Anime Time Machine
Travel back to any anime season: pick a year, see what premiered and get up to three top-rated picks to watch tonight. Filter by genre and format.
About the Anime Time Machine
Some of the best anime you haven’t seen aired years ago. Set the dial to a number of years back, or jump straight to a year and season, and the Time Machine shows what premiered then: Winter (January to March), Spring, Summer or Fall.
Narrow the season by genre or format, and sort by today’s MyAnimeList scores or by popularity. “Tonight’s boarding passes” picks up to three different series from that season’s highly rated premieres, skipping recaps and sequels whose earlier seasons you haven’t seen. Use your MyAnimeList and anything you’ve already watched is left out.
Step to the previous or next season to keep exploring, open any title for its details and where to stream it, and share the trip as a time capsule link or image. Seasons come from our catalogue of 2,500+ anime rather than a complete broadcast archive, so a quiet season may just mean fewer titles we track.