After Watching 1000+ Anime, Here's My Real Top 20

[00:03] [music]

[00:06] >> I've been watching anime ever since I

[00:08] can remember and doing what I do, one

[00:10] question I get asked is, "What's your

[00:11] favorite anime?" How does one answer

[00:13] that, hey? Making a favorites list is

[00:15] [music] really a nightmare. It's like

[00:16] trying to choose your favorite child,

[00:18] except your children are 2D drawings

[00:20] that have consumed thousands of hours of

[00:22] your life and ruined your social skills,

[00:24] but here we are. These are the 20 that

[00:26] made me who I am. However, I am a man of

[00:29] theatricality, so while the order is

[00:30] mostly loose, I'll save my absolute top

[00:33] three, the holy trinity of my existence,

[00:35] for the very end.

[00:49] I'm starting with the show that made me

[00:50] question my own humanity while blasting

[00:53] dubstep. Parasyte perfectly balances

[00:55] philosophical horror with early 2010's

[00:58] edge and I eat it up every time. I love

[01:00] between Shinichi and Migi. It's the

[01:02] ultimate buddy cop duo, except the cop

[01:05] is a cold, logical alien living in your

[01:07] right hand who thinks emotions are

[01:09] stupid. One of my favorite character

[01:10] progressions in the medium is watching

[01:12] Shinichi slowly loses empathy while Migi

[01:15] gains life. It doesn't drag. It tells a

[01:17] tight, complete story about survival and

[01:19] what it actually means to be alive.

[01:21] Plus, seeing a guy fight shape-shifting

[01:23] blade monsters while the soundtrack

[01:25] sounds like a Skrillex concert, that's a

[01:27] specific vibe I didn't know I needed

[01:29] until I found it. It's gruesome and it's

[01:31] thoughtful.

[01:35] >> [laughter]

[01:36] >> Okay, I'm going to be real with you.

[01:38] This show, it broke me.

[01:41] >> [laughter]

[01:49] >> If you want to feel bad about the state

[01:50] of the world, watch the news. If you

[01:52] want to feel bad, but then feel an

[01:53] overwhelming, chest-tightening sense of

[01:55] brotherhood that makes you want to hug

[01:57] your friends, then you watch Rainbow. A

[01:59] story about seven guys facing the

[02:01] absolute worst humanity has to offer,

[02:03] abuse, corruption, and humiliation. The

[02:05] color palette is 50 shades of brown and

[02:07] gray, reflecting the misery of their

[02:09] reality, but then you have Sakuragi.

[02:11] He's the big brother we all wish we had.

[02:13] You'll watch these guys crawl through

[02:15] mud, literally and metaphorically, just

[02:17] to carve out a sliver of their own

[02:19] happiness, which is more inspiring than

[02:20] any power of friendship laser beam I've

[02:22] ever seen. It is difficult to watch at

[02:24] times, mainly because it's gritty and

[02:25] ugly, but the payoff is a master class

[02:27] in emotional release. It taught me that

[02:29] even in the gutter, you can still look

[02:31] at the sky.

[02:38] >> [clears throat]

[02:53] >> Battle shonen usually solve problems by

[02:55] punching them harder. Dr. Stone solves

[02:58] problems by inventing antibiotics,

[03:00] glass, and electricity, and somehow that

[03:02] is infinitely more hype.

[03:05] I never thought I'd be on the edge of my

[03:06] seat screaming, "Let's go!" while

[03:08] watching a guy make ramen from scratch

[03:10] in the Stone Age, but oh well, here we

[03:12] are. This show turns science into a

[03:14] superpower without making it feel like a

[03:15] chemistry lecture, which I wish happened

[03:17] back when I was in college. Oh.

[03:19] I adore Senku as a protagonist because I

[03:22] somehow connect with how he operates on

[03:24] pure, unfeeling logic, yet his ultimate

[03:26] goal is the most sentimental thing

[03:28] possible, saving every single person on

[03:30] Earth regardless of their utility. It's

[03:32] an optimistic celebration of human

[03:34] ingenuity in a genre obsessed with

[03:36] destruction. Dr. Stone is obsessed with

[03:39] creation. It taps into that primal

[03:41] Minecraft urge to build something from

[03:43] nothing. It makes you look at a

[03:44] lightbulb or a smartphone and think,

[03:46] "Humanity is actually kind of awesome."

[03:47] It's educational in the weirdest way and

[03:50] it's 10 billion percent exhilarating.

[04:06] Fantasy anime usually focuses on the

[04:08] grand quest to kill the demon king. We

[04:11] all know how it works. However, Frieren

[04:13] is different. Frieren fascinated me

[04:15] because it starts after the credits

[04:17] roll. It's a show about the after, the

[04:19] quiet moments that happen when the war

[04:20] is over, and honestly, it ruined me.

[04:23] It's a slow, melancholic meditation on

[04:25] the passage of time and how we take

[04:27] moments for granted. Madhouse absolutely

[04:29] flexes on the production here. Even

[04:31] simple scenes of walking through a

[04:32] forest look like movie-quality cinema. I

[04:35] really appreciate how the anime lets the

[04:36] silence speak volumes. It doesn't need

[04:38] to scream to get your attention. It

[04:40] invites you to sit down, breathe, and

[04:42] reflect on the people you've lost and

[04:44] the memories you keep. When you watch

[04:45] Frieren, an elf with a near-infinite

[04:47] lifespan retracing steps to understand

[04:49] the friend she outlived is a narrative

[04:51] device that yields infinite emotional

[04:53] damage. It's cozy, but it carries a

[04:55] heavy heart. I have a video essay

[04:57] talking about this on ViniiTube Kai and

[04:59] I'll link it in the description. You

[05:00] should check it out after this video.

[05:02] >> [groaning]

[05:12] >> Trying to explain JoJo to a normal

[05:13] person makes you sound like a conspiracy

[05:15] theorist off their meds. So, there are

[05:17] these Aztec fitness gods and then

[05:19] breathing gives you sunlight powers and

[05:21] then punch ghosts named after classic

[05:23] rock bands fight the Italian mafia. It

[05:25] makes absolutely no sense and that's

[05:26] exactly why I love it.

[05:35] JoJo is an experience. It's a

[05:36] celebration of the weird, the fabulous,

[05:38] and the hyper-masculine absurdity of

[05:40] manga. I love it because every part

[05:42] reinvents the wheel. You go from

[05:44] Victorian horror to a murder mystery in

[05:46] a small town to a prison break in

[05:48] Florida. It never gets stale because

[05:49] Araki forgets his own rules constantly.

[05:52] But beyond the memes, and there are so

[05:53] many memes, the battles are tactical

[05:56] genius. It's not about who's stronger,

[05:57] it's about who can outsmart the other

[05:59] person in the most convoluted way

[06:01] possible. It's stylish, colorful, and

[06:03] unapologetically itself. It taught me

[06:05] [music] that posing is a valid form of

[06:07] communication.

[06:15] We need to talk about Johan Liebert. In

[06:17] the pantheon of villains, you have guys

[06:19] who want to rule the world, then you

[06:21] have Johan who just wants to watch it

[06:23] crumble while he smiles politely.

[06:25] Monster is a slow-burning thriller that

[06:26] feels less like an anime and more like a

[06:28] prestige HBO drama. It's grounded,

[06:31] gritty, and terrifyingly realistic. The

[06:33] story follows Dr. Tenma, a surgeon who

[06:36] saves a boy's life only to realize he

[06:38] saved a sociopath. The cat-and-mouse

[06:40] game that ensues spans across Europe and

[06:42] dives deep into the psychology of evil.

[06:44] It doesn't rely on jump scares, it

[06:46] relies on atmosphere. It asks

[06:47] uncomfortable questions about the value

[06:49] of life and whether monsters are born or

[06:51] made. Now, I'm going to be honest with

[06:53] you here. It requires [music] patience.

[06:54] It's 74 episodes of slow tension, but

[06:57] the payoff is a master class in

[06:59] storytelling. It's chilling in a way

[07:00] that sticks with you long after the

[07:02] screen goes black. It's a look into the

[07:04] abyss of the human soul.

[07:19] I know, I know. Putting your name on a

[07:22] favorites list is like saying your

[07:23] favorite food is pizza. It's the basic

[07:26] choice.

[07:27] But you know what? I love pizza and I

[07:29] absolutely adore this movie. I remember

[07:31] when I saw this, I went into it

[07:32] expecting a HIGH-BUDGET FREAKY FRIDAY,

[07:36] A GOOFY body-swap rom-com with some

[07:38] [music] pretty clouds. Instead, I got

[07:40] hit with a spiritual disaster thriller

[07:41] that fundamentally altered my brain

[07:43] chemistry. For me, it's not about Makoto

[07:45] Shinkai's obsession with hyper-realistic

[07:47] sunsets, it's about how he captures the

[07:49] abstract feeling of longing. I've never

[07:51] seen a piece of media so perfectly

[07:53] articulate that sensation of waking up

[07:55] from a dream and missing someone you've

[07:57] never met. [music] It's an ache that I

[07:58] actually felt in my bones.

[08:03] And I have to talk about the music, too.

[08:05] The second the guitar riff in Sparkle

[08:07] kicks in during the climax, now, that's

[08:09] a core memory for me. Your Name might be

[08:11] mainstream, but it earned that status by

[08:13] making me care about two teenagers and a

[08:15] comet more than I care about my own

[08:16] real-life friends. This movie is a

[08:18] weapon designed to destroy your tear

[08:20] ducts.

[08:23] >> [music]

[08:27] >> Kyoto Animation decided to flex their

[08:29] lighting and character acting to tell a

[08:31] story about redemption that feels

[08:32] [music] painfully real. It's not exactly

[08:35] a romance, it's a dissection of

[08:36] self-hatred. Ishida's journey from bully

[08:39] to social outcast to someone trying to

[08:41] find a reason to live is handled with

[08:42] such delicate nuance. The visual

[08:44] direction, specifically the X's on

[08:47] people's faces that represent Ishida's

[08:49] anxiety, is absolutely brilliant

[08:51] storytelling. It conveys isolation

[08:53] without saying a word. It tackles

[08:54] bullying and disability without being

[08:56] preachy, focusing instead on the messy,

[08:58] awkward path towards forgiveness. It's

[09:00] uncomfortable at times because it forces

[09:02] you to look at your own flaws, but by

[09:04] the end, when the X's fall away and the

[09:05] sound returns,

[09:08] you feel that release physically in your

[09:10] chest. It's a film that tells you it's

[09:11] okay to like yourself and I think that's

[09:13] a message that we all need to hear.

[09:18] >> [screaming]

[09:25] >> This is the entry fueled by pure,

[09:27] unfiltered nostalgia. Naruto is the

[09:29] reason I'm here and also the reason I

[09:31] met my wife. It's the show that dragged

[09:33] me back into battle shonen when I

[09:34] thought I was too cool for anime. Is it

[09:37] perfect? No. The war arc is a mess,

[09:39] there are way too many fillers, pacing

[09:41] can be a mess in some arcs, and the

[09:42] animation is inconsistent, but the

[09:44] chunin exams, the Pain arc, I mean,

[09:46] that's legendary status. It built a

[09:48] world that felt vast and full of

[09:50] history. Watching Naruto go from the kid

[09:52] on the swing to the Hokage is a journey

[09:54] that we all took together. It taught an

[09:56] entire generation about the will of

[09:58] fire. The soundtrack alone, sadness and

[10:00] sorrow, can trigger a Pavlovian

[10:02] emotional response in millions of

[10:04] people. It's the gateway drug, isn't it?

[10:06] It's got arguably the best fights in

[10:08] shonen history and moments that define

[10:10] the media. It is flawed, but it's

[10:12] family. You don't choose family, you

[10:13] just love them. Now, let me tell you

[10:15] this, okay? We legit played Naruto's

[10:17] theme song on our wedding day. That's

[10:20] how much this anime means to me.

[10:33] I honestly don't know how to explain

[10:35] Gintama without sounding like I've lost

[10:36] my mind. This show is a professional

[10:38] shitpost that accidentally became a

[10:40] masterpiece. It's the only anime that

[10:42] dares to spend an entire episode

[10:44] apologizing for not having a budget,

[10:46] joke about getting sued for copyright

[10:47] infringement by other jump authors, and

[10:49] make a dick joke about a Neil Armstrong

[10:51] cyclone jet Armstrong cannon, all while

[10:54] being hailed as one of the greatest

[10:55] stories ever told. But, the reason

[10:57] Gintama is on my list isn't just because

[10:58] it's funny, it's because of the

[11:00] emotional whiplash. It tricked me. I

[11:02] spent 50 episodes laughing at a lazy

[11:04] samurai picking his nose, only to be

[11:06] suddenly hit with a bloody visceral

[11:08] sword fight about PTSD and found family

[11:11] that rivals the best of Rurouni Kenshin.

[11:13] Gintoki is my favorite protagonist

[11:15] because he has zero ambition. He doesn't

[11:17] want to be the pirate king, he just

[11:19] wants to pay his rent and drink

[11:20] strawberry milk. And yet, watching him

[11:22] fight to protect his useless everyday

[11:24] life hit me harder than any destined

[11:26] hero speech ever could. It's a fever

[11:28] dream with a soul of gold, and I miss it

[11:30] every single day.

[11:42] If Naruto is the classic rock of shonen,

[11:44] JJK is the modern punk scene. It's

[11:47] slick, it's stylish, and it's got zero

[11:49] respect for your feelings. [music] Mappa

[11:51] turned the animation dial to 11 and

[11:53] ripped the knob off. The combat system,

[11:55] cursed energy, is complex enough to be

[11:57] interesting, but flashy enough to look

[11:59] cool on TikTok. But, you know what I

[12:01] really and truly liked about this anime?

[12:03] The horror element. It's not afraid to

[12:05] kill characters. It raises the stakes by

[12:06] showing that the good guys don't always

[12:08] win, and even when they do, they lose

[12:10] pieces of themselves. It feels

[12:11] dangerous. It's pure adrenaline

[12:13] distilled into 20-minute episodes. Plus,

[12:15] Gojo Satoru exists, and the collective

[12:18] internet thirst for that man is a

[12:19] cultural phenomenon on its own. It's

[12:22] pure style, but it has the substance to

[12:23] back it up.

[12:28] >> [screaming]

[12:34] >> Honestly, Durarara!! is the kind of

[12:36] narrative chaos that I just can't get

[12:37] enough of. I'm struck by how insane the

[12:40] lineup is. You've got a headless

[12:41] dullahan on a motorcycle, a bartender

[12:43] who throws vending machines like they're

[12:45] frisbees, and an information broker who

[12:47] loves humanity in the most twisted way

[12:49] possible. The storytelling acts like a

[12:50] giant living web. I'll watch a single

[12:52] event unfold from three different

[12:54] perspectives until that aha moment

[12:56] finally hits and the full picture clicks

[12:59] into place. [music] It's one of those

[13:00] rare shows that actually rewards me for

[13:02] paying attention to the details. Between

[13:03] the jazz fusion soundtrack and the way

[13:05] the anonymous chat room bleeds into

[13:07] reality, the whole thing feels

[13:08] incredibly ahead of its time. It

[13:11] perfectly captures [music] that specific

[13:12] electric feeling of being in a massive

[13:14] city where everyone is hiding a secret

[13:17] and your life can collide with a

[13:18] stranger's in the weirdest, most violent

[13:20] ways. It's total controlled chaos, and I

[13:22] absolutely love getting lost IN IT.

[13:26] >> [screaming]

[13:27] [groaning]

[13:29] >> LOOK, LET'S ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE

[13:31] ROOM HERE, OKAY? Does the quality drop

[13:33] after that character kicks the bucket?

[13:35] Yeah, sure it does. Do I care?

[13:37] Absolutely not. Because the first 25

[13:39] episodes of Death Note are arguably the

[13:41] tightest, most adrenaline-pumping run in

[13:43] anime history. I mean, this show somehow

[13:45] turned scribbling names in a notebook

[13:47] into an Olympic sport. The mental chess

[13:49] match between Light and L isn't just

[13:51] good, it's iconic, operatic even. I

[13:53] mean, I still get chills thinking about

[13:55] that dramatic choral music swelling

[13:56] while a guy literally just eats a potato

[13:58] chip. For me, this was the show that

[14:00] legitimized anime for so many people who

[14:02] thought anime was just for kids. Light

[14:04] Yagami is the ultimate protagonist

[14:06] villain. I found myself rooting for him

[14:07] just to see how far he'd push the

[14:09] envelope, even as I watched him morph

[14:10] into a total monster. It's a

[14:12] psychological thriller that actually

[14:13] respects my intelligence, and for the

[14:15] first half alone, it deserves its

[14:17] legendary status. Just as planned is

[14:19] permanently etched into my brain.

[14:25] This is a story about how violence

[14:26] destroys the soul wrapped in a Viking

[14:29] epic. Season 1 is a revenge tragedy

[14:31] showing Thorfinn consumed by rage. It's

[14:33] brutal and action-heavy, but season 2,

[14:36] now that's where it becomes a

[14:37] masterpiece. It takes the boldest risk

[14:40] I've ever seen, stripping away the

[14:42] action to focus on farming and pacifism.

[14:45] Hmm, I have no enemies. That line is the

[14:48] thesis statement. Watching Thorfinn

[14:50] learn to build instead of destroy is

[14:51] profound. It challenges the very idea of

[14:53] what it means to be a warrior. Wit

[14:55] Studio and Mappa treated this adaptation

[14:57] with such reverence. The backgrounds,

[14:59] the music, the character growth, it all

[15:01] feels like literature. It's a mature,

[15:04] slow-burning fire that warms you rather

[15:06] than burns you. It's an anti-war story

[15:08] that actually understands the cost of

[15:10] war, not just on the body, but on the

[15:11] mind.

[15:16] >> [music]

[15:34] >> Steins;Gate completely pulled the rug

[15:36] out from under me. What starts as this

[15:37] goofy slice-of-life comedy about a

[15:39] chunibyo mad scientist slowly morphs

[15:42] into the most stressful, heartbreaking

[15:44] thriller that I've ever experienced. I

[15:46] honestly connect with Okabe Rintaro more

[15:48] than any other protagonist I've watched.

[15:50] Not because I harbor delusions of being

[15:52] a mad scientist, but because I know that

[15:54] visceral feeling of desperation. You're

[15:56] trying to fix something over and over

[15:58] again, and only to keep failing.

[15:59] Watching his persona crack until he's

[16:02] just a broken man begging for help was

[16:04] absolutely gut-wrenching. Mamoru

[16:06] Miyano's voice acting here isn't just a

[16:08] performance, it feels like a raw nerve

[16:10] being exposed. It's a story about the

[16:12] terrifying weight of consequences, and

[16:14] it left me staring at my ceiling at 4:00

[16:16] a.m. completely and emotionally

[16:18] exhausted. To me, it's the only time

[16:20] travel story that actually cares about

[16:22] the traveler than the time itself.

[16:45] I almost didn't watch this one because

[16:46] of the art style. I personally thought

[16:48] it looked like a messy doodle. I was an

[16:50] idiot. Yes, I was. In a medium obsessed

[16:52] with being special or the chosen one,

[16:54] this series looked me in the eye and

[16:56] said, "Having powers doesn't make you

[16:57] better than anyone else." Now, that hit

[16:59] me. I resonate so deeply with Reigen

[17:02] Arataka, not just because he's

[17:03] hilarious, but because he represents

[17:05] that terrified adult part of me. Yeah,

[17:07] he becomes the greatest mentor in anime.

[17:09] When I watched Mob struggle to express

[17:10] his emotions, it kind of felt like

[17:12] watching my own teenage years on screen.

[17:14] And I'm sure it may just be true for you

[17:15] watching this video, too. It's a visual

[17:17] acid trip, sure, but beneath the psychic

[17:19] battles, it's a warm, gentle reminder

[17:22] that it's okay to be weak. It's okay to

[17:24] run away, and that real strength comes

[17:26] from accepting who you are. It's the

[17:27] most wholesome thing I've ever seen.

[17:35] >> [screaming]

[17:50] >> This is the gold standard, plain and

[17:53] simple. The yardstick I measure

[17:55] absolutely everything else against. To

[17:57] me, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is

[17:59] the most complete package on this list,

[18:01] and I'd argue it has zero weaknesses.

[18:03] It's amazing how the world-building, the

[18:05] alchemy, the political intrigue, and the

[18:07] characters are all tightly woven into

[18:08] this perfect [music] narrative circle. I

[18:10] was really impressed with how it manages

[18:12] to balance goofy slapstick humor with

[18:14] heavy topics like genocide and war

[18:15] crimes without ever giving me tonal

[18:17] whiplash. The Elric brothers' journey

[18:19] feels perfectly paced, and the ending is

[18:21] actually satisfying, which is a rarity

[18:23] in a medium full of fizzle finales. It

[18:25] doesn't rely on cheap cliffhangers or

[18:27] mystery boxes, it just trusts its solid

[18:30] writing. This is the one show I force on

[18:32] friends who claim they don't watch anime

[18:33] because it works every time. It's a

[18:35] story about the cost of ambition and the

[18:37] value of humanity, and in my book, it

[18:39] nails every single beat.

[18:47] >> [screaming]

[18:49] >> I rarely meet people who enjoy watching

[18:51] Fate series as much as I do. I know it's

[18:53] confusing and you never know where to

[18:54] start, but if there's one exception,

[18:56] watch Fate/Zero. Written by the Urobuchi

[18:59] Gen, the man who feasts on tears, this

[19:01] is a battle royale where everyone loses.

[19:03] It takes historical figures, makes them

[19:05] fight to the death for a wish-granting

[19:07] cup, and treats it with the seriousness

[19:09] of a Greek tragedy. Kiritsugu Emiya is a

[19:12] fascinating lead, a utilitarian killer

[19:14] who wants to save the world by murdering

[19:16] the few to save the many. The clash of

[19:18] ideologies between the servants is just

[19:20] as gripping as the fights. And the

[19:22] fights? Ufotable, you beauty. It looks

[19:26] gorgeous. It's dark, cynical, and

[19:28] visually spectacular. It takes the

[19:30] concept of heroes and drags it through

[19:32] the mud to see what's left. It is

[19:33] depressing, but I got to say, it's also

[19:35] beautiful.

[19:40] This is the show that ruined other

[19:42] battle shonen for me. Hunter x Hunter

[19:44] looks like a colorful Saturday morning

[19:45] anime at first, but it's a dense,

[19:47] complex deconstruction of what it means

[19:49] to be a hero and a monster. I love it

[19:51] because it refuses to hold my hand. The

[19:53] power system, Nen, is one of the best in

[19:55] fiction, but it's the morality that

[19:57] hooks me. The Chimera Ant arc is, in my

[19:59] opinion, the greatest arc in anime.

[20:01] Watching Gon, the happy-go-lucky kid,

[20:02] descend into absolute darkness while

[20:05] Meruem, the literal monster, finds his

[20:07] humanity through love. That dynamic

[20:09] challenged me. It forced me to ask who I

[20:11] was actually rooting for. It's not just

[20:12] a fight, it's a philosophical debate

[20:14] happening at the speed of sound. It's

[20:16] dark, it's uncomfortable, and it treated

[20:18] me like an adult. It's a master piece

[20:20] that I'm constantly chasing the high of.

[20:33] >> [cheering]

[20:34] >> When I look back on my life as an anime

[20:36] fan 10 years from now, Attack on Titan

[20:38] is absolutely going to be the

[20:39] centerpiece. I still vividly remember

[20:42] the visceral zombie horror shock of

[20:43] season 1 feeling like humanity was just

[20:46] cattle only to be completely floored by

[20:48] the jarring shift into a complex

[20:49] political war drama by the end. I love

[20:52] it because Hajime Isayama acts like a

[20:54] total lunatic genius planting seeds in

[20:56] the very first episode that didn't bloom

[20:58] for a literal decade. That basement

[21:00] revealed didn't just answer my

[21:02] questions, it fundamentally changed the

[21:04] entire genre of the show. And then

[21:07] there's Eren Jaeger, easily the most

[21:08] divisive, complex protagonist I've ever

[21:10] followed. Watching his agonizing

[21:12] transformation from a loudmouth victim

[21:14] into a cold-blooded oppressor felt like

[21:16] a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions

[21:18] to me. It captures the cycle of hatred

[21:20] and the terrifying cost of freedom

[21:21] better than most history books. And when

[21:23] you combine that narrative weight with

[21:24] Hiroyuki Sawano's apocalyptic

[21:26] soundtrack, music that makes the end of

[21:28] the world feel beautiful, you get

[21:30] something that transcends anime. Now, I

[21:32] know the ending is controversial and

[21:34] totally split the fan base, but

[21:35] honestly, I respect the messiness. A

[21:37] story this complex couldn't [music] have

[21:39] a clean, happy bow on top, and I'm fine

[21:41] with that. It's violent, it's

[21:42] controversial, and without a doubt, it's

[21:44] my number one.

[21:58] For all the times people have asked me,

[22:00] "What's your favorite anime?" this video

[22:02] is it. I know, I know, "Where's One

[22:04] Piece? Where's Evangelion?" Look,

[22:06] [music] the comment section is right

[22:07] there. Go ahead and roast my taste, but

[22:09] these are the ones that really stuck

[22:11] with me. Now, I'm planning more personal

[22:13] videos for this channel breaking down my

[22:14] absolute favorite anime arcs and doing

[22:16] deep dives into specific characters that

[22:18] I just can't stop thinking about. So, if

[22:20] you want to see me cry over fictional

[22:21] backstories for 20 minutes,

[22:23] stick around.