2025 was phenomenal and possibly one of the biggest years anime has seen in a long time. Many major hit anime series have returned with a brand new season and some new anime series have taken off with great success. With so many amazing anime series, it must be hard for fans to choose the best anime. This means that at the end of the day, only one can come out on top when it comes to fan ratings. After 2025, fans can now get a clearer look at MAL's self-voted top-rated, and the winner is none other than Pharmacy diaries season 2
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The Apothecary Diaries has huge projects ahead of it, including a third season and a movie.
While The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 was the biggest TV animeone series has topped it overall and that is the 2025 hit movie Chainsaw Man: Reze arc. Regardless, The Apothecary Diaries is still going strong, with major new projects already confirmed for 2026, notably a new movie and a third season of the anime. Fans can't wait Pharmacy diaries has in store for them as it cements itself as one of the biggest new anime series.
The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 is the highest rated TV anime of 2025
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It boasts a high rating of 8.91/10 on MAL
The Apothecary Diaries is a relatively new anime series that is experiencing huge successin Japan and overseas. The Apothecary Diaries first started in 2023 with their first anime season. Although it was a relatively unknown anime at the time, the series was an instant hit and ended up being one of the biggest successes of 2023 and 2024. On MAL, fans rated it 8.86/10, making it one of the 30 highest rated anime seasons ever.
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She is no longer the frail, frail woman waiting for the thread of her life to snap. – Maomao
While that was impressive enough on its own, The Apothecary Diaries took it to the top in 2025 with its second anime season. Apothecary Diaries Season 2 was even more amazing and fans loved it. On MAL, this season was rated even higher, with a score of 8.91/10. This score now makes it the 20th highest rated anime of all time, as well as the highest rated anime television series of 2025.
Apothecary Diaries is the highest rated TV anime, but not the highest rated anime overall
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Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc was the highest rated animated medium
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It was rated 9.12/10 by fans
The Apothecary Diaries was quite easily the highest rated TV anime series of 2025and since then no other anime has been able to top it. The closest series in terms of score was Kingdom Season 6. But even then it only managed to score 8.79/10.
The real truth is…I'm tired…eating things like toast with jam for breakfast…! What I really want…is to have steak for breakfast every morning! I know I shouldn't! I know it's terrible! But it's the same when it comes to girls! Deep down…I want five!! No, ten girlfriends!! I want to have lots of sex!! That's why…that's why I…want to be a chainsaw! – Denji
It might seem like The Apothecary Diaries hasn't been beaten in 2025, but that's not exactly the case. Although it dominated in the TV anime department, when all anime content is counted, including movies, one series has surpassed it, and that is one of the biggest Japanese movies of 2025, Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc..
The movie Reze Arc was a huge box office hit and was rated very highly by fans. His quality was such it blew everything else out of the water as it managed to secure a score of 9.12/10. This was a huge and this makes it not only the highest rated anime of 2025, but also the second highest rated anime of all time. The only anime currently ahead of Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc is the iconic Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
2025 had many other highly rated series
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My Hero Academia Season 8, Takopi's Original Sin and many more were huge successes
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc was the highest rated anime overallwhile The Apothecary Diaries Season 2 was the highest rated TV anime. with that said, many other series also stood out significantly in 2025 with high fan ratings.
My Hero Academia Season 8, the series finale, was monumental. Overall, it scored 8.77/10 on MAL, but on IMDb, all of its episodes were rated 9 or higher.
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Takopi's Original Sin was also a big hit with fans. With only 6 episodes, this series managed to become one of the highest rated series of 2025 with a score of 8.78/10.
2025 had other big hits such as Kingdom Season 6, Solo Leveling Season 2, Dandadan Season 2, Lord of Mysteries and Gachiakutaamong many others. All these series managed to score at least 8/10.
For all these incredible anime, none of them have really managed to surpass The Apothecary Diaries, which shows the immense quality of the story. This is even more impressive when we know that The Apothecary Diaries doesn't have the flashiest animations, nor does it have a lot of action, which other series present at a much higher level, and fans seem to appreciate a lot these days. Apothecary Diaries securing such a high score means fans have even higher expectations for what's to come with the franchise in 2026, and hopefully Natsu Hyuga's work will surpass them.
Pharmacy journals are coming back strong in 2026
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The Apothecary Diaries Season 3, Part 1 will end in October 2026
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The new Apothecary Diaries movie is scheduled for release in December 2026
Fans can't get enough of Maomao and her adventures in The Apothecary Diaries. Fortunately for fans, Pharmaceutical journals already have confirmed major projects in the works for 2026.
to begin with Season 3 of Apothecary Diaries is confirmed to be on the way. This new season will be divided into two courses, the first of which will be released in October 2026, while the second will be released in 2027.
Nevertheless, there are fools who allow themselves to be controlled by their emotions to the point of serious mistakes. – Maomao
As for 2026, it's not over for this franchise. Apothecary Diaries is also getting a new original filmwhich was written by original creator Natsu Hyuga. Fans are definitely excited to see Maomao on the big screen and hopefully he will get even higher ratings.
The Apothecary Diaries is currently a must watch anime. Since the series has been announced for a third season, fans who are still catching up have the opportunity to watch the first two seasons, which have a total of 48 episodes. All these episodes are accessible and streaming on Crunchyroll, the largest anime platform.
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