Which Anime Series Has the Most Filler? (2024)

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What anime has the highest amount of filler? ›

Detective Conan (503 episodes out of 1111)

Detective Conan is Japan's most iconic crime and mystery series of all time and also the anime with the most filler.

Common consensus is that basically, Bleach is a filler filled mess, Naruto is slightly less so, and One Piece is pretty much golden.

The anime with the most filler is, apparently, Detective Conan (Case Closed). Gintoki over at Anime Galaxy Official reported back in April that out of 1039 episodes of Detective Conan, 440 are filler.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations was an anime series that ran from 2017 to 2023. In total 293 episodes of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations were aired. With a total of 33 reported filler episodes, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations has a low filler percentage of 11%.

It's fine to skip filler in anime since the actual story will almost never reference filler material – some fandoms even strongly suggest skipping filler – but some anime handle filler well. Filler arcs in Bleach are eminently skippable, as they stray far from the original storyline.

The Big Three was a term used to describe the three most popular running series during their golden age in Jump - One Piece, Naruto and Bleach. All three series got their common title due to their worldwide popularity and length.

Many anime fans have debated about what the current “Big Three" are. Specifically, My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer, and Jujutsu Kaisen. Arguably, it's difficult to say that there will ever be another, legitimate shonenw “Big Three”.

The anime adaptations of Naruto and its sequel series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations are renowned for being riddled with an overabundance of filler. However, Boruto easily surpasses Naruto in this regard.

Debuting in 1969 and still producing new episodes, the slice-of-life show Sazae-San is the longest-running anime series ever.

What Naruto fillers can I skip? ›

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is almost entirely filler, and is ridiculed for that. However, Boruto is very enjoyable, and the fillers entertain fans while the manga's creators work hard to put out more chapters. The fillers don't affect the series as it's easy to skip the bad ones.

Sarada Reveals Her Love of Boruto to Sumire

This statement carries much more weight when considering Sarada and Sumire's last meaningful interaction in chapter 19. Right when Sarada and Team 7 are about to leave Sumire's work, Sumire says to Sarada that the prospect of other girls liking Boruto must bother her.

A recent chapter of Boruto: Two Blue Vortex featured an incredible fight between Boruto and Code that proves the title character isn't just stronger than his dad, Naruto, he ranks among the strongest Shinobi the franchise has ever seen.

As of the time of writing, One Piece has 94 filler episodes accounting for just under 9% of all episodes. That 9% is actually pretty impressive considering many other huge shonen anime produced in its era. Naruto's anime was made up of around 40% filler while Bleach clocked in at roughly 45% filler.

Sazae-San holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running television animated show ever, with over 2,640 episodes. The title of longest-running anime is a surprisingly difficult question to answer, if only because there are so many anime that have continuously aired episodes for decades.

Attack on Titan does not have many filler episodes, with only a handful of Mixed Canon/Filler Episodes (22, 33, 38-41). Now that you have the order of Attack on Titan, you can catch it on your favourite streaming service and watch it all in one go or take your time.