These are the anime that actually delivered in 2011. Every score here comes from fans rating each episode as it aired, so a strong premiere can't carry a weak finale. The ranking updates weekly. Filter by Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter, or see what's airing this week.
All Seasons 2011
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3
K-ON! The Movie
Hunter x Hunter
Gintama Season 2
SKET Dance
Steins;Gate
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Bunny Drop
Gosick
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Bakuman. Season 2
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
Tiger & Bunny
Fate/Zero
Chihayafuru
Beelzebub
Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts OVA
From Up on Poppy Hill
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Tamayura: Hitotose
Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu!
THE IDOLM@STER
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 2
Is This a Zombie? OVA
Blue Exorcist
Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light
The World God Only Knows II
Penguindrum
Fairy Tail OVA
Kamisama Dolls
Heaven's Memo Pad
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
Level E
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Toriko
Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth The Animation
Deadman Wonderland
Ben-To
Inazuma Eleven Go
K-ON! The Movie
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 3
Hunter x Hunter
Gintama Season 2
SKET Dance
Steins;Gate
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Bunny Drop
Gosick
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Bakuman. Season 2
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
Tiger & Bunny
Fate/Zero
Chihayafuru
Beelzebub
Baka & Test - Summon the Beasts OVA
From Up on Poppy Hill
Kaiji: Against All Rules
Tamayura: Hitotose
Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu!
THE IDOLM@STER
Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 2
Is This a Zombie? OVA
Blue Exorcist
Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light
The World God Only Knows II
Penguindrum
Fairy Tail OVA
Kamisama Dolls
Heaven's Memo Pad
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
Level E
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2
Toriko
Croisée in a Foreign Labyrinth The Animation
Deadman Wonderland
Ben-To
Inazuma Eleven Go
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 2011 so far?
- The current number one sits at the top of this list, ranked by fans who scored every episode as it aired. The order updates weekly while the season airs.
- How are these rankings decided?
- Fans rate individual episodes, not whole shows. No critic scores, no studio hype. If a show falls apart in its second half, the ranking shows it.
