The Winter 2024 lineup (January - March) had some real standouts. Here's every show from the season, ranked by the community — from heavy hitters to under-the-radar picks worth checking out.
After an eventful winter break, Kyoutarou Ichikawa and Anna Yamada reunite with a stronger bond. They continue to grow in their own ways, with Yamada taking on more challenging photoshoots and Ichikawa maturing both physically and emotionally as he tackles his affections for...
Adventuring knight Laios Touden leads a small party through a seemingly endless dungeon, a subterranean maze full of dangerous monsters and precarious traps. Through the use of advanced magic, an explorer can sometimes be resurrected, allowing them to learn from past mistakes...
For hearing-impaired university student Yuki Itose, silence has been a natural part of life since birth. Her world is small and isolated; she commutes to campus, interacts with her best friend Rin Fujishiro, and communicates through writing and text messages—a lifestyle that...
Humanity was caught at a precipice a decade ago when the first gates—portals linked with other dimensions that harbor monsters immune to conventional weaponry—emerged around the world. Alongside the appearance of the gates, various humans were transformed into hunters and...
Sequel to the first <i>Given Movie</i>.<br> <br> After Ritsuka Uenoyama hears Mafuyu Sato sing, he invites Mafuyu to join his band. Given auditions for a festival in Shibuya and falls short, though they continue to attract attention. At the same time, Mafuyu’s childhood friends,...
Third season of Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e.
Despite a rough start, Makoto Misumi's life in another world takes a positive turn when he meets more demihumans who recognize his presence. Now as the leader of a fast-growing demihuman community, Makoto wishes to make human society more accepting of them and thus builds a...
The second season of <i>Urusei Yatsura (2022)</i>.<br><br> Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi. A dedicated womanizer, Ataru is unfazed by Lum’s fierce electric shock attacks and continues his daily...
After Mash Burnedead's clash with Magia Lupus, the secret about his powers is now out in the open. The short-lived celebration ends when the Bureau of Magic summons Mash before an audience of Divine Visionaries, who collectively decree Mash should reap the consequences and die....
When mundane office worker Kiyoshi Adachi turns 30 years old, he discovers that he has gained the ability to read minds due simply to remaining a virgin for his entire life. The caveat, however, is that he must make physical contact with a person to know what they are thinking...
The Wonderful Precure! anime is set in Animal Town, a town where animals and people live together in harmony. Second-year junior high school student Iroha Inukai is best friends with her dog named Komugi. Out for a walk one day, Iroha and Komugi encounter a mysterious creature...
An unaired episode bundled with the special edition of the 8th <i>Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon</i> light novel volume. <br><br> Miyo's chance to demonstrate what she has learned comes at her first social gathering with her fiancé. Kiyoka introduces her to a distinguished...
<i>MONSTERS: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation</i> by Eiichiro Oda tells the tale of Ryuuma, the legendary swordsman that hails from the Land of Wano in <i>One Piece</i>.<br><br> A samurai's path leads him to a young waitress whose hometown was destroyed by a dragon. He doesn't...
<I>Bang Brave Bang Bravern</I> is set in a world where humanoid armored weapons known as “Titatonostrider” (“TS” for short) are used in warfare. The story kicks off when troops from various countries converge on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, including the main characters, Ao Isami...
Born into a loving family, Femicia appears to have a bright future ahead of her. When she finally turns five, the time comes to go to the church to have her skills appraised. However, while she does receive a monster tamer skill, it turns out that Femicia has zero stars for that...
Rishe Irmgard Weitzner finds herself in a familiar situation: her fiancé is publicly breaking off their engagement, and her ducal family is about to disown her in shame. However, Rishe is not distraught; she has already had six chances to rebuild her life and chase a different...
Ken Usato, an ordinary high schooler, wishes for something fantastical to occur in his unremarkable life. Such an opportunity arrives when he is transported to another world alongside Kazuki Ryuusen and Suzune Inukami, two prodigious members of his school's student council....
Cursed by a witch, the feral and tempestuous Guideau tenaciously searches for the culprit so she can exact revenge. To this end, she joins the Order of Magical Resonance, an organization that deals with everything connected to magic. The Order agrees to work with Guideau in...
While exploring a labyrinth, Rentt Faina, an adventurer with lots of experience but little to show for it, is killed by a dragon upon discovering its lair. Shockingly, he wakes up to find himself turned into a skeleton, the lowest class of undead monsters. As Rentt fights...
The first film of the <i>Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction</i> duology. <br><br> The Japan Self-Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the alien threat, but so far conventional weapons have had no effect. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional.<br>...
In her first life, the renowned and genius surgeon Dr. Aoi Takamoto was Elise de Clorance, a villainess of noble descent. Elise's selfishness, insolence, and obsessive love for her fiancé—Prince Linden de Romanoff—led to the deaths of her family members and, eventually, herself....
As the commander of the Imperial Army's Third Legion, the Royal Empire's princess has led humanity to countless victories against the demonic Hellhorde. However, she has now been captured by the enemy and confined to the dungeons, with her sentient sword, Ex, as her only...
As a member of a malevolent organization, the General is tasked with invading Earth and wiping out humanity. Even an extraterrestrial being like him, however, needs a chance to rest. Not even the Rangers—a team solely dedicated to defeating the General and his colleagues—will...
The beginning of Light Magic and the Hero, an otome RPG, unfolds fairly normally: the heroine, Alicia Ehnleit, meets her three love interests one after another and then inevitably comes face-to-face with the villainess. Yumiella Dolkness may be of noble descent, but her dark...
Despite returning victorious from a dangerous struggle, Kanata and his friends have, in a sense, lost a key ally, the amnesiac magus Noir. Having partially recovered her memory, Noir reverted back to her former personality: that of Mystere, who acts in a patronizing manner...
One day, six cards known as the "Six Desires" were born with the power to change fate. Six fighters were chosen, and would come to possess those six cards. What awaited them was the "Fated Clash", where they would fight each other until the end, and the last one standing would...
At True Cross Academy, Rin Okumura unknowingly comes across the first signs that something is amiss; ordinary people have been gaining the ability to perceive the invisible creatures that roam the human realm, Assiah. While Rin sees this as an opportunity to make a new friend,...
Having just moved from Tokyo to Hokkaido, high school student Tsubasa Shiki decides to explore the picturesque winter landscape he could never experience in the nation's capital. It only takes a moment for Tsubasa's idealized view of Japan's northernmost prefecture to crumble,...
Fumiya Tomozaki is now cruising through the game of life—all thanks to the guidance of Aoi Hinami, his popular classmate and rival in the online game Attack Families, widely known as "Tackfam." As the summer holiday draws to a close and a new term commences, Tomozaki reunites...
Aspiring samurai Shinsuke Hyoudou's world is turned upside down when he witnesses hermit Jinka Yamato and fox girl Tama Youko slay a brigands' lair in the blink of an eye. Tama happens to be katawara, a magically gifted species, who can share her powers with Jinka through a...
Sequel to <i>GREAT PRETENDER</i>.<br><br> Presumed dead, master con artist and recovering amnesiac Dorothy is discovered by Shanghai Longu-bang, a mob who wants payback for her conning them. With no memories and nowhere to go, she must rely on a local crime underboss to elude...
Losing their war against Heaven's angel army, the demons of Hell are on the cusp of collapse. As a last ditch attempt to turn the tides of the war, the demons send Akutsu Masatora to the mortal plane on Earth to save their homeland from the angels. Disguising himself as a high...
Sasaki, a 39-year-old corporate employee, has resigned himself to live a modest life without dreams and dangers. To his great surprise, his fate takes a brutal turn after he decides to adopt a Java sparrow that he names Pii-chan. The talking bird not only happens to be a...
Twenty-seven-year-old salarywoman Midori Akitsu suddenly dies in her apartment due to overwork. As her spirit leaves her body, God appears before her, offering Midori a second chance at life in another world called Asdyllon. There, she must observe how badly humans persecute...
Finally free of her Blessing's impulses, former Hero Ruti has settled into her idyllic slow life with assassin housemate Tisse in the border town of Zoltan. She's happy to once again be close to her apothecary brother Red, the former Guide of her previous Hero's Party, while...
After the demise of the demon king, the resulting power vacuum has broken the balance of the world. Eager to claim this power for themselves, self-proclaimed demon kings from various worlds assemble in the New Principality of Lithia to fight for it. Among them, master swordsman...
The anime is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong...
Seemingly an average man, Joe Logan leads a peaceful life in the countryside with his wife and child. However, the Logan family have actually assumed false identities to escape from Joe's past as a fearsome ninja assassin. Despite a string of high-profile murders of his former...
Located five stations away from Hokkaido's largest downtown area Susukino. A fun shop called "Snack Busue" can be found run by mama Basue and mama Akemi. Filled with the laughter of the girls and their unusual regulars, you'll be smiling along with them before you know it. ...
Minato Kai and Siguma Squad, two rival gangs at Ichizu High School, are embroiled in a bitter power struggle. As a transfer student, Arajin Tomoshibi has no interest in getting involved; instead, his priority is finding a girlfriend. Fortunately for him, he is placed next to...
Sequel to <i>SHAMAN KING (2021)</i>. <br><br> The action returns in this brand-new sequel to <i>SHAMAN KING!</i> Hana Asakura finds that being the son of Yoh & Anna Asakura isn't all it's cracked up to be, and his boredom has him itching for any kind of excitement. But when a...
During a school trip, a bus full of students is suddenly transported to another world by a sage named Sion. She bestows most of the students with powers called Gifts, seeking to recruit them to become sages as well. However, a few are excluded from receiving a Gift, resulting in...
Shizuma Origasa, once a renowned samurai in the Aizu Domain, has fallen on hard times following his home region's crushing defeat against the new imperial government. To make ends meet, Shizuma now works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo. Meanwhile, he tirelessly searches for his...
The story of the series follows Koinu, a serious-minded dog who goes to work one day only to find that his company has gone bankrupt. At a loss, Koinu takes a job from a mysterious recruitment agent and is hired to paste dog stickers all over the city. Even though he doesn't...
After emerging victorious against an alien species known as Usurpers using combat androids called Neans, mankind colonized Mars and enjoyed post-war peace. Having fulfilled their purpose as soldiers, Neans became subservient workers and second-class citizens to humans. Requiring...
Himari’s 16th birthday will be one she never forgets. Unexpectedly, she receives a will detailing her inheritance of a mysterious estate: the Momochi House. She arrives only to discover that the home was built on the cusp between the human world and the spiritual realm. There,...
Rud is a tank of the Hero's Party and is said to have the highest defense ever in history. The party often does labyrinth raids, but to Rud, it means more than just a raid. To cure his beloved sister's illness, he is in search for the wish-granting treasure that might be hidden...
After escaping a violent encounter, Touko finds herself lost in the chaos of a city under invasion by Spiders, a tribe of people with dangerous supernatural abilities. Touko has traveled to the city intending to return the possessions of Haijuu, a fire hunter who died protecting...
Twelfth season of Yami Shibai.
Gekkan Mousou Kagaku is set in Most City in an unknown country in a small publishing house that prints a monthly magazine about the most outlandish of things. Everything changes when the staff of the magazine, editor-in-chief Tarou, his assistant Jirou and dog Saburou, meet with...
In the seemingly ordinary Prefecture Chiba, where life moves at its own relaxed pace, meet Shikawa Ako—a high school student with an unremarkable existence. Little does she know, the humdrum days of Chiba are about to get a hilarious twist. In 'The Legend of Super Normal...
Yoshizou Yukawa is a passionate hot springs enthusiast—a hot springs hunter who was able to sniff out the source of springs. One day, while searching for a hidden hot spring to revitalize a town, he slips off a cliff and dies. He is then reincarnated into another world by an...
With reports of adultery, power harassment, and compliance violations reported almost daily, the city's morals have reached rock bottom. To fight against this "unpunished evil," good citizens take up their smartphones, and magical girl Aiko takes up her Eye Stick. Aiming to...
Second season of Shinobanai! Crypto Ninja Sakuya.
The original essay manga whimsically depicts Mumei's childhood memories and daily life, such as "if a stupid grade school student got a manicure at school…," "the story of when my first armpit hair sprouted," and "a Filipino mom whacking a melonpan bun like a baseball." ...
The third season of Sakuretsu! Amabie-hime.
Second season of Dinoster: Gonglyongsuhodae.
Eighth season of Chuldong! Super Wings.
Delicious in Dungeon
Had manga respect, but the anime made the whole fantasy cooking dungeon crawl thing way more accessible. Its quirky food-fantasy charm and party dynamics won fans over big time.
Solo Leveling
Topped every poll for its epic adaptation potential and became Crunchyroll's most-watched anime of 2024. Sung Jinwoo's grind had everyone leveling up their watchlists.
Brave Bang Bravern!
The 'mecha fans are eating, everyone else please notice' show. Weird, loud, funny, and way more memorable than its initial footprint suggested.
Based on community ratings, The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 is the highest-rated anime from Winter 2024 with a score of 8.68. The season's breakout hit was Delicious in Dungeon. Other top picks include Delicious in Dungeon and Kingdom Season 5.
There are 68 anime from the Winter 2024 season tracked on MyAnimePulse, including 63 TV series, 2 movies, and 3 OVA/ONAs.
The winter anime season covers January - March. Most new anime in this season begin airing in January.
