In sense of several layers. Like the Second Hokage view on decisive methods. Isolationism,what type of life you pick?And of course. FIghting animations.

Considering how low the bar for ‘best anime ever made’ is…sure. But is like asking, ‘What’s the best turd in a septic tank?’

Boru

To me, the best anime is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986). But then again it's the only anime series I watched, and I watched it as a kid. It mystified me, it freaked me out, and it was great. Only later did I watch the 1939 movie, which seemed lame and abridged in comparison.

The only other anime TV show that I watched was Attack on Titan, which was interesting, but I only watched one or two episodes.

(August 16, 2026 at 12:26 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Considering how low the bar for ‘best anime ever made’ is…sure. But is like asking, ‘What’s the best turd in a septic tank?’

Boru

I think reason some dislike it. Is... ehem the RUN!

Now this is HOWEVER. loosly based on a run called "Nanba Bashiri". But its obviously exaggerated for the sake of visual effects. If anything "Tenchu Stealth Assassins" game on PS1 is more a proper Ninja game if i were to recommend one.

But Naruto is kinda mythological fiction where Ninjas is both a stealth and a assault force. So they kinda make up their own rules as they go there.

However. The "Nanba Bashiri" stopped being a thing in 1800s or something. The idea of it however, was not to run fast but to preserve energy over long distances. And you would only slightly tilt your body slightly forward, and run with some arm motions. Think of the idea of rotating a wooden tube or something. That type of arm movement

^I have no use for that information.

Boru

(August 16, 2026 at 9:02 am)PepsiMAX Wrote: In sense of several layers. Like the Second Hokage view on decisive methods. Isolationism,what type of life you pick?And of course. FIghting animations.

Do you consider the movies of Hayao Miyazaki to be anime? Of course they are animated, but I wonder if anime fans think are they different enough to be in a separate genre? 

I ask this because Japanese people will point to his works to argue that some anime are high quality as movies, and are worthwhile for adults who don't normally watch other kinds. But people I know who recommend his movies are people who usually read other kinds of literature as well -- they are far from being otaku. 

I've only seen brief clips, but the animation in his movies seems extremely good.  

But I guess within the anime world there are different genres, and anime fans may have different criteria than us normies. 

Have you seen the series Seinto Oniisan? ("Saint Young Men" in English.) In this show Jesus and the Buddha live together in a small apartment in Tokyo. The joke is that nobody recognizes them, including their nosy landlady, and they deal with little problems of everyday life in Tokyo. I'm told that while this show doesn't deal with any serious religious themes, the writer clearly knows a lot about the background. 

But again, I don't know if that show is one that serious anime people like. Sometimes it seems that in Japan you either take the whole anime subculture very seriously, or you don't know it at all.

It exists, it isn't terrible

American anime also has some admiring works, like this one that is about Giordano Bruno being persecuted and killed by the Holy Office simply for trying to advance human thought from TV show Cosmos

(August 16, 2026 at 5:06 pm)Belacqua Wrote: [...]
Have you seen the series Seinto Oniisan? ("Saint Young Men" in English.) In this show Jesus and the Buddha live together in a small apartment in Tokyo.[...]

Wow, I'm vaguely curious to see that... the Buddha's well known for his 'equanimity', but maybe even he's got his limits ... having Jesus as a roommate lol (this idea applies more to having a Christian as a roommate than Jesus per se, but hopefully you get the point )