The 45 Best Shounen Anime to Watch Right Now

Anime dramas have always put forward the beauty and originality of many light novels and manga. Especially if we talk about shonen manga which is one of the best shounen anime, it has enhanced the romantic environment of many Japanese comics publications.

The shonen formula always revolves around young boys and their capacities in different genres and the environment of historical Japan. In every shounen manga character, the writer makes an effort to show the heroic kanji character. The word kanji means young rather than youthful.

The author invariably painted a proper ninja or samurai character of young boys in several shounen genre comics. The Shonen manga mainly features the male protagonist who illustrates high action and sometimes comical strategies with solid character design. Moreover, it mainly focuses on martial arts, mecha, science fiction, sports, horror or mythological creatures.

The shonen anime dramas indicate impressive fight scenes, creating different configurations in anime history. Some other ways also set a competition or comparison between the main protagonist and the evil strength or a whole fighting squad arrangement. Before stepping into the anime world, the shounen mangas used to be published in some notable magazines.

The shonen magazine has always helped the reader to imagine the male protagonist in their way. However, apart from this, it has also enhanced confidence and power another character development. Moreover, such comics also bring the dignity of the female characters into the world.

45. Dragon Ball Z

• Director: Daisuke Nishio, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
• Writers: Takao Koyama
• Stars: Masako Nozawa as Goku, Christopher Sabat as Vegeta, Scott McNeil as Majin Buu, Ryūsei Nakao as Frieza, Mayumi Shō as Chi-Chi, Bin Shimada as Broly, Christopher Sabat as Piccolo
• IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video

““Dragon Ball Z” is about the main lead Goku and his Z warriors, who have a fighting spirit and never compete against the evil world.

44. The Seven Deadly Sins

• Director: Tensai Okamura
• Writers: Shōtarō Suga
• Stars: Jun Fukuyama as King, Misaki Kuno as Hawk, Yuki Kaji as Meliodas, Sora Amamiya as Liz, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Ban, Aoi Yuki as Diane, Rintarou Nishi as King Liones
• IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shonen anime series, The Seven Deadly Sins, shows how a young princess tries her level back the authority and sovereignty of some forgotten ninja troopers.

43. Kuroko’s Basketball

• Director: Shunsuke Tada
• Writers: Noburo Takagi
• Stars: Kensho Ono as Tetsuya Kuroko, Yūki Ono as Taiga Kagami, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Junpei Hyuga, Chiwa Saitō as Riko Aida, Ryōhei Kimura as Ryota Kise, Gō Inoue as Satoshi Tsuchida, Takuya Eguchi as Shinji Koganei
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Platform: Netflix

The story of the series is about Tetsuya Kuroko, who is the main character of the anime. The shounen drama heated up when he defeated Taiga Kagami, who joined Seirin High School in a basketball match.

42. My Hero Academia

• Director: Kenji Nagasaki
• Writers: Yōsuke Kuroda
• Stars: Ochako Uraraka as Ayane Sakura, Misato Fukuen as Himiko Toga, Marina Inoue as Momo Yaoyorozu, Kaori Nazuka as Toru Hagakure, Yuki Kaji as Shoto Todoroki, Daiki Yamashita as Izuku Midoriya
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.1/10
• Platform: Netflix

The anime series “My Hero Academia” depicts how Izuku Midoriya had a dream to become a hero with any superpowers, Quirk. Midoriya became the hero without any superpower by protecting his friend Katuski Bakugo from a villain.

Because of the daring work, he was titled All Might. However, after that, Midoriya listens to U.A. School, an emerging point of a superhero. This show has been adapted from the manga series Boku no hero academia.

41. Future Diary

• Director: Naoto Hosoda
• Writers: Katsuhiko Takayama
• Stars: Mai Aizawa as Minene Uryuu, Tomosa Murata as Yuno Gasai, Josh Grelle as Yukiteru Amano, Akira Ishida as Aru Akise, Eri Sendai as Tsubaki Kasugano, Yuki Matsuoka as Hinata Hino, Tomokazu Seki as Marco Ikusaba
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• Platform: Netflix

The movie’s story is about a high school student who was provided with a unique in which every detail about the future was inscribed. The God of Time and Space procured this diary to give him a perfect hint that he has to fight against the deadly sins.

40. Code Geass

• Genre – Action, Sci-fi
• Theme – Mecha, Military, Superpower
• Seasons – 2 seasons
• Studio – Sunrise
• Where can I watch it –Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, Hulu

The Holy Empire of Britannia became a powerful military power in 2010. After being defeated, Japan was renamed Area 11 in an effort to regain its independence. Lelouch Lamperouge, a student from Britannia, regrettably finds himself trapped between the forces of Britannia and the Area 11 rebels.

Thanks to a mysterious girl named C.C., who appeared and granted him some authority over total submission. Lelouch, who is now hiding as Zero, plans to exact final retribution on Britannia.

39. Bleach

• Genre – Action, Fantasy
• Theme – Supernatural
• Seasons – Two parts (2nd is scheduled for October 2022)
• Studio – Pierrot
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix, Hulu

Ichigo Kurosaki is an ordinary high school student whose family was once attacked by an evil spirit known as a hollow, which preys on human flesh. At that point, he encountered Kuchiki Rukia, a Soul reaper who had been hurt and had given Ichigo her powers so he could save his family.

Ichigo was unable to regain her powers, so she was forced to carry out her duty as a Soul Reaper and hunt down any hollows that entered their town. He encounters a wide variety of friends and enemies on his journey as a Soul Reaper. Ichigo discovers as it sinks that humans are not the only ones at risk from hollows.

38. Dororo

• Genre – Action, Supernatural
• Theme – Historical, Mythology, Samurai
• Seasons – One only
• Studio – Tezuka Production, MAPPA
• Where can I watch it – Prime Video

Daigo Kagemitsu, a rapacious samurai lord, saw his land dying. He prayed and 12 demons listened to his prayers, and in exchange for a price, they gave him the desired powers. The cost was that his first child might not have any limbs, eyes, noses, or even skin when he was born.

Despite being abandoned after being thrown into a river, the boy was saved by a medicine man who gave him tools to help him survive and survive on his own. He must thwart the demons who took him as a sacrifice despite the fact that he is unable to smell, hear, or feel anything.

37. Haikyuu!!

• Genre – Sports
• Theme – School, Team sports Volleyball
• Seasons – 4 seasons with
• Studio – I.G Production
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Netflix

Since witnessing the “Little Giant,” Hinata Shouyou has been fascinated by Volleyball. He attempted to make his game debut but had a terrible tournament in middle school.

He wants to show that his average height won’t stop him from becoming a well-known and excellent player, though.

Hinata learns that Kageyama Tobio, a volleyball prodigy who humiliated and defeated Hinata’s middle school team, is now a teammate when he enrolls in Karasuno High School.

36. Black Clover

• Genre – Action, Comedy, Fantasy
• Theme – Magical alternate Universe
• Seasons – 4 seasons till now
• Studio – Pierrot
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Funimation

On the same day, two kids named Asta and Yuno are left behind in a church. These two learn about the “Wizard King,” and they make a pact to battle it out for the same position.

But there was a clear distinction between them. Yuno possessed a powerful and precise magic-user. Asta, on the other hand, makes an effort to develop his abilities through physical training.

When they turned 15, Yuno received a magnificent Grimoire that featured a four-leaf clover. Lebuty assaulted him in order to take the Grimoire.

Asta and Lebuty engaged in combat, but Asta lost. On the verge of giving up, he is given a five-leaf clover known as “Black Clover” and finds encouragement in Yuno’s voice.

35. Dragon Ball

• Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
• Theme – Martial Arts, Superpower
• Seasons – 5 seasons
• Studio – Toei animation
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu

A young girl named Bulma once ran into the young boy Gokuu Son while he was looking for a magical item called “Dragon Ball.” It was said that whoever gathered all seven of them would receive one wish. Bulma was looking for the ideal boyfriend because she desired one.

Goku was fascinated by the Dragon Balls and agreed to accompany her on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure in exchange for letting her use the powers of the balls.

They travel together. They come across Muten-Roshi and would-be disciple Kuririn, with whom he gains knowledge and develops his martial arts skills in preparation for the World Martial Arts competition.

34. Gintama

• Genre – Action, Comedy, Sic-fi
• Theme – Historical, Parady, Samurai
• Seasons – 4 seasons*
• Studio – Sunrise
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Hulu

Samurai from all over the nation lived in the city of Edo. In a single day. It was attacked by powerful aliens named Amanto. A new law is passed outlawing the use of swords in public.

Despite the ban, Gintama Sakata, a strange silver-haired man, always carries a wooden sword and keeps a samurai stance.

He creates the Yorozuya club for odd jobs and aids those who consistently work in unanticipated and peculiar ways. Kagura, Sadaharu, and Shinpachi Shimura also join his club to aid those in need in the strange new world.

33. Spy X Family

• Genre – Action, Comedy
• Theme – Spy, Childcare
• Seasons – One only with part 2 announced in October.
• Studio – Wit studio and Cloverworks
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu

The spy known as “Twilight” completes perilous tasks one after the other in the hopes of establishing peace in the nation so that no children have to witness the horror of war.

He assumes the alias of “Loid Forger,” a renowned psychiatrist, for his new mission in the bustling Ostanian city of Berlint to gather information on eminent politician Donovan Desmond.

The latter only shows up occasionally and only at his son’s elite school, Eden Academy. He intends to accomplish his goal by enlisting the aid of city hall clerk Yor Briar and adopting 6-year-old Anya as his daughter.

32. Dr. Stone

• Genre – Adventure, Comedy, Sci-fi
• Theme – Survival, Time Travel
• Seasons – 2 seasons till now (3rd one is announced for 2023)
• Studio – TMS Entertainment
• Where can I watch it – Crunchyroll, Funimation, Netflix

As Taiju Ooki, a student in high school, was about to confess his love for Yuzuriha Ogawa, a green light flashed, turning everyone into stone.

Taiju awakens several millennia later to discover that the modern world has vanished. While humanity remained motionless, nature flourished.

Taiju discovered only one other human being, his friend Senkuu, a science enthusiast who has been active for a few months. Taiju discovers that Senkuu devised a grand plan to begin a full revival, and they collaborate to achieve the same.

31. Seven Deadly Sins

• Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
• Theme – Superpower, Sins
• Seasons – 5 Seasons
• Studio – A-1 Pictures (season 1 and 2), Studio Deen (seasons 3,4 and 5)
• Where can I watch it – Funimation, Netflix

The region of Britannia and its kingdom are safeguarded by strong magical Holy knights during the Middle Ages in Europe. To overthrow the King of Liones, though, some of them betrayed and used their swords against their allies.

These legendary knights, known as the “Seven Deadly Sins,” were vanquished by Holy Knights, who thought they were still alive. Ten years later, a coup d’état was carried out by the Holy Knights, who then took control of the Liones.

It follows Elizabeth, the third princess of the kingdom, on her quest to find the seven deadly sins and is based on the immensely popular manga series of the same name. But with their assistance, she not only aspires to reclaim the kingdom but also fights for justice in this unfair world.

30. The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K.

• Director: Hiroaki Sakurai
• Writers: Michiko Yokote
• Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Ono, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Ai Kayano
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Platform: Funimation (Season 1), Netflix, TubiTV (Season 1)

As an all-powerful psychic with the ability to perform almost anything, Kusuo Saiki wants to keep this truth a secret. Sadly, Kusuo’s attempts to maintain a low profile are thwarted by his tendency to draw endearingly strange individuals, and his school is full of them.

The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., a sketch comedy program, is a laugh riot with few dull moments. The anime mixes humor with its fair share of tender moments, and Kusuo’s austere demeanor acts as the ideal counterpoint to the rest of the cast’s eccentric characters.

29. Your Lie In April

• Director: Kyōhei Ishiguro
• Writers: Takao Yoshioka
• Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Risa Taneda, Ayane Sakura[, Ryōta Ōsaka
• IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, VRV

Contrary to common belief, shonen includes a far wider range of works than merely those with fight scenes like Dragon Ball and Naruto. In Your Lie in April, a different side of shonen is revealed, one that is motivated by sentiment, heart, and comedy.

The protagonist of Your Lie in April is a genius who, after the death of his mother, is attempting to rekindle his love of music. He befriends Kaori, and from there, things take a powerful turn. Your Lying in April is the ultimate anime heartbreaker, so get out the Kleenex.

28. Chainsaw Man

• Director: Ryū Nakayama, Masato Nakazono
• Writers: Hiroshi Seko
• Stars: Kikunosuke Toya, Tomori Kusunoki, Ryan Colt Levy, Shogo Sakata
• IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll, Hulu, VRV

Given the overwhelming number of sequels that were broadcast during the Fall of 2022, the fact that Chainsaw Man was by far the most anticipated anime of the season illustrates how well-known Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga is. Chainsaw Man is about a man who has the ability to turn portions of himself into chainsaws, as the title of the film suggests. There is a lot of blood and gore in the plot, as well as the Yakuza and devil hunters.

Yeah, they are more than simply hideous villains in this fight shonen anime for adults. Even though they are seen through Denji’s young eyes, the original material touches on mature subjects. Chainsaw Man may rule the shonen anime scene for a few years if the adaptation keeps up its current success.

27. Nichijou – My Ordinary Life

• Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
• Writers: Jukki Hanada
• Stars: Mariko Honda, Mai Aizawa, Misuzu Togashi, Shizuka Furuya
• IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll, Funimation, VRV

Nichijou is a sketch comedy about a bunch of high school ladies, a talking cat, a child prodigy, and a robot, and it serves as a prime illustration of the shonen genre’s unappreciated breadth. The slice-of-life anime appears to be gearing up for what will be a reasonably calm and “regular” series when a school principal starts wrestling a deer, but things quickly go awry.

Unpredictable, fantastical, touching, and consistently funny describe Nichijou. The anime is far superior to the majority of other comedies, and it endures well when seen again.

26. Call Of The Night

• Director: Tetsuya Miyanishi, Tomoyuki Itamura
• Writers: Michiko Yokote
• Stars: Yumiri Hanamori, Yōko Hikasa, Kensho Ono, Hiroyuki Yoshino
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• Platform: HIDIVE

Cry of the Night, unquestionably the most anticipated new shonen anime of the summer, is all about liberty. Despite being a good student, Kou Yamori finds it difficult to connect with other youths, especially when it comes to issues of the heart. He leaves his house at night because he can’t sleep, and meeting a vampire named Nazuna Nanakusa changes his life forever.

Kou is taken by Nazuna’s outlook on life and embarks on a journey to become a creature of the night, but in order to fulfil this ambition, he must first fall in love with her. The Cry of the Night is witty, fashionable, and whimsical.

25. Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files 

• Director: Noriyuki Abe
• Writers: Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
• Stars: Nobuyuki Hiyama as Hiei, Nozomu Sasaki as Yusuke Urameshi, Megumi Ogata as Youko Kurama, Shigeru Chiba as Kazuma Kuwabara, Yuri Amano as Keiko Yukimura
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime show is about Yusuke Urameshi, who saved a child and is attacked by a car during the rescue. However, after birth, he stood up to investigate cases regarding evil powers and illusions.

24. Assassination Classroom

• Director: Seiji Kishi
• Writers: Makoto Uezu
• Stars: Mai Fuchigami as Nagisa Shiota, Jun Fukuyama as Koro-sensei, Ryōta Ōsaka as Yuuma Isogai, Tomokazu Sugita as Tadaomi Karasuma, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Karma Akabane
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime drama characterizes how the studies of a class consider the murder of their teacher more important than any other assignment.

23. GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka 

• Director: Noriyuki Abe
• Writers: Masashi Sogo
• Stars: Kirk Thornton as Koji Sannomaru, Junichi Suwabe as Koji Fujiyoshi, Wataru Takagi as Eikichi Onizuka
• IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
• Platform: Netflix

This drama focuses on a 22-year-old ex-bōsōzoku member named Eikichi Onizuka. After a great struggle and suffering, he became a teacher at a private middle school in Tokyo, Japan. However, later as the shounen anime proceeds, he developed his proficiencies, and he shifted to California for teaching at a junior high school.

22. Yowamushi Pedal

• Director: Osamu Nabeshima
• Writers: Reiko Yoshida
• Stars: Daiki Yamashita as Sakamichi Onoda, Kōsuke Toriumi as Shunsuke Imaizumi, Daisuke Kishio as Junta Teshima, Tsubasa Yonaga as Sangaku Manami, Kentarō Itō as Jin Tadokoro, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Aoyagi Hajime
• IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
• Platform: Netflix

Sakamichi as well as the other players of the Sohoku squad have been asked to compete there in Kumamoto Hi Province Mountain Range Race over Hakone Academy’s competitors.

21. Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life

• Director: Ryōma Mizuno
• Writers: Ayumu Hisao
• Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki as Satowa Hozuki, Daman Mills as Chika Kudo, Junya Enoki as Takezo Kurata, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Tetsuki Takaoka, Brandon Potter as Suzuka Takinam
• IMDb Rating: 8/10
• MyAnimeList: 7.9/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime theatre shows the hardship of an individual member, and it’s a team from the koto club to learn the traditional string instrument for a music contest.

20. Seraph of the End 

• Director: Daisuke Tokudo
• Writers: Hiroshi Seko
• Stars: Micah Solusod, Dave Trosko, Saori Hayami, Miyu Irino, Nobuhiko Okamoto
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• Platform: Netflix

Seraph of the End is a shounen anime drama that has exhibited the vampire lineage. To recuse his best friend Mikaela, Yūichirō Hyakuya joined a vampire group. However, he also wanted to take revenge on them as they had killed their innocent family members.

19. Kakegurui

• Director: Yuichiro Hayashi and Kiyoshi Matsuda
• Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi
• Stars: Saori Hayami as Yumeko Jabami, Mariya Ise as Midari Ikishima, Miyuki Sawashiro as Kirari Momobami, Mayu Udono as Runa Yomozuki, Minami Tanaka as Mary Saotome, Tatsuya Tokutake as Ryota Suzui
• IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
• MyAnimeList: 7.3/10
• Platform: Netflix

There are very few series that have put forward the concept of gambling. Among them, this shounen anime show is one. The main character of this drama is Yumeko Jabami, who has enrolled at Hyakkaou Private Academy. In this Academy, students get categorized by their gambling winnings.

So, try her fortune, and to go on top, she pushed herself in this place.

18. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma 

• Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
• Writers: Shogo Yasukawa
• Stars: Risa Taneda as Erina Nakiri, Shizuka Ishigami as Ikumi Mito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Sōma Yukihira, Chinatsu Akasaki as Alice Nakiri, Natsuki Hanae as Takumi Aldini, Rikiya Koyama as Jōichirō Yukihira
• IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime depicts the cooking abilities of the male protagonist named Soma Yukihira, who participates in the world’s best chefs compete to prove himself. However, anime fans appreciate the thought of this drama.

17. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

• Director: Naokatsu Tsuda
• Writers: Hirohiko Araki
• Stars: Daisuke Ono as Jotaro Kujo, Johnny Yong as Jonathan Joestar, Tomokazu Sugita as Joseph Joestar, Kensho Ono as Giorno Giovanna, Yūki Ono as Josuke Higashikata, Takahiro Sakurai as Rohan Kishibe, Kōsuke Toriumi as Guido Mista
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• Platform: Netflix

This anime illustrates the psychic strength and several phenomena to possess the Joestar family. The drama proceeds when family members attempt to escape this curse through lots of adventures.

16. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising 

• Director: Kenji Nagasaki
• Writers: Yōsuke Kuroda
• Stars: Yuichi Nakamura as Hawks, Shunsuke Takeuchi as Chimera, Yoshio Inoue as Nine, Mio Imada as Slice, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Katsuki Bakugo, Tasuku Hatanaka as Denki Kaminari
• IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
• Platform: Netflix

This drama is one of the best shounen anime series theatres of all time. It has painted the heroic activity of Deku and the rest of the heroes of Class 1-A to revolt with the villain to reclaim a group of islanders.

15. Pandora Hearts

• Director: Takao Kato
• Writers: Mayori Sekijima
• Stars: Junko Minagawa,Yukari Tamura,Akira Ishida
• IMDb Rating: 7.2/10
• Platform: Funimation,Tubi,Crunchyroll

Oz Vessalius, the successor to the one of the duke households, is fifteen years old. His life is full and happy, with the exception of his dad’s persistent absence. T

his, unfortunately, changes at his coming-of-age celebration. He is sent into the jail called as the “Abyss” for no apparent cause, only for it to be rescued by a “chain” know as Alice, the blood soaked black rabbit.

Why was he hurled into the Abyss, what role does Alice play, but what does the “Pandora” group really want him?

14. Tokyo Revengers

• Director: Koichi Hatsumi
• Writers: Yasuyuki Mutō
• Stars: Yūki Shin as Takemichi Hanagaki, Azumi Waki as Hinata Tachibana, Ryōta Ōsaka as Naoto Tachibana, Yū Hayashi as Manjiro Sano, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Ken Ryuguji, Masaaki Mizunaka as Keisuke Baji, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Takashi Mitsuya, Subaru Kimura as Haruki Hayashida
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime drama joins the past and future with a thin line. Hanagaki Takemichi, who has lived a miserable life till his last breath, suddenly rejuvenates his life after he wakes up 12 years in the past. However, he tries to sort out his life and other events to have a fruitful future.

13. Fairy Tail 

• Director: Shinji Ishihira
• Writers: Masashi Sogo
• Stars: Tetsuya Kakihara as Natsu Dragneel, Aya Hirano as Lucy Heartfilia, Colleen Clinkenbeard as Erza Scarlet, Daisuke Namikawa as Jellal Fernandez, Miyuki Sawashiro as Ultear Milkovich, Mai Nakahara as Juvia Lockser
• IMDb Rating: 7.9/10
• MyAnimeList: 7.5/10
• Platform: Netflix

This shounen anime shows how Lucy, a celestial wizard, and Natsu, a dragon slayer wizard, belong to the Fairy Tail guild fight against evil forces.

12. Death Note

• Director: Tetsurō Araki
• Writers: Toshiki Inoue
• Stars: Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami, Aya Hirano as Misa Amane, Nakamura Shidō II as Ryuk, Noriko Hidaka as Near, Ryō Naitō as Touta Matsuda, Masaya Matsukaze as Teru Mikami, Haruka Kudo as Sayu Yagami, Ai Satō as Sachiko Yagami
• IMDb Rating: 9/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.6/10
• Platform: Netflix

The shounen anime drama Death Note provided a perfect definition of the evil power of a supernatural notebook which provides its user with the capacity to kill anyone.

Related: The 40 Best Anime Like Death Note to Watch (2023)

11. Mysterious Girl friend X

• Director: Ayumu Watanabe
• Writers: Deko Akao
• Stars: Ayako Yoshitani as Mikoto Urabe, Miyu Irino as Akira Tsubaki, Ryō Hirohashi as Ayuko Oka, Yuki Kaji as Kohei Ueno, Misato Fukuen as Yoko Tsubaki
• IMDb Rating: 7/10
• MyAnimeList: 7.2/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll

This 2012 released popular shounen series has portrayed a bond between two students. The drama takes a turn when the wrong character among the main chart terms gets addicted to others’ spittle.

10. Hunter x Hunter

• Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
• Writers: Nobuaki Kishima Stars: Mariya Ise as Killua Zoldyck, Daisuke Namikawa as Hisoka, Junko Takeuchi as Gon Freecss, Keiji Fujiwara as Leorio, Miyuki Sawashiro as Kurapika, Megumi Han as Cluck, Umi Tenjin as Korutopi, Urara Takano as Irumi
• IMDb Rating: 9/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.4/10
• Platform: Hulu

Hunter X Hunter can be considered one of the popular anime shows that exemplify how Gon Freecss trains himself as a ferocious hunter just to be like his father.

9. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 

• Director: Haruo Sotozaki
• Writers: Ufotable Stars: Natsuki Hanae, Hiro Shimono, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Akari Kitō, Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Mano, Kenichi Suzumura, Johnny Yong Bosch, Aleks Le
• IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.6/10
• Platform: Netflix, Hulu, Funimation and Crunchyroll.

In Demon Slayer a young protagonist tries to save his sister who has turned into a demon after his family members were assassinated.

8. Sword Art Online

• Director: Tomohiko Itō
• Writers: Reki Kawahara
• Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kirito, Brandon Winckler as Eugeo, Ai Kayano as Alice Zuberg, Rina Hidaka as Silica, Haruka Tomatsu as Asuna, Kōichi Yamadera as Akihiko Kayaba
• IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
• MyAnimeList: 7.2/10
• Platform: Netflix, Hulu, Funimation and Crunchyroll.

The story of this Japanese shonen anime show is about Kiriti, who the government has appointed to find out the player who can kill the players in reality.

7. Naruto Shippuden 

• Director: Hayato Date
• Writers: Masashi Kishimoto
• Stars: Junko Takeuchi as Naruto Uzumaki, Ayumi Fujimura as Shion, Kazuhiko Inoue as Kakashi Hatake, Chie Nakamura as Sakura Haruno, Kōichi Tōchika as Neji Hyuga, Showtaro Morikubo as Shikamaru Nara, Yōichi Masukawa as Rock Lee
• IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.2/10
• Platform: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll and Funimation

Naruto series is one of the best shounen anime shows. In Naruto Shippuden, the anime fans experience how Naruto, a young ninja, helps and protects the Shion, a priestess. Her main motive was to save the world from evil energy. However, she also tries to save herself from her death prediction in this process.

6. Hajime no Ippo 

• Director: Satoshi Nishimura Writers: Tatsuhiko Urahata
• Stars: Kōhei Kiyasu as Ippo Makunouchi, Rikiya Koyama as Mamoru Takamura, Tomokazu Seki as Ichiro Miyata, Kenji Utsumi as Genji Kamogawa, Keiji Fujiwara as Tatsuya Kimura, Masaki Aizawa as Date Eiji
• IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
• Platform: Crunchyroll.

This popular shonen anime show depicts how Ippo’s life changes after a professional boxer introduced his boxing skills and aptitudes to the world after being bullied by many people.

5. Dragon Ball Super

• Director: Kimitoshi Chioka, Morio Hatano, Kōhei Hatano, Tatsuya Nagamine, Ryōta Nakamura
• Writers: Akira Toriyama, Yoshifumi Fukushima, King Ryu, Yoshitaka Toshio, Makoto Koyama, Atsuhiro Tomioka
• Stars: Masako Nozawa as Goku, Christopher Sabat as Vegeta, Masako Nozawa as Gohan, Takeshi Kusao as Trunks, Masako Nozawa as Goten, Kōzō Shioya as Majin Buu
• IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
• Platform: Hulu, Crunchyroll and Funimation

This shonen anime drama shows how the God of destruction, Beerus woke up after Goku sent him into sleep to save the earth. However, the plot twists when Beerus comes around with a destruction plan.

4. Rurouni Kenshin

• Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
• Writers: Michiru Shimada, Yoshiyuki Suga, Akemi Omode, Nobuaki Kishima, Michiko Yokote, Masashi Sogo
• Stars: Hirotaka Suzuoki, Tomo Sakurai, Mika Doi, Yuji Ueda, Miki Fujitani, Miina Tominaga, Ikue Ōtani, Ryō Naitō
• IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
• Platform: Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video

This popular shonen anime follows the lifestyle of Hitokiri Battosai, who quits his everyday life to become Himura Kenshin. Himura Kenshin is the powerful and competent samurai of that era who has fought against evil minds to protect the people of Japan.

3. Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)

• Director: Tetsurō Araki, Masashi Koizuka, Yuichiro Hayashi, Jun Shishido Writers: Yasuko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Seko, Shintarō Kawakubo
• Stars: Yui Ishikawa as Mikasa Ackerman, Yuki Kaji as Eren Yeager, Hiroshi Kamiya as Levi, Marina Inoue as Armin Arlert, Yū Shimamura as Annie Leonhart, Shiori Mikami as Historia Reiss
• IMDb Rating: 9/10
• MyAnimeList: 8.5/10
• Platform: Netflix, Hulu

The story of the shounen anime series Attack on Titan is about how two kids take the oath of killing every titan who has eaten their mother alive. However, Attack on Titan is set in a vivid fantasy world where the horrifying titan tries to end humankind.

2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

• Director: Yasuhiro Irie
• Writers: Hiroshi Ōnogi
• Stars: Romi Park as Edward Elric, Megumi Toyoguchi as Winry Rockbell, Rie Kugimiya as Alphonse Elric, Minami Takayama as Envy, Yuichi Nakamura as Greed, Sumire Morohoshi as Nina Tucker
• IMDb Rating: 9.1/10
• MyAnimeList: 9.2/10
• Platform: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu

This shounen anime has been adapted from Hiromu Arakawa’s manga Fullmetal Alchemist. This series portrays how two brothers do a lot of hard work to find the Philosopher’s Stone after their mother leaves them in an abnormal physical form.

However, both try to revive their mother’s life with the power of “alchemy”, who died because of an incurable disease.

1. Dragon Ball

• Director: Minoru Okazaki and Daisuke Nishio
• Writers: Toshiki Inoue and Takao Koyama
• Stars: Masako Nozawa as Goku, Hiromi Tsuru as Bulma, Mayumi Tanaka as Krillin, Christopher Sabat as Yamcha, Toshio Furukawa as Piccolo, Mike McFarland as Master Roshi
• IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
• Platform: Hulu

Dragon ball is considered one of the best shonen anime series which shows Goku and Bulma’s exploration for the distinctive seven Dragonballs.

Conclusion

Anime fans have considered shounen one of the most popular anime genres as it has reflected self-perfection and self-discipline. From the above-mentioned best shounen anime series, one can understand the critical method of enhancing the male identities as the main characters in all genres.

The incredible fight scenes from some anime communities like Naruto Death Note have enhanced the shonen series. Exceptionally, the efforts of the streaming platforms that have furnished an easy way for the anime world to reach people is commendable. However, Mangaka Mastered is also one such outlet where one can watch the anime genre dramas.
The anime fans have appreciated the embodiment of augmenting the manga source material so correctly. However, some supporting characters and darker themes are just like a cherry on the cake.