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 Season 2
Living in a World Without Magic
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
A Place Further Than The Universe
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Girls Band Cry
Princess Mononoke
To Be Hero X
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Wolf Children
Shirobako
A Lull in the Sea
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
ID: INVADED
Samurai Champloo
Castle in the Sky
Redline
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Spy x Family Code: White
Serial Experiments Lain
Girls und Panzer
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Revue Starlight
Promare
Little Witch Academia
Flip Flappers
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
The Aquatope on White Sand
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Angel Beats!
Plastic Memories
Buddy Daddies
Great Pretender
Akudama Drive
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Summer Wars
Princess Principal
91 Days
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Symphogear XV
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mayonaka Punch
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My Neighbor Totoro
Yuri!!! On Ice
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Sonny Boy
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
SSSS.Dynazenon
Isekai Quartet 3
Negative Positive Angler
Carole & Tuesday
Charlotte
Zombie Land Saga
The Garden of Words
SK8 the Infinity
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Aldnoah.Zero
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Tamako Market
Death Parade
Wonder Egg Priority
5 Centimeters per Second
Digimon Beatbreak
BNA: Brand New Animal
Psycho-Pass 2
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Belle
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
One Piece Film: Z
Sound of the Sky
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Zenshu
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Bubble
DECA-DENCE
Iroduku: The World in Colors
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Gunbuster
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
The Boy and the Heron
Hello World
Patema Inverted
Space Patrol Luluco
Love Flops
DARLING in the FRANXX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Train to the End of the World
Princession Orchestra
SSSS.Gridman
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
A Whisker Away
Food for the Soul
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
Tokyo Godfathers
selector infected WIXOSS
Symphogear AXZ
Beyblade X
Kiznaiver
K
Aldnoah.Zero Part 2
Symphogear G
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Symphogear GX
Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX
Little Witch Academia
Guilty Crown
Eden of The East
Isekai Quartet The Movie: Another World
Angel Beats! Specials
Re:CREATORS
Suicide Squad Isekai
Koupen-chan
LAZARUS
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou
16bit Sensation: Another Layer
Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Summer Ghost
Living in a World Without Magic
Link Click Season 2
Odd Taxi
Link Click
Girls und Panzer der Film
Your Name.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie: Rebellion
A Place Further Than The Universe
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 1: Beginnings
Girls Band Cry
Princess Mononoke
To Be Hero X
Steins;Gate: The Movie - Load Region of Déjà Vu
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Wolf Children
Shirobako
A Lull in the Sea
Tamako -love story-
Apocalypse Hotel
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Spirited Away
Lycoris Recoil
Suzume
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
ID: INVADED
Samurai Champloo
Castle in the Sky
Redline
Tsukigakirei
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Millennium Actress
Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Spy x Family Code: White
Serial Experiments Lain
Girls und Panzer
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Ponyo
Darker than Black
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - Prologue
Weathering with You
Kill la Kill
Terror in Resonance
Revue Starlight
Promare
Little Witch Academia
Flip Flappers
Megalobox
The Boy and the Beast
The Aquatope on White Sand
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Angel Beats!
Plastic Memories
Buddy Daddies
Great Pretender
Akudama Drive
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: The Movie - Scarlet Bond
Summer Wars
Princess Principal
91 Days
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Symphogear XV
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mayonaka Punch
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
My Neighbor Totoro
Yuri!!! On Ice
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2
Sonny Boy
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part 2: Eternal
Naruto Shippuden the Movie 7: The Last
Do It Yourself!!
SSSS.Dynazenon
Isekai Quartet 3
Negative Positive Angler
Carole & Tuesday
Charlotte
Zombie Land Saga
The Garden of Words
SK8 the Infinity
Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night
Zombie Land Saga Revenge
Revue Starlight: The Movie
Aldnoah.Zero
Digimon: Digital Monsters
Laid-Back Camp: The Movie
Tamako Market
Death Parade
Wonder Egg Priority
5 Centimeters per Second
Digimon Beatbreak
BNA: Brand New Animal
Psycho-Pass 2
Yuki Yuna is a Hero
Belle
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
One Piece Film: Z
Sound of the Sky
Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress
FLCL
Akiba Maid War
Zenshu
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Bubble
DECA-DENCE
Iroduku: The World in Colors
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Gunbuster
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Future Arc
The Boy and the Heron
Hello World
Patema Inverted
Space Patrol Luluco
Love Flops
DARLING in the FRANXX
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
Train to the End of the World
Princession Orchestra
SSSS.Gridman
The Anthem of the Heart
Just Because!
A Whisker Away
Food for the Soul
Sing a Bit of Harmony
Sorairo Utility (TV)
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School - Despair Arc
Tokyo Godfathers
selector infected WIXOSS
Symphogear AXZ
Beyblade X
Kiznaiver
K
Aldnoah.Zero Part 2
Symphogear G
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Symphogear GX
Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX
Little Witch Academia
Guilty Crown
Eden of The East
Isekai Quartet The Movie: Another World
Angel Beats! Specials
Re:CREATORS
Suicide Squad Isekai
Koupen-chan
LAZARUS
Higurashi: When They Cry – Gou
16bit Sensation: Another Layer
Date A Live Movie: Mayuri Judgement
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Summer Ghost
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