Absurd's Greatest Years, Ranked

When was the golden age of Absurd? We ranked every year by the accumulated weighted rating of its best Absurd titles — a year rises when it delivered many strongly-rated entries, not just a lone classic. Data from 3eyedraven's catalog.

  1. #1 2024 25 great titles Best: High Potential
  2. #2 2025 25 great titles Best: Chainsaw Man - The Compilation
  3. #3 2019 19 great titles Best: Sex Education
  4. #4 2021 19 great titles Best: Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
  5. #5 2022 17 great titles Best: Chainsaw Man
  6. #6 2023 13 great titles Best: The Amazing Digital Circus
  7. #7 2018 10 great titles Best: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
  8. #8 2015 10 great titles Best: The Hateful Eight
  9. #9 2004 9 great titles Best: Kung Fu Hustle
  10. #10 2014 9 great titles Best: Fargo
  11. #11 2006 9 great titles Best: Psych
  12. #12 2017 8 great titles Best: Riverdale
  13. #13 2026 8 great titles Best: BAKI-DOU: The Invincible Samurai
  14. #14 2008 8 great titles Best: The Wrestler
  15. #15 2010 7 great titles Best: Adventure Time
  16. #16 1988 7 great titles Best: Die Hard
  17. #17 2020 7 great titles Best: The Banker
  18. #18 2016 7 great titles Best: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
  19. #19 1996 6 great titles Best: Beast Wars: Transformers
  20. #20 1998 6 great titles Best: The Big Lebowski
  21. #21 1997 6 great titles Best: Daria
  22. #22 2012 6 great titles Best: Ben 10: Omniverse
  23. #23 1987 6 great titles Best: Evil Dead II
  24. #24 2009 5 great titles Best: Community
  25. #25 1984 5 great titles Best: Beverly Hills Cop
  26. #26 2001 5 great titles Best: The Experiment
  27. #27 2002 5 great titles Best: Adaptation.
  28. #28 2007 5 great titles Best: Phineas and Ferb