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Best Animation TV Series of the 2020s

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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Baymax!

★ 7.2
10K 6 2022–2022
Warm glow · Wholesome

Wind Breaker

★ 7.4
9K 25 2024–2025
Anime · Friendship · Coming of age

Bocchi the Rock!

★ 8.3
9K 13 2022–2022
Anime · Music scene

Uzumaki

★ 6.4
9K 4 2024–2024
Unsettling · Visually striking

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

★ 5.6
9K 16 2024–2025
Strong female lead · Adrenaline

My Happy Marriage

★ 7.5
9K 26 2023–2025
Anime · Love story

Lookism

★ 7.6
9K 8 2022–2022
Outsider lead · School & campus

Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

★ 7.2
9K 13 2024–present
Anime · School & campus

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

★ 8.3
9K 30 2020–2020
Post-apocalyptic · Hopeful

Haunted Hotel

★ 7.6
9K 11 2025–present
Adult animation · Dark comedy

Blue Box

★ 8.0
9K 25 2024–present
Romantic yearning · Anime

Calls

★ 7.7
9K 9 2021–2021
Experimental · Anthology

Ninja Kamui

★ 7.0
9K 13 2024–2024
Revenge · Graphic violence

Great Pretender

★ 7.8
8K 25 2020–2024
Heists & cons · Anime · Fast-paced

The Summer Hikaru Died

★ 7.9
8K 12 2025–present
Unsettling · Anime · Atmospheric

Star Trek: Prodigy

★ 7.6
8K 40 2021–2024
Space & sci-fi · Found family

Hoops

★ 6.0
8K 10 2020–2020
Raunchy · Adult animation

Redo of Healer

★ 6.4
8K 12 2021–2021
Sexually explicit · Revenge

Odd Taxi

★ 8.3
8K 13 2021–2021
Anime · Deadpan cool · Puzzle plot

The Clown

★ 8.3
8K 5 2022–present
Monster horror · Unsettling

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

★ 7.8
8K 24 2023–2026
Anime · Love story · Warm glow

Call of the Night

★ 7.5
8K 25 2022–2025
Anime · Urban fantasy

The Way of the Househusband

★ 7.3
8K 15 2021–2023
Absurdist · Anime · Parody

More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers

★ 7.6
8K 12 2022–2022
Anime · Love story
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