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
Girls Band Cry
To Be Hero X
Wolf Children
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
A Place Further Than The Universe
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
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
A Lull in the Sea
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Tsukigakirei
Castle in the Sky
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
Paranoia Agent
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
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Revue Starlight
Promare
Summer Wars
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
The Aquatope on White Sand
Symphogear XV
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Angel Beats!
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
Buddy Daddies
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
91 Days
Akudama Drive
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
Isekai Quartet 3
Tada Never Falls in Love
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mayonaka Punch
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My Neighbor Totoro
The Garden of Words
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Sonny Boy
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
Carole & Tuesday
Negative Positive Angler
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Ergo Proxy
Appare-Ranman!
Charlotte
Death Parade
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Aldnoah.Zero
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
Sound of the Sky
Penguindrum
Healer Girl
Waiting in the Summer
5 Centimeters per Second
SK8 the Infinity
BNA: Brand New Animal
Zenshu
Bubble
Digimon Beatbreak
Belle
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Her Blue Sky
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Wonder Egg Priority
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Psycho-Pass 2
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Iroduku: The World in Colors
DECA-DENCE
Patema Inverted
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
One Piece Film: Z
Space Patrol Luluco
Gunbuster
Fena: Pirate Princess
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 2
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
The Boy and the Heron
Princession Orchestra
Hello World
Love Flops
Just Because!
B: The Beginning
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Dragon Ball Daima
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Train to the End of the World
SSSS.Gridman
The Anthem of the Heart
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Hamatora The Animation
ENDRO!
DARLING in the FRANXX
A Whisker Away
Living in a World Without Magic
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Link Click Season 2
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
Girls Band Cry
To Be Hero X
Wolf Children
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
A Place Further Than The Universe
Princess Mononoke
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
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
A Lull in the Sea
Redline
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Tsukigakirei
Castle in the Sky
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
Paranoia Agent
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
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Mononoke
Brave Bang Bravern!
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Little Witch Academia
Revue Starlight
Promare
Summer Wars
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
The Aquatope on White Sand
Symphogear XV
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Angel Beats!
Plastic Memories
Great Pretender
Yuri!!! On Ice
Buddy Daddies
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
91 Days
Akudama Drive
Princess Principal
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Flip Flappers
Isekai Quartet 3
Tada Never Falls in Love
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mayonaka Punch
Hyouka: What Should Be Had
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My Neighbor Totoro
The Garden of Words
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Sonny Boy
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
Carole & Tuesday
Negative Positive Angler
Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie
Free! -Eternal Summer-
Ergo Proxy
Appare-Ranman!
Charlotte
Death Parade
Zombie Land Saga
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Aldnoah.Zero
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
Sound of the Sky
Penguindrum
Healer Girl
Waiting in the Summer
5 Centimeters per Second
SK8 the Infinity
BNA: Brand New Animal
Zenshu
Bubble
Digimon Beatbreak
Belle
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day The Movie
Her Blue Sky
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Wonder Egg Priority
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Psycho-Pass 2
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Iroduku: The World in Colors
DECA-DENCE
Patema Inverted
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
One Piece Film: Z
Space Patrol Luluco
Gunbuster
Fena: Pirate Princess
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 2
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
The Boy and the Heron
Princession Orchestra
Hello World
Love Flops
Just Because!
B: The Beginning
Girls und Panzer das Finale – Part 1
Dragon Ball Daima
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Train to the End of the World
SSSS.Gridman
The Anthem of the Heart
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Hamatora The Animation
ENDRO!
DARLING in the FRANXX
A Whisker Away
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