Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976)

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

Anime either based on, heavily influenced by or drawing key aspects from folklore. Folklore encompasses the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, people or culture passed down through the generations by word of mouth and later often recorded in written form.

While the majority of works listed in this club have their origins in East Asian folklore (for obvious reasons) also included are examples of folklore ranging from portrayals of the mythology of Ancient Greece, stories featuring local spirits, legendary folk heroes, adaptions of Brothers Grimm fairy tales and narratives featuring the Gods of the Norse pantheon as characters. Modernised interpretations and retellings have been largely excluded.

As MAL currently sadly only allows a max of 50 entries on interests stacks this list prioritises the stand out and most high quality examples of folkloric anime. For a more comprehensive list which also includes manga, I direct you to my accompanying folklore club of the same name.

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

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

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

> 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)]

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

Assuming 1 page of manga = 30 sec

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