Best shapeshifting anime
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 (2019) leads the shapeshifting list, with a community score of 8.5, ahead of Noragami. The 40 shows span 2002 to 2024, and 5 of them came out in the last five years. 40 of them carry the AniList tag "Shapeshifting". Most are also fantasy, action, and comedy. 34 are series and 5 are movies; the typical series runs 13 episodes. Ranked by how plainly each story is built on shapeshifting, then community score and popularity. Each entry says what it was matched on.
Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2
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Noragami
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Howl's Moving Castle
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Parasyte -the maxim-
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Wolf Children
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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Chainsaw Man
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Fruits Basket (2019)
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Devilman: Crybaby
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Little Witch Academia
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InuYasha: The Final Act
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To Your Eternity
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K
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Natsume's Book of Friends Season 2
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Wolf's Rain
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A Whisker Away
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The Eccentric Family
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Princess Tutu
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Brand New Animal
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To LOVE Ru Darkness 2
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SERVAMP
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Gleipnir
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The Twelve Kingdoms
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Un-Go
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Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
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The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
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Kaiju No. 8
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Trinity Blood
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Cencoroll
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Sarazanmai
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Level E
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Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
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Isuca
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Bungou Stray Dogs 4
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Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
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Show By Rock!!
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Kemonozume
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Akikan!
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Infinite Dendrogram
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Questions about shapeshifting anime
What is the best shapeshifting anime?
By AniVids' ranking, Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2 comes first, followed by Noragami and Howl's Moving Castle.
What are the newest and oldest shapeshifting anime on this list?
The newest is Kaiju No. 8 (2024) and the oldest is The Twelve Kingdoms (2002).
How many shapeshifting anime are there?
AniVids has 156 shapeshifting titles that match (counting each season, movie and special), and 127 separate franchises where it is plainly central. This page lists the best 40.