Best 70s 80s 90s Anime

Cat's Eye leads the 70s/80s/90s Anime ranking with 1375 ELO points over 44 duels, ahead of City Hunter and Heidi.

City Hunter trails by just 9 points at 1366 ELO, while Heidi secures third place with 1350 points after 70 duels. The sharpest divide appears between Saint Seiya at fourth and Captain Harlock at fifth, where 41 ELO points mark a clear drop in community favor. Cat's Eye winning 70% of its duels confirms its grip on the top spot, though City Hunter's 67% win rate keeps the race tight. At the bottom, Bannertail: The Story of Gray Squirrel sits at 989 ELO with a 27% win rate, narrowly trailing The Bush Baby at 992 points. These lower ranks suggest the community remembers certain titles more fondly than others, though Georgie at rank 30 drew 66 duels despite its 1041 ELO score.

This ranking draws from 735 duels cast by 6 players across 32 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The spread from Cat's Eye at the summit to Bannertail at the base spans 386 ELO points, revealing how nostalgia splits over decades of anime history. Visit the 70s/80s/90s Anime TopList to cast your own duels and shift the standings.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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