# The best anime series of all time

TV anime that keep showing up at the top of IGN's all-time ranking, MyAnimeList scores and the lists compiled on Wikipedia's 'anime listed among the best'.

- 134 votes · 25 items
- Jul 9, 2024 · Ethan Whitaker
- https://even.best/en/l/43/the-best-anime-series-of-all-time

## Top 25

1. **Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — Bones, 2009. The Elric brothers and the Philosopher's Stone; IGN's number one and MyAnimeList's top-rated for years.
2. **Cowboy Bebop** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Sunrise, 1998. Bounty hunters in space with Yoko Kanno's jazz; the gateway anime for a generation.
3. **Attack on Titan** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Wit Studio / MAPPA, 2013–2023. Humanity behind walls against the titans; one of the most-watched anime ever.
4. **Steins;Gate** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — White Fox, 2011. A microwave that sends messages to the past and a slow-burning time-travel thriller.
5. **Death Note** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Madhouse, 2006. Light Yagami's notebook that kills and the battle of wits with L.
6. **Frieren: Beyond Journey's End** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Madhouse, 2023. An elf mage after the hero's quest is over; it topped MyAnimeList's score ranking.
7. **JoJo's Bizarre Adventure** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — David Production, 2012. Generations of the Joestar family and their Stands; 'weirdly amazing', according to IGN.
8. **Neon Genesis Evangelion** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Gainax, 1995. Hideaki Anno's mecha series that turned into a psychological breakdown; still debated today.
9. **Hunter x Hunter (2011)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Madhouse, 2011. Gon searches for his father; the Chimera Ant arc is considered a peak of the medium.
10. **Gintama** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Sunrise, 2006. Samurai comedy and parody in an Edo invaded by aliens, with surprisingly serious arcs.
11. **Naruto Shippuden** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Pierrot, 2007. The second part of Naruto's story, with the Akatsuki and the Fourth Great Ninja War.
12. **One Piece** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Toei Animation, 1999–. Luffy's search for the One Piece, with more than 1,100 episodes.
13. **Clannad: After Story** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Kyoto Animation, 2008. Tomoya's life after high school; famous for making viewers cry.
14. **Dragon Ball Z** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Toei Animation, 1989. Goku, the Saiyans and Frieza; the shōnen that conquered the world.
15. **Mob Psycho 100** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Bones, 2016. A shy psychic boy and his fraud of a mentor; from the creator of One-Punch Man.
16. **Mushishi** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Artland, 2005. Ginko travels rural Japan studying mushi, ethereal life forms; calm and hypnotic.
17. **Monster** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Madhouse, 2004. Naoki Urasawa's psychological thriller about a surgeon chasing the killer he once saved.
18. **Vinland Saga** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Wit Studio / MAPPA, 2019. A Viking revenge saga that becomes a story about pacifism.
19. **Jujutsu Kaisen** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — MAPPA, 2020. Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed finger; one of the biggest hits of recent years.
20. **Haikyu!!** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Production I.G, 2014. Volleyball at Karasuno High; the best-loved sports anime.
21. **Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Sunrise, 2006. An exiled prince with the power of absolute obedience leads a rebellion.
22. **Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — ufotable, 2019. Tanjiro and his demon sister; ufotable's animation made it a global phenomenon.
23. **Legend of the Galactic Heroes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Artland, 1988. 110 episodes of space politics and war between the Empire and the Free Planets Alliance.
24. **Samurai Champloo** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Manglobe, 2004. Shinichirō Watanabe mixes Edo-era samurai with hip-hop.
25. **Your Lie in April** (-3 · ▲0 ▼3) — A-1 Pictures, 2014. A piano prodigy who can no longer hear his own playing.

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