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Assessment

Which Anime Should You Watch? (Since 2000)

1 sections8 questions

We score your taste on 8 axes and rank your top 30 out of 100 anime (since 2000).

An 8-question taste quiz that ranks your top 30 best-matching anime (since 2000) out of 100.

What this assessment measures

Taste profile

Your estimated taste from answers

01
Your anime taste profile
PROFILE

Your anime taste, estimated from your 8 answers.

Match ranking

Anime ranked by match

01
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Two brothers bearing the price of equivalent exchange — a weighty fantasy.

02
Attack on Titan

Chasing the truth beyond the walls, past despair — a weighty dark fantasy.

03
Demon Slayer

Family bonds and resolve carried on a blade — beautiful swordplay battle.

04
Jujutsu Kaisen

Fight curses with curses — modern supernatural action.

05
Haikyu!!

Pure youth poured onto the court — volleyball.

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Example result report

Your anime taste profile

Your anime taste, estimated from your 8 answers.

Emotion

100

Action

33

Comedy

33

Mystery

33

Romance

33

Comfort

33

Fantasy & SF

33

Dark & deep

33

It's only a guide — it can shift with your mood.

Match ranking

Match #1

Violet Evergarden

Emotional fantasy

2018

A girl closed off by war learns words — a tearful, moving work.

Your match58/100

A girl learns emotion through her work writing letters, in this acclaimed 2018 Kyoto Animation series. Stunning art and a moving story, for deep emotion.


Tags

MovingVisualsGrowth

Highlights

Stunning, beautiful art

Learning to feel

Tear-jerking episodic structure

Match #2

Your Lie in April

Moving / Music

2014

A boy who lost the sound meets music again — a tearful music drama.

Your match58/100

A boy who can no longer play piano and a free-spirited violinist, in this 2014 adaptation of Naoshi Arakawa's manga. Fresh youth and aching love, for tears.


Tags

MovingMusicYouth

Highlights

Performances full of motion

A tender, single-minded love

Lush, colorful direction

Match #3

Sound! Euphonium

Youth / Music

2015

A concert band's youth drawn with care — a delicate music anime.

Your match58/100

The relationships of a concert band aiming for nationals, in this 2015 Kyoto Animation series from Ayano Takeda's novels. Beautiful art and delicate psychology, for fresh youth.


Tags

YouthMusicVisuals

Highlights

Beautiful performance scenes

Delicate club relationships

Careful psychology

Match #4

A Place Further Than the Universe

Moving / Youth

2018

Girls aiming for Antarctica — a fresh, moving youth tale.

Your match58/100

High-school girls join an Antarctic expedition, in this 2018 original anime. Fresh friendship and moving turns, for breezy tears.


Tags

MovingYouthFriendship

Highlights

A bid to reach Antarctica

Fresh friendship

Moving emotional scenes

Match #5

The Heike Story

Historical / Moving

2022

A girl watching a clan fade — a beautiful, moving historical work.

Your match58/100

The rise and fall of the Heike through a girl who sees the future, in this 2022 work directed by Naoko Yamada. Beautiful art and impermanence, for a mellow soak.


Tags

HistoricalMovingImpermanence

Highlights

Beautiful, delicate art

A fading clan's story

A view mirroring impermanence

Match #6

Ping Pong the Animation

Sports / Youth

2014

The hearts of boys staking it on table tennis — a youth work of singular art.

Your match58/100

Table-tennis boys carrying talent and setback, in this 2014 work directed by Masaaki Yuasa from Taiyo Matsumoto's manga. Rough, powerful art and deep drama, for sturdy youth.


Tags

SportsYouthVisuals

Highlights

Rough, powerful art

A tale of talent and setback

A moving growth

Match #7

Demon Slayer

Emotional battle

2019

Family bonds and resolve carried on a blade — beautiful swordplay battle.

Your match56/100

A boy whose family was killed by demons becomes a slayer to save his demon-turned sister, in this 2019 phenomenon from Koyoharu Gotouge's manga. For both feeling and action.


Tags

MovingSwordplayFamily

Highlights

Striking breath-and-blade animation

Sorrow even in its villains

A briskly paced slaying journey

Match #8

Anohana

Moving / Youth

2011

Childhood friends' renewal around a lost friend — a tearful youth ensemble.

Your match56/100

Young people gather to grant the wish of a ghost childhood friend, in this 2011 original anime. Aching regret and renewal, for deep tears.


Tags

MovingYouthFriends

Highlights

Regret around a lost friend

A renewal of childhood bonds

A finale sure to make you sob

Match #9

Tsuki ga Kirei

Romance / Youth

2017

A middle-schoolers' tender first love drawn with care — a delicate pure romance.

Your match56/100

The first love of a library-committee boy and a track-club girl, in this 2017 original anime. A true-to-life tender romance, for straightforward youth.


Tags

RomanceYouthPure love

Highlights

A tender middle-school romance

Careful emotion

Fresh youth

Match #10

Steins;Gate

SF / Suspense

2011

Defying tragedy caused by time leaps — a meticulous SF suspense.

Your match54/100

A young man who accidentally builds a time machine leaps back again to save his friends, in this acclaimed 2011 game adaptation. Tight foreshadowing, for SF and theory.


Tags

SFTheoryMoving

Highlights

A tight time-leap logic

A chain of aching choices

A moving back half

Match #11

Toradora!

Romcom / Youth

2008

A mismatched pair in a love that keeps missing — a mainstream youth romcom.

Your match54/100

A scary-looking boy and a small girl fall for each other while helping each other's crushes, in this 2008 adaptation of Yuyuko Takemiya's novels. For youthful romance.


Tags

RomcomYouthMoving

Highlights

A distance that slowly closes

Fresh emotional portraiture

A moving back half

Match #12

Clannad

Moving / Romance

2007

Family and renewal drawn with care — one of the great tearjerkers.

Your match54/100

From a delinquent boy and a frail girl's meeting to a family story, in this acclaimed 2007 game adaptation. Renowned for its tearful later arc, for deep tears.


Tags

MovingRomanceFamily

Highlights

Hearts that slowly heal

A famously tearful later arc

Careful human drama

Match #13

Honey and Clover

Youth / Ensemble

2005

Unrequited love and dazzling young years — a bittersweet ensemble.

Your match54/100

The wavering hearts of art-school youth, in this 2005 adaptation of Chica Umino's manga. Delicate crushes and creative struggle, for bittersweet afterglow.


Tags

YouthRomanceBittersweet

Highlights

The ache of one-sided love

Days of creative struggle

An ensemble of art students

Match #14

Vinland Saga

Historical / Battle

2019

Beyond revenge, asking what a true warrior is — a weighty historical action.

Your match54/100

Violence and atonement in a Viking era, in this 2019 adaptation of Makoto Yukimura's manga. Sturdy history and deep themes, for a weighty tale.


Tags

HistoricalWeightyGrowth

Highlights

From revenge to renewal

Sturdy historical detail

A sweeping historical canvas

Match #15

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Emotional fantasy

2023

Living on after the demon king is gone — a quietly affecting fantasy.

Your match54/100

A long-lived elf mage reflects on time and loss, in this 2023 hit from Yamada and Abe's manga. Quiet and deeply moving, for savoring afterglow.


Tags

MovingAfterglowJourney

Highlights

A hushed take on time and memory

Small feelings on the road

Beautiful magic and a quiet quest

Match #16

To Your Eternity

Emotional fantasy

2021

An immortal being meeting and parting again — an aching, moving fantasy.

Your match54/100

The journey of an immortal that can take any form, in this 2021 adaptation of Yoshitoki Oima's manga. Growing through repeated loss, for deep tears.


Tags

MovingFantasyGrowth

Highlights

Repeated meetings and partings

An immortal's growth

Heart-wrenching loss

Match #17

Ranking of Kings

Fantasy / Moving

2021

The growth of a deaf prince — a warm yet aching fantasy.

Your match54/100

A weak, deaf prince grows up, in this 2021 adaptation of Sosuke Toka's manga. Storybook art and aching turns, for warm tears.


Tags

MovingFantasyGrowth

Highlights

An earnest prince's growth

A storybook world

A warm yet aching tale

Match #18

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Mecha / Hot-blooded

2007

Racing from underground to the heavens — over-the-top hot-blooded mecha.

Your match54/100

An underground boy aims for the surface in a giant robot, in this exhilarating 2007 original anime. A hot soul and ever-expanding scale, for pure heat.


Tags

MechaHot-bloodedGrowth

Highlights

Over-the-top heat

Ever-inflating scale

Moving growth and farewell

Match #19

Girls' Last Tour

Slice-of-life / Post-apocalypse

2017

Lazily roaming a ruined world — a quiet, deep post-apocalyptic slice-of-life.

Your match54/100

Two girls travel a world after civilization's end, in this 2017 adaptation of Tsukumizu's manga. A leisurely journey and deep afterglow, for a quietly affecting tale.


Tags

Slice-of-lifePost-apocalypseAfterglow

Highlights

The hush of a ruined world

A leisurely two-person journey

A deeply affecting afterglow

Match #20

Planetes

SF / Workplace

2003

Space told from debris collection — a grounded, moving SF.

Your match54/100

Space development from the humble job of collecting debris, in this acclaimed 2003 adaptation of Makoto Yukimura's manga. A realistic vision and reflective story, for deeply affecting SF.


Tags

SFWorkplaceMoving

Highlights

A grounded vision of space

Asking how to live

A gently affecting afterglow

Match #21

Angel Beats!

Moving / School

2010

Young people fighting in an afterlife — a school work to laugh and cry to.

Your match54/100

Youths defy an unfair fate in an afterlife school, in this 2010 original anime written by Jun Maeda. Laughs and tears in turns, for emotion.


Tags

MovingSchoolFantasy

Highlights

An afterlife premise

Laughs and tears in turns

A moving later half

Match #22

March Comes in Like a Lion

Moving / Shogi

2016

A lonely shogi player renewed by human ties — a quietly affecting work.

Your match54/100

An orphaned pro shogi player recovers through the game and human bonds, in this 2016 adaptation of Chica Umino's manga. Delicate psychology and warm ties, for a slow-affecting tale.


Tags

MovingShogiRenewal

Highlights

Renewal from solitude

Warm human ties

The taut tension of matches

Match #23

Shirobako

Workplace / Youth

2014

Young people staking it on the anime production floor — a hot workplace youth.

Your match52/100

Young people striving in the anime industry, in this 2014 original anime. The reality and passion of a creative floor, for workplace stories.


Tags

WorkplaceYouthPassion

Highlights

The anime-making floor

Young people chasing a dream

The passion of creation

Match #24

Laid-Back Camp

Slice-of-life / Outdoor

2018

Savoring winter solo camping — top-tier healing slice-of-life.

Your match50/100

High-school girls camping, in this 2018 hit from Afro's manga. Beautiful scenery and a relaxed air, for pure comfort.


Tags

Slice-of-lifeComfortOutdoor

Highlights

Beautiful camp scenery

A relaxed air

The fun of camp know-how

Match #25

Kimi ni Todoke

Shojo / Romance

2009

Clumsy feelings reaching, little by little — a mainstream shojo romance.

Your match50/100

The pure love of a misunderstood girl and a popular boy, in this 2009 adaptation of Karuho Shiina's manga. Careful emotion, for a sweet, warm read.


Tags

RomancePure loveYouth

Highlights

A distance that slowly closes

A warm circle of friends

Carefully drawn emotions

Match #26

Naruto Shippuden

Shonen / Ninja

2007

An underdog ninja's fight to be recognized — mainstream ninja battle.

Your match50/100

A village outcast ninja faces friends and destiny, in this 2007 hit from Masashi Kishimoto's manga. Effort and bonds, for a big, hot growth story.


Tags

MainstreamNinjaGrowth

Highlights

Master-student and friend bonds

Skills passed down a lineage

Stirring duels of destiny

Match #27

My Hero Academia

Hero / Battle

2016

A quirkless boy aims to be the greatest hero — mainstream hero battle.

Your match50/100

In a world of superpowers, a quirkless boy aims to be a hero, in this 2016 hit from Kohei Horikoshi's manga. Earnest growth and hot battles, for the mainstream.


Tags

HeroMainstreamGrowth

Highlights

Fights built around 'quirks'

A will that gets passed on

Compelling villains to clash with

Match #28

Aoashi

Sports / Soccer

2022

Breaking down pro tactics — a realistic soccer growth tale.

Your match50/100

A boy blossoms in a youth team, in this 2022 adaptation of Yugo Kobayashi's manga. Realistic tactics and a rich ensemble, for watching like a real match.


Tags

SportsTacticsGrowth

Highlights

Realistic tactical depiction

Growth as vision opens

A rich ensemble

Match #29

Haikyu!!

Sports

2014

Pure youth poured onto the court — volleyball.

Your match48/100

A short boy aims for the top of high-school volleyball, in this 2014 sports anime from Haruichi Furudate's manga. For sweat and excitement.


Tags

SportsPassionGrowth

Highlights

Nail-biting rally sequences

A whole team's growth arc

Vividly drawn rival schools

Match #30

Bocchi the Rock!

Slice-of-life / Music

2022

A shy girl dives into a band — a funny music slice-of-life.

Your match48/100

An extremely shy girl takes on life in a band, in this 2022 hit from Aki Hamaji's manga. Relatable gags and fresh youth, for laughs and comfort.


Tags

Slice-of-lifeComedyMusic

Highlights

Relatable shy-kid portrayal

Bursting gag direction

Fresh band youth

Who it's for

Anyone deciding what anime to watch next by mood.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge needed. 8 questions, about two minutes.

What the result looks like

We compute the match for all 100 titles and show your top 30 by match.

FAQ

How many questions is it?

Eight. You can answer in about two minutes on gut feel.

How many titles is it choosing from?

A pool of 100 anime since 2000 — talked-about hits and classics — ranked to give you the best-matching top 30.

Is the result free?

Yes — no sign-up, free to the result.

How is the match decided?

From your answers on 8 taste axes (emotion, action, comedy, mystery, romance, slice-of-life, fantasy/SF, dark), each title is scored and ranked highest-first.

This assessment has 1 sections and 8 questions.

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