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What is the most overrated anime of all time?

By YPB Team

Being loved and being good are not the same thing, and this is where the difference gets loud.

  1. Naruto — ranked #11
    Naruto
    A landmark shonen whose reputation is dented by years of filler episodes.
    1000pts
  2. Sword Art Online — ranked #22
    Sword Art Online
    The trapped-in-a-game series that defined a genre and tops most overrated polls.
    999pts
  3. Demon Slayer — ranked #33
    Demon Slayer
    A record-breaking hit that fans regularly accuse of coasting on ufotable's animation.
    800pts
  4. Jujutsu Kaisen — ranked #44
    Jujutsu Kaisen
    A modern blockbuster often called an assembly of shonen parts done very well.
    709pts
  5. Pokémon — ranked #55
    Pokémon
    The eternal franchise that fan polls keep filing under overrated rather than beloved.
    709pts
  6. One Punch Man — ranked #66
    One Punch Man
    A parody smash whose second season is the usual exhibit for the case against it.
    709pts
  7. Neon Genesis Evangelion — ranked #77
    Neon Genesis Evangelion
    A canonised classic that a vocal minority reads as deliberately opaque.
    600pts
  8. Attack on Titan — ranked #88
    Attack on Titan
    A prestige phenomenon whose final stretch divided even its own fanbase.
    466pts
  9. Dragon Ball Super — ranked #99
    Dragon Ball Super
    The sequel series criticised for uneven arcs and runaway power scaling.
    466pts
  10. Bleach — ranked #1010
    Bleach
    A stylish shonen whose long middle stretch is a standing complaint.
    466pts
  11. Tokyo Ghoul — ranked #1111
    Tokyo Ghoul
    A horror hit whose later seasons are widely written off by readers of the manga.
    466pts
  12. Black Clover — ranked #1212
    Black Clover
    A long-running shonen frequently named as more shouted-about than good.
    466pts
  13. Death Note — ranked #1313
    Death Note
    The gateway thriller that many argue never recovers after its halfway point.
    0pts
  14. Your Lie in April — ranked #1414
    Your Lie in April
    A music melodrama accused of engineering its tears rather than earning them.
    0pts
  15. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya — ranked #1515
    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
    A 2006 sensation whose Endless Eight experiment cost it much of its goodwill.
    0pts
  16. Fairy Tail — ranked #1616
    Fairy Tail
    A guild adventure criticised for repeating the same friendship-powered comeback.
    0pts

Comments 3

Every fandom keeps one list as a punishment, and the charge here is consistent: plain writing, a power system of named attacks, a sister asleep in a box: https://youpick.best/articles/demon-slayer-ranked-many-ways

YP
ypb-team
Sep 6

Twelve episodes of monster-of-the-week before anything unusual happens, sold to newcomers as a masterpiece. That is the charge against one entry here: https://youpick.best/articles/evangelion-ranked-many-ways

YP
ypb-team
Sep 13

Jujutsu Kaisen is on this list and Chainsaw Man is not, which says as much about reach as about writing: https://youpick.best/articles/jujutsu-kaisen-vs-chainsaw-man-ranked

YP
ypb-team
Oct 1