what a nice surprise you dropped out of
sight for so long I was beginning to
worry about you these anime have been
around for years and burned bright and
long welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 long-running anime franchises
give me a girl or woman cuz you know
check on our look I mean you see the nah
switch this looks totally it’s an island
guy for this list we judged each entry
based on a combination of the show’s
overall quality popularity and runtime
in order to make our list show must have
aired for at least 10 years so despite
having over 300 episodes bleach does not
make the list I’m home number 10 mangani
pond will catch even a she
kicking off our list is a very unique
entry Mangan upon mukashi minashi is the
anime adaptation of the popular japanese
fairy tales and myths in its almost 20
year run the show released a whopping
1471 episodes this is impressive because
in each 30-minute show there’s actually
two different stories even more
impressive the series creator decided
that a different creative staff would
develop each episode while this caused
some episodes to have questionable
quality manga Nippon thrilled audiences
all the way up to its final episode
she’s number nine Pokemon we tried to
catch them all and they kept giving us
more the popular anime adaptation of the
mecha selling Japanese video game series
has been running strong with over 850
episodes
bet you didn’t know that it’s still
running didja Pokemon has transcended
generations with each era having its own
unique encyclopedia of Pokemon to
discover
you
number eight you new yesh up wait for me
to become a demon last this fantastic
series set in a fantastical reimagining
of Japan Sengoku period was a huge
success in both Japan and North America
I will split you in half if you try
anything funny contrasting a mix of
light-hearted adventure with darker or
mature themes inuyasha is an
action-packed adventure with wonderful
characters and memorable villains damn
you are former during my underlings you
will pay with your lives but it’s run
spanning the original series released in
2000 all the way to Inuyasha the final
act which came to a close in 2010 this
epic has earned its spot on our list
haunted by the memories of killing your
own family you seek atonement by giving
your own die how very noble number 7 one
piece
let’s leave dry land behind and set sail
on the high seas in this popular pirate
anime rubber man captain monkey D Luffy
brings us on crazy adventures in search
of the treasure of all treasures though
one piece oh yeah blah Chi is okay yeah
my duty day good since the series
inception in 1999 almost 700 episodes
have been released across a monumental
17 seasons ha ha segi Madhumita the
animation quality has stayed strong over
the course of its run producing many
successful arts such as the marine Ford
and Annie’s Lobby arc la monja hua
a piece of advice if you prefer order
over chaos don’tdon’t a straw hat you
have don’t live all giggle up in da
number six now ruto series how can I
refuse time to grab your kunai and prove
who is the best ninja in the land in
this fantasy series the story centers on
a young adept ninja Naruto Uzumaki as he
trains his skills and becomes a ninja
master I’m home everyone Naruto Uzumaki
has returned to the hidden leaf village
despite being the youngest series on our
list
Naruto has managed to release 405
episodes over the course of the original
and Shippuden series which matured
alongside its audience while you could
argue for hours over which series is
better the real question is can you
master the nine tails
number five Dragon Ball series I think
you’re mistaking me for somebody else
don’t be stupid you are Goku aren’t you
here’s a rocket punch right to your
childhood
for those that don’t know the Dragon
Ball series centers on sand Kakarot as
he defends Earth from invaders with the
help of his family and friends you know
a camera flickers violently just before
it burns out you’re saying then Goku’s
in trouble
no I’m talking about Ken who’s of course
he’s in trouble
across all the iterations of Dragonball
including the original Z GT and Kai the
series has released over 600 episodes
full of big action and bigger hair yes
we know it’s ridiculous but we love it
anyway
number four in tama run taro
shoot
admit it you wish you could learn to be
a ninja the series focuses on a group of
children known as nin tama who trained
at a ninja school to become masters of
the martial arts while initially aimed
at a demographic of young children the
series has developed a cult following a
fans of all ages over the course of 1800
episodes in a 22 year run the series has
many comedic moments mixed in with some
really great action good job number
three Doraemon
for our next entry we look at one of our
favorite anime cats today was my
birthday no not that one we mean
Doraemon the robotic time-traveling
feline warrior who helps school-aged
child Nobita Nobi change his stars
/ it’s very lengthy run including a few
hiatuses Doraemon has produced over 2000
episodes and Counting the thing to focus
on is that I’ve come here to save you
from our horrible fate with the news
now that stuff is totally gonna happen
and worse while Doraemon is quite a
comedic series it tackles very important
issues like courage and family it also
addresses many environmental and
historical messages all presented in a
comedic tongue number two detective
conan case closed
Dong Ha Yama’s actua not a mystery
youkai down here on you know Soraka name
it’s no hammer cigarette oedometer
muchacabra caricature hockey team at CEO
Han English is East and Asia it’s time
to appoint our favorite animated
detective detective conan also known as
case closed to Western audiences follows
ace detective Kudo Shinichi who has been
reverted to a younger state by criminals
with one of the shorter runs on our list
Detective Conan has released seven
hundred and sixty two episodes over 19
years
Mon Tue shields katana la gusta la so
steady no city go to the Skiba
almost to a mother nudity – ha ha while
some of the cases end up being a little
ridiculous
there are many that challenge our
intelligence will he ever get back to
his original age we still don’t know
so no deny you again know to look into
that so yeah before we marathon through
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
that gets mad for no reason
number one says I son Sakana who I adore
anikó Oh cupcake as much as we love
family action and mystery we have to
give our top spot to this little slice
of life we’re gonna climb on Anouk
dekimasu solo handy apirana to banana
Joe guy named I says ice and follows the
daily life of a wife and feminists as I
and her interactions with everybody
around her the quality has only improved
over the years
initially causing controversy for early
plot lines but now touching on more
modern topics come on you should lose
sense of the damsel you think autosum
our champion blows the rest of our
entries away as it’s not only the
longest-running anime but also japan’s
longest non soap opera TV show with over
7,000 episodes whoa this wonderful
little show takes the crown by a long
shot
yeah Adama ser Addam a veteran hey soos
Ataman our top sous marin academic at
the no Simba not a dead Oman Oh Nick do
you agree with our list what’s your
favorite longest-running anime for more
lengthy top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
Takata isn’t it time for you to get
going I know I’m on my way out now sure
how long are you gonna treat me like a
kid I’m a ninja now
you
sight for so long I was beginning to
worry about you these anime have been
around for years and burned bright and
long welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 long-running anime franchises
give me a girl or woman cuz you know
check on our look I mean you see the nah
switch this looks totally it’s an island
guy for this list we judged each entry
based on a combination of the show’s
overall quality popularity and runtime
in order to make our list show must have
aired for at least 10 years so despite
having over 300 episodes bleach does not
make the list I’m home number 10 mangani
pond will catch even a she
kicking off our list is a very unique
entry Mangan upon mukashi minashi is the
anime adaptation of the popular japanese
fairy tales and myths in its almost 20
year run the show released a whopping
1471 episodes this is impressive because
in each 30-minute show there’s actually
two different stories even more
impressive the series creator decided
that a different creative staff would
develop each episode while this caused
some episodes to have questionable
quality manga Nippon thrilled audiences
all the way up to its final episode
she’s number nine Pokemon we tried to
catch them all and they kept giving us
more the popular anime adaptation of the
mecha selling Japanese video game series
has been running strong with over 850
episodes
bet you didn’t know that it’s still
running didja Pokemon has transcended
generations with each era having its own
unique encyclopedia of Pokemon to
discover
you
number eight you new yesh up wait for me
to become a demon last this fantastic
series set in a fantastical reimagining
of Japan Sengoku period was a huge
success in both Japan and North America
I will split you in half if you try
anything funny contrasting a mix of
light-hearted adventure with darker or
mature themes inuyasha is an
action-packed adventure with wonderful
characters and memorable villains damn
you are former during my underlings you
will pay with your lives but it’s run
spanning the original series released in
2000 all the way to Inuyasha the final
act which came to a close in 2010 this
epic has earned its spot on our list
haunted by the memories of killing your
own family you seek atonement by giving
your own die how very noble number 7 one
piece
let’s leave dry land behind and set sail
on the high seas in this popular pirate
anime rubber man captain monkey D Luffy
brings us on crazy adventures in search
of the treasure of all treasures though
one piece oh yeah blah Chi is okay yeah
my duty day good since the series
inception in 1999 almost 700 episodes
have been released across a monumental
17 seasons ha ha segi Madhumita the
animation quality has stayed strong over
the course of its run producing many
successful arts such as the marine Ford
and Annie’s Lobby arc la monja hua
a piece of advice if you prefer order
over chaos don’tdon’t a straw hat you
have don’t live all giggle up in da
number six now ruto series how can I
refuse time to grab your kunai and prove
who is the best ninja in the land in
this fantasy series the story centers on
a young adept ninja Naruto Uzumaki as he
trains his skills and becomes a ninja
master I’m home everyone Naruto Uzumaki
has returned to the hidden leaf village
despite being the youngest series on our
list
Naruto has managed to release 405
episodes over the course of the original
and Shippuden series which matured
alongside its audience while you could
argue for hours over which series is
better the real question is can you
master the nine tails
number five Dragon Ball series I think
you’re mistaking me for somebody else
don’t be stupid you are Goku aren’t you
here’s a rocket punch right to your
childhood
for those that don’t know the Dragon
Ball series centers on sand Kakarot as
he defends Earth from invaders with the
help of his family and friends you know
a camera flickers violently just before
it burns out you’re saying then Goku’s
in trouble
no I’m talking about Ken who’s of course
he’s in trouble
across all the iterations of Dragonball
including the original Z GT and Kai the
series has released over 600 episodes
full of big action and bigger hair yes
we know it’s ridiculous but we love it
anyway
number four in tama run taro
shoot
admit it you wish you could learn to be
a ninja the series focuses on a group of
children known as nin tama who trained
at a ninja school to become masters of
the martial arts while initially aimed
at a demographic of young children the
series has developed a cult following a
fans of all ages over the course of 1800
episodes in a 22 year run the series has
many comedic moments mixed in with some
really great action good job number
three Doraemon
for our next entry we look at one of our
favorite anime cats today was my
birthday no not that one we mean
Doraemon the robotic time-traveling
feline warrior who helps school-aged
child Nobita Nobi change his stars
/ it’s very lengthy run including a few
hiatuses Doraemon has produced over 2000
episodes and Counting the thing to focus
on is that I’ve come here to save you
from our horrible fate with the news
now that stuff is totally gonna happen
and worse while Doraemon is quite a
comedic series it tackles very important
issues like courage and family it also
addresses many environmental and
historical messages all presented in a
comedic tongue number two detective
conan case closed
Dong Ha Yama’s actua not a mystery
youkai down here on you know Soraka name
it’s no hammer cigarette oedometer
muchacabra caricature hockey team at CEO
Han English is East and Asia it’s time
to appoint our favorite animated
detective detective conan also known as
case closed to Western audiences follows
ace detective Kudo Shinichi who has been
reverted to a younger state by criminals
with one of the shorter runs on our list
Detective Conan has released seven
hundred and sixty two episodes over 19
years
Mon Tue shields katana la gusta la so
steady no city go to the Skiba
almost to a mother nudity – ha ha while
some of the cases end up being a little
ridiculous
there are many that challenge our
intelligence will he ever get back to
his original age we still don’t know
so no deny you again know to look into
that so yeah before we marathon through
our top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
that gets mad for no reason
number one says I son Sakana who I adore
anikó Oh cupcake as much as we love
family action and mystery we have to
give our top spot to this little slice
of life we’re gonna climb on Anouk
dekimasu solo handy apirana to banana
Joe guy named I says ice and follows the
daily life of a wife and feminists as I
and her interactions with everybody
around her the quality has only improved
over the years
initially causing controversy for early
plot lines but now touching on more
modern topics come on you should lose
sense of the damsel you think autosum
our champion blows the rest of our
entries away as it’s not only the
longest-running anime but also japan’s
longest non soap opera TV show with over
7,000 episodes whoa this wonderful
little show takes the crown by a long
shot
yeah Adama ser Addam a veteran hey soos
Ataman our top sous marin academic at
the no Simba not a dead Oman Oh Nick do
you agree with our list what’s your
favorite longest-running anime for more
lengthy top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
Takata isn’t it time for you to get
going I know I’m on my way out now sure
how long are you gonna treat me like a
kid I’m a ninja now
you
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