Anime is a form of art that is loved by a huge number of people all across the globe.
Anime Being one of the most ancient traditional forms, it has evolved into something unique in its own way.
It is difficult to define anime but it can be said that it is a form of visual entertainment that uses a style that combines both 2D and 3D animation and includes sound effects as well.
Our list of 25 Best Anime Series On Netflix Watch Now (2021) includes a variety of different shows, ranging from children’s anime to mature anime shows.
Anime is basically one of the highest forms of entertainment for the young and old in Japan, with Kamen Rider enjoying huge popularity.
Many anime are considered masterpieces of animation, and even if you don’t like anime, you may be familiar with some of the most popular titles, such as Spirited Away or Dragon Ball Z.
1. Naruto
16+ Original run: 2002–2007
Genres: Action, Adventure
A long time ago, in the hidden village of Konoha, lived a great demon fox. A tsunami occurred when it swung one of its nine tails. In exchange for his own life, the fourth Hokage sealed this demon fox inside a boy.
As a boy, Naruto had no family, and the villagers hated him because they thought he was the demon fox himself. It is Naruto's dream to become Hokage and have the villagers acknowledge him.
Episode: 220
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Kate Higgins
2. Black Clover
13+ Original run: 2017–2021
Genres: Action, Adventure
Asta and Yuno were abandoned together at the same church and have been inseparable ever since. As children, they promised that they would compete against each other to see who would become the next Wizard King. As they grew up, however, the differences in their abilities became more apparent.
While Yuno was a genius at controlling and using magic, Asta was totally devoid of magic, so he trained his physical body as much as possible to compensate for his lack of magic. At the age of 15, Yuno unexpectedly received a Grimoire with a four-leaf clover symbol while Asta did not get a Grimoire at all.
Nevertheless, when Yuno was threatened and the truth about Asta's power was revealed, he received a five-leaf clover Grimoire, a "black clover". They are both pursuing the same goal now that they are heading out into the world.
Episode: 170
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Stars: Dallas Reid, Cris George, Jill Harris
3. Jujutsu Kaisen
16+ Original run: 2020
Genres: Action, Adventure
Yuji Itadori, a kind-hearted teenager, joins his school's Occult Club for fun, only to learn that its members are in fact sorcerers who can manipulate the energy between beings for their own purposes. A cursed talisman - the finger of Sukuna, a demon - is being targeted by other cursed beings. Yuji eats the finger to protect his friends and becomes Sukuna's host.
Yuji, however, discovers that he has inherited magic and can control it without interference from Sukuna. He joins the Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College to consume Sukuna's fingers, which will allow a full exorcism to take place that will set him free
Episode: 24
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Stars: Junya Enoki, Yûichi Nakamura, Yuma Uchida
4. My Hero Academia
16+ Original run: 2016
Genres: Action, Adventure
The superhero-loving Izuku Midoriya is powerless in a world filled with superhumans. Nevertheless, after Izuku inherits the powers of the world's most powerful hero, All Might, his dreams of becoming a hero are now within reach. Izuku soon discovers being a hero is more complicated than it seems after enrolling in the high school for heroes, U.A.
Episode: 111
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Stars: Daiki Yamashita, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Justin Briner
5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
16+ Original run: 2016
Genres: Action, Fantasy
Humanity has long known about flesh-eating monsters, lurking in the darkness, ready to devour a soul that does not believe rumors. However, rumors mention an elite corps of demon hunters, skilled assassins who kill demons. Tanjirou Kamado is still very young in Demon Slayer but is the only man in his family.
Tanjirou decides to sell charcoal in the local village one day to make a little money. The unimaginable happens when he returns: his family is slaughtered and the only survivor, his sister Nezuko, is turned into a demon.
Tanjirou joins the demon slayers and cures his sister because Nezuko still acts like a human. Will he be able to join the elite corps and cure his sister?
Episode: 28
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott
6. Hunter X Hunter (2011)
16+ Original run: 2011-2016
Genres: Action, Fantasy
A young boy named Gon Freecss lives on Whale Island. He learns from "Hunter" Kite that his father, whom he assumed was dead, is still living somewhere as a top "Hunter" looking for unknown items, such as hidden treasures, curious, exotic creatures, etc. Gon leaves the island to become a professional Hunter.
His first step toward becoming a Hunter is to pass the Hunter Examination, where he meets and befriends three other applicants: Kurapika, Leorio, and Killua. To become "the Best Hunter in the World" and meet his father, can Gon pass this formidable hurdle, the Hunter Examination?
Episode: 148
IMDb Rating: 9.0/10
Stars: Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela
7. DEATH NOTE
16+ Original run: 2006-2007
Genres: Crime, Drama
Using a magical notebook that can kill anyone whose name is written on it, an intelligent, yet cynical, high school student attempts to purge the world of evil. International authorities call on a mysterious detective known only as "L" to stop him.
Episode: 37
IMDb Rating: 9.0/10
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong
8. Haikyu!!
16+ Original run: 2014-2020
Genres: Comedy, Drama
A short middle school student named Hinata Shouyou fell in love with volleyball after watching a national championship match on television. Shouyou, a short boy nicknamed 'the small giant', joined his school's volleyball team to emulate the championship's star player. He was the only member, and the club lacked even a practice space.
Having acquired 5 other players in his final year, he was able to compete in an actual competition - only to be unlucky enough to face the championship favorite and its star player, Kageyama Tobio, known as "the king of the court," in the first round.
Despite Shouyou's team suffering a crushing defeat, he vows to improve and eventually surpass Kageyama. Shouyou is now starting his first year in high school - the very one he had watched in the national championships.
He plans to join the volleyball team, practice constantly, and wipe the floor with Kageyama the next time they meet. That's what Shouyou had planned, at least until he found out that he and Kageyama were going to the same school.
The Volleyball needs their skills, but only if they can stop bickering and work together as a team
Episode: 88
IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
Stars: Ayumu Murase, Kaito Ishikawa, Yu Hayashi
9. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
18+ Original run: 2009-2012
Genres: Action, Adventure
An incurable disease takes the mother of two brothers. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process fails, and as a toll for using this type of alchemy, the older brother, Edward Elric loses his left leg while the younger brother, Alphonse Elric loses his entire body.
Edward sacrifices his right arm so that he can attach his brother's soul to a suit of armor. Using a family friend, Edward receives metal limbs - "automail" - to replace his lost ones.
Then Edward vows to search for the Philosopher's Stone to return the brothers to their original bodies, even if it means becoming a "State Alchemist", one who uses alchemy for the military.
Episode: 69
IMDb Rating: 9.1/10
Stars: Kent Williams, Iemasa Kayumi, Vic Mignogna
10. One-Punch Man
16+ Original run: 2015
Genres: Action, Comedy
Saitama is a rare hero in a world of superhumans, he can defeat enemies with a single punch. In a world full of heroes, his life is empty and hollow: he receives no respect from anyone, exhibits a laidback attitude to everything, and, for the most part, he finds his overall hero life pointless... Additionally, he lost his hair due to intense training. This is the story of an ordinary yet extraordinary hero.
Episode: 24
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Stars: Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Max Mittelman
11. The Seven Deadly Sins
16+ Original run: 2014
Genres: Action, Adventure
The Seven Deadly Sins were once an active group of knights in Britannia but disbanded after allegedly plotting to overthrow the Lioness Kingdom. The Holy Knights were said to have defeated them, but rumors persisted that they were still alive.
Ten years later, the Holy Knights staged a coup d'état and captured the king, then became the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. The third princess, Elizabeth, then embarks on a journey to find the Seven Deadly Sins and then enlists their help in taking back the kingdom.
Episode: 100
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Stars: Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Max Mittelman
12. Fairy Tail
16+ Original run: 2009-2019
Genres: Action, Adventure
She then joins the strongest and most (in) famous guild FAIRY TAIL, where she meets Natsu, Happy, Gray, and Erza, who treat her more like family than friends.
Throughout this epic series, we learn about all the dangers that the members of fairy tail face and how they overcome them through love and friendship.
Episode: 339
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Todd Haberkorn, Tia Lynn Ballard
13. Castlevania
18+ Original run: 2017-2021
Genres: Action, Adventure
Vlad Tepes AKA Dracula declares war on the people of Wallachia after his beloved wife Lisa Tepes is accused of witchcraft and burned at the stake by an overzealous bishop. Dracula unleashes an army of murderous demonic creatures from hell.
The last survivor of the Belmont clan, a disgraced family is known for hunting monsters, Trevor Belmont, is still in town and agrees to fight the lord of vampires.
Episode: 32
IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
Stars: Richard Armitage, James Callis, Alejandra Reynoso
14. Dr. Stone
13+ Original run: 2019
Genres: Action, Adventure
A blinding flash of light petrified the entire human race one fateful day. Taiju, a high schooler, awakens in a world of statues after being asleep for several millennia. Despite this, he is not alone. Senku, his science-loving friend, has been operating for a few months now and has a grand plan to kickstart civilization with the help of science.
Episode: 35
IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Manami Numakura, Gen Satô
15. Tokyo Ghoul
Genres: Action, Drama
In this suspense horror/dark fantasy, Tokyo is haunted by ghouls that devour humans. People are terrified of these ghouls whose identities are obscured by mystery. Kaneki, an ordinary college student, encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. He has no idea that his fate will change overnight.
Episode: 12
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Austin Tindle, Sora Amamiya
16. Fruits Basket
16+ Original run: 2019
Genres: Comedy, Drama
16-year-old Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands after a family tragedy turns her world upside down. She moves out...into a tent. She pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Souma clan, and it is not long before the owners discover her secret.
When Tohru is offered a home with the Souma family, she quickly learns that they have their own secret--when hugged by the opposite sex, they transform into the animals of the Chinese Zodiac.
Episode: 63
IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
Stars: Manaka Iwami, Laura Bailey, Nobunaga Shimazaki
17. BAKI
18+ Original run: 2018-2020
Genres: Action, Sport
Baki Hanma trains hard to become stronger than his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Baki will face five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates.
It is their objective to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life, and now they seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm them and crush them.
Another underground martial artist warrior gathers to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. Baki and his friends begin an epic battle with violent death row inmates.
Episode: 39
IMDb Rating: 6.7/10
Stars: Tôru Furuya, Kirk Thornton, Troy Baker
18. DOTA: Dragon's Blood
18+ Original run: 2021
Genres: Action, Adventure
Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events greater than he could have ever imagined after encountering a dragon and a princess on her own mission.
Episode: 9
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Lara Pulver, Dee Bradley Baker
19. Sword Art Online
18+ Original run: 2012
Genres: Action, Adventure
Sword Art Online, a highly anticipated MMORPG that allows players to connect to an immersive virtual reality world using special helmets called Nerve Gear, is set for release in 2022. The gamer Kirito, who spent quite a bit of time as a beta tester, is eager to jump back into action, and quickly becomes friends with newbie warrior Klein.
In Sword Art Online, 10,000 players find they are unable to log out, and that the only way to return to their physical bodies is by defeating the tower's final boss - dying in the game means dying in real life. Kirito and the other participants have no one else to turn to, so they must survive the game to the best of their abilities.
Episode: 98
IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook
20. Assassination Classroom
18+ Original run: 2013-2016
Genres: Action, Comedy
In the future, the Earth will be threatened by a powerful creature that destroyed 70% of the Moon with its power, turning it into a crescent moon forever. The creature claims that Earth will also be destroyed by him within a year, but he offers mankind a chance to avert this fate.
As a homeroom teacher at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, he teaches his students regular subjects as well as the methods of assassination.
Japan offers a reward of ¥10 billion (100 million USD) to whoever kills their teacher, dubbed "Korosensei". As he has several inhuman abilities at his disposal, including the ability to move at Mach 20, this has proven difficult.
Episode: 49
IMDb Rating: 8.0/10
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Mai Fuchigami, Christopher Bevins
21. Kakegurui
16+ Original run: 2017
Genres: Action, Comedy
Hyakkaou Private Academy. An institution for the privileged with a very peculiar curriculum. You see, when you're the sons and daughters of the wealthiest of the wealthy, it's not athletic prowess or book smarts that keep you ahead. It's reading your opponent, the art of the deal. What better way to hone those skills than with a rigorous curriculum of gambling? At Hyakkaou Private Academy, the winners live like kings, and the losers are put through the wringer, but when Yumeko Jabami enrolls, she's gonna teach these kids what a high roller really looks like.
Episode: 24
IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
Stars: Saori Hayami, Tatsuya Tokutake, Miyuki Sawashiro
22. Mob Psycho 100
16+ Original run: 2016-2019
Genres: Action, Comedy
Kageyama Shigeo (a.k.a. "Mob") has psychic abilities and is currently in 8th grade. From a young age, he could bend a spoon and lift any object with his mind, but due to the negative attention he keeps receiving, he gradually refrains from using his ability in public.
Now, all he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic"mentor"( who has no psychic power), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.
Episode: 25
IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
Stars: Setsuo Ito, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Ôtsuka
23. Violet Evergarden
16+ Original run: 2018
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
After four long years of conflict, The Great War has finally ended. Violet Evergarden, a young girl raised to be a deadly weapon on the battlefield, was caught up in the bloodshed.
Hospitalized and maimed in a bloody skirmish during the War's final leg, she was left with only words from the person she held dearest, but no understanding of their meaning. Recovering from her wounds, Violet starts a new life working at CH Postal Services.
There, she witnesses by pure chance the work of an "Auto Memory Doll", amanuenses that transcribe people's thoughts and feelings into words on paper. Moved by the notion, Violet begins work as an Auto Memory Doll, a trade that will take her on an adventure, one that will reshape the lives of her clients and hopefully lead to self-discovery.
Episode: 14
IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Raissa Bueno, Erika Harlacher
24. STEINS; GATE
16+ Original run: 2011-2015
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Okabe Rintarou, a university student who refers to himself as Crazy Mad Scientist Hououin Kyouma and his lab's members work on a microwave device that can transfer messages to the past. Without getting captured, they should get it working to beat the evil organization, SERN, and stop their evil plans.
Episode: 26
IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa
25. Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-Kun
13+ Original run: 2019
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Suzuki Iruma has just been abandoned and sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents. Surprisingly, the next thing he knows he's living with the demon who has adopted him as his new grandson and has been transferred into a school in the demon world where his new "demon" grandfather works as the principal. Thus begins the cowardly Iruma-Kun's extraordinary school life among the otherworldly as he faces his true self, takes on challenges, and rises to become someone great.
Episode: 26
IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
Stars: Daisuke Ono, Ayumu Murase, Ryohei Kimura
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