These are the anime that actually delivered in 1982. Every score here comes from fans rating each episode as it aired, so a strong premiere can't carry a weak finale. The ranking updates weekly. Filter by Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter, or see what's airing this week.
All Seasons 1982
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Doraemon Meets Hattori the Ninja
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Fuku-chan
Ai no Senshi Rainbowman
Two Down Full Base
Call of the wild
Amazing Sarutobi
Thunderbirds 2086
Game Center Arashi
Asari-chan
Hitotsuboshi-ke no Ultra Baasan
Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken
Ai no Kiseki: Doctor Norman Monogatari
Adrift in the Pacific
Poppen-sensei to Kaerazu no Numa
Kyojin no Hoshi (Movie)
Ninjaman Ippei
Patalliro!
Ninja Hattori-kun: Nin Nin Ninpo Enikki no Maki
Time Bokan Series: Gyakuten Ippatsuman
Robby the Rascal
Super Gal Asari: The Dreaming Girl in Fairy World
The Ideon: Be Invoked
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Dr. Slump: "Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure
Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil
Shiroi Kiba White Fang Monogatari
Andromeda Stories
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth
Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Tokimeki Tonight
Haguregumo
The Wizard of Oz
Gauche the Cellist
Little Pollon
Blue Gale Xabungle
Future War Year 198X
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth - Endless Orbit SSX
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Doraemon Meets Hattori the Ninja
Fuku-chan
Ai no Senshi Rainbowman
Two Down Full Base
Call of the wild
Amazing Sarutobi
Thunderbirds 2086
Game Center Arashi
Asari-chan
Hitotsuboshi-ke no Ultra Baasan
Kaibutsu-kun: Demon no Ken
Ai no Kiseki: Doctor Norman Monogatari
Adrift in the Pacific
Poppen-sensei to Kaerazu no Numa
Kyojin no Hoshi (Movie)
Ninjaman Ippei
Patalliro!
Ninja Hattori-kun: Nin Nin Ninpo Enikki no Maki
Time Bokan Series: Gyakuten Ippatsuman
Robby the Rascal
Super Gal Asari: The Dreaming Girl in Fairy World
The Ideon: Be Invoked
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Dr. Slump: "Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure
Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Haunts of Evil
Shiroi Kiba White Fang Monogatari
Andromeda Stories
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth
Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula
Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Tokimeki Tonight
Haguregumo
The Wizard of Oz
Gauche the Cellist
Little Pollon
Blue Gale Xabungle
Future War Year 198X
Captain Harlock: Arcadia of my Youth - Endless Orbit SSX
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 1982 so far?
- The current number one sits at the top of this list, ranked by fans who scored every episode as it aired. The order updates weekly while the season airs.
- How are these rankings decided?
- Fans rate individual episodes, not whole shows. No critic scores, no studio hype. If a show falls apart in its second half, the ranking shows it.
