Asmongold Reacts to "Most Popular Waifu (2004͏͏ - 2021)"

[@jarenagra2804]

its funny how SLam Dunk would appear quickly every once in a while... like an actual dunk. Jump Up, Slam, fall down ...repeat

[@billylionisnotagoat]

BOOM have 12 episodes ok games over go home every 6 months

[@CleavingRay]

never watched it but it was actually fun seeing it do that. it's like everyone knew EXACTLY when a new season or episode was up and they all watched it at the same time xD

[@DeltaShizunawa]

Ngl ima start wathcing slam dunk cause of this reason hope its dope 🔥

[@Heowolf]

@@DeltaShizunawa same lol, downloading it now

[@Latsyrk24]

@@DeltaShizunawa you should read the manga if you like reading manga too. The art is insane. The anime back then was still good but as a diehard Slamdunk fan i always recommend the manga. I have 3 versions of the Slamdunk boxsets already FeelsOkayMan.

[@Mitsuru-Miki]

I’m actually really happy that Asmon loved Your Name. Such a fantastic film released in a time with heavy competition. Shame that he doesn’t know A Silent Voice though cuz that film is equally as good as Your Name, if not even better in some aspects.

[@theukwolfy]

Your name makes me cry every time I watch it

[@MichauQ]

Every movie that comes from Makoto Shinkai is fucking unbelievably good. The visual are on another level almost orgasmic to the eyes.

[@qwertyuiop3656]

Dude, silent voice brought me to tears. What a movie!

[@durango3063]

I prefer Silent Voice over Your name but both are great

[@FoloComic]

Your name made me cry, I remember that very well I really loved that movie.

[@sirflimflam]

I love how Slam Dunk keeps popping up, either topping the chart or getting close REALLY QUICKLY and then just as quickly as it comes, it fucks off.

[@YTHandlesBlow]

Haha yeah, kind of wish Ippo was doing the same as slam dunk. Just popping off randomly but alas it didnt.

[@CoolExcite]

its based on google search results, so I'm pretty sure it's just spikes from when there's a big slam dunk in real basketball

[@cameronmiller2819]

When the AoT soundtrack came in at 16:35 I got so hyped. Editing for that was amazing.

[@satisfiedskullservant]

The issue is that on the anime rating list, when people search Pokémon they're not necessarily looking up the anime. So essentially it's results are getting artificially boosted by the games

[@777tripleseven7]

nah i dont think so. That massive growth was in 2016, when pokemon go exploded. Everything pokemon exploded cause of pokemon go

[@volodesi0000]

Not necessarily true. You can specify on Google trends if it's Game or TV Series. Who knows if the person who made the video actually did that or not.

[@dannymoontattoos]

@@volodesi0000 If Bulma is that high up and shes never relevant in any Dragonball videogame that's come out I'd assume either way it would be fair right

[@dannymoontattoos]

Sakura passes right around the time complaining about her in forums got popular 😂😂😂 so she won that era from just sucking in the show probably

[@rogerflores422]

@@dannymoontattoos HAHAHA true xD

[@ronsamson537]

The reason zero two took the lead so hard when she did is because of that viral tick tock dance that everyone wanted to get in on. It crossed genres and a whole bunch of people who wouldn't know who she is because they don't watch anime were searching her online to find out why their feed was forcing it on them out of no where.

[@Real_MisterSir]

Not really, that came later. Zero Two was already at the top spot way prior to that, the dance stuff came much later and was probably why she maintained the top spot so long after the anime had ended. But I'd reckon the main reason she took the lead so hard is 1st of all, when the anime dropped it was the 6th most viewed anime in the world. So she had big exposure. But from the character herself, she easily stands out from the crowd both in design and personality. She has a lot of edge and mystery to her, and danger -but also kindness and a sense of innocence. She doesn't match a stereotype like most of the other big-anime waifus, and she's not just there to be a cute waifu that is forgotten the moment the next hot-topic cute waifu is released unto the world. She's just very iconic, and that means a lot. Then the cross media fame of her dance of course solidified that position as you say.

[@thomgizziz]

Anime was going down in searches until the pandemic and then after things started opening up it started going down again and the number of searches isnt even remotely high... this is a niche that everybody in the niche desperately wants it to be common and no having waifu pillows isn't accepted outside of weird weeb circles.

[@Zamblinger]

1:02 totally true, same thing with Inuyasha back in middle school -- they would play one episode a week, you would wait for that day, get excited to know what happens at a climatic point, then find out they restarted the whole series over from the start so you would be months out before they would make it back to that key point only for them to do the same thing again sometime later in that season.

[@Frostfire613]

I remember being so frustrated at this that I used my cousin's computer to binge watch the episodes online. I did the same with cardcaptors

[@mrjack901]

I remember this with both Inuyasha and Tsubasa. It was so fucking annoying, ended up seeing everything with KZbin. I still remember the first episodes from Inuyasha more than a decade later.

[@Alhazzred]

so I wasn't going insane, good to know

[@Ion-angtro]

Because you not in Japan, thats why!

[@3icepwn]

Gotta love how Rias was still hanging around. True men of culture

[@triopsate3]

High School DxD is actually a great series. Issei was actually quite enjoyable to read about and this being back when Baka-Tsuki was still a great site to read from with a ton of series helped quite a bit as well. Man, I miss the days when I could just go on Baka-Tsuki, pull up like 10 series that looked interesting and spend days binge reading the living daylights out of them. Shame so many series got DMCA'd off of Baka-Tsuki :c

[@HoneyBanev]

@@triopsate3 after season 1 it was so bad

[@triopsate3]

@@HoneyBanev Eh that's more because of the anime being a poor adaptation than the series being bad the same way most anime adaptations fall short of the source material. The light novel was absolutely a fun read all the way through.

[@josephdibble964]

@@HoneyBanev reborn was fire and I will die on that hill- the VA changes pissed me off but that was it

[@Natsu420YN]

@@HoneyBanevit only got better

[@Cyber-Cameron]

It's sad to see the top waifu fall off so hard. RIP Dark Magician Girl.

[@judethenekogamer3651]

Dmg and aussa are still great

[@shadowsstep6188]

Dark magician girl is still great though. The yugioh anime definatly fell off pretty hard. I will say that.

[@JINGWA64]

google search results, every man and their dog eg 99% the results are non anime fans/weebs = why the least attractive girls hog the ranks and its just random people searching up info on whats on tv, news or advertisements etc.

[@toshtao1]

@@shadowsstep6188 It's because the card game now requires a PHD to understand it. HUGE paragraphs of text per card description.

[@NickLengyel]

Better shit came along just is what it is

[@onemadhungrynomad]

the simple explanation for how death note and inuyasha were dominant for so long is that those two are just as popular with women as with guys. thus doubling the potential audiance. all the most popular anime in the list just had broader appeal.

[@mono8476]

@@gr33dl0cknein3 my lil sis likes killua despite being a "new gen" (shes 16)

[@mono8476]

interesting observation. also im surprised vampire knight & maid sama made it on the list. i assume they were pretty popular with guys too then? (like nana & sailor moon)

[@youngrootv]

I genuinely can’t believe how popular Sakura was. I can’t remember anyone ever being too fond of her except for the crazy anime shipping people

[@b2serious]

She is extremely in Japan, its just non-japanese weebs that only watched the anime that hate her.

[@farfa2937]

@@leestrz4153 Also there's a plant called Sakura IIRC-

[@arcadius3257]

Shes not popular, shes popular to hate. These are just search results, I guarantee you most people were searching for bashing videos/forums lol.

[@Enttoma]

@@farfa2937 Cherry blossoms?

[@greatninja2590]

Hate fk is a thing.

[@FonzChannel]

“Damn. Hunter x hunter is that big? No wonder they’re still making stuff for it.” He has no idea how much that one stung 💀

[@dalisoula]

But he is right, manga coming back with at least 20 chapters. We got hope

[@dalisoula]

@@MeldinX2 better than nothing ^^

[@JINGWA64]

these are google search results from any man and his dog eg 99% of the results are people who know nothing about anime, so they search what the see on tv, news, advertisements and what the kids are watching on TV eg = not most the good stuff as its to spicy/violent for kids. so u end up with someone like Sakura, who purely because she is the only main female character for most of the anime next to the main character Naruto himself = top searched, meanwhile she was extremely disliked by the anime fans for her unlikable personality, which doesnt really get any better even after it changes when she grows up, just goes from bad to another bad and well she didnt look all that hot either... hence when u see folks who spend thousands on figurines, "sakura" is like the weres wally of figurines, she only shows up if folks collect every character, regardless if they like them or not, simply to complete the set... meanwhile virtually every figurine you see virtually every hardcore collector/weeb putting on showcase = none of those ranking up in the search results.

[@granola9073]

it actually made me laugh lmao

[@Margonxp]

Remember: Don't care what anyone says about your favourite show, enjoy what you like.

[@fiddlesticks6240]

ok then ill like redo of healer.

[@will_9910]

As well as whatever language you choose to listen too, whether dub or sub. There's a space for everybody.

[@blackheartace140]

Well ,my favorite is quite underrated I love shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu cause of no action but drama is better for me.

[@fiddlesticks6240]

@@blackheartace140 i deadass love psychological stuff idk what it is, kakegurui and shit like doki doki, honestly was just so good 4 me.

[@blackheartace140]

@@fiddlesticks6240 I agreed with that psychological make something in anime make sense to me to see character deep and deconstruct that character what kind of stuff they are facing from the past. I am the 2D artist but amateur I love to watch the behavior and flaw to make a character.

[@THExRISER]

8:23 Yukino makes a brief appearance, she will forever be underrated.

[@PentagramIndustries]

Yukino was always best girl, it's just that Oregairu wasn't that popular of a show. And spoiler alert: She won.

[@Daisuke177]

Blame the animation studio for s3.

[@THExRISER]

@@PentagramIndustries Good.

[@LautyHobo]

idk i watched the anime (didn't read the novel) and it truly sucked

[@THExRISER]

@@LautyHobo It wasn't for you I guess. To me, season 2 was one of the best thing I've ever seen, haven't seen 3 yet.

[@jfree672]

shoutout to the guy editing the videos. usually these just show the stats but that little detail when something big was incomming edited with the music and the zoom in made it a lot more hype

[@JeffreyBezeau]

Bulma and Saber seems to be the more consistent waifus in the meta. They're always in there, soon and later, always coming back. Then it seems to be Sakura as well.

[@AfroDevil]

Knowing the rep sakura has I doubt ppl searched because she's hot, more so because they hate her guts lmao

[@mrblazeapound7856]

You could say it's...Fate for Saber to be loved? But seriously, it's nice seeing Saber stay consistently in the waifu meta as she imo is definitely top 10.

[@harryb12993]

Crazy to me that bulma beat android 18

[@BennyIncorporated]

@@AfroDevil Not really, the hatred for Sakura is more contained within the community itself. More "normie", if you will, anime watchers or people that aren't part of Naruto groups, aren't even aware of the hatred she gets. I myself was a diehard Naruto fan, that didn't particularly circle around the Naruto community, and wasn't aware of the Sakura hate until 2016 or so (about when the series ended, which is when I actually got involved with the Naruto community). Stuff like that is usually contained within the communities and groups.

[@redridingcape]

@@BennyIncorporated I doubt normies are the ones driving google searches on her though. I could be wrong though.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

Haruhi Suzumiya makes sense because her character name is in the name of the anime. You can't look up "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" without the name. Plus, the iconic dance scene and her vocal number were super popular, but people didn't know what to call it so it was just the "Haruhi dance" or "Haruhi song."

[@shirakolee]

Top 2 from 2006 to 2013 , for an anime that only lastest 2 seasons , its still amazing The anime itself wasnt realy great , but otaku worked a lot to make haruhi anime the best Still...im quite unhappy to see how madoka magica was so unpopular yet its scored realy high

[@biggerboy6679]

We all know asmon is the best waifu

[@williamhestilow4021]

Asmolfo?

[@Enttoma]

Can he compete with Speedwagon tho?

[@joshuabermudez2372]

my thoughts exactly. idk why asmon wasn't on the list.

[@Jakomelo]

Ahhhh it's nice to see how popular haruhi was at the time. Kinda like Halo, and WoW. Those were the golden years.

[@Jargonecius]

It's kind of an unfair comparison for Haruhi imo. I think she would be rated much lower but her name is in the title of the anime.

[@Hoppitot]

Nah thats just nostalgia, go back on MAL to those years and sure you will find some bangers but most of the shit is like a 6/10 while these days we have like 5 or more 8+ per season.

[@Jakomelo]

@@Hoppitot Oh for sure. Haruhi sucks to a lot of people. But as the anime that got me into the medium, I overlook its Endless faults lol

[@Newbtuber]

that shit is nuts, Haruhi and Sakura was having an underground 10 year war and we didnt even know about it. Really surprise a 2 season anime held strong for that many years vs the most popular anime in the world

[@Laticia1990]

@@lc9245 Mainstream shonen is def the most popular. As much as I liked Haruhi back in the day, it also introduced having the same "moe" style face for every popular female anime character.

[@MrLeemurman]

Yeah Haruhi set the standard for so many anime cliches to this day

[@electricant55]

@@lc9245 lazier? Manga will always be infinitely easier to adapt into anime than LNs. Also I better not catch you talking shit about Toaru

[@ArcheonW]

Haruhi was the main reason these "waifu" wars started. The show had only a handful of episodes, but it literally created a religion around a character. Sakura is just a generations classmate that never talked to you. Every weeb felt like naruto pining for sakura, who didn't give them the time of day, and due to Narutos many seasons and long running nature, she has a mass of fame behind her/her name. Haruhi on the other hand, was basically that next door neighbor girl that made every weebs dreams come true as the center of the universe. At the time she had only been around for 12 episodes or so... but god damn... that show changed everything, and many of the waifus since were derivatives of her art and style. Not to mention the way anime itself was drawn. The world god only knows.

[@Saber_Nico]

Both of them were popular but for different reasons. One was beloved by the masses while the other one was despised and hated.

[@azentra7560]

I forgot just how big of an impact AoT had on the world outside of the standard anime crowd, and it shows with that first season, blew everything out of the water by a clear mile

[@yarsaz4347]

I don't care for the ending but it's objectively the greatest Anime to ever be created

[@st.haborym]

@@yarsaz4347 Nope

[@VanceWeebin]

It’s just funny because the top waifu was constantly the one I enjoyed as I got older by the year in the early 2000’s 🤣 a lot of people grew up watching anime so i feel like those are the majority rule, liked whatever waifu was most shown/mc’s love interest

[@ezaf5989]

cringe

[@dragoon260]

@@cyanmage1 📸🧐

[@drazydark1736]

@@cyanmage1 yo i felt that. Literally liking one of the character I watch when I'm younger than the character age. But now apparently I'm ped*phile lol.

[@trost7860]

@@Direwoof better question is why is anyone after highschool girls 📸🤔

[@AsusanXT]

mine was Chi from Chobits, mostly because she was the first from a manga then anime.

[@andros1486]

im really proud of everyone that kept yoruichi close to the top 3 for that long, patrician taste

[@darkadia6520]

Naruto was personally a fun show for me growing up so that was nice to see Sakura high up there. I know most people wouldn't agree.

[@farfa2937]

I liked Naruto, I don't really understand the hate. I didn't watched it "in order" tho, I just watched whatever was on tv, but it was fun. Same with DBZ, Pokemon and YuGiOh.

[@ayhamahmad2277]

That the anime that what killed sakura character especially fillers read the manga the art is amazing

[@starwarsfamilyguy0]

Death Note is a fucking monster, it ended with 39 episodes in 2006 and stayed relevant on the list to this very day. Literally nothing on the list is even similar

[@stealthymatter2109]

one piece

[@stealthymatter2109]

@@CottidaeSEA deathnote is mid

[@HapPawhere]

@@CottidaeSEA Death note come because of that netflix thing

[@delete_gaming]

I thought the series was great when it originally came out, I've rewatched it about 3 times since.

[@stealthymatter2109]

@@delete_gaming the ending was mid, I will agree the start to mid point of the anime was good. When the other investigators got involved it ruined the whole anime

[@balalaika1233]

Don't know most of the newer ones but I'm glad Faye, Yoruichi and Erza were in the spotlight for quite some time.

[@humbletreestump8134]

Asmongold should 100% watch the Naruto vs Pain fight with 0 context.

[@framinthor]

asmongold: if an anime is in highschool setting it's so cringe. also asmongold: Your name was SO GOOD Editting for context - Asmon talked about the highschool part because of an anime called highschool of the dead, which had almost nothing to do with a highschool after the first episode, about as much relatability to highschool as "Your Name" had. Ofc they are also different genres of anime

[@hmm-ry7ed]

Lol

[@orkaydk9430]

he meant it was very very recognizeable

[@Real_MisterSir]

Its funny how most popular anime that have "highschool" in their name, have very little to do with highschool.. "of the dead", "DxD" etc come to mind

[@williamhestilow4021]

Not going to lie, I thought this was a massive troll at first. I kept expecting it to say Astolfo on every single tier list with an "Astolfo was always best waifu" tag at the end lol.

[@ronn201]

True, this needs to be revised. Considering that Saber made it on this list multiple times, Astolfo should’ve also been a blip, particularly for that 2 month period with Monster lol Also Jeanne d’Arc and Jeanne d’Arc Alter, though popularised by FGO, somehow became character names for numerous gacha in the last 5 years as well

[@PrincessofKeys]

Of course he isn't

[@LongXue]

that entrance of Stay Alive remix was amazing haha

[@betorockmetal]

I loved how Slam Dunk did those epic short comebacks to the top LMAO

[@Princess_Narii]

Its insane that Bulma managed to stay in that top list and never left it until the last 2 years Absolutely amazing. She is the true winner for me

[@m.c.martin]

Sakura never left the list either

[@Princess_Narii]

@@m.c.martin Very true, but ofcourse she came way later The list starts from 2004 Remember that dragonball exists way longer then that, So the odds are that 10 years back bulma was also kinda at the top I have bought old bulma figurines that date back around 1990

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

Suzumiya Haruhi is actually on a wrong list, she should be on the most popular cult list. When Haruhi appeared in 2007, the show and story itself is so out there that it literally almost created a whole religion, but the 2nd season jumped the shark in the most meta way possible that only this show itself could have caused. This is the first anime to go so viral, people would do flash mobs all over the world to dance to its ending theme, it was the OG anime dance. And people would identify themselves as Haruhiists, worshipers of the character. It was an anime that became too powerful too fast and burnt itself out.

[@datemasamune2904]

For anyone wondering about Zero Two, it was also around this time of her popularity she was in that Vietnamese music meme. As for Pokémon being high in 2020, that was also the year that Ash won the Alola league.

[@mazi1597]

Sword Art Online and Attack on Titan made anime so popular, i remember being so suprised seeing so many people getting into anime back then, especially big personalities. Then now with the Netfix anime boom it's just completely mainstream these days lmao

[@Seb_Falkor]

I remember when I was an ultra weeb back when it was lame to be into anime that wasnt naruto or dragonball. Now I dont watch anime anymore and it's cool to be a weeb. Life truly is ironic lmao

[@Paul-ul9ep]

it is still lame to be into naruto

[@Seb_Falkor]

@@Paul-ul9ep i dont think you’re allowed to say that with that profile pic

[@domL2507]

@@Paul-ul9ep pfp

[@drayman101]

It's an endless cycle of people being into something that isn't mainstream and getting singled out for liking it, until suddenly people realize why they were passionate about it in the first place and it goes mainstream. Can you imagine if society flipped on its head and sports fans got picked on for liking to watch a ball/puck/whatever zoom around a field/arena for hours? So many people can't just be happy for someone enjoying something and expressing how passionate about it they are lol.

[@Paul-ul9ep]

@@Seb_Falkor it was a joke 😭😭😭 i love naruto and still get shit for it

[@virlomientreri6970]

I'm just happy Bulma stayed on top for so long, and even after being dethroned she maintained a strong following for so long.

[@jurcik87]

Asmon is so lucky, he can watch a tons of good anime.

[@Goldomnivore]

Why can't you?

[@StoryEnjoyer220]

Man Yoruichi form bleach kept popping up and disappearing randomly always stopping at 3rd place.

[@freakindamnshiki]

and then 2022 happened and Marin Kitagawa destroyed this chart xD

[@FishPogx]

@@azahel542 Yeah probably. But honestly I just dont get it, I thought she was just weird and annoying...

[@bingo2433]

Zero two still beats then she was fucking huge

[@The_Forge_Master]

Yoko Littner fought for a spot in the rankings for a good ten years.

[@darokdeed]

Asmon slowly getting corrupted into revealing his weebdom.

[@HapPawhere]

watching anime doesn't mean you are a weeb bruh

[@electricant55]

@@HapPawhere weeb never meant anything to begin with

[@darokdeed]

@@HapPawhere He not just watches anime but is informed when which season of a anime roughly aired and how the waifu wars started and escalated. I can still remeber from last year and even befor that how he shit on all of anime like things, may it be games, animes or manga and so on and so forth, now he is reveling in it.

[@darokdeed]

@@electricant55 weeb is used as a catch all term for people reveling and overly liking eastern culture especially anime waifu and moe culture, so yes weeb does mean a thing.

[@electricant55]

@@darokdeed kekw no, and you just making up your own definition is the best proof

[@mythoceanas8874]

I think the Arcane bit was just to show how big Arcane got so fast compared to the next anime.

[@ChibiQilin]

A pure search-based ranking in modern day is probably a better indicator of waifu quality than a search-based ranking in the 2000's because only a handful of shounen anime made it over to western culture, which is why you see Sakura dominate despite being so mid. There were definitely waifus that way outshined Sakura, but that was only accessible for the turbo weebs. If all the anime in the 2000's aired in the 2020's in the same order, this rankign would be so vastly different. Even the most popular cult-following anime of the 2000's like TTGL, FLCL, Haruhi, Spice and Wolf, etc only got a tiny fraction of the global audience that mildly-popular shows get now.

[@timbomb374]

Death note somehow stays popular even though it finished so long ago its crazy.

[@DarkenedAndrew]

Ah yes I remember when that list came out and was absolutely disappointing to not see Speedwagon on the list. Every man of culture knows Speedwagon is the besto waifu.

[@JINGWA64]

these are google search results from any man and his dog eg 99% of the results are people who know nothing about anime, so they search what the see on tv, news, advertisements and what the kids are watching on TV eg = not most the good stuff as its to spicy/violent for kids. so u end up with someone like Sakura, who purely because she is the only main female character for most of the anime next to the main character Naruto himself = top searched, meanwhile she was extremely disliked by the anime fans for her unlikable personality, which doesnt really get any better even after it changes when she grows up, just goes from bad to another bad and well she didnt look all that hot either... hence when u see folks who spend thousands on figurines, "sakura" is like the weres wally of figurines, she only shows up if folks collect every character, regardless if they like them or not, simply to complete the set... meanwhile virtually every figurine you see virtually every hardcore collector/weeb putting on showcase = none of those ranking up in the search results.

[@cronus-kumo]

Love how One Punch Man was literally just like 1 punch to the top and then gone again.

[@goldpineapple2178]

I’m happy Faye was still managing to be on the list for a while. Makes me happy

[@CombatwombatHC]

Sailor Moon held out way longer than I would have thought

[@SeruraRenge11]

Ok so I don't remember them playing the episode right before Frieza's defeat over and over. What I DO remember is Toonami kept doing reruns of the beginning of DBZ to Goku beating Recoome because that was the Ocean Dub, and only moved past that point when the Funi dub started.

[@thegrimharvest]

Yep. That's it. Remember watching at a friend's house...epic moment, followed by " On the next Dragonball Z..." *Getting our hopes up* " Raditz..." Blue balled again! Ok...next time surely... Okay. Okay. It's just been a few times now, animation takes time...but surely... Ok. Ha ha. Really funny Cartoon Network. You got us...again. But next time, for sure...right? They can't keep getting away with this!

[@mookiestewart3776]

you are correct

[@nickarevalodesign720]

With Cowboy Bebop being my all time favorite anime, I was happy to see how consistent Faye Valentine would be in the top 10 there for a good chunk of time, or randomly pop back in way later on

[@Zieludek74]

Ah yes the content i was waiting for ....it's actually pretty funny

[@maksimusbezobraznikus]

In my opinion, Yu Yu Hakusho is probably the best anime ever made. I've seen almost every anime on that list and none of them compares to how great Yu Yu Hakusho was. Masterpiece.

[@buddyballentine9823]

Yu Yu Hakusho is an anime that you could watch even if you don't like anime. The dark tournament is so good you can put it on and enjoy it if it's your first time watching or the 100th time.

[@TheArabek]

I agree its good but i think its mostly nostalgia now

[@SeruraRenge11]

You don't truly understand waifu wars if you've never gone deep into Asuka vs Rei. The correct answer is Asuka btw, don't @ me

[@HollowedXIV]

Can confirm, Asuka is the correct answer.

[@electricant55]

Misato > Mari > Rei > Asuka

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@electricant55 The idea of Mari, or anything related to the Rebuilds, being in the discussion is a sin against God.

[@electricant55]

@@SeruraRenge11 ok boomer

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@electricant55 We're talking about explicitly an argument between waifus from a boomer anime so yes. That's like saying "ok boomer" in a discussion between Akane or Shampoo.

[@jimothywright1621]

“This was before having waifu pillows was normal.” I didn’t know it was normal

[@kurtobidelnoire2910]

Memes aside, what waifu would come from London streets then goes to serve your entire bloodline for a whole century even after death remained single and died from a Heart attack at age 89. Get yourself a man like Speedwagon

[@visoth7791]

Speeed wagoooon~~

[@kurtobidelnoire2910]

@@MoonTurky oh you think i was joking Anime memes are terrible

[@sligen]

X and Y and XYZ are the reason Pokemon blew up in 2016. Such a good series.

[@hana_lilly8405]

I like how you can tell the time period without the actual date, so kishina suddenly shot up to like 3rd then dropped back out, all in less than 3 seconds... Obviously when you first see her in Naruto.

[@Picobeat]

i lost count how many times slam dunk bursts into the ranks up to 2nd or 3rd and just as quick vanishes into oblivion xD

[@shubashuba9209]

4:05 *Sees Saber for a brief moment* Me: Wait, how did Saber not reach the top ranks? Also me: Oh right. It's 2008, so that must be Studio Deen.

[@nickfulson186]

Oh god, you've reawakened my repressed memories of that shitshow...

[@KaleEmAll]

"what happened in 2008 with Dragonball?" Every DB fan remembering the 2009 DB movie.

[@MortalReaver]

I am suprised Faye kept being in list for so long (Jun 2011) considering Cowboy Beebop is from 1998.

[@Destiny202]

I love how Zack rates his waifus based on their raiding ability

[@uS0ra]

the waifu meta was huge in the 2000s too with things Iike haruhi and macross frontier

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

Asuka is top tier. Rei is practically yo momma… Asuka is spicy original tsundere waifu

[@miokuroki4097]

Actually Misato is more popular now than both of them.

[@TheGelatinousSnake]

@@miokuroki4097 from a personal perspective, respectable. From a Shinji perspective.. different kind of mommy

[@ItsThomasKam]

Yoruichi deserved way more credit

[@rogerflores422]

Best female in all Bleach.

[@domL2507]

Bleach is so underrated

[@arthuralmeida6049]

if you think about she did really well, hold to the top for years despite being from the anime that never made to the top 1, was canceled and she is a char that don't appear that much either, I was really suprised, also never expected rukia and orihime showing with her to almost getting the top 3, would be funny to see the top 3 being from the same anime

[@offworlder461]

Code Geass and Violet Evergarden will still remain my favourite animes of all time.

[@xTaylorMoon]

Nezuko the best part about demon slayer, also glad to see Kanna get the respect she deserves!!

[@Hisdaef]

Went from Anime waifus to FBI most wanted list

[@paintl3gz]

You can see Nelliel spike up after the episode she transformed from child mode back to mommy mode

[@marcushpls]

14:26 i laughed so hard when i saw slam dunk go up and down that fast

[@Blackskies-b1z]

bro when nezuko hit the top i was like. "yeah weve really hit rock bottom"

[@AsuraDandy]

Death Note insanely popular rather quickly because they had a masterfully done first episode. It hooked a ton of people at the start with its very well done story. Then as you saw it falls off because the second season was a let down when L dies and was replaced with just a carbon copy.

[@KeitaroTsurugi]

This senior can speak of a time before there was a Z, and Bulma was one of the first animated gals many boys fell for. At first I didn't like her, but overtime I grew to put her on the upper tiers maybe from how long of a run DB had on tv back then and how much the character grew over the years, I believe she even started in her mid to late teens so there's quite a separation from back then to the bulma that traveled to namek to the mom she became in later stages of the show.

[@Abel-Alvarez]

Marin Kitagawa would've had the top spot on the waifu list for 2022-2023 forsure. 🔥🙏

[@Large_Pepsi]

Konosuba maintaining a low ranking, but a ranking nonetheless. We will make it eventually lads

[@DavidLee-frost]

4 weeks of the same DBZ episode? That's called "Goku charging up kamehameha"

[@3phoria]

Yes, Zero Two had that much of a popularity spike. It was the dance. The dance.

[@AB-jt4rs]

Too bad the anime got a shitty ending

[@RicoSeattle]

@@AB-jt4rs What was bad about the ending?

[@AB-jt4rs]

@@RicoSeattle it was just rushed, and overall kind of a stupid premise. For like 16 something episodes the anime was about mecha fighting monsters and also the kids being manipulated and controlled by the people they were taught to basically worship. But, no, for the last 3 episodes they decided to go to space, and totally forgot about everything that had been left unresolved.

[@3phoria]

@@MoonTurky look up zero two dance. If you've never seen it before, I applaud you for living under a rock.

[@TheCrazyDog1234]

so many resurgences happened because of tiktok trends, most obviously zero two blowing up in 2020 way more than in 2018 when the show actually came out.

[@worldcreator8927]

Slam Dunk is the real king, taking the first places where it was no chance to win at all, damn!

[@impuimchen]

It's returning

[@anacreon212]

i am kind of curious about why or what caused the spikes for slam dunk

[@ItsLouisnotLouis]

Violet Evergarden popping up to #1 at 9:30 then later pushed back against Zero Two of all characters put a smile on my face (given she's a eponymous character since her name is the title of her show, but idgaf).

[@whateveryoulikeilike6475]

Naruto ended year ago and still a lot ☠️ imagine if Naruto came back with a fire plot

[@mix-n-match834]

No Konata from Lucky Star next to Haruhi, I call BS. In 2007 only two anime girls were actually relevant and it was Haruhi and Konata. It was year of Aya Hirano before she decided to end her career with literal bang... with her entire band, except bassist.

[@LunaTomArwen]

I’m suprised Hestia didn’t make the list at all

[@friendrequestsent4459]

I don't think the Slam Dunk searches were for the anime but actual dunks. The searches rose and fell along with the basketball season.

[@Dianbler]

Good old Suzumiya being god

[@ayemjake]

Nami ranking low just shows how chad One Piece fans are

[@korlynetristan1610]

This video hit me like a truck. Literally from the year I started watching anime. This was painful to watch. Time is a bitch, but there's so many good anime out there, so it's all good. To the people hating on anime; just give it a try. You might just like it if you soften your "bad dude" shell. Enjoy life. Cheers.

[@Laticia1990]

For me, I wish it had started from 1997-98. I started with pokemon back then.

[@korlynetristan1610]

@@leestrz4153 Fairly sure google searches for the video are based on American searches. If it was Japan, One Piece would be top of the list for the majority of the video.

[@JINGWA64]

@@korlynetristan1610 thats only because is a kids favorite... not a fav of any cultured male.

[@korlynetristan1610]

@@JINGWA64 I disagree. One Piece story is a masterpiece. Very few people can write the way Oda does, in such a way that everything lines up and connects perfectly so many years apart. It isn't my personal favourite, but denying it its accomplishments would be a crime. It's fantastic. (Also I don't know where the cultured male part comes in? Are women not allowed to watch anime? I'm a bit confused on that one...)

[@tysej4]

@@leestrz4153 While it does pull in a few... Gundam has a real problem with getting new fans in. Even if it's aired in TV most kids and teens who watched that start watching a ton of other s*** The retention rate isn't the same. I'm a snob too, but for a later generation. As I got into it in 2015 or so. There is a lot of shows I don't like. And honestly Gundam isn't one of them but at the same time while there is a lot of bad... There's a decent amount of good too and I've no idea where I should start with Gundam. As for the others... Well there are so many old-school robot anime. And I know from a friend that 70-80% of them are pretty garbage xD

[@AidenThorne]

"Where's Speedwagon?" LMFAO

[@ultraleitor]

I hope he watches Goblin Slayer, every RPG enjoyer will probably enjoy it

[@netnoob77]

Gantz was da-bomb. May not be for everyone but definitely worth checking out.

[@zeketestorman4981]

Asmongold, 'One Piece' is definitely worth the watch. It has its ups and downs, but that story is really incredible. If you can't watch the show then I recommend the manga. It's too good a story to not experience. If you do tackle the show then just pace yourself and watch a few episodes a week. You'll eventually catch up. The whole planting a tree analogy and all.

[@Rnzlqr]

So true

[@crazy75able]

I've watched it all and wouldnt recommend it. It's overhyped with terrible pacing. From the whole main group, only luffy is fun to watch while the rest is predictable and boring

[@Mattadork]

i never like the pedophile argument for underage anime girls, for the same reason i don't like whenever media tries to blame violent video games for murders being committed, we all would be laughing in the face of someone who says "if you enjoy playing GTA 5, you are a murdering psychopath" we would all be telling him "bro chill... its just a fucking game"

[@Mattadork]

i feel like the only 2 different factors between these 2 and why people feel uncomfortable with one and not the other, is 1. the sexual implications of one of them VS the other, and 2. the fact that as we see from this video, anime culture only started gaining speed in our western civilization since the early 2000s and only really started becoming a phenomenon in late 2010s, where as something like violent video games have been around since the first ever mortal kombat when gaming went through their first controversy.

[@Mattadork]

hence why i will continue to call every media outlet who ever tries to blame violent video games for anything happening in the world, TRASH.

[@morpolgar2028]

Speedwagon best waifu

[@HackerArmy03]

17:00 Remember that this is just based on "searches" not "most watched" so there's that. At that time, I don't even google things, I just watch TV, (some animes on illegal websites that was recommended to me (sorry)) and play games all day. Also, Arcane was marketed and labeled as an "Anime" on official Japanese sites so there's that. Can't refute actual Japanese people, eh?

[@kegosan7622]

Anime in Japan is nothing else than cartoon and animations. And Arcane is that. In western regions, Anime is more seen as an animation/cartoon from Japan.

[@HackerArmy03]

@@kegosan7622 True, but what I'm saying is that Arcane marketed itself as an "Anime" in Japan. And no one major disputed it!

[@demyanrudenko]

Arcane popping up in the end to obliterate the ranking in 9 episodes warms my heart

[@AkiRa22084]

Lame to put that in an anime list.

[@AdmiralDes]

@@AkiRa22084 ye Arcane is better than that

[@AkiRa22084]

@@AdmiralDes Nah, not even close. Anime is the last bastion of free art. Arcane is just League of Toxicity.

[@AdmiralDes]

@@AkiRa22084 not even close because it is much better than gay anime shit

[@AkiRa22084]

@@AdmiralDes Cringe. Anime is a genre filled with masterpieces. Arcane is just one show, that will never have a good sequel.

[@AsuraDandy]

It makes sense Zero two is that far up there for a long while. Cause of the Zero Two dance meme. As long as that meme still lives, she's always going to stay up there.

[@leib_niz]

We all know deep down in our hearts thatSpeed Wagon is the best waifu

[@evancoffland19]

Twist: Then, at the very very very end, Cream the Rabbit soars to the top! Lol.

[@T3FAT]

Every show comes and goes, but One Piece and Naruto is there to stay! Also Asmongold, watch Death Note! Really cool tv show!