# The best anime of the 2000s

The defining anime of the noughties, chosen from a d Point Club survey (2019), the ranking.net vote and Manganator's sci-fi anime ranking.

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- Dec 14, 2024 · 前田 遥
- https://even.best/en/l/4146/the-best-anime-of-the-2000s

## Top 10

1. **Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Elric brothers' journey; remade closer to the manga in 2009.
2. **Inuyasha (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kagome lost in the Warring States era with the half-demon Inuyasha.
3. **The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The SOS Brigade and a girl who craves the extraordinary.
4. **Code Geass (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An exiled prince who rebels against the empire with the power of Geass.
5. **Naruto (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A misfit ninja who wants to become Hokage.
6. **Hikaru no Go (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy haunted by the ghost of a Heian-era Go master.
7. **Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Section 9's cybercrime investigations.
8. **Gurren Lagann (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Simon and Kamina breaking out from underground towards the heavens.
9. **Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — War between Coordinators and Naturals.
10. **Dennō Coil (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Children with augmented-reality glasses and a strange summer.
11. **Hamtaro (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The everyday life of a group of hamsters.
12. **Death Note (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A student who finds the Death Note and detective L.
13. **Gintama (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The samurai Gintoki in an Edo invaded by aliens.

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.