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.
Odd Taxi
Gintama: The Very Final
Link Click
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2
World Trigger 3rd Season
Laid-Back Camp Season 2
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Ranking of Kings
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Love Live! SuperStar!!
Non Non Biyori Nonstop
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Horimiya
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
86 Eighty-Six
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
The Quintessential Quintuplets 2
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
Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!
The Daily Life of the Immortal King 2
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
Komi Can't Communicate
To Your Eternity
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
Sonny Boy
BEASTARS Season 2
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The Aquatope on White Sand
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
The Case Study of Vanitas
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Blue Period
Belle
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Baki Hanma
The Vampire Dies in No Time
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Short Animation Series
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage
given - on the other hand
SK8 the Infinity
Gintama: The Very Final
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2
World Trigger 3rd Season
Laid-Back Camp Season 2
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Ranking of Kings
Fruits Basket: The Final Season
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc
86 Eighty-Six Part 2
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
Love Live! SuperStar!!
Non Non Biyori Nonstop
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Horimiya
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Part 2
86 Eighty-Six
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
The Quintessential Quintuplets 2
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
Fate/Grand Order: Final Singularity - Grand Temple of Time: Solomon
IDOLISH7 Third BEAT!
The Daily Life of the Immortal King 2
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
The Irregular at Magic High School: Reminiscence Arc
Komi Can't Communicate
To Your Eternity
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
Sonny Boy
BEASTARS Season 2
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The Aquatope on White Sand
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
The Case Study of Vanitas
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Blue Period
Belle
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK!
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Baki Hanma
The Vampire Dies in No Time
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S Short Animation Series
BanG Dream! FILM LIVE 2nd Stage
given - on the other hand
SK8 the Infinity
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.
