
Survey of Top 3 Life-Changing Anime for Users Aged 10-60 | Significant Generational Differences
Japanese media outlet Anime! Anime! conducted a survey asking users of different age groups what their "life-changing" anime is.
10s
1st: Bungo Stray Dogs
3rd: Haikyu!!
Other nominations: Gintama, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Oshi no Ko
20s
1st: Gintama
2nd: One Piece
3rd: One Piece
Other nominations: Haikyu!!, Attack on Titan, Assassination Classroom, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Natsume's Book of Friends, Dragon Ball
30s
1st: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2nd: Dragon Ball
3rd: Natsume's Book of Friends
Other nominations: Gintama, CLANNAD, Digimon, Attack on Titan, Steins;Gate, Haikyu!!, Detective Conan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, One Piece, YuYu Hakusho
40s
1st: Gintama
2nd: Dragon Ball
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, YuYu Hakusho, Haikyu!!, Code Geass, K-On!, Natsume's Book of Friends, Jujutsu Kaisen, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Mashin Hero Wataru, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
50s
1st: Gintama
2nd: Mobile Suit Gundam
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Space Battleship Yamato, Demon Slayer, Haikyu!!, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Lupin the Third, Galaxy Express 999, Natsume's Book of Friends, Violet Evergarden, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
60s
1st: Space Battleship Yamato
2nd: Galaxy Express 999, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Natsume's Book of Friends
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Future Boy Conan, Triton of the Sea, Demon Slayer, Space Runaway Ideon, Ganba no Boken, Armored Trooper Votoms, Hunter x Hunter, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Castle in the Sky, The Apothecary Diaries
Gintama appears across multiple age groups, while Space Battleship Yamato and Gundam are memories for older viewers.
Did your "life-changing" anime make the list?
10s
1st: Bungo Stray Dogs
3rd: Haikyu!!
Other nominations: Gintama, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Oshi no Ko
20s
1st: Gintama
2nd: One Piece
3rd: One Piece
Other nominations: Haikyu!!, Attack on Titan, Assassination Classroom, Sword Art Online, Demon Slayer, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Natsume's Book of Friends, Dragon Ball
30s
1st: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
2nd: Dragon Ball
3rd: Natsume's Book of Friends
Other nominations: Gintama, CLANNAD, Digimon, Attack on Titan, Steins;Gate, Haikyu!!, Detective Conan, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, One Piece, YuYu Hakusho
40s
1st: Gintama
2nd: Dragon Ball
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, YuYu Hakusho, Haikyu!!, Code Geass, K-On!, Natsume's Book of Friends, Jujutsu Kaisen, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Mashin Hero Wataru, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
50s
1st: Gintama
2nd: Mobile Suit Gundam
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Space Battleship Yamato, Demon Slayer, Haikyu!!, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Lupin the Third, Galaxy Express 999, Natsume's Book of Friends, Violet Evergarden, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
60s
1st: Space Battleship Yamato
2nd: Galaxy Express 999, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Natsume's Book of Friends
3rd: Mobile Suit Gundam
Other nominations: Future Boy Conan, Triton of the Sea, Demon Slayer, Space Runaway Ideon, Ganba no Boken, Armored Trooper Votoms, Hunter x Hunter, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Castle in the Sky, The Apothecary Diaries
Gintama appears across multiple age groups, while Space Battleship Yamato and Gundam are memories for older viewers.
Did your "life-changing" anime make the list?