Random Anime Movies That Deserve Their Own TV Series (13 items)

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  (#3) Promare

  From the people that brought you Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill comes Promare, a 2019 anime movie about a rag-tag team of firefighters going up against a terrorist group of mutated arsonists. The post-apocalyptic city of Promepolis is protected by a team of mecha firefighters known as the Burning Rescue. When Galo Thymos, an energetic rookie of Burning Rescue, goes up against Lio Fotia, the alleged terrorist leader of the Mad Burnish, their chance encounter will lead them to uncover the dark truth of Promepolis. As entertaining as Promare was, the 111-minute movie barely scratched the surface of all the cool ideas and characters within it, such as the minimal screen time given to the Burning Rescue team. An anime TV series of Promare would provide a more fully-fleshed out world and also strengthen the relationship between Galo and Lio. 
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  (#2) Battle Angel Alita

  Before it was a live-action Hollywood movie, Battle Angle Alita was a two-episode OVA that was released in 1993. The story follows a female cyborg named Gally living in a dangerous post-apocalyptic world known as the Scrapyard. After being rebuilt by a Cyberphysician named Doc Ido, Gally searches for her memories as a bounty hunter. Despite being a critically-acclaimed manga, Battle Angel Alita only had a short-lived run in animation. While two of its manga volumes were adapted into an anime, there were seven volumes of Battle Angel Alita still left to tell. 
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  (#13) Tekkonkinkreet

  • Kazunari Ninomiya, Yū Aoi, Masahiro Motoki, Rokurō Naya, Tomomichi Nishimura, Mugihito, Kankurō Kudō, Nao Ōmori, Yūsuke Iseya, Min Tanaka, Yoshinori Okada, Yūki Tamaki, Tōru Nara, Kazuko Kurosawa, Atsushi Imaizumi, Yuji Matsumaru

  Based on the originally named Black & White manga, Tekkonkinkreet is a visually surreal anime movie that was released in 2006. The mean streets of Treasure Town belong to "The Cats;" a pair of orphans that go by the name of Black and White. While the two boys have always relied on one another to survive, their bond is put to the test when the yakuza invade Treasure Town and threatens their way of life. As critically-acclaimed as Tekkonkinkreet was, a common complaint against the anime movie was the limited depth in the characters and lack of insight into the gorgeously animated world. An anime TV series of Tekkonkinkreet would allow for more context from the manga to seep in. 
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  (#12) Usogui

  The story of Usogui takes place in a world where gamblers risk their lives in deadly games, while a third-party organization known as the "Kagerou" referees the situation. Baku Madarame, who also goes by the name of Usogui (The Lie Eater), is out to control the Kagerou by out-gambling these maniacal gamblers in their own twisted game. Although the manga ran successfully for eight years, only one animated episode was made of Usogui, which was based on a later story arc. The series deserves a shot at a fully animated TV series, such as Kaiji and Kakegurui. 
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  (#9) 3x3 Eyes

  3x3 Eyes is one of the strangest, yet, most endearing supernatural romance in all of anime. Through a series of strange events, Yakumo Fujii becomes the immortal slave of one of the last three-eyed demons in existence. The three-eyed demon, Pai, absorbed Yakumo's soul to save his life, which transformed him into an immortal being like her. Despite Pai's split-personality that ranges from cute to demonic, Yakumo falls in love with her during their quest to become human again. The manga ran for 15 years, but only four OVA episodes were made during 1991 and 1992. A series as oddly charming as 3x3 Eyes deserves to have more of its story told in animation. 
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  (#4) Akira

  • Takeshi Kusao, Mami Koyama, Tesshō Genda, Taro Ishida, Kōichi Kitamura, Kōzō Shioya, Yōsuke Akimoto, Mitsuo Iwata, Kazumi Tanaka, Nozomu Sasaki, Hiroshi Ōtake, Yukimasa Kishino, Michihiro Ikemizu, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Kayoko Fujii, Mizuho Suzuki, Tarô Arakawa, Masato Hirano, Masayuki Katô, Masaaki Ōkura, Kazuhiro Kamifuji, Yuka Ohno, Masami Toyoshima, Fukue Itō

  Often considered one of the greatest animated movies of the 1980s, Akira is a cyberpunk anime about a troubled teen possessing dangerous god-like powers in a post-apocolyptic world. The movie takes place in the gang-infested streets of Neo Tokyo, where Kaneda Shoutarou leads "the Capsules" against an attack from their rivals "the Clowns." In the midst of battle, Kaneda's best friend, Tetsuo Shima, is taken in by the government after encountering a rogue esper on the streets and soon develops psychic powers of his own. Despite being directed by its original creator, Katsuhiro Otomo, the 1988 Akira movie left a lot of things out from its six-volume manga to fit a two-hour runtime. While both versions of Akira reach the same conclusion, the movie leaves out so many characters, backstories, and storylines behind. 

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