12 Best Anime of 2024 (So Far)

Delicious in DungeonIn a fantasy world where people explore massive dungeons to find treasure and fight mysterious beasts, one group of companions takes to cooking and eating the monsters to survive. The humorous and lighthearted series is finally adapted in this Netflix original, which is sure to make you hungry—even when they’re eating something insane.

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One Piece (Season 21)Send some prayers to One Piece’s animators, because the series didn’t even take a week off in between seasons. Debuting a flashy new animation style in the opening and hopping right into an adaptation of the manga’s current arc, the team behind the celebrated pirate series is steamrolling into season 21 and has the anime looking the best it ever has.

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Solo LevelingSolo Leveling follows the weakest human on Earth during a full-scale alien invasion. After a chance encounter, he’s given the power to fight back and solve the mystery of the monstrous invaders.

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Kaiju No. 8While reading Kaiju No. 8, it was clear that the Godzilla-esque kaiju series would be perfect for an anime adaptation. Borrowing heavily from classic mech series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, the story follows Earth’s need to protect the planet from massive intelligent monsters by borrowing the technology of defeated past foes.

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Demon Slayer (Season 4)Following an explosive third season, Demon Slayer returned this summer with a one-hour premiere as the story heads into the Hashira training arc. The series is also embarking on a worldwide fan tour in 2024, including special screenings of Demon Slayer’s most emotional episodes.

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Mashle (Season 2)Mashle season 2, subtitled Magic and Muscles, is an absolute hit. The Harry Potter parody series about a protagonist who is all muscle and no magic debuted the song “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Japanese band Creepy Nuts in the opening credits, and the song just entered its 15th straight week on top of Billboard’s Japan Hot 100 chart.

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Wind BreakerCrunchyroll’s newest anime, Wind Breaker, is a brawler that hits like a truck. There’s no anime magic or power levels here—just high school delinquents looking for fights.

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Tonbo!Simple and serene, Tonbo! is the best new sports anime of 2024. Less fiery than the genre’s more shonen-dependent staples, the new golf series on Amazon Prime Video—which is set in Japan’s Tokara Islands—takes its time to breathe and embody the inner peace that a sport like golf provides.

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Metallic RougeBlending themes from Neon Genesis Evangelion and Kill La Kill, Metallic Rouge is a genre-bending mech anime that doesn’t shy away from its queer undertones.

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My Hero Academia (Season 7)My Hero Academia heads into its long final arc beginning in season 7, as the school for superheroes plans on bringing down the League of Villains once and for all.

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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s EndFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End combines Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings fantasy with magical anime battles. The story follows a thousand-year-old elven mage who reunites with her fellow heroes years after they killed the Demon King.

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Sand LandAlongside Dragon Ball Daima, Akira Toriyama’s earlier project, Sand Land, received an anime adaption in 2024 thanks to Hulu. The series follows a demon child and a desperate sheriff on the lookout for water after natural disasters cover the world in sand.

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Best of 2024

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