Which anime has the best animation?

Every fandom claims its show looks the best. Here the claim gets tested against seventeen others.

1. 1
   Demon Slayer

   Ufotable's Taisho-era swordsmanship series, famous for compositing hand-drawn effects over digital camera work.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Land of the Lustrous

   Orange's fully CG gem-people series, the show that made 3DCG anime respectable.
   856pts
3. 3
   Violet Evergarden

   Kyoto Animation's postwar drama, celebrated for its lighting, backgrounds and small character gestures.
   807pts
4. 4
   Dorohedoro

   MAPPA's CG-led dark comedy, whose stylised grime made its 3D look intentional.
   719pts
5. 5
   Made in Abyss

   Kinema Citrus' descent story, carried by painted backgrounds of the Abyss itself.
   592pts
6. 6
   Cowboy Bebop

   Sunrise's 1998 space-western, hand-drawn on cels and still cited for its staging and gunplay.
   513pts
7. 7
   Jujutsu Kaisen

   MAPPA's modern shonen about cursed spirits, known for its fluid, weighty fight choreography.
   513pts
8. 8
   Attack on Titan

   Wit Studio and MAPPA's adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga, built around vertical-manoeuvre chase animation.
   420pts
9. 9
   Fate/Zero

   Ufotable's prequel to Fate/stay night, an early showcase for its digital camera and effects work.
   420pts
10. 10
    Mob Psycho 100

    Bones' adaptation of ONE's manga, using paint-on-glass and shifting art styles inside its fights.
    420pts
11. 11
    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    Studio Trigger's Netflix series, all smear frames, neon and deliberate frame-rate play.
    420pts
12. 12
    Ping Pong the Animation

    Masaaki Yuasa's table-tennis series, deliberately rough-lined and elastic in motion.
    308pts
13. 13
    Chainsaw Man

    MAPPA's devil-hunter adaptation, shot with film-style camerawork and cinematic lighting.
    308pts
14. 14
    Bocchi the Rock!

    CloverWorks' band comedy, mixing stop-motion, collage and photo-real inserts into a sitcom.
    308pts
15. 15
    Vinland Saga

    A Viking-era historical series whose combat leans on grounded weight rather than spectacle.
    0pts
16. 16
    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    Bones' complete adaptation of the manga, consistent in quality across 64 episodes.
    0pts
17. 17
    Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

    Madhouse's post-quest fantasy, praised for restraint, acting and its magic-duel choreography.
    0pts
18. 18
    One Punch Man

    The 2015 Madhouse season, whose freelance animator showcase set a benchmark for TV action.
    0pts

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