Emergency top 20 anime rankings renovation:

Too much has changed in the last month to keep my old rankings.  The announcement of new seasons of Bakemonogatari, the bluray rewatch of Pretty Cure, the incoming episode of Wonderful Pretty Cure, my rewatch of Uma Musume S3, the elevation of Sokushi Cheat to my rankings, everything has changed.  My top anime rankings must change with them, so here is how the top 20 shuffled around:

Top Anime Rankings:

How to read these rankings:  Ranking - Franchise Name - Release Timeline - + indicates it is still in production, no + means there are no announced sequels to the franchise - Non-filler/watchable number of episodes/movies/specials to the franchise so far, ie, length -- story's source-- unique standout feature -- $ indicates it has a sufficiently high definition subtitled release, no $ indicates it does not have a release of this quality -- * indicates the original source material is finished, % indicates the original source material has been abandoned unfinished, & indicates the original source material is steadily being worked upon, @ indicates the source's main story is done but spinoffs of dubious worth continue -- # indicates if the anime has adequately adapted its source, no # means it's not adequately adapted

1. Fairy Tail (2009-2025+) (294) (manga/original/light novel) (Mages) $ & 

2. One Piece (1999-2025+) (515) (manga) (Pirates) & 

3. Naruto (2002-2024+) (297) (manga/original/light novel) (Ninjas) $ @ # 

4. Pretty Cure (2004-2025+) (863) (original) (Magical Girls Perfected) & #

5. Bleach (2004-2024+) (178) (manga) (Shinigami) * #

6. Dragon Ball (1986-2024+) (330) (manga/original) (Power Perfected) $ &

7. Sword Art Online (2012-2024+) (123) (light novel/original) (VRMMORPG) $ &

8. Fate/Etc (2006-2024+) (170) (visual novel/light novel/manga/video game) (Mythological Battle Royale) $ & #

9. Uma Musume (2018-2024+) (46) (video game) (Horse Racing) & #

10. Clannad (2007-2009) (48) (visual novel) (Romance Perfected) $ * # 
11. Little Busters! (2012-2020) (50) (visual novel) (Developing Character) $ * # 

12. Code Geass (2006-2024+) (68) (original) (Politics) $ & # 

13. Bake-(etc)-monogatari (2009-2024+) (99) (light novel) (Witty Dialogue) $ &

14. Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019-2025+) (57) (manga) (Demon Slayers) * #

15. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (2004-2018) (83) (original/manga) (Yuri plus Fighting) $ %

16. Inuyasha (2000-2022) (154) (manga) (Feudal Japan) $ * # 

17. Index/Accelerator/Railgun (2008-2020) (164) (light novel/manga) (Sci-fi Setting) $ &

18. Love Live! (2010-2024+) (114) (original) (Song and Dance) $ & # 

19. Utawarerumono (2006-2022) (88) (visual novel) (Revolution) * #

20. Cross Game (2009-2010) (50) (manga) (Handling Death) $ * #

This time I wanted to stress completely adapted enrichingly long series over anything not holding that status.  SAO dropped to #7 because it isn't fully adapted.  Pretty Cure shot up to #4 because it's enrichingly long.  Cross Game dropped to #20 because of its relative shortness, the same for Clannad dropping to 10th and Code Geass to 12th.  Bakemonogatari went up to #13 because it's going to be longer soon.  Uma Musume is going to keep growing from here and will soon be longer than Clannad, while being just as emotionally moving on an ep for ep basis as Clannad, thus meriting the #9 slot.  Fate/Strange Fake will soon be enriching the length of Fate/Etc. so it moved up to #8.

While I was at it I also updated Sokushi Cheat to its final status ranking of #194.  This is what it will be worth once all 12 episodes of this season are released.

It's difficult to get the top 20 right because things are constantly changing, but also because the top 20 are all nigh-perfect, so it's easy to consider the same show as either #1 or #20, and make a reasonable argument for that.  But it's my job to distinguish even those razor thin differences so that people can concentrate on the very best works first and most.