2021 anime
The guide lists 141 anime from 2021 (+25 on 2020). Most common genres that year: fantasy (21%), isekai (9%), science fiction (8%) and romantic comedy (7%). Busiest studios: Liden Films (9), J.C.Staff (7) and Silver Link (4).
Winter 2021 season
- Mushoku Tensei Studio Bind
- World Witches Take Off!
- Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure Toei Animation
- Pui Pui Molcar Shin-Ei Animation
- Wonder Egg Priority CloverWorks
- SK8 the Infinity Bones
- Skate-Leading Stars J.C.Staff
- Back Arrow Studio VOLN
- Scar on the Praeter GoHands
- Redo of Healer TNK
- So I'm a Spider, So What? Millepensee
- Idolls! Shin-Ei Animation
Spring 2021 season
- The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Eight Bit
- 86 A-1 Pictures
- The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent Diomedéa
- Shaman King Bridge
- Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life! ENGI
- Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song Wit Studio
- Godzilla Singular Point Bones
- Odd Taxi P.I.C.S.
- Mars Red Signal.MD
- SSSS.Dynazenon Trigger
- Backflip!! Zexcs
- Super Cub Studio Kai
Summer 2021 season
- Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy C2C
- Love Live! Superstar!! Sunrise
- The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace MAPPA
- The Detective Is Already Dead ENGI
- Re-Main MAPPA
- The Aquatope on White Sand P.A. Works
- Sonny Boy Madhouse
- Fena: Pirate Princess Production I.G
- Scarlet Nexus Sunrise
- Night Head 2041 Shirogumi
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom J.C.Staff
- The Case Study of Vanitas Bones
Fall 2021 season
- Digimon Ghost Game Toei Animation
- The Faraway Paladin
- Komi Can't Communicate OLM, Inc.
- Visual Prison A-1 Pictures
- Sakugan Satelight
- Rumble Garanndoll Lerche
- Lupin the 3rd Part 6
- Kaginado Liden Films
- Amaim Warrior at the Borderline Sunrise Beyond
- Shikizakura Sublimation
- Ranking of Kings Wit Studio
- Takt op.Destiny MAPPA
All 2021 anime
- Digimon Ghost Game
- Mushoku Tensei isekai and fantasy
- The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime isekai and fantasy
- 86 science fiction and mecha
- Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy isekai and fantasy
- The Saint's Magic Power Is Omnipotent isekai and fantasy
- The Faraway Paladin isekai and fantasy
- Shaman King comedy and action
- Love Live! Superstar!!
- Full Dive: This Ultimate Next-Gen Full Dive RPG Is Even Shittier than Real Life!
- The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace dark fantasy and fantasy
- World Witches Take Off!
- Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure magical girl
- Pui Pui Molcar
- Wonder Egg Priority fantasy and psychological
- SK8 the Infinity
- Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song science fiction
- The Detective Is Already Dead mystery and romantic comedy
- Godzilla Singular Point
- Odd Taxi
- Re-Main sports
- The Aquatope on White Sand
- Sonny Boy science fiction
- Komi Can't Communicate romantic comedy and slice of life
- Fena: Pirate Princess
- Visual Prison vampire
- Skate-Leading Stars
- Mars Red vampire
- SSSS.Dynazenon mecha
- Backflip!!
- Super Cub
- Scarlet Nexus science fiction
- Sakugan science fiction and mecha
- Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood action
- Rumble Garanndoll mecha
- Lupin the 3rd Part 6
- Back Arrow mecha
- Kaginado
- Amaim Warrior at the Borderline mecha
- Scar on the Praeter
- Night Head 2041 psychological and thriller
- Fairy Ranmaru
- Shikizakura action and science fiction
- Eden adventure and science fiction
- Redo of Healer fantasy and time travel
- Iii Icecrin
- Tokyo Revengers action and science fiction
- Ranking of Kings comedy and fantasy
- Blue Reflection Ray
- Takt op.Destiny
- "Deji" Meets Girl fantasy
- The World Ends With You The Animation
- Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro romantic comedy
- SD Gundam World Heroes
- How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom isekai and fantasy
- Muteking the Dancing Hero
- Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly comedy
- The Case Study of Vanitas dark fantasy and fantasy
- Kimi to Fit Boxing
- So I'm a Spider, So What? isekai and fantasy
- Idolls!
- Pretty All Friends Selection
- Dinosaur Biyori slice of life
- Kick & Slide
- World's End Harem harem and science fiction
- Horimiya romance
- Hyper Positive Yogoremon
- Gunma‐chan
- Pretty Boy Detective Club
- Those Snow White Notes drama
- Artiswitch supernatural and slice of life
- Koikimo romantic comedy
- 2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
- Kiyo in Kyoto
- Bottom-tier Character Tomozaki school and romantic comedy
- Shadows House supernatural and mystery
- Burning Kabaddi sports
- Ex-Arm action and cyberpunk
- The Vampire Dies in No Time comedy and vampire
- Battle Game in 5 Seconds action
- The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter fantasy
- Drugstore in Another World isekai and fantasy
- Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town fantasy
- Gekidol
- Platinum End dark fantasy and fantasy
- Combatants Will Be Dispatched! fantasy and comedy
- Heaven's Design Team
- Let's Make a Mug Too slice of life
- Dragon Goes House-Hunting fantasy
- Remake Our Life! drama and romance
- Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
- Blue Period drama
- Kageki Shojo!!
- Girlfriend, Girlfriend school and romantic comedy
- Selection Project
- Record of Ragnarok
- The Duke of Death and His Maid romantic comedy
- Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan comedy
- Banished from the Heroes' Party fantasy
- The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in a Different World as an Aristocrat isekai and fantasy
- The Fruit of Evolution isekai and fantasy
- Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut fantasy and science fiction
- Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles isekai and fantasy
- Mieruko-chan horror
- I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level isekai and fantasy
- Tesla Note
- The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! comedy and slice of life
- D Cide Traumerei
- Megaton Musashi mecha
- The Dungeon of Black Company fantasy and isekai
- Build Divide
- Sushi Sumo
- Ore, Tsushima
- PuraOre! Pride of Orange sports
- Deep Insanity: The Lost Child
- My Senpai Is Annoying romantic comedy and slice of life
- Taisho Otome Fairy Tale historical and romance
- Muv-Luv Alternative
- I-Chu
- Detective Conan: Wild Police Story
- Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!
- Wave!!: Let's Go Surfing
- Cells at Work! Code Black
- Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun space opera and science fiction
- Battle Athletes Victory Restart!
- Otherside Picnic horror
- Kemono Jihen
- Peach Boy Riverside fantasy
- Hortensia Saga
- Idoly Pride
- To Your Eternity fantasy
- Farewell, My Dear Cramer sports
- Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist fantasy
- Edens Zero comedy and fantasy
- Higehiro romantic comedy
- Osamake romantic comedy
- Black Alice dark fantasy
- Alice Gear Aegis: Doki! Actress Darake no Mermaid Grand Prix
- Planetarian: Snow Globe science fantasy
- The Summer
- Semantic Error boys' love