These are the anime that actually delivered in 2012. 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 2012
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Fate/Zero Season 2
Wolf Children
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Psycho-Pass
Gintama: Enchousen
Daily Lives of High School Boys
From the New World
Kamisama Kiss
Bakuman. Season 3
Glitter Force
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Girls und Panzer
Kids on the Slope
Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Kokoro Connect
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Tari Tari
Inazuma Eleven Go: Chrono Stones
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Hyouka
Kuroko's Basketball
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA
My Little Monster
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Space Brothers
Nisemonogatari
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Waiting in the Summer
One Piece Film: Z
Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's
Accel World
Blast of Tempest
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Humanity Has Declined
Joshiraku
Tsuritama
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
You and Me 2
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Dawn of the Shinsengumi
Kingdom
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Little Busters!
Steins;Gate: Egoistic Poriomania
Initial D Fifth Stage
AKB0048
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Season 2
Black Rock Shooter
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
Saki Episode of Side A
Sword Art Online
Another
Nekomonogatari Black
Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily ♪♪
Good Luck Girl!
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 6: Road to Ninja
Amagami SS+ plus
Jormungand
Another: The Other
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II
The Prince of Tennis II
K
Bodacious Space Pirates
A Summer-Colored Miracle
Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga Season 2
High School DxD
To LOVE Ru Darkness
Aikatsu!
Detective Opera Milky Holmes 2
Zetman
Daily Lives of High School Boys Specials
Sankarea: Undying Love
Symphogear
Inu X Boku Secret Service
Say "I Love You."
Robotics;Notes
Medaka Box Abnormal
High School DxD: Fantasy Jiggles Unleashed
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga
Kokoro Connect OVA
The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Dog Days Season 2
High School DxD OVA
Campione!
Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
BTOOOM!
The Familiar of Zero F
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Medaka Box
So, I Can't Play H!
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Chuni-Shorts
Inferno Cop
La storia della Arcana Famiglia
Haganai: A Round-Robin Story's Ending Is Way Extreme
Is This a Zombie? of the Dead
Teekyu
Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives
Kill Me Baby
Girls und Panzer OVA
Love, Election and Chocolate
Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice
See Me After Class
Code:Breaker
NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!
Place to Place
Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
OniAi
Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream
Folktales from Japan
Kamen Rider Fourze x Crayon Shin-chan
himitsukesshatakanotsume.jp
Magical Journey: Little Charo in Tohoku
One Stormy Night: Secret Friends
Paboo & Mojies
Stitch and the Planet of Sand
Picchipichi Shizuku-chan
Shi Er Shengxiao: Long Xing Tianxia
Hong Mao Lan Tu: Meng Guo Li Xian Ji
Sunset Flower Blooming
BeyWheelz: Powered by Beyblade
Lalala Demacia Second Season
Blazing Teens 4
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Specials
The Mystical Laws
Jewelpet Movie: Sweets Dance Princess
Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ Recap
Gon
21 Emon & Doraemon: Youkoso!! Hotel Tsuzureya e
KenIchi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA
Tight-rope
Polar Bear Cafe
KUROKO
Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
Yurumates 3D Plus: Natsuyasumi Maison du Wish Report
The Squid Girl OVA
Moyashimon Returns
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne – Kamogawa Days
Crayon Shin-chan Movie 20: Arashi wo Yobu! Ora to Uchuu no Princess
Kaiketsu Zorori Da-Da-Da-Daibouken!
Doraemon Movie 32: Nobita to Kiseki no Shima - Animal Adventure
The Knight in the Area
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan OVA
Tanken Driland
One Piece: Episode of Nami - Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends
A Letter to Momo
Drifters (OVA)
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D
Pokémon Black and White 2: Introduction Movie
Wolf Children
Fate/Zero Season 2
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Psycho-Pass
Gintama: Enchousen
Daily Lives of High School Boys
From the New World
Kamisama Kiss
Bakuman. Season 3
Glitter Force
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
Girls und Panzer
Kids on the Slope
Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Kokoro Connect
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Tari Tari
Inazuma Eleven Go: Chrono Stones
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012)
Hyouka
Kuroko's Basketball
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA
My Little Monster
Natsume's Book of Friends Season 4
Natsuyuki Rendezvous
Space Brothers
Nisemonogatari
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Waiting in the Summer
One Piece Film: Z
Jormungand Season 2: Perfect Order
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's
Accel World
Blast of Tempest
Dusk Maiden of Amnesia
Humanity Has Declined
Joshiraku
Tsuritama
Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
You and Me 2
Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Dawn of the Shinsengumi
Kingdom
Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Little Busters!
Steins;Gate: Egoistic Poriomania
Initial D Fifth Stage
AKB0048
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Season 2
Black Rock Shooter
Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
The Ambition of Oda Nobuna
Saki Episode of Side A
Sword Art Online
Another
Nekomonogatari Black
Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!
YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily ♪♪
Good Luck Girl!
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 6: Road to Ninja
Amagami SS+ plus
Jormungand
Another: The Other
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere II
The Prince of Tennis II
K
Bodacious Space Pirates
A Summer-Colored Miracle
Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga Season 2
High School DxD
To LOVE Ru Darkness
Aikatsu!
Detective Opera Milky Holmes 2
Zetman
Daily Lives of High School Boys Specials
Sankarea: Undying Love
Symphogear
Inu X Boku Secret Service
Say "I Love You."
Robotics;Notes
Medaka Box Abnormal
High School DxD: Fantasy Jiggles Unleashed
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga
Kokoro Connect OVA
The World God Only Knows: Tenri Arc
Mysterious Girlfriend X
Dog Days Season 2
High School DxD OVA
Campione!
Hori-san to Miyamura-kun
BTOOOM!
The Familiar of Zero F
Blue Exorcist: The Movie
Medaka Box
So, I Can't Play H!
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: Chuni-Shorts
Inferno Cop
La storia della Arcana Famiglia
Haganai: A Round-Robin Story's Ending Is Way Extreme
Is This a Zombie? of the Dead
Teekyu
Fairy Tail the Movie: The Phoenix Priestess
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled - The Wyvern Arrives
Kill Me Baby
Girls und Panzer OVA
Love, Election and Chocolate
Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice
See Me After Class
Code:Breaker
NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!
Place to Place
Pokémon: Black & White: Rival Destinies
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
OniAi
Tamagotchi! Yume Kira Dream
Folktales from Japan
Kamen Rider Fourze x Crayon Shin-chan
himitsukesshatakanotsume.jp
Magical Journey: Little Charo in Tohoku
One Stormy Night: Secret Friends
Paboo & Mojies
Stitch and the Planet of Sand
Picchipichi Shizuku-chan
Shi Er Shengxiao: Long Xing Tianxia
Hong Mao Lan Tu: Meng Guo Li Xian Ji
Sunset Flower Blooming
BeyWheelz: Powered by Beyblade
Lalala Demacia Second Season
Blazing Teens 4
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne Specials
The Mystical Laws
Jewelpet Movie: Sweets Dance Princess
Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ Recap
Gon
21 Emon & Doraemon: Youkoso!! Hotel Tsuzureya e
KenIchi: The Mightiest Disciple OVA
Tight-rope
Polar Bear Cafe
KUROKO
Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur
Yurumates 3D Plus: Natsuyasumi Maison du Wish Report
The Squid Girl OVA
Moyashimon Returns
Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne – Kamogawa Days
Crayon Shin-chan Movie 20: Arashi wo Yobu! Ora to Uchuu no Princess
Kaiketsu Zorori Da-Da-Da-Daibouken!
Doraemon Movie 32: Nobita to Kiseki no Shima - Animal Adventure
The Knight in the Area
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan OVA
Tanken Driland
One Piece: Episode of Nami - Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends
A Letter to Momo
Drifters (OVA)
Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future
Gintama: Yorinuki Gintama-san on Theater 2D
Pokémon Black and White 2: Introduction Movie
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 2012 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.
