Best Anime of winter 2024, Ranked

The Winter Season of Anime 2024 ends, and here are the best anime of Winter 2024.

The winter season of anime ended and it was filled with a variety of anime. Unlike the other seasons, the winter season doesn’t have any crazy hyped anime but there are plenty of good anime. In this list, we are going to tell you some of the best anime of winter 2024. We picked a variety of anime from all the categories action, adventure, drama, rom-com, and more. There are so many anime released in the winter season and we can’t pick them all so we picked up some of the best.

There are almost 500 episodes released every season, it’s nearly impossible to watch them all. Let’s start the list of the best anime of winter 2024. Spring season is about to come but there are a few great anime you should watch from the last season. Let’s take a look at the best anime of winter.

Best Anime of Winter 2024, Ranked

12. Chained Soldier

The Chained Soldier is based on a Japanese manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Yohei Takemura. The anime started airing in this season. The anime has great animation, lots of female characters, and a good storyline. It’s an 18+ anime so be careful to watch it in public. The falls in the category of high school DxD kind of anime. But the anime delivered what it promised to the audience and gave you a good time while watching. This is the first anime in our list of best anime of winter 2024.

The story takes place in a world where random portals filled with demons open and harm the citizens. High schooler Yuuki is just trying to live a meaningful life and trying his best to become a hero. However in this world males don’t have any special ability, instead, females have the peach ability. One day Yuuki caught up in a portal and transformed into the demon realm. However, luckily he got saved by the demon defense force led by the superpower full of women.

11. The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil

The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil is a romance, action, and comedy anime released in the winter season. The animation was done by the studio Children’s Playground Entertainment. The storyline and characters are the main highlights of this rom-com anime. Since the very first episode, this will grab your attention and give you a really good time. After a few episodes, it picks its pace and delivers you what it promises. Another one of the best anime of winter 2024 in the rom-com category.

The story takes place in a world where Hell and Heaven fight each other. The demon side loses to heaven so they send their trusted demon on earth to recruit allies to help them win the war. However, he finds a girl Lily Amane he is hoping to recruit her and it turns out she is an angel and her job is to hunt demons. After losing to her he became a slave to her and he fell in love with her.

10. The Unwanted Undead Adventurer

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer is the most underrated anime of winter 2024. The anime contains a really good storyline, animation, and world-building. If you haven’t watched this anime yet then we’d highly recommend you. The animation could be much better but expect from that the whole anime is good in terms of every aspect. This is another best anime of winter 2024. If you like watching anime filled with magic, monsters, and dungeons then this one is for you.

The story follows our protagonist Rentt Faina who has been on a bronze class adventure for over a decade and he is happy with that. One day he is exploring the Labyrinth of the Moon’s Reflection and discovers an unexplored path. However, he walks into a dragon’s lair and is devoured. Sometime later, Rentt awakens as an undead skeleton. And becomes a monster but now he can evolve and finally fulfill his dream to become a mithril class adventurer.

9. The Witch and the Beast

The Witch and the Beast is the next anime on the list of best anime of winter 2024. It is based on the manga series written by  Kousuke Satake. This anime has lots of popularity in the winter season. The key factors to watching this anime are storyline, character, and worldbuilding. If you like vampire and horror stories, you should check out this anime. The whole Witch and the Beast world is filled with different creatures, monsters, vampires, and much more.

The story follows two people Ashaf and his partner Guideau who’re searching for a specific witch in a particular town. The witch is so powerful and considered as the hero of community and protector. However, she decided to take revenge on the anniversary of her death mother Ashaf and his partner Guideau tried their best to stop her.

8. Delicious in Dungeon

Delicious in Dungeon is another really good anime from the winter season. The anime has all the things you should expect from an anime. It has good animation, characters, world-building, action scenes, and comedy. If you don’t want to use your brain and want to watch a good show then you should watch this. Another good anime on the list of best anime of Winter 2024. You can watch it on Netflix and other anime platforms.

The story revolves around a party of a few people who love exploring dungeons. But one day they encounter a dragon and one of their party member gets swallowed by the dragon. They decided to save their friend but they ran out of money they decided to eat the monster inside the dungeon and continue their journey.

7. The Dangers in my Heart Season 2

The Dangers in my Heart season 2 is one of the best rom-com anime from the winter season, it deserves to be on the list of best anime of winter 2024. The animation, art style, storyline, characters everything was perfect in this show. You’ll engage in the chemistry of the main characters. It will make you remember your love days too. If you haven’t watched this anime what are you waiting for then? we’d highly recommend you to check it out. You can watch it on Crunchyroll.

The story follows high school student Ichikawa Kyoutarou, he barely talks to anyone and spends his time alone reading books and watching anime. He also secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spent his time daydreaming about how to disrupt the peace of class idol Anna. But the story takes a different turn when he finally starts talking to her.

6. Classroom of the Elite Season 3

Classroom of the Elite season 3 also delivered what it promised to the audience. The battle between great minds competing with each other in different ways. Easily one of the best anime of winter 2024. This season is full of mind games and psychological battles, it takes a sweet time to set up but once everything is in place it delivers its best. Another recommendation from us. If you want to watch psychological battles, twists, and great characters then you should check it out.

The story is set around a prestigious national high school ‘Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing School’ established by the Japanese government. However, the dispute started with class A whose members are designed to achieve whatever goal they want. This starts the psychological battles between students to become the best student in that school.

5. Kingdom Season 5

Kingdom is one of the most underrated from the winter season, And it easily deserves to be on the list of best anime of winter 2024. This is the 5th season of this anime and people are still unfamiliar with this anime. This anime is made for a mature audience because it contains lots of violence as well as disturbing moments. However, the storyline, characters, action everything is on point. We’d highly recommend to check it out. If you like Vinland Saga, you probably going to like this one too.

The story follows a periodical drama set in a world full of war. Xin and his comrades also fighting in a war. Xin wants to become the greatest general under the heavens, and in doing so unify China for the first in 500 years.

4. Ninja Kamui

Ninja Kamui is another hidden gem from the last season. This anime contains all the elements you’re looking for. Great Action, storyline, characters, animation, and much more. After the end of the first episode, the story moves quickly without wasting your time and delivers you great action. A world full of underground ninja fighting each other, destroying everything that comes their way, and that’s why is the most underrated and best anime of winter 2024.

The story is set in a world where nobody knows about ninjas. But they’ve evolved so much and have the best technology and assassination skills. Our protagonist Joe Higan and his beloved family were attacked by assassins for betraying and leaving the ninja clan. He flees into rural America, however, his peaceful life is about to change.

3. Solo Levelling

Solo Leveling without a doubt was the biggest anime from last season. Since It’s Manhwa came out people patiently waiting for the anime to come out. And the anime also delivered what it promised to people. The animation is top-notch as well as the action sequences. Some people are disappointed by the storyline but people who have read the manhwa know the story became much better once the story picked its pace. And that’s why we are putting it on the list of best anime of winter 2024.

The story takes place in a world where suddenly portals from another world filled with dangerous monsters start to show up. To prevent dungeon break hunters go inside the dungeon and destroy bosses. Our protagonist Sung Jinwoo is also a hunter but he is the weakest hunter of all humans. But one day he faces an unknown dungeon boss and his life changes forever.

2. The Apothecary Diaries

In the 2nd place, the best anime of winter 2024 is The Apothecary Diaries another underrated anime from last season. The key highlights of this anime are the characters and storyline. The story is full of mysteries and thrill. The animation is on point. If you haven’t watched this anime yet, you should consider watching it. We’d highly recommend you.

The Story is set in the old Chinese era, the series is about a girl who got kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor’s palace, she uses her amazing pharmacist skill to help the queen. But there are so many other mysterious things going on inside the palace and she got caught in them.

1. Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

This doesn’t need any introduction and you all know why it is the best anime of winter 2024. The animation, characters, storyline, action everything is outstanding. The more you watch it the more you like this anime. The world-building and storytelling are the key highlights of this anime. Frieren will show you how important time and life is, every episode has some hidden life changing truth behind it. If you haven’t watch this anime yet, then what are you waiting for?

The story follows Frieren a great mage who helped the parties of heroes to defeat the demon king and bring peace to the world. After defeating the demon king she and her company go back to their daily life but Frieren spends her fifty years exploring. She is an elf a near-immortal being she ages slowly but her former companions are humans they’re old and approaching death.