Fanservice has always been a part of anime, coming in various forms. While the term can include non-explicit nudity to predictable battle outcomes, nowadays the term is usually used to describe the former. It’s quite popular among anime enthusiasts, gaining a segment of fans devoted to the anime containing fanservice. That is why we bring you 20 best fanservice anime on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu.
20 Best Fanservice Anime on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation & Hulu
Best Fanservice Anime on Netflix
5) Kakegurui
Japanese Name | Kakegurui |
MAL Rating | 7.25 |
Number of Episodes | 24 (2 seasons) |
Genre | Drama, Mystery, Psychological |
Studio(s) | MAPPA |
Aired | 2017 – 2019 |
Kakegurui tells the story of Hyakkao Private Academy where the students are taught high-stake gambling. The protagonist, Yumeko Jabami, is a new transfer student with an obsessive passion for gambling and its thrill.
Kakegurui provides enough weird scenes for fans to squirm in their seats along with plenty of fanservice by its majority female cast to go along with it.
4) Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Japanese Name | Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry |
MAL Rating | 7.45 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre | Action, Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | SILVER LINK., Nexus |
Aired | 2015 |
Ikki Kurogane is one of the Blazars i.e., has the ability to transform his soul into a weapon, but a low-level one. He’s a student of the elite Hagun Academy, the best student of which is Stella Vermillion.
When Ikki happens upon a naked Stella, she challenges him to a duel, with the stake that whoever loses becomes the slave of the winner.
It’s very clear from the synopsis itself that Chivalry of a Failed Knight has no shortage of fanservice.
3) Fairy Tail
Japanese Name | Fairy Tail |
MAL Rating | 7.66 |
Number of Episodes | 328 (3 seasons) |
Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Satelight, A-1 Pictures |
Aired | 2009 – 2019 |
One of the most popular shounen anime since its debut, Fairy Tail starts with Lucy Heartfilia, a mage from a rich family who wants to join the famous mage guild, Fairy Tail. When she meets Natsu and Happy, her dream of joining the guild comes true along with many adventures.
Fairy Tail has plenty of amazing characters and exciting fight scenes. It also has a heavy dose of fanservice mixed into it.
2) Seven Deadly Sins
Japanese Name | Nanatsu no Taizai |
MAL Rating | 7.68 |
Number of Episodes | 96 (4 seasons) |
Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | A-1 Pictures (Season 1 – 2) Studio Deen (Season 3 – 4) |
Aired | 2014 – 2021 |
Seven Deadly Sins is a group of seven powerful people who are believed to be criminals. When her kingdom is in risk, princess Elizabeth Liones sets out to find the fabled Seven Deadly Sins who can save her kingdom and its people. As she finds them, she realizes her fate has a play in this.
Along with the skimpy clothes of the female characters and the ripped shirts and abs of the male characters, Seven Deadly Sins also has its protagonist, Meliodas, who’ll never miss a chance to peek under Elizabeth’s skirt.
1) No Game No Life
Japanese Name | No Game No Life |
MAL Rating | 8.09 |
Number of Episodes | 12 + 1 movie |
Genre | Fantasy, Comedy, Isekai, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Madhouse |
Aired | 2014 – 2017 |
An isekai anime with jaw-dropping visuals and color palette, No Game No Life is about a pair of step-siblings, Sora and Shiro. They are famous online gamers known as “Blank”.
When they get a mysterious message from a stranger, they are transported to a world where everything is decided by the outcome of games.
Along with the bright colors, No Game No Life also has plenty of fanservice for its target audience.
Best Fanservice Anime on Crunchyroll
5) The Testament of Sister New Devil
Japanese Name | Shinmai Maou no Testament |
MAL Rating | 6.72 |
Number of Episodes | 22 |
Genre | Action, Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi, Harem |
Studio(s) | Production IMS |
Aired | 2015 |
The Testament of Sister New Devil plays with quite a number of tropes all at once: the imouto trope, the harem, the demon-human relationship and a lot of ecchi. The story is about Basara whose new adoptive sisters, Mio and Maria are actually demons.
The show has every type of demon: from demon lords to succubus. It’s a guilty pleasure for lots of fans.
4) Unbreakable Machine-Doll
Japanese Name | Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai |
MAL Rating | 7.06 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre | Action, Fantasy, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Lerche |
Aired | 2013 |
Unbreakable Machine-Doll brings almost nothing new to its genre but it has its enjoyable moments thanks to the fanservice. It’s a pretty straightforward story about Raishin Akabane who has an automaton partner called Yaya.
To enroll in a prestigious academy, he has to defeat hundred automaton-owning challengers. There’s also the tragedy of his family’s slaughter that he wants to avenge.
3) Trinity Seven
Japanese Name | Trinity Seven |
MAL Rating | 7.07 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Ecchi, Harem |
Studio(s) | Seven Arcs Pictures |
Aired | 2014 |
Trinity Seven shows Arata Kurata using a magical grimoire given by his friend to reconstruct his destroyed hometown. But the use of the grimoire brings a girl at her door who demands the magical object back.
Arata instead chooses to enroll in the magic-school Biblia Academy where he is taught magic by seven girls, collectively called the Trinity Seven.
With seven female main characters, it’s no wonder that Trinity Seven has some heavy fanservice.
2) Heaven’s Lost Property
Japanese Name | Sora no Otoshimono |
MAL Rating | 7.27 |
Number of Episodes | 25 (2 seasons) + 2 movies |
Genre | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Ecchi, Harem |
Studio(s) | AIC ASTA |
Aired | 2009 – 2014 |
Heaven’s Lost Property uses a concept containing both sci-fi and fantasy. It features angels, but instead of the holy kind, the angels in the show are humanoid extraterrestrial species that have arrived on Earth.
The main angel in question is a young woman with snowy white feathery wings and a skimpy outfit, providing enough fanservice to both enjoy and cringe at.
1) Food Wars!
Japanese Name | Shokugeki no Souma |
MAL Rating | 8.16 |
Number of Episodes | (5 seasons) |
Genre | Gourmet, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | J.C.Staff |
Aired | 2015 – 2020 |
Food Wars! has one of the most unique settings for a shounen series. Instead of superpowers and episodes-long battles, this series has all its fights occurring in the kitchen.
A gourmet show with so much eroticism that it’ll make anyone blush. It’s impossible not to get uncomfortable with at least one scene from this anime.
Best Fanservice Anime on Funimation
5) Sekirei
Japanese Name | Sekirei |
MAL Rating | 7.05 |
Number of Episodes | 25 (2 seasons) |
Genre | Comedy, Romance, Harem, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Seven Arcs |
Aired | 2008 – 2010 |
Sekirei is a harem anime with not the best of plots. The story of this series is a little convoluted without proper substance. It’s about Minato Sahashi failing to pass his college entrance exams.
When suddenly a girl falls out of the sky and kisses him, he’s thrust into the world of Sekirei. Typical to anime such as this, the women in Sekirei are absurdly curvaceous and used for fanservice.
4) Haganai: I Don’t Have Many Friends
Japanese Name | Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai |
MAL Rating | 7.17 |
Number of Episodes | 24 (2 seasons) |
Genre | Comedy, Romance, Harem, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | AIC Build |
Aired | 2011 – 2013 |
Another harem show that is one of the best fanservice anime on Funimation. Haganai follows Kodaka Hasegawa, an introvert with no friends. When he meets fellow loner, Yozora Mikazuki talking to herself in an empty class, he befriends her.
The duo then starts a club for their fellow loners at school, calling it Neighbor’s Club. The story then follows friendship being formed and feelings starting to develop along with some fanservice.
3) Combatants Will Be Dispatched!
Japanese Name | Sentouin, Hakenshimasu! |
MAL Rating | 7.17 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Isekai, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | J.C.Staff |
Aired | 2021 |
The harem genre always provided some of the most fanservice-containing anime. Combatants Will Be Dispatched is one of them.
The show is a typical fantasy isekai anime with crude jokes and glaring fanservice. It’s a proper guilty pleasure material.
2) Sankarea: Undying Love
Anime Name | Sankarea |
MAL Ratings | 7.29 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre(s) | Comedy, Horror, Romance, Supernatural, Ecchi |
Studio | Studio Deen |
Aired | 2012 |
Sankarea: Undying Love does a great job at combining horror with comedy, romance and ecchi. It is a love story between two people, one human and the other a zombie. It contains some heavy fanservice, from bath scenes to close-ups but also has its sweet moments.
1) Nisemonogatari
Japanese Name | Nisemonogatari |
MAL Rating | 8.14 |
Number of Episodes | 11 |
Genre | Comedy, Mystery, Supernatural, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Shaft |
Aired | 2012 |
The Monogatari series might just have the most polarizing opinions among anime enthusiasts. The designing, camera angles and direction of the series have been both criticized and celebrated. Nisemonogatari is the second arc of the first season, revolving around Shinobu Oshino.
While the Monogatari series has some strange shots, it’s Nisemonogatari that contains conventional fanservice elements like bath scenes, non-explicit nudity, etc.
Best Fanservice Anime on Hulu
5) Highschool of the Dead
Anime Name | Highschool of the Dead |
MAL Ratings | 7.08 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre(s) | Action, Horror, Supernatural, Ecchi |
Studio | Madhouse |
Aired | 2010 |
The second zombie anime on this list of best fanservice anime, Highschool of the Dead shows the world succumbing to a zombie outbreak as a group of high school students teaming up to stay alive.
The show has some cool zombie moments but is notorious for its use of fanservice. But it is undoubtedly one of the best fanservice anime on streaming platforms.
4) High School DxD
Japanese Name | Highschool DxD |
MAL Rating | 7.34 |
Number of Episodes | 48 (4 seasons) |
Genre | Comedy, Romance, Ecchi, Harem |
Studio(s) | TNK |
Aired | 2012 – 2018 |
There’s very few anime fans who haven’t heard of High School DxD. Featuring some of the sexiest female characters in anime, the show follows Issei Hyoudou as he finds himself gaining a harem with many beautiful girls, ranging from the sexy Rias Gremory to the innocent Asia Argento.
The show uses a heavy dose of fanservice, prompted by its perverted protagonist and the extremely body-positive ladies surrounding him. Even some of the major plot points of the show are connected to some sexual aspects.
3) Danmachi: Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Japanese Name | Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka |
MAL Rating | 7.55 |
Number of Episodes | 59+ (4 seasons) |
Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | J.C.Staff |
Aired | 2015 – present |
Among the fantasy genre, Danmachi has gained quite the fan-following over the years since its release. It follows Bell Crania, an adventurer dreaming of becoming the greatest adventurer in the world.
Joining him is a goddess named Hestia. The duo then embark upon a journey in the infamous “Dungeon” in a search of adventure.
Though a famous anime, Danmachi is said to have numerous clichés for its genre, along with too much fanservice.
2) Prison School
Japanese Name | Prison School |
MAL Rating | 7.61 |
Number of Episodes | 12 |
Genre | Comedy, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | J.C.Staff |
Aired | 2015 |
Not only is Prison School one of the wackiest anime out there but also one of the funniest. It is centered in a prestigious high school, Hachimitsu Private Academy that used to be an all-girls school but became co-ed for the first time. As a result, only four boys enrolled in the new co-ed facility.
Surrounded by beauty everywhere, the boys succumb to temptation and try to peek at the women’s bath, but get caught. As a punishment, they are thrown in the Prison School, under the sadistic ladies of the Underground Student Council.
The show contains some of the most explicit and somewhat weird fanservice in all of anime.
1) Kill la Kill
Japanese Name | Kill la Kill |
MAL Rating | 8.04 |
Number of Episodes | 24 |
Genre | Action, Comedy, Ecchi |
Studio(s) | Trigger |
Aired | 2013 |
Unlike the other anime on this list, Kill la Kill is different in only style but the way it uses its fanservice elements as a plot. The show has a straight enough story: a revenge angle mixed with the typical high school environment of anime. But its uniqueness comes from its designs and the pacing and intensity of each episode.
And that was the list of 20 best fanservice anime on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Funimation and Hulu. Enjoy these steamy anime on the streaming platforms as you wait for our next post on Otaku’s Note. We’ll be back soon.
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