What is your favorite anime at the moment

[micheI]

Right now? Girls Last Tour.
All-time: Yuu Yuu Hakusho.

 

[SolidusSkink]

Been watching Hi Score Girl and loving it but my all time favorite is a three way tie between Berserk '97, Evangelion, and Macross Plus. I just can't decide between them because the reason I love them is so vastly different for each one.

 

[MadzombieBane]

I'm watching the original one these days started the last month, and I totally agree.
There aren't many anime in the '80/'90 with animations and drawings that can be compared to these one's. I tried to watch the 2024 one, but I'm not interested. Mainly because I don't like how the chose the coloring.


Tried it few weeks, but dropped it after the second episode.

pick it back up , it’s great trust me

 

[Big Finger Jim]

JoJo, and that will never change.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Sister Princess.

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Watched two episodes of Candy Candy and holy shit does this tug at the heartstrings. Favorite? Hell no, haven't watched enough but it is notable. Currently watching Stitch & Ai as that's actually part of the canon timeline but is also the hardest Stitch anime to actually find and watch.

 

[LXXXROMonteVIdEOII]

Of the ones I've been watching lately? ''Yokai Gakkö no Sensei Hajimemashita!'' known as ''A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School!'' internationally. Everything about it is just so hilarious and I just love how out there and off the wall it is. Its humor kind of reminds of Hakushon Daimaö but at the same time it's so much more. At first I couldn't even fathom how they would give each character a distinct personality given they are so many and how different they look from one another but they managed to pull it off and here I am laughing myself to sleep after a hot shower every day.

Another recomendation? ''Fumetsu no Anata e'' known as ''To Your Eternity'' even tho it looks post 2010s in regards to its design it seems to drive a lot from that World Masterpiece Theater from Mushi Prodructions I grew up with in regards to how deep it goes in order to push the viewers emotions to a breaking point. I swear that the moment the positive kid is about to take his final breah feels just like Joli Coeur's passing. Its just beautiful. This one I haven't got the courage to throughly watch it yet, I'm waiting for the next winter.

 

[Aisf]

Gintama will probably be my numer one pick always.
It's a show I'd recommend to anyone, at any point, at any time of the day or year.
Though whenever I recommend it to somebody I have an issue with putting it into words what is it that makes it my favorite. Gintama does a lot of stuff for me, it's a great comedy show but at the same time it's a great drama show. It's a great shonen but at the same time it's a great seinen. It's self-aware but at the same time it takes itself seriously when it needs to.
Gintama is an everything show to me, it showed me that a story doesn't have to play by the rules. Pair that with it coming at the perfect point in my life and it has now greatly inspired me to strive to create something like it.

Gintama is very funny. And I do agree that pretty much everyone can watch it

 

[Super Funky Piece]

i guess as far as "at the moment", there's some common go-to shows i'm always excited to share with others:

A Place Further Than the Universe: a story of some girls all gathering together to go on a trip to Antarctica for various personal reasons, some much heavier than others. has quite possibly one of the most heartwrenching scenes i've ever witnessed after building up to it the whole show

Revue Starlight: set in a theatre school with the main characters working on their big defining yearly performance. things quickly turn for the odd and imaginative by the end of the first episode in ways i dont want to spoil besides the promise there's plenty of dramatic action. and singing. the movie sequel is also absolutely fantastic and elevates all the best parts of the show.

Haibane Renmei: a girl wakes up in a strange walled off town with no memories, getting acquainted with other girls like her resembling angels, the titular haibane. despite the all the mystery and uncertainty in the premise, it's a very compassionate series that may veer into some bleaker subjects without ever showing its full hand

Kyousougiga: an exiled monk with the power to bring drawings to life one day takes his family to the mirror world he created. cut forward years later and his children are left to look after things, which gets a bit complicated when a new girl arrives from the outside world resembling their absent father and is named after their mother. very colourful and fun series about family that definitely shines through as a genuine passion project from some Toei staff

Umamusume Pretty Derby: yes the horseracing anime girl series. the first season is alright but the second is really when things hit their stride as a sports drama, faithfully adapting an actual racehorse's career with added human elements. much of the other high points follow suit with different protagonists, such as the stellar movie or currently airing Cinderella Gray that adapts a manga spinoff based on one of the most beloved horses in Japan's history.

 

[rugal]

favorite anime that is hard since i have seen so many but the ones i did watch as a child with my family are always going to be special to me
rose of versailess
chrono crusade
berserk from 1998

 

[ThePeon]

At this moment well same I always I got my top 10 and they change very very rarely.
Mostly uninteresting anime fro most people but special to me.
That´s all im going to say. We all have favorites.

 

[Mopeybloke]

Haibane Renmei: a girl wakes up in a strange walled off town with no memories, getting acquainted with other girls like her resembling angels, the titular haibane. despite the all the mystery and uncertainty in the premise, it's a very compassionate series that may veer into some bleaker subjects without ever showing its full hand

Kyousougiga: an exiled monk with the power to bring drawings to life one day takes his family to the mirror world he created. cut forward years later and his children are left to look after things, which gets a bit complicated when a new girl arrives from the outside world resembling their absent father and is named after their mother. very colourful and fun series about family that definitely shines through as a genuine passion project from some Toei staff

I too am a fan of Haibane Renmei. It's great that the entire series has been on Youtube for over a decade. Can always watch when I feel like it.

As for Kyousougiga, I watched it when it was new, and even though it's good, I dislike watching it. The series is very visually busy and it isn't enjoyable to watch while reading subtitles. This needs a dub it'll never get.

 

[OzzyTheOne]

If we're talking favorite of all time it'd be Dragon Ball/Z and Gintama. Gintama is special, in that it managed to reach the top of my liked anime on it's own power without reliying on nostalgia (one of the reasons why Dragon Ball is my favorite is in part due to nostalgia)

If we're talking which more "current" anime is currently my favorite? I can easily say Frieren. I love everything about that anime.

 

[sk4di]

At the moment Dandadan

 

[Sheepy765]

Laid-Back Camp and Redline are my favorites right now.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

I usually skipped any and most animes especially anime adaptations from manga, but Dandadan was faithful reproduction and even expanding on some scenes to be better so right now it's my fave. Kinda sad I can't say the same with Medalist despite the manga being my GOAT list.

 

[MegaHiro91]

For nostalgic reasons a close tie between Sonic X and DragonBall GT. Funnily two very unpopular shows for some reason.

I know the question was "currently", but these days I read more manga than I watch anime. My favorite at the moment is Akane-Banashi (I made a post about that one which nobody read) which hasn't got an anime yet. I read Medalist which just ended its first season, but I think the manga is infinitely better so I dropped off after episode 6. Then there is Blue Lock, where I do admittedly follow the anime too but I think I'm gonna read ahead. And I just got into Gachiakuta, which only just had its anime announced.

 

[Antilocal123]

hi hi puffy ami

 

[gokusmacksmyds]

Sailor Moon has been very comfy to watch an episode of at night.
Kind of my ritual before bed for the last few months.

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Favourite anime that has come out recently is probably Trigun Stampede. Favourite of all time is probably nothing newer than 20 plus years old

 

[Leon]

At the moment it's kind of hard for me to say, probably sousou no frieren or kusuriya no hitogoto from newer seasons, but from older stuff it would definitely be the record of lodoss war ova.

 

[gokusmacksmyds]

Favourite anime that has come out recently is probably Trigun Stampede. Favourite of all time is probably nothing newer than 20 plus years old

Kinda crazy to think trigun got a new series and it's already been two years.
If you didn't know or don't care, the trigun and maximum mangas got a deluxe reprint recently which is very good quality.
I'd recommend it if you're a fan of the OG since it's been out of print for like twenty years now and was selling for insane money.

 

[Jeanfranc]

But what makes it so good IMHO, is that it deals with themes like injustice, poverty, and human loss, and the deaths of the characters throughout the series that you don't expect and you feel their weight, but they are very few and far in between, so that the series is not overflowed with them just for exploitation sake.

It's hard to put into words but a lot of 70's anime have a this "raw emotion" that I don't really see in later productions: the way the character act and behave is very "human" to me. You can also see it in some early 80s productions but it basically disappears from the 90s onward.

I don't really have a "favorite series of all time" but I really like Gundam, especially 79', I've seen every single Gundam anime released I can guarantee you that it's all downhill from there

 

[_-_AceDragon_-_]

Kinda crazy to think trigun got a new series and it's already been two years.
If you didn't know or don't care, the trigun and maximum mangas got a deluxe reprint recently which is very good quality.
I'd recommend it if you're a fan of the OG since it's been out of print for like twenty years now and was selling for insane money.

Yeah agreed, time is flying. I only just got around to watching it recently. Looking forward to the sequel, Trigun Stargaze.

Of course I'm a fan of OG Trigun! One of my favourite shows of all time (and yeah I did like Stampede but the original is better, despite the lack of cinematic/ action sequences which stampede benefits from).

I'll check out those manga reprints, thanks for sharing!!

Also wish there was a gungrave manga, but I guess that anime did conclude and didn't really need a manga.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Not much of a recent anime watcher... I guess the newest that I really connected, with both the plot and characters I can think is from 2011(Anohana)
Older ones, I would say most of Yoshitoshi Abe and Chiaki Konaka works, like the already Mentioned Lain And Haibane, but I also loved the dystopic Texhnolize.
The original SDF Macross, The Rose of Versailles, The Irresponsible Captain Taylor and other more comical oriented Mecha series, like Nadesico.