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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song

★ 7.9
5K 14 2021–2021
Anime · Bittersweet

This World Can't Tear Me Down

★ 8.0
5K 6 2023–2023
Adult animation

Cars on the Road

★ 6.9
5K 9 2022–2022
Kids & family · Family-safe

Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre

★ 6.1
5K 12 2023–2023
Unsettling · Anthology

Blue Period

★ 7.6
5K 12 2021–2021
Coming of age · Anime

I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too

★ 6.6
5K 14 2023–2026
Anime · High fantasy

Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway

★ 7.4
5K 13 2021–2021
Anime · Found family

Dream Productions

★ 7.5
5K 4 2024–2024
Kids & family · Family-safe

Romantic Killer

★ 7.6
5K 12 2022–2022
Anime · Parody · Easy watching

A Sign of Affection

★ 7.8
5K 12 2024–2024
Anime · Love story

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

★ 7.6
5K 39 2024–2025
Survival · Adrenaline

Kurukshetra

★ 8.8
5K 18 2025–present
War & military · Indian TV

Is It Cake?

★ 6.1
5K 25 2022–present
Reality competition

Beavis and Butt-Head

★ 8.4
5K 36 2022–present
Adult animation · Raunchy

Central Park

★ 6.9
5K 39 2020–2022
Feel-good · Wholesome · Warm humor

Dragon Age: Absolution

★ 6.4
5K 6 2022–2022
High fantasy

Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy

★ 7.2
5K 18 2020–2021
War & military · Adrenaline

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch

★ 6.8
5K 16 2025–present
Espionage · Adrenaline

The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball

★ 8.5
5K 42 2025–present
Absurdist · Chaotic energy

Dead End: Paranormal Park

★ 6.1
5K 20 2022–2022
Queer stories · Found family

Dragon's Dogma

★ 6.2
5K 7 2020–2020
High fantasy · Graphic violence

Horimiya: The Missing Pieces

★ 7.8
5K 13 2023–2023
Anime · School & campus

Alien Worlds

★ 6.5
5K 4 2020–2020
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Animaniacs

★ 7.7
5K 36 2020–2023
Parody · Satirical
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