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
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
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
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
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 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
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
BEASTARS Season 2
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The Aquatope on White Sand
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
To Your Eternity
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
The Case Study of Vanitas
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
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
SK8 the Infinity
Belle
SSSS.Dynazenon
Those Snow White Notes
Restaurant to Another World 2
The Vampire Dies in No Time
Baki Hanma
My Hero Academia Season 5
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Kageki Shojo!!
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
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
Idoly Pride
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Fena: Pirate Princess
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
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
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2
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
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
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc
Dr. STONE: STONE WARS
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 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
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
BEASTARS Season 2
The Duke of Death and His Maid
The Aquatope on White Sand
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Megalobox 2: Nomad
To Your Eternity
Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-
The Case Study of Vanitas
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Blue Period
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
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
SK8 the Infinity
Belle
SSSS.Dynazenon
Those Snow White Notes
Restaurant to Another World 2
The Vampire Dies in No Time
Baki Hanma
My Hero Academia Season 5
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Kageki Shojo!!
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
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
Idoly Pride
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Fena: Pirate Princess
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
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.