# The best anime series of 2024

Dandadan, Delicious in Dungeon and Frieren: the anime of 2024 critics ranked highest (IndieWire, SlashFilm, CBR, MovieWeb).

- 30 votes · 10 items
- Sep 4, 2025 · Connor MacDonald
- https://even.best/en/l/1954/the-best-anime-series-of-2024

## Top 10

1. **Dandadan** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Aliens, ghosts and teenage romance; it surprised everyone from its October premiere.
2. **Delicious in Dungeon** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Adventurers cooking the monsters they fight; the surprise of the year.
3. **The Apothecary Diaries** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Political intrigue and medical mysteries in the imperial palace.
4. **Kaiju No. 8** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A man who wanted to fight kaiju turns into one.
5. **Dragon Ball Daima** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Akira Toriyama's last story: adventure, gags and martial arts.
6. **Frieren: Beyond Journey's End** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — An elf mage reflects on time and loss after the hero's journey ends.
7. **Demon Slayer: Hashira Training** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Tanjiro trains with the Hashira before the final battle.
8. **Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Sharp pacing and high production values for the final arc.
9. **My Hero Academia (season 7)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The final war begins for Deku and his classmates.
10. **Solo Leveling** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — The weakest hunter becomes the strongest.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.