An anode for liquid fuel cell includes a current collector and a catalyst layer, in which the catalyst layer has a porosity in a range of 20 to 65%, and a volume of pores of which diameter ranges from 50 to 800 nm is 30% or more of a pore volume of the catalyst layer, the catalyst layer has a pore diameter distribution having a peak in a range of 100 to 800 nm, and the catalyst layer comprises fibrous supported catalysts and granular supported catalysts, the fibrous supported catalysts contain carbon nanofibers having a herringbone or platelet structure, and catalyst particles carried on the carbon nanofibers, and the granular supported catalysts contain carbon black particles and catalyst particles carried on the carbon black particles.