Most Popular Anime 2021

Most Popular Anime 2021:- Anime a term derived from the English word animation is referred to hand-drawn and computer animations originating from Japan. The anime commercial started in 1917 and started merging in the late 1960s with the excellent work of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka whose work spread to the domestic audience.

Other than original works animes are also the modifications of Japanese comics or manga comics. The anime industry includes 430 production companies which include major production houses like Studio Ghibli, Sunrise, and Toei Animations. The international success of anime started during the 1980s with the increase of dubbing and subtitles programming and according to a report of 2016 Japanese anime holds around 60% of the world’s animated television shows.

No.1 Naruto

About:- Naruto is a Japanese series written and created by Masashi Kishimoto. It is a story of young ninja Naruto Uzumaki who wanted to be known to the world and aspires to become the leader of the village. It is divide into two parts the first part tells about his pre-teen tears and the second part tells about his teens. The series is based on a one-shot manga by Kishimoto: Karakuri which also earned the Hot Step Award in the year 1997.

Genre

Adventure
Fantasy
Comedy
Martial arts

Written by:- Masashi Kishimoto
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- September 21, 1999, to November 10, 2014
Volumes:- 72 volumes

No.2 One Piece

About:- One Piece is a is Japanese manga series written and pictured by Eiichiro Oda. It is a story about a boy named Monkey D. Luffy who obtains the ability of rubber after eating a devil fruit and with his crew of pirates named Straw Hat Pirates he explores the world in the hope to find the world’s ultimate treasure known as ” One Piece” to become the next captain of the Pirates around the world.

Genre

Adventure
Fantasy

Written by:- Eiichiro Oda
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- July 22, 1997, to present
Volumes:- 99 volumes

No.3 Attack on Titan

About:- Attack on Titan is Japanese manga series written and pictured by Hajime Isayama. It is a story of a world where people live between three walls that protects them from three man-eating giants humanoids named Titans. The lead Eren Yeager pledges to terminate the Titans after a Titan destroys his hometown and causes death to his mother. It was serialized in Kodansha’s monthly magazine known as Shozen manga magazine in 34 tankobon volumes.

Genre

Action
Dark fantasy
Post-apocalyptic

Written by:- Hajime Isayame
Published by:- Kodansha
Magazine:- Bessatsu Shonen Magazine
Original run:- September 9, 2009, to April 9, 2021
Volumes:- 34 volumes

No.4 Jujutsu Kaisen

About:- Jujutsu Kaisen is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Gege Akutami and serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 2018. The story is about a high school student Yuji Itadori who joins a secret organization of Jujutsu Sorcerers to kill a curse named Ryomen Sukuna of whom Yuji becomes the ghost. It is a sequel to Akutami’s Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School.

Genre

Adventure
Dark Fantasy
Supernatural

Written by:- Gege Akutami
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- March 5, 2018, to present
Volumes:- 16 volumes

No.5 Death Note

About:- Death Note is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Tsugumi Ohba. It is a story about a teen genius who discovers a mysterious book which is “Death Note” which is owned by Shinigami Ryuk which allows the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written on those pages the story revolves around the attempt to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre to create a crime-free society using a false name if Kira who is a God.

Genre

Mystery
Psychological thriller
Supernatural thriller

Written by:- Tsugumi Ohba
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- December 1, 2003, to May 15, 2006
Volumes:- 12 volumes

No.6 Tokyo Ghoul

About:- Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and was collected in fourteen volumes or tankobon. It is a sequel of Tokyo Ghoul that was also serialized in the weekly Yopu8ng Jump between October 2014 and July 2018 which was collected in sixteen volumes or tankobon.

Genre

Dark fantasy
Supernatural Thriller

Written by:- Sui Ishida
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- September 8, 2011, to September 18, 2014
Volumes:- 14 volumes

No.7 Chainsaw Man

About:- Chainsaw Man is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Tatsuki Fujimoto. It was serialized from December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020, with its chapters collected in eleven volumes, and a second chapter, has been announced which will be sterilized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump online magazine.

Genre

Action
Comedy horror
Dark fantasy

Written by:- Tatsuki Fujimoto
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- December 3, 2018, to December 14, 2020
Volumes:- 11 volumes

No.8 One Punch Man

About:- One Punch Man is a Japanese superhero manga comic illustrated by the artist ONE. It is a story of a superhero who can defeat any opponent in one single punch and he wants someone worth being his opponent as he is bored of his super strengths.

Genre

Action
Gag comedy
Superhero

Written by:- ONE
Published by:- Self-published
Magazine:- Tonari no Young jump
Original run:- June 14, 2012, to present
Volumes:- 23 volumes

No.9 Hunter x Hunter (Most Popular Anime 2021)

About:- Hunter x Hunter is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Yoshihiro Togashi. It is a story about a young boy named Gon Freecss who finds that his father who left him at a very young age is a world-known Hunter who hunts rare and unidentified animal species. So he departs for a long journey to find his father where he met so many hunters.

Genre

Adventure
Fantasy
Martial arts

Written by:- Yoshihiro Togashi
Published by:- Shueisha
Magazine:- Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run:- March 16, 1998, to present
Volumes:- 36 volumes

No.10 Demon Slayer (Most Popular Anime 2021)

About:- Demon Slayer is a Japanese manga series written and pictured by Koyoharu Gotouge. It is about a teenager named Tanjiro Kamado who aspires to become a demon slayer after his family was killed and his younger sister named Nezuka was turned into a demon. It has been published in English by Viz Media and by Shueisha on their Manga Plus platform.