| 1 | The vast majority of {{anime}} is usually based on a preexisting material, be it {{Manga}}, LightNovels, {{Visual Novel}}s or even {{video|games}} [[AnimeOfTheGame games]] and [[MerchandiseDriven toys]]. These are the exceptions. |
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| 3 | Anime is risky for a lot of reasons, but mainly because it's very costly. Literature and manga will usually only have a small handful of people that are directly involved in its creation; yeah, you'll need a small team in order for it to actually get it onto shelves, but the work ''itself'' technically only needs a writer, some artists, and an editor. For anime, you need a team of dozens for the animation alone (to say nothing of composers, voice actors, and other vital roles) just to create a single episode or film. Animation also has the additional problem of demographics; while publishing has to deal with this as well, the lower costs means that it's much less of a financial risk to release a work that appeals to a niche audience. With animation, if you're spending millions on even the cheapest TwelveEpisodeAnime, it better appeal to the widest demographic possible in other to recoup costs.[[note]]Hence why most Anime First shows for youngsters are explicitly MerchandiseDriven.[[/note]] |
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| 5 | So naturally, anyone funding an anime is far more likely to cough up some cash if what's being created has already found success elsewhere; after all, you'll have a built-in fanbase and that preexisting material can serve as additional advertisement for the show and vice-versa, increasing revenue all around. The basic idea is certainly not ''unique'' to anime, as countless shows and films around the world --both {{animated|Adaptation}} and {{live|ActionAdaptation}}-action-- are based on preexisting properties for all these same reasons. But this tends to be far more common with anime than anything else, with a good 90% of programs released every year originating in another medium. |
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| 7 | Occasionally manga comes out ''after'' such an anime, but only as a limited run. Some manga run ''concurrently'' with a show, so divergences are common and accepted. You don't want them to be ''exactly'' alike or the audience will wonder why you're [[OvertookTheManga messing with the story]]. You also sometimes get a sort of DoubleSubversion where the manga comes out first, but the original project was conceived as an anime; the manga was primarily intended as advertisement. (The well-known example is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.) |
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| 9 | Not to be confused with the common gripe that all of the anime examples on a trope page come first. (Seriously, guys, it's ''alphabetical''. Either add in some examples from advertising, or let it go.) Compare AllMusicalsAreAdaptations, a trope that exists for much the same reasons as this one. |
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| 11 | !!Examples: |
| 12 | [[index]] |
| 13 | * ''Anime/EightManAfter'', an anime sequel to ''Manga/EightMan1963''. |
| 14 | * ''Anime/NinetyOneDays'' |
| 15 | * ''Anime/ActionHeroineCheerFruits'' |
| 16 | * ''Anime/AkahoriGedouHourLovege'' |
| 17 | * ''Anime/AkibaMaidWar'' |
| 18 | * ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'' |
| 19 | * ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' |
| 20 | * ''Anime/AmaimWarriorAtTheBorderline'' |
| 21 | ** ''Anime/AmaimWarriorAtTheBorderlineUltraSteelOgreGear'' |
| 22 | * ''Anime/AngelBeats'' Notable because [[Creator/KeyVisualArts its creator]] is best known for {{Visual Novel}}s. |
| 23 | * ''Anime/AngelTales'' |
| 24 | * ''Anime/AnimationRunnerKuromi'' |
| 25 | * ''Anime/AnimeGataris'' |
| 26 | * The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime_no_Chikara Anime no Chikara]] project aimed to create entirely original anime, although it ultimately produced just three of them. All of them aired in 2010: |
| 27 | ** ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' |
| 28 | ** ''Anime/NightRaid1931'' |
| 29 | ** ''Anime/OccultAcademy'' |
| 30 | * ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'' |
| 31 | * ''Anime/AppareRanman'' |
| 32 | * ''Anime/TheAquatopeOnWhiteSand'' |
| 33 | * ''Anime/ArgentoSoma'' |
| 34 | * ''Anime/{{Argevollen}}'' |
| 35 | * ''Anime/{{Artiswitch}}'' |
| 36 | * ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja'' |
| 37 | * ''Anime/{{Ayaka}}'' |
| 38 | * ''Anime/AyanesHighKick'' |
| 39 | * ''Anime/BangBraveBangBravern'' |
| 40 | * ''Anime/{{Basquash}}''. Mecha show and shameless Nike shoes advertisement. |
| 41 | * ''Anime/BattleProgrammerShirase'' |
| 42 | * Creator/BeeTrain's girls with guns trilogy: |
| 43 | ** ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' |
| 44 | ** ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' |
| 45 | ** ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' |
| 46 | * ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'': While it does have a manga, it was mainly to promote the anime and it began only two months before the anime aired. |
| 47 | * ''Anime/TheBigO''. The order went First Season -> Manga -> Second Season, so the Manga version goes off in a ''completely'' different direction from the show (particularly regarding Beck and the ending). Some ideas from the Manga made it into the Second Season, if somewhat obtusely. |
| 48 | ** ...which was followed by Manga (unreleased in the US) based on the Second Season. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/BirdieWing'' |
| 50 | * ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire'' came out before the its manga adaptation. Same goes for its two [[AlternateContinuity other series]]: |
| 51 | ** ''Anime/BloodPlus''. The quality of the manga actually suffers for it; they have a lot of action shots that look like freezeframes from the anime, and the dialogue is a little bit too simple and sparse. |
| 52 | ** ''Anime/BloodC'' likewise. |
| 53 | * ''Anime/BloodyEscape'' |
| 54 | * ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' |
| 55 | * ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', the first issues of the manga retell the story of ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie''. |
| 56 | * ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' had a two-volume manga adaption. The manga's plot was somewhat simpler. |
| 57 | * ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' |
| 58 | * ''Anime/{{Bucchigiri}}'' |
| 59 | * ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' |
| 60 | * ''Anime/BuddyDaddies'' |
| 61 | * ''Anime/BurstAngel''. The manga was also a prequel ''to'' the anime. |
| 62 | * ''Anime/CandyBoy'' is an odd case. It was originally just an original net animation used to promote a music video. However, the concept for the show proved popular enough that more episodes were created. |
| 63 | * ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' |
| 64 | * ''Anime/CarriedByTheWindTsukikageRan'' |
| 65 | * ''Anime/CaseFileNoTwoTwoOneKabukicho'' |
| 66 | * ''Anime/CControl'' |
| 67 | * ''Anime/ChargemanKen'' did have two manga based on it, though it was first conceived as an anime. The manga are often considered better than the anime, mainly due to them [[AdaptationExpansion explaining more things and having fewer plotholes.]] |
| 68 | * ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'' |
| 69 | * ''Anime/{{Chimimo}}'' |
| 70 | * ''Anime/{{Classicaloid}}'' |
| 71 | * ''Anime/ClassroomCrisis'' |
| 72 | * ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' is an original story. Several AU manga and video games were made as promotions/bonuses, but the anime is the original canon. |
| 73 | * ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutioChoujinGensou'', one of those cases where the manga promotes and then runs concurrent to the anime. |
| 74 | * ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. Two manga series for this show do exist, but they were developed as promotional material for the anime. "Shooting Star", which came first, was more of an original AlternateUniverse type story, and the second series was a direct tie-in. |
| 75 | * ''Anime/CoyoteRagtimeShow'' |
| 76 | * ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'', which has the same case as ''Concrete Revolutio''. However, the manga focuses on the Conquest Club while the anime (and most of the other stuff) focuses on the Defense Club. For the second season, the manga shifted its focus back to the Defense Club. |
| 77 | * ''Anime/CyberTeamInAkihabara'' has a manga adaptation that was published in the shoujo magazine ''Magazine/{{Nakayoshi}}'' a few months after it started airing. |
| 78 | * ''Anime/CybotRobotchi'' |
| 79 | * ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' |
| 80 | * ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' had a 4-panel spinoff manga debut in the digital version of ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' the day after the anime premiered. A more serious adaptation followed not long after. |
| 81 | * ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool''[[note]]Not to be confused with ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'', which is a game that's part of its own saga[[/note]] is the GrandFinale of the Hope's Peak Academy saga and the first original ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa|TriggerHappyHavoc}}'' anime, and the reason for that is that the series's writer thought that its story would be best expressed in anime format. |
| 82 | * ''Anime/DayBreakIllusion'' began as an anime, then got a manga adaption and a light novel prequel. |
| 83 | * ''Anime/TheDayIBecameAGod'' |
| 84 | * ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' |
| 85 | * ''Anime/DeathParade'' |
| 86 | * ''Anime/DecaDence'' |
| 87 | * ''Anime/DelusionalMonthlyMagazine'' |
| 88 | * ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' |
| 89 | * ''Anime/DevilHunterYohko'' |
| 90 | * ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' |
| 91 | * ''Anime/DigimonFusion''. While [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars the manga]] debuted first by around a fortnight, the anime was announced and presumably in production for months beforehand and the manga specifically adapts it, so it still qualifies for this trope. |
| 92 | * ''Anime/DogDays'' |
| 93 | * ''Anime/DoItYourself'' (though a manga adaption was co-produced with it) |
| 94 | * ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''Anime/DragonBallDaima'' are cases of Anime First for the ''Franchise/DragonBall'' franchise, in contrast to the first two series, though ''Super'' aired alongside [[Manga/DragonBallSuper its own manga]]. |
| 95 | * ''Anime/DragonPilotHisoneAndMasotan'' |
| 96 | * ''Anime/DragonautTheResonance'' |
| 97 | * ''Anime/EarthMaidenArjuna'' |
| 98 | * ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' |
| 99 | * ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' |
| 100 | * ''Anime/{{Endride}}'' |
| 101 | * ''Anime/{{Endro}}'' |
| 102 | * ''Anime/EngageKiss'' |
| 103 | * ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' had the original 23 episode run, in addition to a manga {{Spin Off}} |
| 104 | * ''Anime/EternalBoys'' |
| 105 | * The ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' manga has a [[AlternateContinuity different ending]] to the anime, plus its own manga-only {{Prequel}}. |
| 106 | ** The sequel, ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'' had the manga come out first - but since the anime was announced at around the same time and was released three months after the manga's first chapter, it's clear the manga is more of an advertisement, in the vein of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. |
| 107 | * ''Anime/{{Exception}}'' |
| 108 | * ''Anime/ExtremeHearts'' |
| 109 | * ''Anime/FairyGone'' |
| 110 | * ''Anime/FairyRanmaru'' |
| 111 | * ''Anime/FanfareOfAdolescence'' |
| 112 | * ''Anime/FantasistaDoll'' |
| 113 | * ''Anime/FantasticChildren'' |
| 114 | * ''Anime/FenaPiratePrincess'' |
| 115 | * ''Anime/Figure17TsubasaAndHikaru'' |
| 116 | * ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', with a two volume manga afterward. |
| 117 | * ''Anime/FlipFlappers'' |
| 118 | * ''Anime/FloralMagicianMaryBell'' |
| 119 | * ''Anime/{{Free}}'' is a sequel to the light novel series ''[[Literature/HighSpeed2013 High☆Speed!]]'' rather than an adaptation. |
| 120 | * ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' was ''supposed'' to be TheAnimeOfTheGame, but the game's release ended up being delayed so long that the anime couldn't really base itself on it. ''Galaxy Angel Party'' is the only manga adaptation set in the same AlternateUniverse as the anime. |
| 121 | * ''Anime/GaReiZero''. This is an anime-original {{Prequel}} series to the ''Manga/GaRei'' manga. |
| 122 | * ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet'': A manga adaptation began a few months before the anime first aired. |
| 123 | * ''Anime/GetterRobo'' Contrary to popular belief, the 70's anime adaptation of Getter Robo was released 3 days before the manga. |
| 124 | * ''Anime/GiantBeastsOfArs'' |
| 125 | * ''Anime/{{Gibiate}}'' |
| 126 | * ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' |
| 127 | * ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace''. Mecha show? Check. It's even co-sponsored by model and garage kit maker Good Smile Company. |
| 128 | * ''Anime/{{Glasslip}}''. Manga and light novel adaptations came later. |
| 129 | * ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'' |
| 130 | * ''Anime/GreatPretender''. Manga adaptation currently being published. |
| 131 | * ''Anime/GregoryHorrorShow''. Manga adaptation came later. |
| 132 | * ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'' |
| 133 | * Every ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' TV series ever, and ALMOST every OVA series with the exception of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'' (and it's movie sequel ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamNarrative''), ''Manga/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt'' , and to some extent, ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Char's Counterattack]]''. (Unicorn and Char's Counterattack were previously released as novels (the novel was later renamed to ''Hi-Streamer'') whilst Thunderbolt is a manga series) |
| 134 | * ''Anime/HanasakuIroha'' |
| 135 | * ''Anime/HandShakers'' |
| 136 | ** ''Anime/{{Wz}}'', the sequel |
| 137 | * ''Anime/HealerGirl'' |
| 138 | * ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'' |
| 139 | * ''Anime/HellGirl''. The anime and manga began ''releasing'' almost simultaneously, but the anime is the original work and the manga is the adaptation (anime has a longer lead time than manga). The manga's quite different, and lacks Hajime and Tsugumi except in {{omake}}s. |
| 140 | * ''Anime/HighCard'' |
| 141 | * ''Anime/HighSchoolFleet'' |
| 142 | * ''Anime/HighspeedEtoile'' A spin-off manga was released on October 23, 2023. |
| 143 | * ''Anime/{{Himawari}}'' |
| 144 | * ''Anime/HousingComplexC'' |
| 145 | * ''Anime/IDInvaded'', another case where the manga promotes, then runs concurrent with the anime. |
| 146 | * ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' |
| 147 | * ''Anime/IMyMeStrawberryEggs'' |
| 148 | * ''Anime/InfiniteRyvius''. The manga is a POVSequel. |
| 149 | * ''Anime/InnocentVenus'' |
| 150 | * ''Anime/IrodukuTheWorldInColours'' |
| 151 | * ''Anime/IzettaTheLastWitch'' |
| 152 | * ''Anime/JapanSinks'' |
| 153 | * ''Anime/JellyfishCantSwimInTheNight'' |
| 154 | * ''Anime/JoranThePrincessOfSnowAndBlood'' |
| 155 | * ''Anime/JustBecause'' |
| 156 | * ''Anime/{{K}}'' - the anime is the nucleus of the project, which incles over a dozen manga and novels that are prequels, side-stories, and [=AUs=] - including adaptations of the anime. |
| 157 | * ''Anime/KabaneriOfTheIronFortress'' |
| 158 | * ''Anime/KadoTheRightAnswer''-- it does have a novel and a manga, but the anime came out before either of them. |
| 159 | * ''Anime/{{Kagewani}}'' |
| 160 | * ''Anime/{{Kaginado}}'' is an anime-original crossover between multiple Creator/KeyVisualArts works. |
| 161 | * ''Anime/KainaOfTheGreatSnowSea'' |
| 162 | * ''Anime/KaleidoStar'' |
| 163 | * ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}'' was probably a safer bet, as the animation style is derivative of Creator/StudioGhibli and therefore an integral part of the series (not to mention guaranteeing a certain amount of fandom). |
| 164 | * ''Anime/KamiErabiGodApp'' |
| 165 | * ''Anime/KeyTheMetalIdol'' |
| 166 | * Anything by gímik. Which is really just ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' and ''Anime/UtaKata''. ''Anime/GiganticFormula'' also counts. |
| 167 | * ''Anime/KillLaKill''. Interesting as the manga started a day afterwards. |
| 168 | * ''Anime/KirattoPriChan'': In a weird instance for the ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'', the anime adaptation for ''Kiratto'' came out first, with the game releasing eleven days after it premiered. |
| 169 | * ''Anime/{{Kiznaiver}}'' |
| 170 | * ''Anime/KJFile'' |
| 171 | * ''Anime/KnightHunters'' |
| 172 | * ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' was originally an [[ShowWithinAShow entirely fictional]] manga series within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'', which later spawned a fictional anime. When ''Genshiken'' got an anime adaptation, ''Kujibiki Unbalance'' got [[{{Defictionalization}} three real anime episodes]], and then became a full-fledged anime series in real life--the manga was released alongside it. |
| 173 | * ''Anime/LaSeineNoHoshi'' (released in 1975; the manga was released in 2014) |
| 174 | * ''Anime/LastExile''. The sequel series was weird here; the first episode ''technically'' predated the manga, as it was shown at a con. Most viewers were able to see a few chapters of the manga before airing began, though. |
| 175 | * ''Anime/LegendOfHimiko''. The TwelveEpisodeAnime ended the same month as the manga began its eight-year run. |
| 176 | * In a strange inversion, most fans of ''Manga/{{Lilpri}}'' think that the anime adaptation came before the video games and manga, when the manga really came first. |
| 177 | * ''Anime/{{Listeners}}'' |
| 178 | * ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'' was adapted into a three-volume manga with the first volume released a couple months after the show's premiere. The manga followed the anime's plot pretty faithfully for the first two volumes then diverged significantly from it in the last one. |
| 179 | * ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2013''-- had a film before an alternate universe manga was released, then predating the second film and the [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017 TV series]]. |
| 180 | * ''Anime/LoveFlops'' |
| 181 | * ''Franchise/LupinIII'' began as a [[Manga/LupinIII manga series]], and the first adaptation, ''"[[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 Green Jacket]]"'', was based directly on it and several of the manga chapters were adapted into episode plots. However, once the series got a {{Revival}} in the form of ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPartII Red Jacket]]'', it moved into fully original territory, and has continued on that route ever since. There have been [[RecursiveAdaptation manga made based off of]] ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'', ''Anime/TheSecretOfMamo'', and certain ''Green Jacket'' episodes. |
| 182 | * ''Anime/LycorisRecoil'' |
| 183 | * ''Anime/MagicUsersClub'' started with an OVA series. |
| 184 | * ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' and ''[[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS StrikerS]]''. [[ComicBookAdaptation What manga they had]] were supplementary material for the anime series. The first season isn't an example since it's ([[WhatCouldHaveBeen loosely]]) [[TheAnimeOfTheGame based on the]] ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' mini-scenario of the ''VideoGame/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' fandisc, [[MorePopularSpinoff though most fans don't know that]]. |
| 185 | * ''Anime/MagicalDestroyers'' |
| 186 | * ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'': While two manga adaptations began before the anime aired, they were mainly meant to promote the anime and [[BroadStrokes there are some differences in plot between them]]. |
| 187 | * ''Anime/TheMagnificentKotobuki'' |
| 188 | * ''Anime/MajokkoShimaiYoyoToNene'' |
| 189 | * ''Anime/MamaIsAFourthGrader'': A manga adaptation was released a year after. |
| 190 | * Creator/MakotoShinkai's works. Most of the movies and shorts received novelizations afterwards. |
| 191 | ** ''Anime/VoicesOfADistantStar'' |
| 192 | ** ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays'' |
| 193 | ** ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'': Also has a 2 volume manga adaptation. |
| 194 | ** ''Anime/ChildrenWhoChaseLostVoices'' |
| 195 | ** ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' |
| 196 | ** ''Anime/YourName'': Also has a manga adaptation. |
| 197 | ** ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' |
| 198 | * ''Anime/MaquiaWhenThePromisedFlowerBlooms'' |
| 199 | * ''Anime/TheMarginalService'' |
| 200 | * ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico,'' which was shortly after adapted into a [[MagiTek much]] [[AlternateUniverse different]] manga. |
| 201 | * ''Anime/MetallicRouge'' |
| 202 | * ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin'' |
| 203 | * ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}'' was produced specifically to commemorate the anniversary of the anime channel it aired on. The light novel and the manga were just supplementary material. |
| 204 | * ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'', although it was already proven popular as a part of the multi-story ''Ayakashi'' series. |
| 205 | * ''Anime/MyDaemon'' |
| 206 | * ''Anime/MyHime'' was an Anime First, but despite popular belief ''Anime/MyOtome'' could better be described as "Anime Simultaneously". The thing was the production teams for the anime and manga were both given the same settings and characters, but worked with them in entirely different ways. So despite what people [[MisBlamed think to the contrary]], the manga isn't, nor could it have been, an adaptation. |
| 207 | * ''Anime/MyLifeAfterIBecameADummyHeadMicOneMorning'' |
| 208 | * ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'': It saw a four-volume series of ani-manga books published a month after the film came out in theaters (in Japan); they were probably created around mid-production of the film. |
| 209 | * ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' |
| 210 | * ''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'' |
| 211 | * ''Anime/NajicaBlitzTactics'' |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': Release order went: original defunct game → ''-UTENA-'' anime adaptation while the game's remake is still in pre-registration → the actual ''-UTENA-'' game. |
| 213 | * ''Anime/NatsuiroKiseki'' |
| 214 | * ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' is a weird example wherein the manga was released first, but primarily to help the production of and promote the (anime) film. This example is further atypical in that the manga wound up being a major AdaptationExpansion, starting its run two years before the film ultimately came out... and finishing ''ten years'' after it, a total run of twelve years. (And unlike with ''Evangelion'' below, this had nothing to do with ScheduleSlip.) |
| 215 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is an unusual example of a single show's popularity lasting over a decade due to careful merchandising which is still regularly released. Various spinoff manga exist, including the [[ScheduleSlip intermittently produced]] one that ran alongside the ''original'' show (see below). The success of the anime would become a game-changer for the industry, as it would inspire the creation of other similarly ambitious original anime projects in the years to come. [[/index]] |
| 216 | ** Even though the manga began publication before the anime began airing, it was made as a promotional tie-in for the anime series which was in production at the time, as with ''Nausicaa''. Amusingly, the manga ended up ''running for 18 years''...because of ScheduleSlip. [[index]] |
| 217 | * ''Anime/NightWorld'' |
| 218 | * ''Anime/NinjaKamui'' |
| 219 | * ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' |
| 220 | * ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' |
| 221 | * ''Anime/OddTaxi'', although a five volume manga adaptation between 2021-2022 was released before, simultaneously, and after the show's run. |
| 222 | * ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', the (now second) longest-running MagicalGirl show in existence. |
| 223 | * ''Anime/{{Onipan}}'' |
| 224 | * ''Anime/OokamiShonenKen'' (lit. "Ken the Wolf Boy"), a mid-1960s black and white anime which was Creator/ToeiAnimation's first animated TV series, is believed to be the UrExample. |
| 225 | * ''Anime/OpusCOLORS'' |
| 226 | * ''Anime/{{Overtake}}'' |
| 227 | * ''Anime/TheOrbitalChildren'' |
| 228 | * ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' first released its 2016 manga adaptation after the series' first cour aired. |
| 229 | * ''Anime/OtakuNoVideo'' |
| 230 | * ''Anime/OtogiZoshi'', although the anime appeared only a month before the manga. |
| 231 | * ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' |
| 232 | * ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' |
| 233 | * ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'', similar to Utena (which was also by Ikuhara), has novels being released simultaneously. |
| 234 | * ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'' has a manga adaptation that began before the anime aired, but it was meant to tie into the anime's promotion. |
| 235 | * ''Anime/PlasticMemories'' |
| 236 | * ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' and ''Anime/PleaseTwins'': The manga adaptations differ significantly from the anime plot toward the end. |
| 237 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Okay, Video Games First, but the anime did come before the manga it bears the most similarity to (''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu''); not always the case in the other manga continuities, however. |
| 238 | * ''Anime/PolePrincess'' |
| 239 | * ''Anime/{{Pon no Michi}}''. Two manga adaptations were released for the anime. |
| 240 | * ''Anime/PopinQ'' |
| 241 | * Every installment of ''Anime/PrettyCure'', another MagicalGirl show. Manga adaptations typically come out a few months after a season premieres. |
| 242 | ** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' |
| 243 | ** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'' |
| 244 | ** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' |
| 245 | *** ''Anime/PowerOfHopePrecureFullBloom'' |
| 246 | ** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' |
| 247 | ** ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' |
| 248 | ** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' |
| 249 | ** ''Anime/SmilePrecure'' |
| 250 | ** ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' |
| 251 | ** ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' |
| 252 | ** ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' |
| 253 | ** ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'' |
| 254 | ** ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' |
| 255 | ** ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' |
| 256 | ** ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' |
| 257 | ** ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' |
| 258 | ** ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'' |
| 259 | ** ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'' |
| 260 | ** ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' |
| 261 | ** ''Anime/WonderfulPrettyCure'' |
| 262 | * ''Anime/ThePriceOfSmiles'' |
| 263 | * ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' |
| 264 | * ''Anime/PrincessNine'', which gained a 3-volume companion manga. |
| 265 | * ''Anime/PrincessTutu'': The manga is notorious for removing many of the anime's original plot elements, pretty much screwing with the actual point of what the story was really aiming for. |
| 266 | * ''Anime/ProtocolRain'' |
| 267 | * ''Anime/PsychoPass''. The 22-episode anime began airing on Creator/{{Noitamina}} in October 2012, while the manga began running in November. |
| 268 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', with a three volume manga adaptation released concurrently with the anime (but after the anime aired the episodes depicted in each volume). It also has two manga {{Spin Off}}s: ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'' and ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica''. ''Kazumi Magica'' began serialization while the anime aired and is still ongoing. ''Oriko Magica'' skipped serialization entirely and was released as a two-volume series shortly after the anime's conclusion. A (noncanon) anthology manga series was released several months after the anime ended. Another manga Spin Off was released alongside the CompilationMovie. |
| 269 | * ''Anime/PuiPuiMolcar'' |
| 270 | * ''Anime/RahXephon'' |
| 271 | * ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'' |
| 272 | * ''Anime/RakugoTennyoOyui'' |
| 273 | * ''Anime/ReCreators'' |
| 274 | * ''Anime/ReMain'' |
| 275 | * ''Anime/{{Revenger}}'' |
| 276 | * ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'': the anime and manga were made simultaneously. |
| 277 | * ''Anime/RideYourWave'' |
| 278 | * ''[[Anime/{{Rinkai}} Rinkai!]]'' |
| 279 | * ''Anime/RollingGirls'': A manga began before the anime aired, but it was mainly meant to provide more backstory for the anime. |
| 280 | * ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'': The manga adaptation began the same year the anime first aired. |
| 281 | * ''Anime/RumbleGaranndoll'' |
| 282 | * ''Anime/RymansClub'' |
| 283 | * ''Anime/SaintOctober'' |
| 284 | * ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo''. A two volume manga was published that was a series of mostly original side stories (the only adapted story was a shortened version of the first episode). |
| 285 | * ''Anime/SamuraiPirates'' (A MagicalGirl work despite the title) |
| 286 | * ''Anime/SamuraiSeven''. (Loosely) Based on Kurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai'', though. |
| 287 | * ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction'' was originally conceived as a [[VideoGame/SandsOfDestruction video game]]. Midway through production, they decided an anime would be a good way to promote the game, and so a second team split off to produce it. The anime was released before the game in both Japanese and US markets, despite being started later. It was later adapted into a [[Manga/SandsOfDestruction manga]] as well. |
| 288 | * ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'' had its light novel and anime release days apart from each other, with its manga adaptation running just after the anime wrapped up. A spinoff manga, ''Reo & Mabu'', was released before anything else of ''Sarazanmai'', but it explicitly takes place in an AlternateUniverse that has nothing to do with the main story. |
| 289 | * ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' and most other shows made by Creator/TatsunokoProduction (aside from very early stuff like ''Anime/SpeedRacer''). |
| 290 | ** Even then, the ''[=Mach GoGoGo=]'' manga was made primarily to generate interest for the anime. The anime diverted from the manga in many aspects. |
| 291 | * ''Anime/SCryEd''. Despite what some people might claim, the manga came out ''second''. |
| 292 | * ''Anime/{{Seiren}}'' premiered as an anime, unlike its predecessors, ''VideoGame/{{Kimikiss}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}}'', and ''VisualNovel/PhotoKano'', which started out as video games that were later adapted into anime. |
| 293 | * ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' |
| 294 | * ''Anime/SelectorInfectedWixoss'' and its sequels. The plot is original, but was made to promote the Wixoss card game from which it derives several characters. Various prequel manga were made before and after the series debuted that take place in the same continuity. |
| 295 | * ''Anime/SevenOfSeven'': While a manga adaptation began before the anime aired, the manga was mainly meant to be promotional material for the anime. |
| 296 | * ''Anime/ShinobiNoIttoki'' |
| 297 | * ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}''. There was a prequel manga. |
| 298 | * ''Anime/ShounenHollywood'', primarily referring to the "''HOLLY STAGE''" series instead of the {{Prequel}} novel about Hiiragi. The series had a spinoff manga, and a serialized sequel novel after ''HOLLY STAGE FOR 50''. |
| 299 | * ''Anime/SixHeartsPrincess'' |
| 300 | * ''Anime/Sk8TheInfinity'' is a wholly original IP by Creator/StudioBones. A comedy manga spin-off called "[=SK8=] Chill Out!'' came shortly after the anime premiered, and a manga adaptation began in March 2021. |
| 301 | * ''Anime/{{Simoun}}'' was primarily the anime series, with two manga and a light novel produced as alternate universe retellings of the main story. The creators attempted to recoup the costs via merchandise. |
| 302 | * ''Anime/SonnyBoy'' |
| 303 | * ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' was the very first AnimeFirst TV production. Its success paved the way for everything else on this page. |
| 304 | * ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' |
| 305 | * ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': A bit of an odd example here in that it was not based on any manga or novel, nor were ''any'' of those things created after the film was released. Consider it a stand-alone. |
| 306 | * ''Anime/StarDriver'' |
| 307 | * ''Anime/StarsAlign'' |
| 308 | * ''Anime/SummerGhost'' |
| 309 | * ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' |
| 310 | * ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', and [[Anime/{{Macross}} its sequels]] (''Anime/MacrossPlus'' and ''Anime/MacrossZero'' are the exceptions to subsequent manga adaptations, being {{OVA}}s and all). |
| 311 | * ''Anime/SuperMilkChan'' |
| 312 | * ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': A manga adaptation began before the first season aired, but it was mainly to promote the upcoming anime. |
| 313 | * ''Anime/SyndualityNoir'' |
| 314 | * ''Anime/TacticalRoar'' |
| 315 | * ''Anime/TadaNeverFallsInLove'' |
| 316 | * ''Anime/TamakoMarket'' |
| 317 | * ''Anime/{{Tamayura}}'' |
| 318 | * ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' - a manga was created in the gap in between the first and second [=OVAs=] and actually kept going ''despite'' the gap between OVA 2 and OVA 3. There was also a 6-issue ''American''-made comic based off of ''Anime/TenchiUniverse''. |
| 319 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': There was a direct manga adaptation, a School-AU spin-off, and a different AU-manga coming out. |
| 320 | * ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' |
| 321 | * ''Anime/TesagureBukatsumono'' |
| 322 | * ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' |
| 323 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' |
| 324 | * ''Anime/TimeBokan'' |
| 325 | * ''Anime/Tokyo24thWard'' |
| 326 | * All of the various ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' anime series are original material, though most of them have accompanying manga (or sometimes an American comic) published concurrently in order to promote them. The nature of these manga varies; sometimes they offer supplemental side-stories set in the anime's continuity, and other times they act as an AlternateContinuity, with varying degrees of similarity to their animated counterparts; the ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' manga ended up being ''completely'' different due to being based on an unused early draft of the anime. |
| 327 | * ''Anime/TrueTears'' |
| 328 | * ''Anime/{{Tsuritama}}'' |
| 329 | * ''Anime/TsukiGaKirei'' |
| 330 | * ''Anime/{{Turkey}}'' |
| 331 | * ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' |
| 332 | * ''Anime/UtaKata'' |
| 333 | * ''Anime/VampireInTheGarden'' |
| 334 | * ''Anime/VipersCreed'' |
| 335 | * ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': Due to its TroubledProduction, the TV show hit the screens ''after'' the very first manga adaptation appeared in stores, despite the latter being actually based entirely on ''preproduction'' materials for the former. Two more mangas and a movie adaptation have been produced after the show aired. Both are alternate re-tellings of the TV series, and if you were a fan of the television series before the film was released (2001 in Japan, 2003 in North America) and were upset with the drastic changes made in the latter, chances are you'll also be surprised and (quite possibly) upset with the differences in the manga series as well - assuming you haven't picked them up yet. |
| 336 | * ''Anime/VisualPrison'' |
| 337 | * ''Anime/VividredOperation'' |
| 338 | * ''Anime/VivyFluoriteEyesSong'' |
| 339 | * ''Anime/VladLove'' |
| 340 | * ''Anime/WaitingInTheSummer'' |
| 341 | * ''Anime/WanWanCelebSoreyukeTetsunoshin'' |
| 342 | * ''Anime/AWhiskerAway'' |
| 343 | * ''Anime/WishUponThePleiades'' |
| 344 | * ''Anime/WitchHunterRobin'' |
| 345 | * ''Anime/WizardBarristers'' |
| 346 | * ''Anime/WolfChildren''. A manga adaptation that expands on the ending was made later. |
| 347 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain''. There is a 2-volume manga adaptation, but the story (and especially the ending) has numerous differences. |
| 348 | * ''Anime/WonderEggPriority'' |
| 349 | * ''Anime/WorldConquestZvezdaPlot'' |
| 350 | * ''Anime/XamdLostMemories''. |
| 351 | * ''Anime/{{Yadamon}}'' |
| 352 | * The manga of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', ''[[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds 5D's]]'', and ''[[Anime/YuGiOhArcV ARC-V]]'' all have the same characters, as well as some new ones, but [[Manga/YuGiOhGX totally]] [[Manga/YuGiOh5Ds different]] [[Manga/YuGiOhArcV plots]] which bear no resemblance to the original ones. |
| 353 | * ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero''. It has an a prequel light novel running at the same time. |
| 354 | * ''Anime/YureiDeco'' |
| 355 | * ''Anime/YuriKumaArashi'': While a manga began before the anime aired, it tells a very different story from the anime and some of the characters have different personalities. |
| 356 | * ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' |
| 357 | * ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' |
| 358 | [[/index]] |
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