TV Asahi Picks Top 20 Anime

[jennwenn]

So, this is another latest Japan's greatest list, but anyway here it is via Anime Nation:

TV Asahi has published its list of picks for the top 20 all-time greatest anime. The list includes 2 titles that most Japanese natives would call "American anime."

01. Ganba no Boken (1975 TV series)
02. Panda Kopanda (1972 movie)
03. Goku no Daiboken (1967 TV series)
04. Akakichi no Eleven (1970 TV series)
05. Beauty & the Beast
06. Nintama Rantaro (1993 TV series)
07. Meitantei Holmes (1984 TV series)
08. Akage no Anne (1979 TV series)
09. Esper Mami (1987 TV series)
10. Cutey Honey (1973 TV series)
11. Jarinko Chie (1981 TV series)
12. Midori no Makibao (1996 TV series)
13. Tom & Jerry
14. Mitsubachi Maya (1975 TV series)
15. Ojaru-maru (1998 TV series)
16. Tom Sawyer no Boken (1980 TV series)
17. Totoko Hamutaro: Maboroshi no Princess (2002 movie)
18. Captain (1983 TV series)
19. Hana no Ko LunLun (1979 TV series)
20. Atashi'n chi (2002 TV series)

Source: Natsume Goushin Ryu Dojo

What do you guys think? This is actually not very similar to other "greatest anime of all time" lists I've seen.
Are these only titles that aired on TV Asahi or something?

Some noteworthy ones:
They like Beauty and the Beast that much too? Cool, they like Disney classics too.

Hamutaro the greatest of all time? Its cute but um no.

Mantantei Holmes (released in the US as Shelock Hound) its directed by Miyazaki. (Some eps.) I saw this anime as a kid, so it does have the nostalgia factor.

Pandakopanda (Panda Go! Panda in US) So its THAT good? Maybe I'll check it out.

Jarinko Chie (Chie the Brat) by Takahata I think. So there's a Takahata full length film but no Miyazaki? Interesting.

[Spike 558]

There seems to be a larger emphasise on the older titles. I can only recognise about FOUR names there!



Incidentally, Panda go Panda was pre-Ghilbi Miyazaki/Takahata collaboration. Takahata directed it while Miyazaki wrote the screenplay (and it was his first anime as a screen writer too )

[EKnatsumi]

Sherlock Hound was cool, if I remember right. ^^

Maybe in this vote they got older people, not kids, that could explain the old-time anime in the list.

EK 8 )

[aREIzing]

havent seen one of em..

[iwakura]

There must be some sort of demographic spin to this...

[Robotech Master]

Hmmm...well, Newtype Magazines latest (By that I mean just within this last month) poll put the Top 20 Anime as this:

1) Mobile Suit Gundam
2) Neon Genesis Evangelion
3) Martian Successor Nadesico
4) Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
5) Mobile Suit Gundam Seed
6) Vandread
7) Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
8) Cowboy Bebop
9) Lupin the 3rd
10) Sister Princess of Pure
11) S-Cry-ed
12) Cardcaptor Sakura
13) Super Dimensional Fortress Macross
14) Full Metal Panic
15) Patlabor the Mobile Police
16) Infinite Ryvius
17) Sailor Moon
18) Dragon Ball (original)
19) The Ging of Braves GaoGaiGar
20) Galaxy Angel

[Hiigaran]

Let's see. Cross off GW, Scryed, and FMP. Move Nadesico down.

The list seems just a wee bit Gundam heavy. I'm surprised 08th MS team didn't get on the list but Seed did...very odd.

[Bekkichan]

*gives Newtype a weird look*

Heh, frighteningly, the only (non-American) one I've seen in Asahi's list is Atashi'n'Chi. It was... weird. o.o When I saw it I actually thought it was a really old staple family series, like most of the others on the list, from the way it was drawn and presented... I was surprised to learn how new it is.

I'm surprised Sazae-san and Jungle Emperor aren't on the list... they're old family-oriented weird-looking classics too...