# What is the best ufotable anime?

> Twenty-five years of one studio's output, ranked against itself. The famous entries are not automatically the best ones.

*By YPB Team · Published September 5, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-ufotable-anime*

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1. **Tales of Zestiria the X** — score 1000/1000
   The 2016 adaptation of the Tales role-playing game, praised more for its look than its plot.
2. **Fate/Zero** — score 953/1000
   The 2011 prequel about a war between seven mages, widely held up as the studio's best-written work.
3. **Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba** — score 787/1000
   The 2019 television series that turned a mid-selling Jump manga into a global franchise.
4. **Demon Slayer: Swordsmith Village Arc** — score 717/1000
   The 2023 season that moved the story to the swordsmiths who supply the corps.
5. **Today's Menu for the Emiya Family** — score 538/1000
   The gentle Fate spin-off in which the cast cooks seasonal Japanese meals instead of fighting.
6. **Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel** — score 418/1000
   The three-film adaptation of the visual novel's darkest route, released 2017 to 2020.
7. **Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc** — score 418/1000
   The 2021 season set in Yoshiwara, built around a two-Hashira fight against an upper demon.
8. **God Eater** — score 418/1000
   The 2015 adaptation of Bandai Namco's monster-hunting game, notorious for its production delays.
9. **Tales of Symphonia: The Animation** — score 418/1000
   The 2007 to 2011 original video animation series based on the GameCube role-playing game.
10. **Coyote Ragtime Show** — score 418/1000
   The 2006 space-outlaw caper, an early original series from the studio's pre-Fate years.
11. **Ninja Nonsense** — score 418/1000
   The 2004 comedy about a hapless ninja school, from the studio's first years.
12. **Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works** — score 269/1000
   The 2014 retelling of the Fate visual novel's second route.
13. **Kara no Kyoukai** — score 269/1000
   The seven-film Garden of Sinners cycle from 2007, the studio's first major showcase.
14. **Demon Slayer: Mugen Train** — score 269/1000
   The 2020 film that became the highest-earning release in Japanese box-office history.
15. **Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle** — score 269/1000
   The 2025 film that opened the final trilogy and became the highest-grossing anime film worldwide.
16. **Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu** — score 269/1000
   The 2017 series about sword spirits sent back through history to protect it.

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