THE BEST ANIME OF 2018

The comfortable life of committed bachelor and efficient yakuza Nitta is interrupted when a strange girl with psychic powers comes to live with him.

An 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing football at a very young age. To pursue his dream to the best of his elementary school abilities, he moved to Nankatsu, which is well-known for its excellent elementary school soccer teams.

Mad scientist Okabe struggles to recover from past failure and tests a new artificial intelligence

All Might and Deku accept an invitation to visit an artificial floating island called I-Island, where they fight a villain who takes the city hostage.

Junk Dog, an underground fighter with the alias of "Gearless Joe" sets out to join the worlds most prestigious mecha boxing championship, Megalonia.

A college student spends his year at the seaside town of Izu, having fun on the beach with his school friends.

In the early 20th century in Hokkaido, Japan, a treasure hunt between various parties takes place for a hidden stash of gold.

One newcomer red blood cell just wants to do her job. Between bacteria incursions and meeting a certain white blood cell, she's got a lot to learn.

Ash Lynx is raised by an infamous gangster, Dino Golzine. When Ash grows up, he has his own gang and he must stop Dino from catching hold of the Banana Fish, a mysterious drug that causes insanity.

Three wildly different 8th graders create a "pastimes" club to get through the absurdity of middle school. Or something. They just want to have fun.

A gaming otaku and a fujoshi reunite for the first time since middle school at work.

In the aftermath of a great war, Violet Evergarden, a young female ex-soldier, gets a job at a writers' agency and goes on assignments to create letters that can connect people.

In a future world where humanity has been driven to endangerment by giant beasts, a strike force is assembled to destroy the monsters and save the world.

If you blush, you lose. Nishikata has been teased mercilessly by Takagi and always winds up blushing! But he vows to one day get back at her.

A group of high school girls join an expedition headed towards the Antarctic.

Nadeshiko, a high school student who has moved from Shizuoka to Yamanashi, decides to see the famous Mount Fuji.

Teen Ryûichi must care for his little brother Kotarô. The academy chairman offers them shelter if Ryûichi babysits for the teachers, now understaffed. Ryûichi juggles Kotarô and a handful of dynamic toddlers.

Follows the daily lives of Hakumei and Mikochi, two 9 centimeter-tall girls that live in a tiny house in a tree in the forest.

When a young girl with a personality disorder meets a dragon, her life is set on a new course. To learn how to fly this dragon and work on her disorder (to accidentally say innocent things that hurt people). She learns to work alongside other Dragon pilots (D-Pilots) and makes many relationships, alongside her dragon, Masotan.

In a fantasy world, a lone hero makes his living by exterminating all goblins he encounters. But one day he meets a friend, and his life begins to become more intense.

Average 37-year-old Minami Satoru dies and is reincarnated as the most unremarkable creature imaginable-a slime.

A young singer dies and becomes a zombie. She is put in a musical group with other zombie singer girls as part of a campaign to save the world.

After experiencing "puberty syndrome" himself, high school pariah Sakuta keeps meeting girls suffering from it, including his sister and actor Mai.

Hitomi Tsukishiro may be the child of a family of witches, but after losing her ability to see color, she also lost her sense of magic. Nothing has helped her regain that gift until Hitomi's grandmother sends her back in time to 2018.

A being calling itself "Hyper Agent Gridman" contacts high schooler Yuta through an old computer, recruiting him in the fight against impending terror.