# The best anime series of the 1990s

From Dragon Ball Z to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop: the decade's great TV anime, based on Mynavi News's survey, Rankingoo and Netorabo's research.

- 51 votes · 15 items
- Sep 12, 2025 · 高橋 誠
- https://even.best/en/l/3738/the-best-anime-series-of-the-1990s

## Top 15

1. **Slam Dunk (1993-1996)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Hanamichi Sakuragi and Shohoku High's basketball team.
2. **Romeo's Blue Skies (1995)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — A World Masterpiece Theater story about a chimney-sweep boy.
3. **Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hideaki Anno's teenagers fighting the Angels.
4. **Yu Yu Hakusho (1992-1995)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Spirit detective Yusuke Urameshi.
5. **Detective Conan (1996-)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A teenage detective shrunk into a child.
6. **Pokémon (1997-)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Ash and Pikachu's journey.
7. **Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Kunihiko Ikuhara's school fantasy.
8. **Ranma ½ (1989-1992)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A martial artist who turns into a girl when splashed with water.
9. **Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Kenshin Himura, a wandering swordsman in the Meiji era.
10. **Sailor Moon (1992-1997)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Usagi Tsukino and the Sailor Guardians.
11. **Dragon Ball Z (1989-1996)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Number one in the 90s anime survey.
12. **Crayon Shin-chan (1992-)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Five-year-old Shinnosuke and his family in Kasukabe.
13. **Chibi Maruko-chan (1990-1992)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Momoko Sakura's schoolgirl in Shimizu.
14. **Hunter × Hunter (1999-2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Number one among Nippon Animation's 90s titles.
15. **Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999)** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — Number one in the 90s sci-fi anime ranking.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.