The Best Anime of 2018 MEGA POLL

2018 is just about over, which means it's time to rank the best anime of the year! We're putting together a big feature on the best anime series of 2018, and that means we need your input.

Below is an extensive list of every new or returning TV series in 2018, including shorts, in alphabetical order. The list is limited to anime TV series (and ONAs) that started new seasons in 2018, so films, OVAs, and series that have been running since before Fall of 2017 (like One Piece) are not eligible. Pick your 5 favorite shows, and this will help us compile a top 5 list of the most popular shows of the year, to be used in our larger feature. We'll also make the poll results available when the big feature goes live, for those curious.

If there's a show you wanted to vote for that we overlooked, please email [email protected] and let us know. We'll add it to the list if it aired in 2018 and meets our other requirements. Thanks for voting!

¶ Pick Your Top Five!
My Hero Academia season 3	2771 out of 12268 (22.6%)
Attack on Titan season 3	2258 out of 12268 (18.4%)
DEVILMAN crybaby	2168 out of 12268 (17.7%)
A Place Further Than the Universe	2132 out of 12268 (17.4%)
Violet Evergarden	1802 out of 12268 (14.7%)
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai	1593 out of 12268 (13.0%)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind	1558 out of 12268 (12.7%)
Hinamatsuri	1486 out of 12268 (12.1%)
Zombie Land Saga	1477 out of 12268 (12.0%)
Banana Fish	1297 out of 12268 (10.6%)
Megalobox	1276 out of 12268 (10.4%)
Laid-Back Camp	1121 out of 12268 (9.1%)
The Ancient Magus' Bride	1104 out of 12268 (9.0%)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	1073 out of 12268 (8.7%)
Cells at Work!	1026 out of 12268 (8.4%)
SSSS.Gridman	1017 out of 12268 (8.3%)
Golden Kamuy	895 out of 12268 (7.3%)
Aggretsuko	886 out of 12268 (7.2%)
Goblin Slayer	879 out of 12268 (7.2%)
March comes in like a lion season 2	863 out of 12268 (7.0%)
DARLING in the FRANXX	820 out of 12268 (6.7%)
Pop Team Epic	794 out of 12268 (6.5%)
Sword Art Online: Alicization	758 out of 12268 (6.2%)
Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku	757 out of 12268 (6.2%)
Overlord II + Overlord III	745 out of 12268 (6.1%)
Asobi Asobase -workshop of fun-	721 out of 12268 (5.9%)
Bloom Into You	681 out of 12268 (5.6%)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments	640 out of 12268 (5.2%)
Planet With	605 out of 12268 (4.9%)
After the Rain	604 out of 12268 (4.9%)
Steins;Gate 0	596 out of 12268 (4.9%)
Black Clover	467 out of 12268 (3.8%)
Food Wars! The Third Plate	443 out of 12268 (3.6%)
Lupin the Third: Part 5	443 out of 12268 (3.6%)
IDOLiSH7	434 out of 12268 (3.5%)
Fairy Tail: Final Season	433 out of 12268 (3.5%)
Tokyo Ghoul:re	420 out of 12268 (3.4%)
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card	418 out of 12268 (3.4%)
Thunderbolt Fantasy Sword Seekers 2	418 out of 12268 (3.4%)
Grand Blue	407 out of 12268 (3.3%)
Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online	388 out of 12268 (3.2%)
Run with the Wind	380 out of 12268 (3.1%)
Revue Starlight	371 out of 12268 (3.0%)
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. season 2	349 out of 12268 (2.8%)
Kakegurui	329 out of 12268 (2.7%)
Fate/Apocrypha	320 out of 12268 (2.6%)
Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory	315 out of 12268 (2.6%)
Free! -Dive to the Future-	292 out of 12268 (2.4%)
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san	260 out of 12268 (2.1%)
A Certain Magical Index III	247 out of 12268 (2.0%)
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord	232 out of 12268 (1.9%)
IRODUKU: The World in Colors	231 out of 12268 (1.9%)
Angels of Death	224 out of 12268 (1.8%)
B: The Beginning	217 out of 12268 (1.8%)
School Babysitters	210 out of 12268 (1.7%)
Gintama (2018)	205 out of 12268 (1.7%)
High School DxD Hero	203 out of 12268 (1.7%)
PERSONA 5 the Animation	203 out of 12268 (1.7%)
Hi Score Girl	198 out of 12268 (1.6%)
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These	195 out of 12268 (1.6%)
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan	190 out of 12268 (1.5%)
Happy Sugar Life	161 out of 12268 (1.3%)
Baki	157 out of 12268 (1.3%)
Hugtto! Precure	151 out of 12268 (1.2%)
Tsurune: Kazemai Kōkō Kyūdō-bu	151 out of 12268 (1.2%)
Chio's School Road	149 out of 12268 (1.2%)
Citrus	142 out of 12268 (1.2%)
GARO -Vanishing Line-	139 out of 12268 (1.1%)
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-	137 out of 12268 (1.1%)
Comic Girls	136 out of 12268 (1.1%)
Today's Menu for Emiya Family	127 out of 12268 (1.0%)
Hanebado!	126 out of 12268 (1.0%)
FLCL Alternative	124 out of 12268 (1.0%)
How to keep a mummy	118 out of 12268 (1.0%)
Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san	118 out of 12268 (1.0%)
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens	114 out of 12268 (0.9%)
Uma Musume Pretty Derby	114 out of 12268 (0.9%)
Boarding School Juliet	113 out of 12268 (0.9%)
DAKAICHI -I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-	113 out of 12268 (0.9%)
GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018)	113 out of 12268 (0.9%)
Double Decker! Doug & Kirill	112 out of 12268 (0.9%)
FLCL Progressive	104 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru.	102 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Karakuri Circus	98 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Children of the Whales	94 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Hakumei and Mikochi	94 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Tada Never Falls in Love	94 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Sirius the Jaeger	93 out of 12268 (0.8%)
Mitsuboshi Colors	92 out of 12268 (0.7%)
Harukana Receive	91 out of 12268 (0.7%)
Captain Tsubasa (2018)	83 out of 12268 (0.7%)
Record of Grancrest War	83 out of 12268 (0.7%)
Killing Bites	79 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Encouragement of Climb Season 3	76 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody	75 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Uzamaid!	74 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Yowamushi Pedal Glory Line	73 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Fate/Extra Last Encore	71 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs	70 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Ace Attorney Season 2	69 out of 12268 (0.6%)
Yotsuiro Biyori	66 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues	64 out of 12268 (0.5%)
BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! Pico	62 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Saint Seiya: Saintia Shō	62 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Magical Girl Ore	60 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Pingu in the City	59 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Devils' Line	58 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Back Street Girls: Gokudols	57 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Hinomaru Sumo	56 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Sanrio Boys	56 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Super Dragon Ball Heroes	56 out of 12268 (0.5%)
Junji Ito Collection	53 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Beatless	52 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Forest of Piano	52 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Hozuki's Coolheadedness season 3	52 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Magical Girl Site	52 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Ms. vampire who lives in my neighborhood	52 out of 12268 (0.4%)
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-	51 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Release the Spyce	50 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion	49 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World	47 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Major 2nd	47 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Dagashi Kashi 2	46 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Inazuma Eleven (2018)	45 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Amanchu! Advance	43 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Kokkoku	43 out of 12268 (0.4%)
Anima Yell!	42 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Dropkick on My Devil!	41 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Dame×Prince Anime Caravan	40 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Aikatsu Friends!	39 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS!	39 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Slow Start	39 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Libra of Nil Admirari	38 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Space Battleship Tiramisu	38 out of 12268 (0.3%)
The Girl in Twilight	34 out of 12268 (0.3%)
My Sister, My Writer	34 out of 12268 (0.3%)
We Rent Tsukumogami	33 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Gundam Build Divers	32 out of 12268 (0.3%)
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!	32 out of 12268 (0.3%)
Holmes of Kyoto	31 out of 12268 (0.3%)
To Be Heroine	31 out of 12268 (0.3%)
As Miss Beelzebub Likes	29 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Gurazeni: Money Pitch	27 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Hero Mask	26 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Radiant	26 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Zoids Wild	25 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Fist of the Blue Sky Regenesis	24 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Yo-kai Watch: Shadowside	24 out of 12268 (0.2%)
100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams: The Animation	23 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles	23 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Phantom in the Twilight	23 out of 12268 (0.2%)
ClassicaLoid season 2	22 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle	22 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Real Girl	22 out of 12268 (0.2%)
The Idolm@ster SideM Wake Atte Mini!	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
ISLAND	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Lost Song	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Spiritpact -Bond of the Underworld-	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Voice of Fox	21 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Cutie Honey Universe	20 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File	20 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Senran Kagura Shinovi Master	20 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Takunomi.	20 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School	19 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Mitchiri Neko	19 out of 12268 (0.2%)
Welcome to the Japari Park	18 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Alice or Alice	17 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Beyblade Burst Turbo	17 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Chi's Sweet Adventure Season 2	17 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Conception	17 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Lostorage conflated WIXOSS	17 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Last Hope	16 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Mameneko	16 out of 12268 (0.1%)
My Sweet Tyrant	16 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight	16 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Hora, Mimi ga Mieteru yo!	15 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Love To-LIE-Angle	15 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Hitori No Shita The Outcast 2	14 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou	14 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation	14 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Music Girls	14 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Oshiri Tantei	14 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Ninja Girl & Samurai Master 3rd	13 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Pazudora	13 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Robot Girls NEO	13 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Uchi no Oochopus	13 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Caligula	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Jingai-san no Yome	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Kiratto Pri☆Chan	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Animation	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Working Buddies!	12 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Tanuki to Kitsune	11 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Between the Sky and Sea	10 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Last Period: the journey to the end of the despair	10 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Märchen Mädchen	10 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Doreiku The Animation	9 out of 12268 (0.1%)
RErideD	9 out of 12268 (0.1%)
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
One Room Second Season	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Sono Toki, Kanojo wa.	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Sword Gai: The Animation	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
You Don't Know Gunma Yet	8 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Duel Masters! (2018)	7 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Kekkeroke	7 out of 12268 (0.1%)
Agū: Tensai Ningyō	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Butlers x Battlers	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Dances with the Dragons	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Devidol	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
gdgd men's party	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
I'm glad I could keep running	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Kaiju Girls season 2	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Marvel Future Avengers Season 2	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
The Seven Heavenly Virtues	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Seven Senses of the Reunion	6 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Akuma no Memumemu-chan	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Bakumatsu	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Crossing Time	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Hakyū Hōshin Engi	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
HIMOTE HOUSE: A share house of super psychic girls	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Ingress the Animation	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!	5 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Frankenstein Family	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Future Card Buddyfight Ace	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Late Night! The Genius Bakabon	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Okoshiyasu, Chitose-chan	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Ore-tacha Yōkai Ningen G	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
The Silver Guardian 2	4 out of 12268 (0.0%)
The Thousand Noble Musketeers	3 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King	2 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur	2 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Otona no Bōguya-san	2 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan season 3	2 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Chūsotsu Worker Kara Hajimeru Kōkō Seikatsu	1 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Seizei Ganbare Mahō Shōjo Kurumi	1 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Bakutsuri Bar Hunter	0 out of 12268 (0.0%)
Gan Gan Ganko-chan	0 out of 12268 (0.0%)