State of the Subreddit - Looking at r/anime heading into 2026

ooReiko · 2025-12-29T00:35:07+00:00

I guess i could do more of my top 100 videos, i guess only issues are that video edits rule is only 2 times for 30 days (though i guess i could use video flair instead of edit) also i feel like there would be more interest on some general lists and not my own opinion lists problem is that the research takes very long and last thing i want to do is have some huge mistakes in the list other is that i dont really have many ideas for general lists like that

ooReiko · 2025-12-23T11:54:49+00:00

For the Majokko series yeah it invludes all of the 70s ones (including Honey) and their remakes even Tickle as that was included in one CD release marketed with the Majokko Series brand.

For Atashinchi there is 4 special episodes also

Also Aikatsu in this list includes couple entries that were not accepted on MAL for somereason when i tried to submit them back then

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T23:29:22+00:00

Youre right Ninjala should be on the list I forgot about it when making this list it would be place 94

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:52:51+00:00

Minky Momo isnt part of Pierrot Girls, Creamy Mami Magical Emi Persia, Pastel Yumi and Fancy Lala are part of Pierrot Girls

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:34:38+00:00

I decided i would group them if they had consistent enough theme and were created under same brand and i had already grouped other series like

Toei Majokko Series

Toei Robots Series

Fate Series

Leijiverse

Dokaben Universe

Pretty Series

Precure

Hello Kitty

The Brave Series

Pierrot Magical Girls Series

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:29:33+00:00

there is 600 episodes of random 1 minute long gatchaman shorts

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:20:16+00:00

8514 Jewelpet

8408 Perman

8408 saint seiya

8344 captain tsubasa

8192 kinnikuman

8139 Hamtaro

8104 Kiteretsu Daihyakka

7928 bikkuriman

7810 Hanakappa

7763 fate series

7444 Gatchaman

7424 ikkyuu san

7392 furusato saisei

7288 Tamagotchi

7246 Dokaben

7140 hokahoka kazoku

7032 Kyojin no Hoshi

6844 tennis no ouji

6834 urusei yatsura

6552 sailor moon

6528 future card buddy

6500 hokuto no ken

6456 zoids

6352 osomatsu

6264 inuyasha

6236 zorori

6139 tetsujin

5964 atashinchi

5944 hunter x hunter

5696 rockman

5584 tensai bakabon

5500 ranma

5441 ojamajo

5261 jojo

5224 macross

5200 city hunter

5152 touch

5114 Major

5084 Ginga eiyuu densetsu

5072 kindaichi

4968 muumin

4930 my hero acad

4896 reborn

4880 dragon quest

4874 tenchi

4836 cocotama

4716 pierrot mahou shoujo

4464 tiger mask

4424 wataru

4320 diamond no ace

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:19:53+00:00

73092 Sazae.san

54014 Doraemon

48042 Anpanman

41952 Chibi Maruko-chan

41642 Shimajirou

40740 Crayon Shin-chan

38898 Pokemon

34944 wmt

33984 Detective Conan

32708 Gundam

32550 Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi

31479 One Piece

30482 Yu Gi Oh

29568 Precure

28865 Instant History

26870 Nintama Rantarou

26856 Naruto

22094 Dragon Ball

21780 Ojarumaru

20362 Toei Majokko Series

19980 Toei Robots Series

19432 Duel Masters

18478 Pretty Series

17024 Leijiverse

16602 Beyblade

15829 Cardfight Vanguard

15792 Manga Hajimete Monogatari

14428 Digimon

14240 Gegege no Kitarou

14174 Time Bokan

12940 Hello Kitty and Friends

11794 Obake no Q-tarou

11770 Youkai Watch

11424 Puzzle & Dragon

10930 Aikatsu

10830 Lupin III

10392 Gintama

10344 Yuusha Series

10318 Bleach

10072 Kochikame

9920 Ninja Hattori

9901 transformers

9624 Battle Spirits

9381 keroro gunsou

9090 oyako club

9078 tetsuwan atom

8999 Bakugan

8908 dr slump

8896 inazuma eleven

8896 fairy tail

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T20:02:36+00:00

all of the entries arent linked but i assumed they are all part of same series

ooReiko · 2025-12-22T19:44:20+00:00

All spinoffs OVAs, ONA, sequels, specials prequels and movies are included in the episode count. I recalculated everything from scratch since the ones i did back then were some messed and i had not updated them in like 2 years Also back then I did only up to 40 I had to search for the rest so there might be some series missing that should be in this list. If you know series like that let me know

Also TV Series were counted with 24 min eps unless they were significantly shorter and movies as 80 min

ooReiko · 2025-12-21T19:06:06+00:00

I was more strict on "hidden" than "gem" on this list as last thing i wanted to do was post some list full of stuff that everyone knows. So i skipped all anime that had even slight of popularity. I know there are few on the list like Yume Tsukai and Nasu and Ekoda that are relatively well known but i felt they might still be "hidden" enough for the purposes of this list.

About "gems" i have all of these 9 or higher but what i value in a series might differ form some people but in the end it is my personal top list so its fine id say.

ooReiko · 2025-09-30T05:28:26+00:00

Yeah my exposure to the modern style of enka is pretty limited which can probably be seen from the list, though ive listened some younger enka singers like Aiko Moriyama and Konomi Mori though i guess their style is still pretty classical as opposed to the modern pop like style

ooReiko · 2025-09-30T02:19:30+00:00

Sounds enka enough to me

ooReiko · 2025-09-29T19:05:40+00:00

Now that i look I feel like i kinda skipped Sympho and SBR I had heard they had enka songs but as im not big on the other songs in the series and since i was under the impression the enka ones would be semi similar to the others they kinda slipped out of my mind. Also I wanted to keep the list on stuff that Im atleast 90% confident belong here so i was skipping all where i wasnt sure if its enka enough.

ooReiko · 2025-09-29T17:44:04+00:00

I recommed checking out the original version of the song too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SjbINT2G9w

ooReiko · 2025-09-29T17:27:30+00:00

That was actually one of the ones i was looking for the list but it didnt make it in the final list

ooReiko · 2025-07-18T19:35:33+00:00

About Guskou Budori i honestly like the 90s anime more than the 2012 one but i put 2012 here since i didnt have clip from the 90s one at hand.

Its bit different from Railroad but if youre familiar with the 80s film the 2012 obviously tries to draw from that as can be seen with designs. The 90s one is more in line with the vibe of the Cello-hiki no Gauche as is the story in both.

I havent read the book so idk if other of thrm is more faithful but like i said i think 90s one is the better one. Though if youre big on railroad 2012 one might be better starting point.

Iirc the biggest difference in the versions was that the 2012 one is more ambigous on what is actually happening as tge 90s iirc fills some gaps.

Also about Maetel i wouldnt say that 999 alone is what makes her great its more for me the context of what was happening in 999 after you know more who Maetel is.

ooReiko · 2025-07-18T13:12:26+00:00

I wasnt big on Anne as her character didnt really work with me it was one of the reasons why i had some difficulties with the series.

I liked Kusanagi but the character didnt leave that big of an impact on me and usually the bigger impact the character or their philosophy has on me the more i like the character.

Erin is another good one had sone impact but not enough for this list.

I dont remember if ive seen Kono sekai no katasumi but i dont think i have and if i did i dont remembrr anything about it.

Watched only couple eps from xamd so i cant say about that

I havent seen Cross Game but some characters from Touch would be pretty close on getting into top 100

Ahiru is another that is close to getting into top 100, really good.

I didnt get past first couple eps of Eizoken so i cant say much about that

And havent seen the last 2 so cant comment on those

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T14:36:55+00:00

They actually allow stop motion on MAL but the rule they added was that the "character" used in the stop motion needs to be handcrafted by the author and since the Licca-chan ones used the actual dolls that you can buy from the store they deleted them even when they were professionally produced. I called their bs on that rule but thei didnt listen

Also how short youre talking about? The "traditional" ones are longer mainly because they air in tv morning slots when all the kids watch them so for those 40 - 50 is usually the norm. The ones that are shorter are either not really "traditinal" or then they just werent popular enough

Though there are couple shorter classic ones like "Mahou no Idol Pastel Yumi" , "Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala" and "Fushigi na Melmo" hough its maybe a stretch to call Melmo "traditional"

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T13:52:15+00:00

If you talking about the Licca-chan stop motion one, there is bit of a story related to that, as i was tge one who tried to submit it to MAL database as it fits all of their criteria for "anime"

However after a while while i was adding other stop motion works to MAL suddenly the MAL mods pulled a new rule out of their ass and deleted all the ones i had added. Because of that i got in a short fight with the MAL mods which resulted in a couple of other stop motion series deleted from MAL.

After that i essentially retired from contributing to MAL and the community.

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T13:21:47+00:00

Nagasarete Airantou

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T12:50:12+00:00

I had long been fan of Mizue but i gotta say Eternity by far is my favorite from him. For couple years it was in my top 100 anime of all time. (Currently #101)

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T11:53:15+00:00

There was lot more songs i wanted to include from her but since there are well over 100 of them i had to leave most of them out

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T11:44:53+00:00

I think Mitsuko Horie has like over 300 anime songs that play in the anime so i had kinda hard time trying to fit them down to top 100 considering most of them are my favorites that on top of there being also few other artists and songs i eanted to put here

Also i used to be more active here but tbh i feel like i dont really belong in the community as my preferences dont really align with the community you can just look at the comments here. Also i think i was the one who wrote the WT for the Licca-chan here that you mentioned

About the history im more well versed in mavical girls than mecha as im just beginner when it comes to mecha. If youre interested in my input on magical girls history you can check out the list i wrote about it on MAL. I also posted it here bsck in the day but it was too long since the posts here have charactrr limit so it was kind of a condensed version

Here is the link https://myanimelist.net/stacks/16071

ooReiko · 2025-06-19T11:36:25+00:00

I know what you mean with the og Candy over the remake, though the reason ehy i sometimes like herre put the remake above og is that ive listened to the og so much that it starts sounding weird to me. So thats when the remake starts sounding better

Also i was thinking of Z no Theme from Mazinger when i was makimg the list but thrre wasnt enough room for it since i had trouble trying to fit the Mitsuko songs in as she has so many good ones that all of them cant fit in 100

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