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The 15 Greatest Shonen Manga-to-Anime Adaptations

by YPB Team

Studio showcases and faithful page-to-screen translations collide here, from genre-defining titans to cult favorites that reshaped what animation could do. Which reigns supreme?

  1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood — ranked #11
    Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
    Bones' 2009 adaptation that faithfully follows Hiromu Arakawa's manga to its complete ending.
    1000pts
  2. Death Note — ranked #22
    Death Note
    Madhouse's tense adaptation of the Light-versus-L psychological thriller.
    731pts
  3. Jujutsu Kaisen — ranked #33
    Jujutsu Kaisen
    MAPPA's slick adaptation of Gege Akutami's dark sorcery shonen.
    642pts
  4. Chainsaw Man — ranked #44
    Chainsaw Man
    MAPPA's cinematic adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's chaotic devil-hunting manga.
    577pts
  5. Attack on Titan — ranked #55
    Attack on Titan
    The towering adaptation of Hajime Isayama's manga about humanity besieged by giants.
    500pts
  6. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure — ranked #66
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
    David Production's stylish, part-by-part adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's saga.
    500pts
  7. Mob Psycho 100 — ranked #77
    Mob Psycho 100
    Bones' inventive adaptation of ONE's psychic coming-of-age comedy.
    500pts
  8. One Piece — ranked #88
    One Piece
    Toei's decades-spanning adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's record-breaking pirate epic.
    500pts
  9. Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War — ranked #99
    Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War
    Studio Pierrot's long-awaited, faithful adaptation of Tite Kubo's final arc.
    409pts
  10. Dragon Ball Z — ranked #1010
    Dragon Ball Z
    Toei's era-defining adaptation of Akira Toriyama's martial-arts saga.
    409pts
  11. Demon Slayer — ranked #1111
    Demon Slayer
    Ufotable's visually spectacular adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge's demon-hunting hit.
    409pts
  12. Naruto — ranked #1212
    Naruto
    Studio Pierrot's adaptation of Masashi Kishimoto's ninja coming-of-age phenomenon.
    300pts
  13. Hunter x Hunter (2011) — ranked #1313
    Hunter x Hunter (2011)
    Madhouse's acclaimed adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi's adventure epic.
    0pts
  14. My Hero Academia — ranked #1414
    My Hero Academia
    Bones' adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi's superhero-school shonen.
    0pts
  15. Dr. Stone — ranked #1515
    Dr. Stone
    TMS Entertainment's adaptation of the science-driven survival shonen by Riichiro Inagaki.
    0pts

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Comments

Only one series on this shelf got a second attempt at animating its own ending. Two articles run through it: https://youpick.best/articles/one-piece-vs-naruto-vs-bleach-ranked https://youpick.best/articles/attack-on-titan-ranked-many-ways

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