Best Visual Arts anime — top 23 ranked

The highest-rated visual arts anime of all time, ranked by MyAnimeList user score. Love Through a Prism leads with a score of 8.44, followed by Josee, the Tiger and the Fish and Barakamon. The 23 titles below average 7.93/10 and are drawn from MyAnimeList's top 2,000.

  1. 1 Love Through a Prism poster

    Love Through a Prism

    Prism Rondo
    ONA · 20 eps · Winter 2026 · Wit Studio
    ★ 8.44
    77.2K members
    #207 on MAL
  2. 2 Josee, the Tiger and the Fish poster

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

    Josee to Tora to Sakana-tachi
    Movie · 1 ep · Fall 2020 · Bones
    ★ 8.38
    552.6K members
    #254 on MAL
  3. 3 Barakamon poster

    Barakamon

    TV · 12 eps · Summer 2014 · Kinema Citrus
    ★ 8.36
    723.9K members
    #271 on MAL
  4. 4 Honey and Clover II poster

    Honey and Clover II

    Hachimitsu to Clover II
    TV · 12 eps · Summer 2006 · J.C.Staff
    ★ 8.18
    125.4K members
    #490 on MAL
  5. 5 Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro Graduation poster

    Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro Graduation

    Hidamari Sketch: Sae Hiro Sotsugyou-hen
    OVA · 2 eps · Fall 2013 · Shaft
    ★ 8.13
    17.2K members
    #561 on MAL
  6. 6 Princess Jellyfish poster

    Princess Jellyfish

    Kuragehime
    TV · 11 eps · Fall 2010 · Brain's Base
    ★ 8.11
    269.5K members
    #594 on MAL
  7. 7 Hyouge Mono poster

    Hyouge Mono

    TV · 39 eps · Spring 2011 · Bee Train
    ★ 8.03
    32.7K members
    #718 on MAL
  8. 8 Honey and Clover poster

    Honey and Clover

    Hachimitsu to Clover
    TV · 24 eps · Spring 2005 · J.C.Staff
    ★ 7.97
    288.5K members
    #815 on MAL
  9. 9 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb poster
    ★ 7.96
    28.2K members
    #831 on MAL
  10. 10 Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ poster
    ★ 7.92
    31.5K members
    #897 on MAL
  11. 11 Paradise Kiss poster

    Paradise Kiss

    TV · 12 eps · Fall 2005 · Madhouse
    ★ 7.89
    268K members
    #976 on MAL
  12. 12 Hidamari Sketch x 365 poster
    ★ 7.85
    47.5K members
    #1,059 on MAL
  13. 13 The Garden of Words poster

    The Garden of Words

    Kotonoha no Niwa
    Movie · 1 ep · Spring 2013 · CoMix Wave Films
    ★ 7.85
    945.9K members
    #1,062 on MAL
  14. 14 The Dog of Flanders poster

    The Dog of Flanders

    Flanders no Inu (Movie)
    Movie · 1 ep · Winter 1997 · Nippon Animation
    ★ 7.82
    36.6K members
    #1,132 on MAL
  15. 15 Hidamari Sketch x ☆☆☆ Specials poster
    ★ 7.82
    28.8K members
    #1,137 on MAL
  16. 16 Blue Period poster

    Blue Period

    TV · 12 eps · Fall 2021 · Seven Arcs
    ★ 7.79
    541.4K members
    #1,203 on MAL
  17. 17 Hidamari Sketch x SP poster

    Hidamari Sketch x SP

    TV Special · 2 eps · Fall 2011 · Shaft
    ★ 7.78
    17.5K members
    #1,236 on MAL
  18. 18 Neighborhood Stories poster

    Neighborhood Stories

    Gokinjo Monogatari
    TV · 50 eps · Fall 1995 · Toei Animation
    ★ 7.77
    33K members
    #1,269 on MAL
  19. 19 Hidamari Sketch x 365 Specials poster
    ★ 7.74
    19.5K members
    #1,356 on MAL
  20. 20 mono poster

    mono

    Mono
    TV · 12 eps · Spring 2025 · Soigne
    ★ 7.72
    54.3K members
    #1,420 on MAL
  21. 21 Sugar Apple Fairy Tale Part 2 poster
    ★ 7.67
    84.9K members
    #1,572 on MAL
  22. 22 Honey and Clover Specials poster

    Honey and Clover Specials

    Hachimitsu to Clover Specials
    Special · 2 eps · Fall 2005 · J.C.Staff
    ★ 7.62
    33K members
    #1,724 on MAL
  23. 23 Tada Never Falls in Love poster

    Tada Never Falls in Love

    Tada-kun wa Koi wo Shinai
    TV · 13 eps · Spring 2018 · Doga Kobo
    ★ 7.57
    331K members
    #1,938 on MAL

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