Anime TV Show Rankings

Ranked by weighted composite score — IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Kitsu, AniList & MAL

The best anime TV shows of all time, ranked by an averaged composite score across five major review platforms. Scores combine critic ratings from Rotten Tomatoes with user ratings from IMDb, Kitsu, AniList and MyAnimeList. Filter by genre, decade, or search for a specific title.

The Basics

TV Shows Ranked

Spanning 24 years (1998–2022)

Average Overall Score

83.5/100

Average age: 13 years

Highest Overall Score

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

91/100 (all 5 platforms)

Lowest Overall Score

My Hero Academia

84.1/100 (all 5 platforms)

Score Distribution

90+

80–89

70–79

Below 70

Data Completeness

25%

13 of 51 have all 5 scores

Platform Wars

IMDb

83.2

99.5

Kitsu

81.9

AniList

82.2

MAL

83.2

Most Generous

Avg: 99.5/100

Harshest Critic

Kitsu

Avg: 81.9/100

Perfect Scores

IMDb 9+: 5 · RT 100: 12 · KIT 85+: 5 · AL 85+: 13 · MAL 9+: 4

Raw Platform Averages

IMDb: 8.3/10 · RT: 100% · KIT: 81.86/100 · AL: 82.24/100 · MAL: 8.32/10

Genres & Decades

Top-Scoring Genre

Crime

Avg: 87.6/100

Most Popular Genre

Action

34 movies

Best Decade

2000s

Avg: 87.3/100

Most Represented Decade

2010s

3 movies

Fun Facts

Most Divisive

Berserk

24 point spread between platforms

Universally Loved

Serial Experiments Lain

Only 1 point spread — everyone agrees

Critic Favourite

My Hero Academia

Critics scored +19.9 higher than users

Show

Score

IMDb

KIT

MAL

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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

Ongoing

Score

93.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

100

88.7

9.25

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

2009–2010 Action Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

9.1

100

9.11

Steins;Gate

2011–2015 Comedy Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.8

100

82.3

9.07

Vinland Saga

2019–2023 Action Ongoing

Score

89.6

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.8

100

82.7

8.78

Cowboy Bebop

1998–1999 Action Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.9

100

82.3

8.75

Death Note

2006–2007 Crime Ongoing

Score

88.5

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.9

100

83.1

8.62

Attack on Titan

2013–2023 Action Ongoing

Score

88.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

9.1

84.5

8.57

Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War

2022– Action Ongoing

Score

87.8

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

83.4

8.98

The Apothecary Diaries

2023– Drama Ongoing

Score

87.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.6

N/A

86.9

8.85

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann anime TV show poster

Tengen Toppa Gurren LagannNew

2007 Action Ongoing

Score

87.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.3

100

82.2

8.64

Dandadan

2024– Action Ongoing

Score

87.2

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.3

100

85.6

8.42

One Piece

1999– Action Ongoing

Score

87.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

8.73

Neon Genesis Evangelion

1995–1996 Action Ongoing

Score

86.8

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.5

100

82.1

8.37

Monster

2004–2005 Crime Ongoing

Score

86.6

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.7

N/A

82.4

8.89

Chainsaw Man

2022 Action Ongoing

Score

86.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.3

84.2

8.43

Solo Leveling

2024– Action Ongoing

Score

86.2

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.5

100

83.1

8.17

Gintama

2005–2021 Action Ongoing

Score

86.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.7

N/A

82.1

9.02

Gachiakuta

2025– Action Ongoing

Score

85.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

100

82.9

8.22

Hunter x Hunter

2011–2014 Action Ongoing

Score

85.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

84.2

8.43

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

2019–2024 Action Ongoing

Score

84.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.6

N/A

86.3

8.41

Your Lie in April

2014–2015 Comedy Ongoing

Score

84.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.5

N/A

82.3

8.64

One Punch Man

2015– Action Ongoing

Score

84.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.6

N/A

83.5

8.48

Mob Psycho 100

2016–2022 Action Ongoing

Score

84.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.5

N/A

82.4

8.49

My Hero Academia

2016–2025 Action Ongoing

Score

84.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

100

83.3

7.83

Naruto: Shippuden

2007–2017 Action Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.7

N/A

84.1

8.29

Oshi no Ko

2023– Drama Ongoing

Score

83.6

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

82.9

8.54

Love Through a Prism anime TV show poster

Love Through a PrismNew

2026– Drama Ongoing

Score

83.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.3

N/A

81.1

—

8.51

Dragon Ball Z

1996–2003 Action Ongoing

Score

83.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.8

N/A

82.2

8.21

Fate/Strange Fake

2024– Action Ongoing

Score

82.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.3

N/A

81.3

8.44

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

2021– Action Ongoing

Score

82.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

82.2

8.33

Naruto

2002–2007 Action Ongoing

Score

82.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.4

N/A

84.1

8.02

No poster

Ginga eiyû densetsu

Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.9

N/A

78.8

—

7.81

DororoNew

2019 Action Ongoing

Score

81.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

82.1

8.26

Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion

2017 Action Ongoing

Score

81.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.3

N/A

82.3

8.71

No poster

Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World

Ongoing

Score

81.8

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

82.1

8.24

Dr. Stone

2019– Action Ongoing

Score

81.7

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.1

N/A

82.2

8.26

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai anime TV show poster

Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl SenpaiNew

2018 Drama Ongoing

Score

81.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

82.1

8.23

Sentenced to Be a Hero

2025– Action Ongoing

Score

81.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

81.3

8.19

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

2018– Action Ongoing

Score

80.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

82.2

8.13

Serial Experiments Lain anime TV show poster

Serial Experiments LainNew

1998 Drama Ongoing

Score

80.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

80.1

8.10

Black Clover

2017–2021 Action Ongoing

Score

80.2

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

78.5

8.14

Bleach

2004–2012 Action Ongoing

Score

79.6

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.2

N/A

77.3

7.99

Berserk

1997–1998 Action Ongoing

Score

79.2

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

8.7

N/A

82.2

6.34

SPY×FAMILY

2007–2010 Comedy Ongoing

Score

78.9

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

6.3

N/A

85.2

8.42

Call of the NightNew

2022–2025 Comedy Ongoing

Score

78.4

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.5

N/A

7.94

No poster

Hell’s Paradise

Ongoing

Score

78.2

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

N/A

73.6

8.09

Classroom of the Elite

2017– Drama Ongoing

Score

77.3

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.7

N/A

7.83

Fire Force

2019– Action Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.6

N/A

78.6

7.72

Prison SchoolNew

2015–2016 Comedy Ongoing

Score

75.1

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.5

N/A

76.4

7.58

Pokémon

1997–2023 Action Ongoing

Score

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.6

N/A

72.9

7.42

High School DxD

2012–2018 Action Ongoing

Score

72.7

IMDb RT KIT AL MAL

7.5

N/A

73.8

7.31