Though manga, light novels and visual novels tend to account for the bulk of anime productions, some of the biggest and best loved franchises have been spawned by original anime first appearing on TV – fans provide a fairly convincing ranking of the best.
1. Tiger & Bunny
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
3. Mawaru Penguin Drum
4. Cowboy Bebop
5. Code Geass
6. [C]: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
7. Jewel Pet Tinkle
8. Animal Detective Kuruminzoo
9. Darker Than Black
10. The Big O
11. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
12. Ano Hi Mita Hana
13. Angel Beats!
14. Dog Days
15. Hanasaku Iroha
As ever, the persistence of mahou shoujo fans in voting for their favourites is both a blessing and a curse.
best anime possible.
Those Jewel Pet Twinkle girls are so cute.
Once again, they forget THE FIRST ANIME EVER CREATED.
Atom’s about as original as you get. Tetsuwan Atom invented almost every single factor related to anime nowadays. Has there even been any other anime to date that deals with the destructiveness of racism? I don’t fucking think so.
IMAD
Not sure I would consider Jewel Pet Tinkle completely original, as it is based off of a toy line. Not that it would affect the show too much, but there are certain…constraints when your show is basically a glorified advertisement.
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