Here are the best anti-heroes in anime.

In actuality, the gothic-inspired shounen series is still ongoing.

You know exactly how long it will take to get the full story.

A collage of anime charachters from Skip and Loafer, Bocchi the Rock, and Madoka Magica.

Ponder the point of it all with these anime.

A series that has managed to maintain a loyal following within this semi-niche genre is Nana.

2Berserk

Original Release Fall 1997

Anime studios have struggledto keep up with adapting Berserk.

Three moody screenshots from different anime about life, from left to right: Only Yesterday (1991), Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), and Mob Psycho 100 II (2019).

There have been multiple attempts toadapt Berserk into an anime.

A successful series in 1997 was unfortunately only able to cover so much of the manga.

A divisive series of films and a second anime season followed in the 2010s.

Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist, Zeref from Fairy Tail, and Yor Forger from Spy x Family in a collage.

Sometimes you have to wonder if they’d be better best friends than enemies.

Collage with Ouran High School Host Club, Soul Eater, and Berserk.

A collage showing the faces of Lelouch Lamperouge, Spike Speigal, and Sasuke Uchiha.

Allen being offered a drink in D.Gray-Man.

Haruhi Suzumiya singing God Knows from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Clair wielding her giant claymore in the Claymore anime.

The Host Club charachters posing for a photograpgh in Ouran Highschool Host Club.

An image of the two protagonists from Deadman Wonderland in action poses.

Nana Osaki and Nana Komatsu on the train from Nana.

Two rivals from the Berserk anime face in opposite directions, with another character pointing a sword between them.

Soul from Soul Eater smiling with the sunset behind him.