# 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.

*By YPB Team · Published November 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-38-manga-to-anime-adaptations-of-the-2020s*

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1. **Jujutsu Kaisen** — score 1000/1000
   MAPPA's adaptation of Gege Akutami's manga, first broadcast in October 2020.
2. **Frieren: Beyond Journey's End** — score 980/1000
   Madhouse's adaptation of the manga by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, which premiered in September 2023.
3. **Dorohedoro** — score 817/1000
   MAPPA's adaptation of Q Hayashida's dark fantasy manga, first broadcast in January 2020.
4. **Ranking of Kings** — score 723/1000
   Wit Studio's adaptation of Sōsuke Tōka's web manga about a deaf prince, first broadcast in October 2021.
5. **Takopi's Original Sin** — score 645/1000
   A six-episode streaming adaptation of Taizan 5's manga by studio Enishiya, released from June 2025.
6. **Wind Breaker** — score 645/1000
   CloverWorks' adaptation of Satoru Nii's delinquent action manga, first broadcast in April 2024.
7. **Dandadan** — score 613/1000
   Science Saru's adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu's manga, first broadcast in October 2024.
8. **Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!** — score 599/1000
   Science Saru's adaptation of Sumito Ōwara's manga about three girls making anime, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and first broadcast in January 2020.
9. **Summer Time Rendering** — score 548/1000
   OLM's adaptation of Yasuki Tanaka's island time-loop mystery manga, first released in April 2022.
10. **Horimiya** — score 548/1000
   CloverWorks' adaptation of the high-school romance manga by HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara, first broadcast in January 2021.
11. **Heavenly Delusion** — score 490/1000
   Production I.G's adaptation of Masakazu Ishiguro's post-apocalyptic manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
12. **Delicious in Dungeon** — score 490/1000
   Studio Trigger's adaptation of Ryoko Kui's dungeon-cooking manga, which premiered in January 2024.
13. **Hell's Paradise** — score 490/1000
   MAPPA's adaptation of Yuji Kaku's manga about a condemned ninja, first broadcast in April 2023.
14. **Gachiakuta** — score 490/1000
   Bones Film's adaptation of Kei Urana's manga, first broadcast in July 2025.
15. **Tokyo Revengers** — score 490/1000
   Liden Films' adaptation of Ken Wakui's time-travel delinquent manga, first broadcast in April 2021.
16. **My Dress-Up Darling** — score 490/1000
   CloverWorks' adaptation of Shinichi Fukuda's cosplay romance manga, first broadcast in January 2022.
17. **Toilet-bound Hanako-kun** — score 425/1000
   Lerche's adaptation of AidaIro's supernatural manga, first broadcast in January 2020.
18. **The Dangers in My Heart** — score 425/1000
   Shin-Ei Animation's adaptation of Norio Sakurai's romantic comedy manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
19. **Komi Can't Communicate** — score 425/1000
   OLM's adaptation of Tomohito Oda's school comedy manga, first released in October 2021.
20. **Skip and Loafer** — score 425/1000
   P.A. Works' adaptation of Misaki Takamatsu's school-life manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
21. **Pluto** — score 425/1000
   Studio M2's Netflix adaptation of Naoki Urasawa's reworking of an Astro Boy story arc, released in October 2023.
22. **Medalist** — score 425/1000
   ENGI's adaptation of Tsurumaikada's figure skating manga, first broadcast in January 2025.
23. **Spy x Family** — score 350/1000
   Wit Studio and CloverWorks' adaptation of Tatsuya Endo's manga, first broadcast in April 2022.
24. **Zom 100** — score 350/1000
   Bug Films' adaptation of the zombie comedy manga by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata, first broadcast in July 2023.
25. **Blue Period** — score 350/1000
   Seven Arcs' adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga about a student preparing for art school entrance exams, first broadcast in October 2021.
26. **Chainsaw Man** — score 350/1000
   MAPPA's adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga, first broadcast in October 2022.
27. **Sakamoto Days** — score 350/1000
   TMS Entertainment's adaptation of Yuto Suzuki's manga about a retired hitman, which premiered in January 2025.
28. **Mashle** — score 350/1000
   A-1 Pictures' adaptation of Hajime Kōmoto's magic-school parody manga, first broadcast in April 2023.
29. **Bocchi the Rock!** — score 350/1000
   CloverWorks' adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga about a shy guitarist, broadcast from October 2022.
30. **Undead Unluck** — score 350/1000
   David Production's adaptation of Yoshifumi Tozuka's manga, first broadcast in October 2023.
31. **The Summer Hikaru Died** — score 264/1000
   CygamesPictures' adaptation of Mokumokuren's rural horror manga, which premiered in July 2025.
32. **Kaiju No. 8** — score 264/1000
   Production I.G's adaptation of Naoya Matsumoto's manga, which premiered in April 2024.
33. **Blue Lock** — score 264/1000
   Eight Bit's adaptation of the soccer manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, first broadcast in October 2022.
34. **Ya Boy Kongming!** — score 264/1000
   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.
35. **Oshi no Ko** — score 163/1000
   Doga Kobo's adaptation of the manga by Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari, which opened in April 2023 with a 90-minute first episode.
36. **The Elusive Samurai** — score 163/1000
   CloverWorks' adaptation of Yūsei Matsui's historical manga about Hōjō Tokiyuki, first broadcast in July 2024.
37. **Call of the Night** — score 163/1000
   Liden Films' adaptation of Kotoyama's vampire romance manga, first broadcast in July 2022.
38. **Blue Box** — score 0/1000
   Telecom Animation Film's adaptation of Kouji Miura's sports romance manga, first broadcast in October 2024.

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