Top 38 Manga-to-Anime Adaptations of the 2020s

Shonen blockbusters share this list with quiet school stories, a dungeon cooking quest and some slow-burn horror, and every one of them first aired this decade.

1. 1
   Jujutsu Kaisen

   MAPPA's adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga, first broadcast in October 2020.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

   Madhouse's adaptation of the manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, which premiered in September 2023.
   980pts
3. 3
   Dorohedoro

   MAPPA's adaptation of Q Hayashida's dark fantasy manga, first broadcast in January 2020.
   817pts
4. 4
   Ranking of Kings

   Wit Studio's adaptation of Sōsuke Tōka's web manga about a deaf prince, first broadcast in October 2021.
   723pts
5. 5
   Takopi's Original Sin

   A six-episode streaming adaptation of Taizan 5's manga by studio Enishiya, released from June 2025.
   645pts
6. 6
   Wind Breaker

   CloverWorks' adaptation of Satoru Nii's delinquent action manga, first broadcast in April 2024.
   645pts
7. 7
   Dandadan

   Science Saru's adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu's manga, first broadcast in October 2024.
   613pts
8. 8
   Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!

   Science Saru's adaptation of Sumito Ōwara's manga about three girls making anime, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and first broadcast in January 2020.
   599pts
9. 9
   Summer Time Rendering

   OLM's adaptation of Yasuki Tanaka's island time-loop mystery manga, first released in April 2022.
   548pts
10. 10
    Horimiya

    CloverWorks' adaptation of the high-school romance manga by HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara, first broadcast in January 2021.
    548pts
11. 11
    Heavenly Delusion

    Production I.G's adaptation of Masakazu Ishiguro's post-apocalyptic manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
    490pts
12. 12
    Delicious in Dungeon

    Studio Trigger's adaptation of Ryoko Kui's dungeon-cooking manga, which premiered in January 2024.
    490pts
13. 13
    Hell's Paradise

    MAPPA's adaptation of Yuji Kaku's manga about a condemned ninja, first broadcast in April 2023.
    490pts
14. 14
    Gachiakuta

    Bones Film's adaptation of Kei Urana's manga, first broadcast in July 2025.
    490pts
15. 15
    Tokyo Revengers

    Liden Films' adaptation of Ken Wakui's time-travel delinquent manga, first broadcast in April 2021.
    490pts
16. 16
    My Dress-Up Darling

    CloverWorks' adaptation of Shinichi Fukuda's cosplay romance manga, first broadcast in January 2022.
    490pts
17. 17
    Toilet-bound Hanako-kun

    Lerche's adaptation of AidaIro's supernatural manga, first broadcast in January 2020.
    425pts
18. 18
    The Dangers in My Heart

    Shin-Ei Animation's adaptation of Norio Sakurai's romantic comedy manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
    425pts
19. 19
    Komi Can't Communicate

    OLM's adaptation of Tomohito Oda's school comedy manga, first released in October 2021.
    425pts
20. 20
    Skip and Loafer

    P.A. Works' adaptation of Misaki Takamatsu's school-life manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
    425pts
21. 21
    Pluto

    Studio M2's Netflix adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's reworking of an Astro Boy story arc, released in October 2023.
    425pts
22. 22
    Medalist

    ENGI's adaptation of Tsurumaikada's figure skating manga, first broadcast in January 2025.
    425pts
23. 23
    Spy x Family

    Wit Studio and CloverWorks' adaptation of Tatsuya Endo's manga, first broadcast in April 2022.
    350pts
24. 24
    Zom 100

    Bug Films' adaptation of the zombie comedy manga by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata, first broadcast in July 2023.
    350pts
25. 25
    Blue Period

    Seven Arcs' adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga about a student preparing for art school entrance exams, first broadcast in October 2021.
    350pts
26. 26
    Chainsaw Man

    MAPPA's adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga, first broadcast in October 2022.
    350pts
27. 27
    Sakamoto Days

    TMS Entertainment's adaptation of Yuto Suzuki's manga about a retired hitman, which premiered in January 2025.
    350pts
28. 28
    Mashle

    A-1 Pictures' adaptation of Hajime Kōmoto's magic-school parody manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
    350pts
29. 29
    Bocchi the Rock!

    CloverWorks' adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga about a shy guitarist, broadcast from October 2022.
    350pts
30. 30
    Undead Unluck

    David Production's adaptation of Yoshifumi Tozuka's manga, first broadcast in October 2023.
    350pts
31. 31
    The Summer Hikaru Died

    CygamesPictures' adaptation of Mokumokuren's rural horror manga, which premiered in July 2025.
    264pts
32. 32
    Kaiju No. 8

    Production I.G's adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto's manga, which premiered in April 2024.
    264pts
33. 33
    Blue Lock

    Eight Bit's adaptation of the soccer manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, first broadcast in October 2022.
    264pts
34. 34
    Ya Boy Kongming!

    P.A. Works' adaptation of the manga by Yuto Yotsuba and Ryō Ogawa, in which strategist Zhuge Liang is reborn in modern Tokyo, first broadcast in April 2022.
    264pts
35. 35
    Oshi no Ko

    Doga Kobo's adaptation of the manga by Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari, which opened in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode.
    163pts
36. 36
    The Elusive Samurai

    CloverWorks' adaptation of Yūsei Matsui's historical manga about Hōjō Tokiyuki, first broadcast in July 2024.
    163pts
37. 37
    Call of the Night

    Liden Films' adaptation of Kotoyama's vampire romance manga, first broadcast in July 2022.
    163pts
38. 38
    Blue Box

    Telecom Animation Film's adaptation of Kouji Miura's sports romance manga, first broadcast in October 2024.
    0pts

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