Top 15 Original Anime
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jul 30, 2011 23:57 JST
- Tags: Code Geass, Cowboy Bebop, OVA, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Rankings, TV
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.
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Tiger & Bunny... you gotta be kidding right?
it's actually quite good, though.
But it's not really original, is it? -_-'
Sponsored heroes that appear on "Hero TV" isn't original? =_=
They mean original as in the the very first thing is an anime, rather than it being an adaptation. That said, no, sponsored super heroes are not original.
well forthe discussions sake, a similar theme was an important part of the main story of the game ratchet:deadlocked
Good, yes. But not THAT good.
Totally deserves the top spot. Best anime-first anime I've seen in a while.
I'm surprised Panty and Stocking isnt here though; it was pretty popular and wasnt based on anything so it qualifies as an 'original anime'.
Lol good? I dropped it after the second episode cause its terribleness...
the secodn episode was terrible, but it became quite good later.
Any anime that doesn't include an obligatory beach episode or a sports and culture day episode in the plot line would have to be considered original in my opinion.
They've all been done to death!
Amen to that!!
Could not agree more...
So very true...
I guess it's kinda tradition in japanese youth.
Not sure, though. Might be just my twisted reality because of anime.
what is sad, is a cliche, but i guess is one of the few things where anime close to reality.
The sports thing yes, but the the beach scene lets you see the characters in a way that can confirm or disprove the mysteries of what was left to imagination.
Considering going to spas is heavily promoted in family outings and cultural events are MANDATORY in most schools, and kids at a young age go on beach excursions and girls tends to have fun picking up beach-wear and flaunting it..
I don't know. Maybe it's cliche for a reason.
where is our K-ON？
K-On is based on a four panel comic, so it's not originally an anime
Amen.
It's becoming a stereotype when it comes to school life lol.
1. Sports day
2. Culture festival
3. Summer holidays + beach + onsen
4. Valentines + White Day
5. Christmas
6. New Year
or a brocon imouto...
Yeah. I liked OreImo, but that was the exception where the characters won me over rather than me liking incest or BroCon sisters. They're often really annoying.
Also agree with all of these. I know High School is an easy setting for anime, but can we have more that aren't in high school? I know some otaku will freak out that their shows aren't bursting at the seams with virginal jailbait high school girls, but I think it'd be a lot better for the writing of the shows and the industry as a whole if they stop setting every damned show there.
I'm happy Cowboy Bebop and Code Geass showed up on this list at any rate. Big O was interesting in a weird way as well. I'm disappoint by the lack of FLCL though, I'm pretty sure that was Anime first.
Wrong definition of "original."
Obviously kanbanmusume only read the top 15 and not the rest of the post...
By "original" they meant the origin of the story. Instead of having the common manga based Anime show, it's a list of the best Anime based manga story. Hope that made sense.
Call me a retard, but I recall that Square Enix publishes the Iroha comic and sponsors every TV episode, so I'm not sure it's an original series.
yup thats why it's weird that it's on the list
I believe the manga began simultaneously with the announcement of the series (which was way back last year).
For me its those slice of life, romance types of animes. Usually its based on this lonely (virgin?) male protagonist that goes/transfered to school and meets a girl.then all sorts of crazy stuff happens and then it invetibily turns into a harem(that lucky bastard T^T).I can name a few like shuffle!, Bakatest, Bridge to the starry skies,and clannad(maybe clannad,I just read the first chapter on mangareader and my harem senses started to tingle...or that was the coffee i drank earlier).
don't forget onsen, but i don't really have any problem with that. :D
before the hordes come in bitching about which of these are and arent original remember this means 'original' in the sense of 'not based on an existing manga/light novel/game/pachinko machine/whatever'.
What about Higahi no Eden?
Higashi no Eden is excellent!
Wow no more K-ON? I thought it always present in all Top Anime Etc...
Sadly the only reason it's not here is it comes from a Manga.
It makes me sick to my stomach that Tiger & Bunny is at the top. I mean, the only thing that this anime is good at is attracting the yaoi community. Is this just another broken list or something? I see Madoka Magica as the better anime.
yes indeed, It is one of my favorite anime that I've watched in the last 2 years.
Angel beats??
Where is Precure lol?
EPIC FAIL, you know why, what ignorants are voting in those lists
Tiger & bunny is an original anime. Not many animes are about this kind of superheroes. It's more or an American comic restricted topic.
As for Madoka... there ARE many magic shoujos. But you gotta admit non are so... non-lil girls orientated.
You fail to understand what is meant by "original." It's not a ranking of which series was most unique in its concepts, etc., it's a ranking of which series was BEST among series which were anime originals (i.e., they were not adaptations from manga, games, novels, etc.).
Unfortunately, even the people creating the list seem to have overlooked that two or three of the series listed (most notably Nanoha, which was an alternate universe spin-off of an eroge) weren't quite original to anime.
Ignorants with taste, apparently.
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where in the bloody hell is Eva?
....maybe they knew Eva would take 1st place so the made an "all except Eva" ranking..it happens :D
Penquindrum is near the top, and no one is bitching about it!
Fuck yeah, it's my victory~
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