Anime with good teamwork

After watching The Mighty Nein, Vox Machina and Delicious In Dungeon, I have a hunger for more shows with really strong team dynamics. I love how battles involve everyone at once, and how there's a lot of attention paid to strengths and weaknesses. So many anime seem to devolve into 1-1 fights where the hero has to just believe in himself more, push past his limits, and so on.

Frieren plays to this pretty well, despite the small "team". Are there any others that people can recommend?

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AimaiStudio2026-01-19 00:05

I'd honestly recommend Golden Kamuy, surprising amount of teamwork with different characters contributing to the team in different ways. Also the show itself is really good. Like really good.

MusubiKazesaru2026-01-19 00:06

Black Clover (lots of teamwork especially in the main guild)

Undead Unluck (main duo, plus other instances of team work to take down superior foes)

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken 2020 (this is a shounen based on the DQ3 game world so parties are important but there are individual fights)

Hunter x Hunter 2011 (varies per arc, but the later ones tend to have more teamwork moments)

Ushio to Tora (this one focuses on a duo)

Cephalo_Kayum2026-01-21 06:35

The part when they were inside the game built by his father really showed that it is important.

lztsrts2026-01-19 00:13

World Trigger

That's like the main appeal of that show.

shico122026-01-19 01:27

/thread

abandoned_idol2026-01-19 05:24

What a relief.

I was afraid that no one would mention World Trigger.

That said, WT's reboot of season 1 hasn't released yet...

Damnit! If only OP could enjoy the fucking awesome reboot in addition to the cunning writing! Life isn't fair!

dudetotalypsn2026-01-20 06:49

/thread

EnchantedDestroyer2026-01-19 00:16

86 sorta

NoobyNort2026-01-19 01:43

Ya. Special shout out because it's so clearly not D&D and has some of the most plausible mech battles.

ayers2312026-01-19 00:26

Goblin Slayer. I say this for multiple reasons, but the top two are being based on TTRPG games, and the massive amount of teamwork and pre-fight planning shown.

The first couple of episodes can be rough to watch. Skip them if you find gritty rape/necrophilia/etc triggering. They are short brutal sequences, but they represent the powerful motivations behind the MC and his first party member.

Once you get past those opening scenes, the rest of the show is brilliant. Undertones of Frieren and Faraway Paladin at various points.

Speaking of which, Faraway Paladin might be a good one, too...

NoobyNort2026-01-19 01:41

I think the TTRPG association is good. I am not specifically looking for that, but I don't think it's a coincidence that a lot of shows that I like are based on D&D.

I'll give Faraway Paladin a shot, never heard of it before! Goblin Slayer has a very strong focus on, well, Goblin Slayer but you're right that he needs his team which made for some strong moments. I'd almost forgotten about it. I liked how he was kinda stunted until he lets in more people.

ayers2312026-01-19 02:01

Season 2 was much more team focused.

TheBusStop122026-01-19 00:42

**DanMachi** does teamwork really well. It does a good job of allowing the side characters to be strong and achieve things as well, not just the MC. The team van be pretty big as well, yet everyone always fulfills an essential role

Building a team that wokd well together is a central theme of **Grimgar** as well

NoobyNort2026-01-19 01:17

Thanks for the DanMachi tip, I will check it out for sure.

Good pick with Grimgar. I just finished it and it really took me by surprise. It did have a strong focus on a single protagonist but figuring out what "team" means and how to integrate very different people into it was basically the whole show. Really enjoyed it!

TheBusStop122026-01-19 01:25

Yeah, DanMachi very much has a focus on a single protagonist who has powers that make him different from anyone else as well. But unlike most stories with a premise like this he's not actually OP (the main point of the show is his growth) and most importantly, that he relies on his team with whom he works well, but which is also perfectly capable of performing without relying on the MC. They too grow stronger and stronger and all have their strengths and weaknesses. So it avoids feeling like a power fantasy and instead feels like a true party

Cephalo_Kayum2026-01-21 06:37

It really shows that teamwork is called for and rewarded.

eden_sc22026-01-19 00:57

Sports anime like Ace of Diamond might be close to the vibe you are looking for. That show leans into the pitcher/catcher vs batter relationship but the fielders also get a lot of time to shine and work together. Maybe something super sentai, but that isn't usually anime.

Like you said most action shonen tend to involve teams but then break out into 1v1s once the battle actually starts. Full party fights are harder to draw in the manga and more expensive to animate so they don't get shown as much.

NoobyNort2026-01-19 01:29

I hadn't thought about sports anime that way but I think you might be on to something. Thanks for the suggestion.

0800872026-01-19 02:47

Haikyuu is another sports anime that has strong teamwork - their whole philosophy is about the whole being greater than the sum

devlin_dragonus2026-01-19 01:14

Banished Court Magician - mc became a court magician because of his university party. So after his banishment his party takes him in and they quickly raise up the ranks, each one overlapping each others weakness and it’s just really good team work with awesome fights in the latter half of the season.

Jack or All Trades is about a support character who’s is OP not because he is super powerful but because he is really competent in all kinds of areas and so can lead his team to their highest possible effieciency.

ghostpickleonastick2026-01-19 01:38

Akudama Drive has a lot of uneven fights and excellent blocking/spatial awareness, so the cast of "I work alone" types all pick up on the nuances of teamwork real fast.

NoobyNort2026-01-19 01:48

I had thought that generally when fights happen, it was one person at a time. Maybe a team member would tag off on occasion, but it was a lot of taking turns rather than cooperation. The team hanging out and planning, bickering and boasting together sure was fun though. Worth it.

gsenjou2026-01-19 01:53

Log Horizon is one of the best at this. It’s one of those “trapped in a MMO” stories except with good exploration of the game mechanics.

The MC is a strategist/support who commands his teammates while keeping track of all conditions on the battlefield.

0800872026-01-19 02:54

Senki Zesshou Symphogear - singing magical girls, with a power system that directly scales with the number of partners that are being harmonised with. So there are a decent number of duet/trio songs, where it is a 2v1, 3v1, 2v2, 3v3 etc.

wittgenda2026-01-19 09:10

Hunter X Hunter

wittgenda2026-01-19 09:11

Run with the Wind

Robin3432026-01-19 21:35

I remember in "black summoner" everyone actively participated in the fights.

Vel98mount2026-01-22 02:21

Eyeshield 21, yea its sports but its also anime fighting at the same time so it still fits