Highlights

  • Studios like Wit Studio bring fan-favorite manga to life with talented animators, ensuring a good series every time.
  • Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign emphasizes loyalty and friendship in a post-apocalyptic world controlled by vampires.
  • The Ancient Magus' Bride offers a captivating mix of romance and drama with stunning visuals in each episode.

In a world where there is a new anime announcement every other week, the importance of studios cannot be overstated. These studios hire the most talented animators, who work tirelessly for hours to bring fans' favorite manga to life.

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Wit Studio is one of the most well-known anime studios, and it has been constantly churning out top-notch animations. This has helped the studio gain a very good reputation. So, fans always know that the series is going to be good. Wit Studio has created so many outstanding anime, making it hard to pick just one favorite. But there is no denying that some of their projects are better than the rest.

7 Seraph of the End:

MAL Rating: 7.49

seraph-of-the-end-yuu-mika
Seraph of the End
Action
Supernatural

Release Date
April 4, 2015
Studio
Wit Studio
Creator
Takaya Kagami

Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign is set in a time when a virus sweeps through the entire world, killing everyone above the age of 13. This allows vampires to take over the world and make humans submit to them. However, two boys, Yuuichirou and Mikaela, decide to rebel against the system.

Unfortunately, only Yuuichirou is about to come out alive. So, he makes a promise to fight and exterminate the vampires who robbed him of everything. The anime puts heavy stress on loyalty and friendship. With an exciting plot and a good cast of characters, Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign is definitely worth watching.

6 Great Pretender

MAL Rating: 8.21

A handsome blonde man smiling at the screen with a champagne glass in his hand
  • Release Date: 2020-06-09
  • Genres: Action, Adventure
  • Studio: Wit Studio
  • Creator: None

Makoto Edamura's life is filled with hardships. For him, every day is a challenge, so he does not care about how he makes a living. One day, he decides to rob a tourist, but it turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. After being chased by the police, he finally finds the tourist again.

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Makoto Edamura learns that the individual is also a conman. This leads to the start of an adventure in which Makoto Edamura tries to reclaim his position as the best swindler in all of Japan.

5 The Ancient Magus' Bride

MAL Rating: 8.06

Chise Hatori in the ancient magus bride
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Release Date
October 8, 2017
Studio
Wit Studio (Season 1), Studio Kafka (Season 2)
Creator
Kore Yamazaki

The Ancient Magus' Bride focuses on the life of Chitose. After being mistreated almost her entire life, she decides that selling herself couldn't be worse. Eventually, a mysterious, masked man ends up buying her. Following their meeting, the two live together and learn about many new things.

The story is filled with a great deal of romance and drama. Each episode has beautiful visuals, which make it extremely difficult to turn one's head away from the screen. While it may not be as popular as some of the other projects by Wit Studio, it is hard to deny that The Ancient Magus' Bride is just as good, if not better.

4 Spy x Family

MAL Rating: 8.55

Bond and Anya Forger
Spy x Family
Comedy
Action

Release Date
April 9, 2022
Studio
Wit Studio, CloverWorks
Creator
Tatsuya Endou

Spy x Family follows the story of agent Twilight, who is tasked with the mission to save the world from destruction. To stop things from escalating, Twilight takes the identity of Loid Forger. After that, Loid meets Anya and Yor and forms a family.

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Spy x Family contains a lot of humor, and it combines it brilliantly with the more serious moments to maintain the overall balance. The characters in the series are also unique and have distinct personalities.

3 Attack on Titan

MAL Rating: 8.54

Eren with blood on his hands
Attack On Titan
Action
Drama
Fantasy

Release Date
April 7, 2013
Studio
Wit Studio, MAPPA
Creator
Hajime Isayama

Most fans know about WIT Studio because of Attack on Titan, and vice versa. Ever since the studio released the first season, fans knew that it was going to be a massive hit. The series follows the story of Eren Yeager, who lives in a world that is infested with Titans. Despite the constant threat to their lives, people try their best to survive. As the story progresses, Eren and his friends get involved in many traumatic events that shape their future.

The anime is popular mainly because of its compelling story. The series also includes many incredible fights between humans and Titans. The animation is smooth, making it rather pleasing to the eye.

2 Ranking of Kings

MAL Rating: 8.52

Bojji from Ranking of Kings
Ranking of Kings
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Release Date
October 15, 2021
Studio
Wit Studio
Creator
Sōsuke Tōka

Ranking of Kings is an emotional tale that revolves around Prince Bojji, who is unable to talk or hear. Due to his physical problems, the people of the kingdom mock him all the time. However, Bojji tries not to let the insults get to his head. Ultimately, Bojji meets Kage, who becomes his first proper friend.

Ranking of Kings is truly a touching story that tugs at the heartstrings of the viewers. The audience gets an opportunity to see the growth of a feeble young prince into a brilliant warrior.

1 Vinland Saga

MAL Rating: 8.75

Thorfinn from Vinland Saga
Vinland Saga
Action
Drama
Historical
Release Date
July 7, 2019
Studio
Wit Studio, MAPPA
Creator
Makoto Yukimura

Vinland Saga follows the story of a young boy, Thorfinn, whose naïveté results in the death of his father. This leads him down a path of self-destruction. Thorfinn kills many people on his journey, both innocent and guilty, but these deaths don't seem to affect him. He keeps going until he fails to achieve his goal, after which, everything comes crumbling down for him. It dawns on him that he killed so many people who weren't even at fault for his father's death.

Wit Studio did a fabulous job of adopting Makoto Yukimura's work. Everything about the anime was phenomenal. The quality of the animation and the OSTs were enough to keep fans glued to their screens.

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