An Anime Journey of 100 Posts!

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100!

That’s right, this is the 100th post on my blog, I can’t believe it! It took (slightly) over a year to get to this point. I am so proud of how my little blog has grown from a single paragraph post into a multi-page, interactive website! When I wrote my first post I had no idea my blog would last so long (honestly, I thought it would be a creative project for a few months) or how much fun I would have along the way. Not only am I grateful for all the wonderful people I met along the way, I’m also grateful for all the anime I’ve been introduced to that I might have not watched if I hadn’t made so many connections to the anime community through this blog!

And how do I plan to celebrate this big milestone in my blog’s development? With more anime of course! Much like how my blog finally made it passed the 100 post mark (next step is a thousand posts!) there are also quite a few anime that have withstood the test of time and surpassed the 100 episode milestone too. Some are epic sagas that are no surprise that they would reach such extended story arcs, while others are a bit surprising they lasted so long! So if you’re an anime fan that isn’t afraid of commitment and more than willing to stick with your favorite characters for the long haul, here are some anime that made it passed 100 episodes!

Inuyasha

Considering how many movies and OVAs are part of this series, it’s surprising this saga doesn’t have more episodes! At 167 episodes, this relatively short anime is a classic isekai before traveling to another world was trendy. Kagome fell down a magical well and into the feudal Japan of myth and legend. While there, this time traveling girl accidentally broke a magical gem and is tasked with finding all the pieces and putting it back together. The problem might have been solved with a tube of super glue and some trusty tweezers, but unfortunately there’s plenty of monsters trying to gobble up all the shards of the gem so they can gain the jewel’s powers. What Kagome needed was demon fighting, guard dog that has the personality of a tsundere, and she gets just that in the form of Inuyasha her demonic partner in the search for the magical gem pieces.

My Hero Academia

It’s a long road from zero to hero, but that’s just what Deku is doing in the anime My Hero Academia in 113 episodes and counting. The main character Deku certainly didn’t start out as a champ in the first episodes of MHA, in fact he was kind of a wimp and was bullied at his middle school. But he never gave up on his dream to be a super hero. For most people in Deku’s world being a super hero might have been a reachable goal, after all about 80% of the population of the world had super powers of some kind. Unfortunately for Deku, he wasn’t part of that 80%, so his chances to become a hero were pretty bleak. That is until he met All Might, the strongest, toughest, most hero-est of heroes! After some demonstrations of bravery and a lot of hard work on Deku’s part, All Might took the middle schooler under his wing and put Deku on the path to be a real hero!

Sailor Moon

As expected of shojo royalty, Sailor Moon doesn’t just sail passed the 100 episode milestone, she lands primly at 200 episodes! With a main character named Usagi Tsukino, I guess it’s not surprising she would pass the competition by leaps and bounds! Usagi spent her couple hundred episodes befriending a magical cat, building a team of planet themed magical teen girls, defending the Earth from an evil queen and her minions, and maybe kindling a little romance with a certain tuxedoed sweet heart on the side. Usagi Tsukino has been one busy bunny! As if the heroic exploits of the main character aren’t enough to impress, the anime series has a pretty note worthy track record as well. This anime not only surpassed the 100 episode milestone, it inspired an entire generation of shojo manga and anime. And though it was first released in 1991, it’s still a fan favorite today!

50 Anime that have More Than 100 Episodes!

I tried to find 100 anime series with 100 or more episodes, but it ended up being too great of feat for me to conquer! But 50 series is pretty good too, right?

1. Yuyu Hakusho
2. One Piece
3. Fairy Tale
4. Dragon Ball
5. Ranma 1/2
6. D. Gray-Man
7. HunterXHunter
8. Ace of Diamonds
9. Toriko
10. Zatch Bell
11. Fist of the North Star
12. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
13. Lupin the 3rd
14. Black Clover
15. Astro Boy
16. Yu-Gi-Oh
17. Prince of Tennis
18. Naruto
19. Yokai Watch
20. Magical DoReMi series
21. Pokemon
22. Gintama
23. Bleach
24. Detective Conan
25. Sgt. Frog
26. Hamtaro
27. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
28. Reborn!
29. Urusei Yatsura
30. Eye Shield 21
31. Sailor Moon
32. Inuyasha
33. My Hero Academia
34. Yu-Gi-Oh GX
35. Aikatsu
36. Cooking Papa
37. Shugo Chara
38. Hajime no Ippo
39. Yowamushi Pedal series
40. Sword Art Online
41. Kingdom
42. Kodacha
43. Seven Deadly Sins
44. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
45. Slam Dunk
46. Dragon Ball Z
47. Monogatari series
48. Slayers
49. Saint Seiya
50. Hetalia series!