Japan Has Revealed Its Top Anime for 2025, and Solo Leveling Doesn’t Even Make the Top 50

Recent results from the Tokyo Anime Award Festival’s Top 100 list show how anime fans in Japan voted for their favorites released between October 2024 and October 2025. Voting took place in November 2025, and unfortunately, the highly-rated second season of Solo Leveling landed at number 61 – missing the top 50. This is surprising given the show’s popularity with Western audiences. Instead, Japanese voters chose Dr. Stone: Science Future as the best anime of 2025.








