Are you an anime fan that enjoys watching shows or movies that are pleasing to the eye? Aesthetics and storylines can really be a dealbreaker for viewers of any media, and  anime is no different. We’re all prone to being drawn in by some good eye candy. Here are some of the Top 15 Best Anime with Nice Graphics that will surely grab your attention and keep you strapped in.

15. Redline

Redline is an anime movie that was widely recommended due to its stunning animation and graphics. The premise revolves around an intergalactic space race that occurs once every five years. “Sweet” JP is an avid space racer competing in the Yellowline competition and is able to compete in the Redline, going against the biggest racers in the universe (literally). The movie took seven years to complete with its steady 2D animation with over 100,000 drawings put into the piece. The artwork is truly admirable and the story leaves you with chills. If you have a need for speed, you certainly do not want to leave this movie in the dust.

 

 

14. Attack on Titan

Definitely a bit more on the edgier side of animation, Attack on Titan has a unique sense of style that grasps viewers attention. The storyline is no different. The show follows the remains of humanity residing in an enclosed citadel that bars off these enormous muscular anatomy lab cadaver-like beings called “Titans,” that prey on humans. Eren Yeager enlists in the city’s militia to fight against the Titans seeking vengeance for his hometown and family that were destroyed by the Titans. The show is one of the most action packed anime of this generation and is a must for shonen fans.

 

 

13. Cowboy Bepop

If you’re into the 90s anime look, I would absolutely give Cowboy Bepop a view. Space Westerns may seem odd to watch in general but Cowboy Bepop gives the genre a good name. The show follows a motley crew cast of bounty hunters led by Spike Spiegel, an exiled criminal gang member, and his search for his runaway lover. The show is an anime classic that includes fluid fight scenes, suave, jazzy music with an essence of mystery to it. Cowboy Bepop is also one of the best anime with an enjoyable English dub, a rarity in the anime community as Spike’s voice is smoother than butter in complementing the elegant jazz vibe of the show. As one of my favorites, it is pleasing to the eye and definitely worth watching. 

 

12. Kyoukai no Kanata (Beyond the Boundary)

12. Kyoukai no Kanata

Akihito is a high school student who one day tries to prevent one of his classmates, Mirai, from committing suicide. During the process he discovers that he is a “half youmu,” derived from being half human and half youmu, an immortal spirit being. Mirai is discovered to be a descendant of the Spirit World Warriors, the opposing ancestry of Akihito, intertwining the two in this dark fantasy. The art style and animation of Kyoukai Kanata is brilliant with bright and attractive characters along with its story that immediately caught my attention, and perhaps yours as well.

11.  Your Lie in April

Arima Kousei is a gifted pianist who lost his ability to play piano after a traumatic event involving his mother’s death. His will to play piano revives after meeting a whimsical, free-spirited girl, Kaori, who plays the violin. Together, the two orchestrate beautiful music, however, things get sour when Kaori has a secret of her own. The music, graphics, and story are all truly breathtaking in Your Lie in April. If you are into romantic dramas with musical and slice of life elements, you can’t go wrong watching it, just prepare a box of tissues for the waterworks, I know I had to.

10. God Eater

Based on the video game, God Eater provides quality animation and graphics with tremendous detail. In a post-apocalyptic nation, an organization known as Fenrir serves humanity to defend against monsters known as Aragami. Soldiers known as God Eaters fight off such creatures using weapons called “God Arcs.” Both the anime and the game’s cutscenes are amazingly structured with fans raving on the edge of their seats for more.

9. Demon Slayer

Currently one of the most popular anime, Demon Slayer could not be helped but mentioned. The graphics for the show are notably crafted along with its one of a kind art style. The protagonist, Tanjiro, goes on a journey to look for a cure for his cursed, demon bitten sister after a demon raids their home and murders their entire family, leaving the two to remain. The show has illustrious fight scenes that really get viewers going. I will admit, I am not the biggest fan of shonen but even I found the art to be appealing, getting my attention to actually watch it.

 

 

8. Hyouka

A slice of life mystery on the list, Hyouka is actually an anime that is also on my personal anime laundry list to watch. Oreki is a high school student who becomes a member of his school’s Classic Literature Club as a request from his alumni sister to prevent the club from being disbanded. While Oreki tends to live life with a whatever personality, he starts to look at things with a different lens when he befriends his peppy fellow clubmate, Chitanda, and starts to realize he has a knack for solving mysteries. The show is produced by Kyoto Animation, which animates a lot of eye pleasing slice of life shows, including one of my guilty favorites, K-On, and Hyouka being no different.

 

7. Sword Art Online 

The show is set in a virtual reality game called Sword Art Online, where the VR equipment uses the full capacity of the body’s five senses when played. On launch day, 10,000 players gear up to play but are shooketh (yes, I said shooketh) when they must clear 100 floors of the game in order to log out, if they do not complete the task or die within the game, they die in real life. I remember when I first watched Sword Art Online, the animation reeled me in like a fish in a pond. The graphics between the 2D animation and virtual reality aspects are truly golden and were really ahead of its time. 

 

6. Fate Series

The Fate series is known to be a contender in animation charts. The series is based off of Japanese visual novels and involves different stories between three heroines, Saber, Rin, and Sakura who each have their own inner identities that become unveiled throughout the series. I am a big sucker for fight scenes and the Fate series have some battles of insane quality with high digital graphics that make me wish I had started to watch it before.

5. Violet Evergarden

I’m not going to lie, I put off watching this show for the longest time because I thought it was a slice of life and boy, was I completely wrong. Violet Evergarden is a soldier who rehabilitates into postwar everyday life. She regrows into a person trying to connect to the world and reconnect with herself and understand her own emotions after all the trauma and detachment she experienced as a soldier. The show has one of the best visuals in the industry, the animation is just so, so smooth it literally showcases emotion with almost each and every movement. Calling this show “beautiful” truly does not even do it any justice.

 

4. Five Centimeters per Second

I have seen so many Instagram posts of anime pictures that make you want to eat “anime food,” and so many of them come from this movie. Produced by Makoto Shinkai, 5 Centimeters Per Second is absolutely gorgeous. The graphics and lighting effects emphasize so many details in this movie, along with amazing scenery that makes you want to fly on a plane to Japan in the springtime, minus the COVID. The movie presents a major slice of life vibe, involving time, space, people, and love centering on a kid named Takaki Tōno as he goes through those elements.

3. Garden of Words

Another Shinkai production, The Garden of Words is a graphically beautiful film that has you feeling that you are watching something with backgrounds so real it looks like you are actually there. Takao is a 15 year-old shoe maker who comes across an older adult woman, Yukari, at a park while she is skipping work. The two meet up at the park throughout the movie, and grow together talking about their life experiences and goals. The animation is so alluring that there is a running gag in the anime community that every scene is media wallpaper worthy, go see for yourself.

 

 

2. Your Name

Not my name, Your Name. Ugh, such a terrible joke. I know what you’re thinking, another Shinkai film? You betcha. Your Name is known for its details in this grounded fantasy of a slice of life. A rural town girl named Mitsuha longs to live a life as a Tokyo boy in the city, and later is granted her wish when she switches bodies with a Tokyo schoolboy named Taki. The two continue to switch bodies on and off in a series of dreams, and have to live their day to day lives as each other. What’s really amazing about the movie are the graphics and how well they mimic actual real life places in Japan. Shinkai really outdoes himself with his movies, with Your Name only falling short to one other film in highest grossing animated films in the history of Japan...

 

1. Studio Ghibli

If you have never seen a Studio Ghibli film before just stop, culture yourself and go watch one right now. These films are known to be remarkably animated and graphically rendered masterpieces. With so many titles to choose from, there is something out there for everyone. From the wondrous mysteries of Spirited Away, to feel good moments in My Neighbor Totoro, to the fantastical world of Howl’s Moving Castle, there’s no wrong decision. There’s a reason why Disney wanted in on Studio Ghibli and their beautiful work. While the highest grossing animated film in Japan belongs to Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away, my personal favorite is The Wind Rises, which follows Jiro Horikoshi and his life in designing planes during World War II. You can feel the emotion through the animation itself, which is just a whole different level you would not get from any type of anime.

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