The top recommendations I received for serious animes with great plots
I posted yesterday on this subreddit and a couple others asking for recommendations for ‘peak’ anime with overarching storyline, great animation, and without tons of goofy comedy. And mentioned my favorite animes being Attack on Titan, Hunter x Hunter, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, Parasyte, Erased, Samurai Champloo, Code Geass, Vinland Saga, Chainsaw man, and Death note.
I decided to count all the recommendations I got on the posts so I could share. Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I have way more options now than I expected!
I listed below all the animes that at least 4 commenters recomended:
| Anime / franchise | Recommendation Count |
|---|---|
| Monster | 16 |
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes | 14 |
| 86 / Eighty-Six | 10 |
| Ghost in the Shell | 9 |
| Psycho-Pass | 9 |
| Black Lagoon | 8 |
| Orb: On the Movements of the Earth | 7 |
| Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | 6 |
| Death Parade | 6 |
| Dorohedoro | 6 |
| Dororo | 6 |
| Gundam | 6 |
| Re:Zero | 6 |
| Serial Experiments Lain | 6 |
| Wolf's Rain | 6 |
| Cowboy Bebop | 5 |
| Fate | 5 |
| Gurren Lagann | 5 |
| Link Click | 5 |
| Berserk (1997) | 4 |
| Ergo Proxy | 4 |
| Land of the Lustrous | 4 |
| Made in Abyss | 4 |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | 4 |
| Pluto | 4 |
| Seirei no Moribito | 4 |
| Shinsekai Yori | 4 |
| Steins;Gate | 4 |
| Summertime Rendering | 4 |
Posted Jul 26, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC
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