It's also the most watched anime in Japan beating other contenders by a very large margin.
#Best gay anime canon series
There are several anime that have been particularly influential in Japan but that are basically unknown everywhere else and there are some that became extremely popular in some countries while they were considered just average in their home and they are now forgotten.Ī most notable examples of this is Sazae-san, which I doubt anyone here is following and that will ever recommend it, and yet its episode count is 7000+ and still running (longest animated series in the world). It's a more relevant problem than you may think it is.
Should an "Eastern Canon" be decided by western people, if the definition of "western canon" requires for it to be decided by "western scholars"? Reading the lists that people are posting here made me realize something, they are mentioning the anime that they are thinking are most influential based on their own experience, but most of them are westerners or anyway they are not Japanese. As such, it includes the "greatest works of artistic merit"." ( ) "The term " Western canon" denotes a body of books and, more broadly, music and art that have been traditionally accepted by Western scholars as the most important and influential in shaping Western culture. Wikipedia defines "Western Canon" as the following: It should be a pretty good list though if you want to be introduced to much of anime. I'm probably missing a few that should be on there (especially shoujo), and if I thought about it some more I might remove one or two. I haven't watched all of them, and I don't like all of them. Love Hina (Yes, I know, I know, but in terms of influence it is really high).Įlfen Lied (Warning, this is an emotionally traumatizing show, I don't recommend it, but it does seem to me to fill out a big section of the anime spectrum.)
Space Battleship Yamato (aka Starblazers) If I were to compile my own list it would be something like: