Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is up there for me.
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
There's also Kill la Kill.
Agreed, actually most of Studio Trigger's works :)
Steins;Gate
I was just thinking, can I honestly think of a perfect anime? But yes, Steins;Gate, without a doubt. It is so perfect that the second season, which is an almost-perfect anime and fits neatly in the events of the first, can only bring it down in perfection.
I recently rewatched it and there's a lot of foreshadowing and plot points that hit harder when you see them coming.
I love Stein's; Gate but those first few episodes pacing keeps it a step from absolute perfection.
- Haibane Renmei
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
- Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
- A Silent Voice
- Sweetness & Lightning
- Akebi's Sailor Uniform
- March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season
- A Place Further Than The Universe
- Non Non Biyori Nonstop
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Kaguya-sama, a Frieren-tier-global-recognition all-rounder romcom
To add some not already mentioned
- Apothecary diaries
- Dan da Dan
- Heavenly delusion
- Puella Magi Madoka
If you don't mind older series, I think these are worth a recommendation:
- Bakemonogatari (and the rest of Monogatari series)
- The melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
- Black Lagoon
- Clannad
Honorable mention for Nichijou. Perfect comedy if you ask me :)
First season of Psycho-Pass. later seasons got a bit too muddled and had some repetitive antagonists, so I wouldn't recommend continuing it. Shinya Kogami and Shogo Makishima's rivalry is the real meat of the story, and getting rid of both characters at the end of S1 just killed all of the show's momentum. Gd, what a rivalry though.
Oh yeah, and the animation, visual style, and music all slaps. There's also great side characters that get a few moments to develop and stand-out, and most of them didn't get brought along to later seasons either.
If you ignore S2 it really is one that could be considered perfect. Movie quality audio, vizuals and story start to finish.
It's one of many very sad instances where a visionary creative had a cool story they wanted to tell, and then after they finished and left the studio stepped in and said "Okay, now how much more can we wring out of it!"
On the upside, the first season serves a full, complete perfect story, with nothing further that needed to be added. Also, not all of the additional stuff sucks. Production IG brought Gen back to write the movie, and it was OK.
Shows:
- Cowboy Bebop
- Kill la Kill
- Steins;Gate
- Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
Movies:
- Paprika
- Spirited Away
- Your Name
- Summer Wars
- Akira
- Legends Of The Galactic Heroes
- FIST OF THE NORTH STAR
- Records of Lodoss War
- Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex
- HELLSING
- Cowboy Bebop
To add a couple to the great ones already listed:
- S1 One Punch Man
- Naruto (pre-Shippudden)
- Code Geass
- Demon Slayer
- Elfen Lied
- Jujutsu Kaisen
- Re:LIFE
- Vinland Saga
- Zankyou no Terror
The perfect anime is the one that captivates your interest for its entire length and delivers an ending that is satisfying. The story is completed, but you don't want it to be.
Azumanga Daioh
Takopi's Original Sin
A Place Further Than The Universe
Spirited Away
Liz and the Blue Bird
Ghost in the Shell
Mob Psycho
- Monogatari Series
- Gintama
- The Dangers in my Heart
- Kaguya-sama
- Saekano
Gotta be Cyberpunk Edgerunners for me. Nothing has captivated me and made me love the characters as much as that show did.
Hunter x Hunter is probably my favorite. It's still technically ongoing, but the mangaka has serious health issues so the current arc hasn't progressed much. The anime does close out on the best arc ever, so it's a pretty satisfying stopping point. The 2011 anime, mind you. The 1999 one DRAGS ASS. Avoid it.
It's Girls Und Panzer for me. The original 12 episodes the most. You could feel the artists doing their best and the characters are fun and memorable, imo.
- sleepy princess in the demon lords castle
- ya boy kongming
- the corporate slave and the little baby ghost
- eyeshield 21
- hajime no ippo
I realised just recently, that having even normal scene progression choreographed with background music, makes a great difference in the impact it makes.
I learnt that while watching Lord of Mysteries.
FMA: Brotherhood until the ending when a teenager fist-fights an otherworldy being powered by magic and thousands of dead people.
By that point the magic was gone and the thousands of dead people’s souls were extracted from Father. That’s why Ed was able to throw hands
I LOVE FMA:Brotherhood, I love 90% of the ending but this seemingly intelligent being letting himself drain to nothing, knowing full well he was, was convenient and a bit flat, tbh.
He had tons of opportunity to gtfo and go back to scheming.
I can buy the "he's too vain and he never feared or respected humanity" argument on Father though.
- Steins;Gate
- Code Geass
- Solo Leveling
- Demon Slayer
- Black Clover
- Fate (series) - Stay Night / Zero / Grand Order etc.
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