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A curated list of animes every developer should watch.

(Nene Sakura, a newbie programmer from New Game. Image by destex on Wallhaven)

Animes for Developer

A curated list of animes every developer should watch.

Legend: 🎞 = Anime series, 📽 = Anime Movie

TITLE	GENRE	SEASON/YEAR	MAL SCORE
🎞 .hack//Sign	Game, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery, Magic, Fantasy	Spring 2002	⭐ 7.00
🎞 Accel World	Action, Romance, Sci-Fi	Spring 2012	⭐ 7.27
🎞 Angel Beats!	Action, Comedy, Drama, School, Supernatural	Spring 2010	⭐ 8.18
📽 Battle Programmer Shirase	Comedy, Ecchi, Sci-Fi	2004	⭐ 7.64
📽 Blood-C: The Last Dark	Action, Horror, Supernatural, Vampire	2012	⭐ 7.21
🎞 Bokutachi no Remake	Drama, Romance, Slice of Life	2021	⭐ 7.52
📽 Byousoku 5 Centimeter	Drama, Romance, Slice of Life	2007	⭐ 7.78
🎞 Bungou Stray Dogs	Action, Comedy, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural	Spring 2016	⭐ 7.78
🎞 Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season	Action, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural	Fall 2016	⭐ 8.22
🎞 Bungou Stray Dogs 3rd Season	Action, Mystery, Seinen, Super Power, Supernatural	Spring 2019	⭐ 8.16
🎞 Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation	Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Supernatural	Summer 2013	⭐ 6.95
🎞 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!	Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School	Fall 2012	⭐ 7.78
🎞 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren	Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School	Winter 2014	⭐ 7.56
📽 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Movie: Take On Me	Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, Romance, School	Winter 2018	⭐ 8.17
🎞 Cowboy Bebop	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Space	Spring 1998	⭐ 8.79
🎞 Cyberpunk: Edgerunners	Action, Sci-Fi	Autumn 2022	⭐ 8.71
🎞 Dagashi Kashi	Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life	Winter 2016	⭐ 6.65
🎞️ Darwin's Game	Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi	Winter 2020	⭐ 7.27
🎞 Deca-Dence	Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure	Summer 2020	⭐ 7.57
🎞 Digimon Adventure	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Kids	Spring 1999	⭐ 7.80
🎞 Neon Genesis Evangelion	Action, Sci-Fi, Dementia, Psychological, Drama, Mecha	Fall 1995	⭐ 8.31
🎞 Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited	Action, Comedy, Police, Mystery	Spring 2020	⭐ 7.63
🎞 Godzilla: S.P	Action, Sci-Fi, Mecha	Spring 2021	⭐ 7.07
🎞 Golden Boy	Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi	Fall 1995	⭐ 8.03
🎞 Good Night World	Drama, Fantasy	Fall 2023	⭐ 7.08
🎞 Guilty Crown	Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Drama, Romance, Mecha	Fall 2011	⭐ 7.55
📽 Hello World	Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance	2019	⭐ 7.61
🎞 Kamisama ni Natta Hi	Drama, Fantasy	Fall 2020	⭐ 7.58
🎞 Kamisama no Memochou	Mystery	Summer 2011	⭐ 7.55
🎞 Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko	Adventure, Slice of Life, Magic, Fantasy	Fall 2020	⭐ 6.91
🎞 Kemono Jihen	Action, Mystery, Demons, Supernatural, Shounen	Winter 2021	⭐ 7.46
🎞 Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon	Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life	Winter 2017	⭐ 8.01
📽 Koukaku Kidoutai	Action, Mecha, Police, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Seinen	1995	⭐ 8.30
🎞 Mob Psycho 100	Action, Comedy, Supernatural	Summer 2016	⭐ 8.48
🎞 New Game!	Game, Slice of Life, Comedy	Summer 2016	⭐ 7.64
🎞 New Game!!	Game, Slice of Life, Comedy	Summer 2017	⭐ 7.79
🎞 Ninja Kamui	Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi	Winter 2024	⭐ 7.12
🎞 No Game No Life	Game, Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Ecchi, Fantasy	Spring 2014	⭐ 8.24
📽 No Game No Life: Zero	Game, Supernatural, Drama, Romance, Fantasy	Summer 2017	⭐ 8.38
🎞 Noblesse	Action, SUpernatural	Fall 2020	⭐ 6.78
🎞 Persona 5 the Animation	Action, Fantasy, Supernatural	Spring 2018	⭐ 6.51
🎞 Psycho-Pass	Action, Sci-Fi, Police, Psychological	Fall 2012	⭐ 8.39
🎞 Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita	Comedy, Romance	Winter 2020	⭐ 7.35
🎞 Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata	Harem, Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, School	Winter 2015	⭐ 7.55
🎞 Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo	Slice of Life, Comedy, Drama, Romance, School	Fall 2012	⭐ 8.22
🎞 Sekirei	Action, Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Super Power	Summer 2008	⭐ 7.16
🎞 Serial Experiments Lain	Dementia, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Supernatural	Summer 1998	⭐ 8.02
🎞 Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san	Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural	Spring 2019	⭐ 7.38
🎞 Steins; Gate	Thriller, Sci-Fi	Spring 2011	⭐ 9.12
📽 Steins; Gate Movie: Fuka Ryouiki no Deja Vu	Sci-Fi, Drama	2013	⭐ 8.51
🎞 Steins; Gate 0	Sci-Fi, Thriller	Spring 2018	⭐ 8.52
🎞 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)	Comedy, Mystery, Parody, School, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life	Spring 2006	⭐ 7.89
🎞 Sword Art Online	Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy	Summer 2012	⭐ 7.30
🎞 Sword Art Online II	Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy	Summer 2014	⭐ 6.86
📽 Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale	Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy	2017	⭐ 7.70
🎞 Sword Art Online: Alicization	Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy	Fall 2018	⭐ 7.59
🎞 Sword Art Online: Alicization - War Of Underworld	Action, Game, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy	Summer 2020	⭐ 7.46
📽 Summer Wars	Sci-Fi, Comedy	2009	⭐ 8.11
📽 The Animatrix	Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Anime	2003	⭐ 7.29
🎞 Tonikaku Kawaii	Comedy, Romance, Shounen	Fall 2020	⭐ 7.78
🎞 Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song	Sci-Fi, Music	Spring 2021	⭐ 8.04
🎞 Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal	Action, Fantasy	Spring 2011	⭐ 6.35
🎞 Zankyou no Terror	Mystery, Psychological, Thriller	Summer 2014	⭐ 8.13
🎞 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	Fantasy, Slice of Life	Winter 2017	⭐ 7.98
🎞 Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S	Fantasy, Slice of Life	Summer 2021	⭐ 8.35
🎞 Zankyou no Terror	Mystery, Suspense	Summer 2014	⭐ 8.10
🎞 Shinryaku! Ika Musume - The Squid Girl	Comedy, Slice of Life	Fall 2010	⭐ 7.42
🎞 Welcome to the NHK - NHK ni Youkoso!	Comedy, Drama, Romance	Summer 2006	⭐ 8.31

Inspired by movies-for-hackers

anime-for-dev's Issues

To Add: Anime Spring 2022

• Black★★Rock Shooter - Dawn Fall
• Shachiku-san wa Youjo Yuurei ni Iyasaretai
• Kyoukai Senki Part 2

Need to add to the list

Add animes from this post: https://myanimelist.net/featured/1879/Top_15_Best_Anime_Hackers

• Guilty Crown (#25)
• Battle Programmer Shirase (#18)
• Cowboy Bebop (#12)
• Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) (#45)
• Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation (Hyperdimension Neptunia) (#55)
• Ghost in the Shell (#6)
• Sekirei (#24)
• Blood-C: The Last Dark (#31)
• Steins;Gate (#7)
• Serial Experiments Lain (#45)
• DRAMAtical Murder
• Neon Genesis Evangelion (#45)
• Digimon Adventure (#40)
• Kamisama no Memochou (Heaven's Memo Pad) (#10)
• Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Zexal (Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) (#56)
• Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled from Paradise (Expelled from Paradise)
• Bakuretsu Tenshi (Burst Angel)
• .hack//Sign (#43)

To Add - Asatir: Mirai no Mukashi Banashi

link https://myanimelist.net/anime/41558/Asatir__Mirai_no_Mukashi_Banashi

why?

To add: Bokutachi no Remake

https://myanimelist.net/anime/40904/Bokutachi_no_Remake?q=bokutaci&cat=anime

Request to add Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san

MAL Link: https://myanimelist.net/anime/38759/Sewayaki_Kitsune_no_Senko-san

Why?

The main character Kuroto Nakano is a programmer. He work in company doing coding. But, at daily life.. he live alone and lonely man.

To add: Noblesse

• https://noblesse.fandom.com/wiki/Noblesse_Wiki

To add: Akudama Drive

Hacker char:

To Add: Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Link: https://myanimelist.net/anime/40359/Ikebukuro_West_Gate_Park

Why: There are hacker char

To add: Welcome to NHK

Request to add Dagashi Kashi

Why?

Coding scene:

Accel World invalid Year