Personal Anime Series Rankings
by RetepAdam | created - 14 Jul 2017 | updated - 9 months ago | PublicOnly includes series I've finished in their entirety, meaning series that are still in progress will not appear until they have concluded. Ratings are also going to skew high for that reason since I'm unlikely to finish a series that I'm not enjoying.
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1. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum
Votes: 137,773
10
2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009–2010)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.
Stars: Kent Williams, Iemasa Kayumi, Matthew Leonhart, Vic Mignogna
Votes: 195,874
10
3. Steins;Gate (2011–2015)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Ashly Burch
Votes: 72,826
10
4. Assassination Classroom (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A powerful creature claims that within a year, Earth will be destroyed by him, but he offers mankind a chance by becoming a homeroom teacher where he teaches his students about how to kill him. An assassination classroom begins.
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Mai Fuchigami, Bryce Papenbrook, Vic Mignogna
Votes: 20,652
9.5
5. Toradora! (2008–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Toradora tells the tale of Ryuji (dragon) and Taiga (tiger) helping each other confess to their crushes.
Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Junji Majima, Yui Horie, Hirofumi Nojima
Votes: 18,668
9.5
6. Fate/Zero (2011–2012)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Seven chosen mages and their summoned heroic spirits fight against each other to try and win the Holy Grail: a magical device that can grant any wish.
Stars: Ayako Kawasumi, Kari Wahlgren, Sayaka Ôhara, Jôji Nakata
Votes: 14,661
9.5
7. Death Note (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 375,451
9
8. Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992–1995)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After a teenage delinquent is killed while saving a child's life from an approaching car, the rulers of the underworld send him back to become an "Underworld Detective" investigating demons apparitions in the human world.
Stars: Nozomu Sasaki, Justin Cook, Christopher Sabat, Cynthia Cranz
Votes: 15,936
8.75
9. Baccano! (2007–2008)
TV-MA | 384 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A crazy fantasy caper involving alchemists, immortals, gangsters, outlaws and an elixir of immortality, spread over several decades.
Stars: Michael C. Pizzuto, J. Michael Tatum, Caitlin Glass, Akemi Kanda
Votes: 12,621
8.75
10. Hunter x Hunter (2011–2014)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
Stars: Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela, Mariya Ise
Votes: 132,258
8.75
11. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (2011)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A creature named Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka a wish if they agree to become 'magical girls' and fight abstract beings called 'witches'. However, a magical girl named Homura is, for uncertain reasons, determined to stop this agreement.
Stars: Aoi Yûki, Chiwa Saitô, Emiri Kato, Cristina Valenzuela
Votes: 11,215
8.75
12. Code Geass (2006–2008)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.
Stars: Jun Fukuyama, Takahiro Sakurai, Johnny Yong Bosch, Yukana
Votes: 79,539
8.5
13. Paranoia Agent (2004–2005)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.
Stars: Shôzô Îzuka, Toshihiko Seki, Mamiko Noto, Michael McConnohie
Votes: 14,114
8.5
14. Fullmetal Alchemist (2003–2004)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them: the fabled philosopher's stone.
Stars: Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Romi Park, Rie Kugimiya
Votes: 77,236
8.25
15. Samurai Champloo (2004–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
Stars: Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato, Ayako Kawasumi, Steve Blum
Votes: 55,010
8.25
16. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer
Votes: 84,325
8.25
17. Rurouni Kenshin (1996–1998)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.
Stars: Mayo Suzukaze, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Richard Cansino, Rebecca Forstadt
Votes: 20,503
8.25
18. KILL la KILL (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
A young girl arrives at a school of superhumans to find out the truth behind her father's murder.
Stars: Ami Koshimizu, Aya Suzaki, Toshihiko Seki, Shin'ichirô Miki
Votes: 16,700
8.0
19. Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A group of seven mages gets chosen to become masters of seven classes of heroic spirits, in order to fight and win the Holy Grail.
Stars: Noriaki Sugiyama, Kana Ueda, Bryce Papenbrook, Mela Lee
Votes: 8,866
8
20. Durarara!! (2010)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
Tired of his mundane life, Mikado Ryugamine decides to move to Ikebukuro, a district in Tokyo, when a friend invites him. With everything from invisible gangs to rumored beings, Ikebukuro is full of connected mysteries where people's pasts intertwine with the present.
Stars: Yuri Lowenthal, Kari Wahlgren, Crispin Freeman, Bryce Papenbrook
Votes: 7,874
8
21. Yuri!!! On Ice (2016–2017)
TV-14 | 20 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After suffering defeat, Yuri Katsuki hangs up his ice skates for good. But will an encounter with two top skaters reignite his passion?
Stars: Jun'ichi Suwabe, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Kôki Uchiyama, Jessie James Grelle
Votes: 10,058
8
22. Gyakkyô burai Kaiji (2007–2011)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Thriller
A young japanese man finds himself in a strange game to recover from his debts.
Stars: Jeran Ugokwe, Jack Stansbury, Masato Hagiwara, Hakuryû
Votes: 3,756
8
23. Death Parade (2015)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
After death, humans go to either heaven or hell. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at the Quindecim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim.
Stars: Jamie Marchi, Alex Organ, Asami Seto, Tomoaki Maeno
Votes: 19,979
8
24. Lupin III: Part 5 (2018)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While visiting his ancestral homeland of France, Lupin III becomes entangled with a dark web bank and a worldwide hunt for him spurred by social media.
Stars: Cristina Valenzuela, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang
Votes: 453
7.75
25. The Promised Neverland (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When three gifted kids at an isolated idyllic orphanage discover the secret and sinister purpose they were raised for, they look for a way to escape from their evil caretaker and lead the other children in a risky escape plan.
Stars: Sumire Morohoshi, Mariya Ise, Shinei Ueki, Lynn
Votes: 46,430
7.75
26. Noragami (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A minor god seeking to gain widespread worship teams up with a human girl he saved to gain fame, recognition and at least one shrine dedicated to him.
Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Uchida, Yûki Kaji, Jason Liebrecht
Votes: 18,811
7.75
27. Erased (2016)
TV-14 | 264 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
Stars: Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Tao Tsuchiya, Minami Takayama, Ben Diskin
Votes: 57,699
7.75
28. Charlotte (2015–2016)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family
The story takes place in an alternate reality where a small percentage of children manifest superhuman abilities upon reaching puberty. A focus is placed on Yuu Otosaka, a high school boy who awakens the ability to temporarily possess others, which brings him to the attention of Nao Tomori, the student council president of a school founded as a haven for children with such abilities.
Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Momo Asakura, Takahiro Mizushima
Votes: 8,028
7.5
29. Afro Samurai (2007)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A Black samurai goes on a mission to avenge the wrongful death of his father in a futuristic feudal Japan.
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Phil LaMarr, Yuri Lowenthal, Greg Eagles
Votes: 18,157
7.5
30. Higurashi: When They Cry - GOU (2020–2021)
TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Horror
Keiichi Maebara is in his new home in the peaceful Hinamizawa village, making friends with girls from school. He's here for a big festival. But something about this town seems off, with that fear what dark secrets can this small town hide?
Stars: Sôichirô Hoshi, Yukari Tamura, Mai Nakahara, Emi Lo
Votes: 768
7.5
31. Witch Hunter Robin (2002–2003)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Witches exist, and it is the mysterious organization STNJ's job to hunt them down. Robin is a recent trainee who joins up, and begins unraveling the secrets of both the witches and STNJ.
Stars: Akeno Watanabe, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren, Karen Strassman
Votes: 2,181
7.5
32. Wave, Listen to Me! (2020– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
From manga legend Hiroaki Samura, creator of Blade of the Immortal and Die Wergelder, comes something completely different, the journey of one disgruntled young woman's journey into the wild rapids of talk radio.
Stars: Christopher Sabat, Tia Lynn Ballard, Terri Doty, Ian Sinclair
Votes: 288
7.5
33. Magical Girl Raising Project (2016– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Every body dies in this animation. This is what every audience want.
Stars: Sarah Wiedenheft, Megan Shipman, Madeleine Morris, Bryn Apprill
Votes: 379
7.25
34. Lupin III (2015)
TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin III's marriage to thrill-seeking entrepreneur Rebecca Rossellini is merely a pretext for him to commit a string of heists across Italy and San Marino.
Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Todd Haberkorn, Jamieson Price, Lucien Dodge
Votes: 640
7.25
35. Danganronpa: The Animation (2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime
A group of teenagers enroll in a prestigious high school, which turns out to be a devious trap designed to tempt the pupils to murder one another in order to graduate.
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Yôko Hikasa, Chiwa Saitô, Nobuyo Ôyama
Votes: 3,192
7.25
36. Blue Gender (1999–2000)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Yuji Kaido was diagnosed with a serious disease and since there was no cure for the unknown illness, he was cryogenically frozen.
Stars: Laura Bailey, Eric Vale, Houko Kuwashima, Kenji Nojima
Votes: 1,317
7.25
37. Your Lie in April (2014–2018)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Risa Taneda, Ayane Sakura, Ryôta Ôsaka
Votes: 37,272
7.25
38. Eden of the East (2009)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Comedy
On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be called as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon ... See full summary »
Stars: Ryohei Kimura, Saori Hayami, Jason Liebrecht, Leah Clark
Votes: 4,004
7
39. Steins;Gate 0 (2018)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
Mad scientist Okabe struggles to recover from past failure and tests a new artificial intelligence
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, J. Michael Tatum, Monica Rial, Tyson Rinehart
Votes: 11,274
7
40. Terror in Resonance (2014)
TV-14 | 231 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Tokyo has been decimated by a terrorist attack, the only clue to the culprit's identity is a bizarre internet video. Two mysterious children form Sphinx, a clandestine entity determined to pull the trigger on this world.
Stars: Kaito Ishikawa, Sôma Saitô, Atsumi Tanezaki, Shunsuke Sakuya
Votes: 13,599
7
41. Alderamin on the Sky (2016–2023)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
The mighty Katjvarna Empire is currently embroiled in a war with the neighboring Kiorka Republic.
Stars: Nobuhiko Okamoto, Risa Taneda, Caitlin Glass, Joel McDonald
Votes: 1,271
7
42. Sword Art Online (2012– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the year 2022, thousands of people get trapped in a new virtual MMORPG and the lone wolf player, Kirito, works to escape.
Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh
Votes: 52,284
6.75
43. SSSS.Gridman (2018)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A being calling itself "Hyper Agent Gridman" contacts high schooler Yuta through an old computer, recruiting him in the fight against impending terror.
Stars: Lindsay Seidel, Jill Harris, Reina Ueda, Brandon McInnis
Votes: 846
6.75
44. Ghost Hunt (2006–2007)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Shibuya Psychic Research Center investigates supernatural occurrences all over Japan.
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Travis Willingham, Todd Haberkorn, Colleen Clinkenbeard
Votes: 1,613
6.75
45. Restaurant to Another World (2017–2021)
23 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A chef runs a restaurant that serves as a Portal between our World & a Fantasy land every 7 Days, where he serves Western Style Food to Elves, Demons, Dragons & more.
Stars: Christopher Sabat, Jill Harris, Charles C. Campbell, Monica Rial
Votes: 711
6.5
46. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006–2009)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
The crazy adventures of the SOS Brigade, led by the insane but charismatic Haruhi.
Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Yûko Gotô
Votes: 9,113
6.5
47. Another (2012)
TV-MA | 286 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A young man named, Koichi Sakakibara, transfers to a new school where he finds himself drawn into a mystery involving a mysterious girl and a series of gruesome deaths.
Stars: Atsushi Abe, Natsumi Takamori, Tomoaki Maeno, Monica Rial
Votes: 18,068
6.5
48. Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 298 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Animated series that takes place 17 years before 'Blade Runner 2049'.
Stars: Arisa Shida, Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Shinshû Fuji
Votes: 3,357
6.5
49. Joker Game (2016– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Thriller
Taking place in the year 1937 on the eve of World War II, the story involves a mysterious spy training organization known as the "D Agency." The organization is established by Lieutenant ... See full summary »
Stars: Brandon Potter, Patrick Seitz, Jessie James Grelle, Justin Briner
Votes: 765
6.5
50. Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013– )
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
While fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot was accidentally warped into a space-time neither he nor the computer of his mecha could recognize. After waking up from a ... See full summary »
Stars: Michelle Ruff, Janice Kawaye, Alan Lee, Fabien Albanese
Votes: 1,815
6.25
51. The Future Diary (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A young man competes with people around the world for a chance to become the succesor of God, with a diary that is able to tell the future.
Stars: Brina Palencia, Jessie James Grelle, Leah Clark, Emily Neves
Votes: 19,885
6.25
52. Dragon Ball Super (2015–2018)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Six months after the defeat of Majin Buu, The mighty Saiyan Son Goku continues his quest on becoming stronger.
Stars: Masako Nozawa, Naoki Tatsuta, Sean Schemmel, Ryô Horikawa
Votes: 35,470
6
53. Outlaw Star (1998–2001)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Adventure
The adventures of an outlaw crew of an advanced starship.
Stars: Ayako Kawasumi, Bob Buchholz, Bridget Hoffman, Emilie de Azevedo Brown
Votes: 4,116
6
54. Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen (I) (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Makoto Naegi, the Ultimate Hope who defeated the Ultimate Despair, Junko Enoshima, is under suspicion of treason against the Future Foundation for harboring the Remnants of Despair who carried on her will.
Stars: Megumi Ogata, Chiwa Saitô, Bryce Papenbrook, Caitlin Glass
Votes: 889
5.5
55. Persona 5: The Animation (2018–2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Follows Ren Amamiya and a rebellious group of teenagers in Tokyo who form the Phantom Thieves of Hearts to rebel against the corruption and slavery in society.
Stars: Matthew Mercer, Cherami Leigh, Robbie Daymond, Max Mittelman
Votes: 799
5
56. Fate/stay night (2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Amateur mage Shirou Emiya gets involved in a fight between mages using mythological heroes.
Stars: Noriaki Sugiyama, Kate Higgins, Kari Wahlgren, Liam O'Brien
Votes: 6,471
4.75
57. Deadman Wonderland (2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
After being falsely convicted for the murder of his entire class, a young man must learn to survive in a mysterious prison with a perverted take on incarceration while also looking to clear his name.
Stars: Monica Rial, Kana Hanazawa, Greg Ayres, Romi Park
Votes: 11,937
4.75
58. Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zetsubou-hen (II) (2016)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Horror
Set before the events of "Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc," The Despair side of Danganronpa 3 shows the events leading to the rise of the Remnants of Despair and the fall of Hope's Peak and the world into anarchy.
Stars: Mai Nakahara, Ai Kayano, Miho Arakawa, Yû Kobayashi
Votes: 951
3.5
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