Top 10 best anime by studio Shaft ranked by IMDb

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March Comes In Like A Lion (IMDb 8.4)

Trailer for part 2 of studio Shaft's anime, March Comes in Like a Lion

Few anime express the bleak nature of loneliness and quiet like March Comes in Like a Lion, it's easy to understand why its IMDb score reached 8.4. Following professional shogi players, especially reclusive chess player Rei Kiriyama, viewers are gradually drawn into his isolated, beautiful animated world - a world that is shaken by the appearance of the three Kawamoto sisters.

Throughout the anime March Comes in Like a Lion, Rei gradually learns to grapple with her own confused emotions while developing relationships with others. Thankfully, both seasons gave this coming-of-age story the space it needed to turn March Comes in Like a Lion into an absolutely fantastic read, one that it has maintained as one of the best. from studio Shaft.

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Monogatari Series: Second Season (IMDb 8.4)

Studio Shaft's anime trailer, Monogatari Series: Second Season

As the highest-ranking entry in the Monogatari series, Monogatari Series: Second Season with an IMDb 8.4 has great expectations to meet the audience. Koyomi Araragi and his gang return with an all-new set of spirits and supernatural events to contend with.

In all 26 episodes, a lot happens as characters come and go throughout the different storylines. As a product from studio Shaft, the art style of Monogatari Series: Second Season is very special, the visuals are also unique combining many still images with complex animated parts. Aside from a memorable cast of characters and plenty of witty dialogue, the Monogatari Series: Second Season anime fully justifies the position it has achieved.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica (IMDb 8.3)

Studio Shaft's anime trailer, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Puella Magi Madoka Magica with an IMDb score of 8.3 from studio Shaft is an anime that doesn't give the beginning viewer any idea what's going to happen. On the surface, Puella Magi Madoka Magica looks like a typical magical girl anime, but this veil of innocence fades as the grim nature of their positions and jobs becomes more and more apparent.

The plot revolves around a few high school girls who are approached by a magical creature Kyubey, which offers them the chance to become magical girls. But all is not as it seems because the complete deconstruction of the genre entails the fate of the characters, Puella Magi Madoka Magica takes the role of Faust rather than the usual magical girl anime.

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Owarimonogatari (IMDb 8.2)

Studio Shaft's anime trailer, Owarimonogatari

Another installment in the Monogatari series with an IMDb score of 8.2, Owarimonogatari (Mysterious Tales Part 11) takes place significantly later than the other anime on this list. Koyomi Araragi returns, this time having to help new transfer student, Ougi Oshino with a strange problem she has. Specifically, there exists a class that appears in a space where it should not be.

Like many of Shaft's other anime in the series, Owarimonogatari focuses on dialogue, character development and exploration. Owarimonogatari is truly complex and requires viewers to be careful and attentive; so it's no surprise that it's considered one of Shaft's best works.

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Bakemonogatari (IMDb 8.0)

Studio Shaft's anime trailer, Bakemonogatari (Mysterious Stories Part 1)

This is the first part in the extremely popular Monogatari series, Bakemonogatari (Mysterious Stories Part 1) with an IMDb score of 8.0 introduces high school student Koyomi Araragi. After surviving an attack from a vampire with the help of a mysterious old man, Araragi finds herself drawn into the lives of five other girls, all of whom possess supernatural powers. He decides to help them through each episode. Bakemonogatari is dialogue-oriented, focusing strongly on its characters, delving into each of them rather than aiming for a more central plot. For anyone looking for a cerebral anime, Studio Shaft's Bakemonogatari will not disappoint.