NOVELTY - An anode material contains conductive carbon, rare earth elements, undoped cerium oxide powder having specific surface area of 1x 10 m2/g to 1x 102 m2/g, tin oxide powder having specific surface area of 1x 10 m2/g to 1x 102 m2/g and platinum having average secondary particle diameter of 30 nm or less, and has oxidation activity. The specific surface area of platinum, cerium oxide powder, tin oxide powder and conductive carbon satisfy specific relation.    USE - Anode material is used for anode of fuel cell (claimed) such as polymer-type fuel cell and direct methanol-type fuel cell used as power supply for portable devices.    ADVANTAGE - The anode material has excellent oxidation activity, and provides fuel cell having excellent durability and high output.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - An anode material contains conductive carbon, rare earth elements, undoped cerium oxide powder having specific surface area of 1x 10 m2/g to 1x 102 m2/g, tin oxide powder having specific surface area of 1x 10 m2/g to 1x 102 m2/g and platinum having average secondary particle diameter of 30 nm or less, and has oxidation activity. The specific surface area of platinum, cerium oxide powder, tin oxide powder and conductive carbon satisfy relation: XPt/Y'(ACeO2x (1-A)SnO2)/Z(conductive carbon), where X is 5x 10-2 to 4x 10-1, Y'is 1x 10-1 to 3x 10-1, Z is 1-X-Y'and A is 6x 10-1 to 8x 10-1, in which X, Y', Z and A represents the content rate of platinum, cerium oxide, tin oxide and conductive carbon. An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for manufacturing method of anode material, which involves forming ceria precursor by dripping cerium nitrate aqueous solution having concentration of 5x 10-2 mole/l to 8x 10-1 into ammonium carbonate/ammonium hydrogencarbonate aqueous solution having concentration of 1x 10-1 (M) to 5x 10-1 (M) at rate of 2.5 ml/minute or less, performing solid-liquid separation of obtained ceria precursor, washing with water, drying for 2x 10 hours to 4x 10 hours, calcining resulting solid at 3x 102 degrees C to 5x 102 degrees C under oxygen atmosphere to form crystalline ceria nano powder, mixing formed powder with chloroplatinic-acid aqueous solution having concentration of 1x 10-2 (M) to 5x 10-2 (M), evaporating solvent under inert gas atmosphere, drying, calcining the resulting solid by supplying hydrogen (in which the content of solid to flow of hydrogen gas is 1x 10-3 (gx minute/ml) to 1x 10-2 (gx minute/ml)), add-mixing tin oxide powder to the resulting powder, and adding conductive carbon.