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.
Odd Taxi
Living in a World Without Magic
Link Click
Link Click Season 2
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Girls Band Cry
A Place Further Than The Universe
To Be Hero X
Wolf Children
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
A Lull in the Sea
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Spirited Away
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Redline
Shirobako
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Case Closed Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Castle in the Sky
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
One Piece Film: Gold
Millennium Actress
Sword of the Stranger
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
Macross Frontier
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Eureka Seven
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Weathering with You
Spy x Family Code: White
ID: INVADED
Samurai Champloo
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Girls und Panzer
Symphogear XV
Paranoia Agent
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Digimon Tamers
Brave Bang Bravern!
Mononoke
Space Dandy
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Promare
Serial Experiments Lain
Revue Starlight
Buddy Daddies
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Flip Flappers
The Boy and the Beast
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Your Lie in April: Moments
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
91 Days
Summer Wars
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Akudama Drive
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
The Aquatope on White Sand
Isekai Quartet 3
Negative Positive Angler
Mayonaka Punch
Tada Never Falls in Love
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
The Quintessential Quintuplets*
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Haikyu!!: Lev Appears!
Mob Psycho 100 II: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip That Warms the Heart~
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Angel Beats!
My Neighbor Totoro
The Garden of Words
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Aldnoah.Zero
Sonny Boy
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Symphogear G
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Carole & Tuesday
Ride Your Wave
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Ergo Proxy
Psycho-Pass 3
Appare-Ranman!
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Charlotte
Zombie Land Saga
5 Centimeters per Second
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
SK8 the Infinity
Belle
Tamako Market
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Do It Yourself!!
SSSS.Dynazenon
Waiting in the Summer
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
Sound of the Sky
selector spread WIXOSS
Her Blue Sky
Healer Girl
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Zombieland Saga Movie: Yumeginga Paradise
Eden of The East the Movie I: The King of Eden
Death Parade
Psycho-Pass 2
BNA: Brand New Animal
Zenshu
Bubble
Digimon: Digital Monsters
One Piece Film: Z
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Penguindrum
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Mobile Suit Gundam
Strike Witches
Mirai
Gatchaman Crowds
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Wonder Egg Priority
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Iroduku: The World in Colors
DECA-DENCE
Patema Inverted
Digimon Beatbreak
Princession Orchestra
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Gunbuster
Fena: Pirate Princess
Hamatora The Animation
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Sarazanmai
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 2
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Hero Chapter
K: Missing Kings
Maebashi Witches
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
The Boy and the Heron
The Anthem of the Heart
Hello World
Love Flops
Just Because!
Space Patrol Luluco
B: The Beginning
Dragon Ball Daima
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 4: The Lost Tower
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
Gridman Universe
DARLING in the FRANXX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
SSSS.Gridman
Beyblade X
Train to the End of the World
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Kyousougiga
ENDRO!
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
You and Idol Precure♪
Revolutionary Girl Utena
AKB0048
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
A Whisker Away
Tokyo Godfathers
Food for the Soul
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Digimon Adventure 02
High School Fleet
Macross Delta
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
Living in a World Without Magic
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Link Click Season 2
Link Click: Bridon Arc
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Girls Band Cry
A Place Further Than The Universe
To Be Hero X
Wolf Children
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
A Lull in the Sea
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Spirited Away
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Redline
Shirobako
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
Case Closed Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Castle in the Sky
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
One Piece Film: Gold
Millennium Actress
Sword of the Stranger
Case Closed Movie 01: The Time Bombed Skyscraper
Macross Frontier
Princess Principal: Crown Handler - Chapter 1
Eureka Seven
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain
Case Closed Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Weathering with You
Spy x Family Code: White
ID: INVADED
Samurai Champloo
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Girls und Panzer
Symphogear XV
Paranoia Agent
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Digimon Tamers
Brave Bang Bravern!
Mononoke
Space Dandy
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Promare
Serial Experiments Lain
Revue Starlight
Buddy Daddies
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
Flip Flappers
The Boy and the Beast
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Your Lie in April: Moments
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
91 Days
Summer Wars
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Akudama Drive
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
The Aquatope on White Sand
Isekai Quartet 3
Negative Positive Angler
Mayonaka Punch
Tada Never Falls in Love
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
The Quintessential Quintuplets*
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Second Season
Megalobox 2: Nomad
Haikyu!!: Lev Appears!
Mob Psycho 100 II: The Spirits and Such Consultation Office's First Company Outing ~A Healing Trip That Warms the Heart~
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Angel Beats!
My Neighbor Totoro
The Garden of Words
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Aldnoah.Zero
Sonny Boy
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Symphogear G
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Carole & Tuesday
Ride Your Wave
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Ergo Proxy
Psycho-Pass 3
Appare-Ranman!
Gurren Lagann The Movie: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Charlotte
Zombie Land Saga
5 Centimeters per Second
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
SK8 the Infinity
Belle
Tamako Market
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Do It Yourself!!
SSSS.Dynazenon
Waiting in the Summer
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Season 2
Sound of the Sky
selector spread WIXOSS
Her Blue Sky
Healer Girl
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet
New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT
Zombieland Saga Movie: Yumeginga Paradise
Eden of The East the Movie I: The King of Eden
Death Parade
Psycho-Pass 2
BNA: Brand New Animal
Zenshu
Bubble
Digimon: Digital Monsters
One Piece Film: Z
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Penguindrum
Bleach the Movie: Memories of Nobody
Mobile Suit Gundam
Strike Witches
Mirai
Gatchaman Crowds
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Wonder Egg Priority
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Iroduku: The World in Colors
DECA-DENCE
Patema Inverted
Digimon Beatbreak
Princession Orchestra
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU
Gunbuster
Fena: Pirate Princess
Hamatora The Animation
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Sarazanmai
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 2
Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Hero Chapter
K: Missing Kings
Maebashi Witches
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
The Boy and the Heron
The Anthem of the Heart
Hello World
Love Flops
Just Because!
Space Patrol Luluco
B: The Beginning
Dragon Ball Daima
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 3
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 4: The Lost Tower
Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure
Gridman Universe
DARLING in the FRANXX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
SSSS.Gridman
Beyblade X
Train to the End of the World
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Kyousougiga
ENDRO!
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
You and Idol Precure♪
Revolutionary Girl Utena
AKB0048
Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
A Whisker Away
Tokyo Godfathers
Food for the Soul
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Digimon Adventure 02
High School Fleet
Macross Delta
Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms
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