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Back last year when I first joined Ani-TAY I compiled a list a top 25 list of anime by taking 5 different websites top 25 anime lists and calculating a score for each show.

So it’s been one year since, and as no one on Reddit this year has made a follow up, I’ve taken the same 5 websites’ top anime lists and made a comparison chart (unique anime for each list are in bold).

RankMyAnimeListHummingBirdAnime PlanetAnimeNewsNetworkAniDB
1Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodFullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodSteins;GateMushishi Zoku Shou Season 2
2Steins;GateSteins;GateERASEDFullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodMushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku
3Gintama°One Punch ManOne-Punch ManClannad After StoryLegend of the Galactic Heroes
4Gintama’ERASEDGintama The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever YorozuyaRurouni Kenshin: Trust & BetrayalFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
5Hunter x Hunter (2011)Hunter x Hunter (2011)Haikyuu!! Second SeasonCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Mushishi Zoku Shou
6Gintama The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever YorozuyaSpirited AwaySteins;GateMushishi Zoku ShouGintama The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya
7Clannad: After StoryCowboy BebopGintama°Spirited AwayThe Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
8Legend of the Galactic HeroesClannad After StoryCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Cowboy BebopGintama`
9Gintama’: EnchousenPrincess MononokeClannad After StoryThe Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaSteins;Gate
10GintamaFate/Zero 2nd SeasonHunter x Hunter (2011)Princess MononokeGintama’: Enchousen
11ERASEDWolf ChildrenMushishi Zoku Shou 2Legend of the Galactic HeroesGintama°
12Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Haikyuu!! Second SeasonGintama’: EnchousenMushi-ShiClannad: After Story
13One Punch ManAvatar: The Last Airbender Book 3: FireWolf ChildrenDeath NoteBunny Drop
14Your Lie in AprilThe Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaGintama’Gintama’: EnchousenMushishi Tokubetsu-hen: Hihamukage
15Spirited AwayAvatar: The Last Airbender Book 2: EarthMushishi Zoku ShouAnohana: The Flower We Saw That DayOne Punch Man
16Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd SeasonCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2The Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaCode Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
17Haikyuu!! Second SeasonCode Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionKuroko’s Basketball 3Maria Watches Over Us 3rd SeasonAria the Origination
18Wolf ChildrenTengen Toppa Gurren LagannMushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no ShizukuGintama’Time of Eve
19Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and BetrayalGintama°Hajime no Ippo: New ChallengerEvangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) AdvanceCross Game
20The Disappearance of Haruhi SuzumiyaYour Lie in AprilCode Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionBunny DropRurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
21Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2Gintama’Kara no Kyoukai Movie 5: Mujun RasenMaria Watches Over Us Season 2: PrintempsWolf Children
22Hajime no IppoRurouni Kenshin: Trust and BetrayalFate/Zero Season 2Maria Watches Over Us 4th SeasonNodame Cantabile
23Cowboy BebopMonogatari Series: Second SeasonYour Lie in AprilMonsterCode Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
24Monogatari Series: Second SeasonGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIGMushishi Tokubetsu-hen: HihamukageCross GameLegend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden: A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights
25Princess MononokeGintama’: EnchousenKuroko’s Basketball 2One-Punch ManHunter x Hunter (2011)

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But of course, just having these five lists obviously isn’t enough; what is the current all time list and how does it compare to last year’s list?

The top 25 anime according to the Internet in 2016

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  2. Steins;Gate
  3. Clannad After: Story
  4. One Punch Man
  5. Code Geass R2
  6. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
  7. Gintama°
  8. Gintama Movie
  9. Gintama’
  10. ERASED
  11. Gintama’: Enchousen
  12. Hunter x Hunter(2011)
  13. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
  14. Mushishi Zoku Shou
  15. Spirited Away
  16. Mushishi Zoku Shou 2
  17. Haikyuu!! 2
  18. Wolf Children
  19. Cowboy Bebop
  20. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal
  21. Princess Mononoke
  22. Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku
  23. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
  24. Your Lie in April
  25. Fate Zero S2

So now that we have the finished list, what’s different from last year? Let’s take a look!

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The Losers:

From last year’s list, Evangelion 2.0, Usagi Drop, Hajime no Ippo and the first seasons of both Mushishi and Gintama have all lost their spots. While Kara no Kyoukai 5 has still hung onto a spot on Anime-Planet’s list, Stand by Me Doraemon has completely fallen off it.

While still being on the list, Fate Zero S2 has dropped 6 places compared to last year. Mushishi Zoku Shou (1 & 2) and Wolf Children have also dropped 5 places each.

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The Winners:

With 7 shows dropping off the list entirely we have 7 new anime that have landed a place on the list. Shows like One Punch Man and Your Lie in April unsurprisingly have gained spots due to being two of the most popular and well received shows of last year. Gintama°, Haikyuu!! S2 and the currently airing Erased have all taken spots as well (with the newest Gintama overtaking all it’s previous seasons). Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku (the Mushishi finale) and the first season of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion are the final shows to take new spots this year; the second season of Code Geass has also gone up 3 spots, pushing it into 5th place.

Switzerland (Or The Non-movers)

With 7 new enties and 8 that have moved places that only leaves 10 shows that have barely changed. The trinity of Clannad After: Story, Steins;Gate, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood have not been taken off the top spots while Gintama has 3 series sitting in the top 10. Legend of the Galactic Heroes has only been pushed down 1 spot from last year and the movies Spirited Away and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya have hardly moved from their spots last year.

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So with that, we have another list over and done with (at least until next year). I plan to release more of my own list content during the rest of this year, much like my last list detailing my favourite anime from last year.