The 300 best-scored of the 468 historical anime with a page here, ranked by the median score the listing sites give them (every one scores 6.5 or better). Type, episodes and total hours on every row, so the two of you can see what fits tonight before you argue about it.
| Anime | Type | Episodes | Hours | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) | TV | 28 | 11.2 h | 2023 | 9.18 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | TV | 64 | 25.6 h | 2009 | 9.08 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 Part 2 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2019 | 9 |
| Gintama Movie 3: Yoshiwara Daienjou (New Gintama the Movie: Yoshiwara in Flames) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.1 h | 2026 | 8.91 |
| Kusuriya no Hitorigoto 2nd Season (The Apothecary Diaries 2nd Season) | TV | 24 | 9.6 h | 2025 | 8.91 |
| Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season (Frieren at the Funeral Season 2) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2026 | 8.9 |
| Gintama° (Gintama Season 3) | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2015 | 8.87 |
| Gintama': Enchousen (Gintama Season 2 Part 2) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2012 | 8.85 |
| Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) | TV | 24 | 8.8 h | 2023 | 8.85 |
| Steel Ball Run: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run) | ONA | 1 | 0.8 h | 2026 | 8.82 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Short Films (Heaven Official's Blessing Short Films) | ONA | 3 | 0.4 h | 2025 | 8.82 |
| Violet Evergarden Movie (Violet Evergarden: The Movie) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.3 h | 2020 | 8.8 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season (Attack on Titan: The Final Season) | TV | 16 | 6.1 h | 2021 | 8.79 |
| Gintama' (Gintama Season 2) | TV | 51 | 20.4 h | 2011 | 8.73 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen (Demon Slayer Season 2) | TV | 11 | 4.8 h | 2022 | 8.73 |
| Kingdom 3rd Season (Kingdom Season 3) | TV | 26 | 10.8 h | 2020 | 8.72 |
| Gintama. (Gintama Season 4) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.71 |
| Gintama: The Final (Gintama the Movie: The Final) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.7 h | 2021 | 8.71 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou 2nd Season | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2014 | 8.71 |
| Gintama Movie 2: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Odd Jobs) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.8 h | 2013 | 8.7 |
| Vinland Saga | TV | 24 | 9.6 h | 2019 | 8.7 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou (Mushi-shi: Next Passage Part 1) | TV | 10 | 4 h | 2014 | 8.69 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie 1: Mugenjou-hen - Akaza Sairai (Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Arc) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.6 h | 2025 | 8.68 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 3 (Attack on Titan Season 3) | TV | 12 | 4.6 h | 2018 | 8.68 |
| Fanren Xiu Xian Zhuan 4th Season (A Record Of Mortal's Journey To Immortality 4th Season) | ONA | 52 | 17.3 h | 2025 | 8.64 |
| Mononoke Hime (Mononoke Princess) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.2 h | 1997 | 8.64 |
| Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan - Tsuioku-hen | OVA | 4 | 1.9 h | 1999 | 8.64 |
| Violet Evergarden | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2018 | 8.64 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen (Gintama Period: Silver Soul Arc) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2018 | 8.63 |
| Vinland Saga Season 2 (Vinland Saga 2nd Season) | TV | 24 | 10 h | 2023 | 8.63 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) | TV | 25 | 10 h | 2013 | 8.61 |
| Monster | TV | 74 | 29.6 h | 2004 | 8.59 |
| Kingdom 4th Season (Kingdom Season 4) | TV | 26 | 10.4 h | 2022 | 8.58 |
| Kingdom 5th Season (Kingdom Season 5) | TV | 13 | 5.2 h | 2024 | 8.57 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen (Demon Slayer: The Infinity Train Arc) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.9 h | 2020 | 8.55 |
| Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku (Mushishi -Next Passage- Movie) | MOVIE | 1 | 0.8 h | 2015 | 8.55 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Er (Heaven Official's Blessing 2nd Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2023 | 8.55 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2 (Attack on Titan 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.54 |
| Gintama. Shirogane no Tamashii-hen - Kouhan-sen (Gintama. Silver Soul Arc 2nd Season) | TV | 14 | 5.6 h | 2018 | 8.53 |
| Mo Dao Zu Shi: Wanjie Pian (Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Final Season) | ONA | 12 | 4.8 h | 2021 | 8.53 |
| Mushishi | TV | 26 | 10 h | 2005 | 8.53 |
| Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian (Lord of Mysteries) | ONA | 13 | 7.6 h | 2025 | 8.52 |
| Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu: Sukeroku Futatabi-hen (Showa and Genroku Era Lover's Suicide Through Rakugo 2nd Season) | TV | 12 | 4.8 h | 2017 | 8.52 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) | TV | 26 | 10 h | 2019 | 8.5 |
| Tian Guan Cifu Special (Heaven Official's Blessing Special) | ONA | 1 | 0.3 h | 2021 | 8.48 |
| Ousama Ranking (King Ranking) | TV | 23 | 8.4 h | 2021 | 8.45 |
| Kamisama Hajimemashita: Kako-hen | OVA | 4 | 2 h | 2015 | 8.43 |
| Mushen Ji (Tales of Herding Gods) | ONA | 89 | 29.7 h | 2024 | 8.43 |
| Samurai Champloo | TV | 26 | 10.4 h | 2004 | 8.43 |
| Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2 | TV | 10 | 3.8 h | 2025 | 8.43 |
| Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou (Violet Evergarden I: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll) | MOVIE | 1 | 1.5 h | 2019 | 8.42 |
| Kenpuu Denki Berserk (Berserk: Sword-Wind Tales) | TV | 25 | 9.6 h | 1997 | 8.41 |
| Shingeki no Kyojin: Kuinaki Sentaku (Attack on Titan Specialfolgen 4+5) | OVA | 2 | 0.9 h | 2014 | 8.41 |
| Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite (Blood. About the Movement of the Earth) | TV | 25 | 10.4 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
| Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) | TV | 24 | 10 h | 2024 | 8.4 |
| Gintama (Silver Soul) | TV | 201 | 80.4 h | 2006 | 8.4 |
| Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) | MOVIE | 1 | 2 h | 2004 | 8.4 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen (Demon Slayer Season 3) | TV | 11 | 5.1 h | 2023 | 8.4 |
| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Season 2) | TV | 7 | 2.8 h | 2021 | 8.4 |
| Nezha Zhi Mo Tong Nao Hai (Ne Zha: The Devil Boy in the Sea) | MOVIE | 1 | 2.4 h | 2025 | 8.4 |
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