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.
   704pts
3. 3
   Dorohedoro

   MAPPA's CG-led dark comedy, whose stylised grime made its 3D look intentional.
   678pts
4. 4
   Violet Evergarden

   Kyoto Animation's postwar drama, celebrated for its lighting, backgrounds and small character gestures.
   657pts
5. 5
   Made in Abyss

   Kinema Citrus' descent story, carried by painted backgrounds of the Abyss itself.
   635pts
6. 6
   Jujutsu Kaisen

   MAPPA's modern shonen about cursed spirits, known for its fluid, weighty fight choreography.
   469pts
7. 7
   Cowboy Bebop

   Sunrise's 1998 space-western, hand-drawn on cels and still cited for its staging and gunplay.
   397pts
8. 8
   Mob Psycho 100

   Bones' adaptation of ONE's manga, using paint-on-glass and shifting art styles inside its fights.
   397pts
9. 9
   Fate/Zero

   Ufotable's prequel to Fate/stay night, an early showcase for its digital camera and effects work.
   397pts
10. 10
    Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

    Madhouse's post-quest fantasy, praised for restraint, acting and its magic-duel choreography.
    313pts
11. 11
    Attack on Titan

    Wit Studio and MAPPA's adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga, built around vertical-manoeuvre chase animation.
    313pts
12. 12
    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    Studio Trigger's Netflix series, all smear frames, neon and deliberate frame-rate play.
    313pts
13. 13
    One Punch Man

    The 2015 Madhouse season, whose freelance animator showcase set a benchmark for TV action.
    313pts
14. 14
    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

    Bones' complete adaptation of the manga, consistent in quality across 64 episodes.
    213pts
15. 15
    Chainsaw Man

    MAPPA's devil-hunter adaptation, shot with film-style camerawork and cinematic lighting.
    213pts
16. 16
    Ping Pong the Animation

    Masaaki Yuasa's table-tennis series, deliberately rough-lined and elastic in motion.
    213pts
17. 17
    Bocchi the Rock!

    CloverWorks' band comedy, mixing stop-motion, collage and photo-real inserts into a sitcom.
    213pts
18. 18
    Vinland Saga

    A Viking-era historical series whose combat leans on grounded weight rather than spectacle.
    94pts