Sazae-san

Anime collected in this stack have stories which focus on the struggles of maintaining, repairing, or building family bonds. These relationships should be between the main characters and must be non-romantic in nature.

Series which focus primarily on taking care of infants to pre-teen children will not be included in this stack; please use the Childcare theme to find these stories. However, if the childcare component is only one relationship of multiple in the family, then these anime will also be added here.

Anime series that appeared as manga in shoujo magazines before the year 1970

More info about classic shoujo manga:

https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=84956

1960s - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/1630
1970s - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/23865

Series that highlight the slice of life aspect of a family and explore the relationships within the family

Anime digital archeology.

Lost: For media that is completely lost.
Partially Lost: These pieces of media have had over half their content found.
Found Media: Media that was once lost, but now found.
Partially Found: Media that's had up to half of its content found is listed here.

No. 32 is Kirin Monoshiri Daiquiri: Manga Bushiness with 366 episodes, and starting on August 3rd, 1970 and ending in September 30th, 1971.

Episode count and broadcasting dates in notes

Was looking at some fan art one day and it came to my attention that fanart (and very good fanart) is an extremely good indicator of how important an anime is. So taking away the fanart factor from this list. Here is a list of very important anime.

This list is based on many objective factors.

Log:
30/05/2022
Removed:
- Hongse Jiangshan: Huangma Fenghuo; Jingzhong Baoguo - not very important.
- Haikyuu!! - whilst there are indeed hot boys, it has come to my attention that many anime are similar (with whole genres too). Even if this was hyped by normies.
Added:
- SAO, Fate/stay night, Ling Feng Zhe

Collection of historical semi-realistic (minimal fantasy) or realistic (no superpowers or fantasy) works that detail the historical events of Japan or daily life of people in Japanese historical context.

Reference:

794 – 1185 - Heian period
1185 – 1336 - Kamakura period
1336 – 1573 - Muromachi period
1336 – 1392 - Nanbokucho period
1467 – 1590 - Sengoku period
1568 – 1603 - Azuchi-Momoyama period
1603 – 1868 - Edo period
1853 – 1868 - Bakumatsu (final years of the Edo period)
1868 – 1912 - Meiji period
1912 – 1926 - Taisho period
1926 – 1989 - Showa period
1989 – 2019 - Heisei period

Mitsuko Horie is a japanese singer and actress, she is known as the "Queen of Anime Music" due to her countless and valuable contributions to the scene of anime music over her long career spanning over 50 years.

This list is a collection of series that I view are essential when it comes to experiencing Mitsuko Horie "Micchi" as an artist through her work on anime series. Ordered on how important and big role of the experience her performance plays in the series as a whole.

More comprehensive list of the songs in this page:
https://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=86238

This stack is intended as a guide for people interested in the artist and their works and wanting to be able to experience the most important performances and the works of the artist and the experience that these works and performances provide to the audience as a part of a series or a film.

The Four Kings:

Mitsuko Horie - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9754
Ichiro Mizuki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15851
Kumiko Oosugi - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24461
Isao Sasaki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24460

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Satoko Yamano - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38010

The top 50 of the top 100 anime gathered from TV Asahi's Japan-wide survey, conducted with multiple age-groups, into the best animated series.



(https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-09-23/tv-asahi-top-100-anime-part-2)

In 2006, the Japan Media Arts Festival held a special 10th anniversary awards festival for manga, anime, art and entertainment. For manga and anime, the rankings were split into a popularity poll (general public vote), and a 'professionals' ranking (critics, directors, etc.). The only 3 series in the 'professionals' ranking for both manga and anime were 'Astro Boy', 'Doraemon', and 'AKIRA'.

These are the anime voted by the 'professionals'. First place in the popularity poll was 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070320171620/http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/hundred/choice.html

In 2012, The Asahi Shimbun announced the 104 TV anime that they considered to be the most representative and memorable of all TV anime between 1963 and 2012. It's a good starting point for exploring general TV anime history, and the shows are all worth giving a shot. The list was not ranked, and ordered by release date.

This is the first part of a collection of articles where I aim to explore the evolution of anime related music. This part of the list attempts to collect a list of most iconic "Anime Songs".

The term "Anime Songs" used in this list refers to the theme songs that have a strong connection to the series demonstrated by their lyrics and the emotion invoked by the song related to the series. Essentially the song and the lyrics talk about the series or the characters in a direct manner forming a direct link between the performance and the series in question.

These types of theme songs were more common and popular before 1980s. The defining moment that can be said had influence on changing the theme songs away from this model is the popularity of the series "Urusei Yatsura" and how it used to promote a several "tie-up" songs that in contrast to "Anime Songs" by their nature don't necessarily have anything to do with the series, story or the characters.

I will write my thoughts on each of the entries on this list to further explain why I think the series and the theme songs included as a combined package have attained "iconic" status when it comes to the scene of "Anime Songs" in contrast to the "tie-up songs". I will also give a score related on how deeply intertwined I see the series and the performance related to the theme songs as a part of the experience as a whole. The series are ordered based on that score.

The term "iconic" in this list is defined by the popularity and how deeply established the meaning and the lyrical elements of the performance are in addition of them being intertwined with the series as a whole experience.

This list does not include iconic "tie-up songs" or other songs that by their lyrics or meaning do not establish a significant connection to the series, characters or the story.

More info about "Anime Songs" and "tie-up songs" and how they affect the performance from the perspective of the singer in this interview: https://www.cinra.net/article/interview-201509-horiemitsuko

Related stacks:

Chapter 1 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24451
Chapter 2 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24454
Chapter 3 - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24455

The Four Kings:

Mitsuko Horie - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9754
Ichiro Mizuki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/15851
Kumiko Oosugi - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24461
Isao Sasaki - https://myanimelist.net/stacks/24460

Published in December of 2015, by the Video Research Ltd. (Japanese marketing research company, that conductes audience measurement for television and radio. Since its foundation in 1962), it shows the ten highest television ratings, that were recorded in the households of the Kanto Region (the most populous part of modern Japan), from since they begun online research on September 26 of 1977, plus four previously recorded high ratings that happened before said date. To qualify for the viewer ratings, a show must be a regular series with episodes that run for 15 minutes or longer.

Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-30/chibi-maruko-chan-sazae-san-dr-slump-top-list-of-most-viewed-anime-episodes/.97077
https://gakumado.mynavi.jp/gmd/articles/28414

Part 1 Here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/19612

Collection of series where the main character or one of the Main characters is a mother, and the series puts emphasis on the love that exists between mother and her child. The series also have focus on taking care of children and the life related to that.

> Anime franchises with over 1000 episodes.
> No anime that is 1 minute or less per episode.
> This list is potentially incomplete.

> Pokemon Season 1-25: 1234 Episodes
> Naruto + Naruto: Shippuden + Boruto: 1013 Episodes
> Yu-Gi-Oh! + Duel Monsters + GX + 5D's + Zexal + Arc-V + VRAINS + Sevens + Go Rush!!: 1148 Episodes

> Dragon Ball Series: Only 806 episodes
> Mobile Suit Gundam Franchise: Only 958 episodes (TV Series + ONA)
[(Main Series: Mobile Suit Gundam + Zeta + ZZ + Victory + G + Wing + X + Turn A + SEED + SEED Destiny + 00 + AGE + Reconguista in G + Iron-Blooded Orphans + The Witch from Mercury) + (Other: Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 + Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet + Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt) + (Build series: Build Fighters + Build Fighters Try + Build Divers + Gundam Build Divers Re:Rise) + (SD Gundam Series: SD Gundam Force + SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors + SD Gundam World: Sangoku Soketsuden + SD Gundam World Heroes)]

Every anime I could find that still used cel animation during the early 2000s

List of longest anime series by total runtime (minutes). Movies, episodes and all other specials even if they are not listed on MAL included in the runtime. Movies and other specials are counted in the number of "episodes".

Last updated: 9th May 2024

Few series listed below that are not counted as a singular series when it comes to the purpose of this list but are often grouped together or seen together and whose length is worth mentioning:

1. World Masterpiece Theater (WMT)

1490 episodes
36968 minutes


https://myanimelist.net/stacks/26291
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32408


Anime: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/32408
Manga: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39346
Live: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39525
All: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/39354