Spectacular original animes?

Dennou Coil
Spirited Away, to me it's a classic
Princess Mononoke
Mai Hime, the anime a quadrillion times better than the manga that's for damn sure
Grave of the fireflies BIG FAT TEARS
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, didn't think the anime was all that at first, but I gradually changed my mind and really fell for the characters

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Lol. Hikaru, troll much? XD

Er... I completely agree with Hikaru. You contradict yourself...
"The ones, that don't even have a manga"...

Death Note is based on a manga... ( I haven't read the manga so I don't know about the ending)
Fullmetal Alchemist too... Though I admit, that the FMA anime doesn't have anything to do with the story of the manga...
Avatar is not an anime...
Inuyasha is based on a manga, and doesn't have an ending unless you count Inuyasha Final Act, and that one should never have been made...
I have no idea what Mushi is, I've searched for it, and found two animes that you could mean... One of them is Mushishi, which is based on a manga... The other is Mushi-Uta which is based on a light novel, and it also has a manga adaptation (the manga was the first).
And Moribito is based on a light novel too... With a manga adaptation too...
After another quick checking, Major is based on a manga too...

That leaves you with Code Geass, and Blood+, I guess.

Anyway, the two best anime in my opinion, that qualify to your conditions are Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, and Darker Than Black.

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Er... I completely agree with Hikaru. You contradict yourself...
"The ones, that don't even have a manga"...

Death Note is based on a manga... ( I haven't read the manga so I don't know about the ending)
Fullmetal Alchemist too... Though I admit, that the FMA anime doesn't have anything t ...

Chill out people. Can't you tell from the title? Animes?

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I have to agree with Hellsayer. Time of Eve was beautiful and one of my personal favorites. It's better to watch the movie (contains all the episodes+extra content) since it ends more completely.

If you like Mushishi, you may also like Kino no Tabi.

I also love Dennou Coil. It was like watching a Ghibli movie stretched out into a series 😀

Monster is great if you can last through its methodical, slow pacing (works well for this anime but it is a huge turn off for most people I know 🙁 ). Something worth watching at least once if you have the patience. I see you already read it though lol.

Looking through your manga list, you may appreciate 12 Kingdoms. Starts out horrid...looks like a Fushigi Yuugi with an annoying orange skinned girl(?) but if you can last 12 or so episodes it turns into a wonderful fantasy anime series.

On the depressing note, Grave of the Fireflies (already mentioned) and the Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen made me grab for my tissues~
Nana was also pretty depressing. Complete drama-fest. Based on the manga but I thought it was well put together.

If you haven't already watched it, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is good. Popular for a reason xD

Since this is such a depressing list...I will round it off with a fun recommendation.
Summer Wars is just pure fun. Fighting bunnies. Talking squirrels. Virus taking over the internet and whatnot.

Gotta love your extensive manga list. It gives a nice idea of what you like 😀

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Almost all my favourite anime exist only in anime version, or if there is a manga, it was written afterwards and is always awful in comparison coughcoughBlood+cough

Cowboy Bebop --unbeatable!

Blood+ --that's the kind of 'vampires' I want!

Samurai Champloo --inimitable...

Baccano! --awesome crazy people...

Durarara!! --more crazy people... I love the naritaverse!

Seirei no moribito -- T^T

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan --Kamina<3

Puella Magi Madoka Magica --great deconstruction. (and Kyuubee<3)

(Special mention for Gintama, Black Lagoon and FMA(Brotherhood) which are, I think, the only series that I both read & watch and for which the anime is (imo) even better...)

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Spice and Wolf fantasy - romance - slice-of-life
not much of a description needed, one should know this one...
I don't know where the manga stands now but I'd say novel>anime>manga
minor action, decent comedy, good romance, very detailed character portraits

Did you really find that the anime version of Spice and Wolf did justice to the manga?
I watched it because I wanted to know the continuation of the story (alas! slow scanlations) and I thought that the captivating atmosphere, the feeling of authenticity weren't there somehow...
The anime itself is not bad, but I couldn't find in it the same magic that made the manga such a page-turner...

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Clannad + Clannad After Story
Anohana
Spirited Away
Summer Wars

and personal favorite... Digimon Adventure 1+2 XD

Cowboy Bebop
Trigun
Soul Hunter
Samurai Champloo
Rurouni Kenshin
Yu Yu Hakusho
Trinity Blood
Samurai 7

& more in no particular order.

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Draconic, f you're going to quote someone, at least do it correctly. Continuing with that quote, I said"or if they do [have a manga] they're better than it." Now, in hikaru's opinion Death Note's manga was better than the anime, and FMA:Brotherhood is a carbon copy so isn't better than it's manga. However, in my opinion they were better. I was calling him a troll because he was trying to argue opinions, which will never result in anything since in the end they're opinions.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions everyone! Simply watching a couple episodes of each to see if I like them or not is going to take a great amount of time. I'm surprised and extremely pleased with the huge amount of recommendations!

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My list... Theres more but this is all I can remember at the moment

.hack//sign
Ao no Exorcist
BALDR FORCE EXE Resolution
Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu
Cardfight! Vanguard!
Casshern Sins
Dog Days
Hidan no Aria
Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!!
Kamen no Maid Guy
Kamichama Karin
Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
Kannazuki no Miko
Kara no Kyoukai
Kore wa Zombie desu ka?
Kurokami
Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi
Jubei-chan
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magia
Mai Hime and its spinoff Mai Otome
Murder Princess
Night Wizard
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
Phantom Requiem of Phantom
Princess Tutu
Sengoku Otome - Momoiro Paradox
Senhime Zesshou Symphogear
Seto no Hanayome
Shakugan no Shana
Shangri-La
Sky Girls
Sora no Otoshimono
Sora o Miageru Shoujo no Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (AKA Munto)
Tales of the Aybss
The Third: Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo
To Aru no Majutsu no Index and its spinoff To Aru Kagaku no Railgun
Utawarerumono
Uta~Kata
Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's

Is this me in a nutshell?
Pretty much.
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes
awesome space opera
OVA, 110 episodes, not to mention all the side stories and prequels(all available on bakabt)
should be enough to keep you busy for a long time 😀

I would also suggest Welcome to the N.H.K
and The Tatami Galaxy 🙂

its cold down here fam ~

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Did you really find that the anime version of Spice and Wolf did justice to the manga?
I watched it because I wanted to know the continuation of the story (alas! slow scanlations) and I thought that the captivating atmosphere, the feeling of authenticity weren't there somehow...
The anime itself is not bad, but I couldn't find in it the same magic that made the manga such a page-turner...

the story was the same safe for the gender switch of yarai into a female, sure manga had beautiful art, but it was the same in the anime and the musical composition was good as well.
still no comparison to the novels but well, you can't have everything...
btw: did justice to the manga? afaik the manga and anime were created independently and based on the novel only... but I could be wrong...

but well as I said before, there are too much opinions on an anime's quality...

on a side note, these lists get way too long, perhaps it would be better to only recommend a few at a time...

in need of romance?
uncommon, sad, sweet

Its all about the Baccano! Cant go wrong with that.

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Not all of these are complete or masterful but they are all still very good, enjoy 🙂

• Akagi
• Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
• Baccano/OVA
• Berserk (Continue with the Manga which is even more incredible)
• Beck (English dub is actually better)
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• C ...

Second Kara no Kyoukai and CLANNAD

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Staying in lucid delusion for an eternity.

Another Kyuubey fan! 😀

Having watched both the anime and the manga, I feel that the anime was better. Horo in the manga seems a bit more childish than in the anime.

OT:
My favs are:
Eve no Jikan
Phantom ~ Requiem for the Phantom
Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Baka to Test to Shokanjuu (first season)
Moyashimon

if you like the battle type Yu Yu Hakusho's anime had a better feel to it than the manga and the english dub had better voice acting than the japanese dub and I almost always prefer the japanese over english, also the art is really good for when it was made.
other non-action anime would be anything made by key (Kanon, Air, Clannad) the animes were made much less tragic than what I've heard of their visual novel counterparts and longer and more detailed than their manga counterparts.

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What you fear more is the only difference.
Positive decisions are made in fear negative consequences,
Negitive decisions are made in fear of positive decisions not giving the outcome you want.
Embarrassment is the fear of people knowing your real thoughts.
Greed is the fear of having too little.

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