These are the anime that actually delivered in 2021. 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 2021
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING
Ranked by fans who actually watched every episode.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2
Gintama: The Very Final
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Laid-Back Camp Season 2
Ranking of Kings
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Love Live! SuperStar!!
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Non Non Biyori Nonstop
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
86 Eighty-Six
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Shadows House
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
Pompo: The Cinéphile
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Horimiya
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
The Quintessential Quintuplets 2
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Komi Can't Communicate
To Your Eternity
BEASTARS Season 2
The Aquatope on White Sand
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
The Case Study of Vanitas
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
The Duke of Death and His Maid
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Short Animation Series
Baki Hanma
SK8 the Infinity
Blue Period
Belle
SSSS.Dynazenon
Those Snow White Notes
Restaurant to Another World 2
The Vampire Dies in No Time
My Hero Academia Season 5
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Kageki Shojo!!
Heaven's Design Team
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Wonder Egg Priority
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Selection Project
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Idoly Pride
Fena: Pirate Princess
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"
Burning Kabaddi
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Mieruko-chan
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Build-Divide -#000000- Code Black
Tokyo Revengers
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
The Slime Diaries
My Senpai is Annoying
The Faraway Paladin
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Edens Zero
Super Cub
Link Click Episode 5.5
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Takt Op. Destiny
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
Voy@ger
Kemono Jihen
PUI PUI MOLCAR
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!
Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - SNS
The Dungeon of Black Company
The Way of the Househusband
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Can I Make Your Ears Happy in 180 Seconds?
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Re-Main
Night World
Remake Our Life!
Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
Perfect World
Otherside Picnic
Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Licht Nameless Girl
Star Wars: Visions
Girlfriend, Girlfriend
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Peach Boy Riverside
I’m Standing on a Million Lives Season 2
Record of Ragnarok
Summer Ghost
The Way of the Househusband Part 2
High-Rise Invasion
Cells at Work!!
Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
Platinum End
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
SHAMAN KING (2021)
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
The Detective Is Already Dead
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
GANBARE DOUKICHAN
Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III: Is It Wrong to Try to Find a Hot Spring in Orario?
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!
Sorairo Utility
The Promised Neverland Season 2
Koikimo
Let's Make a Mug Too
The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
Tawawa on Monday 2
The Honor Student at Magic High School
PuraOra! PRIDE OF ORANGE
Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose
Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist
Full Dive: The Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
Wonder Egg Priority: My Priority
EX-ARM
Pretty All Friends Selection
Milk no Kevin the Movie
Link Click x Wanglaoji
Let's Destroy the Idol Dream
Mrs. Warabi
Condom Battler Gorou: Revive
Winter Wonder Wander
Sushi Sumo
Baby in Charge
Selepro-chan! Gekijou
Ling Long: Incarnation Final Chapter
Zi Chuan: Yincang Hudong Ju
Paddy
The Laws of the Universe: Part 2
Call Star
Mashiro no Oto Mini
Pipilu Rangers 3rd Season
White Midnight
Twinkle Catch! Tiniping
The Westward 3rd Season
Children Record (Re:boot)
Vanitas no Karte: Le Chemin Parcouru Depuis la Rencontre
The Master of Diabolism 3
World Trigger 3rd Season
Fights Break Sphere: Three Year Agreement
Fairies Albums 2
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 2
Heaven Official's Blessing Special
Mewkledreamy Mix!
Palette
Yi Ren Zhi Xia 4th season
Insanely Charismatic
Inside Joke
Glory or Dust
Payback 45"
The Third Heart
Not Afraid
Rainy Boots
Doraemon & F-Chara All Stars: Sukoshi Fushigi Express
Record of Ragnarok Mini Anime
The Daily Life of the Immortal King 2
IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy
the last bullet
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 2nd Season
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage
Aria the Crepuscolo
Aria the Benedizione
Digimon Ghost Game
Darken
True Cooking Master Boy 2nd Season
The Dining of Link Lee
given - on the other hand
Reincarnation
Star Blazers Chronicle 2202
Cyberbrains
Honkai Impact 3rd - Pre-Revelation
Koufukuron
Yakou wo Yobu
World Trigger 2nd Season
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
Lupin the Third Part 6
Yan Wang: Guai Hualang
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
Comet
Healin' Good♡Precure Movie: Yume no Machi de Kyun! Tto GoGo! Daihenshin!!
Mogu Mogu Yummy!
Levitating
Real Melancholy
Nonbiri to,
One Piece: Annecy Festival 60th Anniversary
Gintama: The Semi-Final
Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
Caesura of Despair
Idol Land PriPara Episode 0
White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake
Hololive Alternative
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Introduction
Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress
KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!
Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie 2
Scissor Seven (2021)
Gintama: The Very Final
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Laid-Back Camp Season 2
Ranking of Kings
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Love Live! SuperStar!!
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Non Non Biyori Nonstop
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
86 Eighty-Six
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Shadows House
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 2
Moriarty the Patriot Part 2
Pompo: The Cinéphile
Fate/Grand Order: Divine Realm of the Round Table - Camelot Paladin; Agateram
Horimiya
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
The Quintessential Quintuplets 2
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Komi Can't Communicate
To Your Eternity
BEASTARS Season 2
The Aquatope on White Sand
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
The Case Study of Vanitas
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
The Duke of Death and His Maid
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Short Animation Series
Baki Hanma
SK8 the Infinity
Blue Period
Belle
SSSS.Dynazenon
Those Snow White Notes
Restaurant to Another World 2
The Vampire Dies in No Time
My Hero Academia Season 5
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Kageki Shojo!!
Heaven's Design Team
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Wonder Egg Priority
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Selection Project
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Idoly Pride
Fena: Pirate Princess
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"
Burning Kabaddi
So I'm a Spider, So What?
Mieruko-chan
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Build-Divide -#000000- Code Black
Tokyo Revengers
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
The Slime Diaries
My Senpai is Annoying
The Faraway Paladin
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Edens Zero
Super Cub
Link Click Episode 5.5
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Takt Op. Destiny
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
Voy@ger
Kemono Jihen
PUI PUI MOLCAR
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!
Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - SNS
The Dungeon of Black Company
The Way of the Househusband
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Can I Make Your Ears Happy in 180 Seconds?
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Re-Main
Night World
Remake Our Life!
Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
Perfect World
Otherside Picnic
Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Licht Nameless Girl
Star Wars: Visions
Girlfriend, Girlfriend
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Peach Boy Riverside
I’m Standing on a Million Lives Season 2
Record of Ragnarok
Summer Ghost
The Way of the Househusband Part 2
High-Rise Invasion
Cells at Work!!
Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
Platinum End
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
SHAMAN KING (2021)
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
The Detective Is Already Dead
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
GANBARE DOUKICHAN
Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? III: Is It Wrong to Try to Find a Hot Spring in Orario?
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!
Sorairo Utility
The Promised Neverland Season 2
Koikimo
Let's Make a Mug Too
The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
Tawawa on Monday 2
The Honor Student at Magic High School
PuraOra! PRIDE OF ORANGE
Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won't Lose
Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist
Full Dive: The Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
Wonder Egg Priority: My Priority
EX-ARM
Pretty All Friends Selection
Milk no Kevin the Movie
Link Click x Wanglaoji
Let's Destroy the Idol Dream
Mrs. Warabi
Condom Battler Gorou: Revive
Winter Wonder Wander
Sushi Sumo
Baby in Charge
Selepro-chan! Gekijou
Ling Long: Incarnation Final Chapter
Zi Chuan: Yincang Hudong Ju
Paddy
The Laws of the Universe: Part 2
Call Star
Mashiro no Oto Mini
Pipilu Rangers 3rd Season
White Midnight
Twinkle Catch! Tiniping
The Westward 3rd Season
Children Record (Re:boot)
Vanitas no Karte: Le Chemin Parcouru Depuis la Rencontre
The Master of Diabolism 3
World Trigger 3rd Season
Fights Break Sphere: Three Year Agreement
Fairies Albums 2
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 2
Heaven Official's Blessing Special
Mewkledreamy Mix!
Palette
Yi Ren Zhi Xia 4th season
Insanely Charismatic
Inside Joke
Glory or Dust
Payback 45"
The Third Heart
Not Afraid
Rainy Boots
Doraemon & F-Chara All Stars: Sukoshi Fushigi Express
Record of Ragnarok Mini Anime
The Daily Life of the Immortal King 2
IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!
Crayon Shin-chan: Shrouded in Mystery! The Flowers of Tenkazu Academy
the last bullet
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori 2nd Season
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage
Aria the Crepuscolo
Aria the Benedizione
Digimon Ghost Game
Darken
True Cooking Master Boy 2nd Season
The Dining of Link Lee
given - on the other hand
Reincarnation
Star Blazers Chronicle 2202
Cyberbrains
Honkai Impact 3rd - Pre-Revelation
Koufukuron
Yakou wo Yobu
World Trigger 2nd Season
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
Natsume's Book of Friends: The Waking Rock and the Strange Visitor
Lupin the Third Part 6
Yan Wang: Guai Hualang
New Gods: Nezha Reborn
Comet
Healin' Good♡Precure Movie: Yume no Machi de Kyun! Tto GoGo! Daihenshin!!
Mogu Mogu Yummy!
Levitating
Real Melancholy
Nonbiri to,
One Piece: Annecy Festival 60th Anniversary
Gintama: The Semi-Final
Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
Caesura of Despair
Idol Land PriPara Episode 0
White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake
Hololive Alternative
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Introduction
Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress
KU-RU-KU-RU Cruller!
Seitokai Yakuindomo Movie 2
Scissor Seven (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best anime of 2021 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.