Ranking of the Best Animes of All Time – TOP 250

In this article, I will share a TOP 250 ranking of the best animes of all time according to a survey conducted with over 5 million votes on Ranker.

A large part of the audience that voted on this list are Americans, which may generate disagreement with some results. Do not take this list as absolute; each person has their own taste.

I personally do not agree with anything in the TOP 10 except for 1, Code Geass and Death Note. In fact, I have my own ranking of the best animes in my opinion.

I hope you enjoy this small Ranking and that it helps in adding animes to your list. I personally like rankings like this because I find good animes that I might have overlooked.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to detail the animes described in this list, as there are more than 250. I will only list the names; some of the names may be in English. There are other lists and rankings of animes here on the site that provide more details about the synopsis and genre of the anime.

TOP 250 Animes

1. Death Note
2. Attack on Titan
3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
4. Naruto Shippuden
5. Naruto
6. Dragon Ball Z
7. Sword Art Online
8. Code Geass
9. Hunter x Hunter
10. Bleach
11. Fairy Tail
12. One Piece
13. Tokyo Ghoul
14. Cowboy Bebop
15. Fullmetal Alchemist
16. The Seven Deadly Sins
17. Steins;Gate
18. Blue Exorcist
19. Soul Eater
20. Akame Ga Kill
21. No Game No Life
22. Pokémon
23. My Hero Academia
24. Parasyte
25. Dragon Ball
26. Assassination Classroom
27. One-punch Man
28. InuYasha
29. Samurai Champloo
30. Noragami
31. Sword Art Online II
32. Yu Yu Hakusho
33. Fate/Zero
34. Psycho-Pass
35. Trigun
36. Rurouni Kenshin
37. Angel Beats!
38. High School of the Dead
39. Elfen Lied
40. The Future Diary
41. Magi
42. Black Butler
43. Neon Genesis Evangelion
44. Gurren Lagann
45. Food Wars: Shokugeki No Soma
46. Ouran High School Host Club
47. Berserk
48. The Devil is a Part-timer
49. High School DxD
50. Hellsing
51. Kill La Kill
52. Yu-Gi-Oh!
53. Your Lie in April
54. One Piece
55. Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
56. Hellsing Ultimate
57. Toradora!
58. Owari No Seraph
59. Black Clover
60. Death Parade
61. Haikyuu!
62. Another
63. Kuroko’s Basketball
64. Fate/stay night
65. Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
66. Overlord
67. Charlotte
68. Deadman Wonderland
69. Mob Psycho 100
70. Durarara!!
71. Dragon Ball Super
72. Sailor Moon
73. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
74. Fairy Tail Zero
75. The Irregular at Magic High School
76. Darker Than Black
77. Clannad: After Story
78. Gin Tama
79. Black Lagoon
80. D Gray Man
81. Maid Sama
82. Guilty Crown
83. Claymore
84. Log Horizon
85. Fruits Basket
86. Rosario + Vampire
87. K
88. Re:ZERO – Starting Life in Another World
89. Spice and Wolf
90. Free
91. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
92. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
93. Akatsuki No Yona
94. Yu-Gi-Oh!
95. Nisekoi
96. Case Closed
97. Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works
98. Clannad
99. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
100. Magi: the Adventures of Sinbad
101. Blood Lad
102. Trinity Seven
103. Snow White with the Red Hair
104. Monster
105. Beelzebub
106. Baccano!
107. Mushishi
108. Mirai Nikki – Another: World
109. Btooom!
110. vampire knight
111. Kamisama Kiss
112. Reborn!
113. Ranma ½
114. Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren’t They?
115. Afro Samurai
116. Blood+
117. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
118. Full Metal Panic!
119. Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
120. Kaze no Stigma
121. Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
122. Heaven’s Lost Property
123. Golden Time
124. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
125. Black Bullet
126. Cardcaptor Sakura
127. Hajime no Ippo
128. Accel World
129. Dragon Ball GT
130. Hyouka
131. Great Teacher Onizuka
132. Shaman King
133. Danganronpa The Animation
134. Strike the Blood
135. Vampire Hunter D
136. A Certain Magical Index
137. Eureka 7
138. Wolf’s Rain
139. Chobits
140. Beyond the Boundary
141. Kimi ni Todoke
142. Special A
143. Zero no Tsukaima
144. Future Diary
145. KonoSuba
146. K-On!
147. Aldnoah Zero
148. Baka and Test
149. Absolute Duo
150. The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
151. Outlaw Star
152. Sekirei
153. Say I Love You
154. Tokyo Ravens
155. Beyblade
156. A Certain Scientific Railgun
157. Sailor Moon Crystal
158. Devil May Cry: The Animated Series
159. Slam Dunk
160. Freezing
161. Samurai 7
162. Bakemonogatari
163. Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan
164. Infinite Stratos
165. Ergo Proxy
166. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal
167. Re:zero Kara Hajumeru Isekai Seikatsu
168. Space Dandy
169. Is This a Zombie?
170. Mobile Suit Gundam 00
171. Gantz
172. Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
173. Gangsta
174. Terror in Resonance
175. Tenchi Muyo
176. Black Cat
177. Mobile Suit Gundam
178. The Promised Neverland
179. Voltron
180. Ghost in the Shell: Arise
181. Saint Seiya
182. Serial Experiments Lain
183. Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
184. Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!
185. Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
186. Code:Breaker
187. Violet Evergarden
188. My Love Story!!
189. Lupin III
190. Doraemon
191. Nana
192. Diabolik Lovers
193. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
194. When They Cry – Higurashi
195. xxxHOLiC
196. GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
197. Bakuman;
198. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
199. Knights of Sidonia
200. Rakudai Kishi No Cavalry
201. .hack//Sign
202. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
203. Pandora Hearts
204. Slayers
205. Welcome to the N.H.K;
206. Saiki Kusuo No Psi Nan
207. Durarara!!x2
208. Oh My Goddess!
209. Lucky Star
210. The Big O
211. The Vision of Escaflowne
212. Watamote!
213. The Heroic Legend of Arslan
214. 49 Days
215. Prince of Tennis
216. Freezing Vibration
217. The World Is Still Beautiful
218. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
219. The Rising of the Shield Hero
220. Ghost Hunt
221. Shakugan no Shana
222. B Gata H Kei
223. Amnesia
224. Basilisk
225. KonoSuba: God’s Blessing On This Wonderful World
226. Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
227. Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
228. Sailor Moon R
229. To Love Ru
230. Date A Live
231. Karneval
232. Mobile Fighter G Gundam
233. Initial D
234. Robotech
235. Witch Hunter Robin
236. Oregairu
237. Barakamon
238. School Rumble
239. Ninja Scroll: The Series
240. Say You Love Me
241. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru;
242. Shiki
243. Hetalia – Axis Powers
244. Gunslinger Girl
245. Eyeshield 21
246. Last Exile
247. Skip Beat!
248. Paranoia Agent
249. Spirited Away
250. Speed Racer