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
The Squid Girl 2
Wandering Son
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
The Future Diary
Shakugan no Shana: Season III
Wagnaria!!2
No. 6
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love
Un-Go
Carnival Phantasm
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily
![[C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/160/1649244151.jpg)
[C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian
Is This a Zombie?
Aria the Scarlet Ammo
Persona 4 the Animation
K-On!!: Plan!
You and Me.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Haganai: I don't have many friends
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream
Guilty Crown
Uta no Prince Sama
Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God
Manyu Scroll
A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives
Mayo Chiki!
Blood-C
Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break!
Dream Eater Merry
Moshidora
Dog Days
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life Episode 0
Morita-san wa Mukuchi.
Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork
OreImo Specials
Freezing
A-Channel
Toradora! Special
The World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol
Fate/Prototype
Sacred Seven
C³ - CubexCursedxCurious
Astarotte's Toy
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 8: Epilogue
A Bridge to the Starry Skies
We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky
Haganai: Black Hotpot Gives Girls a Bad Smell
Battle Girls: Time Paradox
Plastic Elder Sister
I Don't Like My Big Brother At All!
Infinite Stratos Encore: A Sextet Yearning for Love
Majikoi: Oh! Samurai Girls
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
The Squid Girl 2
Wandering Son
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
The Future Diary
Shakugan no Shana: Season III
Wagnaria!!2
No. 6
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan - Demon Capital
Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi - World's Greatest First Love
Un-Go
Carnival Phantasm
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily
![[C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility](https://media.animeoshi.com/anime/images/tmdb/480/1649244151.jpg)
[C] CONTROL - The Money and Soul of Possibility
Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl
The Mystic Archives of Dantalian
Is This a Zombie?
Aria the Scarlet Ammo
Persona 4 the Animation
K-On!!: Plan!
You and Me.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
Haganai: I don't have many friends
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream
Guilty Crown
Uta no Prince Sama
Phi-Brain ~ Puzzle of God
Manyu Scroll
A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives
Mayo Chiki!
Blood-C
Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break!
Dream Eater Merry
Moshidora
Dog Days
Nichijou - My Ordinary Life Episode 0
Morita-san wa Mukuchi.
Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers
Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork
OreImo Specials
Freezing
A-Channel
Toradora! Special
The World God Only Knows: Four Girls and an Idol
Fate/Prototype
Sacred Seven
C³ - CubexCursedxCurious
Astarotte's Toy
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Maken-Ki! Battling Venus
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 8: Epilogue
A Bridge to the Starry Skies
We Without Wings – Under the Innocent Sky
Haganai: Black Hotpot Gives Girls a Bad Smell
Battle Girls: Time Paradox
Plastic Elder Sister
I Don't Like My Big Brother At All!
Infinite Stratos Encore: A Sextet Yearning for Love
Majikoi: Oh! Samurai Girls
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.
