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
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
SSSS.Dynazenon
Restaurant to Another World 2
My Hero Academia Season 5
Kageki Shojo!!
Those Snow White Notes
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Fena: Pirate Princess
Heaven's Design Team
Lupin the Third Part 6
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
World Trigger 2nd Season
Wonder Egg Priority
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Mieruko-chan
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Selection Project
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Build-Divide -#000000- Code Black
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
So I'm a Spider, So What?
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
The Slime Diaries
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
Idoly Pride
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Burning Kabaddi
Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"
Gintama: The Semi-Final
Tokyo Revengers
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
The Faraway Paladin
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Scissor Seven (2021)
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Takt Op. Destiny
My Senpai is Annoying
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
Edens Zero
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
Super Cub
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
Link Click Episode 5.5
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Dragon Goes House-Hunting
Night Head 2041
Voy@ger
Kemono Jihen
The Dungeon of Black Company
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!
PUI PUI MOLCAR
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - SNS
Perfect World
Godzilla Singular Point
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Hetalia: World Stars
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω
Re-Main
Can I Make Your Ears Happy in 180 Seconds?
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern
Night World
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
The Way of the Househusband
Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Back Arrow
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
I’m Standing on a Million Lives Season 2
Otherside Picnic
Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Licht Nameless Girl
Muv-Luv Alternative
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!
Girlfriend, Girlfriend
Remake Our Life!
Record of Ragnarok
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
High-Rise Invasion
Peach Boy Riverside
Summer Ghost
The Way of the Househusband Part 2
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
Sakugan
Days
Star Wars: Visions
Fairy Ranmaru
Getter Robo Arc
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
Cells at Work!!
Platinum End
SHAMAN KING (2021)
Visual Prison
"Deji" Meets Girl
Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Specials
Spare Me, Great Lord!
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
Backflip!!
Rumble Garanndoll
Sharedol
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
GANBARE DOUKICHAN
Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
The Detective Is Already Dead
Koikimo
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?
Gekidol
Mars Red
Sorairo Utility
Let's Make a Mug Too
The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
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
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki
SSSS.Dynazenon
Restaurant to Another World 2
My Hero Academia Season 5
Kageki Shojo!!
Those Snow White Notes
Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table
Fena: Pirate Princess
Heaven's Design Team
Lupin the Third Part 6
Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia II: Song I am
World Trigger 2nd Season
Wonder Egg Priority
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
Mieruko-chan
Life Lessons with Uramichi-Oniisan
Selection Project
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut
Build-Divide -#000000- Code Black
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
So I'm a Spider, So What?
The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent
The Slime Diaries
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
Idoly Pride
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Burning Kabaddi
Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Ultra Romantic "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"
Gintama: The Semi-Final
Tokyo Revengers
The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
The Faraway Paladin
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Scissor Seven (2021)
Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House
Takt Op. Destiny
My Senpai is Annoying
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! X
Edens Zero
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace
Super Cub
BanG Dream! Episode of Roselia I: Promise
Link Click Episode 5.5
Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway
Dragon Goes House-Hunting
Night Head 2041
Voy@ger
Kemono Jihen
The Dungeon of Black Company
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Great Mankai Chapter
Bungo Stray Dogs Wan!
PUI PUI MOLCAR
Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town?
Tonikawa: Over The Moon For You - SNS
Perfect World
Godzilla Singular Point
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Hetalia: World Stars
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord Ω
Re-Main
Can I Make Your Ears Happy in 180 Seconds?
Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note - Waver, Reunion, and the Magic Lantern
Night World
Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
The Way of the Househusband
Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA
Pretty Boy Detective Club
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 - The Eve of Awakening
Back Arrow
The Ancient Magus' Bride: The Boy from the West and the Knight of the Blue Storm
Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside
I’m Standing on a Million Lives Season 2
Otherside Picnic
Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya: Licht Nameless Girl
Muv-Luv Alternative
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!
Girlfriend, Girlfriend
Remake Our Life!
Record of Ragnarok
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
High-Rise Invasion
Peach Boy Riverside
Summer Ghost
The Way of the Househusband Part 2
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Joran The Princess of Snow and Blood
Sakugan
Days
Star Wars: Visions
Fairy Ranmaru
Getter Robo Arc
Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
Cells at Work!!
Platinum End
SHAMAN KING (2021)
Visual Prison
"Deji" Meets Girl
Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Specials
Spare Me, Great Lord!
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
Backflip!!
Rumble Garanndoll
Sharedol
The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
GANBARE DOUKICHAN
Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
The Detective Is Already Dead
Koikimo
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?
Gekidol
Mars Red
Sorairo Utility
Let's Make a Mug Too
The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement
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.
