’s quest to fight demons and turn his sister human again.<\/span><\/div>\n
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2. “Sword Art Online” – 1,943<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players can control their avatars through brain waves using technology called “NerveGear.” When players enter the game, they discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive. To escape, players must beat the game by defeating each boss on all 100 floors; however, if they die in the game, they die in real life too. Their struggle for survival starts now…
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3. “A Place Further than the Universe” – 1,791<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Our first step was always curiosity. For unseen sights, unheard sounds, unsmelled scents, untouched textures, untasted tastes, and unfelt excitement. We travel to find the bits and pieces that we\u2019d forgotten at some point. Howling at 40 degrees, going mad at 50 degrees, screaming at 60 degrees, to the primordial lands beyond the great oceans, at the edge of the earth, far removed from human civilization. This is the story of four girls who travel to the Antarctic, further even than outer space.<\/span><\/div>\n
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4. “Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-” – 1,776<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, encounters a beautiful silver-haired girl from another world. Subaru wants to stay by her side and help her, but the burden she carries is far beyond anything Subaru imagined. They’re faced with one attacking monster after another, betrayal, irrational violence… and finally death. Subaru doesn’t want to see her get hurt, so he vows to take down any enemy, any fate that comes his way, to protect her. And so this powerless boy obtains “Return by Death,” a unique ability that allows him to turn back time by dying.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It becomes the potential to guide all people to a world where everyone can always be smiling, dependent on Subaru’s life and loneliness. By using his power, the past can be lost, and memories can be rewritten. Subaru must now fight the fate that dooms him to keep all those forgotten memories hidden within, to be perpetually beaten, to see his own heart wearing down, to wager his life… all to protect the people he cares about. To get back the precious times that he’s sure must have happened.<\/span><\/div>\n
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5. “<\/strong>That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime<\/a><\/strong>” – 1,507<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Lonely thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is stuck in a dead-end job, unhappy with his mundane life, but after dying at the hands of a robber, he awakens to a fresh start in a fantasy realm…as a slime monster! As he acclimates to his goopy new existence, his exploits with the other monsters set off a chain of events that will change his new world forever!<\/span><\/div>\n
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6. “STEINS;GATE” – 1,329 <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The eccentric mad scientist Okabe, his childhood friend Mayuri, and the otaku hacker Daru have banded together to form the “Future Gadget Research Laboratory,” and spend their days in a ramshackle laboratory hanging out and occasionally attempting to invent incredible futuristic gadgets. However, their claymore is a hydrator and their hair dryer flips breakers, and the only invention that’s even remotely interesting is their Phone Microwave, which transforms bananas into oozing green gel. But when an experiment goes awry, the gang discovers that the Phone Microwave can also send text messages to the past. And what’s more, the words they send can affect the flow of time and have unforeseen, far-reaching consequences\u2014consequences that Okabe may not be able to handle…<\/span><\/div>\n
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7. “Hyouka” – 1,171<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Oreki Houtarou is a minimalistic high school boy. One day, he joins the Classic Literature Club at his elder sister’s request.<\/span><\/div>\n
There he meets Chitanda Eru, Fukube Satoshi, and Ibara Mayaka. Chitanda is a calm beautiful girl but she turns into an embodiment of curiosity once she says, “I’m interested in it (Watashi, Kininarimasu)”. Fukube is a smiling boy with a fantastic memory who calls himself a database. Ibara is a short girl and is strict with others and herself. She loves Fukube, but he always dodges her approaches.<\/span><\/div>\n
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They begin to investigate a case that occurred 45 years ago. Hints of the mystery are buried in an old collection of works of the former members of Classics Club. The collection is titled “Hyouka.”<\/span><\/div>\n
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8. “The Irregular at Magic High School” – 1,147 <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The story takes place in a world in which magic is not a fairy tale, but has existed for nearly one hundred years. In the spring, the Private Magic University Affiliated High School (Magic High School for short) is welcoming its new students, and names the top student with the best grades at the time of their arrival the Bloom (read as \u201cgarland\u201d in Japanese), and the student called the Weed is the Bloom’s replacement.<\/span><\/div>\n
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9. “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion” 1,135<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan’s autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire’s rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show…<\/span><\/div>\n
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10. “SHIROBAKO” – 1,111<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Shirobako begins with the five members of the Kaminoyama High School animation club all making a pledge to work hard on their very first amateur production and make it into a success. After showing it to an audience at a culture festival, that pledge turned into a huge dream\u2014to move to Tokyo, get jobs in the anime industry and one day join hands to create something amazing.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fast forward two and a half years and two of those members, Aoi Miyamori and Ema Yasuhara, have made their dreams into reality by landing jobs at a famous production company called Musashino Animation. Everything seems perfect at first. However, as the girls slowly discover, the animation industry is a bit tougher than they had imagined. Who said making your dream come true was easy?<\/span><\/div>\n
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11. “<\/strong>DR. STONE<\/strong>” – 1,040<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
12. “Overlord” – 1,011<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
13. “Puella Magi Madoka Magica” – 941 <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
14. “Laid-Back Camp” – 929<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
15. “Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai” – 927<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
16. “Clannad After Story” – 921<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
17. “PSYCHO-PASS” – 876<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
18. “Natsume Yujin-cho” – 869<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
19. “<\/strong>KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!<\/strong>” – 859 <\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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20. “Sword Art Online: Alicization \u2013 War of Underworld” – 830<\/span><\/strong>21. 21.”BANANA FISH” – 811<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

22. “Your Lie in April” – 774<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

23. “<\/strong>The Rising of the Shield Hero<\/strong>” – 770<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

23. “Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2” 770<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
25. “Sound! Euphonium” – 742<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
26. “<\/strong>Bungo Stray Dogs<\/strong>” – 737<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
27. “<\/strong>Angel Beats!<\/strong>” – 698<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
28. “Hunter x Hunter” – 697<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
29. “Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend-“- 682 <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
30. “<\/strong>Haikyu!!<\/strong>” – 658<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Read full list here<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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