Collections
Start with the kind of title you feel like, then pick one.
Long-running series
Detective Conan, Pokémon, One Piece, Bleach, Gintama, Fairy Tail, Beyblade Burst, Dragon Ball Z, Inazuma Eleven, Naruto, Yo-kai Watch and the other runs past a hundred and fifty episodes, every one in order.
Shounen
Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Fullmetal Alchemist, D.Gray-man, Toriko, Beelzebub and Eyeshield 21.
Kids TV anime
The anime many people met on children's television, Disney XD among the channels: Pokémon, Beyblade and Beyblade Burst, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, Bakugan, Yo-kai Watch, Inazuma Eleven, Digimon, Aikatsu!, Chi's Sweet Home and Gundam Build Fighters.
Sci-fi, mecha and other worlds
Gundam SEED and 00, Eureka Seven, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Guilty Crown, Last Exile, Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Evangelion.
Romance and slice of life
Fruits Basket, Clannad, Chihayafuru, K-ON!, Lucky Star, Cardcaptor Sakura and the gentler series of the era.
Sports anime
Inazuma Eleven, Eyeshield 21, Baby Steps, Free!, Hikaru no Go and Chihayafuru: real rules, invented rivals and tournaments across several episodes.
Mystery, crime and dark fantasy
Detective Conan, Death Note, Black Butler, Durarara!!, D.Gray-man, Black Lagoon and the other series built on a case or a curse.
Comedy
Gintama, One-Punch Man, Beelzebub, Lucky Star, Chi's Sweet Home, Great Teacher Onizuka and Mob Psycho 100.
Anime movies
Spirited Away, Ghost in the Shell, Paprika, Maquia, Mary and the Witch's Flower and the franchise films of Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon.
Franchise films
The films that continue a long run: the Naruto, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z and Pokémon films of the 1990s and 2000s. The year says where each one fits.
The 2010s
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Hunter x Hunter, Kingdom, Sword Art Online, Mob Psycho 100, Tokyo Ghoul, Beyblade Burst, Yo-kai Watch and Kill la Kill.
The 2000s
Bleach, Naruto, InuYasha, Inazuma Eleven, Fullmetal Alchemist, Death Note, Gundam SEED, Eureka Seven, Beyblade, Bakugan and Clannad.
Before 2000
Detective Conan, Pokémon, One Piece's first arcs, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Cowboy Bebop, City Hunter and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
Still running
The long runs still adding episodes: Detective Conan, One Piece, Pokémon and the rest, with every episode dated so far.
Top rated series
Series with a TMDB audience score of 8.3 or better and at least five hundred votes: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Hunter x Hunter, Death Note, Cowboy Bebop and the rest.
