Anime with interesting sources/origins
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TV, 2007,
12 eps
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Author:2
Easily the weirdest shit on this list. This anime is based on a fake English-language learning parody book that actually just teaches offensive phrases instead of anything useful. Funny thing, you wouldn't even know that watching the show because it's just a loli fanservice magical girl anime! This is like the equivalent of making a Netflix superhero series based on a Maddox book. One in a million oddity.
TV, 2004,
13 eps
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Author:3
Years earlier, there was an eroge visual novel called Triangle Hearts. In it, the main character had a little sister named Nanoha, and the creators thought it would make for a funny gag to create a fake PV for a magical girl series starring her. Little did they know it would go on to define a generation of otaku media.
TV, 2008,
24 eps
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This is an anime based on a reaaaally old anime. Such an interesting series in how it subverts the purpose of the original and goes totally experimental with it.
TV, 2007,
12 eps
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Author:2
So, this is based on a visual novel. Nothing special, right? Well...I was shocked to see that it was a VN with no h-scenes. HUH???? By every objective measure, I would not have questioned the contrary had I not looked it up.
TV, 2014,
12 eps
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It's based on Vocaloid music videos. Really fun idea.
Movie, 2002,
1 ep
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Author:3
This is based on a "novel" written by the main character of another Ghibli movie, Whisper of the Heart.
Special, 2010,
1 ep
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First, we have Anime Tenchou, which is the mascot of Animate, a real shop in Japan, who's also a Lucky Star character. Then we have Touhou Project, the Internet sensation bullet hell video game series for...some reason. Who greenlit this?
OVA, 2001,
1 ep
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Author:7
Technically originates from a manga, but in actuality, its source material is the creator of the series dying. That's why they made it the way it is in the first place.
Movie, 1992,
1 ep
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Author:7
Miyazaki drew a really short manga with a bunch of cool plane designs, and I guess he was like "alright time to turn this into a historical war drama film."
TV, 1999,
16 eps
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Author:3
Based on mascots of a store known as "Gamers." They are still making anime with this series today, shockingly.
Movie, 2007,
1 ep
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Author:9
Kara no Kyoukai was originally just a random short story published in a magazine. Nobody knew who Nasu was, and he was probably very young at the time. Bet he couldn't have guessed it'd get an adaptation of this quality!
TV, 2009,
11 eps
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Author:3
Based on short stories by a Japanese novelist. Kinda not that shocking, but it really doesn't happen that often.
TV, 2019,
12 eps
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Author:2
This is based on an anime from the 60s?? Even weirder, it's done by a Korean animation studio that also worked on the game Library of Ruina???
