Shounen's Greatest Years, Ranked

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

  1. #1 2019 25 great titles Best: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
  2. #2 2024 25 great titles Best: Dan Da Dan
  3. #3 2021 25 great titles Best: Horimiya
  4. #4 2023 25 great titles Best: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
  5. #5 2025 25 great titles Best: Takopi's Original Sin
  6. #6 2022 23 great titles Best: Chainsaw Man
  7. #7 2017 22 great titles Best: Black Clover
  8. #8 2018 21 great titles Best: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
  9. #9 2014 20 great titles Best: Haikyu!!
  10. #10 2015 19 great titles Best: Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma
  11. #11 2020 18 great titles Best: JUJUTSU KAISEN
  12. #12 2016 18 great titles Best: My Hero Academia
  13. #13 2012 16 great titles Best: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  14. #14 2011 14 great titles Best: Hunter x Hunter
  15. #15 2010 14 great titles Best: High School of the Dead
  16. #16 2013 13 great titles Best: Attack on Titan
  17. #17 2008 12 great titles Best: To Love Ru
  18. #18 2006 11 great titles Best: Death Note
  19. #19 2004 11 great titles Best: Bleach
  20. #20 2009 10 great titles Best: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
  21. #21 2002 10 great titles Best: Naruto
  22. #22 2005 10 great titles Best: Eyeshield 21
  23. #23 2007 9 great titles Best: Naruto Shippūden
  24. #24 1996 8 great titles Best: Rurouni Kenshin
  25. #25 2003 8 great titles Best: Fullmetal Alchemist
  26. #26 1999 7 great titles Best: One Piece
  27. #27 2001 7 great titles Best: Shaman King
  28. #28 2000 6 great titles Best: Fighting Spirit
  29. #29 1986 5 great titles Best: Saint Seiya
  30. #30 1993 5 great titles Best: Slam Dunk
  31. #31 1994 5 great titles Best: DNA²