Anime is a huge fandom. It's more than just anime, it's a culture.
There are multiple fan conventions held around the world for anime fans to meet and discuss their passion.
Anime merchandise is available in the form of figurines, statues, keychains, posters, wall scrolls, and more.
In 2013, the Japanese government estimated that there were 39 million anime fans in Japan, and it was projected to grow to 48 million by 2017.
For almost a century, anime has been loved by all ages and continues to be a huge part of our global culture. However, with so many titles out there, it can be difficult to determine which are ‘the best anime’.
The following is a list of the 35 best anime of all time, as voted on by fans just like you! Anime is a staple genre of Japanese media and culture.
Anime has an incredible following that spans all across the globe.
The aim of this list is to create an extensive record of the best anime of all time so that fans and critics can reference it in the future.
35. One-Punch Man
One-Punch Man (Japanese: ワンパンマン, Hepburn: Wanpanman) is a Japanese superhero franchise created by the artist ONE.
Saitama, a superhero who is capable of defeating any opponent with a single punch, longs for a worthy opponent after becoming bored with the lack of challenge afforded by his immense strength.
The original webcomic version was written by ONE in early 2009.
Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website began publishing a digital manga remake in June 2012.
Yusuke Murata illustrates the manga, which is compiled and published into individual tankōbon volumes. 23 volumes had been released by January 2021.
7.9 million people have viewed the original webcomic as of June 2012. Over 30 million copies have been bought of the manga remake by April 2020
34. Mushishi Zoku Shou
Mushishi (蟲師) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara.
From 1999 to 2002, it appeared in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Afternoon Season Zōkan, and from December 2002 to August 2008, it appeared in Monthly Afternoon.
By Kodansha, ten tankōbon volumes were collected from the individual chapters.
Within the period from January 2007 to August 2010, Del Rey localized the volumes for North America.
It tells the story of Ginko, a man dedicated to protecting people from supernatural creatures called Mushi.
Public and critics alike have praised the Mushishi manga.
Over 3.8 million copies of the entire series have been sold in Japan, where it is commonly ranked among the best-selling manga.
Various awards, including the Kodansha Manga Award and the Tokyo Anime Award, have been given to this manga and anime.
33. Dragon Ball
Originally published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995, Toriyama's manga was collected by its publisher Shueisha into 42 tankōbon volumes.
Chinese classic Journey to the West inspired the original Dragon Ball script, as did Hong Kong martial arts movies.
In the series, Son Goku is focused on his martial arts training from childhood through adulthood.
He spends his childhood far from civilization, until he meets a teen girl named Bulma who encourages him to join her on a quest to gather the seven orbs known as Dragon Balls, which, when combined, summon a wish-granting dragon.
In the course of his journey, Goku meets many other friends, becomes a family man, discovers his alien heritage, and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls.
32. Vinland Saga
Vinland Saga (Japanese: ヴィンランド・サガ, Hepburn: Vinrando Saga) is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by manga author Makoto Yukimura.
Originally serialized in the youth-targeted Weekly Shōnen Magazine, the series was later moved to Monthly Afternoon, a magazine aimed at young men.
In November 2019, the series has been compiled into twenty-three bound volumes. Kodansha USA has also licensed Vinland Saga for English-language publication.
NHK General TV broadcast a 24-episode anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio from July to December 2019.
As of 2018, over 5 million copies of Vinland Saga were in circulation. A winner of the 36th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga, this series won in 2012.
31. Fruits Basket 2nd Season
The 2019 anime series Fruits Basket (Japanese: フルーツバスケット, Hepburn: Furūtsu Basuketto), is based on the manga series of the same name by Natsuki Takaya. In November 2018, a new anime adaptation was announced.
Fruits Basket tells the story of Tohru Honda, an orphan girl who, after meeting Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Soma, learns that twelve members of the Soma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and are cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite sex that is not possessed by a spirit of the zodiac.
As the series continues, Tohru learns of the suffering of the members of the Soma family and heals their emotional wounds with her own generosity and love.
Tohru learns more about Yuki, Kyo, and the rest of the mysterious Soma family as she also realizes just how much others care for her.
30. March Comes in like a Lion 2nd Season
29. Clannad After Story
Clannad: After Story (2008-2009) is an anime series based on the Clannad video game. Anime series Clannad is the basis of this film. It is a sequel to that series.
During their transition from high school to the next stage of their lives, it follows Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa's relationship.
Based on the latest arc of the Clannad visual novel, Clannad After Story is the continuation of the first anime series produced by the same team as before.
On TBS, season two was broadcast in 4:3 aspect ratio from October 3, 2008, until March 26, 2009.
The series has 24 episodes, 22 regular episodes, one extra episode, and a summary episode.
In addition, Clannad After Story began airing on October 24, 2008 in 16:9. From December 3, 2008, to July 1, 2009, eight DVD compilation volumes of the episodes were produced.
There is an extra original video animation (OVA) episode, set in an alternate universe in which Tomoya and Kyou are dating, on the eighth DVD volume.
A limited number of people saw the OVA episode on May 24, 2009.f
28. Naruto
It chronicles the journey of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who aspires to become the Hokage, the leader of his village.
Naruto's story is divided into two parts - the first in his pre-teen years, and the second in his teenage years.
The series is based on two one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri (1995), which earned him an honorable mention in Shueisha's Hop Step Award the following year, and Naruto (1997).
Having sold 250 million copies worldwide, Naruto is the fourth most successful manga series in history, selling 153 million copies in Japan alone and 97 million copies elsewhere.
In addition to making the Top Ten list many times in USA Today and The New York Times, this manga series has won a Quill Award for its seventh volume.
Some reviewers thought the fight scenes slowed down the story, though others praised the manga's strong characters and compelling storylines.
In addition to its coming-of-age theme, the manga makes reference to Japanese mythology and Confucianism.
27. Fate
Fate is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Type-Moon and originally released for Windows on January 30, 2004.
There is an updated version of Fate / stay night rated for ages 15 and up, titled Fate / stay night Réalta Nua (Irish for "new stars"). It features the Japanese voice actors from the anime series.
A trilogy of games covering the three main storylines was released for PlayStation 2 in 2007 and later downloaded for Windows.
Additionally, Realeta Nua has been released for Android, iOS and PlayStation Vita.
The story revolves around Shirou Emiya, a young mage who becomes a warrior in a war known as the Holy Grail War between "Servants".
Shirou bonds with a heroine on every route and faces different mages who take part in the war.
26. Black Clover
Asta is a young boy born without any magic powers.Since everyone in his world seems to possess some magic power, this is unknown to him.
Asta plans to become the next Wizard King with his fellow mages from the Black Bulls.
As of April 2021, it has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine for 28 tankōbon volumes.
In 2017, Xebec Zwei produced an original video adaptation of the manga.
From October 2017 to March 2021, Pierrot produced an animated television series adaptation of the novel. An anime film has been announced.
For English release, Viz Media licenses the manga, while Crunchyroll and Funimation license the anime.
25. Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season
Ginko, the travelling mushishi, persists in trying to fix the strange and unsettling situations he encounters.
As he passes from village to village, Ginko is concerned with overt manifestations of Mushi's interference, such as time loops, living shadows, and telepathy, but more subtle symptoms that take years to manifest also arouse his concern.
Due to circumstance, Ginko has been appointed an arbiter, determining which Mushi are blessings.
However, the lines that he seeks to draw are subjective. In contrast, other patients desperately seek to eradicate afflictions that actually protect their lives from being torn apart by their new powers.
People who cross paths with Mushi must accept seemingly impossible consequences for their actions, and heal wounds they didn't even realize they had. In any other case, they run the risk of meeting fates that are beyond their control.
24. Violet Evergarden
Violet Evergarden (Japanese: ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン, Hepburn: Vaioretto Evāgāden) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase.
The work won the grand prize in the novel category of the fifth Kyoto Animation Award in 2014, making it the first ever work to win a grand prize in any of the three categories (novel, scenario, and manga).
Tokyo Animation published the first light novel under its KA Esuma Bunko imprint on December 25, 2015.
Several advance screenings took place in 2017 for Kyoto Animation's 13-episode anime television adaptation.
In 2019, the Crunchyroll Anime Awards awarded the series Best Animation. In July 2018, an original video animation episode was released, and a spin-off film premiered in Japan in September 2019.
23. CastleVania
Adapting the 1989 entry Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse, the first two seasons follow Trevor Belmont, Alucard and Sypha Belnades as they defend Wallachia from Dracula and his minions.
Beginning in the second season, characters and elements from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness are featured, as is Alucard's backstory from Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
Artwork by Ayami Kojima and Japanese animation have a major influence on the game's style.
May 13, 2021 marked the end of the series. Netflix is in the process of creating a new series set in the Castlevania universe centered on Richter Belmont, a descendant of Trevor and Sypha, and Maria Renard during the French Revolution.
21. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Japanese: 転生したらスライムだった件, Hepburn: Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken) also known as TenSura or Slime Isekai is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Fuse, and illustrated by Mitz Vah.
About a salaryman who is murdered and reincarnates in a sword and sorcery world as a slime with unique powers and gathers allies to build his own nation of monsters.
From 2013 to 2016, it appeared online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō.
The first volume was published in 2014 by Micro Magazine, which acquired it. In March 2021, 17 volumes will be released.
North American rights to the light novel were licensed to Yen Press, who released the first volume in December 2017.
It was adapted into a manga series by Kodansha as well as three manga spin-offs by Micro Magazine and Kodansha, and into an anime television series by Eight Bit that aired from October 2018 to March 2019.
In addition to the anime series, an anime adaptation of the second spin-off manga series was scheduled to premiere in January 2021 but has been delayed to April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
20. Steins;Gate
The film takes place in 2010 and follows Rintaro Okabe and his friends as they discover a way of traveling back in time by sending text messages to the past, thereby changing the present.
A director, Takuya Satō, and writer were involved in the series. Kyuuta Sakai handled the animation, and Takeshi Abo provided the music.
Anime on Demand broadcast the series in the United Kingdom, Africa, the Middle East, and North and South America.
After the DVD and Blu-ray releases, a 25th episode was included; these releases were handled by Funimation in North America and by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom.
Additionally, the series has spawned four original net animation episodes and a film sequel, as well as Steins;Gate 0, an anime adaptation of the sequel to the Steins;Gate game, which premiered in 2018. The story and writing in Steins;Gate were well received by critics, although some complained about the pacing of the first half of the movie.
19. To Your Eternity
The manga has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since November 2016, with individual chapters collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes by Kodansha as of April 2021.
Throughout the story, Fushi, a being immortal with multiple forms, is followed by an abandoned young villager accompanied by his wolf.
An English translation of the manga is being published by Kodansha USA in North America.
She writes the manga after the death of her grandmother, aiming to tell a story about survival and an immortal character that becomes more human as he interacts with other people.
To Your Eternity contrasts with her previous film, A Silent Voice, by placing less emphasis on the past of the cast and more on their futures.
On April 12, 2021, Brain's Base premiered an anime television series on Japan's NHK Educational TV.
18. The Promised Neverland
Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump serialized it from August 2016 through June 2020, with twenty tankōbon volumes collecting its chapters.
The manga was released in English by Viz Media with serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Following a group of orphaned children who have learned the truth behind their existence and the purpose of being kept in an orphanage, the series follows their escape plan from the orphanage.
CloverWorks produced an anime television series based on The Promised Neverland that aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block.
From January to March 2019, the series aired 12 episodes. A second season ran for 11 episodes from January to March 2021. A live-action film adaptation was released in December 2020. Amazon Studios is also developing an American live-action series.
17. Mob Psycho 100 II
Tokyo MX broadcast the series from July 12, 2016, to September 27, 2016, with Mob Choir performing the opening theme and All Off performing the ending theme for Season 1.
The English version of the series was simulcast on Crunchyroll, while the simuldub was broadcast by Funimation.Several dubs were produced in English by Bang Zoom! The entertainment industry.
Funimation and Crunchyroll confirmed on April 18, 2019 that season two will be simuldubbed on April 25.
Anime series anime series has been announced for a second season, with the cast and staff returning to reprise their roles. The series was simulcast on Crunchyroll from January 7 to April 1, 2019.
16. Haikyuu!!
Shōyō Hinata is a small boy who dreams of becoming a great volleyball player despite his size.
From February 2012 to July 2020, it was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump, and its chapters were collected in 45 tankōbon volumes.
Production I.G aired 25 episodes of an anime television series adaptation from April 2014 to September 2014. There were 25 episodes in the second season, which aired from October 2015 to March 2016.
The anime and manga have both received positive reviews. In 2017, the manga won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for best shōnen manga.
Haikyu! As of November 2020. Circulated more than 50 million copies.
15. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
The series was directed by Gorō Taniguchi, who also wrote the script with IchirŌ Ōkouchi. The characters were designed by Takahiro Kimura and conceived by Clamp.
The second series takes place a year after the events of the first. Lelouch's coup d'état, led by the protagonist, died in failure. As a result, Lelouch was captured and subjected to brainwashing. The Black Rebellion has been the name for the coup since then.
A few months ago, Newtype first announced R2.
In March 2008, early screenings for the first episode took place in Osaka Mido Hall and Tokyo Dome City.
It was aired on sixteen stations, including MBS TV and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, from April 6, 2008 to May 8, 2008
14. Gintama (2015)
TV Tokyo premiered the series on April 8, 2015.
After a hiatus of several years, Gintama is back after a five-year break. The new series is produced by BN Pictures, a new subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment.
New season director Chizuru Miyawaki is supervised by previous season's director Yoichi Fujita.
An eccentric samurai named Gintoki Sakata, Shinpachi Shimura, and an alien named Kagura continue the story of their work as freelancers, doing odd jobs to pay their rent, which usually goes unpaid.
13. Pokemon
The Series, is a Japanese animation television series that is part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise. It began airing in Japan on TV Tokyo in April 1997.
The Pokémon anime franchise features seven sequential series in Japan, each of which is based on an installment of the Pokémon video game series. This series is broadcast internationally over 24 television seasons, with the 24th season soon to be aired on Netflix in the United States.
A character named Ash Ketchum possesses fictional creatures called Pokémon throughout the series.
Ash, together with his partner Pokémon Pikachu and a rotating cast of human characters, currently Goh and Chloe, goes on a quest to become a "Pokémon Master" and compete in a series of Pokémon-battling tournaments called the Pokémon League.
Its 24th and current season, Master Journeys, will be streaming on Netflix, an internet channel watchable in the United States and broadcasts on normal television in some countries internationally in the summer of 2021.
12. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Tanjiro Kamado takes on the role of a demon slayer after his family is slaughtered and his younger sister, Nezuko, is turned into a demon.
It was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump by Shueisha from February 2016 to May 2020. A total of 23 tankōbon volumes of the manga have been collected. Manga Plus has simulpublished it on their Manga Plus platform as well as Viz Media in English.
During the months of April to September 2019, Ufotable produced a 26-episode anime television adaptation.
In October 2020, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Train was released, becoming the highest-grossing anime film and Japanese film ever. The second season will premiere in late 2021.
According to its tenth best-selling status as of February 2021, it had been distributed in over 150 million copies, excluding digital editions.
Critics have praised the animation and fight sequences of the anime and the subsequent film.
Among the top anime of the decade, it has received many awards.
At least ¥270 billion ($2.6 billion) will have been generated in Japan by December 2020, according to estimates.
11. B: The Beginning
In March 2018, Netflix launched the series around the world.
March 18, 2021 marked the start of the second season.
Cremona, an archipelago nation powered by advanced technology, is awash in crime and action. In the city's chaotic landscape, "Killer B" is the most prominent player.
As they work together to achieve their objectives, Koku, Keith, a legendary investigator with the Royal Investigation Service (RIS), and a mysterious criminal organization's stories intertwine.
10. Tokyo Ghoul
From September 2011 to September 2014, the manga appeared in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump seinen magazine, and was collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes.
In 2013, a prequel titled Tokyo Ghoul [Jack] ran on Jump Live and was collected in a single tankōbon volume.
Between October 2014 and July 2018, the sequel, Tokyo Ghoul:re, appeared in Weekly Young Jump. This edition includes sixteen tankōbon volumes.
During the summer and fall of 2014, Tokyo MX aired an anime series adaptation by studio Pierrot. From January to March 2015, Tokyo Ghoul ōA, featuring an original story, aired a 12-episode second season.
The manga was adapted into a film in Japan in July 2017.
An anime adaptation based on the sequel manga, Tokyo Ghoul:re, aired for two seasons; the first from April to June 2018, and the second from October to December 2018.
In North America, Viz Media licensed the manga for English language release, while Funimation has licensed the anime series for streaming and home video distribution.
9. Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Gon Freecss is a young boy who discovers that his father, whom he thought was dead, is alive and well.
Ging, his father, is a legendary "Hunter," an individual who has proven to be an elite member of humanity. Gon is determined, despite the fact that his father left him with his relatives in order to pursue his own dreams, to follow in his father's footsteps, go through the rigorous "Hunter Examination," and eventually find his father so he can become a Hunter.
The 24th of July 2011 marked the announcement of this new Hunter x Hunter anime.
With no connection to the first anime from 1999, the new anime starts at the beginning of the manga.
The series, produced by Nippon TV, VAP, Shueisha, and Madhouse, is directed by Hiroshi Kōjina, with music composed by Yoshihisa Hirano and characters designed by Takahiro Yoshimatsu. I
8. My Hero Academia
Izuku Midoriya is an ordinary boy who still dreams of becoming a superhero in a world where superpowers (called Quirks) are commonplace.
All Might, Japan's greatest hero, recognizes his potential and chooses Midoriya as his successor, as well as sharing his quirk with him. He also helps Midoriya enroll in a prestigious high school for heroes.
From July 2014 to April 2021, Weekly Shōnen Jump will be serializing 30 tankōbon volumes of the series.
Numerous spin-off manga have also been produced, including My Hero Academia Smash!As well as anime television series by Bones, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes and My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions are also available.
Best manga award went to the manga at the 2019 Harvey Awards. Approximately 50 million copies of the manga were sold worldwide by April 2021.
It is considered to be one of the best shows of the 2010s both for its manga adaptation as well as its anime adaptation.
7. Tokyo Revengers
Since March 2017, the story has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine. Liden Films premiered an anime television series adaptation in April 2021. A live-action film adaptation will be released in Japan in July 2021.
The story of a middle-aged loser who travels back to his school years to save his love from future doom, and he becomes the leader of a dreaded school gang.
Hanagaki's life has reached a new low. His world gets worse when he finds out that Hinata Tachibana, his ex-girlfriend, was murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang: a group of vicious criminals that has been disturbing society's peace for quite some time.
Takemichi wonders what went wrong when he suddenly finds himself in the past-12 years ago, when he was still in a relationship with Hinata.
Takemichi realizes that he has a chance to save Hinata, so he infiltrates the Tokyo Manji Gang and climbs the ranks to preserve her future.
6. Jujutsu Kaisen
From June 2021, 16 tankōbon volumes will be available of the Jujutsu Kaisen chapters collected and published by Shueisha.
Throughout the story, Yuji Itadori joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers in order to kill Ryomen Sukuna, a powerful Curse whose host he becomes.
Originally serialized in Shueisha's Jump GIGA from April to July 2017, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, the sequel to Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School, was collected in December 2018 in a tankōbon volume.
Including digital versions, Jujutsu Kaisen manga has been distributed over 50 million times, making it one of the most popular manga series of all time.
5. Death Note
4. One Piece
From July 1997 to February 2021, its chapters have been compiled into 99 tankōbon volumes in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Monkey D. Luffy, an unintentional Devil Fruit eater, follows the adventures of his rubbery body after he ingests it.
It is Luffy's mission to become the Next King of the Pirates by exploring the Grand Line with his pirate crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, in search of "One Piece," the world's ultimate treasure.
Stories, art, characterization, and humor have all been praised in One Piece. Its first two volumes broke various publishing records in Japan, including a record-high first printing.
One Piece manga author Eiichiro Oda's official website announced that the manga has set the Guinness World Record for "the most copies published by a single author for the same comic book series".
It is the best-selling manga series in history with more than 480 million copies in circulation in 43 countries as of February 2021.
2018 was its eleventh consecutive year as the world's best-selling manga. As well as ranking among the most profitable media franchises of all time, One Piece has also become a cultural phenomenon.
3. Attack on Titan
The series has been broadcast on NHK General TV in Japan, and Aniplus Asia in various Asia-Pacific countries.
A number of streaming services in the United States and Canada have made the series available, including Crunchyroll, Funimation, and Amazon Prime Video.
There is a world in which humans survive within three concentric cities, which are surrounded by walls protecting them from Titans, giant humanoid beings that consume humans without apparent reason.
This story is about Eren Jaeger, his friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, whose lives are transformed forever after they are attacked by a Colossal Titan.
Eren and his friends, who seek revenge and reclaim the world from the Titans, join the Scout Regiment, an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans.
2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Bones produces the series, which is directed by Yasuhiro Irie, written by Hiroshi ōnogi, and composed by Akira Senju. As the second anime television series based on the manga, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood follows 2003's Fullmetal Alchemist.
In contrast to the previous adaptation, Brotherhood is a faithful adaptation that follows the manga's original events directly. From April 2009 to July 2010, MBS-TBS broadcast 64 episodes of the series.
From February 2010 to September 2011, Adult Swim aired the English-dubbed series, first licensed in North America by Funimation. Funimation lost the rights to the series in 2016 and it was transferred to Aniplex of America.
1. Fruits Basket
From 1998 to 2006, it was serialized in the Japanese shōjo manga magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha.
A popular Japanese elementary school game, alluded to in the series, inspired the title of the series.
A young girl named Tohru Honda discovers that the 12 members of the Soma family carry the spirits of animals within them, which can turn into their animal forms when the possessed members become weak, stressed.
As the series continues, Tohru learns of the suffering of the members of the Soma family and heals their emotional wounds with her own generosity and love.
Tohru learns about her parent's mysterious family and herself as well as about her sister, Kyo, and other members of the family.
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