Your taste, backed by data.
Anime Codex ranks every widely-known anime across five demographics on a transparent six-criterion rubric — story, character, themes, world-building, animation, and cultural impact. Browse the master list, see exactly where we part ways with the MyAnimeList crowd, settle debates head-to-head, and re-weight the rubric until it matches what you care about.
How good is your anime taste?
Swipe through 15 shows. We score you against the Codex rubric — and tell you how rare your taste is.
Catalogue
Every anime, ranked by the six-criterion rubric.
- — Browse the full ranking, sorted by overall Codex score.
- — Use the filters to narrow by demographic (shonen, seinen, shoujo, josei, kodomomuke) or genre.
Codex vs MAL
The biggest gaps between our rubric and the MyAnimeList crowd.
- — The left column lists shows the Codex rates higher than MAL; the right lists shows the crowd rates higher than we do.
- — Each row shows the gap (Δ) — bigger Δ means a sharper disagreement.
Compare
Put up to three shows side by side, criterion by criterion.
- — Pick two or three shows with the selectors at the top.
- — Read straight down each column to compare per-criterion scores side by side.
Tune the rubric
Move the six weights and watch the rankings re-sort live.
- — Drag the six sliders to set how much each criterion matters to you.
- — The catalogue re-sorts instantly as you change the weights.
The criteria
What the six scoring criteria mean — and the top shows in each.
- — Read the definition of each of the six criteria.
- — Click any criterion to see the top 25 shows ranked on that criterion alone.
Find your next watch
Rapid this-or-that that hands you a ranked watchlist.
- — Pick fan or creator, then choose between two shows, fast.
- — We read your genre lane from the picks.
Stay current
Beyond the rankings, the site tracks the present: what's airing this season (with Codex scores where we've ranked it), the week's episode schedule, next season's most anticipated, and the latest anime news — all free.
Make it yours
Build your own anime list from the catalogue — rank it, add notes, and share it as a clean page where every pick links back to its Codex score. No account needed.
Want to go deeper?
The Analysis tool is open to everyone — scatter plots, leaderboards, and a build-your-own correlation view across the whole catalogue. No spreadsheet needed.
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