Top 10 Anime That Most Deserve a Reboot
Some anime get a second chance to shine. Hunter x Hunter, Hajime no Ippo, and Fullmetal Alchemist were all fortunate enough to receive reboots that improved upon their original adaptations. Whether it was better animation, more faithful storytelling, or a fresh take that did justice to the source material, these series got the treatment they deserved. But not every anime has been so lucky.Maybe a show suffered from low-quality animation that didn't live up to the manga's art. Maybe it was filled with unnecessary filler that slowed the pacing. Or maybe the adaptation strayed too far from the original story and disappointed longtime fans. Some anime deserve another shot with a version that fixes past mistakes and gives the story a proper adaptation.
This is your chance to have a say. Which anime needs a reboot the most? Vote for the ones you believe should be at the top of the list.
Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sui Ishida. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump between September 2011 and September 2014, and it has been collected in fourteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2014. Sure, the anime boosted its manga sales to the point of being the 4th best-selling series of 2014, and it will undoubtedly be within the top 10 this year. It's also one of the best-selling series in Western countries, but it still didn't give the story the justice it deserves.
Anime-only watchers who are reluctant to try the manga will never get to see its meaningful, well-written, and complex story.
Haters who came from the anime and then decided to read the manga may never genuinely give it a chance. Now they call it overrated or a wannabe seinen series, among other blind criticisms.
If it sold that much despite having a flawed anime, imagine how much a perfect adaptation could have helped its popularity. But even with a reboot, that may never happen. Haters tend to be too close-minded to witness the real, rich story objectively. However, a reboot could help those who are open-minded, and it would give anime-only watchers a gateway to experience it without reading the manga.
It not only needs a reboot, but it deserves one. A great one. Madhouse, Bones, or any studio with the budget to create beautiful animation while staying faithful to the masterpiece of a story.
We need a Tokyo Ghoul anime that doesn't butcher Kaneki's character, that keeps all the symbolism and tarot card references, that retains the masterful and subtle foreshadowing, and that preserves the organic integrity of each character's development and role in the story. It should actually feel like a psychological seinen.
I would love Berserk to be rebooted so everyone could experience its story as well. I'd also love for One Piece to stop being only the "manga Shounen king" and become the "anime Shounen king" too. But none, including these two, deserve a reboot more than Tokyo Ghoul. Their anime adaptations simply weren't as insulting to their original work as Tokyo Ghoul's anime was.
(Don't get me wrong, the Tokyo Ghoul anime isn't bad at all. It has... more
Naruto is an anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. The manga was later adapted into a television anime, which was produced by Studio Pierrot and Aniplex. It premiered across Japan on the terrestrial TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations on October 3, 2002. The first series... read more OMG, stop with the dumb fillers! It's even worse than Boruto episodes, which is saying something. It badly needs a good animator who stays true to the story, like Fullmetal Alchemist.
It really needs a reboot with better animation, no fillers, and better pacing. It should be one show that covers the entirety of Naruto.
One Piece is a manga franchise created by Eiichiro Oda. The manga has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999 and has aired 851 episodes to date. If it was done as a seasonal show like My Hero Academia, it would not only have better production quality but also allow new viewers to catch up. Plus, the current episodes are terribly produced.
Toei ruined One Piece and never did the manga justice. Its long-running format, instead of being seasonal, makes things even worse.
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
Deadman Wonderland is a Japanese manga series written by Jinsei Kataoka and illustrated by Kazuma Kondou, who also wrote and illustrated the Eureka Seven manga, and published in Shōnen Ace since 2008. Why did it have to end on a cliffhanger? All we got was an OVA, and that was about it. If only this were more popular in Japan, it would have kept going.
I really want a Season 2. Come on, don't stop at a cliffhanger just as things were starting to get good, Woodpecker!
Reborn!, known in Japan as Katekyō Hitman Reborn! (Japanese: 家庭教師ヒットマンREBORN!, Hepburn: Katekyō Hittoman Ribōn!), and also known as Hitman Reborn!, is an action-packed Japanese anime series. It is based on the manga of the same name, written and illustrated by Akira Amano... read more THANK YOU! No one gives this show the credit it deserves. I mean, I get it, Tsuna is so annoying (when he's not in hyper dying will mode), but I loved all the characters. This show really needs to be brought back so I can see if Tsuna actually assumes the role of boss!
Beelzebub is on par with Gintama. The main problem with the anime was that it ended unfinished. Now that the manga has ended, there's enough material for a new adaptation without fillers.
Bandai Namco Pictures should definitely work on this project after they finish Gintama!
Berserk, also known as Sword-Wind Chronicle Berserk, is a Japanese anime television series that aired from 1997 to 1998. An adaptation of the manga Berserk, it comprises 25 half-hour episodes produced by Oriental Light and Magic and first aired on Nippon TV. It's Berserk! It needs to catch up to its manga counterpart and at least not end on another gross cliffhanger.
Berserk should be fully adapted with no filler needed (after all, the series has 350 chapters, and they are super long, like 70 pages each). The reboot was bad, and it needs a full redo.
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 ending was pointless. I heard about a remake, so I hope it happens.
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Pandora Hearts (stylized as PandoraHearts) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jun Mochizuki. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly GFantasy from May 2006 to March 2015, with its chapters collected in twenty-four tankōbon volumes. In North America, it was... read more
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic (Japanese: マギ, Magi) is a Japanese fantasy adventure manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Ohtaka. It was serialized by Shogakukan in the shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2009 to October 2017, with its chapters collected and published... read more
Soul Eater is an anime series directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, Aniplex, Dentsu, Media Factory, and TV Tokyo, which adapts the Soul Eater manga written and illustrated by Atsushi Ohkubo. I think Soul Eater needs something like Sailor Moon Crystal - a reboot that is more faithful to the manga.
This anime had such a bad ending. It definitely deserves a reboot that's superior to the original.
I think a good title for a Soul Eater reboot that I heard would be Soul Eater: Resonance.
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.
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Japanese: パンティ＆ストッキングwithガーターベルト, Hepburn: Panti ando Sutokkingu wizu Gātāberuto) is a Japanese anime television series. It was produced by Gainax... read more I want to know if Panty lives and what happens to Stocking!
Gainax CANNOT just leave us hanging the way they did at the end of Season 1.
Ouran High School Host Club is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine between the September 2002 and November 2010 issues. The manga has been adapted into a series of audio dramas, an animated television series directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, a Japanese... read more Host Club definitely needs a reboot to tell the whole story from the manga. So much was left out, and there were too many scenes of characters slipping on banana peels. The plot and characters were just starting to develop when it ended! It's so unfinished, and it has the popularity and humor to deserve another go!
Gurren Lagann, known in Japan as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, is an anime series animated by Gainax and co-produced by Aniplex and Konami. It was also directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi and written by veteran playwright Kazuki Nakashima.
InuYasha is a manga franchise created by Rumiko Takahashi. It was adapted into two anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first was broadcast for 167 episodes on Yomiuri TV in Japan from October 16, 2000 until September 13, 2004. The second series, called Inuyasha: The Final Act, began airing... read more Inuyasha! Just make it all one series with better animation and remove the bad filler. I know the actual manga had filler-esque chapters, but I still loved them. It's just the anime filler that was pointless.
I think a reboot would be amazing. I'd love to see Inuyasha with updated animation since it's my all-time favorite.
Trigun is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow. The manga was serialized in Tokuma Shoten's Shōnen Captain in 1995 with three collected volumes when the magazine was discontinued in 1997.
Black Butler is a Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures. It premiered in October, 2008. It was based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Earl of Phantomhive serving as the Queen's Watchdog... read more I know Book of Circus and Book of Murder were reboots (I think... If they are called Season 3, why do they have nothing to do with the last two seasons?), but it would have made more sense if they had rebooted the entire series from scratch.
No Game No Life is a surreal comedy that follows Sora and Shiro, shut-in NEET siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username "Blank." They view the real world as just another lousy game; however, a strange e-mail challenging them to a chess match changes everything—the brother and... read more
After the accident in which she lost her mother, 16-year-old Tooru moves in with her grandfather, but due to his home being renovated, is unable to continue living with him. Claiming she will find someone to stay with but also fearing the criticism of her family and not wanting to burden any of her... read more The anime barely scratched the surface of the manga! I've been waiting years to see Fruits Basket return and be finished properly. Another humorous and unique story that deserves the right attention in anime form, just like Host Club.
I'm glad the manga got a sequel, but I wish the anime had gotten a second chance.
Guess what? Fruits Basket is getting a reboot. Finally!
Claymore is a dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Norihiro Yagi. The series initially premiered in the now defunct Monthly Shōnen Jump in the May 2001 issue, but was moved to one of their sister magazines as the content was deemed too adult for Shōnen Jump’s target demographic. This should absolutely get a reboot. Aside from the ending of the anime, where it diverged from the manga, the anime was already a masterpiece. I would love to see the music preserved, but the graphics could probably be improved. The anime should also adapt the completed manga, just like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
The manga is an absolute masterpiece that deserves to have its story fully adapted.
Sonic X is a Japanese anime television series created by TMS Entertainment and based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series published by Sega. It has to be because of the success of the live-action movies. It needs more episodes to add more characters.
The anime for this series didn't follow the story of the manga, and most of the episodes were just mystery of the week instead of focusing on the actual characters and story. The arcs they decided to put into the anime were all over the place, and some of the events that happen at the beginning of the manga are scattered as well.
Cheesy ending, no character development at all, and mystery of the week - hell, they even cut off some of the characters from the manga. This series could've been as popular as Assassination Classroom, if not more, if it weren't for the anime. Neuro deserves an anime remake.