Top 400 Anime

by Teeru | created - 20 Apr 2020 | updated - 1 month ago | Public

The list is ranked according to the average score of the series' first season along with the standalone movies. I used to set only 250 animes, but I increased it to 400 so as not to miss some underrated animes.

Top Airing this season :

The Dangers in My Heart Season 2Kingdom Season 5Solo LevelingA Sign of AffectionMashle Season 2Classroom of the Elite Season 3Delicious in DungeonNinja KamuiTsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy Season 2The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic

Top All time 10 animes including Sequels :

Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndGintama: THE VERY FINALGintama Season 4Fruits Basket The Final SeasonFullmetal Alchemist BrotherhoodAttack on Titan Season 3 Part 2Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra RomanticHunter x Hunter (2011)March comes in like a lion Season 2Owarimonogatari Season 2

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1. 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: 197,580

2. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023– )

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

An elf and her friends defeat a demon king in a great war. But the war is over, and the elf must search for a new way of life.

Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris

Votes: 16,024

3. 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: 134,989

4. 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: 73,486

5. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–1997)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.

Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Ryô Horikawa, Katsuji Mori, Nozomu Sasaki

Votes: 4,747

6. A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016)

Not Rated | 130 min | Animation, Drama

78 Metascore

A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.

Directors: Taichi Ishidate, Naoko Yamada | Stars: Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yûki, Kenshô Ono

Votes: 101,383

7. Monster (2004–2005)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.

Stars: Hidenobu Kiuchi, Liam O'Brien, Mamiko Noto, Karen Strassman

Votes: 44,678

8. One Piece (1999– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Monkey D. Luffy sets off on an adventure with his pirate crew in hopes of finding the greatest treasure ever, known as the "One Piece."

Stars: Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Laurent Vernin, Tony Beck

Votes: 235,352

9. Bocchi the Rock! (2022)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Music

Hitori "Bocchi-chan" Goto is a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar; she meets Nijika Ijichi and joins "Kessoku Band." Inspired by legendary artist Tupac Shakur, Bocchi strives to become the greatest guitarist on earth.

Stars: Yoshino Aoyama, Sayumi Suzushiro, Saku Mizuno, Ikumi Hasegawa

Votes: 4,536

10. Vinland Saga (2019–2023)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Following a tragedy, Thorfinn embarks on a journey with the man responsible for it to take his life in a duel as a true and honorable warrior to pay homage.

Stars: Yûto Uemura, Mike Haimoto, Shin'ya Takahashi, Alejandro Saab

Votes: 71,869

11. Link Click (2021– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Using superpowers to enter their clientele's photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at "Time Photo Studio," a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis.

Stars: Suzie Yeung, Zeno Robinson, Alejandro Saab, Kelsey Maher

Votes: 4,078

12. Fighting Spirit (2000–2002)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Ippo, a teenage boy with a pure heart and unrelenting determination, discovers a passion for boxing after veteran fighter Takamura saves him from bullies.

Stars: Rikiya Koyama, Kôhei Kiyasu, Steve Staley, Richard Epcar

Votes: 9,768

13. The Apothecary Diaries (2023– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Drama, History

A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.

Stars: Aoi Yûki, Takeo Otsuka, Katsuyuki Konishi, Atsumi Tanezaki

Votes: 5,493

14. 【Oshi No Ko】 (2023– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A doctor and his recently-deceased patient are reborn as twins to a famous Japanese musical idol and navigate the highs and lows of the Japanese entertainment industry as they grow up together through their lives.

Stars: Takeo Otsuka, Yurie Igoma, Megumi Han, Jack Stansbury

Votes: 8,570

15. Jujutsu Kaisen (2020– )

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.

Stars: Junya Enoki, Yuma Uchida, Yûichi Nakamura, Adam McArthur

Votes: 114,786

16. 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: 138,991

17. Odd Taxi (2021)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

In a city which should be familiar, there is the feeling of something a little different.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Mike McFarland, Darius Marquis Johnson, Kenji Hamada

Votes: 5,749

18. Your Name. (2016)

PG | 106 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

81 Metascore

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryo Narita, Aoi Yûki

Votes: 320,628 | Gross: $5.02M

19. Spirited Away (2001)

PG | 125 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

96 Metascore

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Miyu Irino, Rumi Hiiragi

Votes: 849,924 | Gross: $10.06M

20. Ping Pong the Animation (2014)

TV-14 | 275 min | Animation, Drama, Sport

Five ping pong prodigies learn to navigate the harsh climate of competitive sport and the even more frightening realm of self realization.

Stars: Kôki Uchiyama, Aaron Dismuke, Micah Solusod, Alan Chow

Votes: 4,803

21. Violet Evergarden (2018)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Family

In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.

Stars: Yui Ishikawa, Erika Harlacher, Raissa Bueno, Aya Endô

Votes: 29,630

22. Gintama (2005–2021)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.

Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Rie Kugimiya, Kazuya Nakai

Votes: 15,214

23. Spy x Family (2022– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A spy on an undercover mission gets married and adopts a child as part of his cover. His wife and daughter have secrets of their own, and all three must strive to keep together.

Stars: Takuya Eguchi, Atsumi Tanezaki, Alex Organ, Saori Hayami

Votes: 39,011

24. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.

Stars: Zach Aguilar, Kenichiro Ohashi, Kagga Jayson, Emi Lo

Votes: 78,956

25. Perfect Blue (1997)

R | 81 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

A pop singer gives up her career to become an actress, but she slowly goes insane when she starts being stalked by an obsessed fan and what seems to be a ghost of her past.

Director: Satoshi Kon | Stars: Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shinpachi Tsuji, Masaaki Ôkura

Votes: 95,626 | Gross: $0.78M

26. Made in Abyss (2017– )

TV-14 | 325 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A girl and her robot companion search for her mother, who's lost within a vast chasm.

Stars: Luci Christian, Brittany Lauda, Miyu Tomita, Mariya Ise

Votes: 15,254

27. Chainsaw Man (2022)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Following a betrayal, a young man left for dead is reborn as a powerful devil-human hybrid after merging with his pet devil and is soon enlisted into an organization dedicated to hunting devils.

Stars: Kikunosuke Toya, Ryan Colt Levy, Tomori Kusunoki, Shogo Sakata

Votes: 55,025

28. The Tatami Galaxy (2010)

TV-14 | 253 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

When a nameless student at Kyoto University encounters a demigod one night, he asks to relive the past three years in order to win the heart of Ms. Akashi, the object of his affection.

Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Rin Mizuhara, Maaya Sakamoto

Votes: 4,942

29. Mushi-Shi (2005–2014)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Ginko is an expert travelling around to investigate a primeval life-form, the "Mushi," and helping people with Mushi-related supernatural problems.

Stars: Yûto Nakano, Travis Willingham, Kôjun Itô, Jennifer Seman

Votes: 14,601

30. Pluto (2023)

TV-14 | 62 min | Animation, Action, Drama

When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.

Stars: Shinshû Fuji, Yôko Hikasa, Rachel Slotky, Kirk Thornton

Votes: 12,430

31. Gurren Lagann (2007)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.

Stars: Tetsuya Kakihara, Shizuka Itou, Yuri Lowenthal, Marina Inoue

Votes: 21,041

32. Nana (2006–2007)

TV-MA | 21 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Two ostensibly opposite women, both named Nana, become roommates in Tokyo and grow inseparable. However, their relationship is jeopardized as the harsh realities of adult life take shape.

Stars: Kaori, Romi Park, Brian Drummond, Ashleigh Ball

Votes: 5,773

33. 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: 80,251

34. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

82 Metascore

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa

Votes: 449,690 | Gross: $4.71M

35. Princess Mononoke (1997)

PG-13 | 134 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

76 Metascore

On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup

Votes: 433,932 | Gross: $2.38M

36. Great Teacher Onizuka (1999–2000)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.

Stars: Steve Blum, Kirk Thornton, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Wataru Takagi

Votes: 11,297

37. Mob Psycho 100 (2016–2022)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

A psychic middle school boy tries to live a normal life and keep his growing powers under control, even though he constantly gets into trouble.

Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Setsuo Ito, Chris Niosi, Akio Ôtsuka

Votes: 45,015

38. Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)

24 min | Animation, Drama

Now a rakugo artist himself, Yotarou is challenged to keep the art form alive, meanwhile witnessing the final years of his master, Yakumo.

Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Akira Ishida, Yû Kobayashi, Tomokazu Seki

Votes: 1,018

39. Attack on Titan (2013–2023)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After his hometown is destroyed and is traumatized, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

Stars: Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Trina Nishimura, Yûki Kaji

Votes: 511,999

40. Ranking of Kings (2021–2022)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The people of the kingdom look down on the young Prince Bojji, who can neither hear nor speak. They call him "The Useless Prince" while jeering at his supposed foolishness.

Stars: Hinata Minami, Ayumu Murase, SungWon Cho, Emily Fajardo

Votes: 12,138

41. A Place Further Than the Universe (2018)

23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A group of high school girls join an expedition headed towards the Antarctic.

Stars: Inori Minase, Kana Hanazawa, Yuka Iguchi, Saori Hayami

Votes: 2,776

42. 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: 378,776

43. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)

Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family

A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.

Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida

Votes: 24,276 | Gross: $0.28M

44. Your Lie in April (2014–2015)

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: 37,923

45. 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: 46,912

46. 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: 55,413

47. Summer Time Rendering (2022)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

Due to the death of her childhood friend, Shinpei returns to her native home, but beneath the surface this island seems to hold some secrets.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Stephen Fu, John Choi, Merk Nguyen

Votes: 5,834

48. Heaven Official's Blessing (2020– )

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

Banished to the mortal realm to exorcise ghosts, a deity must reckon with a demon and soon uncovers a dark secret behind the heavenly gods.

Stars: Zhengyang Ma, James Cheek, Ying Huang, Wen Sen

Votes: 2,727

49. Berserk (1997–1998)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Stars: Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen, Kevin T. Collins

Votes: 53,241

50. Haikyu!! (2014–2020)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Determined to be like the volleyball championship's star player nicknamed "the small giant", Shoyo joins his school's volleyball club.

Stars: Ayumu Murase, Kaito Ishikawa, Yu Hayashi, Satoshi Hino

Votes: 35,518

51. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019– )

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.

Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Akari Kitô

Votes: 148,130

52. Kaguya-sama: Love is War (2019–2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

The proudly privileged top two students of an elite school each makes it their mission to be the first to extract a confession of love from the other.

Stars: Aaron Dismuke, Aoi Koga, Makoto Furukawa, Konomi Kohara

Votes: 20,156

53. Banana Fish (2018)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The story captures the war between a mafia boss named Dino and a young gang leader searching for redemption.

Stars: Yuma Uchida, Jun Fukuyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Makoto Furukawa

Votes: 8,471

54. March Comes in Like a Lion (2016–2018)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A 17 year old socially awkward orphaned shogi player, dealing with adult problems like financial difficulties, loneliness, and depression.

Stars: Kengo Kawanishi, Khoi Dao, Ai Kayano, Kana Hanazawa

Votes: 3,357

55. One Punch Man (2015– )

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The story of Saitama, a hero that does it just for fun & can defeat his enemies with a single punch.

Stars: Makoto Furukawa, Kaito Ishikawa, Max Mittelman, Zach Aguilar

Votes: 185,903

56. Space Brothers (2012–2014)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

One evening two brothers see what appears to be a UFO in the sky. Whether or not that was the case becomes irrelevant, but it does spark an interest in space and the two brothers make a ... See full summary »

Stars: Miyuki Sawashiro, Hiroaki Hirata, Kenichiro Ohashi, Yûko Sanpei

Votes: 557

57. Suzume (2022)

PG | 122 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

77 Metascore

A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.

Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu, Shôta Sometani

Votes: 39,312

58. Run with the Wind (2018–2019)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Sport

Haiji wants to enter the Hakone Ekiden marathon with his dormmates, but they all have to train first!.

Stars: Mike Haimoto, Shin'ya Takahashi, Taito Ban, Shun'ichi Maki

Votes: 1,691

59. Land of the Lustrous (2017)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

The Houseki fight against the Moon Dwellers, beings who attack them and use their shattered bodies as decorations. Each Houseki is assigned a role, and Phos, the youngest, is assigned to create an encyclopedia of natural history.

Stars: Tomoyo Kurosawa, Sarah Wiedenheft, Ai Kayano, Yumi Uchiyama

Votes: 2,068

60. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2020)

99 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

Tsuneo is a university student and Josee is a young girl who has rarely gone out of the house by herself due to her being unable to walk. The two meet when Tsuneo finds Josee's grandmother taking her out for a evening walk.

Director: Kôtarô Tamura | Stars: Kaya Kiyohara, Taishi Nakagawa, Matsutera Chiemi, Kengo Kawanishi

Votes: 7,906

61. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (2016–2018)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

Saiki Kusuo is a powerful psychic who hates attracting attention, yet he is surrounded by colorful characters who always find a way to remove him from his everyday life.

Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ai Kayano

Votes: 10,694

62. Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (2011)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy

Follow the adventures of three ordinary girls as they learn their most important lessons the hard way. Meanwhile, a pocket-sized professor makes life difficult for a robot who just wants to be normal.

Stars: Shizuka Furuya, Hiromi Konno, Mariko Honda, Minoru Shiraishi

Votes: 3,515

63. 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: 85,345

64. Slam Dunk (1993–1996)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

About Sakuragi Hanamichi, a freshman of Shohoku High School who joins the basketball team because of the girl he has a crush on, Haruko. Although he is newbie in this sport, he is no ordinary basketball player.

Stars: Hisao Egawa, Eriko Hara, Akiko Hiramatsu, Yukimasa Kishino

Votes: 7,313

65. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation (2021– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a bus, but his story isn't over. Reincarnated as an infant, he'll embark on an epic adventure.

Stars: Yumi Uchiyama, Tomokazu Sugita, Amber Lee Connors, Ai Kakuma

Votes: 19,858

66. 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: 11,327

67. Bakemonogatari (2009–2010)

TV-14 | 367 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. Cured of his vampirism, he seeks to help other supernaturals with their problems. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, revealing secrets in people he once knew.

Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Kitamura, Yuka Iguchi, Chiwa Saitô

Votes: 6,574

68. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Not Rated | 89 min | Animation, Drama, War

94 Metascore

A young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara

Votes: 310,627

69. 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: 16,064

70. Given (2020)

59 min | Animation, Drama, Music

The film centers on the love relationship among the Given music band's bassist Haruki Nakayama, drummer Akihiko Kaji, and Akihiko's roommate and ex-boyfriend Ugetsu Murata.

Director: Hikaru Yamaguchi | Stars: Kotaro Asanuma, Takuya Eguchi, Masatomo Nakazawa, Yuma Uchida

Votes: 2,442

71. Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)

TV-14 | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

An unpopular manga artist has to care for his new neighbor, a 5-year-old child living alone.

Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kayleigh McKee, Jennifer Losi

Votes: 4,298

72. Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song (2021)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The female looking and first autonomous AI named Diva is created for one mission to make everyone happy by singing. Shortly Diva is confronted by an unknown "program" from the future with objective to make Diva join him and destroy AIs.

Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Jun Fukuyama, Cristina Valenzuela, Max Mittelman

Votes: 4,082

73. Blue Lock (2022– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Sport, Thriller

High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best and most egoistic striker in the world.

Stars: Ricco Fajardo, Aaron Dismuke, Drew Breedlove, Alex Hom

Votes: 13,149

74. The Eminence in Shadow (2022–2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When Cid is isekai'd to another world, he creates an underground organization to live out a fight against a made-up cult. Little does he know the cult is real, and they're not happy his power fantasy just impeded their plans.

Stars: Seiichiro Yamashita, Haruka Shiraishi, Inori Minase, Asami Seto

Votes: 6,403

75. Fruits Basket (2019–2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

After Tohru is taken in by the Soma family, she learns that twelve family members transform involuntarily into animals of the Chinese zodiac and helps them deal with the emotional pain caused by the transformations.

Stars: Manaka Iwami, Laura Bailey, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Eric Vale

Votes: 9,074

76. The Founder of Diabolism (2018–2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Two men with opposing ideologies embark on a mission to unravel the mysteries of the spiritual world. Fighting demons, ghosts, and even other cultivators, the two end up forming a bond that neither of them had ever expected.

Stars: Jiang Bian, Sanmu Liu, Ketsu, Kei Gambit

Votes: 2,443

77. Grand Blue Dreaming (2018)

Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A college student spends his year at the seaside town of Izu, having fun on the beach with his school friends.

Stars: Yuma Uchida, Ryohei Kimura, Hiroki Yasumoto, Katsuyuki Konishi

Votes: 4,223

78. Barakamon (2014)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A proud young calligrapher is punished for punching a critic by being sent to a faraway island in the east coast of Japan. But as he meets and lives with the island's friendly people, his attitude begins to improve.

Stars: Daisuke Ono, Suzuko Hara, Nozomi Furuki, Rina Endô

Votes: 4,191

79. 86 (2021–2022)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The Republic of San Magnolia is at war with its neighboring country, the Empire of Giad. Both sides use unmanned drones to conduct a "war without casualties". The story follows Lena as she commands a squad of drones called the 86.

Stars: Suzie Yeung, Billy Kametz, Maureen Price, Shoya Chiba

Votes: 7,699

80. Great Pretender (2020–2024)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Japanese conman crosses paths with a French rival, and gets entangled in conspiracies and scams beyond his wildest dreams.

Stars: Chiaki Kobayashi, Jun'ichi Suwabe, Natsumi Fujiwara, Wolf Williams

Votes: 6,713

81. Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)

TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.

Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Satya Bhabha, Kieran Culkin

Votes: 16,905

82. Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)

Not Rated | 115 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

72 Metascore

Escaping war, an immortal girl blessed with Eternal Youth finds a lone surviving infant and decides to raise him as her son.

Directors: Masakazu Hashimoto, Jong Heo, Tadashi Hiramatsu, Tatsuyuki Nagai, Mari Okada, Toshiya Shinohara | Stars: Manaka Iwami, Miyu Irino, Yôko Hikasa, Hiroaki Hirata

Votes: 8,406

83. Katanagatari (2010)

TV-PG | 50 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Kyotoryuu, is the legendary fencing school. However, instead of a sword, it uses one's hands and legs as weapons. Shichika and his sister Nanami are the sole remaining descendants of the ... See full summary »

Stars: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yukari Tamura, Masako Ikeda, Haruka Tomatsu

Votes: 1,594

84. Heavenly Delusion (2023)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Mystery

A boy grows up behind the safe walls of an apocalyptic Japan full of monsters. Tokyo flourishes as a paradise, while outside the walls of hell dangers lurk. However, a small group searches for heaven.

Stars: Gen Satô, Sayaka Senbongi, Hibiku Yamamura, Nick Martineau

Votes: 6,601

85. Dr. Stone (2019– )

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Awakened into a world where humanity has been petrified, scientific genius Senku and his brawny friend Taiju use their skills to rebuild civilization.

Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Manami Numakura, Gen Satô, Kengo Kawanishi

Votes: 27,943

86. Shirobako (2014–2015)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A group of friends move to Tokyo and get jobs in the anime industry.

Stars: Juri Kimura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Greg Cote

Votes: 1,143

87. 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: 3,796

88. Fate/strange Fake: Whispers of Dawn (2023 TV Movie)

56 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Fate/strange fake is a light novel from the Fate franchise that takes place in an alternate universe, where various factions fight for the Holy Grail in a fictional US town called Snowfield... See full synopsis »

Directors: Shun Enokido, Takahito Sakazume | Stars: Ben Balmaceda, David W. Collins, Junya Enoki, Yoko Fujita

Votes: 317

89. Skip and Loafer (2023)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Mitsumi moves to Tokyo to attend a prestigious school and achieve her dreams of making positive change in the world. But while she's got book smarts, she soon finds herself inexperienced in big city norms, and struggles to make friends.

Stars: Megumi Han, Maaya Uchida, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Yuka Terasaki

Votes: 1,539

90. Parasyte: The Maxim (2014–2015)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Action, Drama

17-year-old Shinichi Izumi is partially infected by a Parasyte, monsters that butcher and consume humans. He must learn to co-exist with the creature if he is to survive both the life of a Parasyte and a human as part monster, part person.

Stars: Aya Hirano, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Rinka H.B.B., Brittney Karbowski

Votes: 48,765

91. Psycho-Pass (2012–2019)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Believing in humanity and order, policewoman Akane Tsunemori obeys the ruling, computerized, precognitive Sibyl System. But when she faces a criminal mastermind who can elude this perfect system, she questions both Sibyl and herself.

Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Noriko Hidaka, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 22,337

92. Rainbow: The Seven from Compound Two, Cell Six (2010)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Set in 1955, the anime follows the story of seven teenagers locked in a reformatory, waiting for a ray of light in a daily hell of suffering and humiliation, focusing especially on how they faced the life once regained freedom.

Stars: Shun Oguri, Romi Park, Takaya Kuroda, Tatsuya Hasome

Votes: 2,976

93. Baccano! (2007–2008)

TV-MA | 24 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: 12,665

94. Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

This surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.

Stars: Yutaka Koizumi, Yui Makino, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial

Votes: 7,947

95. Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A tomboyish schoolgirl finds herself forced into repeated duels for another girl who has a role in a world revolution.

Stars: Tomoko Kawakami, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Rachael Lillis, Sharon Becker

Votes: 2,036

96. Initial D: First Stage (1998)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The story of a young delivery boy who becomes a drift-racing legend.

Stars: Shin'ichirô Miki, Steve Blum, Todd Haberkorn, Scott Menville

Votes: 4,071

97. Laid-Back Camp (2018– )

24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Nadeshiko, a high school student who has moved from Shizuoka to Yamanashi, decides to see the famous Mount Fuji.

Stars: Yumiri Hanamori, Nao Tôyama, Aki Toyosaki, Sayuri Hara

Votes: 1,856

98. Mononoke (2007)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

A mysterious man called the Medicine Seller travels along feudal Japan, uncovering and slaying evil spirits called "Mononoke".

Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Michael C. Pizzuto, Eiji Takemoto, Yukana

Votes: 2,991

99. Detective Conan (1996– )

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The cases of a detective whose physical age was chemically reversed to that of a prepubescent boy but must hide his true mental development.

Stars: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Hoang Khuyet, Akira Kamiya

Votes: 15,274

100. To Your Eternity (2021– )

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well.

Stars: Jacob Hopkins, Dorothy Elias-Fahn, Reiji Kawashima, Kenjirô Tsuda

Votes: 9,760



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