Best Anime

Luffy's only goal is to become the Pirate King and he sets out to achieve this without any money or crew. His only ability is the power of stretching - Rubber Man - that he got from eating a devil fruit! The thing to scoff at his character is he can't swim! No devil fruit power users can swim, they are all like dead weights in water. Yet, this poor, bumbling idiot wants to rule them all! This is an anime of epic proportions with the themes of love, loss, betrayals, true friendship, trust in oneself!

Prepare to set sail for the adventure of a lifetime!! Starts off as a corny show, but morphs into something truly spectacular around the 100 episode mark. With more than 500 episodes and being on air for more than 12 years, this is amazing. Bear in mind, this is not a kids anime even though its 'rolling on the floor' hilarious. Cartoon Network ruined it with the english dub. All the animes must be watched in Japanese language with english subs to savor it. Want to know how awesome it really is? I want to be a part of Luffy's crew (its an anime for gods sake)! That's how awesome it is!

You know Jack and Rose from Titanic and all the other epic couples from the greatest love stories? The two main characters - Kagome and Inu Yasha are on par with them. This is the anime which made me fall in love. The action and story are awesome! One of the best anime ever! I promise you, you will be trippy after watching this anime!

It tells the tale of the half human Inu Yasha of Feudal Japan Era who falls in love with the doppelganger of his previous life (Kikiyo), Kagome who lives in the 21st century. They have to fight Naraku and protect the world by reassembling all the shards from a sacred jewel that Kikiyo died protecting.

The movie screwed up the marvelous anime. Don't even think about comparing the two! Its a travesty to even consider the movie while watching this show! Btw this has been done in English, not Japanese.

Aang woke up from a coma of 100 years still as a young boy and the last remaining Air bender in the world. All the Earth and Water benders have been enslaved by the Fire Nation and Aang must unleash the inner "Avatar", a warrior saint whose power has been inherited by one kid for every lifetime, one bending tribe at a time.

A Nine-Tailed Fox is trapped inside this little boy, Naruto who has been shunned by society as the evil incarnate! What can I say about this which countless others already haven't? Except for the filler episodes, this would have been my all-time fav anime. The character development is astonishing and plain endearing. Be prepared to cry, laugh and get angry if you take this journey! Oh btw get set to see the original Lord Voldemort!!

Naruto grows up to a young warrior in this series. The story is taking a turn of gigantic proportions right now with Pain, the Sage Mode attacks and many other drop dead awesome stories! The downside is too many filler episodes in between the awesome ones and the power up's are getting DBZ level ridiculous!

Another of my teenage year fascinations! FMA is a must see for all anime fans. It only has around 50-60 episodes. Two talented young brothers lost everything while trying to resurrect their dead mother and they're now trying to make everything right and get the little brother's human body back from the darkness!

The original FMA didn't follow the manga series and hence the creator did a completely by the book anime which has been a massive hit with critics and fans alike. I recommend seeing this over the first one, though both of them are in the greatness territory.

Ask any anime fan and they will recommend Death Note! I really love this anime up till L is in the playing field. After that, it takes a bad turn when M comes into the picture. A high school guy finds a notebook where you can write a name and the person whose name has been written will be killed by a shinigami!

"One must destroy before creating." These words uttered by Lelouch will haunt you. Japan has been invaded by the Britannia Empire and named "Area 11". An highly intelligent guy, Lelouch wants to make the world a better place for his sister, Nunnally and he is an anti-hero. He does whatever he has to in order to achieve his goals.

This a must-see for all fans! The plot development is excellent, carrying forward characters who represent certain ideals within the well thought out story. It is one of the few animes I have seen which really does have you guessing left and right, but more often or not, you turn out to be wrong.

Jack, the fearsome, but patient Samurai is sent back in time to save his home and the world.

This may be considered as the "Firefly" of the anime world! In that, it was robbed of an epic ending while being a creative masterpiece! The look and feel of the anime is different from others and it is wonderful!

I really loved this anime when I was in school. Kano has always been overshadowed by his illustrious older brother who has achieved football greatness. Kano is a brat and lets go of his passion since people always criticize his playing style, until he meets a girl who changes his mind. An exceptionally amazing anime!

Tells the tale of the washed up, wandering Samurai, Rurouni which is one of the most mature animes there is. A very endearing show.

Its one of the best series of all-time even though its cheesy as hell with the power up modes! It has three series: DragonBall, DragonBall Z and DragonBall GT. Best of the lot is DBZ which tells the tale of the young alien man, Goku. DB is a story of young Goku and his friends, while DB-GT is the tale of their kids and grandkids. Goku is dead in this final series!!

10 year old Kinomoto Sakura finds a magical sealed book in her basement one day after school. On opening it, and accidentally unleashing all 52 Clow Cards from inside, she awakes Keroberos, the magical (and cute!) Guardian Beast of the Seal. Devastated that his belated slumber has lost him all of his precious charges, he begs Sakura to help him recapture them.

It explores the theme of love and is ridiculously adorable at that. The beautiful, pastel art, chibi style characters and plot concerning magic and powerful cards had me captivated. As an adult, I recently saw it on tv and I was once again mesmerized by the sheer magnetic power it still holds on me.

One of the best shows airing now.

One of my favorite shows as a kid.

This show doesn't fall into the power-up trap too much and relies more on strategies. Though Gon is a bit boring, the rest of the characters are all interesting. Chimera Arc Ant is bloody brilliant. The last episode with Komugi and the King is one of the most heartbreaking episodes in all of anime.

Ichigo dons the role of a temporary Death God when he saves his two sisters from a monster and discovers the true potential inside him! He battles in the soul society against the elite captains! All of these are multi-arc stories! The fights are as epic as the ones in Inu Yasha, One Piece, FMA, Naruto, etc! And its characters are the most diverse of all the animes, save for One Piece and Naruto. Well, that was all in the beginning and then it all went to *beep*