Best seinen anime
944 anime about seinen, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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4.0Ghost in the Shell
Movie · 1995 · 1 ep
Ghost in the ShellKoukaku KidoutaiMovie · 1995 · 1 ep4.02029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts…
4.0HINAMATSURI
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
HINAMATSURIHinamatsuriTV · 2018 · 12 ep4.0The comedy manga centers around a super-powered girl named Hina and Nitta, a young member of the yakuza. Hina suddenly appears in Nitta's room and threatens him with her extraordinary powers. However, they end up living together. (Source…
4.0Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!TV · 2020 · 12 ep4.0First year high schooler Midori Asakusa loves anime so much, she insists that "concept is everything" in animation. Though she draws a variety of ideas in her sketchbook, she hasn't taken the first step to creating anime, insisting that…
4.0Insomniacs After School
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
Insomniacs After SchoolKimi wa Houkago InsomniaTV · 2023 · 13 ep4.0Ganta Nakami is a high school student who suffers from insomnia. One day, he meets Isaki Magari, a girl with the same condition. A strange, but special relationship forms as they share a secret and catch up on their sleep in their school’s…
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4.0Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage
TV · 2006 · 12 ep
Black Lagoon: The Second BarrageTV · 2006 · 12 ep4.0Okajima Rokuro - now known almost exclusively as 'Rock' - was once a typical, put-upon Japanese businessman. Then, on a routine business trip, he was kidnapped and ransomed by the Lagoon Company: a band of mercenary pirates operating out…
4.0Planetes
TV · 2003 · 26 ep
PlanetesTV · 2003 · 26 ep4.0In the year 2075, mankind has reached a point where journeying between Earth, the moon and the space stations is part of daily life. However, the progression of technology in space has also resulted in the problem of the space debris…
4.0Initial D 4th Stage
TV · 2004 · 24 ep
Initial D 4th StageInitial D Fourth StageTV · 2004 · 24 ep4.0Takumi Fujiwara and brothers Keisuke and Ryousuke Takahashi have formed "Project D," a racing team aimed at bringing their driving skills to their full potential outside their prefecture. Using the internet, Project D issues challenges to…
4.0CITY THE ANIMATION
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
CITY THE ANIMATIONCity The AnimationTV · 2025 · 13 ep4.0This town, is not just a normal town. There's laughter, love and emotional moments. An unpredictable ordinary life presented by the residents. Exciting stuffs come one after another. Welcome to CITY. (Source: Kyoto Animation)
4.0The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo 3rd SeasonTV · 2026 · 12 ep4.0The third season of Kimi no Koto ga Dai Dai Dai Dai Daisuki na 100-nin no Kanojo.
4.0Bungo Stray Dogs WAN!
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
Bungo Stray Dogs WAN!Bungou Stray Dogs Wan!TV · 2021 · 12 ep4.0The peaceful days of the very popular work Bungou Stray Dogs are here. The characters of the Armed Detective Agency and the Mafia are in miniature form?! Due to Atsushi and co. becoming cute, this is a different experience to the original…
4.0Laid-Back Camp Season 3
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Laid-Back Camp Season 3Yuru Camp△ Season 3TV · 2024 · 12 ep4.0Within the narrow walls of the Outdoor Activities Club room, the few but lively members carry on the camping spirit as they have fun with DIY club experiments. Exciting experiences such as these have brought Nadeshiko Kagamihara deep into…
4.0Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro
Movie · 1979 · 1 ep
Lupin The 3rd: The Castle of CagliostroLupin III: Cagliostro no ShiroMovie · 1979 · 1 ep4.0In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin the Third's latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should've been bags of cash from a national casino turns out to be expert counterfeits! Together with his partner-in-crime Jigen…
4.0Kingdom Season 2
TV · 2013 · 39 ep
Kingdom Season 2Kingdom 2nd SeasonTV · 2013 · 39 ep4.0A year after the devastating battle against the formidable Zhao, the State of Qin has returned its focus to pursuing King Ying Zheng's ambition of conquering the other six states and unifying China. Their next target is Wei, a smaller…
4.0Wagnaria!!3: Lord of the Takanashi
Special · 2016 · 1 ep
Wagnaria!!3: Lord of the TakanashiWorking!!! Lord of the TakanashiSpecial · 2016 · 1 ep4.0The 14th and final episode of the WORKING!!! anime.
4.0xxxHOLiC◆Kei
TV · 2008 · 13 ep
xxxHOLiC◆KeiTV · 2008 · 13 ep4.0Still working to get his wish complete, Watanuki finds himself into more mess than he can handle when certain facts about his everyday life gets revealed and when he needs to learn the lesson of Yuuko the hard way. (Source: Anime News…
4.0Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
TV · 2012 · 12 ep
Hidamari Sketch x HoneycombTV · 2012 · 12 ep4.0Studying at the Yamabuki Arts High School has been a dream-come-true for Yuno, and she's learned so much already! And not just from her instructors, but from her friends and neighbors who've become her second family and made the Hidamari…
4.0In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the WorldMovie · 2019 · 1 ep4.0Suzu is a quiet and ordinary -- if not a bit of clumsy and daydreaming -- girl growing up in the outskirts of the city of Hiroshima in mid-1930s. She loves drawing sketches with pencils -- a hobby she is really good at. Following her…
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4.0Durarara!!
TV · 2010 · 24 ep
Durarara!!TV · 2010 · 24 ep4.0In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless "Black Rider" who is said to be seen…
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4.0Akira
Movie · 1988 · 1 ep
AkiraMovie · 1988 · 1 ep4.0It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident…
4.0Dorohedoro
TV · 2020 · 12 ep
DorohedoroTV · 2020 · 12 ep4.0The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by…
4.0Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -Asobi AsobaseTV · 2018 · 12 ep4.0Olivia is a blonde-haired beauty who was born and raised in Japan, but can’t speak any English. Despite always acting serious and as an intellectual, Kasumi is a bespectacled girl with short hair, who also can’t speak English. Finally…
4.0Ya Boy Kongming!
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
Ya Boy Kongming!Paripi KoumeiTV · 2022 · 12 ep4.0Fate and reincarnation deliver brilliant military strategist, Kongming, from warring, ancient China to Japan’s modern party hot spot in Shibuya City, Tokyo. After a lifetime of battles and military skirmishes, Kongming wished with his last…
4.0I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My ClassClass de 2-banme ni Kawaii Onnanoko to Tomodachi ni NattaTV · 2026 · 12 ep4.0Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely friendship grows, Maki…
4.0Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLF
TV · 2024 · 25 ep
Spice and Wolf: MERCHANT MEETS THE WISE WOLFOokami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise WolfTV · 2024 · 25 ep4.0Lawrence is a traveling merchant selling various goods from a horse-drawn cart. One day, he arrives at a village and meets a beautiful girl with the ears and tail of an animal! Her name is Holo the Wisewolf and she brings bountiful…
4.0Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail
OVA · 2010 · 5 ep
Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood TrailOVA · 2010 · 5 ep4.0Roberta, the terrorist-turned-maid that made her appearence in the first season of 'Black Lagoon', returns in this five-episode OVA series - and this time, all bets are off! Roberta's benefactor, the patriarch of the Lovelace clan, is…
4.0Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent
Movie · 2013 · 1 ep
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The AdventBerserk: Ougon Jidai-hen III - KourinMovie · 2013 · 1 ep4.0One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason. In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by Bakiraka assassins led…
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4.0SHADOWS HOUSE 2nd Season
TV · 2022 · 12 ep
SHADOWS HOUSE 2nd SeasonShadows House 2nd SeasonTV · 2022 · 12 ep4.0After finishing their "debut," Kate, Emilico and three other pairs who started with them begin a new life as adults. With the mystery of the "Shadows House" still unsolved, a new incident occurs in the children's wing. Kate and Emilico…
4.0Ruri Rocks
TV · 2025 · 13 ep
Ruri RocksRuri no HousekiTV · 2025 · 13 ep4.0High schooler Ruri Tanigawa loves shiny things. She loves them so much that she heads into the mountains to search for crystals herself—where she unexpectedly meets Nagi Arato, a graduate student studying mineralogy. As the pair start…
4.0Initial D Fifth Stage
TV · 2012 · 14 ep
Initial D Fifth StageTV · 2012 · 14 ep4.0Taking place in the sacred land of street running Kanagawa, once more Takumi Fujiwara will show his driving skills on his now legendary Hachi-roku.
4.0There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~
TV · 2026 · 5 ep
There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless… ~Next Shine~Watashi ga Koibito ni Nareru Wake Naijan, Murimuri! (※Muri ja Nakatta!?): Next Shine!TV · 2026 · 5 ep4.0"I want to learn to love myself—just the way I am!" Renako Amaori, a former gloomy and socially awkward girl, reinvented herself for high school and successfully made her debut. She even managed to join the top-tier popular group... only…
4.0Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic- "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"
Special · 2021 · 1 ep
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic- "Yu Ishigami Wants to Chat"Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Ultra Romantic Teaser PV - Ishigami Yuu wa KataritaiSpecial · 2021 · 1 ep4.0Every Thursday, Shuchiin Academy student council secretary Yuu Ishigami can be found in a state of anxiety. He counts down the hours until he can escape to the student council chamber to read the latest chapter of the popular seinen manga…
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4.0Lupin the 3rd Part V
TV · 2018 · 24 ep
Lupin the 3rd Part VLupin III: Part 5TV · 2018 · 24 ep4.0A legendary thief deserves a legendary heist, and Lupin has set his sights on his biggest bounty yet: Marco Polo, a dark-web marketplace where criminals lurk and there’s money for the taking. But just as Lupin swipes his latest fortune and…
4.0xxxHOLiC Rou
OVA · 2010 · 2 ep
xxxHOLiC RouOVA · 2010 · 2 ep4.010 years after the events of xxxHOLiC Shunmuki, a melancholic Kimihiro Watanuki has taken over the shop formerly run by the mysterious Yuuko due to a promise he made to her. His companions Maru, Moro, and Mokona live together with him in…
4.0Hidamari Sketch x Hoshimittsu
TV · 2010 · 12 ep
Hidamari Sketch x HoshimittsuHidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆TV · 2010 · 12 ep4.0Some say that life is like an unfolding tapestry, but living at the Hidamari Apartments is more like being part of a patchwork quilt, one that constantly changes as bits and pieces of the lives and dreams of the young artists who make this…
3.9K-ON!
TV · 2009 · 13 ep
K-ON!K-On!TV · 2009 · 13 ep3.9Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl entering high school, has her imagination instantly captured when she sees a poster advertising the ‘Light Music Club’. Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up. However, Yui has a…
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3.9ReLIFE
TV · 2016 · 13 ep
ReLIFETV · 2016 · 13 ep3.9The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man, who fails at every job interview he had after quitting his last company. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offered him a drug that can…