20 Best Manga Anime Series
The Bizarre Adventures of Jojo
Do you want to embark on a crazy and alienating company that will confuse you at first, but then make you absolutely dependent? We hope so because The bizarre adventures of Jojo, the excellent anime taken from the long cult manga of Hirohiko Akari (super guest at Lucca Comics & Games 2019 ), is waiting for you. The saga follows the deeds, generation after generation, of the Joestar family, whose fate was intertwined in ancient times with that of the immortal vampire Dio Brando. You will find yourself in front of a work that resembles itself only, always over the top, characterized by a flashy metrosexual aesthetic, ingenious fights, and moments of great dramatic tension.
The Knights of the Zodiac: The Lost Canvas
If you are a fan of the legendary Knights of the Zodiac, or at least keep the fond memory of it when you watched them as children, probably the Netflix remake will turn your nose up. Don’t worry, though, because if you want to experience the exploits of Athena’s warriors worthy of the originals, there is The Lost Canvas, the best anime series that narrates the war against Hades fought by the Knights (or Saint, if you are purists of the original) of the eighteenth century. An exciting storyline, many Golden Knights and a new Pegasus, to love as much as what you already know.
Banana Fish
Among the most recent and exciting anime, one cannot fail to mention Banana Fish, the best anime series that updates a famous shojo manga (that is, a manga for girls) of the 80s. Banana Fish tells the story of Ash’s violent life, a beautiful seventeen-year-old who, to escape a life of abuse, has become the protégé, and later rival, of a New York mafia boss. His days are exclusively a continuous fight against death, at least until he meets by chance Eiji, a young Japanese photographer who will give him what he had never had: something worth protecting. Their love story, however, will be far from roses and flowers.
Haikyu !!
Shoujo Hinata loves volleyball with all of himself and continuously trains to become Japan’s greatest hitter. Too bad it’s very, too low. However, Hinata is not discouraged by this limit and joins Karasuno, where her hated rival, the lifter Tobio Kageyama, also plays. Obviously, it can only be the beginning of a rowdy friendship.
Haikyu !! it is striking for its realism in telling volleyball (don’t expect exaggerations like Holly and Benji, in short), but also for the ability to make you become terribly attached not only to the members of the leading team but also to those of all the other groups. You will find yourself cheering hard during matches, rejoicing for the winner, and saddening for the loser.
Cells at Work
Remember Exploring the Human Body? Well, then forget it, because the Japanese have made their version crazier, more energetic, sexier, more kawaii, more … well, Japanese! On the Yamato Animation YouTube channel, you will find the entire first season of this best anime series, which proudly touches the crazy and entertains by building crazy yet strangely captivating situations.
April Lies
Do you know those days when, for some reason, we need a simple, daily story, but capable of moving us and moving us to tears? Well, April Lies seems made on purpose. The protagonist, Kosei Arima, was a child prodigy of the piano, but the terrible pressure of the professional environment, combined with the even worse exerted by his mother, ended up leaving him empty and devoid of passion. Arima hasn’t touched the piano for years when she meets Kaori Miyazono, a violinist of her age who, unlike her, has never followed the rules imposed by academic circles.
A touching school soul, which brings to mind all the new and totalizing sensations of adolescence.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
As soon as they were children, the brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric broke the greatest taboo of alchemy, the art that allows shaping matter: they tried to make human transmutation, to resurrect the mother who had just died. In the attempt, Edward lost an arm and a leg, Alphonse the whole body, and his soul remained tied to an old armor. The two brothers should be sentenced, but Edward is offered another choice: to become a state alchemist for the army, and in the meantime, undertake the search for the Philosopher’s Stone, which could return the body to Alphonse. It is the beginning of an extraordinary story, undoubtedly among the best of the last twenty years, dotted with adventures, drama, and unforgettable characters.
Aggretsuko
A cute anthropomorphic red panda in her early thirties, Retsuko, does a frustrating job for a boss she hates. Not being able to let off steam; otherwise, he keeps everything inside until, in the evening, he goes to slacken by singing death metal at karaoke.
This anime, inspired by the homonymous character Sanrio (the Hello Kitty brand, so to speak), has nowhere near the productive values of the previous ones, yet has been able to conquer everyone here also in the West thanks to the comic, but tragically realistic portrait of a generation crushed by a world of work that offers no stimuli or ways out.
Psycho-Pass
In Tokyo, in 2112, an advanced computer system known as the Sybil System allows monitoring the so-called crime coefficient of people. Namely, the latent possibility that they may carry out antisocial acts. Some latent criminals deemed suitable. However, they are enlisted by the city police service as Executors, i.e., real hunting dogs that, under the supervision of an Inspector, manage to effectively hunt down the criminals as they share their way of thinking. What could quickly have become a braggart action is one of the most dependable and intriguing science fiction products since the days of the Matrix, which engages the viewer in questions and ethical reasonings that are anything but trivial.
Neon Genesis Evangelion
There has been much talk about it also because of the controversy concerning the new suitably, now removed, and the list could only end with him. The ninety pieces recently arrived on the Netflix catalog at the same time worldwide.
Fifteen years after the Second Impact. A tragedy that has halved the world’s population, gigantic creatures identified with the term Angels, make their appearance. Shinji Ikari, a fourteen-year-old boy, is ordered by his father to travel to the city of Neo Tokyo-3. Where Shinji is escorted to Nerv, a paramilitary organization created to fight the Angels. The Evangelion Zero One, but he would rather die than do it. What started as a robotic saga becomes dramatic. Honest and disconcerting one insight into a selfish. Fragile and suffering humanity. On the meaning and secrets of this anime, you will find sites, books, forums, podcasts … and you will want to recover them all.
Death note
Light Yagami, as the true son of a cop, always dreamed of becoming as good a policeman like his father to punish criminals. And he had a chance. One of the death gods threw a death note on the ground. With its help, you can change the world, kill criminals with impunity. Light found her and began to administer justice.
The Elven Song
It’s about Lucy. She looks like the most ordinary girl, but in fact, it is a creature that was modified using genetic engineering. They call such Diclonius.
But Lucy riots, kill the guards and escapes from the detention center.
Naruto
Ninjas are not born, ninjas become. And in order to become a real ninja, you need to unlearn at the academy. Distinctive bandages have just been handed over to them, and they are already waiting for fights, chases, dangers, and adventures.
One-Punch Man
The animated series, based on a comic book posted on the Internet in 2009. Saitama is the strongest person living on a planet similar to our Earth, which helps its inhabitants just like that. Saitama is 25 years old. He protects humanity from disasters, monsters, and only villains.
Attack of the Titans
Titans are huge monsters that devour humans. A hundred-year war with these monsters seems to have dragged on. The survivors decided to build a wall around their country. So, high that the titans could not step over or jump over. The idea was a success, and for the next hundred years, people lived in peace and tranquility. But once the super titan destroyed the wall and his relatives rushed into the city, eating everyone in their path—the boy who saw how his mother ate swears to exterminate the titans and save people.
King of the shamans
There are ordinary people, and there are those who communicate with spirits. Once, a schoolboy named Manta met a young shaman, You, who is just able to communicate with spirits. And even command them! You should soon go to a tournament that takes place only once every five hundred years. You need the help of friends because, at the tournament, he will face the evil shaman Hao.
Sword Art Online
The dream of all gamers came true – a game with maximum immersion was created. She was waiting for several years, and now with the release of tens of thousands of copies were at one point swept away from the shelves. All participants went to the virtual world. Once there, each of them saws the creator. Who explained that in order to exit the game. You need to go through it completely. And disappeared. Thus, they began the sword battle. One thing, but – the one who dies in the game dies in real life.
Cowboy Bebop
Bebop is a spaceship on which the former cop Jet Black and Spike Spiegel move. Ed – a computer genius, and Ein – the smartest dog in the world. Now they are a crew, and their mission is a bounty hunter.
The Cool Teacher of Onizuka
Eikichi Onizuka is a new class teacher who tripled to work at a private school known as the Sacred Forest Academy. He is sent to teach in the most reckless and uncontrollable class 3-4. The students decide to teach the next upstart lesson, but they do not suspect that Onizuka, although a mediocre teacher.
Fullmetal Alchemist
After the death of his wife, the great alchemist had two sons, who became his disciples. The first thing the boys decided to return the dead mother from the next world, but nothing came of it. They paid terribly for the mistake.
