Demand for original anime seems to be at an all time high – and considering the quality of recent originals, it is not hard to see why.
The ranking – with “original” in this case referring to those not adapted from manga, light novels and games, but where the anime is also the original:
1. Ano Hi Mita Hana
2. Code Geass
3. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
4. Tiger & Bunny
5. Mawaru Penguindrum
6. s-CRY-ed
7. Macross F
8. Angel Beats!
9. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
10. Dog Days
Needless to say, Fractale does not feature on the list…
i thought that s-cry-ed was based off the manga? Or was it that the manga was based off the anime>
And where is Baccano! on this list? When was the last time anyone saw a show that was effectively a series of vignettes starring 1920’s New York mobsters, immortals (some of whom are also mobsters), homunculi and a Badass Normal gymnast who could kill anyone ever? Never before. No Japanese period piece has ever been this ‘fresh’ from a content standpoint and no juxtaposition by a Japanese author has been as ‘new’.
mawaru penguindrum is an original??? Are you sure??? Wow!!!
Angel Beats! is not a original anime.
its a light novel.
uhh, Angel Beats is an original anime. The light novel (track zero) doesn’t have the plot of the anime. It only shows what happened before the plot of the anime.
So much for original anime. The only one on that list I would watch again is Macross F, and that may not be really original. That show aside, every other name on that list bored me.