Best Animation TV shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Animation TV shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: anime, captivating, exciting, 2d animation, humorous and adult animation. Plot: escapades, good versus evil, friendship, male protagonist, villain, teenager, heroes, magic, imaginary and danger. Genre: Animation, Adventure and Fantasy. Country: USA, Japan and Canada.
Best Animation TV shows
Best Animation TV shows
TOP TV Shows: Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005), Gravity Falls (2012), Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015), The Owl House (2020), Adventure Time (2010), DuckTales (2017), Rick and Morty (2013), The Legend of Korra (2012), Over the Garden Wall (2014), Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016), Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015), Phineas and Ferb (2007), Steven Universe (2013), Jackie Chan Adventures (2000), Timon & Pumbaa (1995), Primal (2019), Final Space (2018), The Dragon Prince (2018), The Amazing World of Gumball (2011), Hazbin Hotel (2019).

List of Best TV Shows

Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
Style: exciting, captivating, semi serious, stylized, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschoolers, teens, pre-teens
Plot: friends, supernatural ability, chosen one, peril, martial arts, friendship, heroic mission, save the day, magical, honor, good versus evil, training ...
Time: 2000s
Place: asia
Is relevant ?
 8.9
 114K
Gravity Falls (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Spain, Argentina
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
Style: exciting, captivating, anime, adult animation, not serious ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, friendship, youth, good versus evil, mysterious place, magical, small town, monster, disney, family relations, summer vacation, twins ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, california
Is relevant ?
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Intergalactic warrior Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diaz family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still confuses her.
Style: exciting, captivating, sincere, semi serious, anime ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, preschoolers, teens
Plot: princess, friendship, teenage life, good versus evil, family relations, portal, magic wand, youth, magical girl, high school life, parents and children, butterfly ...
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 14K
The Owl House (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical ...
Style: colourful, atmospheric, entertaining, light, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot: witch, magic, portal, friendship, witchcraft, parallel universe, teenager, good versus evil, apprentice, female protagonist, lesbian, wizards ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dominican republic
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 8.6
 99K
Adventure Time (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Told in eight parts, Islands tells the story of Finn, Jake, BMO and Susan Strong leaving Ooo and traveling across the ocean to solve the mystery of Finn's past. During their trip, they unlock secrets, encounter various creatures, make new ...
Style: exciting, feel good, surreal, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens ...
Plot: friends, imaginary kingdom, buddies, young heroes, king, creature, princess, best friends, escapades, post apocalypse, talking animals, youth ...
Time: 2010s
Is relevant ?
 8.3
 11K
DuckTales (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of billionaire Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie, their famous uncle Donald Duck, pilot extraordinaire Launchpad, Mrs. Beakly, Webby and Roboduck. Adventures and hidden treasures are everywhere, in their hometown ...
Style: humorous, funny, anime, reboot, 2d animation
Audience: kids, preschoolers
Plot: anthropomorphic animal, magic, cartoon duck, disney, treasure hunt, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic dog, treasure, millionaire, mansion, topical humor, obsessive quest ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 9.1
 540K
Rick and Morty (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
Style: adult animation, entertaining, humorous, cynical, absurd ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: mad scientist, scientist, graphic violence, time travel, prodigy, dark humor, relatives, grandfather grandson relationship, youth, family relations, satire, grandparent and grandchild ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
The Legend of Korra (2012)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The Legend of Korra is an American animated television series that premiered on the Nickelodeon television network in 2012. It was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino as a sequel to their series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which ...
Style: exciting, anime, stylized, suspenseful, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, preschoolers, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: training, supernatural ability, martial arts, youth, magical, friendship, peril, good versus evil, rivalry, rebellion, chosen one, young heroes ...
Place: asia
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Over the Garden Wall (2014)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Two brothers find themselves lost in a mysterious land and try to find their way home.
Style: dark fantasy, atmospheric, enigmatic, captivating, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, preschoolers, horror for children
Plot: forest, siblings relations, getting home, beast, brother brother relationship, lost, child protagonist, children, travel, brothers, lost in the woods, life & death ...
Time: 80s
Is relevant ?
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: After uncovering a mysterious amulet, an average teen assumes an unlikely destiny and sets out to save two worlds. Created by Guillermo del Toro.
Style: exciting, captivating, entertaining, sincere, anime ...
Audience: preschoolers, kids
Plot: protector, good versus evil, amulet, friends, troll, magical sword, teenage hero, double life, small town, superhero, supernatural, parallel world ...
Is relevant ?
Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Unlock the secrets of the Dragon Eye and come face to face with more dragons than anyone has ever imagined as Hiccup, Toothless and the Dragon Riders soar to the edge of adventure.
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, funny, anime
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: dragon, viking, physical disability, rescue team, puzzle, friends, teenage protagonist, animal training, male protagonist, twins, island, environmental activism ...
Place: fictional island
Is relevant ?
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers
Plot: invention, siblings relations, young heroes, mischievous children, experimenting, scientist, rivals, good versus evil, secret identity, brother sister relationship, chaos and mayhem, intelligence ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
Steven Universe (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
Style: touching, stylized, captivating, witty, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, preschoolers, pre-teens
Plot: supernatural ability, gem, goodhearted, intergalactic, youth, heroes, save the world, supernatural, alien, escapades, child protagonist, lesbian couple ...
Is relevant ?
Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on ...
Style: exciting, humorous, tense, anime, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, curses spells and rituals, heroic mission, rivalry, martial arts, archaeologist, mascot, save the day, heroes, villain turns good, escapades, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 2000s
Place: asia
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 11K
Timon & Pumbaa (1995)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an animated comedy television series made by the Walt Disney Company. It centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog from the Disney film franchise ...
Style: feel good, humorous, captivating, anime, colourful ...
Audience: kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot: jungle, disney, animal life, odd couple, friendship, friends, childhood, farce, talking animals, friends who live together, disorder, misfit ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: africa
Is relevant ?
 8.7
 16K
Primal (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, sincere, bloody ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: dinosaur, caveman, survival, hunting, violence, hunter, barbarian, eaten alive, life is a bitch, unlikely friendships, revenge, sword and sorcery ...
Time: prehistoric times, prehistory, stone age
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 45K
Final Space (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: An astronaut named Gary and his planet-destroying sidekick Mooncake embark on serialized journeys through space in order to unlock the mystery of “Final Space,” the last point in the universe, if it actually does exist.
Style: exciting, feel good, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: robot, team, space travel, heroes, alien, space battle, spacecraft, friendship, escapades, space wars, good versus evil, space ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
The Dragon Prince (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: An extraordinary discovery inspires two human princes and an elven assassin to team up on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
Style: exciting, feel good, captivating, enigmatic, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers, teens
Plot: dragon, elf, sword and sorcery, magic, heir to the throne, prince, imaginary kingdom, save the kingdom, egg, conflict, exile, border ...
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The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Ireland, USA, Germany
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during ...
Style: not serious, humorous, anime, adult animation, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: family life, friendship, eccentric family, social relations, friends, buddies, fish, youth, ghost, satire, talking animals, plan gone awry ...
Time: 2010s
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 5K
Hazbin Hotel (2019)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story: In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
Style: anime, sitcom
Audience: teens
Plot: hell, the underworld, demon, direction and purpose, follow your dream, punishment, afterlife, redemption, hotel, dreams, heaven and hell, violence ...
Is relevant ?
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the eleventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo animated series, and the first incarnation not to be first-run on Saturday mornings. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network ...
Style: humorous, suspenseful, light, anime, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: scooby doo, monster, team, curses spells and rituals, witch, friends, investigation, villain, partners, buddies, fear, disorder ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 55K
Samurai Jack (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Made by Genndy Tartakovsky, this animated series tells the story of a great warrior displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ...
Style: adult animation, anime, semi serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot: time travel, samurai, villain, sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, sword, good versus evil, warrior, one man army, ancient, heroic mission ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a ...
Style: humorous, not serious, anime, sitcom, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, preschoolers
Plot: best friends, optimism, friendship, fast food, anthropomorphic animal, escapades, disorder, goofy hero, boat, surrealism, neighbor, talking animals ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 90s, 2020s ...
Place: pacific ocean
Is relevant ?
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 9.0
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Arcane (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
Style: futuristic, 3d animation, anime, exciting, adult animation ...
Audience: kids
Plot: battles, power, lgbt, steampunk, legend, fight, attack, magical, good versus evil, gang, warrior, girl ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 8.6
 42K
Young Justice (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
Style: heroic, exciting, serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: superhero, team, superhero team, leader, rivalry, heroes, fighting crime, heroine, good versus evil, courage, justice league, batman ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
Naruto: Shippuden (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Naruto Shippuuden is the continuation of the original animated TV series Naruto.The story revolves around an older and slightly more matured Uzumaki Naruto and his quest to save his friend Uchiha Sasuke from the grips of the snake-like Shinobi, ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens
Plot: friendship, master warrior, young heroes, supernatural ability, ninja, heroes, good versus evil, villain, mission, team, sword fight, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
Is relevant ?
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an American animated television series by Marvel Animation in cooperation with Film Roman, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. The show debuted both on Disney XD and online in the ...
Style: exciting, stylized, heroic, anime, epic ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhero team, team, teamwork, scientist, good versus evil, evil, villain, save the world, rescue, save the day, rage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 8.4
 107K
Naruto (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Many years ago, in the hidden village of Konoha, lived a great demon fox. When it swung one of it's nine tails, a tsunami occurred. The fourth hokage sealed this demon fox inside a boy in exchange for his own life. Naruto was that boy, and he ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: determination, friends, friendship, rivalry, ninja, master warrior, training, good versus evil, teenage life, team, heroes, youth ...
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, South Korea, Japan, USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Normal high school kids by day, protectors of Paris by night! Miraculous follows the heroic adventures of Marinette and Adrien as they transform into Ladybug and Cat Noir and set out to capture akumas, creatures responsible for turning the people of ...
Style: feel good, captivating, sweet, entertaining, sincere ...
Audience: teens, kids, preschoolers
Plot: superhero, teenage hero, friendship, heroine, good versus evil, partners, supernatural ability, female protagonist, transformation, teenager, magic, school ...
Time: 2010s
Place: paris france, france
Is relevant ?
 7.9
 17K
Noragami (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The world consists of two parts: the near shore and far shore. The near shore is the place where people reside, while the far shore is the place for deities and ayakashi, which are emotional fragments that can posses humans and cause trouble. So it ...
Style: anime, exciting, captivating, humorous, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: deity, friendship, ghost, supernatural, god, drastic change of life, spirit, suspense, love and romance, curses spells and rituals, goddess, sword fight ...
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
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