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The 24 Best Long-Running Manga Adaptations to Anime

By YPB Team

Shonen heavyweights, sports dramas and gag series that kept their audiences for hundreds of episodes. Some are global staples, others are Japanese TV institutions.

  1. One Piece — ranked #11
    One Piece
    Toei's pirate adventure following Luffy's hunt for the ultimate treasure, running since 1999 with over a thousand episodes.
    1000pts
  2. Doraemon — ranked #22
    Doraemon
    A robot cat from the future helps a clumsy schoolboy with gadgets, a family staple for generations.
    965pts
  3. Haikyu!! — ranked #33
    Haikyu!!
    A short volleyball prodigy and his rival-turned-teammate climb Japan's high school ranks.
    833pts
  4. My Hero Academia — ranked #44
    My Hero Academia
    A quirkless boy inherits a legendary power at a school for aspiring heroes across seven seasons.
    833pts
  5. Gintama — ranked #55
    Gintama
    A parody-heavy samurai comedy set in an alien-occupied Edo that switches between slapstick and serious war drama.
    694pts
  6. Dragon Ball Super — ranked #66
    Dragon Ball Super
    Goku and Vegeta face gods of destruction and the Tournament of Power in the franchise's revival.
    694pts
  7. Hunter x Hunter — ranked #77
    Hunter x Hunter
    Madhouse's 2011 adaptation of Gon's search for his father through the Hunter exams and the Chimera Ant arc.
    629pts
  8. Dragon Ball Z — ranked #88
    Dragon Ball Z
    The Saiyan saga of power-ups and planet-sized fights that made anime a global phenomenon.
    629pts
  9. Bleach — ranked #99
    Bleach
    Studio Pierrot's soul reaper action series, later revived with the Thousand-Year Blood War arc.
    555pts
  10. Yu-Gi-Oh! — ranked #1010
    Yu-Gi-Oh!
    The card-game duel anime that turned a puzzle-solving teenager into a pop-culture icon.
    555pts
  11. Naruto Shippuden — ranked #1111
    Naruto Shippuden
    The 500-episode continuation that follows a grown Naruto and his fight against the Akatsuki.
    555pts
  12. Crayon Shin-chan — ranked #1212
    Crayon Shin-chan
    The mischievous five-year-old Shinnosuke has kept Japanese audiences laughing since 1992.
    470pts
  13. Saint Seiya — ranked #1313
    Saint Seiya
    Bronze-clad warriors fight for the goddess Athena in a long-running mythological battle series.
    470pts
  14. The Seven Deadly Sins — ranked #1414
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    A band of disgraced knights reunites to save a kingdom in a fantasy epic with sequels and a movie run.
    470pts
  15. Detective Conan — ranked #1515
    Detective Conan
    A teenage detective shrunk into a child solves cases in a series airing since 1996, also known as Case Closed.
    470pts
  16. Naruto — ranked #1616
    Naruto
    The original 220-episode run about a young outcast ninja chasing his dream of becoming Hokage.
    370pts
  17. Attack on Titan — ranked #1717
    Attack on Titan
    Humanity hides behind walls from man-eating giants in a grim saga that ended after four seasons.
    370pts
  18. Kuroko's Basketball — ranked #1818
    Kuroko's Basketball
    A phantom sixth man and his hot-headed ace chase the Generation of Miracles on the court.
    370pts
  19. Inuyasha — ranked #1919
    Inuyasha
    A time-travelling schoolgirl and a half-demon hunt shards of a shattered jewel in feudal Japan.
    370pts
  20. Fairy Tail — ranked #2020
    Fairy Tail
    A guild-centered fantasy about wizards, friendship and over 300 episodes of magical brawls.
    252pts
  21. Rurouni Kenshin — ranked #2121
    Rurouni Kenshin
    A wandering former assassin swears never to kill again in Meiji-era Japan.
    252pts
  22. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure — ranked #2222
    JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
    A multi-generational saga of Stands, flamboyant poses and the Joestar family curse.
    252pts
  23. Yu Yu Hakusho — ranked #2323
    Yu Yu Hakusho
    A delinquent revived as a spirit detective fights demons and enters a deadly tournament.
    0pts
  24. Black Clover — ranked #2424
    Black Clover
    A magic-less boy aims to become Wizard King in a 170-episode underdog story.
    0pts

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