These are the anime that actually delivered in 1998. 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 1998
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Case Closed Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
Perfect Blue
Cowboy Bebop
His and Her Circumstances
Trigun
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
Getter Robo: Armageddon
Serial Experiments Lain
Cardcaptor Sakura
Initial D First Stage
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
Popolocrois Monogatari
Outlaw Star
Princess Nine
Legend of Basara
Kurogane Communication
Yokohama Shopping Log
Pokémon: Pikachu's Summer Vacation
One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!
DT Eightron
Upon This Planet
Only You: Viva! Cabaret Club
Startling Doctor
Dr. Slump: Robot Taiketsu! Shukuteki Dr. Mashirito Toujou / Keen de Yuushou!? Penguin Grand Prix
Haruniwa Ie no 3 Nin-me
Takoyaki Capeman
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
Wings of Dragon
DS Anime Soushuuhen '98
Youkoso! Ecolo Shima
Maze: The Mega-Burst Space - Hot Springs
The Devil Lady
Flint the Time Detective
Shin Otokogi
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden
Monkey Magic
Cowboy Bebop: Session XX - Mish-Mash Blues
Seikimatsu Leader Gaiden Takeshi!
Bomber Man & Marbleman's Explosive Side Story
Hatsumei Boy Kanipan
YAT Anshin! Uchuu Ryokou 2
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Memorial
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas
EAT-MAN '98
Gandalla: The King of Burning Desert
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave
Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun
Himitsu no Akko-chan 3
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers
Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam 13
AIKa: Special Trial
Hunter x Hunter Pilot
St. Luminous Mission High School
Future GPX Cyber Formula Sin
Shadow Skill: Eigi
Momoiro Sisters
Alice SOS
Cardcaptor Sakura Specials
Tekkaman Blade: Twin Blood
Twin Bee Paradise Specials
Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission
Master Keaton
Generator Gawl
Grander Musashi RV
Slayers Excellent
Protect Me, Heavenly Moon Guardian!
Queen Emeraldas
Magical Stage Fancy Lala
Doraemon: Doraemon Comes Back (Movie)
Glass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks
Knight Hunters
Toki no Daichi: Hana no Oukoku no Majo
Futarigurashi
Orphen
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Hell Teacher Nube
Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation
Slayers Gorgeous
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash!
El Hazard: The Alternative World
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Blue Submarine No. 6
Lupin III: Tokyo Crisis
Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy
Outlaw Star
Charge! Pappara Team
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san Specials
Spriggan
Super Doll Licca-chan
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Okashina Nakama
Android Announcer Maico 2010
Super YoYo
Oh! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go MAX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday - Are kara, Kimi wa...
Sentimental Journey
Glassy Ocean
Silent Möbius
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Tenohira wo Taiyou ni
Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers: Lio Convoy Kiki Ippatsu! Movie
Tekkaman Blade: Missing Link
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
Geobreeders: (File-X) Get Back The Kitty
The☆Doraemons: Mushimushi Pyonpyon Daisakusen!
Neo Ranga
Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
Gundam: Mission To The Rise
Domo-kun
Samurai X Special
Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation
Steam Detectives
Lost Universe
Let's Nupu Nupu
Cyber Team in Akihabara
Twin Bee Paradise
DNA Sights 999.9
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV
Gekiganger 3
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Saber Marionette J to X
Fake
Hello Kitty no Hajimete no Christmas Cake
Hello Kitty no Minna no Tanoshii Natsuyasumi
Sam-chan no Obake Nanka Kowaku Nai
Hello Kitty no Santa-san ga Futari Ita
Hamster Sam
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Starlight Scramble Renai Kouhosei
Gasaraki
Dimension Movement of Nazca
Brain Powerd
If I See You in My Dreams
Twilight of the Dark Master
Efficus: Kono Omoi o Kimi ni...
Virgin Fleet
Tekken: The Motion Picture
Ash's Journey
Dennou Sentai Voogie's★Angel Gaiden: Susume! Super★Angels!
GUNbare! Game Tengoku: The Game Paradise 2
Torikaekko Please
Tekkaman Blade: Burning Clock
If I See You in My Dreams
Psychic Force
Ninja Resurrection
The Impression of First Gundam
Kashou no Tsuki: Aki Kyougen
Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga
Yoiko
Very Private Lesson
Welcome to Lodoss Island!
Visitor
4-Day Weekend
Spectral Force
Juliet
Enclosed World
Super Milk-Chan
Grandma and Her Ghosts
Valkisas:The Wings of Ultimate Darkness Pilot Film
DinoZaurs
Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade II: Virgin Memory
Mahoutsukai Tai! vs. Shamanic Princess
Tug-Tug
Rennyo Monogatari
Prince Mackaroo
Gulu Xiansheng
Pinka to Umi no Otomodachi
Adventure of Kkaemo
Bio Cop Wingo
Kocchi Muite Miiko
Fuyuyasumi da. Zenin Shuugou!
the FLY BanD!
Ganbare Goemon: Chikyuu Kyuushutsu Daisakusen
Tokitama Hustle
Tick & Tack
Shenlong Weishi
25-fun de Wakaru Tegata Kogitte no Hanashi
10-piki no Kaeru
AWOL Compression Re-MIX
Kiniro no Kujira
Aji no Hiraki no Sandogasa
Karasu no Panya-san/Dorobou Gakkou
Cello Hiki no Gauche (OVA)
Hun Yuan
Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo Special: Dai Hard! Ryoutsu Kankichi wa Nido Shinu
The Girl and The Monster
Paniponi
Chichi to Ko
Hippity Hoppity Pump
Introspection
Christmas ga Sugite mo
Shi Gou Chuanzhang
Ashes In The Thicket
Yoshimoto Insect Stories
One Day of Hitchcock
Bokura Machi Bouzu!
Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo Special: Mottomo Kiken na Survival!?
Perfect Blue
Case Closed Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
Cowboy Bebop
His and Her Circumstances
Trigun
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back
Getter Robo: Armageddon
Serial Experiments Lain
Cardcaptor Sakura
Initial D First Stage
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!
Popolocrois Monogatari
Outlaw Star
Princess Nine
Legend of Basara
Kurogane Communication
Yokohama Shopping Log
Pokémon: Pikachu's Summer Vacation
One Piece: Defeat the Pirate Ganzack!
DT Eightron
Upon This Planet
Only You: Viva! Cabaret Club
Startling Doctor
Dr. Slump: Robot Taiketsu! Shukuteki Dr. Mashirito Toujou / Keen de Yuushou!? Penguin Grand Prix
Haruniwa Ie no 3 Nin-me
Takoyaki Capeman
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Torajirou Wasurenagusa
Wings of Dragon
DS Anime Soushuuhen '98
Youkoso! Ecolo Shima
Maze: The Mega-Burst Space - Hot Springs
The Devil Lady
Flint the Time Detective
Shin Otokogi
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden
Monkey Magic
Cowboy Bebop: Session XX - Mish-Mash Blues
Seikimatsu Leader Gaiden Takeshi!
Bomber Man & Marbleman's Explosive Side Story
Hatsumei Boy Kanipan
YAT Anshin! Uchuu Ryokou 2
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon Memorial
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Great Adventure in the South Seas
EAT-MAN '98
Gandalla: The King of Burning Desert
AWOL - Absent WithOut Leave
Hanasaka Tenshi Tenten-kun
Himitsu no Akko-chan 3
Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective
Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers
Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam 13
AIKa: Special Trial
Hunter x Hunter Pilot
St. Luminous Mission High School
Future GPX Cyber Formula Sin
Shadow Skill: Eigi
Momoiro Sisters
Alice SOS
Cardcaptor Sakura Specials
Tekkaman Blade: Twin Blood
Twin Bee Paradise Specials
Crayon Shin-chan: Blitzkrieg! Pig's Hoof's Secret Mission
Master Keaton
Generator Gawl
Grander Musashi RV
Slayers Excellent
Protect Me, Heavenly Moon Guardian!
Queen Emeraldas
Magical Stage Fancy Lala
Doraemon: Doraemon Comes Back (Movie)
Glass Mask: The Girl of a Thousand Masks
Knight Hunters
Toki no Daichi: Hana no Oukoku no Majo
Futarigurashi
Orphen
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Hell Teacher Nube
Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation
Slayers Gorgeous
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash!
El Hazard: The Alternative World
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
Blue Submarine No. 6
Lupin III: Tokyo Crisis
Fushigi Mahou Fun Fun Pharmacy
Outlaw Star
Charge! Pappara Team
Sexy Commando Gaiden: Sugoi yo!! Masaru-san Specials
Spriggan
Super Doll Licca-chan
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Anpanman to Okashina Nakama
Android Announcer Maico 2010
Super YoYo
Oh! My Goddess: The Adventures of Mini-Goddess
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go MAX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report
Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday - Are kara, Kimi wa...
Sentimental Journey
Glassy Ocean
Silent Möbius
Sore Ike! Anpanman: Tenohira wo Taiyou ni
Beast Wars Second Chou Seimeitai Transformers: Lio Convoy Kiki Ippatsu! Movie
Tekkaman Blade: Missing Link
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness
Geobreeders: (File-X) Get Back The Kitty
The☆Doraemons: Mushimushi Pyonpyon Daisakusen!
Neo Ranga
Urayasu Tekkin Kazoku
Gundam: Mission To The Rise
Domo-kun
Samurai X Special
Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation
Steam Detectives
Lost Universe
Let's Nupu Nupu
Cyber Team in Akihabara
Twin Bee Paradise
DNA Sights 999.9
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV
Gekiganger 3
Golgo 13: Queen Bee
Saber Marionette J to X
Fake
Hello Kitty no Hajimete no Christmas Cake
Hello Kitty no Minna no Tanoshii Natsuyasumi
Sam-chan no Obake Nanka Kowaku Nai
Hello Kitty no Santa-san ga Futari Ita
Hamster Sam
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Starlight Scramble Renai Kouhosei
Gasaraki
Dimension Movement of Nazca
Brain Powerd
If I See You in My Dreams
Twilight of the Dark Master
Efficus: Kono Omoi o Kimi ni...
Virgin Fleet
Tekken: The Motion Picture
Ash's Journey
Dennou Sentai Voogie's★Angel Gaiden: Susume! Super★Angels!
GUNbare! Game Tengoku: The Game Paradise 2
Torikaekko Please
Tekkaman Blade: Burning Clock
If I See You in My Dreams
Psychic Force
Ninja Resurrection
The Impression of First Gundam
Kashou no Tsuki: Aki Kyougen
Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga
Yoiko
Very Private Lesson
Welcome to Lodoss Island!
Visitor
4-Day Weekend
Spectral Force
Juliet
Enclosed World
Super Milk-Chan
Grandma and Her Ghosts
Valkisas:The Wings of Ultimate Darkness Pilot Film
DinoZaurs
Uchuu no Kishi Tekkaman Blade II: Virgin Memory
Mahoutsukai Tai! vs. Shamanic Princess
Tug-Tug
Rennyo Monogatari
Prince Mackaroo
Gulu Xiansheng
Pinka to Umi no Otomodachi
Adventure of Kkaemo
Bio Cop Wingo
Kocchi Muite Miiko
Fuyuyasumi da. Zenin Shuugou!
the FLY BanD!
Ganbare Goemon: Chikyuu Kyuushutsu Daisakusen
Tokitama Hustle
Tick & Tack
Shenlong Weishi
25-fun de Wakaru Tegata Kogitte no Hanashi
10-piki no Kaeru
AWOL Compression Re-MIX
Kiniro no Kujira
Aji no Hiraki no Sandogasa
Karasu no Panya-san/Dorobou Gakkou
Cello Hiki no Gauche (OVA)
Hun Yuan
Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo Special: Dai Hard! Ryoutsu Kankichi wa Nido Shinu
The Girl and The Monster
Paniponi
Chichi to Ko
Hippity Hoppity Pump
Introspection
Christmas ga Sugite mo
Shi Gou Chuanzhang
Ashes In The Thicket
Yoshimoto Insect Stories
One Day of Hitchcock
Bokura Machi Bouzu!
Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo Special: Mottomo Kiken na Survival!?
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 1998 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.
