Japanese Anime I have watched that I think are damn near perfect!
Japanese Anime I have watched that I think are excellent.
Japanese Anime I have watched that I think are above average.
Science Fiction I have watched that I think are damn near perfect! This list includes superhero and supernatural content.
Science Fiction I have watched that I think are excellent. This list includes superhero and supernatural content.
Science Fiction I have watched that I think are above average. This list includes superhero and supernatural content.
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Spring 2023 broadcast season (From around the beginning of March 2023 to around the end of June 2023).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Insomniacs After School
Tengoku Daimakyo
Best animation:
Oshi no Ko
Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village
Best story:
Insomniacs After School
Tengoku Daimakyo
Best music:
Insomniacs After School
Most surprising:
Oshi no Ko
My Home Hero
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Winter 2023 broadcast season (From around the beginning of January 2023 to around the end of March 2023).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Buddy Daddies
Best animation:
Tsurune: The Linking Shot
Urusei Yatsura
Best story:
Buddy Daddies
Best music:
Tsurune: The Linking Shot
D4DJ All Mix
Most surprising:
Buddy Daddies
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Fall 2022 broadcast season (From around the beginning of October 2022 to around the end of December 2022).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Additional notes:
Nights with a Cat (episodes 1 ~ 30)
Best overall:
Bocchi the Rock!
Spy x Family 2022
Best animation:
Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal
Lupin Zero
Best story:
Bocchi the Rock!
Raven of the Inner Palace
Best music:
Bocchi the Rock!
Lupin Zero
Most surprising:
Akiba Maid War
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Summer 2022 broadcast season (From around the beginning of July 2022 to around the end of September 2022).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Summer Time Rendering
Ao Ashi
Best animation:
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Summer Time Rendering
Best story:
Summer Time Rendering
The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting
Best music:
Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Yui Deco
Most surprising:
Yui Deco
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Spring 2022 broadcast season (From around the beginning of March 2022 to around the end of June 2022).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Dance Dance Danseur
Spy x Family
Best animation:
AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline 2022
Dance Dance Danseur
Best story:
Dance Dance Danseur
Spy x Family
Best music:
Dance Dance Danseur
Pokemon: Hisuian Snow
Most surprising:
Dance Dance Danseur
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Winter 2022 broadcast season (From around the beginning of January 2022 to around the end of March 2022).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
My Dress-Up Darling
Best animation:
Akebi's Sailor Uniform
Eighty-Six 2021
Best story:
Kotaro Lives Alone
Ranking of Kings
Best music:
Akebi's Sailor Uniform
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Most surprising:
Kotaro Lives Alone
Thermae Romae Novae
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Fall 2021 broadcast season (From around the beginning of October 2021 to around the end of December 2021).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
Komi Can't Communicate
Best animation:
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
The Heike Story
Best story:
Komi Can't Communicate
Sonny Boy
Best music:
The Heike Story
Sonny Boy
Most surprising:
The Heike Story
Sonny Boy
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Summer 2021 broadcast season (From around the beginning of July 2021 to around the end of September 2021).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Best animation:
Belle
Star Wars: Visions
Best story:
To Your Eternity
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Best music:
Arteswitch
Belle
Most surprising:
Arteswitch
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Spring 2021 broadcast season (From around the beginning of April 2021 to around the end of June 2021).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Fruits Basket The Final
Vivy -Flourite Eye's Song-
Best animation:
Eighty-Six
Vivy -Flourite Eye's Song-
Best story:
Fruits Basket The Final
Vivy -Flourite Eye's Song-
Best music:
Those Snow White Sounds
Vivy -Flourite Eye's Song-
Most surprising:
Odd Taxi
Super Cub
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Winter 2021 broadcast season (From around the beginning of January 2021 to around the end of March 2021).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Horimiya
Laid Back Camp Season 2
Best animation:
Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time
Wonder Egg Priority
Best story:
Horimiya
Jobless Reincarnation
Best music:
Evangelion 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon a Time
Laid Back Camp Season 2
Most surprising:
Jobless Reincarnation
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Fall 2020 broadcast season (From around the beginning of October 2020 to around the end of December 2020).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Gal & Dino
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
Best animation:
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
D4DJ: First Mix
Best story:
Earwig and the Witch
Best music:
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
D4DJ: First Mix
Most surprising:
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle
Gal & Dino
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Summer 2020 broadcast season (From around the beginning of July 2020 to around the end of September 2020).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Great Pretender
Best animation:
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Fire Force
Best story:
Great Pretender
Best music:
Violet Evergarden: The Movie
Most surprising:
No Guns Life
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Spring 2020 broadcast season (From around the beginning of April 2020 to around the end of June 2020).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Kakushigoto
Best animation:
Fruits Basket season 2
Best story:
Wave: Listen to Me
Kakushigoto
Best music:
Fruits Basket season 2
Kakushigoto
Most surprising:
Wave: Listen to Me
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Winter 2020 broadcast season (From around the beginning of January 2020 to around the end of March 2020).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Best animation:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Somali and the Forest Spirit
Best story:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Dorohedoro
Best music:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Most surprising:
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Fall 2019 broadcast season (From around the beginning of October 2019 to around the end of December 2019).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Vinland Saga
Best animation:
Vinland Saga
Fire Force
Best story:
Dr. Stone
Vinland Saga
Best music:
Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life 2019
Vinland Saga
Most surprising:
Beastars
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Summer 2019 broadcast season (From around the beginning of July 2019 to around the end of September 2019).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Yuno: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Best animation:
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Ride Your Wave
Best story:
Yuno: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of This World
Best music:
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Dragon Quest: Your Story
Most surprising:
Wasteful Days of High School Girls
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Spring 2019 broadcast season (From around the beginning of April 2019 to around the end of June 2019).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Carole & Tuesday
Demon Slayer
Best animation:
Demon Slayer
Sarazanmai
Best story:
Carole & Tuesday
Fruits Basket 2019
Best music:
Carole & Tuesday
Most surprising:
Sarazanmai
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Winter 2019 broadcast season (From around the beginning of January 2019 to around the end of March 2019).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
The Promised Neverland
Love is War
Best animation:
The Promised Neverland
The Magnificent Kotobuki
Best story:
The Promised Neverland
Best music:
Persona 5: The Animation - Stars and Ours
Most surprising:
The Promised Neverland
My Roommate is a Cat
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Fall 2018 broadcast season (From around the beginning of October 2018 to around the end of December 2018).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
Best overall:
Bloom into You
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Best animation:
Irodoku: The World in Colors
Tsurune
Best story:
Bloom Into You
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Best music:
Bloom Into You
Irodoku: The World in Colors
Most surprising:
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
The Japanese Anime I have watched as they aired that ended in the Summer 2018 broadcast season (From around the beginning of July 2018 to around the end of September 2018).
Shows are listed as their separate 'seasons' to conform with Japanese series formatting, see any attached notes.
(Before this season, I had not watched currently airing Anime since the 1990s, so this is a very short list.)
Best overall:
Mirai
Best animation:
Mirai
Best story:
Mirai
Best music:
Persona 5 The Animation
Most surprising:
Persona 5 The Animation
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
This is the original Pocket Monsters (Pokémon) series. The Trakt listing is currently every single Pocket Monsters series crammed together. This list separates the corresponding series out for clarity.
In Japan, the series aired uninterrupted (except for the famous Porygon Incident) and without season breaks. The existing season breaks and English titles that are seen here on Trakt are from the western localization of the series.
The numerical order of this list indicates the episode numbers for the original series as it aired in Japan.
Regarding the Porygon Incident, which hospitalized hundreds of children in Japan, the series was consequentially aired out of order to accommodate its sudden cancellation and revival in Japan. Winter-themed episodes were pushed back to prevent them from airing in the summer, and episodes revolving around Japanese holidays were put together to create a special one-hour broadcast. This causes a few minor continuity errors, such as Pokemon evolutions reverting and Togepi turning back into an egg.
To watch the episodes in their originally-intended order, follow this guide:
See the attached notes for additional factoids about that episode.
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
What is the "Roddenberry Timeline"?
The "Roddenberry Timeline" means all Star Trek produced within the same in-universe continuity that started with Gene Roddenberry's original Star Trek series. For other Star Trek media, see my "Modern Timeline" list. For the reboot movies, see my "Kelvin Timeline" list.
(This list also includes the fan production Star Trek Continues because it is the highest quality and most period-faithful Star Trek fan series ever produced and because it fills in an important time gap between The Animated Series and The Motion Picture. This is just my personal preference, not official canon. If you disagree, you can simply skip those episodes without missing any important information. You should give them a try, though.)
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
What is the "Modern Timeline"?
The Modern Star Trek Timeline started with Star Trek Enterprise - a show about an infant Starfleet and the birth of the Federation. But many details don't match up with what is already part of established Star Trek history. The biggest example being there was never an NX-class starship named Enterprise. These changes came about because of the alterations made to the timeline by Picard's Enterprise-E in Star Trek First Contact. That contamination and the presence of the Enterprise-E crew are referenced from time to time in Enterprise. Every Star Trek series produced since Enterprise has taken place in this new, modern timeline that feature many of the same characters and events, but is not quite the same.
For the original series of TV shows and movies, see my "Roddenberry Timeline" list. For the reboot movies, see my "Kelvin Timeline" list.
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
What is the "Kelvin Timeline"?
The Kelvin Star Trek Timeline started with the 2009 reboot movie Star Trek - about an accident that sends a Romulan ship from the 24th century back in time which destroys the USS Kelvin, causing all history afterwards to unfold radically differently. This timeline actually branches off of the Modern Timeline due to the evident differences that existed before the diverging event and how elements of Enterprise are referenced throughout the rebooted movies.
For the original series of TV shows and movies, see my "Roddenberry Timeline" list. For other Star Trek media, see my "Modern Timeline" list.
When I watch something where the timeline of events are different from the official release order, I make a chronological list.
Movies and shows that are actually better than their originals/predecessors.
When a single episode of a show totally ignores the status quo and becomes something all unto its own.
Some episodes have prerequisite viewing, some don't.
Shows and movie franchises that kept going when they should have stopped. Watch up to the episode or movie listed and get out before you ruin it for yourself!
For one reason or another, I've decided that I'll get back to these later... much later.
Shows I stopped watching and movies I walked out on. Sometimes because I thought the quality was bad, I was not being entertained, or I simply felt like it was time to move on.
It's possible I will come back to something in this list at a later time.
This list is an unfortunate necessity to keep track of shows (I have watched or am currently watching) that have bad data in a way that results in wrong or incomplete statistical data and causes problems with other tracking software and media players, AND is also not immediately correctable due to the primary source of Trakt's data (The Movie Database) either locking out its own users from editing the corresponding shows and their data, or enforcing rules that result in corrected data being overwritten by TMDB staff and/or the users involved being disciplined in response.
De-listed (with exceptions) from my history and grouped here to watch them in case they ever get fixed.
See embedded notes (or note listed below) for the exact issues related to that show.
Baribari Densetsu: Limited series listed as a movie (Not to be confused with the 1987 animated movie of the same title.)
CyberVenus FeiFei: Limited series listed as a movie
Brown and Friends: Incorrect episode count
Sesame Street: Incorrect episode count, incorrect episode titles, missing episodes
BRAND NEW Peanuts Animation: Incorrect episode titles, missing episodes
Pokémon Chronicles: Incorrect episode count
The Quintessential Quintuplets∽: Limited series listed as a movie
Space Ghost and Dino Boy: Incorrect episode count, incorrect episode order.
Gudetama: Missing episodes.
