When the decade in question was a difficult one to narrow down (so, all of them), I found the criteria I relied most on was legacy.
Dear reader, I have tried. When the decade in question was a difficult one to narrow down (so, all of them), I found the criteria I relied most on was legacy. Was there a certain beloved series from each decade that left an indelible stamp on the genre and/or its reception, without which the world of anime wouldn’t be the same? The answer, for each decade, was usually “yes.” Here are the best anime from every decade.