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
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
A Place Further Than The Universe
Girls Band Cry
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
Shirobako
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Castle in the Sky
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
One Piece Film: Gold
Macross Frontier
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Spy x Family Code: White
ID: INVADED
Serial Experiments Lain
Girls und Panzer
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Paranoia Agent
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Sword of the Stranger
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Promare
Revue Starlight
Summer Wars
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
Symphogear XV
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Digimon Tamers
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
Buddy Daddies
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Akudama Drive
91 Days
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
The Aquatope on White Sand
Isekai Quartet 3
Tada Never Falls in Love
Mayonaka Punch
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
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
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
Carole & Tuesday
Negative Positive Angler
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Ergo Proxy
Charlotte
Death Parade
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Aldnoah.Zero
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Tamako Market
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
SSSS.Dynazenon
Ride Your Wave
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Penguindrum
Sound of the Sky
Appare-Ranman!
Healer Girl
Waiting in the Summer
5 Centimeters per Second
FLCL
SK8 the Infinity
BNA: Brand New Animal
Living in a World Without Magic
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Link Click Season 2
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
A Place Further Than The Universe
Girls Band Cry
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
Shirobako
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Castle in the Sky
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
One Piece Film: Gold
Macross Frontier
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Spy x Family Code: White
ID: INVADED
Serial Experiments Lain
Girls und Panzer
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Paranoia Agent
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Sword of the Stranger
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Promare
Revue Starlight
Summer Wars
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
Symphogear XV
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Digimon Tamers
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
Buddy Daddies
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Akudama Drive
91 Days
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
The Aquatope on White Sand
Isekai Quartet 3
Tada Never Falls in Love
Mayonaka Punch
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
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
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
Carole & Tuesday
Negative Positive Angler
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Ergo Proxy
Charlotte
Death Parade
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Aldnoah.Zero
Sonny Boy
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Tamako Market
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
SSSS.Dynazenon
Ride Your Wave
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
Penguindrum
Sound of the Sky
Appare-Ranman!
Healer Girl
Waiting in the Summer
5 Centimeters per Second
FLCL
SK8 the Infinity
BNA: Brand New Animal
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- What is the best Original anime?
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- Original anime have no source material — the story debuts on screen.