Best anime of all time

The highest-rated anime with the biggest audiences, series and films together. Ranked by community score among titles with a real audience, so a perfect score from ten votes does not make the list. Each series counts once, by its first season.

Number one right now: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Sousou no Frieren
TV · 2023 · 28 ep
4.5 / 5
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will…
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
TV · 2009 · 64 ep
4.5 / 5
"In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost." Alchemy is bound by this Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after attempting human transmutation…
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Gintama: THE VERY FINAL
Gintama: The Final
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
4.5 / 5
Two years have passed following the Tendoshuu's invasion of the O-Edo Central Terminal. Since then, the Yorozuya have gone their separate ways. Foreseeing Utsuro's return, Gintoki Sakata begins surveying Earth's ley lines for traces of the…
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Hunter x Hunter (2011)
TV · 2011 · 148 ep
4.5 / 5
A Hunter is one who travels the world doing all sorts of dangerous tasks. From capturing criminals to searching deep within uncharted lands for any lost treasures. Gon is a young boy whose father disappeared long ago, being a Hunter. He…
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Steins;Gate
TV · 2011 · 24 ep
4.5 / 5
Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass…
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A Silent Voice
Koe no Katachi
Movie · 2016 · 1 ep
4.4 / 5
After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shouya Ishida. As Shouya continues to bully Shouko, the class turns its back on him. Shouko transfers and Shouya grows up as an outcast. Alone…
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Monster
TV · 2004 · 74 ep
4.4 / 5
Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been…
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The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
TV · 2023 · 24 ep
4.4 / 5
Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she’s sold as a lowly servant to the emperor’s palace. But she wasn’t meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in…
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu
OVA · 1988 · 110 ep
4.4 / 5
For decades, the Galactic Empire has been locked in an interstellar war with the Free Planets Alliance, a conflict that involves thousands of spaceships and millions of soldiers on both sides. Two new commanders enter the conflict with…
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ONE PIECE
One Piece
TV · 1999 · 1168 ep
4.3 / 5
Gold Roger was known as the Pirate King, the strongest and most infamous being to have sailed the Grand Line. The capture and death of Roger by the World Government brought a change throughout the world. His last words before his death…