Top 10 Anime Series that are Better Than the Manga

The Top Ten
1 Gintama Gin Tama, also styled as Gintama, is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi and serialized, beginning on December 8, 2003, in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump.
2 Akame ga Kill Akame ga Kill! (アカメが斬る!, Akame ga Kiru! is a manga published in Gangan Joker authored by Takahiro and Tashiro Tetsuya. It received an anime adaptation that premiered on July 6, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014.

The anime has way better development than its manga counterpart.

The manga counterpart of this, is so unpopular. The anime is better!

Best series, ever, than the manga. Even if it has sad scenes.

The anime story is better than the manga story.

3 Attack on Titan Attack on Titan, also known as Shingeki no Kyojin in Japanese, created by Hajime Isayama, is one of the most popular Japanese anime series to be released. It was first watched in Japan during 2013 and was dubbed in English to be watched in America in 2014. It is best known for its emotional moments, ...read more.
4 Pokemon Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 1997, in the United States ...read more.
5 Dragon Ball Super Dragon Ball Super is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation that began airing on July 5, 2015. It is a sequel show to the Dragon Ball manga and the first Dragon Ball television series featuring a new storyline in 18 years.
6 Dragon Ball Z Dragon Ball Z is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation. Dragon Ball Z follows the adventures of Goku who, along with the Z Warriors, defends the Earth against evil. The action adventures are entertaining and reinforce the concept of good versus evil. Dragon Ball Z teaches valuable ...read more.
7 Naruto Shippuden Naruto: Shippuden is the ongoing sequel to the original Naruto anime and covers the Naruto manga from volume twenty-eight on. The TV adaptation of Naruto: Shippuden debuted in Japan on February 15, 2007 on TV Tokyo. It is developed by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date.
8 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood
9 Usagi Drop Usagi Drop is a Japanese manga series by Yumi Unita that has been adapted into an anime and a live-action film. The story focuses on a 30-year-old man who becomes the guardian of a young girl after the death of his grandfather. As they navigate their new family dynamic, the series explores themes of parenthood, responsibility, and emotional growth. Usagi Drop has been praised for its heartwarming narrative and complex, realistic characters.

Well of course.

10 Pretty Cure
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11 K-On
12 Planetes
13 D.Gray-man
14 Mob Psycho 100 Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese anime series based on the manga of the same name by ONE. Premiering in 2016, the show revolves around Shigeo Kageyama, a high school student with extraordinary psychic abilities. Despite his powers, Shigeo prefers a normal life but is often pulled into various supernatural occurrences. The series has been well-received for its striking visual style, character depth, and themes of self-identity and emotional growth.

The manga is pretty good too.

15 Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Shokugeki no Soma (食戟のソーマ Shokugeki no Sōma) is a manga written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki in collaboration with Yuki Morisaki, a famous chef. Its main character, Sōma Yukihira is a brash, confident, and skilled amateur chef who enters Tōtsuki Culinary Academy to graduate from the culinary school famed for its 1% graduation rate, all while facing numerous other skilled chefs in his class.

The manga was first published by Shueisha on November 26, 2012 in the 52nd issue of Japan's Shōnen Jump magazine. VIZ Media publishes the localized story of Shokugeki no Soma under the title Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma. ...read more.

No Way, no way in hell.

16 Bleach Bleach is a Japanese anime series based on Tite Kubo's manga of the same name. Bleach adapts the first 54 volumes of Tite Kubo's manga series of the same name. In addition, 4 anime-original arcs were broadcast in-between and during the adaptations of original arcs of the manga. ...read more.
17 Kuroko No Basket
18 Card Captor Sakura
19 Ojamajo Doremi
20 Powerpuff Girls Z Powerpuff Girls Z is a Japanese magical girl anime series directed by Megumu Ishiguro, based on the American animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. The anime is co-produced by Cartoon Network Japan and Aniplex and was animated and produced by Toei Animation, featuring character design by Miho Shimogasa who is also the character designer of Cutie Honey Flash and Ultra Maniac and one of the animation directors of the Sailor Moon original anime franchise. As production occurred in Tokyo, Japan, Craig McCracken who is the original creator of The Powerpuff Girls was not directly involved with the project. ...read more.
21 Rilu Rilu Fairilu
22 Jewelpet
23 Higurashi When They Cry
24 Elfen Lied Elfen Lied is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump from June 2002 to August 2005, with the 107 chapters collected into twelve tankōbon volumes.
25 Hello! Lady Lynn
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