An unfortunate and dreaded consequence of the weekly anime format is the filler episode.

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As anime switched to a seasonal format, the filler episode became a thing of the past.

Detective Conan is featured in the center of a circle, with Hyouka’s main cast in the background.

Brotherhood, however, was working with source material that was already complete.

7Death Note

Madhouse

If you know anime, you know Death Note.

This thrilling crime story served as the gateway to the medium for a whole generation of anime fans.

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It tells the story of a precocious high school student who finds a notebook with supernatural powers.

Can you solve these mysteries?

Death Note is not especially long, spanning 37 episodes.

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It is, however, compelling for every second of its runtime.

6Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion

Sunrise

Code Geass is a dream project realized.

This two-season series is a world-class mix ofmechs and politics.

Split image of Kira, Kamina and Eren Jaeger.

Many themes are explored thoroughly, but not a single one feels unnecessary.

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Its iconic battles are not unnecessarily protracted, and non-essential plotlines are confined to the OVAs.

This thrilling, mind-bending, and heartrending show has 13 episodes of breathless mystery and shocking resolution.

It tells the story of a young man whose consciousness can revisit the past to right some wrongs.

Alphonse and Edward Elric standing together while looking forward in the Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood anime.

Time travel can be dangerous, if these anime are anything to go by.

There isn’t a dull moment in this anime, and its short-form nature does it many favours.

This is not filler: it is foreshadowing.

Light Yagami holds the Death Note in Death Note.

The final episodes bring the seemingly meandering plot of the first few to a beautiful conclusion.

After a grueling four-year wait, a second season was produced.

1Gurren Lagann

Gainax

Gurren Lagann is one of the greatest sci-fi animes ever produced.

Lelouch stands with his mask in Code Geass.

It gave us not one, but two sets of brilliant protagonists.

Gurren Lagann’s mix of tragedy and comedy makes it a triumph of pacing.

The show makes you laugh one moment and cry the next, often within the same episode.

Izuku Midoriya with green electric arcs around him in My Hero Academia.

We can’t help but love them.

Kayo laying her head on Satoru’s shoulder in Erased.

Mayuri with a kindly expression on her face in Steins Gate.

Erwin Smith leading a cavalry charge in Attack On Titan.

Simon and Kamina from Gurren Lagann look at each other fondly.