5ch’s Top Anime of 2025

5ch (the successor to the (in)famous 2ch) is perhaps one of the most well known Japanese internet forums out there, and their two decade old AOTY voting has always been an interesting peek into specific anime fanbases with interesting tastes to say the least.
The current format has people required to vote their top 5 anime of the year and with explanations of why they like each of them, so it’s more than just vote & click! Each vote leads to 1-5 points each for anime depending on the ranks.

Source: https://x.com/yuu_k_1101/status/2006382415661633549

Personal opinion: It’s unfortunate that my absolute favourite **BanG Dream! Ave Mujica** missed out on capturing the crown for Girls Band Anime for the 4th year in a row, but a 4th (2nd by people voting it as AOTY) is definitely still great given absolute extreme opinions on it from certain fan bases! And I can’t even be sad about this because *Medalist* and *Ruri Rocks* and *Apocalypse Hotel* are so damn excellent too.

Some of the choices here really dropped my jaws because they are absolutely hidden gems from last year - the likes of *Maebashi Witches* and *Harmony of Mille-Feuille* and *Me and the Alien MuMu* definitely deserves some recommendations. Maybe I should later?

| Rank | Anime | Points |
| :--- | :---- | :--- |
| 1 |[Medalist](https://anilist.co/anime/165171/) |930|
| 2 |[Ruri Rocks](https://anilist.co/anime/180929/) |590|
|3 |[Apocalypse Hotel](https://anilist.co/anime/180675/) |589|
|4 |**[BanG Dream! Ave Mujica](https://anilist.co/anime/169295/BanG-Dream-Ave-Mujica/)** |534|
|5 |[Food For The Soul/HibiMeshi](https://anilist.co/anime/185939/) |491|
|6 |[A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof/NinKoro](https://anilist.co/anime/177120/) |384|
|7 |[Takopi's Original Sin](https://anilist.co/anime/185407/) |342|
|8 |[Maebashi Witches](https://anilist.co/anime/180825/) |341|
|9 |[There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless…/WataNare](https://anilist.co/anime/184591/-/) |316|
|10 |[Harmony of Mille-Feuille](https://anilist.co/anime/166215/) |291|
|11 |[Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express](https://anilist.co/anime/189069/-/) |241|
|12 |[GNOSIA](https://anilist.co/anime/185116/) |222|
|13 |[Orb: On the Movements of the Earth](https://anilist.co/anime/151514/) |216|
|14 |[Me and the Alien MuMu](https://anilist.co/anime/185070/) |213|
|14 |[SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary Season 2](https://anilist.co/anime/181182/-2/) |213|
|16 |[Secrets of the Silent Witch](https://anilist.co/anime/179966/-/) |212|
|17 |[OKITSURA: Fell in Love with an Okinawan Girl, but I Just Wish I Know What She's Saying](https://anilist.co/anime/166699/) |201|
|18 |[See You Tomorrow at the Food Court](https://anilist.co/anime/185519/) |188|
|19 |[Umamusume: Cinderella Gray](https://anilist.co/anime/180516/-/) |181 |
|20 |[Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX](https://anilist.co/anime/185213/Gundam-GQuuuuuuX/) |169|
|21 |[The Apothecary Diaries Season 2](https://anilist.co/anime/176301/-2/) |166|
|22 |[The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity](https://anilist.co/anime/181444/) |146|
|23 |[Turkey!](https://anilist.co/anime/159483/Turkey/) |143|
|24 |[Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider](https://anilist.co/anime/187464/) |134|
|25 |[Witch Watch](https://anilist.co/anime/180367/) |128|
|26 |[My Dress-Up Darling Season 2](https://anilist.co/anime/154768/-Season-2/) |126|
|27 |[A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace](https://anilist.co/anime/173523/) |122|
|28 |[Momentary Lily]( https://anilist.co/anime/177159/ )|120|
|29 |[Clevatess](https://anilist.co/anime/178869/ )|119|
|30 |[Sorairo Utility](https://anilist.co/anime/174596/-TV/) |116 |

That’s all anime getting more than 100 points, more rankings after these are available for translation per requests.

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Commentaires

DanielDKXD2026-01-01 09:16

While the shows above them ain't bad, Cinderella grey and apothecary dairies are both offensively low.

Kikuruchi2026-01-01 09:56

It makes sense given their overall taste. It probably made it into a lot of people's top 5 but it's hard to beat anything in the top 10 to be a fav from the year

Irargh2026-01-01 13:16

19th and 21st out of who knows how many anime were released in 2025 were not bad placements at all though.

alexjg422026-01-01 09:32

Seeing Ruri Rocks 2nd makes me so happy. And Food for the soul!

rainzer2026-01-01 20:17

I dropped it early because the younger girl felt like an asshole in the first 2 episodes. Does that get better?

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 20:58

She really got her growth arc throughout the season. Do try to watch the rest of the episodes!

qef152026-01-29 10:12

That character growth is one of the best I have seen in a CGDCT.

alexjg422026-01-02 04:59

She remains an asshole, but less intense. More characters gets introduced so the focus does get split.

The true beauty of the anime lies in ~~the thighs~~ the educational content and the sense of discovery. The characters did grow on me by the end and I also loved the music.

cornonthekopp2026-01-01 09:37

Incredibly good taste from 5chan users

DirtyTacoKid2026-01-01 18:56

Always. Westerners always have some stinkers at the top of their lists.

Ginsan-AK2026-01-01 22:25

Not so much stinkers but more like they tend to like just the same few genres of anime every year. Rarely you'll see non-action/mystery/fantasy anime get recognition in the West.

SerJoseph2026-01-01 22:47

Well yes, that's why its called bad taste. People meme on this but liking the same thing year after year, glazing popular things and their sequels regardless of their quality, and refusing to watch or acknowledge other things is the definition of bad taste

Few_Highlight11142026-01-02 02:57

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gvon892026-01-02 03:05

I just went there to see and idk how that site is navigatable at all.

FUTA_COCK_ENJOYER2026-01-02 11:45

add /catalog after the board name in the URL

cornonthekopp2026-01-02 03:57

Fortunately i have friends who have good taste that I can talk shop with when reddit makes poor choices

cppn022026-01-02 11:54

Both 5ch and 4ch usually put out great rankings but they're also cesspools and I'd never recommend anyone visiting those places.

Kikuruchi2026-01-01 09:53

Say what you will about 5ch, but at least they somewhat actually watch anime

Definitely some odd ones (namely the ones people are horny about), as well as some typical shonen stuff, but I'm happy that Apocalypse Hotel is 3rd cause holy fuck that anime is amazing

A little surprised that Chi is quite low, but I think it's a case of people just not voting it as their favorite as much, but being in their top 3 or something which somewhat makes sense

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 09:59

Orb’s animation problems (e.g. dark scenes being so dark I can barely made out the background, if anything) probably robbed some points unfortunately.

Kikuruchi2026-01-01 10:05

Yeah probably. Considering how visually distinct the higher ranks are, there's definitely a bias towards having nice visuals

AveryLazyCovfefe2026-01-01 17:45

If Madhouse put even 60% of the animation effort they put in to Frieren, the show would be alot more popular.

Still, the animation did not disappoint at all when needed in the few action scenes.

MasterTotoro2026-01-01 14:50

Orb was 8th last year (it ran from Fall 2024 to Winter 2025). I wouldn't be surprised if people vote for it less because it doesn't come up when filtering for 2025, it doesn't come to mind as a 2025 show, or they don't want to vote for it again. On AniList filtering by 2025 doesn't show Orb for example. For this poll you have to manually write in the anime name as opposed to picking from a list.

Frieren and Apothecary Diaries were Fall 2023 to Winter 2024 that both fell in votes in the subsequent year. I'm sure if you look deeper would see a similar trend.

viliml2026-01-01 21:20

> A little surprised that Chi is quite low, but I think it's a case of people just not voting it as their favorite as much, but being in their top 3 or something which somewhat makes sense

They use a ranked voting system, everyone chooses their top 5 anime to give between 5 and 1 points to. Since it's at #13, it wasn't in everyone's top 3.

Unknownlight2026-01-01 10:02

Wow, Gnosia at #12? Is the show more popular in Japan than over here?

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 10:19

As far as I know, no, but these voters are definitely very experienced anime fans with a tendency towards slice-of-life anime.

KxPbmjLI2026-01-02 04:05

yeah i thought it was a western vn, surprised it even got an anime

oedipusrex3762026-01-01 10:13

>BanG Dream! Ave Mujica in No. 4

It was somewhat expected since the show was divisive while it was airing, but that didn't stop it from becoming my personal AOTY. Funny enough, I remember reading somewhere on a Chinese anime ranking that Ave Mujica is considered both overrated and underrated, and that is the most accurate description of the show ever.

>Maebashi Witches and Harmony of Mille-Feuille

These are absolutely good shows and you should definitely watch them, esp Maebashi Witches (personal favorite). They have a very likable group dynamic and great banter, thanks to the Bocchi the Rock! scriptwriter also writing for it.

>See You Tomorrow at the Food Court in No.18

This was kind of unexpected. I don’t check 5ch very often, so I’m not really sure what the general consensus is over there. It’s 4chan's favorite, so I assumed 5ch would feel the same way.

>Umamusume: Cinderella Gray in No.19

Well, it’s 5ch, so mainstream shows are bound to rank low.

plsdontattackmeok2026-01-01 16:54

Honestly, the Ave Mujica pacing was oddly, especially in the final part

It’s been jokingly as “Bang Dream! It’s Mutsumi!!” since mostly Mutsumi screen time lol

Still good anime, but it should be longer. Thankfully, the Ave Mujica story still continues, especially with the new season and movie in production.

Tezlaivj2026-01-02 04:02

Ave Mujica being rewarded as most underrated and overrated was on Chinese Bilibili IIRC. It kinda funny how it shows about how strong their community hater and fanbase at the same time

plsdontattackmeok2026-01-02 10:17

It’s because Mainland Chinese fans bring too overhyped of this anime.

Also there is one time characters ranking seasons that entire characters is AveMygo lol

SouekiSennoSTM2026-01-01 10:14

This is the first time I'm becoming specifically aware of this ranking list by name/where it originates from, but it's one that I'll have to keep an eye on in the future as it feels like one I'll find more in common with than a number of the rankings of highest-voted top few dozen series.

Some titles I share their enthusiasm for and others less so, but just saying that any list of not even season-specific but a top series ranking for the whole year and includes titles like Sorairo Utility, Momentary Lily, Uchuujin Muumuu, Turkey!, and Ginga Tokkyuu Milky Subway is automatically a head-turner worth paying some attention to.

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 10:18

[Top 30 shows from them since 2005 for your reference](https://imgur.com/UQarIhr)

Witty_Badger13002026-01-01 11:06

Thanks for this!

nightmarebleu72026-01-01 13:04

Ty for this, I was wondering if there was a recorded archive of the past ones. Even just looking at the #1 spots alone are interesting, a lot of them are ones I'd expect but then you have 2005, 2010, and 2012 with dark horses.

Titles I never even heard of beating out stuff like Air, K-On s2, and Hyouka is really surprising .

benas3212026-01-01 14:42

[Here is one since 2001](https://i.imgur.com/r5MjKWf.jpeg)

OmegaVirgin942026-01-01 23:33

Overman King Gainer #1 in 2002 is very based.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWj5_LQ_uo0

stealthswor2026-01-02 07:05

Kageki Shoujo??? Incredibly based

MegaAltarianite2026-01-01 10:27

Much better taste than Western audiences.

Psyduckisnotaduck2026-01-01 10:32

Insanely based top 5.

Kegs_And_Parleys2026-01-01 12:29

Tbh top 10 is giga based too.

majideitteru2026-01-01 10:39

Medalist is incredibly underrated internationally, my personal favourite anime of the year too.

I think it might be the lack of access outside Japan? Not on Crunchyroll.

moichispa2026-01-01 12:16

It is on Disney+/hulu and the subtitles on the Disney plus side were terrible (at least at first)

Lindensan2026-01-01 11:57

Takopi lower than top 5 is insane

qwertyqwerty45672026-01-01 14:48

yeah its way too high

Tomorrow_Big2026-01-01 12:02

Glad to see Maebashi Witches getting the recognition it deserves, but I'm obviously biased since it's my aoty. While obviously a show for the younger audience, it touches on topics most shows for adults wouldn't even dare to approach. Highly recommended to anyone who's a fan of magical girls, idols, and coming-of-age stories.

alotmorealots2026-01-01 15:17

> While obviously a show for the younger audience, it touches on topics most shows for adults wouldn't even dare to approach.

Well put. I'd even go so far as to say not only does it touch on the topics, but deftly explores them within the limited run time and frequently closes out with mature, adult understandings of said topics. For some viewers the closure of each topic may have felt incomplete or unsatisfactory in some ways, but *that is how real life goes*, and it's all very deliberate.

I think one of its greatest messages to the target audience was "if you find something is just too much and too emotionally large to process right this instant, the right thing to do is to keep on moving forward for the moment as best you can". Honestly very empowering advice for all ages, and whilst a similar message is often present in action shounen, having it specifically aligned to internal emotional struggles and the struggles one has with the people in your life is very potent.

Sky_Sumisu2026-01-02 07:28

I guess I should've ignored MAL 6.XX score of ti at the start of the season and just watched it back then.
After it ended, I only heard praises, kinda reminded me how the same happened with Yagate Kimi ni Naru.

zairaner2026-01-01 12:06

Huh. That might be the only list I have ever seen with ANTI-sequel bias. Nice.

wildcosmias2026-01-01 12:12

no summer hikaru died = no taste

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 12:13

It’s at 88th place with 21 points. Too low indeed IMHO.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-01 16:56

I presume 5ch has anti-BL bias.

CosmicPenguin_OV1032026-01-01 17:14

I also thought so, but SK8 was 11th in 2021 and Migi & Dali was 9th in 2023 so I dunno LOL.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-01 17:58

Surprising. When maybe it is just a popularity bias. Still, it being that low is strange.

BaytaCosmico2026-01-01 21:25

Came here to say exactly this when I scrolled through the entire list and it didn't feature at all. Like I can maybe understand not putting it right at the top but to not even make top 30? Come the fuck on. It was by far one of the best things to come out in 2025.

moichispa2026-01-01 12:18

I like this list because it feels like the people voting watch a lot of anime per season so they go with more unique series.

Also Medalist is goated

No_Communication29352026-01-01 13:06

Hibimeshi top 5.

A win for CGDCT fans.

ShunKoizumi2026-01-01 14:00

Basically Non Non Biyori with food. Hoping they do S2

CommunistPuppy2026-01-01 18:29

Food For The Soul in top 5 is absolutely based. I can always rely on 5ch to have fantastic taste.

No_Communication29352026-01-01 19:08

That makes me happy to hear, since I participated in the vote as a Japanese as well, haha.

CommunistPuppy2026-01-01 19:13

Good job 👍 also love the Salad Bowl flair, incredibly underrated show.

Time_Fracture2026-01-03 05:01

on the other hand, mono only placed in 53rd.

MeatballZeitgeist2026-01-01 13:14

Almost too many good taste moments to recognize them all, though I'll make note of Ninkoro in the top 10 as the moment that personally sold me on the superiority of this list.

Surprised by the relatively high rank for Turkey, I thought I'd heard that didn't do so well in JP.

Rusik_942026-01-01 13:49

Ninkoro in No. 6 is absolutely based, this was my unexpected surprise hit 2025

Salty1452026-01-01 14:07

More *Milky Sibway* glazing I see. Missed out on Top 10, but still a great finish.

Pretty sure, at this rate, the CRAs will be the only people not glazing MS this year and that’s all the more reason not to care about the CRAs

cppn022026-01-01 15:18

> that’s all the more reason not to care about the CRAs

Yet I see you constantly posting about them despite them still being months away.

Salty1452026-01-01 15:27

Do as I say, not as I do

iruchii2026-01-01 14:28

Maebashi Witches in the Top 10 makes me very happy, as it's my forerunner for AOTY with Apocalypse Hotel in a close second. I guess I should give Hibimeshi, Mille-Feuille and Ninkoro a chance since they ranked so high, too.

3stoner2026-01-01 15:13

A lot of SoL animes in there, can't say I'm too bothered. I too would love nothing better than to just relax my brain after a long work day.

Jegantha2026-01-01 15:39

Finally some people who get how good Maebashi Witches was. Sorairo Utility is way too low though. Then again it still made top 30 out of hundreds of shows made this year.

Okay fine I'll finally watch medalist. I loved the other shows from this top 10 as well, and I've watched and enjoyed several of the other 20.

bbkkoommaacchhii2026-01-01 15:40

CITY in 81st place is a crime

HelloYellow182026-01-02 02:58

At least from JP's perspective, this anime is highly inaccessible due to its Prime Video global exclusivity. Same with Summer Hikaru Died on Netflix.

Most anime in Japan are not like that; they're released on all the major streaming platforms.

ClemFire2026-01-01 16:07

Ruri Rocks in second is based. That’s the same for me

bananeeek2026-01-01 16:08

It looks like I need to watch Ruri no houseki.

I'm surprised to see GNOSIA that high, considering that Uma Musume barely made it to the TOP20, while the top of the ranking is mostly CGDCT.

Medalist being 1st is exciting to see and I hope more people will give it a go considering that we're getting S2 this season. And the gap between the points is just insane.

NinKoro is the biggest surprise, though. It was a solid 8/10 for me and while I expected it to be popular in the east, it totally blew it out of the park.

Nachtwandler_FS2026-01-01 16:29

The top is pretty nice actually. Surprising concidering their audience.

nexxlevelgames2026-01-01 17:25

Clevatess being on this list tells me all i need to know about type of list im looking at.

floyd_sw_lock94772026-01-01 17:40

I've heard of 12 of these. Westerners really have no idea what's popular in Japan.

Throwaway7853202026-01-01 17:56

Surprised shoshimin S2 is there

First half arc was godlike

ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp2026-01-01 18:02

Ruri Rocks at 2 and Milky Subway being so high up makes me happy.

grexraxor2026-01-01 18:17

does 5ch only do annual top anime of the year? no songs/characters survey?

TheMortalOne2026-01-01 18:52

This might be the only top list where I've somehow watched 3 of the top 4, but not a single other show (yet, many I still plan to watch) from the top 20. only other show in top 30 I've seen is Apothecary diaries, from top 4 I haven't watched Ruri Rocks.

Prince_of_DeaTh2026-01-01 20:55

Best data to find which series are mostly popular with pedophiles dropped?

APRengar2026-01-01 21:38

Ruri Rocks, Hibimeshi, Takopi, Gnosia, Silent Witch, CinGrey, Food Court. Fuck yeah 5ch.

Only one I'm kind confused on was Turkey! which was... fine. I didn't mind where the story went after ep 1 but I didn't find the characters all that great.

shiftyc2026-01-01 23:54

Milly subway is so good. Glad that it's getting more exposure.

Sky_Sumisu2026-01-02 07:29

Surprised no one in the commented commented how it's surprising that Turkey ended up there.
I thought that people hated it.

Time_Fracture2026-01-03 05:00

Whoa I missed this post. 😅 I remember last year people been predicting for Ave Mujica to get the top spot, but turns out Medalist took the crown this year!

Personal opinion: 5ch's take are usually unique. One of the worst anime I watched this year (Momentary Lily) managed to placed in 24th spot. Looks like they love Turkey!, MuuMuu, and Milky Subway as well.

**Past Results:** [2022](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/zzzj2u/5chs_voting_for_aoty_2022/) | [2023](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/18vp674/5chex2chs_top_50_anime_of_2023/) | [2024](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1hqzwcg/5chs_voting_for_aoty_2024/)

|Rank (31-60)|Anime|Points|
|:-|:-|:-|
|31|**Dr. Stone Science Future**|99|
|32|Bad Girl|97|
|33|This Monster Wants to Eat me & Zatsu Tabi -That's Journey-|95|
|35|**100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2** & From Bureaucrat to Villainess: Dad's Been Reincarnated!|90|
|37|Catch Me At the Ballpark!|73|
|38|**Zenshuu.** & Alma-Chan Wants to Have a Family!|71|
|40|Dekin no Mogura & Style of Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch|69|
|42|**My Hero Academia Final Season**, Kijin Gentoshou, and Detective These Days Are Crazy!|68|
|45|May I Ask for One Final Thing? |66|
|46|Nukitashi the Animation and Rock Is A Lady's Modesty|63|
|48|Dad is a Hero, Mom is a Spirit, I'm a Reincarnator|59|
|49|**To Be Hero X**|56|
|50|With You and the Rain, Wandance, and Summer Pockets|55|
|53|Let This Grieving Soul Retire Season 2 and mono|53|
|55|**Dandadan Season 2**|49|
|56|Princession Orchestra and Touhai Ura Rate Mahjong Touhairoku|47|
|58|Tasokare Hotel|44|
|59|**Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow**|41|
|60|Yano-kun's Ordinary Days, Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus, and **I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time**|37|

Some notable anime in 61-198 rank includes:

* \#69 Spy x Family Season 3
* \#70 New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
* \#73 Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms
* \#75 My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
* \#76 Kowloon Generic Romance
* \#79 Call of the Night Season 2
* \#81 City the Animation
* \#84 Grand Blue Season 2 & Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze
* \#88 The Summer Hikaru Died
* \#89 Blue Box
* \#91 Honey Lemon Soda, I'm Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in My Class, and Watari-kun's no xx Is about to Collapse
* \#98 April Showers Bring May Flowers
* \#100 Lazarus, Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective, and Anne Shirley
* \#105 Re:Zero Season 3
* \#114 Sakamoto Days
* \#146 Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4, Chitose Is In the Ramune Bottle, and From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
* \#162 Gachiakuta
* \#174 Ranma 1/2 Season 2
* \#183 Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26
* \#193 Danmachi Season 5
* \#198 One Punch Man Season 3 (also the bottom of the rank)