☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Animation TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Animation series that started in the 2020s

All Animation series All series from the 2020s
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
500 series (top 500 shown)

The Amazing Digital Circus

★ 8.1
21K 9 2023–2026
Adult animation · Chaotic energy

Pluto

★ 8.1
21K 8 2023–2023
Anime · Philosophical

Diabolical

★ 6.8
21K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Adult animation

Dragon Ball Daima

★ 7.7
20K 20 2024–2025
Anime · Kids & family · Nostalgic

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

★ 7.5
19K 12 2025–present
Coming of age · Kids & family

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

★ 7.0
18K 6 2024–2024
Anthology · Villain's POV

Oshi No Ko

★ 8.3
18K 36 2023–present
Anime · Music scene · Revenge

Sakamoto Days

★ 7.5
17K 23 2025–present
Anime · Adrenaline

The Wheel of Time: Origins

★ 7.1
17K 6 2021–present
High fantasy · Deep worldbuilding

Tear Along the Dotted Line

★ 8.5
17K 6 2021–2021
Dialogue-driven · Adult animation

Mashle: Magic and Muscles

★ 7.5
17K 26 2023–present
Anime · Parody · Absurdist

Batman: Caped Crusader

★ 7.2
17K 20 2024–present
Stylized direction

Lord of Mysteries

★ 8.5
17K 17 2025–present
Deep worldbuilding · Supernatural

Dorohedoro

★ 8.1
17K 24 2020–2026
Anime · Graphic violence

Ranking of Kings

★ 8.4
16K 23 2021–2022
Outsider lead · Anime · Hopeful

86

★ 8.3
16K 24 2021–2022
War & military · Anime

Santa Inc.

★ 1.7
16K 8 2021–2021
Adult animation · Raunchy · Campy

The Eminence in Shadow

★ 7.7
16K 32 2022–2023
Anime · Ironic & meta · Parody

Gachiakuta

★ 8.0
15K 24 2025–present
Anime · Outsider lead

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

★ 8.3
15K 13 2025–2025
Anime · Love story

Delicious in Dungeon

★ 8.1
15K 25 2024–present
Anime · Food & cooking

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness

★ 5.8
15K 4 2021–2021
Monster horror · Graphic violence

Close Enough

★ 7.8
15K 24 2020–2022
Adult animation · Absurdist

Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

★ 7.5
14K 50 2020–2022
Survival · Adrenaline
Browse by decade
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Browse by year
2026202520242023202220212020
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western