Random Anime Generator With Year, Studio, Episode Count and Premise

One press gives you five anime, each with the year it began, the studio that made it, the episode count and one line on the premise.

Random Anime Generator With Year, Studio, Episode Count and Premise

  1. Sorcerous Stabber Orphen1998. A sorcerer searches for a way to restore a friend who was turned into a dragon. J.C.Staff, 24 episodes.
  2. The Boy and the Beast2015. A runaway boy becomes the apprentice of a bear-like warrior in a realm of beasts. Studio Chizu film.
  3. The Cat Returns2002. A girl saves a cat and finds herself engaged to the prince of the Cat Kingdom. Studio Ghibli film.
  4. Witch Hat Atelier2026. A girl told that witches are born, not made, sees a spell drawn and becomes an apprentice. Bug Films.
  5. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End2023. An elf mage retraces her old party's journey after the hero dies of old age. Madhouse.
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Random Anime Generator With Year, Studio, Episode Count and Premise: how it works

Press New anime and five titles appear, each with the year it began, the studio that animated it, the episode count where the run has ended, and one line on the premise. The list holds 369 series and 97 films, 466 titles in all, from a Toei Animation feature of 1958 to a series that aired in 2026.

Choose tonight's watch by length

Tap a genre chip, press the button and read the end of each line first. Japanese television runs in three-month blocks called cours, usually of 13 episodes, so 12 or 13 is one block and 24 to 26 is two. Here 72 series end within 13 episodes, 47 pass 100 and the longest has 1,787.

What the year, studio and count mean

The year is the first broadcast or release under that title. Two studios are named where they shared the work or split the seasons. Three rows of chips sort the list: era (134 titles before 2000, 124 from the 2000s, 208 since 2010), genre (Sci-fi and fantasy is the largest with 236) and format (369 series, 97 films). Last checked 18 September 2026.

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  • Short on time? Tap Films: each of the 97 is one sitting.
  • Nothing here is adults-only, but war dramas and crime thrillers made for older teens and adults are in. Check the age rating.
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Questions and answers

Can the random anime generator pick by genre or decade?

Yes. Three chip rows combine: era, genre and format. Tap 2000s, Sci-fi and fantasy and Films and the draw comes from the 16 titles that are all three. The eras are before 2000, the 2000s, and the 2010s and 2020s together, so for one decade, read the year that starts each line.

Why does a long show have a low episode count, or none?

The count comes from the infobox of the title's Wikipedia article. Where later seasons are listed as separate series, it covers the first run only, which is why Code Geass shows 25. A show still airing, or with a new season announced, prints no count.

Why is a title missing, and where are the pictures?

No franchise has more than five entries, sequels and films included. Adults-only titles are left out, and so are titles led by fan service or gore; that is our judgement, not a rating, and action series with violent scenes are in. In September 2026 the list was cut to the 466 titles best known outside Japan. Animation made elsewhere is on the random cartoon character generator. Artwork belongs to the studios, so results are text.

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Before 2000 134

  • 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother 1976. A boy travels from Genoa to Argentina to find his mother. Nippon Animation, 52 episodes.
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1980. Mark Twain's boy hero gets into trouble along the Mississippi. Nippon Animation, 49 episodes.
  • Aim for the Ace! 1973. A strict coach picks a schoolgirl to be a tennis champion. A Production and Tokyo Movie, 26 episodes.
  • Akira 1988. A biker's friend gains destructive psychic powers in a rebuilt Neo-Tokyo. Tokyo Movie Shinsha film.
  • Angel's Egg 1985. A girl guards a large egg in a dark, deserted city. Studio Deen OVA.
  • Anne of Green Gables 1979. A talkative red-haired orphan is adopted on Prince Edward Island. Nippon Animation, 50 episodes.
  • Anpanman 1988. A hero with a bean-bun head feeds the hungry and fights a germ villain. TMS Entertainment.
  • Astro Boy 1963. A robot boy built in a lost son's image fights crime and injustice. Mushi Production, 193 episodes.
  • Barefoot Gen 1983. A boy and his family live through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Madhouse film.
  • The Big O 1999. A negotiator in a city with no memories pilots a giant robot. Sunrise, 13 episodes.
  • Boys Over Flowers 1996. A girl of modest means defies the four rich boys who rule her school. Toei Animation, 51 episodes.
  • Candy Candy 1976. An orphan girl grows up and looks for love in early 1900s America. Toei Animation, 115 episodes.
  • Captain Tsubasa 1983. A football-mad boy dreams of winning the World Cup for Japan. Tsuchida Production, 128 episodes.
  • Cardcaptor Sakura 1998. A fourth-grader must recapture magical cards she accidentally released. Madhouse, 70 episodes.
  • Castle in the Sky 1986. A boy and a girl with a glowing crystal race pirates to a floating island. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The Castle of Cagliostro 1979. A master thief finds a counterfeiting plot while saving a bride from a count. Tokyo Movie Shinsha film.
  • Cat's Eye 1983. Three cafe-owning sisters steal back their father's art collection. Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 36 episodes.
  • Chibi Maruko-chan 1990. Everyday life of a lazy, funny nine-year-old in 1970s suburban Japan. Nippon Animation, 142 episodes.
  • City Hunter 1987. A sharpshooting private eye takes odd jobs in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. Sunrise, 51 episodes.
  • Cowboy Bebop 1998. Bounty hunters drift from job to job across the solar system in an old ship. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Crayon Shin-chan 1992. A cheeky five-year-old embarrasses his parents daily in suburban Kasukabe. Shin-Ei Animation.
  • Cutie Honey 1973. An android schoolgirl turns sword-wielding heroine to avenge her father. Toei Animation, 25 episodes.
  • Cyborg 009 1968. Nine people rebuilt as cyborg weapons turn on the group that made them. Toei Animation, 26 episodes.
  • Detective Conan 1996. A teenage detective shrunk into a child's body keeps solving murders in secret. TMS Entertainment.
  • Digimon Adventure 1999. Seven kids at summer camp are swept into a world of digital monsters. Toei Animation, 54 episodes.
  • Dog of Flanders 1975. A poor Flemish boy with a cart dog dreams of painting. Zuiyo Eizo and Nippon Animation, 52 episodes.
  • Doraemon 1979. A robot cat from the future helps a hapless boy with pocket gadgets. Shin-Ei Animation, 1,787 episodes.
  • Dr. Slump 1981. An inventor builds a super-strong robot girl in a village of oddballs. Toei Animation, 243 episodes.
  • Dragon Ball 1986. A monkey-tailed boy hunts seven wish-granting orbs and joins tournaments. Toei Animation, 153 episodes.
  • Dragon Ball GT 1996. Goku is turned back into a child and searches space for the Dragon Balls. Toei Animation, 64 episodes.
  • Dragon Ball Z 1989. A grown-up Goku defends Earth from alien warriors, androids and worse. Toei Animation, 291 episodes.
  • Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 1991. A boy raised by monsters on a remote island trains to become a hero. Toei Animation, 46 episodes.
  • Esper Mami 1987. A schoolgirl finds she has psychic powers and sets out to help people. Shin-Ei Animation, 119 episodes.
  • Fist of the North Star 1984. A martial artist roams a post-apocalyptic wasteland protecting the weak. Toei Animation, 109 episodes.
  • Fushigi Yûgi 1995. A schoolgirl is pulled into a book set in ancient China as a priestess. Studio Pierrot, 52 episodes.
  • Future Boy Conan 1978. A boy on a drowned future Earth sets out to rescue a captured girl. Nippon Animation, 26 episodes.
  • Galaxy Express 999 1978. A boy rides a space train toward a planet that hands out machine bodies. Toei Animation, 113 episodes.
  • GeGeGe no Kitaro 1968. A ghost boy keeps the peace between humans and the yokai of folklore. Toei Animation, 65 episodes.
  • Ghost in the Shell 1995. A cyborg security officer hunts a hacker who takes over human minds. Production I.G film.
  • Glass Mask 1984. A girl with a gift for acting competes for a legendary stage role. Eiken, 22 episodes.
  • Grave of the Fireflies 1988. Two orphaned siblings try to survive in Kobe as the Second World War ends. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun 1968. A boy with a legendary sword defends a village from an ice demon. Toei Animation film.
  • Great Teacher Onizuka 1999. A former biker gang leader becomes an unorthodox, fiercely loyal teacher. Studio Pierrot, 43 episodes.
  • Gunbuster 1988. A clumsy cadet trains to pilot a giant robot against space monsters. Gainax OVA, 6 episodes.
  • Heidi, Girl of the Alps 1974. An orphan girl goes to live with her gruff grandfather in the Swiss Alps. Zuiyo Eizo, 52 episodes.
  • His and Her Circumstances 1998. Two model students hiding their true selves fall for each other. Gainax and J.C.Staff, 26 episodes.
  • Hunter × Hunter (1999) 1999. A boy takes a deadly exam to become a Hunter and find his absent father. Nippon Animation, 62 episodes.
  • Initial D 1998. A tofu delivery boy becomes a mountain pass racing legend. Studio Comet and Studio Gallop, 26 episodes.
  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade 1999. A special police officer is haunted by a girl he failed to stop. Production I.G film.
  • Kiki's Delivery Service 1989. A thirteen-year-old witch starts a flying delivery service in a seaside city. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Kimagure Orange Road 1987. A teenage psychic is stuck in a love triangle he keeps failing to resolve. Studio Pierrot, 48 episodes.
  • Kimba the White Lion 1965. A white lion cub tries to bring peace between animals and humans. Mushi Production, 52 episodes.
  • The Kindaichi Case Files 1997. The slacker grandson of a famous detective solves locked-room mysteries. Toei Animation, 148 episodes.
  • Kinnikuman 1983. A clumsy superhero prince wrestles to prove he deserves the throne. Toei Animation, 183 episodes.
  • Kiteretsu Daihyakka 1988. A boy inventor builds his ancestor's gadgets, first a samurai robot. Studio Gallop, 331 episodes.
  • KochiKame 1996. A lazy, scheming policeman works a small police box in old-town Tokyo. Studio Gallop.
  • Legend of the Galactic Heroes 1988. Two gifted strategists lead opposing sides of a space war. Kitty Film Mitaka Studio OVA, 110 episodes.
  • Macross Plus 1994. Two rival test pilots and a virtual pop idol clash on a colony planet. Triangle Staff OVA, 4 episodes.
  • Macross: Do You Remember Love? 1984. A film retelling of the first Macross series. Tatsunoko Production and Artland film.
  • Magic Knight Rayearth 1994. Three schoolgirls are pulled from Tokyo Tower to save another world. Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 49 episodes.
  • Magical Princess Minky Momo 1982. A dream-land princess turns into grown-up professionals to help people. Ashi Productions, 63 episodes.
  • Maison Ikkoku 1986. A struggling student falls for the young widow who runs his boarding house. Studio Deen, 96 episodes.
  • Marmalade Boy 1994. Two teenagers become step-siblings when their parents swap partners. Toei Animation, 76 episodes.
  • Martian Successor Nadesico 1996. A cook who hates fighting ends up piloting mechs on a privately owned warship. Xebec, 26 episodes.
  • Maya the Honey Bee 1975. A curious young bee leaves the hive to roam the forest. Zuiyo Eizo and Nippon Animation, 52 episodes.
  • Mazinger Z 1972. A teen pilots a giant robot against a mad scientist's mechanical beasts. Toei Animation, 92 episodes.
  • Medabots 1999. Kids battle with small customisable robots, and one boy's carries a rare medal. Bee Train, 52 episodes.
  • Memories 1995. Three sci-fi shorts, from a haunted space wreck to a city of cannons. Studio 4°C and Madhouse film.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 1979. A civilian teenager becomes the pilot of a prototype war machine in a colony war. Sunrise, 43 episodes.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 1995. Five young pilots are sent from the space colonies to strike at Earth's military. Sunrise, 49 episodes.
  • Moomin 1990. The gentle trolls of Moominvalley have small adventures. Telescreen Japan and Visual 80, 104 episodes.
  • My Neighbor Totoro 1988. Two sisters move to the countryside and meet a giant, gentle forest spirit. Studio Ghibli film.
  • My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999. Comic-strip sketches from the life of an ordinary Japanese family. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The Mysterious Cities of Gold 1982. A Spanish orphan sails to the New World in 1532 seeking his father. Studio Pierrot, 39 episodes.
  • Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water 1990. A boy inventor and a circus girl join Captain Nemo's submarine crew. Group TAC and Gainax, 39 episodes.
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984. A princess tries to stop a war in a world overrun by a toxic jungle and giant insects. Topcraft film.
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995. A withdrawn teen pilots a giant bio-mecha against Angels. Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, 26 episodes.
  • Ninja Hattori-kun 1981. A young ninja moves in with an ordinary boy and his family. Shin-Ei Animation, 694 episodes.
  • Nintama Rantaro 1993. Three bumbling first-years study at a ninja academy. Ajiado.
  • Ocean Waves 1993. A student looks back on the transfer girl who upset his last years of high school. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Oh My Goddess! 1993. A student dials a wrong number and a goddess arrives to grant him one wish. AIC OVA, 5 episodes.
  • Ojamajo Doremi 1999. A clumsy third-grader becomes a witch apprentice with her friends. Toei Animation.
  • One Piece 1999. A rubber-bodied boy gathers a pirate crew to find the greatest treasure in the world. Toei Animation.
  • Only Yesterday 1991. An office worker visits the countryside and remembers her childhood in 1966. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Outlaw Star 1998. A jack-of-all-trades inherits an advanced starship and a lot of enemies. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Panda! Go, Panda! 1972. A girl living on her own is joined by a panda father and his cub. Tokyo Movie and A Production film.
  • Patlabor 1988. A Tokyo police unit uses giant robots to handle construction-mech crime. Studio Deen OVA, 7 episodes.
  • Perman 1967. A helmet, cape and badge turn a boy into a secret superhero. Tokyo Movie and Studio Zero, 54 episodes.
  • Pokémon 1997. A ten-year-old trainer and his electric mouse travel the world catching creatures. OLM.
  • Pokémon: The First Movie 1998. A cloned Pokémon invites the best trainers to his island to prove clones are stronger. OLM film.
  • Pom Poko 1994. Shape-shifting raccoon dogs fight a housing development swallowing their forest. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Porco Rosso 1992. A First World War ace cursed with a pig's face hunts air pirates over the Adriatic. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Princess Knight 1967. A princess raised as a prince defends her throne with a sword. Mushi Production, 52 episodes.
  • Princess Mononoke 1997. A cursed prince is caught between an ironworks town and the gods of the forest. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Princess Sara 1985. A rich boarding school pupil is made a servant when her father dies. Nippon Animation, 46 episodes.
  • Ranma ½ 1989. A martial artist turns into a girl when splashed with cold water. Studio Deen, 161 episodes.
  • Rascal the Raccoon 1977. A boy in 1910s Wisconsin raises a baby raccoon. Nippon Animation, 52 episodes.
  • Record of Lodoss War 1990. A young knight and his party fight for the fate of a cursed island. Madhouse OVA, 13 episodes.
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena 1997. A girl who wants to be a prince duels for the hand of the Rose Bride. J.C.Staff, 39 episodes.
  • Romeo's Blue Skies 1995. A Swiss boy sold to a Milan chimney sweep forms a brotherhood of sweeps. Nippon Animation, 33 episodes.
  • The Rose of Versailles 1979. A woman raised as a soldier guards Marie Antoinette at Versailles. Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 40 episodes.
  • Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise 1987. A slacker in a neglected space force volunteers to be his world's first astronaut. Gainax film.
  • Rurouni Kenshin 1996. A former assassin roams Meiji Japan, sworn never to kill. Studio Gallop and Studio Deen, 95 episodes.
  • Sailor Moon 1992. A crybaby schoolgirl becomes a guardian who fights evil with her friends. Toei Animation, 200 episodes.
  • Saint Seiya 1986. Armoured warriors named after constellations protect the goddess Athena. Toei Animation, 114 episodes.
  • Sally the Witch 1966. A young witch princess moves to the human world and makes friends. Toei Animation, 109 episodes.
  • Sazae-san 1969. Everyday life of a cheerful housewife and her three-generation family in Tokyo. Eiken.
  • Science Ninja Team Gatchaman 1972. Five bird-suited ninjas defend Earth from a high-tech terror group. Tatsunoko Production, 105 episodes.
  • The Secret of Akko-chan 1969. A girl's magic mirror lets her transform into anything she chooses. Toei Animation, 94 episodes.
  • Serial Experiments Lain 1998. A shy girl is pulled into a vast computer network after a classmate dies. Triangle Staff, 13 episodes.
  • Sherlock Hound 1984. The great detective and his foes are dogs in a steam-powered London. Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 26 episodes.
  • Slam Dunk 1993. A red-haired delinquent joins the basketball team to impress a girl. Toei Animation, 101 episodes.
  • Slayers 1995. A hot-headed sorceress and a dim swordsman stumble into world-ending trouble. E&G Films and J.C.Staff.
  • Sorcerous Stabber Orphen 1998. A sorcerer searches for a way to restore a friend who was turned into a dragon. J.C.Staff, 24 episodes.
  • Space Battleship Yamato 1974. A rebuilt battleship crosses space for a device that can save Earth. Academy Productions, 26 episodes.
  • Space Pirate Captain Harlock 1978. An outlaw captain defends a complacent Earth from plant-like invaders. Toei Animation, 42 episodes.
  • Speed Racer 1967. A young driver races the gadget-filled Mach 5 around the world. Tatsunoko Production, 52 episodes.
  • Super Dimension Fortress Macross 1982. An alien ship, transforming jets and a pop star decide a space war. Tatsunoko Production, 36 episodes.
  • Tales of Little Women 1987. The four March sisters grow up during the American Civil War. Nippon Animation, 48 episodes.
  • Tiger Mask 1969. A masked wrestler defies his villainous trainers to help an orphanage. Toei Animation, 105 episodes.
  • Tomorrow's Joe 1970. A drifter from the slums fights his way up through professional boxing. Mushi Production, 79 episodes.
  • Touch 1985. Twin brothers, the girl next door and a high school baseball dream. Group TAC, 101 episodes.
  • Trigun 1998. A gunman with a huge bounty on his head refuses to kill anyone. Madhouse, 26 episodes.
  • UFO Robot Grendizer 1975. An exiled alien prince hides on a Japanese ranch and defends Earth. Toei Animation, 74 episodes.
  • Urusei Yatsura 1981. An unlucky boy ends up engaged to a jealous, electric alien princess. Studio Pierrot and Studio Deen.
  • The Vision of Escaflowne 1996. A girl lands in a world where Earth hangs in the sky and knights pilot mechs. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Voltes V 1977. Five pilots combine their machines into one robot to repel horned invaders. Sunrise, 40 episodes.
  • Whisper of the Heart 1995. A bookish girl follows a cat to an antique shop and starts writing her own story. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The White Snake Enchantress 1958. A young man falls in love with a white snake spirit in the form of a princess. Toei Animation film.
  • The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1980. A boy shrunk by a gnome crosses Sweden on the back of a goose. Studio Pierrot, 52 episodes.
  • The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots 1969. A swashbuckling cat on the run helps a poor boy win a princess. Toei Animation film.
  • Yawara! 1989. A girl with a gift for judo would rather live an ordinary life. Madhouse, 124 episodes.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 1998. A shy boy solves an ancient puzzle and gains a bold gaming alter ego. Toei Animation, 27 episodes.
  • YuYu Hakusho 1992. A delinquent dies saving a child and returns as a spirit detective. Studio Pierrot, 112 episodes.

2000s 124

  • 5 Centimeters per Second 2007. Three short chapters follow two childhood friends drifting apart over the years. CoMix Wave film.
  • A Certain Scientific Railgun 2009. An electricity-wielding schoolgirl keeps order in a city of psychic students. J.C.Staff, 24 episodes.
  • Air 2005. A travelling puppeteer looks for a winged girl of legend in a seaside town. Kyoto Animation.
  • Aishiteruze Baby 2004. A carefree high school boy has to look after his five-year-old cousin. TMS Entertainment, 26 episodes.
  • Appleseed 2004. A soldier is brought to a utopian city run with engineered humans. Digital Frontier film.
  • Aria the Animation 2005. A trainee gondolier works on a terraformed Mars styled after Venice. Hal Film Maker, 13 episodes.
  • Astro Boy (2003) 2003. The robot boy returns in a series made for his in-story birth year. Tezuka Productions, 50 episodes.
  • Azumanga Daioh 2002. Six girls and their odd teachers drift through three years of high school. J.C.Staff, 26 episodes.
  • Baccano! 2007. Gangsters, alchemists and train robbers collide in Prohibition-era America. Brain's Base, 16 episodes.
  • Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad 2004. A bored fourteen-year-old picks up a guitar and joins a rock band. Madhouse, 26 episodes.
  • Beyblade 2001. A boy and his team battle with spinning tops that hold sacred beasts. Madhouse, 51 episodes.
  • Black Butler 2008. A boy earl in Victorian London is served by a demon butler. A-1 Pictures, 36 episodes.
  • Bleach 2004. A teenager who sees ghosts takes on the duties of a Soul Reaper. Studio Pierrot, 366 episodes.
  • Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo 2003. A golden-afroed rebel fights an empire of hair hunters with his nose hair. Toei Animation, 76 episodes.
  • Brave Story 2006. A boy enters a fantasy world to change his family's fate. Gonzo film.
  • The Cat Returns 2002. A girl saves a cat and finds herself engaged to the prince of the Cat Kingdom. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Chi's Sweet Home 2008. A lost kitten is taken in by a family whose flat does not allow pets. Madhouse, 104 episodes.
  • Clannad 2007. A delinquent helps a shy girl restart the school drama club. Kyoto Animation, 47 episodes.
  • Code Geass 2006. An exiled prince gains the power of command and leads a masked rebellion. Sunrise, 25 episodes.
  • Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2001. The crew chases a terrorist planning a Halloween attack on Mars. Sunrise and Bones film.
  • Cross Game 2009. A boy, four sisters from a batting centre and a promise to reach Koshien. SynergySP, 50 episodes.
  • D.Gray-man 2006. A boy with a cursed eye joins an order of exorcists hunting Akuma. TMS Entertainment, 103 episodes.
  • Darker than Black 2007. Agents with paranormal powers spy on each other around a sealed zone in Tokyo. Bones, 25 episodes.
  • Death Note 2006. A student finds a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it. Madhouse, 37 episodes.
  • Digimon Tamers 2001. Three children find that the monsters from their card game are real. Toei Animation, 51 episodes.
  • Doraemon (2005) 2005. The robot cat's series starts again with a new voice cast. Shin-Ei Animation.
  • Eden of the East 2009. A man with no memory holds a phone loaded with billions of yen. Production I.G, 11 episodes.
  • Ergo Proxy 2006. An inspector in a domed city investigates androids infected with self-awareness. Manglobe, 23 episodes.
  • Eureka Seven 2005. A boy joins a band of sky-surfing rebels and the girl who pilots their mech. Bones, 50 episodes.
  • Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone 2007. The first of four films that retell and then rewrite the 1995 series. Khara film.
  • Eyeshield 21 2005. A timid errand boy's speed makes him a masked American football star. Studio Gallop, 145 episodes.
  • Fairy Tail 2009. A fire wizard brings a celestial mage into his rowdy guild. A-1 Pictures and Satelight, 328 episodes.
  • FLCL 2000. A guitar-swinging scooter rider upends a bored boy's life. Gainax and Production I.G OVA, 6 episodes.
  • Fruits Basket (2001) 2001. An orphaned girl lives with a family cursed to turn into zodiac animals. Studio Deen, 26 episodes.
  • Full Metal Panic! 2002. A teenage mercenary goes undercover at a high school to guard a classmate. Gonzo, 24 episodes.
  • Full Moon o Sagashite 2002. Two spirits let a sick twelve-year-old become a sixteen-year-old singer. Studio Deen, 52 episodes.
  • Fullmetal Alchemist 2003. Two brothers use alchemy to seek the stone that could restore their bodies. Bones, 51 episodes.
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2009. Alchemist brothers seek the Philosopher's Stone in a full retelling of the manga. Bones, 64 episodes.
  • Futari wa Pretty Cure 2004. A sporty girl and a bookworm team up to fight the forces of darkness. Toei Animation, 49 episodes.
  • Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 2004. The Dumas revenge tale retold in a far-future Paris. Gonzo, 24 episodes.
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2002. A cyborg major leads a security unit against cybercrime in 2030s Japan. Production I.G, 52 episodes.
  • Gintama 2006. An odd-jobs samurai scrapes by in an Edo conquered by aliens. Sunrise, 201 episodes.
  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006. A schoolgirl learns she can jump back in time and spends the leaps on small things. Madhouse film.
  • Gurren Lagann 2007. Two young men dig out of their underground village and fight for the surface. Gainax, 27 episodes.
  • .hack//Sign 2002. A player finds he cannot log out of an online fantasy game. Bee Train, 26 episodes.
  • Haibane Renmei 2002. A haloed, winged girl wakes in a walled town with no memory. Radix Ace Entertainment, 13 episodes.
  • Hajime no Ippo 2000. A bullied teenager discovers boxing and a punch nobody expected. Madhouse, 76 episodes.
  • Hamtaro 2000. A pet hamster sneaks out each day for adventures with his hamster friends. TMS Entertainment.
  • Hayate the Combat Butler 2007. A boy left with his parents' debt becomes butler to a rich young heiress. SynergySP, 52 episodes.
  • Hidamari Sketch 2007. Art school students live in the same small apartment block. Shaft, 12 episodes.
  • Hikaru no Go 2001. A boy haunted by a Heian-era Go master takes up the board game. Studio Pierrot, 75 episodes.
  • Honey and Clover 2005. Art students share a run-down flat and a tangle of one-sided loves. J.C.Staff, 24 episodes.
  • Howl's Moving Castle 2004. A hatter cursed into old age moves into a wizard's walking castle. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Inuyasha 2000. A schoolgirl falls down a well into feudal Japan and meets a half-demon. Sunrise, 167 episodes.
  • Itazura na Kiss 2008. A girl ends up living in the home of the top student who rejected her. TMS Entertainment, 25 episodes.
  • K-On! 2009. Four girls save the light music club, mostly by drinking tea together. Kyoto Animation, 39 episodes.
  • Kaleido Star 2003. A Japanese girl auditions for a world-famous circus stage in America. Gonzo, 51 episodes.
  • Kekkaishi 2006. Neighbours from rival families guard their school at night with barrier magic. Sunrise, 52 episodes.
  • Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple 2006. A bullied boy trains under the quirky masters of a martial arts dojo. TMS Entertainment, 50 episodes.
  • Kimi ni Todoke 2009. A shy girl likened to a horror film ghost befriends the class favourite. Production I.G, 43 episodes.
  • Kino's Journey 2003. A traveller and a talking motorcycle spend three days in each country. A.C.G.T, 13 episodes.
  • Kobato. 2009. A naive girl must fill a bottle with healed hearts to have her wish granted. Madhouse, 24 episodes.
  • Last Exile 2003. Two young couriers fly a vanship into a war between sky nations. Gonzo, 26 episodes.
  • Lovely Complex 2007. A tall girl and a short boy, the class comedy duo, stumble toward romance. Toei Animation, 24 episodes.
  • Lucky Star 2007. Four schoolgirls chat about food, games and nothing much. Kyoto Animation, 24 episodes.
  • Macross Frontier 2008. A colony fleet, two singers and a young pilot face an insect-like alien swarm. Satelight, 25 episodes.
  • Major 2004. A pitcher's son grows from Little League to the big leagues. Studio Hibari and SynergySP, 154 episodes.
  • The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2006. A bored schoolgirl founds a club to find aliens, time travellers and espers. Kyoto Animation.
  • Metropolis 2001. A detective's nephew protects a robot girl in a towering, divided city. Madhouse film.
  • Michiko & Hatchin 2008. An escaped convict and a runaway girl cross a Brazil-like country. Manglobe, 22 episodes.
  • Millennium Actress 2001. A retired film star retells her life, slipping in and out of the roles she played. Madhouse film.
  • Minami-ke 2007. Three sisters get through ordinary days at home and school. Daume, 13 episodes.
  • Mirmo! 2002. A chocolate-loving love fairy comes out of a schoolgirl's mug. Studio Hibari, 172 episodes.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam 00 2007. A private army of four mechs intervenes in every war to end war itself. Sunrise, 50 episodes.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam SEED 2002. A student pilots a prototype in a war between natural and engineered humans. Sunrise, 50 episodes.
  • Monster 2004. A surgeon hunts the killer whose life he once saved as a boy. Madhouse, 74 episodes.
  • Moyasimon 2007. A college first-year can see and talk to microbes. Shirogumi and Telecom Animation Film, 11 episodes.
  • Mushishi 2005. A wandering expert studies primitive creatures that cause strange ailments. Artland, 26 episodes.
  • Nana 2006. Two young women with the same name share a Tokyo flat and very different dreams. Madhouse, 47 episodes.
  • Naruto 2002. An outcast ninja hosting a sealed fox spirit aims to lead his village. Studio Pierrot, 220 episodes.
  • Naruto: Shippuden 2007. Naruto returns after two and a half years away to face the Akatsuki. Studio Pierrot, 500 episodes.
  • Natsume's Book of Friends 2008. A boy who sees spirits returns the names his grandmother took. Brain's Base and Shuka, 87 episodes.
  • Nodame Cantabile 2007. A perfectionist would-be conductor and a messy, gifted pianist meet at college. J.C.Staff, 23 episodes.
  • Noir 2001. Two young assassins work together while seeking the truth about their pasts. Bee Train, 26 episodes.
  • Ouran High School Host Club 2006. A scholarship student pays off a broken vase by working at the school host club. Bones, 26 episodes.
  • Pandora Hearts 2009. A noble heir is cast into a prison dimension for a sin he does not know. Xebec, 25 episodes.
  • Paprika 2006. A therapist enters patients' dreams, until the device that lets her is stolen. Madhouse film.
  • Paranoia Agent 2004. Detectives chase a boy on golden skates who attacks stressed people in Tokyo. Madhouse, 13 episodes.
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days 2004. Two boys in a divided Japan build a plane to reach a mysterious tower. CoMix Wave film.
  • Planetes 2003. A crew of orbital debris collectors does space's least glamorous job in 2075. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Ponyo 2008. A goldfish princess befriends a five-year-old boy and longs to become human. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The Prince of Tennis 2001. A young tennis prodigy joins a school team chasing the national title. Trans Arts, 178 episodes.
  • Princess Tutu 2002. A duck becomes a girl and a ballerina to mend a storybook prince's heart. Hal Film Maker, 26 episodes.
  • RahXephon 2002. A boy in a Tokyo sealed off from time learns he can awaken a godlike machine. Bones, 26 episodes.
  • Reborn! 2006. A hopeless schoolboy is tutored by a baby hitman to become a mafia boss. Artland, 203 episodes.
  • Redline 2009. A daredevil driver enters the galaxy's deadliest illegal race. Madhouse film.
  • Samurai 7 2004. Kurosawa's Seven Samurai retold with villagers, rice and mechanised bandits. Gonzo, 26 episodes.
  • Samurai Champloo 2004. Two swordsmen and a teahouse girl cross Edo Japan to a hip-hop beat. Manglobe, 26 episodes.
  • School Rumble 2004. A girl loves an oddball and a delinquent loves her, and nobody can say so. Studio Comet, 26 episodes.
  • Sgt. Frog 2004. A frog-like alien invader ends up doing chores for a Japanese family. Sunrise, 358 episodes.
  • Shaman King 2001. A laid-back boy who sees ghosts enters a tournament to become Shaman King. Xebec, 64 episodes.
  • Shugo Chara! 2007. A girl who wishes she could change wakes to find three guardian eggs. Satelight, 51 episodes.
  • Skip Beat! 2008. A girl enters show business to get even with the pop idol who used her. Hal Film Maker, 25 episodes.
  • Soul Eater 2008. Students at a school for weapon-wielders train to defeat evil souls. Bones, 51 episodes.
  • Spice and Wolf 2008. A travelling merchant strikes a deal with a wolf harvest goddess. Imagin and Brain's Base, 24 episodes.
  • Spirited Away 2001. A ten-year-old works in a bathhouse for spirits to free her parents from a spell. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Steamboy 2004. A young inventor in Victorian England guards a steam ball of enormous power. Sunrise film.
  • Summer Wars 2009. A maths whiz and a huge family fight a rogue AI loose in a virtual world. Madhouse film.
  • Tales from Earthsea 2006. A prince and a wizard search for the cause of the world's failing balance. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Tekkonkinkreet 2006. Two orphan boys defend their crumbling city from gangsters and developers. Studio 4°C film.
  • Tokyo Godfathers 2003. Three homeless friends find a baby on Christmas Eve and search for her parents. Madhouse film.
  • Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 2009. Two siblings cross Tokyo on foot after a massive earthquake. Bones and Kinema Citrus, 11 episodes.
  • Tokyo Mew Mew 2002. Five girls infused with the DNA of endangered animals fight aliens. Studio Pierrot, 52 episodes.
  • Toradora! 2008. A scary-faced gentle boy and a tiny, fierce girl help each other in love. J.C.Staff, 25 episodes.
  • Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle 2005. A boy crosses worlds to collect the scattered feathers of a princess's memory. Bee Train, 52 episodes.
  • The Twelve Kingdoms 2002. A schoolgirl is taken to a world of twelve realms and told she is a ruler. Studio Pierrot, 45 episodes.
  • Voices of a Distant Star 2002. A girl fighting in deep space texts a boy on Earth as the delays grow to years. CoMix Wave OVA.
  • Welcome to the N.H.K. 2006. A recluse convinced of a conspiracy meets a girl who claims she can cure him. Gonzo, 24 episodes.
  • Witch Hunter Robin 2002. A fire-wielding girl joins a secret unit that hunts people with witch powers. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Wolf's Rain 2003. Wolves disguised as humans search a dying world for paradise. Bones, 26 episodes.
  • xxxHolic 2006. A student who attracts spirits works for a wish-granting witch. Production I.G, 37 episodes.
  • Yakitate!! Japan 2004. A boy with warm hands sets out to bake a national bread for Japan. Sunrise, 69 episodes.
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 2000. A shy boy duels with monster cards alongside the spirit of a pharaoh. Studio Gallop, 224 episodes.
  • Zatch Bell! 2003. A genius loner and a lightning-spitting child battle to crown a king. Toei Animation, 150 episodes.

2010s and 2020s 208

  • 86 2021. A handler commands drone pilots her republic pretends do not exist. A-1 Pictures, 23 episodes.
  • A Letter to Momo 2011. A grieving girl moves to an island and meets three goblins only she can see. Production I.G film.
  • A Place Further than the Universe 2018. Four high school girls join an expedition to Antarctica. Madhouse, 13 episodes.
  • A Sign of Affection 2024. A deaf university student falls for a multilingual traveller. Ajiado, 12 episodes.
  • A Silent Voice 2016. A former bully tries to make amends to the deaf girl he tormented. Kyoto Animation film.
  • A Whisker Away 2020. A girl uses a magic mask to turn into a cat and get close to her crush. Studio Colorido film.
  • Ace of Diamond 2013. An unorthodox pitcher joins an elite Tokyo baseball school. Madhouse and Production I.G, 126 episodes.
  • Aggretsuko 2016. A red panda office worker vents her rage through death metal karaoke. Fanworks.
  • Amagi Brilliant Park 2014. A student must save a failing theme park staffed by real magical beings. Kyoto Animation, 13 episodes.
  • The Ancient Magus' Bride 2017. An orphan is apprenticed to a mage with a skull for a head. Wit Studio and Studio Kafka, 48 episodes.
  • Angel Beats! 2010. Teenagers in an afterlife high school rebel against graduating from it. P.A. Works, 13 episodes.
  • Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day 2011. Estranged friends reunite when the ghost of their childhood friend appears. A-1 Pictures, 11 episodes.
  • The Anthem of the Heart 2015. A girl whose words were sealed away is picked to perform in a class musical. A-1 Pictures film.
  • Aoashi 2022. A raw countryside striker joins a Tokyo club's youth academy. Production I.G and TMS Entertainment.
  • The Apothecary Diaries 2023. A sharp-witted apothecary solves medical mysteries in an imperial court. Toho Animation Studio and OLM.
  • Arrietty 2010. A tiny girl who borrows from humans is seen by a sickly boy. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Ascendance of a Bookworm 2019. A librarian is reborn in a world where books are rare and sets out to make them. Ajiado and Wit Studio.
  • Assassination Classroom 2015. A class of misfits must defeat their teacher, a smiling tentacled creature. Lerche, 47 episodes.
  • Astra Lost in Space 2019. Nine students stranded thousands of light years away hop planets to get home. Lerche, 12 episodes.
  • Attack on Titan 2013. Humanity shelters behind giant walls from man-eating giants. Wit Studio and MAPPA, 94 episodes.
  • Bakuman 2010. Two schoolboys team up to get a manga serialised in a weekly magazine. J.C.Staff, 75 episodes.
  • Barakamon 2014. A hot-headed calligrapher is sent to a remote island full of curious kids. Kinema Citrus, 12 episodes.
  • Beastars 2019. A gentle wolf at a school of carnivores and herbivores struggles with his instincts. Orange.
  • Belle 2021. A shy girl becomes a singing star in a virtual world and seeks out a hunted beast. Studio Chizu film.
  • Black Clover 2017. A boy born without magic aims to become the Wizard King. Studio Pierrot.
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront 2015. A young photographer joins a secret group in a New York merged with another world. Bones, 12 episodes.
  • Blue Box 2024. A badminton player ends up living with the basketball star he admires. Telecom Animation Film.
  • Blue Exorcist 2011. The son of Satan enrols at an academy to become an exorcist. A-1 Pictures and Studio VOLN, 73 episodes.
  • Blue Giant 2023. A saxophonist moves to Tokyo determined to become the world's best jazz player. NUT film.
  • Blue Lock 2022. Three hundred strikers compete in a facility built to create one egotist forward. Eight Bit.
  • Blue Period 2021. A popular student discovers painting and aims for Tokyo's hardest art school. Seven Arcs, 12 episodes.
  • Bocchi the Rock! 2022. A painfully shy guitarist joins a band and tries to speak to people. CloverWorks.
  • Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 2017. Naruto's son enters the ninja academy in a village at peace. Studio Pierrot.
  • The Boy and the Beast 2015. A runaway boy becomes the apprentice of a bear-like warrior in a realm of beasts. Studio Chizu film.
  • The Boy and the Heron 2023. A boy grieving his mother follows a talking grey heron into another world. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Bubble 2022. Parkour teams race across a Tokyo where gravity has broken. Wit Studio film.
  • Bungo Stray Dogs 2016. An orphan joins a detective agency whose gifted members are named after authors. Bones, 61 episodes.
  • Bunny Drop 2011. A bachelor takes in his late grandfather's six-year-old daughter. Production I.G, 11 episodes.
  • Carole & Tuesday 2019. Two girls on Mars write songs by hand in an age of AI-made pop. Bones, 24 episodes.
  • Cells at Work! 2018. A red blood cell and a white blood cell do their jobs inside the body. David Production, 21 episodes.
  • Charlotte 2015. Teenagers develop flawed superpowers that vanish when they grow up. P.A. Works, 13 episodes.
  • Chihayafuru 2011. A girl builds a school club for competitive karuta, a fast poetry card game. Madhouse, 74 episodes.
  • Children Who Chase Lost Voices 2011. A girl follows a mysterious boy into an underground land. CoMix Wave Films film.
  • The Colors Within 2024. A girl who sees people as colours forms a band with two others. Science Saru film.
  • Daily Lives of High School Boys 2012. Three friends at a boys' school fill their days with pointless games. Sunrise, 12 episodes.
  • Death Parade 2015. The newly dead play bar games that decide where their souls go. Madhouse, 12 episodes.
  • Delicious in Dungeon 2024. Adventurers short of money cook the monsters of a dungeon as they descend. Trigger.
  • Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle 2025. The demon slayers are dropped into their enemy's shifting fortress. Ufotable film.
  • Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019. A charcoal seller's son becomes a swordsman to cure his sister, turned into a demon. Ufotable.
  • Demon Slayer: Mugen Train 2020. The demon slayers board a train where passengers vanish in their sleep. Ufotable film.
  • The Devil Is a Part-Timer! 2013. The Demon Lord flees to Tokyo and takes a job at a burger restaurant. White Fox, 13 episodes.
  • The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya 2010. Kyon wakes in a world where the club was never founded. Kyoto Animation film.
  • The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. 2016. A psychic with every power there is only wants to be left alone. J.C.Staff.
  • Dr. Stone 2019. A science prodigy rebuilds civilisation after humanity spends 3,700 years as stone. TMS Entertainment.
  • Dragon Ball Super 2015. Goku meets gods of destruction and fighters from other universes. Toei Animation, 131 episodes.
  • Dragon Ball Super: Broly 2018. Goku and Vegeta face a Saiyan exiled to a harsh planet as a baby. Toei Animation film.
  • Drifting Home 2022. Children playing in an empty apartment block find it adrift on an ocean. Studio Colorido film.
  • Durarara!! 2010. Gang rumours, a headless rider and a new boy in town meet in Ikebukuro. Brain's Base, 24 episodes.
  • Earwig and the Witch 2020. An orphan girl is adopted by a witch and sets out to learn her magic. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Erased 2016. A man is sent back to his childhood to prevent a classmate's disappearance. A-1 Pictures, 12 episodes.
  • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021. The fourth and final film of the Rebuild series. Khara film.
  • Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2014. A would-be hero is drawn into a war between mages and summoned heroes. Ufotable, 26 episodes.
  • Fate/Zero 2011. Seven mages summon legendary heroes to fight for a wish-granting grail. Ufotable, 25 episodes.
  • Fire Force 2019. Firefighters with flame powers battle people who burst into living infernos. David Production.
  • The First Slam Dunk 2022. Shohoku's point guard takes on champions Sannoh. Toei Animation and DandeLion Animation Studio film.
  • Flying Witch 2016. A teenage witch in training moves in with relatives in rural Aomori. J.C.Staff, 12 episodes.
  • Forest of Piano 2018. A boy who grew up playing a piano left in the forest enters classical music. Gaina, 24 episodes.
  • Free! 2013. Four friends restart their high school swimming club. Kyoto Animation and Animation Do, 12 episodes.
  • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2023. An elf mage retraces her old party's journey after the hero dies of old age. Madhouse.
  • From Up on Poppy Hill 2011. Two students try to save their school clubhouse in 1963 Yokohama. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Fruits Basket (2019) 2019. A complete retelling that adapts the whole manga across three seasons. TMS Entertainment, 63 episodes.
  • The Garden of Words 2013. A student shoemaker and an older woman meet in a park on rainy mornings. CoMix Wave Films film.
  • Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 2013. A soldier from deep space wakes on a flooded Earth among salvage ships. Production I.G, 13 episodes.
  • Girls und Panzer 2012. Schoolgirls compete in tank battles treated as a traditional martial art. Actas, 12 episodes.
  • Girls' Last Tour 2017. Two girls ride a half-track through the empty layers of a ruined city. White Fox, 12 episodes.
  • Great Pretender 2020. A small-time Japanese swindler is pulled into international cons. Wit Studio, 23 episodes.
  • Haikyu!! 2014. A short spiker and a demanding setter rebuild a fallen volleyball team. Production I.G, 85 episodes.
  • Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle 2024. Karasuno finally meets rival Nekoma at the national tournament. Production I.G film.
  • Hanasaku Iroha 2011. A Tokyo teenager is sent to work at her grandmother's hot spring inn. P.A. Works, 26 episodes.
  • Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto 2016. The coolest student in school turns every prank on him into a show of style. Studio Deen, 12 episodes.
  • The Heike Story 2021. A girl who can see the future witnesses the fall of the Taira clan. Science Saru, 11 episodes.
  • Horimiya 2021. A popular girl and a quiet boy learn how different each is outside school. CloverWorks, 26 episodes.
  • Hotarubi no Mori e 2011. A girl befriends a masked forest spirit who will vanish if a human touches him. Brain's Base film.
  • Hunter × Hunter (2011) 2011. A complete reboot that starts again from the beginning of the manga. Madhouse, 148 episodes.
  • Hyouka 2012. A student who hates wasting effort solves small mysteries for his club. Kyoto Animation, 22 episodes.
  • I Want to Eat Your Pancreas 2018. A loner finds a classmate's diary and learns she is seriously ill. Studio VOLN film.
  • The Imaginary 2023. An imaginary friend is separated from the girl who dreamed him up. Studio Ponoc film.
  • In This Corner of the World 2016. A young bride keeps house near Hiroshima as the war closes in. MAPPA film.
  • Insomniacs After School 2023. Two sleepless students turn the school observatory into their refuge. Liden Films, 13 episodes.
  • Inu-Oh 2021. A blind biwa player and a cursed dancer become stars in 14th-century Japan. Science Saru film.
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2012. Generations of a family fight supernatural foes with flamboyant poses. David Production.
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 2020. A student swallows a cursed finger and joins a school of sorcerers. MAPPA.
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 2021. A boy haunted by the cursed spirit of his childhood friend enrols at the sorcerer school. MAPPA film.
  • Kaguya-sama: Love Is War 2019. Two proud student council leaders scheme to make the other confess first. A-1 Pictures, 37 episodes.
  • Kaiju No. 8 2024. A monster-cleanup worker gains the power to become a kaiju himself. Production I.G.
  • Kamisama Kiss 2012. A homeless schoolgirl becomes the land god of a run-down shrine. TMS Entertainment, 13 episodes.
  • Katanagatari 2010. A swordless swordsman and a strategist collect twelve legendary blades. White Fox, 12 episodes.
  • Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! 2020. Three schoolgirls start a club to make the anime they imagine. Science Saru, 12 episodes.
  • Kids on the Slope 2012. A pianist and a drummer bond over jazz in 1966 Kyushu. MAPPA and Tezuka Productions, 12 episodes.
  • Knights of Sidonia 2014. A pilot raised deep in a seed ship defends it from shapeshifting aliens. Polygon Pictures, 24 episodes.
  • Komi Can't Communicate 2021. A girl with extreme social anxiety aims to make one hundred friends. OLM, 24 episodes.
  • Kuroko's Basketball 2012. A near-invisible passer and a returnee take on his old prodigy teammates. Production I.G, 75 episodes.
  • Laid-Back Camp 2018. High school girls go camping around Mount Fuji in the off-season. C-Station and Eight Bit.
  • Land of the Lustrous 2017. Gem people defend themselves from Moon dwellers who harvest them. Orange, 12 episodes.
  • Little Witch Academia 2017. A girl with no magical background enrols at a witch academy. Trigger, 25 episodes.
  • Log Horizon 2013. Thirty thousand players stuck in an online game start building a society. Satelight, 25 episodes.
  • Look Back 2024. Two schoolgirls with a shared love of drawing manga grow up together. Studio Durian film.
  • Love Live! School Idol Project 2013. Nine girls form a school idol group to save their school from closing. Sunrise, 26 episodes.
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions 2012. A boy hiding his embarrassing fantasy phase meets a girl still in hers. Kyoto Animation, 24 episodes.
  • Lupin III: The First 2019. The thief goes after a diary his grandfather missed. TMS Entertainment and Marza Animation Planet film.
  • Lycoris Recoil 2022. Two agents of a secret peacekeeping agency work out of a cafe. A-1 Pictures, 13 episodes.
  • Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic 2012. A boy with a djinn in his flute explores dungeons in an Arabian Nights land. A-1 Pictures, 50 episodes.
  • Maid Sama! 2010. A strict student council president secretly works at a maid cafe. J.C.Staff, 26 episodes.
  • Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms 2018. A girl from a long-lived clan raises a mortal orphan boy. P.A. Works film.
  • March Comes In like a Lion 2016. A lonely teenage shogi professional is taken in by three sisters. Shaft, 44 episodes.
  • Mary and the Witch's Flower 2017. A girl finds a flower that grants a witch's power for one night. Studio Ponoc film.
  • Mashle: Magic and Muscles 2023. A boy with no magic muscles his way through a wizard academy. A-1 Pictures.
  • Medalist 2025. A girl who started skating late and a coach who never made it aim for Olympic gold. ENGI.
  • Megalobox 2018. An underground boxer fights without the metal frame his rivals wear. TMS Entertainment, 13 episodes.
  • Mirai 2018. A jealous four-year-old meets his baby sister as a teenager from the future. Studio Chizu film.
  • Mob Psycho 100 2016. A shy, powerful psychic works for a fraud exorcist and tries to be ordinary. Bones, 37 episodes.
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury 2022. A shy girl from Mercury enrols at a school where mecha duels settle everything. Sunrise, 24 episodes.
  • Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun 2014. A girl confesses to her crush and ends up inking his romance manga instead. Doga Kobo, 12 episodes.
  • My Happy Marriage 2023. A mistreated daughter is married off to a feared army commander. Kinema Citrus, 26 episodes.
  • My Hero Academia 2016. A boy born without powers inherits one and enters a hero school. Bones and Bones Film, 170 episodes.
  • My Hero Academia: Two Heroes 2018. The class visits a floating island of scientists that villains take over. Bones film.
  • My Love Story!! 2015. A huge, kind boy finally meets a girl who likes him, not his handsome friend. Madhouse, 24 episodes.
  • Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea 2013. Children from a village under the sea start at a school on land. P.A. Works, 26 episodes.
  • Napping Princess 2017. A girl's dreams of a machine kingdom hold the key to her father's arrest. Signal.MD film.
  • Nichijou 2011. School life upended by a robot girl, a child professor and a talking cat. Kyoto Animation, 26 episodes.
  • Non Non Biyori 2013. Five students of different ages share one classroom in a remote village. Silver Link, 36 episodes.
  • Noragami 2014. A minor god with no shrine takes odd jobs for five yen to build a following. Bones, 12 episodes.
  • Odd Taxi 2021. A walrus taxi driver's fares all connect to a missing girl. OLM and P.I.C.S., 13 episodes.
  • One Piece Film: Red 2022. The Straw Hats attend a concert by the world's most beloved singer. Toei Animation film.
  • One Week Friends 2014. A boy befriends a girl whose memories of her friends reset every Monday. Brain's Base, 12 episodes.
  • One-Punch Man 2015. A hero so strong he ends every fight with one punch is bored. Madhouse and J.C.Staff.
  • Orb: On the Movements of the Earth 2024. Scholars in 15th-century Europe risk their lives to study a sun-centred cosmos. Madhouse, 25 episodes.
  • Oshi no Ko 2023. Twins born to a pop idol grow up inside the entertainment industry. Doga Kobo.
  • Patema Inverted 2013. A girl from underground falls upward into a world where gravity is reversed for her. Studio Rikka film.
  • Ping Pong the Animation 2014. Two childhood friends with opposite temperaments play table tennis. Tatsunoko Production, 11 episodes.
  • Pluto 2023. A robot detective investigates the killings of the world's seven great robots. Studio M2, 8 episodes.
  • Princess Jellyfish 2010. A jellyfish-loving illustrator and her housemates fight to save their home. Brain's Base, 11 episodes.
  • Promare 2019. A hot-blooded firefighter battles flame-wielding mutants. Trigger and Sanzigen film.
  • The Promised Neverland 2019. Three gifted orphans discover why no child who leaves ever writes back. CloverWorks, 23 episodes.
  • Psycho-Pass 2012. Future police carry guns that read a target's likelihood to offend. Production I.G, 22 episodes.
  • Puella Magi Madoka Magica 2011. A girl is offered one wish in exchange for fighting witches, at a hidden cost. Shaft, 12 episodes.
  • Ranking of Kings 2021. A deaf, tiny prince befriends a shadow and sets out to become a great king. Wit Studio, 23 episodes.
  • Re:Zero 2016. A boy in another world returns to a checkpoint each time he dies. White Fox.
  • Ride Your Wave 2019. A surfer finds that her lost firefighter boyfriend appears in water when she sings. Science Saru film.
  • Sakamoto Days 2025. A retired legendary hitman runs a corner shop and refuses to kill. TMS Entertainment.
  • The Seven Deadly Sins 2014. A princess seeks disgraced knights to win back her kingdom. A-1 Pictures and Studio Deen, 100 episodes.
  • Shadows House 2021. Faceless nobles live in a mansion with living dolls who act as their faces. CloverWorks, 25 episodes.
  • Shangri-La Frontier 2023. A lover of broken games takes on a top-rated virtual reality title. C2C.
  • Shirobako 2014. Five friends from a school animation club enter the anime industry. P.A. Works, 24 episodes.
  • Silver Spoon 2013. A city boy fleeing exam pressure enrols at a farming school in Hokkaido. A-1 Pictures, 22 episodes.
  • SK8 the Infinity 2021. A skater and a snowboarder from Canada enter secret downhill races in Okinawa. Bones.
  • Skip and Loafer 2023. An ambitious country girl starts high school in Tokyo and wins people over by accident. P.A. Works.
  • Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle 2020. A kidnapped princess cares only about getting a good night's sleep. Doga Kobo, 12 episodes.
  • Snow White with the Red Hair 2015. A red-haired herbalist flees a prince's demand and starts over in a new kingdom. Bones, 24 episodes.
  • Solo Leveling 2024. The weakest monster hunter gains a system that lets only him level up. A-1 Pictures, 25 episodes.
  • Sound! Euphonium 2015. A euphonium player joins a school concert band aiming for the nationals. Kyoto Animation, 39 episodes.
  • Space Brothers 2012. A sacked car designer chases his younger brother into the astronaut corps. A-1 Pictures, 99 episodes.
  • Space Dandy 2014. A dandy alien hunter searches the galaxy for unregistered species. Bones, 26 episodes.
  • Spy × Family 2022. A spy, an assassin and a telepath pose as an ordinary family. Wit Studio and CloverWorks, 50 episodes.
  • Spy × Family Code: White 2023. The pretend family takes a winter trip that turns into a mission. Wit Studio and CloverWorks film.
  • Squid Girl 2010. A squid girl's invasion of the surface stalls at a beachside cafe job. Diomedéa, 12 episodes.
  • Stand by Me Doraemon 2014. A computer-animated retelling of the robot cat's arrival. Shirogumi, Robot and Shin-Ei Animation film.
  • Steins;Gate 2011. A self-styled mad scientist sends texts to the past with a modified microwave. White Fox, 24 episodes.
  • Super Cub 2021. A lonely girl buys a second-hand motorbike and her world slowly widens. Studio Kai, 12 episodes.
  • Suzume 2022. A girl crosses Japan closing doors that release disasters, with a talking chair. CoMix Wave Films film.
  • Sword Art Online 2012. Players are trapped in a virtual reality game where dying is real. A-1 Pictures, 96 episodes.
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2013. A bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl who grows into a sought-after noblewoman. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Tamako Market 2013. A mochi shop owner's daughter takes in a talking bird. Kyoto Animation, 12 episodes.
  • Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless 2016. A boy devotes all his effort to doing as little as possible. Silver Link, 12 episodes.
  • Tatami Galaxy 2010. A student relives his first two university years, joining a new club each time. Madhouse, 11 episodes.
  • Teasing Master Takagi-san 2018. A middle schooler keeps failing to get back at the girl who teases him. Shin-Ei Animation, 36 episodes.
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 2018. An office worker is reborn as a slime monster and founds a nation. Eight Bit.
  • Tiger & Bunny 2011. Corporate-sponsored superheroes fight crime live on reality television. Sunrise, 25 episodes.
  • To Your Eternity 2021. An immortal orb takes the form of those it meets and slowly learns to be human. Brain's Base and Drive.
  • Tokyo Revengers 2021. A man leaps back to his school days to save his girlfriend from a gang. Liden Films.
  • Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window 2023. A talkative girl thrives at an unusual Tokyo school as Japan heads into war. Shin-Ei Animation film.
  • Trigun Stampede 2023. A computer-animated retelling of the pacifist gunman's story. Orange, 12 episodes.
  • Tsuki ga Kirei 2017. Two shy middle schoolers fall in love and can barely talk about it. Feel, 12 episodes.
  • Tsurune 2018. A boy who lost his form returns to Japanese archery at a new school. Kyoto Animation, 26 episodes.
  • Ushio & Tora 2015. A boy frees a tiger-like monster pinned by a spear to fight demons. MAPPA and Studio VOLN, 39 episodes.
  • Vinland Saga 2019. A young Viking serves his father's killer, waiting for a fair duel. Wit Studio and MAPPA, 48 episodes.
  • Violet Evergarden 2018. A former child soldier learns about feelings by writing others' letters. Kyoto Animation, 13 episodes.
  • Violet Evergarden: The Movie 2020. Violet takes a commission from a dying boy while still hoping to find the Major. Kyoto Animation film.
  • Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song 2021. A singing android gets a hundred years to prevent a war between AI and humans. Wit Studio, 13 episodes.
  • Wagnaria!! 2010. A student takes a part-time job at a family restaurant full of oddballs. A-1 Pictures, 13 episodes.
  • Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina 2020. A young witch travels from country to country. C2C, 12 episodes.
  • The Way of the Househusband 2021. A feared yakuza boss retires to become a devoted househusband. J.C.Staff, 15 episodes.
  • Weathering with You 2019. A runaway meets a girl who can clear the rain over Tokyo by praying. CoMix Wave Films film.
  • When Marnie Was There 2014. A withdrawn girl befriends a mysterious girl in a marsh house. Studio Ghibli film.
  • The Wind Rises 2013. A fictionalised life of Jiro Horikoshi, designer of Japanese aircraft. Studio Ghibli film.
  • Witch Hat Atelier 2026. A girl told that witches are born, not made, sees a spell drawn and becomes an apprentice. Bug Films.
  • Wolf Children 2012. A young mother raises two children who can turn into wolves. Studio Chizu film.
  • Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop 2020. A haiku-writing boy and a girl who hides her smile meet at a mall. Sublimation and Signal.MD film.
  • World Trigger 2014. Teen agents defend a city from invaders who arrive through gates. Toei Animation, 99 episodes.
  • Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku 2018. Office workers who hide their geeky hobbies start dating each other. A-1 Pictures, 11 episodes.
  • Ya Boy Kongming! 2022. A Three Kingdoms strategist reborn in modern Tokyo manages an aspiring singer. P.A. Works, 12 episodes.
  • Yona of the Dawn 2014. A princess flees a coup and seeks the four dragon warriors of legend. Studio Pierrot, 24 episodes.
  • Your Lie in April 2014. A pianist who can no longer hear his own playing meets a bold violinist. A-1 Pictures, 22 episodes.
  • Your Name 2016. A country girl and a Tokyo boy start swapping bodies in their sleep. CoMix Wave Films film.
  • Yowamushi Pedal 2013. An anime fan who cycles to Akihabara weekly joins the road racing club. TMS Entertainment, 38 episodes.
  • Yuri on Ice 2016. A figure skater on the verge of quitting gains a champion as his coach. MAPPA, 12 episodes.
  • Zenshu 2025. An animator is pulled into the world of her favourite childhood film. MAPPA, 12 episodes.
  • Zombie Land Saga 2018. Girls brought back as zombies form an idol group to revive Saga Prefecture. MAPPA, 12 episodes.

How this list was compiled: List chosen and every one-line premise written for this site; nothing is copied from Wikipedia, a fan wiki or a studio page. Each title's year, studio and episode count were read on 2026-09-18 from the infobox of its own English Wikipedia article (index page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_anime; each entry was checked on the article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ plus the title, read through the Wikipedia API), and each premise was checked against the lead and plot sections of the same article; a detail we could not find there was cut. Year rule: the first broadcast or release the infobox lists for the first series or film under that title, so a show with later seasons is dated by its first. Studio rule: the animation studios the infobox lists, the first two at most; where two studios made different seasons, both are named. Episode rule: the count the infobox gives for that series, which covers the first run only where the article lists later seasons as separate series; no count is printed for a show still airing, a show with episodes or an announced new season dated 2026 or later, or a show whose article gives two different figures, and the count is dropped from the line (but kept in the data) where two long studio names leave no room. The Series chip also holds 9 video series and 3 web series; the Films chip holds 96 cinema films and 1 television film. Left out on purpose: adults-only titles, titles led by fan service or gore (our judgement, not an official rating: action series with violent scenes are in, and some films here carry an R rating in the United States, such as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Slayer:_Kimetsu_no_Yaiba_–_The_Movie:_Mugen_Train), works not animated in Japan, titles whose article has no usable series infobox, and anything past 5 entries for one franchise, counting sequels, remakes and films together. On 2026-09-18 the list was shortened from 556 to 466 titles to keep the page light: the 90 cut were those whose English Wikipedia article, or the article of their franchise, exists in 11 or fewer other languages (read from the Wikipedia API that day), a rough sign that a title is hard to find outside Japan; 13 well-known titles whose count is low only because Wikipedia splits them across several articles were kept. Text only: no artwork, logos or clips. Review interval: every 12 months, and sooner when a running show ends. Licence: own work