The animation studio MAPPA has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. But which works have impressed the audience the most so far? Here’s the list of the 10 Best Rated MAPPA Anime of all time.
We used anime databases MyAnimeList and AniList to decide the rankings. The first part of the final season of Attack on Titan took first place. Close behind are Jujutsu Kaisen and Banana Fish, among others. Except for Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! and Kids on the Slope, all of the anime series and movies listed here can be streamed at various VoD providers or purchased on DVD and Blu-ray.
10 Best Rated MAPPA Anime List
Without further ado, here’s a list of the best-rated MAPPA anime of all time.
10. Zombie Land Saga Revenge
One day, Sakura has an unfortunate accident. When she wakes up ten years later, and finds that she has turned into a zombie. Wacky producer Kotaro Tatsumi makes her join the idol group – Flan Chouchou – with seven other zombies. Together, they overcome many hurdles and finally give a memorable concert in the last winter of the Heisei era. But now the curtain rises again, and so they march ahead into a future full of hope in the dawn of the Reiwa era.
Rating: (MAL: 8.05 / AL: 80 %)
9. Dorohedoro
In a gloomy town known only as “The Hole,” a clan of mages takes people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for cruel black magic experiments. In a dark alley, Nikaido finds a man named Caiman, who has a reptilian head and suffers from amnesia. To reverse the spell, they hunt and kill the magicians in the hole, hoping they will eventually kill the right one. When En, the leader of the mages, receives word of a lizardman slaughtering his people, he sends a crew of “purgers” into the hole, triggering a war between the two worlds.
Rating: (MAL: 8.08 / AL: 80 %)
8. Terror in Resonance
A shocking terrorist attack terrifies the whole of Tokyo. There is no trace of the perpetrators. The only clue to the bombers seems to be a bizarre internet video. In it, two masked youths who call themselves Sphinx announce the explosion that occurred a day earlier. And warn the watchers of many more such attacks to come.
Rating: (MAL: 8.11 / AL: 78 %)
7. In This Corner of The World
In 1944, Suzu moves to the small town of Kure and marries Shusaku Houjou, an employee of the Kure naval base. The two live a simple and decent life until the town is rocked by bombings a year later. Although the war threatens to destroy everything she holds dear, the young woman manages to savor the little things in life through courage and perseverance.
Rating: (MAL: 8.22 / AL: 81 %)
6. Dororo
Hyakkimaru is a young man who is missing 48 body parts because they were taken by demons before he was even born. He was therefore considered “useless” to humans and consequently thrown into the river. Now he has grown up and acquired 48 fake body parts. His goal is to destroy the 48 demons created using his original body parts.
Rating: (MAL: 8.22 / AL: 81 %)
5. Kids on The Slope
Because of his father’s work, Kaoru Nishimi (Yuri Chinen) moves out to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. He is a first-grade high school student with an introverted personality. He meets classmates Sentaro Kawabuchi (Taishi Nakagawa), labeled as a disorderly student, and Ritsuko Mukae (Nana Komatsu), a beautiful student. Kaoru Nishimi falls in love with the beautiful Ritsuko Mukae. Kaoru Nishimi is talented in playing the piano, although he only plays classics. Due to Ritsuko Mukae, Kaoru Nishimi begins to play jazz.
Rating: (MAL: 8.34 / AL: 81 %)
4. Banana Fish
The series is about two brothers. One of them goes crazy during the war in Vietnam and shoots his comrades. Since then, he has repeated the words “Banana Fish” constantly. Years later, his brother leads street gangs in New York and gets his hands on a mysterious substance.
Rating: (MAL: 8.51 / AL: 86 %)
3. Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting!
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn’t get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school since his family’s fishing business grants him a distinct odor, Ippo’s life is one of hardship.
During one of these after-school bullying sessions, Ippo’s life turns around completely when he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura’s footsteps and train to become a boxer. This gives his life direction and purpose. But Ippo’s path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning.
Rating: (MAL: 8.58 / AL: 86 %)
2. Jujutsu Kaisen
High school student Yuji is rather unassuming, but behind his unassuming facade lies tremendous power. The school’s sports clubs dream of having Yuji join them, but he prefers to hang out with the weirdos from the paranormal club.
One day, the club members get their hands on a sealed, cursed object. They open up the seal with no idea of what horrors they are conjuring up.
Rating: (MAL: 8.73 / AL: 87 %)
1. Attack on Titan: Final Season
It’s been four years since the recon party reached the coast, and the world looks different now. Things are coming to a head as the fate of the recon party – and the people – is finally decided. But Eren has disappeared. Will he reappear before age-old tensions between Marleyans and Eldians erupt into the war of all wars?
Rating: (MAL: 8.91 / AL: 88 %)
Did your favorites make it into the ranked list? Which title from MAPPA do you think deserves the top spot? Let us know in the comments!
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