Toei Animation is Celebrating Its 70th Anniversary, Which One of Their Anime is Your Favorite?
--
Toei Animation’s other major historical success. In the present day, “One Piece” is unrivaled. The fact that it’s an anime with more than two decades of nearly uninterrupted run.
Read more: Mexican Ninja Will Launch on August 20 on PC Via Steam, Who's Excited?
A good handful of movies and, even now, a hit live-action series have catapulted Luffy’s story into one of the most successful entertainment IPs of all time. Simply put, it’s one of those journeys you have to experience.
In terms of individual series, the classic One Piece anime is Toei Animation’s clear number one, with over 2.7 million fans. It trails behind Dragon Ball due to the vast diversity of content in Goku’s story.
While it’s true that “Digimon” is a franchise whose popularity has faded considerably, it’s undeniable that the first major animated series based on the IP produced by Toei Animation was simply spectacular.
Digimon Adventure was a children’s adventure series that tackled surprisingly mature themes, ranging from divorce and adoption to loneliness, responsibility, and the fear of losing a loved one.
And yet it still managed to deliver all the entertainment you could ask for: transformations, fusions, epic battles… It was no coincidence that it was Pokémon’s biggest rival back in the day.
