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Apr 30, 5:38 PM
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Is your favorite anime different from what you consider to be the best anime?

For example my favorite series is One Piece but I think Attack on Titan is the best written anime series (imo ofc)
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Apr 30, 5:40 PM
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Favorite Anime: Queen's Blade.

Best Anime: Death Note.
Apr 30, 5:44 PM
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Oh of course. I may love Urusei Yatsura enough to put it at my number 1 spot, but anybody who's watched it knows that it's anything but perfect, especially during the studio switchover. The "best" is something I don't know if I could point out in a moment's notice, but it'd probably be either Versailles no Bara (The most badass shojo anime of all time) or Ashita no Joe 2. The favorites are just things that hit me in all the right places (Hence Ashita no Joe being there instead of AnJ 2), objective truths be damned.
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Apr 30, 5:55 PM
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Favourite: Overlord

Best: Tensura
Apr 30, 6:14 PM
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Favorite: Evangelion

Best: Steins;Gate
Apr 30, 6:20 PM
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Baka to Test is my favorite because I enjoyed it from start to finish. Although Death Note used to have the highest rating I’ve ever given, its second cour wasn't as good imo, so I don't have an anime I’ve rated as the absolute best.


Apr 30, 6:21 PM
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Favorite: 86 Eighty-Six

Best: N/A (I don’t believe that there is a singular best anime)
Apr 30, 6:22 PM
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I don't think there is a best anime, but I do think my favourite, which is steins;gate is one of the best anime ever made.


So, there are some titles that I think are arguably just as good or better than it.
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Apr 30, 7:16 PM
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Favorite: Have not decided on a favorite yet.

Best: Attack on Titan
Apr 30, 7:17 PM

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Best anime: K-On!

Favourite anime: K-On!
Apr 30, 7:22 PM

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I don't have any one anime I'd consider my absolute favourite, but I consider all my 10/10s as the best anime out there regardless. They wouldn't be my favourites if I thought they weren't exceptional at most, if not all facets of anime composition.


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Apr 30, 7:32 PM

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favourite anime: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
best anime: K-ON S2
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Apr 30, 7:38 PM
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Back then yes

It was something like
Favorite: Oregairu

Best: Monogatari series

But now ever since frieren came out, it's now I would consider best and favorite anime
Apr 30, 7:40 PM

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Favourite anime : Madoka Magika
Best anime : Great Teacher Onizuka
Apr 30, 8:07 PM
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I consider FMA:B the best anime of all time. But it's my 4th favorite series.
Apr 30, 8:15 PM

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Favorite: Gintama. Best: Steins;Gate (S1)

Gintama is the Anime I'd love to watch everyday if I get the chance again, and would likely still feel the same appreciation as I did when I first watched it.

But Steins;Gate (S1) is the one I could consider an overall quality Anime that I could/would recommend to everyone, even non-Anime fans. It has a story and directing that goes beyond Anime.
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Apr 30, 8:25 PM
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Oh definitely a lot of my 10's are not in my favorite but what are in my favorite are more what clicked with me on a fundamental level. Shingeki no Kyojin and Monogatari franchise are all in my 10's and yet I put no entry in my favorite just because I see the franchise as a whole making it hard to pick an entry.
Apr 30, 8:31 PM

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I mean, not ironically I think Serial Experiments Lain is the best anime I've ever seen. Not for nothing do I have it as a favorite.

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Apr 30, 8:39 PM

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My (only) 7 FAVOURITE anime:
1. OPM
2. Monster
3. Detective Conan
4. Mob Psycho 100, Gundam 00, Cromartie High School, JoJo part 3

My 7 BEST anime:
1. Monster
2. SEL
3. GitS (1995)
4. Ergo Proxy
5. Perfect Blue
6. Kino's Journey (2003)
7. Mushishi

One is how much they resonate with me. The latter is how much they impress me.
Apr 30, 9:03 PM

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Favorite: Yakusoku no Neverland


best: [Oshi No Ko] and Silent voice,

My fav fall a bit short on the generic art style and music
Apr 30, 10:31 PM

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It's the same. Star☆Twinkle Pretty Cure.

Apr 30, 10:46 PM
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Favorite: Hunter X Hunter

Best: Attack on titan
Apr 30, 11:06 PM

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My favorite anime ever is either Steins;Gate or Mushoku Tensei. With that being said Attack on Titan is the greatest piece of media ever written, but I do think that both Steins;Gate and One Piece are the closest animes to it. If we count mangas then Kingdom is either on par with AOT or really close to it.
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May 1, 12:07 AM

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Favorite anime: Monster

Best anime: Akira
May 1, 12:17 AM

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Favorite: Evangelion

Best: Made in Abyss (almost AoT, but there was some poorly done 3DCGI, so it disqualifies)
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May 1, 12:31 AM

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My favorites anime are also the ones I consider to be the 'best' so my answer would be no :)
May 1, 12:38 AM
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I'm surprised by the amount of people that differentiate between the "best" anime and their favorite anime.

May 1, 12:48 AM

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YES!
Thank you. People have a hard time telling those two apart. That's why we have so many battle shounens and sequels with top marks and classic, top quality productions linger in mediocrity here.. Something that you like a lot is not objectively great.
Like I love Knights of Sidonia to bits. Love it. But I cannot with a straight face say that it's better than lets say Princess Mononoke or Cowboy Bebop.
May 1, 12:58 AM
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My favourite and best anime are the same lol. It's obviously none other than AoT.
May 1, 11:13 AM

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My favorite would have to be Jojo, but I think if I were to say what my "best overall" would be it would probably be Fullmetal Alchemist (2003).

Fma 2003 is prolly a really controversial pick, but I definitely feel the philosophical questions and themes it poses really hit me and many others in my local community a lot harder than Brotherhood did
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