100 best anime series

List of the best TV series in the anime genre, selected by visitors to our site: Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Naruto Shippūden, Shaman King, Elfen Lied, Dr. Stone, DARLING in the FRANXX, Steins;Gate 0, Terror in Resonance, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Maid Sama!, Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, Akudama Drive, The Promised Neverland, Black Clover, Hellsing Ultimate, Ergo Proxy, Fairy Tail
Markimdb: 9
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration10:25
CharactersTeenagers, Monsters, Military, Partners, Orphans
PlotSurvival, War, Fighting Evil
TimePost-apocalypse
StylePopular

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by Titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest Titans. Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a Titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a Colossal Titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller Titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single Titan and take revenge for all of mankind.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, cartoon, crime, detective, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:25

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:38
CharactersTeenagers, Family, Heroes, Ninja
PlotMartial Arts, Relationship, Adventures
StyleSpectacular, By comics, Fascinating, Makes me think, By manga

The Hidden Leaf Village has entered an era of peace and modernity. Tall buildings line the streets, giant screens flash with images, and the Thunder Rail runs through the village, connecting each district together. Though it's still a ninja village, the number of civilians has increased and the life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. The other students are ready to dismiss him as "just the son of the Hokage,” but Boruto’s heart and character blow all their assumptions away. As a series of mysterious events begins to unfold, it’s up to Boruto and his new friends to handle them. Like a gale-force wind, Boruto makes his own way into everyone's hearts; his story is about to begin!!

Markimdb: 8.6
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:24
CharactersTeenagers, Ninja, Friends, Heroes, Partners
PlotSuperpowers, Adventures, betrayal, Martial Arts, Travel
PlaceVillage, Japan
StylePopular, Spectacular

Naruto Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, Orochimaru. After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work, though it will not be easy, as He has amassed a few (more dangerous) enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:22
CharactersGhosts, Shamans
PlotSuperpowers

Asakura Yoh is a shaman, a person who communicates with ghosts. He enters the Shaman Fight, for whoever wins the tournament gets to commune with the Great Spirit, God . . . that and his fiance Anna wants to be the wife of the Shaman King. Helping him are his friends Manta, Horo Horo, Ryu, and his samurai ghost partner, Amidamaru. Once every 500 years, there's an event called the Shaman Fight, and whoever wins becomes the Shaman King and can use the most powerful spirits ever. Asakura Yoh comes to Tokyo to train and become the Shaman King. Accompanied by many friends, he defeats many enemies along and the way, and gets more friends. Yoh is a young shaman, one who can see and communicate with spirits. Shaman's also have another power,the ability to unify with spirits and use the spirit's fighting skills. Yoh is training to become the Shaman King, strongest among all Shamans, a title won by winning the Grand Tournament that takes place every 500 years. Helping him are his best friend Morty, a short kid who can also see ghosts, Amidamaru, an old samurai and his spirit partner, and his fiance Ana, a spirit meduim and his trainer. However, another Shaman family is trying to keep Yoh out of the tournament. Along the way he meets a bunch of other misfit ghosts and wannabe Shamans.

Markimdb: 8
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration05:50
CharactersScientists
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Lost memory
TimeFuture

The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:42
CharactersTeenagers, Pupils, Scientists
PlotSurvival, Apocalypse
PlaceVillage
TimePost-apocalypse, Future
StyleRomantic, Fascinating, By manga

One fateful day, all of humanity was petrified by a blinding flash of light. After several millennia, high schooler Taiju awakens and finds himself lost in a world of statues. However, he's not alone! His science-loving friend Senku's been up and running for a few months and he's got a grand plan in mind, to kickstart civilization with the power of science!

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:30
CharactersTeenagers, Robots, Monsters, Partners
PlotLove, Death, Jealousy
TimeFuture
StyleRomantic, Spectacular, Twisted plot

The story is set in the distant future. The land is ruined, and humanity establishes the mobile fort city Plantation. Pilots produced inside Plantation live in Mistilteinn, also know as the "birdcage." Children live there knowing nothing of the outside world or the freedom of the sky. Their lives consist of battling to carry out missions. Their enemies are mysterious giant lifeforms known as Kyouryuu, and the children pilot robots called Franxx to face off against them. For the children, riding the Franxx proves their existence. A boy named Hiro is called Code:016, and he was once known as a prodigy. However, he has fallen behind, and his existence seems unnecessary. Not piloting a Franxx is the same as ceasing to exist. One day, a mysterious girl known as "Zero Two" appears before him. Two horns grow out of her head.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrefantastic, thriller, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:53
PlotTime travel, Travel, Artificial Intelligence

The dark untold story of Steins;Gate that leads with the eccentric mad scientist Okabe, struggling to recover from a failed attempt at rescuing Kurisu. He decides to give up and abandons his lively scientist alter ego, in pursuit to forget the past. When all seems to be normal, he is seemingly pulled back into the past by meeting an acquaintance of Kurisu, who tells him that they have begun testing a device that stores the memory of a human and creates a simulation of them with their characteristics and personalities. Okabe begins testing and finds out that the simulation of Kurisu has brought back anguish and some new unexpected tragedies. Zero is a side story that explores events from the Beta Attractor Field's future that contribute in making the end of the original story possible.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrethriller, drama, cartoon, crime, detective, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:25
CharactersOrphans
Plotbetrayal, Investigation, Death, Religion, The escape

In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:37
CharactersDemons, Heroes
PlotRevenge, Supernatural, Death, Travel, Adventures
PlaceJapan
StyleSpectacular, Fascinating, By manga

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration10:50

Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president at a once all-boys school turned co-ed. She rules the school with strict discipline demeanor. But she has a secret—she works at a maid cafe due to her families circumstances. One day the popular A-student and notorious heart breaker Takumi Usui finds out her secret and makes a deal with her to keep it hush from the school in exchange for spending some time with him.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genreaction, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:22
CharactersSamurai, Heroes, Friends, Warriors
PlotLove, Martial Arts, Travel, Adventures
PlaceJapan
StyleSpectacular, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Makes me think

Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets them out of hot water with the local magistrate, they agree to join her search for the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
CharactersCriminals, Heroes
PlaceJapan
StyleSpectacular, By manga

Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama's way of life and witnesses their criminal drives.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon, crime, anime
CountryJapan, USA
Duration00:25
CharactersHackers, Warriors, Partners
PlotAdventures
PlaceSpace
TimeFuture
StylePopular, Spectacular, Atmospheric

In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters (also referred to as "Cowboys") chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, cartoon, detective, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:30
CharactersFamily, Demons, Childrens, Orphans
PlotRevenge, Survival, Death, Adventures
PlaceJapan
TimeFuture
StyleAction, Fascinating, Touching, By manga

The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood relations. However, their everyday life suddenly came to an abrupt end one day...

Markimdb: 8.3
Genreaction, fantasy, comedy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:15
CharactersTeenagers, Wizards, Orphans, Magic Items
PlotMagic, Adventures, Sword Battles
PlaceSchool of Magic
StyleSpectacular, By manga

Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrehorror, action, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:50
CharactersVampire, Monsters, Heroes
PlotSupernatural, Death, Shootouts
StyleAtmospheric

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, have long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from the creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing, controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator — a vampire by the name of Alucard. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, the Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivalling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago... A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin. The dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, cartoon, detective, anime
CountryJapan
Duration09:35
CharactersRobots, Heroes
PlotApocalypse, Investigation, Adventures, Technology, Intrigue
PlaceParallel worlds, Japan
TimeFuture
StyleSpectacular, Atmospheric

Ergo Proxy is a science fiction suspense anime television series, produced by Manglobe, which premiered across Japan on 25 February 2006 on the WOWOW satellite network. It is directed by Shukō Murase, with screenplay by Dai Satō et al.. Ergo Proxy has been described as a dark sciencefiction mystery with philosophical underpinnings. It features a combination of 2D digital cel animation, 3D computer modeling, and digital special effects.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:25
CharactersDragons, Heroes, Wizards
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural
StyleSpectacular, Easy, Action

Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrefantastic, action, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration09:32
PlotDepression
PlaceJapan
StyleSpectacular

At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantasy, drama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:04
CharactersBartenders
PlotLove, Death, Life after death, Lost memory
StyleSpectacular

There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling new series where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: your life is on the line.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
CharactersGods, Orphans
PlotLove, Adventures, Everyday life
StyleRomantic, Women in the lead roles, Uplifting

Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan

In the winter of 2117, a runaway vehicle crashes into the Public Safety Bureau Building. The driver is identified as Izumi Yasaka, a psychological counselor at the Sanctuary, a Latent Criminal Isolation Facility in Aomori Prefecture. But right before her interrogation, Inspector Mika Shimotsuki and Enforcer Nobuchika Ginoza are tasked with promptly escorting Yasaka back to Aomori. What awaits them there is a False Paradise.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan, USA
CharactersZombie
PlotInvestigation, Viruses

Years after the horrors of Raccoon City, Leon and Claire find themselves consumed by a dark conspiracy when a viral attack ravages the White House.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, drama, cartoon, detective, anime
CountryJapan
Duration05:00
CharactersTeenagers
PlotSupernatural, Death, Curses
PlaceSchool, Japan
StyleAtmospheric, Action, Fancy, Twisted plot

When Kouichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror, action, fantasy, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration01:00
CharactersSamurai, Demons, Heroes, Orphans, Monks
PlotWar, Revenge, Supernatural, Travel, Adventures
TimeDark ones
StyleSpectacular, Dark, Fascinating

A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration05:50
CharactersTeenagers, Angels, Pupils, Heroes
PlotSuperpowers, War, Supernatural, Life after death, Uprising
PlaceSchool
StyleEasy, To cry, Touching

Angel Beats takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront — an organization she leads which fights against God. The Battlefront fight against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:25

Ouran High School Host Club is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and outside the Club and satirizes the clichés and stereotypes that endure in shōjo. There are also occasional moments where the characters break the fourth wall. The manga has been adapted into a series of audio dramas, an animated television series directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, and a visual novel by Idea Factory.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, adventure, cartoon, anime
CountryJapan
Duration00:25
CharactersTeenagers, Heroes
PlotSuperpowers, Supernatural, Adventures, Money, Intrigue
StyleSpectacular, Action, Fascinating

In a fantasy world, fighter Tatsumi sets out for the Capitol to earn money for his starving village, and finds a world of unimaginable corruption, all spreading from the depraved Prime Minister who controls the child Emperor's ear. After nearly becoming a victim of this corruption himself, Tatsumi is recruited by Night Raid, a group of assassins dedicated to eliminating the corruption plaguing the Capitol by mercilessly killing those responsible.





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