The 30 Best Studio Bones Anime

One studio, two decades of fluid fight scenes, quiet character pieces and a few cult oddities. Fans of the blockbusters and defenders of the deep cuts will clash.

1. 1
   Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

   Bones' 2009-2010 adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's manga about the alchemist brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Mob Psycho 100

   ONE's story of a shy middle-school esper, adapted by Bones across three seasons from 2016 to 2022.
   952pts
3. 3
   Eureka Seven

   Bones' original 2005-2006 mecha series about the young pilot Renton and the mysterious girl Eureka.
   952pts
4. 4
   My Hero Academia

   Bones' long-running 2016-2025 adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi's superhero manga following Izuku Midoriya.
   898pts
5. 5
   Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa

   The 2005 film that concluded Bones' first Fullmetal Alchemist series.
   898pts
6. 6
   Sword of the Stranger

   Bones' 2007 samurai action film about a nameless foreign swordsman protecting a boy in Sengoku-era Japan.
   800pts
7. 7
   Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

   Bones' 2020 animated film about a young woman who uses a wheelchair and the student hired to look after her.
   735pts
8. 8
   The Case Study of Vanitas

   Bones' 2021-2022 adaptation of Jun Mochizuki's vampire manga set in 19th-century Paris.
   734pts
9. 9
   Noragami

   Bones' 2014-2015 series about the minor god Yato and the girl Hiyori, adapted from Adachitoka's manga.
   734pts
10. 10
    RahXephon

    Bones' 2002 original mecha series about a teenager who discovers Tokyo is sealed off from the rest of the world.
    659pts
11. 11
    Blast of Tempest

    Bones' 2012-2013 fantasy series, full of Shakespeare quotes, about two friends caught up in a war between magic trees.
    659pts
12. 12
    Concrete Revolutio

    Bones' 2015-2016 original series about a government bureau that keeps tabs on superhumans in an alternate Shōwa-era Japan.
    571pts
13. 13
    SK8 the Infinity

    Bones' 2021 original series about skateboarders racing in secret downhill contests in Okinawa.
    571pts
14. 14
    Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)

    Bones' first Fullmetal Alchemist series, which diverged from the manga into its own original ending.
    571pts
15. 15
    Bungo Stray Dogs

    Bones' action series, running since 2016, about an agency of supernaturally gifted detectives named after literary authors.
    467pts
16. 16
    Wolf's Rain

    Bones' 2003 original series about wolves in human form searching for a legendary paradise.
    467pts
17. 17
    Space Dandy

    Bones' 2014 comedic space adventure about an alien hunter with a pompadour, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe.
    467pts
18. 18
    Gachiakuta

    Bones' 2025 adaptation of Kei Urana's manga about a boy cast down into a vast trash-filled abyss.
    467pts
19. 19
    Darker than Black

    Bones' original noir sci-fi series, first aired in 2007, about the contractor Hei in a Tokyo changed by a mysterious gate.
    343pts
20. 20
    No. 6

    Bones' 2011 dystopian series based on Atsuko Asano's novels about two boys in a seemingly perfect walled city.
    343pts
21. 21
    Godzilla Singular Point

    Bones and Orange's 2021 series reimagining Godzilla as a science-fiction mystery.
    343pts
22. 22
    Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

    The 2001 feature film continuing the adventures of bounty hunter Spike Spiegel, animated by Bones.
    0pts
23. 23
    Carole & Tuesday

    Bones' 2019 musical series, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, about two young women forming a duo on a terraformed Mars.
    0pts
24. 24
    Star Driver

    Bones' 2010-2011 mecha series about a boy who washes ashore on Southern Cross Isle and pilots a giant Cybody.
    0pts
25. 25
    Soul Eater

    Bones' 2008-2009 adaptation of Atsushi Okubo's manga about meisters and living weapons at the Death Weapon Meister Academy.
    0pts
26. 26
    Ouran High School Host Club

    Bones' 2006 romantic comedy about a scholarship student who ends up working in an elite school's host club.
    0pts
27. 27
    Blood Blockade Battlefront

    Bones' adaptation of Yasuhiro Nightow's manga about the secret society Libra in the monster-filled city of Hellsalem's Lot.
    0pts
28. 28
    Snow White with the Red Hair

    Bones' 2015-2016 fantasy romance about the red-haired herbalist Shirayuki and Prince Zen.
    0pts
29. 29
    Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

    Bones and Kinema Citrus' 2009 drama about two siblings crossing Tokyo after a massive earthquake.
    0pts
30. 30
    Gosick

    Bones' 2011 mystery series about a brilliant girl detective and a Japanese exchange student in a fictional European country.
    0pts

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