Our top anime picks

Are you an Anime fan? Want something to keep you on the edge of your seat? Or perhaps something funny and wholesome? Here are some of the high-rated, much-vaunted, and heart-fulfilling anime picks you must watch – if you haven’t already!

Living in the 21^st century, the diversity in the content consumed and liked by the audience is uncanny. From Turkish to Korean dramas, Spanish series to Russian movies, the assortment is unreal.

Now, some may be wondering, what is “anime”? Some may be like “oh, it’s just cartoons, with well-animated action graphics” I’m sure someone who truly loves anime grinds their teeth every time someone calls it cartoon *sigh*.

Anime is au fond of hand-drawn and cybernetic animation that originated in Japan and no, it’s not just for kids. That’s right! People who are double your age are also patrons of Anime.

What’s even more flabbergasting is that there are numerous genres and varieties to explore according to your mood and to match your vibe. Be it your thirst for adventure, or your yearning for a good laugh, or perhaps something to have you biting your nails, Anime’s gotcha!

Solicitous for action and thrillers?

Attack on Titan-Shingeki no Kyojin is collimated in a world where mankind lives inside cities surrounded by immeasurable walls that protect them from Titans, whacking humanoid creatures who devour humans apparently without any reason. Yikes!

Now hear me out, imagine, all of mankind is nearly exterminated by giant creatures called Titans, and these titans are not just ordinary titans we’re talking titans that are several stories tall. They seem to have no intelligence, cram down human beings, and worst of all, they do it for sheer pleasure rather than as a source of food to satiate hunger.

Shoreward to the present, mankind hasn’t seen a titan for over 100 years when promptly, one day, Eren, who is only 10 years old at the time, along with his foster sister Mikasa witness something grisly, as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. The two kids are left with no choice but to watch their mother get eaten alive by a titan. Filled with infuriated emotions, Eren vows that he will exterminate every single titan and take his revenge.

The catch!

The best part about Attack on Titan is its technology and advancements over time and the story behind every titan puts you on the edge of your seat without having to expect it the slightest bit. You never know who’s a traitor or has the ability to turn into a titan. Yes, you read that right! *Spoiler Alert* Even the humans living inside the walls have the capability of turning into titans. !

You fall in love with the characters and in fact, see their development throughout the show. It gets even more interesting when you see how their weaknesses turn into strengths and succor alongside their rivals and comrades.

It gives you everything you want and consummates your supernatural and action thirst. That’s right, the show is not so modern yet modern enough to fixate your attention on the little details. If you’re looking for anime with a ton of plot twists, this is definitely your show!

Parched for extramundane and mysterious stories?

Imagine a world full of crimes, theft, petty feuds, brutal murders, and insensate violence, which surprisingly is getting more and more customary in our world as well. I’m sure you’re all wondering what’s the catch here. Well, with all the crime around you, imagine having the ability to eliminate the criminals all around the world, by just writing their names in a special notebook? Spooky, isn’t it?

Death note is a very distinctive and eccentric anime series. A notebook falls from the sky, and whoever writes a name in it is capable of killing the individual visualised in his mind.

A sadistic God, Ryuk, for his own amusement and entertainment drops his “Death Note” into the human world and a 17-year-old, Light Yagami stumbles upon it.

Light Yagami, who acquires this power to kill, deploys it in hopes of creating an idyll, where he is a supreme God. Geez, too much? Only criminals and offenders are to be punished in hopes of a perfect society.

Is this, however, right?

The show raises many questions which cannot be effortlessly answered. Likewise; Is it okay to kill those who do wrong? Can they be rehabilitated? Is Light Yagami really a hero and a saviour?

Well truthfully, Death Note being a psychological thriller, elevates a lot of moral questions in regards to justice, vigilantism, and extreme penalty in a very credible manner. In lieu of giving a clearly defined hero, Death Note gives us a rather multiplex protagonist who, to be very honest, we’ll have a hard time rooting for on many occasions. But hey, what is a show without a good mind-bending turn?

Ravenous for adventure and speculation?

Were you waiting for something undaunted and visionary fiction? Or a touch of martial arts? Hunter x Hunter is your go-to anime to satisfy your hunger for adventure and fun.

Hunter x Hunter has 148 episodes and traverses over seven major lots. The profundity of the stories told and the care taken in character development makes HxH a deceptively opaque series.

HxH tells the story of a 12 year-old-boy, Gon, on a journey to follow in his alienated father’s footsteps and become a hunter, and learn why being a hunter was worth abandoning Gon as a child. Does that ignite a spark in your heart?

The foremost protagonists (Gon, Lillua, Leorio and Kurapika) all have their own idiosyncratic backgrounds and quirky personalities which, in the best of opinions, are super fun, and pleasurable to watch.

Putting them all in one equation, their chemistry and understanding is just stupendously wholesome that it legit makes you want to cry tears of joy *Sniff*.

Let’s talk action!

Hunter x Hunter, being a Shounen Anime, has its own jutting dividend of epic battles and power displays, precisely it gives you the heebie-jeebies.

What about the bad guys, you ask?

From an observant eye, the creators of HxH put some life and spice into the antagonists in the series. Now, usually, the anti-heroes are displayed as just powerful and mean, but in HxH, the bad guys have exceedingly intriguing personalities that, hands down, body slams you into falling in love with them as well.

On the whole, Hunter x Hunter is a beautifully level-headed and lucid anime. There are fights, fuzz, companionship, and fan service. What else do you ask for in an anime?