Top 10 Animes With the Best Animation

In terms of animation, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works is the best you'll ever see, hands down. The movement is just amazing. Even if a character is simply turning their head around, for instance, it will keep me captivated for the entire day.

The detail in the coloring and background art makes it remarkably beautiful and almost impossible to forget. Not to mention the fight scenes - oh my god, the fight scenes! I could rewatch them forever if I could. But it's no surprise, knowing Ufotable is the reason behind this godly show. They also animated Fate/Zero (2011) and The Garden of Sinners (2007), which are two relatively old, yet amazing, series that have better animation than the anime we have today!

Amazing animation! The combat scenes, emotion, lighting, and effects that the animators put into the artwork of this anime just blow me away. The animators are far from lazy with this show, and they put as much effort as they can into the work! 10/10, I highly recommend this anime (not just for the animation, but for the story, too! Although it gets a little nasty at points...).

After season 1, you start to see major improvements to the animation. It gradually gets better and better after watching every episode. It'd be no surprise if you didn't notice any change at all. I was in genuine disbelief after seeing the difference in the first and last episodes.

I started watching it recently. I like the theme of this anime. The animation appears to be very high quality. Although I'm not finding the story to be as good as AOT, the animation rivals it.

For those times, just to be something outstanding, that quality...

K shows a variety of textures and motions that are visually appealing. Not only does it give off a bold vibe, but it also gives off a warm vibe. When mixed together, this provides one of the most aesthetic animations I've ever witnessed.

I am surprised that this not-so-mainstream anime made it here and is known for great animation. They incorporated a whole deal of different techniques, and it still looks nice.

One Punch Man has some of the greatest visuals ever. While using the insane power of Saitama for comedy, the animation somehow also emphasizes it. The visuals and movements are genius and incredibly hard to imagine - let alone animate something as good. Every single punch has a large amount of detail put into it, even in the punches and the air behind it.

At first, I thought someone who destroys anything in one punch would never be well animated, but in truth, the art behind it is genius. Even if you do not enjoy that, the show focuses a lot on side characters who encounter more difficulty when fighting.

Compared to any anime I've ever seen (including the ones at the top of this list), One Punch Man clearly outranks any anime in animation. For example, Attack on Titan has minimal fight scenes, including titan fights which are just surprisingly immobile people fighting with a bit of wind flying off the fists every once in a while.

Additionally, in Attack on Titan, the grapples (whose actual name I have forgotten) are just people flying forward and sliding from time to time for some reason. I know that Attack on Titan is very good with animation, but One Punch Man is a revolution and a great feat - especially compared to what there was in those days.

All I can say is that this anime's quality is top-notch. While I was watching this series, it looked like fan art the whole way through. The detail put into the animation was so intense. Best anime of the 21st century.

God Eater's animation is different from many other animes. That's why I think it's better and unique.

The animation can convey more emotion than words. Never before have I seen an animated gemstone appear to be alive simply through how the light reflecting off of it is animated. Never before have I seen animated water look so fluid. Never before have I watched a series that made me cry in over half of its episodes. This is one of the most visually appealing shows I've ever seen.

I was looking for something else but saw that Violet Evergarden is #17. It has by far way better animation than all the other ones above. I don't even know why more than half of them are there. Like SNK, Guilty Crown, God Eater, Overlord? Is this going with popularity or actually good animation? Anyway, this one deserves more votes.

Not only the animation but the music is the best you're ever going to get in anime, period.

The animation in this is nothing short of insane. This is one of the best, and I mean best, animes I've watched just due to the animation alone. Not only does this anime have an amazing plot and lovable characters, but it also has some of the best visuals out there to date.

I don't understand why this isn't in the top 10 already! Just rewatch it or something, people! If we set storylines aside and talk only about animation, this is indeed a demon! Hands down, it has the best quality and most fluid animation ever!

This show is just awesome. It shows all the backstories of the demons and how much the demons went through when they were human.

Episode 19 was especially incredible - the animation was on point. Because of this, it is now one of my favorites.

This show never fails to capture your focus, entrapping you in the world the writers and animators have created. There is nothing better than watching a good anime with a good plot and animation in the dark, comfy, and relaxed. Death Note does this with great success.

More realistic animation than others.

The animators deserved an award.

Honestly, one of the most fluid-looking animation styles I have ever seen, on par with that of titles such as Kimetsu No Yaiba and Jujutsu Kaisen. Every time I see a scene, no matter what episode or season, Bones' animation truly blows me away, including the fact that they over-animate the most unsuspecting scenes. 10/10

The art style can really work with going off-model and not be weird. The animation is always on point with the intensity of the scene. To get what I mean, just watch Season 2 Episode 5. Such amazing visuals, and you can follow every movement - it's just so good.

While all of the other anime on this list have great animation and deserve to be here, this one completely dominates all others in terms of animation. But the best thing about it is the brilliantly insane idea to set the series in the beautiful setting of Edo-period Japan and animate it with a one-of-a-kind hip-hop style that can never be truly replicated.

The true beauty of this anime lies in its fight scenes, which are stupendously over-the-top and are works of art in their own right. Seriously, Samurai Champloo is absolutely gorgeous. Just look up any one of its many fight scenes on YouTube and try to argue that it isn't.

I'm up to the third season of this anime, and I've only been watching for a few days. Not only am I invested in the plot, but I'm also invested in all the characters' developments as the series progresses. This anime not only carries in its animation, but its plot is also another strong point.

Despite being made during 2009, this show's animation was the best!

This, Sword Art Online, and One Punch Man are by far the best-animated anime series I've ever seen! I love that Kaneki boy and can't wait for season 3 to be completed.

This is an anime with an incredibly unique art style that admittedly takes a bit to get used to. Once you do, however, you will begin to see how incredibly fluid and well-animated basically every fight scene is, and how much work painstakingly went into choreographing them.

I haven't watched this yet, but the hype led me to some clips. They show off some flashy visuals and an appealing plot that I know I'm going to invest a lot of time into in the future.

Very unique and incredible art style. If you watch closely during the fight scenes, it has many aspects that are mostly seen in movies, which are incredibly hard to make. This one deserves to be in the top 10, in my opinion.

I have only recently started Naruto, but I really love the way they animate the scenes! The story is also really nice, and I think Naruto is one of my favorite animes ever. I recommend it!

Amazing! No words can describe the vibe this show gives off. The animation is classic, and the plot is gold.

Baccano! has to be one of the best shows I've ever seen. Almost everything about this show is incredibly underrated, especially its animation.