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Top Fifty Best Rated Anime

As determined by the Users of the Anime News Network [animenewsnetwork.com]. This list was last updated 31 May 2006.

This rating only includes titles that have at least 12 votes. The bayesian estimate is a statistical technique used to reduce the noise due to low sample counts. In effect, the less a title has votes, the more it is pulled towards the mean (7.3539). In other words, these are the titles that many people agree are great.
bayesian rating = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C
where:
R = average for the movie
v = number of votes for the movie
m = minimum votes required to be listed (currently 12)
C = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 7.3539)

(found at: http://animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ratings-anime.php?top50=best_bayesian)
1. Samurai X - OVA Collection  
2.
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 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya  
3. Cowboy Bebop - The Perfect Sessions (Limited Edition Complete Series Boxed Set)
by Shinichirô Watanabe
  
4. Spirited Away
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
5. Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1: The Curse (Episodes 1-4)
by Seiji Mizushima
  
6. Princess Mononoke  
7. Grave of the Fireflies (2-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Isao Takahata
  
8.
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 Monster (TV)
by Madhouse
  
9.
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 Mushishi  
10. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
11.
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 Honey and Clover  
12. Fighting Spirit - The First Step (Vol. 1)  
13.
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 Haibane-Renmei: Complete Vols. 1-4  
14. Gankutsuou -The Count of Monte Cristo (Chapter 1)
by Mahiro Maeda
  
15. Whisper of the Heart
by Yoshifumi Kondo
  
16. Kino's Journey - The Complete Collection
by Ryutaro Nakamura
  
17. Millennium Actress
by Satoshi Kon
  
18. My Neighbor Totoro
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
19.
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 Ouran High School Host Club  
20. Howl's Moving Castle
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
21.
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 Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid  
22.
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 Bleach  
23. GTO Box Set Vol. 1  
24. Castle in the Sky
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
25. Twelve Kingdoms - Chapter 1 - Shoku
by Tsuneo Kobayashi
  
26.
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 School Rumble Nigakki  
27. Azumanga Daioh - Class Album (Complete Series)
by Nishikiori Hiroshi
  
28. Fruits Basket Series Box Set (2004)
by Nagisa Miyazaki
  
29. Elfen Lied Vol 1 Box Set  
30. Planetes (Vol. 1) 2 Disc Special Edition  
31. Cowboy Bebop - The Movie
by Shinichirô Watanabe
  
32.
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 Samurai Champloo - Complete Box Set
by Shinichirô Watanabe
  
33. Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Tetsuya Nomura
  
34. Full Metal Panic Fumoffu - Full Metal Pandemonium (Vol. 1) + Series Box  
35. Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: Chapter 1
by Yoshiyuki Tomino
  
36. Last Exile - The Murata Range Complete Set Edition
by Kôichi Chigira
  
37. Berserk: TV Series Season 1 Complete Collection  
38. Katsuhiro Otomo Presents: Memories
by Tensai Okamura
  
39. Voices of a Distant Star
by Steven Foster
  
40.
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 School Rumble  
41. Tokyo Godfathers
by Shôgo Furuya
  
42. The Castle of Cagliostro (Lupin the III)
by Hayao Miyazaki
  
43.
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 Legend of the Galactic Heroes  
44.
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 BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad  
45. Full Moon, Vol. 1: I Want to Sing  
46. Genshiken - Premium Collection
by Takashi Ikehata
  
47.
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 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  
48. Now and Then, Here and There (Complete Collector's Boxed Set)
by Akitarô Daichi
  
49. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
by Makoto Shinkai
  
50. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Box Set  
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Created by unadeptchild on May 31, 2006.