As a demographic and a genre for the anime medium Shonen has brought action-packed variety to a familiar form on the broadcast screen. It is almost a welcome family friend among the variety of anime out there. It's certainly more accessible, welcoming, and available than other shows, and some of its best examples have done a good job of not only bringing anime into the mainstream but also innovating and influencing the industry as a whole.

Fist of the North Star, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, and Dragon Ball were some of the most formative of the contemporaries, with the late '90s and early 2000s bringing in the mainstream giants like Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece.

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However, as a new decade approaches, it is time to celebrate the accomplishments of a generation that helped maintain Shonen hype for a growing generation of fans. This list will be running some of the rulers of recent years, as it looks at 10 of the best Shonen anime of the past decade.

10 Dr. Stone

One of the freshest entries on this list (still airing its first season as of this writing), Dr. Stone is proof that old dogs can learn new tricks, as it shakes the Shonen battle formula on its head. Rather than have conflicts of muscles and strength, this series focuses on the battles between minds, bringing the cadences of the Shonen formula to genuine strategy, science, and the logistics of engineering.

It's a series that can make discovering medicine feel like the next Saiyan transformation, becoming one of the few Shonen's, let alone anime out there, that can make learning genuinely exciting.

9 The Promised Neverland

The Promised Neverland is another shake up of the traditional Shonen formula. While it does focus on spunky, young protagonists with a loft dream of friendship and adventure, the other ideals of the genre are turned on their head and challenged to a fight, as this series brings in a variety of horror and suspense tropes to set it apart from others.

This series has a group of orphans not only fight against man-eating demons but also the system and culture facilitating it, as human and demon alike is coming after these kids. Not as enemies, however, but like missing cattle.

8 Haikyu!!

When Kuroko's Basketball ended, there was a major hole left in the Shonen sports world that no other ball could seemingly fill. Such a wait was short-lived when the new kid on the block, Hinata, put on his gym shorts and quickly entered the fray, displaying a new frenetically paced sports anime in the form of high school volleyball.

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This series has not only been a sales giant but has sparked a wave of fans to even rival its predecessors. It has certainly done the good sport of volleyball plenty of favors.

7 Black Clover

Fairy Tail isn't the only mage based Shonen series on the block. A couple years back, Shonen Jump took the concept, slapped a new coat of paint on it and gave it one of the loudest and most impassioned protagonists around. That guy, Asta, is the Black Bull's magically impaired adventurer whose use of an anti-magic sword more than helps him level the playing field.

Not only developing some of the best fights in anime in recent years but also some of the greatest opening sequences, Black Clover was the big bang for a new era that the modern generation of Shonen anime needed.

6 The Seven Deadly Sins

A series that shows that Shonen Jump is not necessarily the only battle series factory out there, The Seven Deadly Sins is certainly one of the most beloved and exciting fresh faces in anime today.

The fights and adventures of Meliodas and his crew are consistently defined by the diverse, fantastical, and ever sad backstories of its members as well as the strengths and talents that those experiences offered, allowing consistent fun and stakes in a world full of demons, betrayal, and political intrigue. Between its beautiful, fantasy setting and its clearly defined class and magic systems, this series is a juggernaut displaying the Shonen genre at its best.

5 Magi

While a bit of an unsung hero in recent years, Magi was still a critical and sales giant during its baffling short broadcast, though Netflix would help give a nod to one of its best characters, Sinbad.

The tale of Aladdin and Alibaba venturing into dungeons and exploring the fates of who may one day rule the world is one filled with magic, Arabian themed fights and plenty of class warfare. The actual composition of the anime is one met with incredible animation and one of the most beautifully designed and distinct worlds to ever meet an otaku's eyes.

4 Dragon Ball Super

Giving credit where credit is due, Dragon Ball as a major blockbuster anime had quite a revival in recent years, showing that GT and Kai wouldn't be its end. With the help of its movies, Dragon Ball soon returned to the broadcast world as Dragon Ball Super, a retelling and reformed version of the movies that would soon move past them.

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From this came bright new characters, an expansion of the world into a greater multiverse, and, of course, some of the best fights to ever hype up its ever-faithful community. Don't call it a comeback.

3 Demon Slayer

The major breakout hit of 2019, Demon Slayer has brought fans into an amazing world of samurai, demons, and revenge. Not only has its quirky cast of characters and tangible character motivation captured people's hearts, but Ufotable's animation has brought in a new standard for beauty, action, and even pacing to the typical Shonen anime.

As just the icing on top, the Demon Slayer manga has also surpassed One Piece's sales for 2019, a feat only seen once before.

2 Attack on Titan

That perpetrator would be none other than the Shonen/horror/monster flick/political thriller that is Attack on Titan. When those German lyrics first went off, the anime community was all on board to zip through the skies with Eren and his friends, as they clashed, sword to teeth, with the eponymous man-eaters that are the Titans.

Whether it is the perfect enemy/force of nature that is the Titans quick pacing, or the inherent sense of camaraderie and bravery that exudes from the Survey Corps, there is a certain quality to the series that has attracted the millions of fans, East and West, that it has.

1 My Hero Academia

Taking the torch from the likes of Goku, Ichigo, and Naruto, Midoriya Izuku's journey to becoming the world's #1 Hero in a world full of super-powered humans has more than been a fan favorite within recent years. It has a diverse set of characters bursting with personality in both tone and character design.

Its history is enraptured with a strong sense of solidarity yet shrouded in a slowly unveiling mystery. Its main character shakes up the form by having him be a quiet, timid nerd as opposed to the brash archetypes that have dominated the Shonen pages, yet he has more than earned his place with them given his slow yet ever disciplined rise to be the best.

Between its viral openings and blockbuster movies, My Hero Academia has certainly been one of the most successful and beloved Shonen series within this decade.

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