1Anime

The 1Anime design

This 1Anime is rebuilt from the archived January 2025 capture of 1anime.co, which was built with VitePress, a documentation framework. Its style sheet was measured: a pure white page, dark grey text with a slightly warmer grey for details, soft light-grey panels with rounded corners, a hairline divider under the header, and a family of lilac and plum brand colours, from a deep plum for the main button to a pale lilac at the end of the gradient. The typeface is Inter, crisp and highly readable at every size.

The original logo was a tiny dark square with a pink mark. This site uses an original version of the same idea: a dark rounded square with a lilac stroke, followed by the name 1Anime in dark grey.

The header

The header is sixty-four pixels tall and stays at the top of the screen as you scroll, with a slightly frosted white background. On the left sits the logo, next to a light-grey search pill with a small Ctrl K hint on its right, a detail borrowed directly from the original. The main links sit on the right: Home, Watch Now, Long-running, Films, Studio Ghibli, Collections, A-Z and My List, in dark grey that turns plum when you point at them. On a phone the links fold behind a single button, and the menu slides in with its own search box.

The hero

The hero follows the original closely. On the left, the name 1Anime appears in large letters filled with a lilac gradient, above a bold headline and a grey tagline that sums up the site. Three rounded pill buttons follow: a plum Start Watching Now button that opens the series, and two light-grey pills, Explore collections and Visit help and FAQ, the same trio the 2025 page offered. On the right, a soft purple glow, like the one that filled the original hero, frames a large rounded image of the featured series, with its name along the bottom and small pills underneath for the other featured titles: Spirited Away, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Haikyu!!, Your Lie in April and Steins;Gate.

The feature cards

Below the hero sit four feature cards in light grey, each with a small icon square, a title, a sentence and a blue link with an arrow, exactly in the style of the original's Series Tracking, Personalization and Diverse Sources cards. Here they read Series Tracking, which explains how to mark your place in a long series; Your country, which leads to the guide to the official services; Every era, which opens the collections; and My List, which opens your saved titles. The icons are coloured green, blue, amber and plum, as on the original.

Rows and eras

Next come the catalogue rows, each under a large heading with a See all link: Long-running series, Studio Ghibli, Latest seasons for the series still airing, and Anime films. Each row holds twelve posters with rounded corners that lift slightly when you point at them, with the title, the year and, for series, the number of episodes underneath. An era strip follows, with three large cards for the 1990s, the 2000s and the 2010s, each showing how many titles it holds, and then the help guides and this guide to the site. The footer is a simple centred block with underlined links, just like the original.

A title page

Every poster leads to a full title page. It shows the poster and a wide backdrop, the original Japanese title, the year, the running time or the number of seasons and episodes, the genres, the score, the story, the voice cast and the director or creators. The viewing panel lets you choose one of fifteen countries, from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany and Japan. Pick yours and press Watch now to open the title on JustWatch, which lists every official service that carries it there. Series pages go further, with a page for every season and a list of every episode with its air date and a short summary, the backbone of series tracking.

Series tracking

The original promised series tracking, and it is the heart of 1Anime. Open any season page and you will find every episode listed with its number, its title and the date it first aired. Mark the one you reached and 1Anime remembers it in your browser, so the next time you visit, the season shows exactly where you stopped. Your saved titles and your progress sit together in My List, and Export and Import carry them to another phone or computer as a small file. For the longest series, this makes a world of difference. The series tracking guide walks through it step by step.

The long-running giants

The Long-running collection gathers the series with more than a hundred episodes, and a few of them are true giants. One Piece has followed Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat pirates since 1999, across more than a thousand episodes, in search of the legendary treasure that gives the series its name. Detective Conan, known in some countries as Case Closed, has followed the boy detective since 1996, with a new mystery almost every week, and Pokémon has followed Ash and Pikachu around the world since 1997. These are series many fans grew up with and still follow today.

The great shonen adventures come next. Naruto and Naruto Shippūden follow a young ninja who dreams of leading his village, across more than seven hundred episodes, and Boruto: Naruto Next Generations continues the story with his son. Bleach follows Ichigo Kurosaki, a teenager who becomes a Soul Reaper, Hunter x Hunter follows Gon on a quest to find his father, and My Hero Academia and Black Clover bring the same spirit to a new generation. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure follows several generations of one extraordinary family, and Fighting Spirit follows a shy boy who becomes a champion boxer. The long-running guide suggests where to jump in.

Dragon Ball and friends

Dragon Ball has its own corner of the catalogue. Dragon Ball Z Kai is a faster-paced version of the classic series, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super continue Goku's adventures, and Super Dragon Ball Heroes adds short special episodes. The films add more: Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F', Dragon Ball Super: Broly and Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler. Other favourites of children around the world sit nearby, from InuYasha, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX to Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon Tamers, Inazuma Eleven, Dinosaur King and Sonic X.

The 1990s

The 1990s collection gathers the series that defined anime for a generation of fans around the world. Neon Genesis Evangelion, from Hideaki Anno, follows teenage pilots of giant biomechanical robots and became one of the most discussed series ever made, and Cowboy Bebop, from Shinichiro Watanabe, follows a crew of bounty hunters across the solar system to a jazz soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. Rurouni Kenshin follows a wandering swordsman who carries a reverse-blade sword to protect life in Meiji-era Japan, TRIGUN follows the legendary gunman Vash the Stampede, and Serial Experiments Lain is a haunting story about a girl and the early internet.

For younger viewers, Cardcaptor Sakura, from the artists of CLAMP, follows a girl who captures magical cards, and Zoids: Chaotic Century and Digimon: Digital Monsters were after-school favourites. The films of the decade include Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Pokémon: The First Movie and Slayers Return. The eras guide tours every decade.

The 2000s

The 2000s brought darker, more ambitious stories. Death Note follows a student who finds a notebook that can end any life and the brilliant detective who hunts him, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion follows an exiled prince who leads a rebellion with the power of absolute obedience, and Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood follow two brothers who pay a terrible price for trying to bring their mother back. Brotherhood, a faithful adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's manga, is often called the finest anime series of all.

The decade also brought Samurai Champloo, Shinichiro Watanabe's hip-hop samurai road trip, Monster, Naoki Urasawa's slow-burning thriller about a surgeon hunting a killer he once saved, and Gurren Lagann, a wildly energetic tale of drilling to the stars. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Clannad and Toradora! became beloved school stories, and Black Lagoon, Hellsing, Ergo Proxy, Paranoia Agent, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, FLCL, Blood+, Black Butler, xxxHOLiC, Vampire Knight and Shaman King complete a rich shelf.

The 2010s

The 2010s are the largest era on 1Anime, a decade when anime found a huge new audience through streaming. Attack on Titan follows humanity's last city behind giant walls, besieged by man-eating titans, and it became a worldwide phenomenon. Steins;Gate is a gripping time-travel story that begins with a microwave, One-Punch Man follows a hero who wins every fight with a single punch and wonders what comes next, and Mob Psycho 100 follows a powerful psychic schoolboy who just wants to fit in.

Sports anime flourished too. Haikyu!! follows a short but fearless volleyball player and his high school team, Kuroko's Basketball follows a phantom player who makes everyone around him better, and Yuri!!! on Ice is a moving figure-skating story. For drama, Your Lie in April follows a young pianist who rediscovers music, ERASED sends a man back to his childhood to prevent a tragedy, and Violet Evergarden follows a former soldier learning to understand feelings through the letters she writes for others. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Orange, Charlotte and Angel Beats! are known for moving audiences to tears.

More from the 2010s

Fantasy and adventure fill much of the decade. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- follows a young man who returns to the same moment each time he dies, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime follows a friendly slime who builds a nation of monsters, and Overlord follows a player trapped in a game as its all-powerful ruler. Sword Art Online and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online take place inside virtual reality games, Saga of Tanya the Evil reincarnates a salaryman as a young soldier, and The Ancient Magus' Bride is a gentle, magical romance. The Irregular at Magic High School, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!, Beyond the Boundary and Twin Star Exorcists complete the shelf.

Mystery and suspense are just as strong. Psycho-Pass imagines a future where a system measures everyone's likelihood to commit a crime, Assassination Classroom sets a class of students the task of defeating their teacher, a smiling yellow creature, and Terror in Resonance follows two teenagers who stage mysterious bombings in Tokyo. Tokyo Ghoul, Parasyte -the maxim-, Ajin, Deadman Wonderland, Another, Danganronpa: The Animation, Inuyashiki, Death Parade, Angels of Death and Junji Ito Collection bring darker thrills, and Steins;Gate 0 returns to the lab for a second story.

Romance and comedy

For gentler viewing, the Drama & Romance collection is a treat. From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke follows a shy girl everyone misunderstands, Maid Sama! follows a student council president with a secret job at a maid café, and Kamisama Kiss follows a girl who becomes a local deity with a fox spirit as her familiar. My Love Story!! stars a gentle giant with a heart of gold, My Little Monster, Blue Spring Ride, Real Girl and Yona of the Dawn add more romance, and Teasing Master Takagi-san is a sweet comedy of playful teasing between classmates.

The comedies are just as good. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. follows a psychic who longs for a quiet, ordinary life, Himouto! Umaru-chan follows a perfect student who turns into a lazy gamer at home, and Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! is a warm story about a girl who believes she has magical powers. Cells at Work! turns the human body into a bustling city, and Hyouka finds mystery in everyday school life.

Magic and fate

The Fate series and its neighbours bring epic magic. Fate/Zero tells of the fourth Holy Grail War, in which seven mages summon legendary heroes to fight for a miraculous prize, and Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works follows the fifth war a decade later. Puella Magi Madoka Magica turns the magical girl story on its head, Noragami follows a minor god trying to earn a shrine, Blue Exorcist follows the son of Satan training to fight demons, and Claymore follows a half-demon warrior. Sailor Moon Crystal brings back the classic magical girl team, and Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas and Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold continue a legendary saga.

Studio Ghibli

The Studio Ghibli collection gathers eighteen films from the most loved studio in animation. Hayao Miyazaki's films are at its heart: My Neighbor Totoro, the gentle story of two sisters and a forest spirit, Kiki's Delivery Service, about a young witch starting out on her own, Porco Rosso, about a pilot cursed with the face of a pig, and Princess Mononoke, an epic about the battle between the forest gods and the humans who would tame it. Spirited Away, in which a girl must work in a bathhouse for spirits to save her parents, won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and remains one of the most successful films in Japanese history. Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo and The Wind Rises, Miyazaki's portrait of the aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi, complete his shelf.

Isao Takahata, Ghibli's other founder, made some of its most moving films. Grave of the Fireflies follows two children in the last months of the Second World War and is one of the most powerful films ever animated, Only Yesterday is a quiet story of a woman remembering her childhood, Pom Poko is a comic fable about raccoon dogs defending their forest, and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, drawn like a moving watercolour, retells a Japanese folk tale. The studio's younger directors add Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns, Arrietty, From Up on Poppy Hill, When Marnie Was There and Tales from Earthsea. The Studio Ghibli guide suggests where to start.

Anime films beyond Ghibli

The Films collection reaches far beyond Ghibli. Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo's 1988 vision of a neon Neo-Tokyo, changed animation around the world, and Ghost in the Shell, from Mamoru Oshii, explored what it means to be human in a world of cyborgs. Satoshi Kon made three of the most admired anime films of all, the dream-bending Paprika, the career-spanning Millennium Actress and the warm Christmas story Tokyo Godfathers.

Mamoru Hosoda made The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children and The Boy and the Beast, and Makoto Shinkai made 5 Centimeters per Second and The Garden of Words, two short, luminous love stories. A tender forty-minute film about a girl who befriends a forest spirit sits beside them. Series fans will find The Last: Naruto the Movie, Boruto: Naruto the Movie and Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, and game fans will enjoy Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Resident Evil: Degeneration and Space Pirate Captain Harlock. The films guide gathers the highlights.

Sub or dub

Anime fans often ask whether to watch with subtitles or a dub. On the official services, both are usually there. Most anime keeps its original Japanese audio with subtitles in many languages, and the popular series and films on 1Anime usually add an English dub, often with Spanish, Portuguese, French, German or Hindi as well. The long-running classics were dubbed years ago, and many fans grew up with those voices. Switch between them from the audio menu while the episode plays. The sub and dub guide explains the settings.

How Watch now works

Every title on 1Anime has a Watch now button on its page. Choose your country and press it, and JustWatch opens with every official service that carries the title in that country, with subscription, rental, purchase and free options side by side. Anime licences differ a great deal from country to country, so the button checks JustWatch each time. The how to watch guide walks through the steps.

Where the titles stream

Crunchyroll carries the largest anime library in most countries, including many of the long-running series on 1Anime, and HIDIVE carries more. Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and Hulu carry many series and films, and the Studio Ghibli films are on Netflix in many countries and on Max in the United States. Apple TV, Google TV and Prime Video rent and sell many of the films, often in restored editions. The streaming services guide gives more detail.

Free and legal options

Some anime can be watched free and legally. In many countries Tubi, Pluto TV and The Roku Channel carry anime free with adverts, including several long-running classics, and some studios publish first episodes and whole series on their official YouTube channels. When you press Watch now, free options appear on JustWatch beside the paid ones. The free anime guide lists the best places to look.

Phones, laptops, consoles and TVs

1Anime works in every modern browser, on a phone, a tablet, a laptop or a desktop computer. On a phone the header shrinks to the logo and a menu button, the hero stacks with the image on top, and the rows of posters scroll sideways with a thumb. You can add 1Anime to your home screen from the browser menu, where it opens like an app. The episodes play in each service's official app, and Fire TV, Google TV, Apple TV, Roku, PlayStation, Xbox and most smart TVs run them. The apps and devices guide covers each option.

My List

Press Add to My List on any title page to save a series or a film, and on a season page mark the episode you reached, which is essential for series such as One Piece, Naruto Shippūden or Detective Conan. My List is stored in your own browser, works straight away and belongs to you alone. Export saves it to a small file, and Import restores it on another phone or computer. The My List guide has the details.

Finding a title

There are several ways to find what you want. The search pill in the header looks through titles, including original Japanese titles, as well as the voice cast and directors; press Enter for the full results page, where you can narrow the list to films or series. The menu opens Long-running, Films and Studio Ghibli, the collections page adds the eras and genres, and the A-Z index lists everything alphabetically. The finding titles guide explains each route.

Top rated

The Top rated collection gathers the titles with the highest scores from a large number of votes. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Attack on Titan, Death Note, Steins;Gate, Hunter x Hunter, Cowboy Bebop, Haikyu!!, Your Lie in April, ERASED, Violet Evergarden, Mob Psycho 100 and One Piece sit there with films such as Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies.

Recognising 1Anime

Popular names attract copies, so it helps to know the real design. This 1Anime has a clean white page, a small dark square logo with a lilac stroke, a grey search pill with a Ctrl K hint, the 1Anime name in a lilac gradient above a bold headline, rounded plum and grey pill buttons, a soft purple glow around the featured image and light-grey feature cards with coloured icons. Every Watch now button leads to JustWatch and from there to the official services. Bookmark the home page, or add it to your phone's home screen, and you will always return to the right place. The official site guide repeats these signs.

Streaming safely

A few habits keep streaming safe and simple. Install apps only from official stores, give each service its own strong password and switch on two-step sign-in where it is offered. Before entering payment details, check that the address bar shows the real name of the service. 1Anime links only to JustWatch, and JustWatch links to the official services, so every step stays on trusted ground. The safety guide keeps the checklist short.

If a page is slow

If 1Anime seems slow, load the home page and then any title; if both appear, the site is working. Refreshing the page, clearing the browser cache, trying another browser or switching between mobile data and Wi-Fi usually solves the rest. Playback itself happens on the streaming service, so its help centre is the right place for any playback question. The site status guide lists the quick fixes.

Privacy

1Anime keeps things light and ready to use at once. My List, your chosen country and the episodes you mark are stored in your own browser, on your own device. Posters and details load from TMDB, and the site font loads from Google Fonts. The privacy page explains each item in plain words.

How the catalogue is chosen

The catalogue follows the tracking spirit of the 2025 site. It gathers the most-followed anime series from the 1990s to today, drawn from the titles with the most votes on TMDB, and anime films from Studio Ghibli and beyond. Every title is chosen by hand for a general audience, with fan-service and ecchi titles left out, and the whole catalogue is drawn from TMDB, which supplies the posters, stories, voice cast and episode lists. The sister guides XPrime and 123Anime cover the newest seasons of recent years, so 1Anime concentrates on the series fans follow for the long haul.

A short history of 1Anime

1Anime appeared in 2024 with an unusual idea for an anime site: a home page built like the front page of a software project, with a changelog, a list of official domains, community links and feature cards promising tracking and personalisation. Its clean white design and lilac colours made it instantly recognisable. That calm, modern design is the one this rebuild brings back, with one important difference: every series and film now opens on the official services that carry it, in your country.

Where to start

If you are new to anime, a few titles make a perfect introduction. Start with a Studio Ghibli film such as Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro, then try a short, complete series: Cowboy Bebop runs for twenty-six episodes, ERASED for twelve and Your Lie in April for twenty-two. When you are ready for something longer, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Attack on Titan tell complete stories across several seasons, and the long-running giants such as One Piece are waiting whenever you want an adventure that lasts for years.

Jumping into a long series

A series with hundreds of episodes can look daunting, but there are easy ways in. Dragon Ball Z Kai tells the story of the classic Dragon Ball Z in far fewer episodes, Naruto and Naruto Shippūden can be followed arc by arc, and Detective Conan and Pokémon are largely made of self-contained stories, so almost any episode is a fine starting point. Many fans watch a long series alongside newer shows, a few episodes a week, and let the tracking in My List keep their place. The season pages make it easy to see where each arc begins.

Studios to know

A few studio names appear again and again on the shelves. Studio Ghibli made the films of Miyazaki and Takahata; Madhouse made Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, One-Punch Man and Overlord; Bones made Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia; Sunrise made Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion; Kyoto Animation made Clannad, Hyouka and Violet Evergarden; and Production I.G made Haikyu!!, Psycho-Pass and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Searching a studio's titles is a good way to find a new favourite.

Directors to follow

A handful of directors shaped the films and series on 1Anime. Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata founded Studio Ghibli, Katsuhiro Otomo made Akira, Mamoru Oshii made Ghost in the Shell, and Satoshi Kon made Paprika, Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers. Shinichiro Watanabe made Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, Hideaki Anno made Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mamoru Hosoda made Wolf Children and Makoto Shinkai made 5 Centimeters per Second. Searching a director's name is a good way to discover more of their work.

Sport on screen

Sports anime is a genre of its own, and 1Anime has some of the best. Haikyu!! turns high school volleyball into a gripping drama, Kuroko's Basketball brings superhuman flair to the court, Fighting Spirit follows a shy boy's rise in boxing, Yuri!!! on Ice is a beautiful figure-skating story, and Captain Tsubasa follows a young football prodigy, a series that inspired many real players. Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 and BAKI add more.

Ideas for an anime night

If you are planning an evening, a few pairings work beautifully. For a Ghibli double bill, watch My Neighbor Totoro and then Kiki's Delivery Service. For a Satoshi Kon night, pair Paprika with Tokyo Godfathers. For science fiction, Akira and Ghost in the Shell are a classic pairing, and for tears and smiles, Wolf Children and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time are ideal. For series fans, the first four episodes of Attack on Titan or Steins;Gate make a gripping evening.

Watching together

Many of these titles are made for a full room. The battles of Dragon Ball Super and My Hero Academia get everyone cheering, the Ghibli films bring children and grandparents together, and the matches of Haikyu!! turn any sofa into a stadium. For group viewing, cast the title to the television, choose the audio language everyone prefers and turn on subtitles for anyone who follows better in another language.

Watching from abroad

1Anime readers live all over the world, which is why the viewing panel covers fifteen countries. Choose the country where you are right now, since that is where the services will play, and JustWatch lists the services that carry the title there. The long-running classics in particular move between services from country to country, so it is always worth checking. Your country choice is remembered in your browser for the next visit.

Worth watching again

Some titles reward a second viewing even more than the first. The clues hidden in Steins;Gate, Death Note and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion only fall into place once you know the ending, and the detail in Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke reveals something new every time. Keep a few favourites in My List for the evenings when an old friend is exactly what you need.

A first visit

On a first visit, let the hero catch your eye, read the four feature cards, then scroll through the rows of long-running series, Studio Ghibli films and titles still airing. Open a few titles and read their stories. Press Watch now on one that appeals, choose your country and follow JustWatch to the service. Save a few titles to My List and mark your episode as you go. Within a few minutes, 1Anime will feel like home.

Music in anime

Music runs through many of these titles. The jazz of Yoko Kanno is inseparable from Cowboy Bebop, the piano of Your Lie in April carries its whole story, and Joe Hisaishi's scores for Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke are among the most loved film music ever written. The opening songs of Attack on Titan, Naruto Shippūden and Neon Genesis Evangelion became anthems for their fans. A good pair of headphones makes all the difference.

Classics made new

Several series on 1Anime revisit earlier adaptations. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood retells the story of the Elric brothers more faithfully than Fullmetal Alchemist of 2003, and watching both shows how the same manga can inspire two very different series. Sailor Moon Crystal returns to the original Sailor Moon manga, Dragon Ball Z Kai remasters and tightens a classic, and Hunter x Hunter of 2011 retells Gon's adventure from the start. Pokémon Origins goes back to the very first games for a short, faithful series.

From games to the screen

Video games inspired a good share of the catalogue. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children continues the story of Cloud Strife two years after the game, Resident Evil: Degeneration brings Leon Kennedy to computer animation, and Danganronpa: The Animation adapts a murder-mystery game set in a strange academy. Steins;Gate and Fate/Zero began as visual novels, and Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters grew up alongside the games and cards of the same names.

For younger viewers

Families will find plenty to enjoy. The Family & Kids collection gathers My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Ponyo, Arrietty and The Cat Returns from Studio Ghibli, along with Pokémon, Digimon: Digital Monsters, Inazuma Eleven, Dinosaur King, Sonic X and Cardcaptor Sakura. Check the genres and the story on each title page to choose what suits your family, since some of the most famous series on the site are made for older teenagers and adults.

Horror and the supernatural

For darker evenings, the catalogue has plenty of chills. Another is a creepy mystery about a cursed class, Junji Ito Collection adapts the famous horror artist's short stories, Angels of Death traps a girl in a building full of killers, and Tokyo Ghoul and Parasyte -the maxim- follow young men caught between humans and monsters. Hellsing and Blood+ are stylish vampire tales, and Deadman Wonderland is set in a prison theme park. Watch them with the lights down and a friend close by.

Reading the scores

Every title page shows a score out of ten, the average rating given by TMDB members. Scores from many voters are the most reliable, which is why the Top rated collection lists titles with more than a thousand votes. The long-running series have been rated by huge numbers of fans, so their scores are especially steady. A lower score can still hide a title that suits your mood perfectly, so read the story, check the genres and trust your own taste.

Anime for every season

The catalogue has something for every time of year. Summer suits the sunny seaside of Ponyo and the countryside of My Neighbor Totoro, autumn evenings suit the chills of Another and Junji Ito Collection, and winter holidays suit the warmth of Tokyo Godfathers, set on a snowy Christmas Eve, and Yuri!!! on Ice. Spring is the perfect time to start a big series such as One Piece or Naruto. Whatever the weather, the eras and genres will point the way.

Short watches

Some evenings call for something short. Most anime episodes last around twenty-four minutes, so an episode or two of The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. or Cells at Work! makes a perfect break, and 5 Centimeters per Second tells its story in about an hour. The running time on each title page and the episode list on each season page help you plan, whether you have twenty minutes or a whole afternoon.

Sharing a favourite

Every title page has its own address, so sharing a recommendation is simple: copy the link from the address bar and send it to a friend, who will see the story, the cast and the Watch now button for their own country. It is an easy way to introduce someone to Cowboy Bebop, Haikyu!! or Spirited Away, and to compare notes after the latest episode.

Giant robots and space

Mecha and space adventure have a proud place on the shelf. Neon Genesis Evangelion turned the giant-robot story into a psychological drama, Gurren Lagann turned it into a joyful, ever-growing spectacle, and Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion mixed it with political intrigue. Cowboy Bebop and Space Pirate Captain Harlock take to the stars, and Zoids: Chaotic Century follows a boy and his mechanical beast. Together they show how varied a single genre can be.

Samurai and history

History inspires some of the most striking series. Rurouni Kenshin is set in the early Meiji era, when the age of the samurai was ending, Samurai Champloo mixes the Edo period with hip-hop, and Yona of the Dawn follows a princess on the run in a kingdom inspired by ancient Korea. Black Butler is set in Victorian London, Blood+ travels from Okinawa across the world, and Princess Mononoke and The Tale of The Princess Kaguya draw on the folklore of old Japan.

Mind-benders

Some titles are built to make you think. Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0 are intricate time-travel stories, ERASED sends its hero back eighteen years, Paprika blurs dreams and reality, and Serial Experiments Lain asks where the self ends and the network begins. Death Note is a battle of wits between two brilliant minds, and Psycho-Pass imagines a society run by an all-seeing system. They reward close attention and are perfect for discussing afterwards.

School life

School life is one of anime's favourite settings. Toradora! follows two mismatched classmates who help each other in love, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya follows an eccentric girl and her club, and Hyouka finds mystery in the everyday life of a literature club. Assassination Classroom gives a school story a science fiction twist, Maid Sama! and Kamisama Kiss bring romance, and Haikyu!! and Kuroko's Basketball bring the thrill of school sport.

Other worlds

Stories of other worlds are among the most popular on the site. Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Overlord send their heroes into fantasy realms, Sword Art Online traps its players in a virtual castle, and The Devil Is a Part-Timer! brings a demon lord to modern Tokyo to work in a fast-food restaurant. Saga of Tanya the Evil and The Irregular at Magic High School add military and magical twists.

Heroes of every kind

Heroes come in every shape on 1Anime. My Hero Academia follows Izuku Midoriya in a world where most people have superpowers, One-Punch Man follows a hero so strong that every fight ends in a single blow, and Mob Psycho 100 follows a psychic who would rather be ordinary. Black Clover follows a boy in a world where magic is everything, who wins through with an anti-magic sword and sheer determination, and Blue Exorcist and Noragami give their heroes divine and demonic powers. It is a fine shelf for anyone who loves a good origin story.

Friendship above all

Friendship runs through the most-followed series of all. The Straw Hat crew of One Piece would do anything for one another, Naruto's bond with his rival Sasuke drives Naruto Shippūden, and the Karasuno team of Haikyu!! wins and loses as one team. Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day brings a group of childhood friends back together, and Orange follows friends trying to change the future for one of their own. These stories are a big part of why fans stay with a series for years.

Growing up with the classics

For many viewers, the long-running series on 1Anime were part of growing up: Pokémon and Digimon: Digital Monsters after school, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters at the weekend and Dragon Ball Z Kai on summer holidays. Returning to them as an adult, often in their original Japanese with subtitles, is a lovely way to discover them again, and sharing them with children is even better.

Planning a marathon

A marathon of a long series is one of the great pleasures of anime. Pick a season, check its number of episodes on the season page, and plan a few episodes an evening; most seasons of the series on 1Anime run for twelve to twenty-six episodes. Mark each episode as you go and My List will keep your place, even across months. For the biggest series, it helps to follow one story arc at a time and to take a break between arcs with a Ghibli film or a short series.

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