The original "magical girl" anime, this popular 90s anime focuses on a young girl as she transforms into the titular character to search for a princess and an artifact called the "Legendary Silver Crystal".
What is Sailor Moon
100
This anime follows a group of high-school boys as they form a swimming club and compete against their rival school's team.
What is Free!
100
This anime follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
What is Highschool of the Dead
100
One of the most popular anime of all time, this anime follows the protagonist (now an adult) who, along with his companions, defends Earth against intergalactic space conquerors and unnaturally powerful androids.
What is Dragonball Z
100
This space-Western follows the lives of a bounty hunter crew (including a hyper-intelligent Welsh Corgi) traveling on their spaceship.
What is Cowboy Bebop
200
Don't let the happy title fool you: this rather dark anime follows a group of female middle-school students who choose to become magical girls and must battle surreal enemies called witches.
What is Puella Magi Madoka Magica
200
One of the most popular sports anime of all time, this anime focuses on a young tennis prodigy as he enrolls in a prestigious academy.
What is The Prince of Tennis
200
This anime revolves around the conflict between humans and a mutant species similar to humans but with horns and transparent arms that are controlled telekinetically.
What is Elfen Lied
200
Set in an alternate universe, this story follows two brothers who are searching for a philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life.
What is Fullmetal Alchemist
200
Set in futuristic Tokyo fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm, the story centers on a young boy recruited by an organization to pilot a giant robot designed to combat against monstrous beings.
What is Neon Genesis Evangelion
300
This recent anime follows a vagrant girl on her bloodthirsty (get it?) search for her father's killer, which brings her into violent conflict with her high school's student council president.
What is Kill la Kill
300
With 27 million copies of the manga in circulation, this anime tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament.
What is Kuroko no Basuke
300
This anime chronicles the efforts of the mysterious and secret organization, as it combats vampires, ghouls, and other supernatural foes who threaten England.
What is Hellsing
300
This anime follows the adventures of a young boy whose left arm can transform into a monstrous claw/sword and destroy demons.
What is D.Gray-man
300
In a world ruled by a tyrannical king, this anime focuses on two teenage boys who leave their underground home to fight the monarch's forces.
What is Gurren Lagann
400
An anime adaptation of an American cartoon with an almost-identical title, this anime follows a trio of young girls who are given superpowers after contact with a powerful chemical.
What is Powerpuff Girls Z
400
This recent anime focuses on a short-stacked student who gains a sudden love of volleyball after seeing a national championship match on TV.
What is Haikyū!!
400
This anime tells the story of a college student who, after being rushed to the hospital in critical condition following a deadly encounter, suddenly must consume human flesh to live.
What is Tokyo Ghoul
400
This anime focuses on the crossed paths of all of its characters, and is mostly set within a fictional United States during various time periods (most notably the Prohibition era).
What is Baccano!
400
This anime takes place in an authoritarian future dystopia, where omnipresent public sensors continuously scan the mental state of every citizen in range.
What is Psycho-Pass
500
This anime explores the concepts of fate and free will, and blends elements of the typical magical girl trope with dance in lieu of violence.
What is Princess Tutu
500
This early 2000s anime follows a high school student as he begins his career in boxing, and over time obtains many titles and defeats various opponents.
What is Hajime no Ippo
500
This anime revolves around a human boy who, after receiving poor grades at his local high school, enrolls in a boarding school... but the students who attend there are not what they seem.
What is Rosario + Vampire
500
This series is set on a fictional medieval island where humans are plagued by humanoid shape-shifters, and a mysterious group that creates hybrids to kill them for a fee.
What is Claymore
500
The anime Sword Art Online focuses on a computerized RPG which stimulates the user's five senses via their brain with the use of this special helmet.