‘Kaiju No. 8’ Is Crunchyroll’s Most-Watched Anime This Week: Here Is the Rest of the Top 10

Crunchyroll is buzzing with fresh premieres, movie events, and returning favorites, which makes this a great moment to grab something new while you keep up with ongoing hits. From big monster battles to underdog fantasy arcs to heartfelt school stories, this week’s lineup covers a lot of ground and gives you plenty to add to your queue.

Here is a clean countdown of what fans are watching right now. Each entry includes the core setup along with concrete details about source material and production so you can quickly see where each project comes from and what to expect before you start your next watch.

10. ‘My Dress-Up Darling’ (2022)

‘My Dress-Up Darling’ adapts the manga by Shinichi Fukuda and follows Wakana Gojo, a high school student who makes traditional hina doll costumes, and Marin Kitagawa, a classmate who pulls him into the world of cosplay. The story moves through specific projects, convention prep, and the craft behind sewing and makeup, with each episode focusing on materials, pattern work, and photo shoots that show how an outfit comes together.

The anime is produced by CloverWorks and directed by Keisuke Shinohara, with character designs that keep the manga’s clean fashion lines and fabric detail. The Japanese cast features Shoya Ishige as Wakana Gojo and Hina Suguta as Marin Kitagawa, and the music and sound direction lean into warm everyday ambience to match school life and workshop scenes.

9. ‘Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest’ (2025)

‘Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest’ is a fantasy series about a protagonist who is written off for holding an appraiser class and then discovers a way to turn identification skills into real combat power. The plot tracks party formation, guild jobs, and town to dungeon arcs while the lead refines appraisal abilities that reveal hidden traits in equipment, enemies, and quests.

The anime adapts a light novel that also received a manga version, and the production visualizes systems with on screen readouts that present stats and item properties. Fight scenes are staged around ability cooldowns and combo timing, while the supporting cast rounds out a balanced party with roles that benefit from the appraisal mechanic during upgrades and loot checks.

8. ‘Clevatess’ (2025)

‘Clevatess’ brings a dark fantasy manga to television and centers on a brilliant strategist who engineers the return of an ancient demon king in a world divided by rival kingdoms. Early episodes set up war councils, coded messages, and shifting alliances as nobles and generals react to the plan and scramble for an advantage.

The production builds a consistent military fantasy look with heraldry, siege engines, and spell circles that carry across battles. Conflicts are structured as multi stage operations, so planning sessions lead into skirmishes and occupation, and the score contrasts tense council rooms with night raids and field marches.

7. ‘Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-‘ (2025)

‘Solo Leveling -ReAwakening-‘ from A-1 Pictures continues the screen adaptation of the web novel and manhwa created by Chugong with illustrations by Dubu of Redice Studio. The film follows Sung Jinwoo as he advances through higher rank gates while managing the unique powers that set him apart from other hunters and from guild politics in the city.

The Japanese cast includes Taito Ban as Sung Jinwoo, with regional dubs available for wider release. The larger format allows for expanded set pieces with massive summons, fast arena transitions, and boss phases, and the production scales creature rendering and crowd compositions compared with the television run.

6. ‘The Water Magician’ (2025)

‘The Water Magician’ is an anime television series based on the light novels by Tadashi Kubo. It follows Ryo, who is reincarnated in the world of Phi and learns to survive with water magic in a remote subcontinent filled with dangerous monsters. He carries a hidden Eternal Youth trait that lets him persevere through long years of training and hardship, and the story tracks how he grows into a powerful magician while crossing paths with allies like Abel and Sera.

The series is produced by Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland and is directed by Hideyuki Satake. Jun Kumagai handles series composition and Yuka Kozutsumi provides character designs, with music by Akira Kosemura and Sayaka Aoki. It airs on TBS and BS11 in Japan and streams on Crunchyroll, and the main cast includes Ayumu Murase as Ryo, Kazuki Ura as Abel, and Kaede Hondo as Sera.

5. ‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ (2019)

‘The Rising of the Shield Hero’ adapts Aneko Yusagi’s light novels and follows Naofumi Iwatani, one of four heroes summoned to another world who is bound to the shield as his legendary weapon. The series tracks Naofumi as he builds a party with Raphtalia and Filo and learns to upgrade defensive skills to counter waves of calamity that threaten towns and kingdoms.

Kinema Citrus leads the animation production and preserves the novels’ material and enhancement systems with status boards, crafting, and class ups. The Japanese cast features Kaito Ishikawa as Naofumi and Asami Seto as Raphtalia, and the score by Kevin Penkin blends folk textures with orchestral themes that support travel, diplomacy, and dungeon runs.

4. ‘Gachiakuta’ (2025)

‘Gachiakuta’ adapts Kei Urana’s manga and follows Rudo, a boy from a slum who is cast into a massive pit filled with dangerous trash and cursed tools. He survives by joining cleaners who handle contaminated objects and learns to fight with equipment that channels power locked inside discarded things.

The anime keeps the manga’s graffiti and scrap aesthetic in backgrounds and props, with high contrast line work carried into motion during action scenes. Episodes focus on training, retrieval jobs in the pit, and the mystery behind the tools, while the production uses readable choreography to highlight hand to hand combat and improvised gear.

3. ‘Dan Da Dan’ (2024)

‘Dan Da Dan’ adapts the manga by Yukinobu Tatsu and pairs a believer in the supernatural with a skeptic as they collide with aliens and yokai in fast moving encounters. The story moves quickly from school corridors to abandoned buildings and rural sites while each case reveals a new entity and a new rule set for the duo to understand.

The anime is produced by Science SARU and brings dynamic layouts and expressive character acting to the screen. The adaptation organizes early arcs around investigations that blend humor with high stakes chases and fights, and it keeps references to classic genre film and folklore that run through the source.

2. ‘Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!’ (2025)

‘Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer!’ follows a young woman who is taken in by an elite adventurer and learns the ropes of guild life through quests, training, and travel between towns and dungeons. The setup uses a mentor and ward dynamic that develops through jobs on the board, supply runs, and party work that introduces new allies.

The series adapts a light novel that also received a manga edition, and the production presents clean fantasy iconography with guild counters, equipment shops, and field maps. Episodes balance day to day tasks with milestone battles, and character progression is shown through new gear, skill unlocks, and party coordination.

1. ‘Kaiju No. 8’ (2024)

‘Kaiju No. 8’ adapts Naoya Matsumoto’s manga and follows Kafka Hibino, a worker in kaiju cleanup who gains the ability to transform and decides to join the Defense Force. The story tracks recruitment, field operations, and escalating encounters with powerful creatures as Kafka navigates secrecy around his transformation and his connection to his longtime friend Mina.

The anime is produced by Production I.G with kaiju design work contributed by Studio Khara, and the adaptation emphasizes large scale city battles and organized response teams. The Japanese cast features Masaya Fukunishi as Kafka Hibino and Asami Seto as Mina Ashiro, and the production uses clear on screen readouts to show gear, unit structure, and threat levels during sorties.

Tell us which of these you are watching right now and share your thoughts in the comments.