Top 10 Anime Series Reviews and Rating

1 - Death Note
Tags: thriller, mystery, fantasy, supernatural

This is the kind of show that is recommended to people who don't watch or hate anime. Once you see the part where the mass murder Kira that makes his victim's deaths look like an accident faces a direct interaction with the world famous detective "L", you can never go back. And once you finish watching this anime, you have already surrendered to the millions of anime fans out there. It doesn't seem that this show can be knocked off the top 10 ratings anywhere anytime soon.

2 - Full Metal Alchemist
Tags: alchemy, action, adventure, drama, fantasy

Two kids experiment with the biggest taboo in alchemy: human transmutation to bring their dead mother back to life; they fail and in the process one of them loses his whole body except his soul and the other loses an arm and a leg. From there the story focuses on them searching all over for the mythical philosopher’s stone to get their bodies back. The story line is brilliant and the characters are pretty impressive; there also is a fair share of humor and drama. It has two seasons, the second one named "Brotherhood" that isn't a continuation of the first, it has a different story altogether. The FMA movie titled "Conqueror of Shamballa" focuses on the after story of the first season.

3 - Code Geass
Tags: drama, mecha, science fiction

Britain has taken over Japan robbing it of its identity, even its name. The few who stand against the new government are executed. A young Britain high schooler obtaining a mysterious power decides to bring a change by leading the rebellion. Two seasons have already been out with rumors of a third. Just like Death Note, Code Geass too has an excellent plot and the way the story has been carried out and the manner in which the main character's tactics are revealed to the viewer are absolutely incredible. This is really worth watching where ever your interest lies unless you completely hate mechas.

4 - Monster
Tags: drama, horror, mystery

If I could I would make a complete TV series out of this one. It has absolutely no aspect of fantasy that you see in almost any anime out there and that what makes it perfect if you want to watch something that doesn't pack in elements of science fiction or super natural for a change. It is the story of a Japanese brain surgeon that when faced with an ethical dilemma of choosing between operating on the town mayor or a child that came in the hospital emergency room first decides to do right thing. He saves the child's life but is later haunted as the life he saved continues to take lives of many innocent people. It's then that he quits his career and sets out on a journey to correct his mistake.

5 - Gungrave
Tags: action, science fiction, drama

Despite it being an old animation and lacking the quality of graphics that the new ones pack, this simply cannot go any lower in the rating because of its story. The plot focuses on two guys as close as brothers who live a difficult life on the street, aiming the highest. They decide to join the mafia and work their way to the top. What happens along the way and after is a true test of their friendship.

6 - Hunter X Hunter
Tags: action, adventure



Based on the manga, the story is about a young kid named Gon whose father left him when he was only a baby. To find his father, he decides to give the test to become a hunter. Hunters are the most talented people that have expertise in a wide range of things and after passing the test they get special privileges where ever they go around the world. On his journey to find his father, Gon makes some extraordinary friends each with their own unique life story and reasons to become hunters. Having more than a hundred episodes in total, it still needs more seasons before you can get enough of Gon's adventure.

7 - Blood+
Tags: action, supernatural, drama

Saya leads the life of an ordinary school girl oblivious of her past completely because of amnesia. Her blissful life rapidly changes when she is attacked by a monster called "chiropteran". Later she finds out that only she can defeat those monsters using her blood. Then on she learns about the reason of chiropteran's existence; the deeper she goes into her difficult journey, the clearer her past becomes. The story throughout the whole series develops intensely. A movie inspired by Blood+ was launched in 2000 but I won’t recommend watching it, not unless you watch the anime anyway as the story is nothing like the anime.

8 - Full Metal Panic
Tags: mecha, action, drama, comedy

Sousuke Sagara an Afghani freedom fighter since childhood; he works for a secret anti-terrorism organization. He is given the assignment of protecting a high school girl Kaname Chidori who is believed to have the power of "Whispered" a special human being that is born with extraordinary untapped knowledge that even they themselves are unaware of. Trying to blend in regular school life while trying to keep the Whispered subject under protection proves to be a very difficult task for Sousuke Sagara who has never been on an assignment out of the battlefield. The three season long series packs a lot of humor along with action showing the main character making a lot of blunders trying to fit in the regular teenage community.

9 - Claymore
Tags: fantasy, action, drama, horror

The world is infested with monsters called Yoma. An organization with an unknown name that the human beings call claymore, is formed to create and train female warriors to fight against the Yoma. The warriors are called the silver eyed witches by the people based on their appearance. Clare one of the claymore warriors saves a young orphan boy that fascinated by the claymore tags along. Clare starts getting more difficult assignments where she has to part her way with the boy until she battles with previous members of the organization that drunken by power lost control of their own selves.

10 - Hellsing
Tags: action, horror, supernatural

In a world where both humans and vampires live, the organization hellsing is the strongest when it comes to eradicating the vampires. Ironically the hellsing's most powerful weapon is a vampire himself that goes by the name of Alucard. In an assignment, Alucard offers a dying police officer Sares Victoria another life by turning her into a vampire, she accepts after which she too is made the part of the hellsing organization. Helling and Hellsing Ultimate are two seasons in which the organization battles with different types of vampires. If you like senseless action, this is the perfect anime for you.

Special Mention - Guyver: The Bio-boosted Armor
Tags: action, horror, science fiction

Even though this is a top ten rating, I still want to mention this particular anime which are my personal favorite; it would have been biased to cut its place in the top ten hence the special mention. It is the story of a teenager named Sho who one day on his way back home bumps into one of the three alien units merging with which he equips himself with a special armor called the guyver. There after he learns about the secret organization called Chornos that is secretly experimenting to convert human beings into monsters to take over the control of all the main countries of the world. Trying to run and defend his friends from the organization, he meets with another guyver that uses him to pursue his goal of destroying chronos.

So, this is it guys, if you think an anime that should have been in this list has been left out please comment below!! Trust me if you haven't seen any one of these series, you really really need to!!