Original anime have no source material — no manga to compare against, no spoilers floating around. These earned their ranking on screen alone, scored one episode at a time by verified fans. Prefer adaptations? Browse manga and light novel titles.
Link Click
Odd Taxi
Link Click Season 2
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Detective Conan Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine
To Be Hero X
Living in a World Without Magic
Girls Band Cry
A Place Further Than The Universe
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Wolf Children
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Girls und Panzer der Film
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 4
Detective Conan Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
Your Name.
Princess Mononoke
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Case Closed Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Spirited Away
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Suzume
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Digimon Beatbreak
A Lull in the Sea
Shirobako
Redline
Tamako -love story-
Space Dandy 2nd Season
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
Eureka Seven
Case Closed Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Case Closed Movie 04: Captured In Her Eyes
Detective Conan Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky
Case Closed Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven
Detective Conan Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
Detective Conan Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter
Heartcatch Precure!
Lycoris Recoil
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Castle in the Sky
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Symphogear XV
Macross Frontier
Brave Bang Bravern!
One Piece Film: Gold
Millennium Actress
Sword of the Stranger
Koupen-chan
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Ninja Scroll
Glitter Force
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Spy x Family Code: White
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Darker than Black
Revue Starlight
Tsukigakirei
Promare
Girls und Panzer
Ponyo
Tiger & Bunny
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Space Dandy
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Digimon Tamers
The Quintessential Quintuplets*
Detective Conan Movie 19: The Sunflowers of Inferno
Getter Robo: Armageddon
Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
Weathering with You
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Serial Experiments Lain
Akudama Drive
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Megalobox
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
Mononoke
The Boy and the Beast
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Cyber City
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Star Driver
TIGER & BUNNY 2
Your Lie in April: Moments
Digimon: Our War Game!
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
STARMYU 2
Kill la Kill
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
ID: INVADED
The Garden of Words
Buddy Daddies
Sonny Boy
Princess Principal
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Summer Wars
Ergo Proxy
Negative Positive Angler
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Mr. Osomatsu
The Aquatope on White Sand
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Psycho-Pass 3
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Isekai Quartet 3
Tari Tari
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Tamayura: Hitotose
Mob Psycho 100 II: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip That Warms the Heart~
Haikyu!!: Lev Appears!
Magical DoReMi
Digimon: The Movie
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Angel Beats!
My Neighbor Totoro
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Carole & Tuesday
Symphogear G
Belle
Tada Never Falls in Love
Do It Yourself!!
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Last Exile
Ride Your Wave
Appare-Ranman!
Healer Girl
Gatchaman Crowds
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Her Blue Sky
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
AKB0048: Next Stage
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season
Pom Poko
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Tamayura: More Aggressive
Eden of The East the Movie I: The King of Eden
Blood+
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 3: The Will of Fire
Charlotte
Death Parade
Isekai Quartet
5 Centimeters per Second
91 Days
SK8 the Infinity
Aldnoah.Zero
Tamako Market
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Penguindrum
SSSS.Dynazenon
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
selector spread WIXOSS
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 1
Hal
Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez
Zombieland Saga Movie: Yumeginga Paradise
One Piece: Chopper Kingdom of Strange Animal Island
FLCL
BNA: Brand New Animal
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Psycho-Pass 2
Beyblade X
Bubble
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Waiting in the Summer
Gundam Build Fighters
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Link Click Season 2
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Detective Conan Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine
To Be Hero X
Living in a World Without Magic
Girls Band Cry
A Place Further Than The Universe
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Wolf Children
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Girls und Panzer der Film
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 4
Detective Conan Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
Your Name.
Princess Mononoke
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Detective Conan Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky
Case Closed Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Spirited Away
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Suzume
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Digimon Beatbreak
A Lull in the Sea
Shirobako
Redline
Tamako -love story-
Space Dandy 2nd Season
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
Eureka Seven
Case Closed Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island
Case Closed Movie 04: Captured In Her Eyes
Detective Conan Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky
Case Closed Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven
Detective Conan Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital
Detective Conan Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter
Heartcatch Precure!
Lycoris Recoil
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Castle in the Sky
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Symphogear XV
Macross Frontier
Brave Bang Bravern!
One Piece Film: Gold
Millennium Actress
Sword of the Stranger
Koupen-chan
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Ninja Scroll
Glitter Force
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Spy x Family Code: White
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Darker than Black
Revue Starlight
Tsukigakirei
Promare
Girls und Panzer
Ponyo
Tiger & Bunny
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Space Dandy
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Digimon Tamers
The Quintessential Quintuplets*
Detective Conan Movie 19: The Sunflowers of Inferno
Getter Robo: Armageddon
Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker
Weathering with You
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Serial Experiments Lain
Akudama Drive
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Megalobox
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
Mononoke
The Boy and the Beast
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Cyber City
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Star Driver
TIGER & BUNNY 2
Your Lie in April: Moments
Digimon: Our War Game!
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion I - Initiation
STARMYU 2
Kill la Kill
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
ID: INVADED
The Garden of Words
Buddy Daddies
Sonny Boy
Princess Principal
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Summer Wars
Ergo Proxy
Negative Positive Angler
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Mr. Osomatsu
The Aquatope on White Sand
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Psycho-Pass 3
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Isekai Quartet 3
Tari Tari
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Tamayura: Hitotose
Mob Psycho 100 II: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip That Warms the Heart~
Haikyu!!: Lev Appears!
Magical DoReMi
Digimon: The Movie
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Angel Beats!
My Neighbor Totoro
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Carole & Tuesday
Symphogear G
Belle
Tada Never Falls in Love
Do It Yourself!!
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
Last Exile
Ride Your Wave
Appare-Ranman!
Healer Girl
Gatchaman Crowds
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Her Blue Sky
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Le Chevalier D'Eon
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
AKB0048: Next Stage
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season
Pom Poko
Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Tamayura: More Aggressive
Eden of The East the Movie I: The King of Eden
Blood+
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 3: The Will of Fire
Charlotte
Death Parade
Isekai Quartet
5 Centimeters per Second
91 Days
SK8 the Infinity
Aldnoah.Zero
Tamako Market
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Penguindrum
SSSS.Dynazenon
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
selector spread WIXOSS
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 1
Hal
Cardfight!! Vanguard Divinez
Zombieland Saga Movie: Yumeginga Paradise
One Piece: Chopper Kingdom of Strange Animal Island
FLCL
BNA: Brand New Animal
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Psycho-Pass 2
Beyblade X
Bubble
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Waiting in the Summer
Gundam Build Fighters
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