The last two decades can be called the ‘golden era’ of the anime industry as the audience experience an array of great shows. More than 3500+ anime television series were released in between these twenty years but, do you know which one was the best anime series of each year?
With so many anime series to choose from, it can be overwhelming to decide which one is the best. There have been so many great shows in the past two decades that it’s very hard to put together a list of the best anime from every year. However, we’ve still tried to accomplish this difficult task of making such a list.
In this article, you’ll get to see a list of some amazing shows which initially released between the years 2001 to 2021. And, to start with the list we’ve to travel back to the year 2001 when the action-packed series Hellsing made its debut. It was absolutely the best anime of that year and fans were thrilled by Alucard’s performance.
Following is the list of the best anime series of each year since 2001 –
2001 – Hellsing
2002 – Naruto
2003 – Zatch Bell!
2004 – Bleach
2005 – Samurai Champloo
2006 – Death Note & Code Geass
2007 – Naruto: Shippuuden
2008 – Soul Eater
2009 – Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
2010 – Angel Beats!
2011 – Hunter x Hunter
2012 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
2013 – Attack On Titan
2014 – Haikyuu
2015 – One Punch Man
2016 – My Hero Academia
2017 – Black Clover
2018 – Violet Evergarden
2019 – Demon Slayer
2020 – Jujutsu Kaisen
2021 – Mushoku Tensei
For some years, the competition was really tough, for example in 2019 Vinland Saga & The Promised Neverland Season 1 were released simultaneously alongside Demon Slayer and both were wonderful shows. Similarly, in 2012 popular sci-fi series Steins;Gate was released which later got praised heavily.
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