Anime "Best of" Genre List
Harem/Ecchi
Reverse Harem
Samurai
Comedy
Slice of Life
Horror
Action
Sports
School Life
Gundam
Romance
Couples
Shoujo
Magical Girl
Seinen
Mecha
Gore
Josei
Vampire
Tsundere
Psychological
Sci-fi
Gun Action
Ninja
Adventure
Assassin
Demon/Devil
Mystery
Supernatural
Yuri
Sword Fighting
Twins
Gender Bender
Fan Service
Zombie
Pretty/Cute Girls
Netflix
Netflix offers a wide range of anime series to stream; some great while others are not so good. In case you are having a difficult decision in deciding which anime to watch next, and then check out these top 10 anime on Netflix.
10. Samurai Champloo
Created by the Shinichiro Watanabe, Samurai Champloo is best known for its landmark Cowboy Bebop. The series continues the theme of fusing the unlikely cross-cultural markers so as to create something that’s totally new. In such a case, Watanabe usually merges the aesthetics of the late 1990s hip-hop together with the classic and cultural trope of the lone samurai. The results are extremely incredible. The 3 main characters in this anime series are the atypical warriors and the atypical traveling companions. However, you will certainly come to like them.
9. Psycho-Pass
Psycho-Pass was initially intended to be a spiritual successor of the critically acclaimed and popular sci-fi anime, the Ghost in the Shell. However, with its great emphasis on the psychopaths as well as cat-and-mouse game which inevitably seems to come out wherever they occur, Psycho-Pass probably has a greater claim towards the Death Note anime series. The plot is basically a simple question of nature versus nurture: Is it quite possible for one to predict criminality within individuals? This is a gritty story that has been set in the gritty city. The best feature of Psycho-Pass is its tough protagonist; the female detective who usually comes to question almost everything which she thinks that she knows concerning criminal behavior.
8. Gurren Lagann
At times deceptively raunchy and controversial, this fast-paced, smart anime is beloved thanks to its wide-ranging plot, the take-no-prisoner plot twists, its gorgeous animation as well as its character development. Whereas several anime series within mecha genre tends to always turn off the newcomers due to the talk about the giant robots, Gurren Laggan knows well how to plunge one into the centre of action while also getting you to be emotionally invested before one actually knows what is happening. Even in the event that you are not a big fan of the mecha genre, Gurren Lagann is an excellent series that you can’t afford to miss.
7. Madoka Magica
There is a shortage of the magical girl anime found on Netflix. However, even if you have never seen any mid-air power transformation, this genre is part of the mainstream pop culture that one can watch and also enjoy.
Combining cute animation together with strong female fighters and an adorable main character, Madoka Magica has gathered tremendous critical acclaim due to the way that it subverts the familiar tropes and also shows you the darker side of the girl power. The fans of Harry Potter should certainly give this anime series a try.
6. Knights of Sidonia
This series concerns the futuristic human society on board of a giant spaceship who are fighting so as to survive against species of the killer aliens. The premise—the younger space cadet is unpredictably thrust into battle. It is very clichéd, borrows from everything from Starship Troopers and Ender’s Game to Starfighter. It is the VR-inspired, incredible animation and a very thorough take on the human engineering and human gender in the sci-fi age makes this series to be worth watching.
5. Blue Exorcist
When 2 brothers learn their both demons at the first time, they are a bit shocked at first but they then realize the legacy that had been left behind from their parent. Gaining the supernatural strength and additional abilities, they have to join an academy so as to learn how to defeat the Satan himself. There are currently more than 25 episodes of the Blue Exorcist that are presently streaming on Netflix.
4. Death Note
Death Note still remains to be one of the popular thriller psychological series. The plot focuses around one sociopathic teen known as Light who finds a “death note” that later gives him the ability to kill at his will and the cat-and-mouse game that he embarks on with the eccentric genius detective called “L.” After a given point, the plot then goes completely off the rails, driven by the unceasingly unhinged behaviour of Light. However, this anime does a very great job to fill in all the excesses of the manga’s melodrama.
3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
The 2003’s Fullmetal Alchemist was universally beloved to an extent that 6 years later, the animation studio chose to come out with another series. The second series, Brotherhood, simply repeats the animation style of the original series and also features 2 major voice actors who repeat their parts as brothers Alphonse and Edward Elric. The major difference is the fact that this second series is completely faithful to manga, which was in progress at the time when their first series was being made. Its ending is also notable different. In addition, many plot elements that were just hinted at on the original series are currently explored in depth on this second series.
2. Sword Art Online
This series is all about the virtual-reality game that turned into a nightmare for a whole society of the players who usually find themselves trapped within it and also have to battle so as to survive in the Battle Royale in a virtual game. The anime has gorgeous animation and unexpected intimacy of character interactions. We are not going to spoil it for you, so go watch it!
1. Ouran High School’s Host Club
This popular and delightful genre-bending comedy normally pokes fun towards the melodrama and excesses of shoujo anime tropes. However, there’s a beautiful story underneath of Haruhi, the gender queer heroine and the ways in which her high school’s host club (a group formed for the guys to entertain the girls) transforms itself. Although the anime has already been out for almost a decade, it is just as fresh as it used to be when it aired.