(Nene Sakura, a newbie programmer from New Game. Image by destex on Wallhaven)
A curated list of animes every developer should watch.
Legend: ๐ = Anime series, ๐ฝ = Anime Movie
TITLE | GENRE | SEASON/YEAR | MAL SCORE |
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๐ .hack//Sign | Game, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery, Magic, Fantasy | Spring 2002 | โญ 7.00 |
๐ Accel World | Action, Romance, Sci-Fi | Spring 2012 | โญ 7.27 |
๐ Angel Beats! | Action, Comedy, Drama, School, Supernatural | Spring 2010 | โญ 8.18 |
๐ฝ Battle Programmer Shirase | Comedy, Ecchi, Sci-Fi | 2004 | โญ 7.64 |
๐ฝ Blood-C: The Last Dark | Action, Horror, Supernatural, Vampire | 2012 | โญ 7.21 |
๐ Bokutachi no Remake | Drama, Romance, Slice of Life | 2021 | โญ 7.52 |
๐ฝ Byousoku 5 Centimeter | Drama, Romance, Slice of Life | 2007 | โญ 7.78 |
๐ Bungou Stray Dogs | Action, Comedy, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural | Spring 2016 | โญ 7.78 |
๐ Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season | Action, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural | Fall 2016 | โญ 8.22 |
๐ Bungou Stray Dogs 3rd Season | Action, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural | Spring 2019 | โญ 8.16 |
๐ Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Supernatural | Summer 2013 | โญ 6.95 |
๐ Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! | Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School | Fall 2012 | โญ 7.78 |
๐ Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren | Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School | Winter 2014 | โญ 7.56 |
๐ฝ Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me | Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School | Winter 2018 | โญ 8.17 |
๐ Cowboy Bebop | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Space | Spring 1998 | โญ 8.79 |
๐ Dagashi Kashi | Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life | Winter 2016 | โญ 6.65 |
๐๏ธ Darwin's Game | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Winter 2020 | โญ 7.27 |
๐ Deca-Dence | Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure | Summer 2020 | โญ 7.57 |
๐ Digimon Adventure | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Kids | Spring 1999 | โญ 7.80 |
๐ Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka | Action, Adventure, Fantasy | Spring 2015 | โญ 7.56 |
๐ Neon Genesis Evangelion | Action, Sci-Fi, Dementia, Psychological, Drama, Mecha | Fall 1995 | โญ 8.31 |
๐ Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited | Action, Comedy, Police, Mystery | Spring 2020 | โญ 7.63 |
๐ Godzilla: S.P | Action, Sci-Fi, Mecha | Spring 2021 | โญ 7.07 |
๐ Golden Boy | Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi | Fall 1995 | โญ 8.03 |
๐ Guilty Crown | Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Drama, Romance, Mecha | Fall 2011 | โญ 7.55 |
๐ฝ Hello World | Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance | 2019 | โญ 7.61 |
๐ Kamisama ni Natta Hi | Drama, Fantasy | Fall 2020 | โญ 7.58 |
๐ Kamisama no Memochou | Mystery | Summer 2011 | โญ 7.55 |
๐ Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko | Adventure, Slice of Life, Magic, Fantasy | Fall 2020 | โญ 6.91 |
๐ Kemono Jihen | Action, Mystery, Demons, Supernatural, Shounen | Winter 2021 | โญ 7.46 |
๐ Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon | Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life | Winter 2017 | โญ 8.01 |
๐ฝ Koukaku Kidoutai | Action, Mecha, Police, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Seinen | 1995 | โญ 8.30 |
๐ Mob Psycho 100 | Action, Comedy, Supernatural | Summer 2016 | โญ 8.48 |
๐ New Game! | Game, Slice of Life, Comedy | Summer 2016 | โญ 7.64 |
๐ New Game!! | Game, Slice of Life, Comedy | Summer 2017 | โญ 7.79 |
๐ No Game No Life | Game, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Ecchi, Fantasy | Spring 2014 | โญ 8.24 |
๐ฝ No Game No Life: Zero | Game, Supernatural, Drama, Romance, Fantasy | Summer 2017 | โญ 8.38 |
๐ Noblesse | Action, SUpernatural | Fall 2020 | โญ 6.78 |
๐ Persona 5 the Animation | Action, Fantasy, Supernatural | Spring 2018 | โญ 6.51 |
๐ Psycho-Pass | Action, Sci-Fi, Police, Psychological | Fall 2012 | โญ 8.39 |
๐ Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita | Comedy, Romance | Winter 2020 | โญ 7.35 |
๐ Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata | Harem, Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, School | Winter 2015 | โญ 7.55 |
๐ Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo | Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama, Romance, School | Fall 2012 | โญ 8.22 |
๐ Sekirei | Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Super Power | Summer 2008 | โญ 7.16 |
๐ Serial Experiments Lain | Dementia, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Supernatural | Summer 1998 | โญ 8.02 |
๐ Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san | Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural | Spring 2019 | โญ 7.38 |
๐ Steins; Gate | Thriller, Sci-Fi | Spring 2011 | โญ 9.12 |
๐ฝ Steins; Gate Movie: Fuka Ryouiki no Deja Vu | Sci-Fi, Drama | 2013 | โญ 8.51 |
๐ Steins; Gate 0 | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Spring 2018 | โญ 8.52 |
๐ Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) | Comedy, Mystery, Parody, School, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life | Spring 2006 | โญ 7.89 |
๐ Sword Art Online | Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy | Summer 2012 | โญ 7.30 |
๐ Sword Art Online II | Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy | Summer 2014 | โญ 6.86 |
๐ฝ Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale | Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy | 2017 | โญ 7.70 |
๐ Sword Art Online: Alicization | Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy | Fall 2018 | โญ 7.59 |
๐ Sword Art Online: Alicization - War Of Underworld | Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy | Summer 2020 | โญ 7.46 |
๐ฝ Summer Wars | Sci-Fi, Comedy | 2009 | โญ 8.11 |
๐ฝ The Animatrix | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Anime | 2003 | โญ 7.29 |
๐ Tonikaku Kawaii | Comedy, Romance, Shounen | Fall 2020 | โญ 7.78 |
๐ Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song | Sci-Fi, Music | Spring 2021 | โญ 8.04 |
๐ YuโGiโOh! Zexal | Action, Fantasy | Spring 2011 | โญ 6.35 |
๐ Zankyou no Terror | Mystery, Psychological, Thriller | Summer 2014 | โญ 8.13 |
๐ Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid | Fantasy, Slice of Life | Winter 2017 | โญ 7.98 |
๐ Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S | Fantasy, Slice of Life | Summer 2021 | โญ 8.35 |
๐ Zankyou no Terror | Mystery, Suspense | Summer 2014 | โญ 8.10 |
๐ Shinryaku! Ika Musume - The Squid Girl | Comedy, Slice of Life | Fall 2010 | โญ 7.42 |
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