Data story
Anime genre trends
How each genre's share of new TV anime changed from 2015 to 2025. Genres at the top grew, those at the bottom shrank. Open any genre for the full year-by-year chart.
- Drama, biggest riser
- +20.6 pts
- Drama, biggest riser
- School Life, biggest faller
- −13.2 pts
- School Life, biggest faller
Change in share of new TV anime, 2015 → 2025
Percentage points · blue = grew, red = shrank, gray center line = no change
- Drama+20.6
- Romance+13.7
- Fantasy+12.2
- Isekai+10.3
- Supernatural+9.7
- Slice of Life+3.4
- Action+3.2
- Psychological+0.7
- Sci-Fi+0.2
- Mystery0.0
- Idol−0.1
- Horror−0.3
- Sports−0.6
- Music−1.5
- Mecha−3.3
- Comedy−7.8
- School Life−13.2
Show as table
| Genre | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 4.6% | 25.1% | +20.6 pts |
| Romance | 16.3% | 29.9% | +13.7 pts |
| Fantasy | 27.9% | 40.1% | +12.2 pts |
| Isekai | 1.7% | 12.0% | +10.3 pts |
| Supernatural | 1.7% | 11.4% | +9.7 pts |
| Slice of Life | 22.9% | 26.3% | +3.4 pts |
| Action | 33.3% | 36.5% | +3.2 pts |
| Psychological | 2.9% | 3.6% | +0.7 pts |
| Sci-Fi | 14.2% | 14.4% | +0.2 pts |
| Mystery | 8.3% | 8.4% | 0.0 pts |
| Idol | 2.5% | 2.4% | −0.1 pts |
| Horror | 2.1% | 1.8% | −0.3 pts |
| Sports | 4.2% | 3.6% | −0.6 pts |
| Music | 7.5% | 6.0% | −1.5 pts |
| Mecha | 6.3% | 3.0% | −3.3 pts |
| Comedy | 57.5% | 49.7% | −7.8 pts |
| School Life | 24.6% | 11.4% | −13.2 pts |
Based on TV series listed on Kitsu by premiere year. Tags overlap, and Kitsu's tagging has grown more thorough over time, so some of the change reflects better tagging rather than more shows. Each genre page explains the method.