There are so many anime that viewers have fallen in love with over the years. Many were introduced to the medium through Toonami and have since been following different series that have come and gone throughout the years of the medium going from being small to popular and mainstream.
Sadly, when it comes to anime that have come and gone, there are many that have gone way too soon. There are endless stories of fans disappointed by anime that ended way too early. While there are more than ten of these cases, there are a few that feel like missed opportunities over others.
10 Air Gear Introduces Futuristic Inline Skates
Air Gear is the story of a futuristic world that introduces a type of inline skate called "Air Gear." The series was a very successful manga and even won awards in 2006 from Kodansha. Both the East and the West showered Air Gear in popularity, but sadly the anime ended after covering just 12 volumes of the manga, leaving fans to go to the manga to see the rest of the story.
9 Highschool Of The Dead Was About High School Students Fighting For Their Lives In A Zombie Apocalypse
Highschool of the Dead is a very tongue-in-cheek ecchi anime that features a group of high school students surviving in a zombie apocalypse. It enjoyed tons of hype and praise for how over the top it was.
Fans were waiting for the series to continue and get an ending but sadly, the author of the series, Daisuke Sato became very sick and died in 2007. This led to the series being stopped altogether out of respect instead of someone else picking it up.
8 Deadman Wonderland Would Require A Full Reboot If It Were To Return
Deadman Wonderland is yet another well-received anime and manga series that enjoyed some spotlight, blowing up in America after running on Toonami during its revival. It is also yet another anime adaptation that ended before getting to the good part of the manga. However, this is one anime that can't simply be continued but would need a full-on reboot, due to the anime leaving out key characters and plot points.
7 Panty & Stocking Left Fans Wanting More After Only 13 Episodes
Gainax is no stranger to creating amazing and experimental anime and their series Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is no exception. It did face one mistake, however. That mistake is that the series left so many fans wanting more and never delivered on that. With only 13 episodes, fans have been begging for more since 2010.
6 Slam Dunk Ended Its Anime Way Before The Manga
The Slam Dunk anime is looked at as one of the best, if not, the best sports anime of all time just like the manga that it was adapted from by Inoue Takehiko. While the Slam Dunk anime was absolutely amazing, it ended way before the manga did and never was continued. At least this means more fans read the rest and got to enjoy Inoue's amazing art.
5 Golden Boy Only Adapted A Few Stories Out Of A Much Longer Manga
Golden Boy is a short OVA series that has since become a cult classic. It was based on a manga that was serialized in Super Jump magazine in the year of 1992.
The anime is one of the funniest of all time but only adapted a few stories out of the much longer manga. And since then, the manga has even received a sequel. It's probably too late to continue this one, as the English dub cast has most likely moved on.
4 The Gantz Anime Didn't Get A Proper Ending
Gantz is one of the manga that so many manga point to when recommending a seinen manga. While the manga ending wasn't great compared to all the gold before it, the anime's ending is even worse.
This is due to Gantz being one of the anime series that ended up being made too fast, surpassing the manga's storyline, and ultimately going in its own direction. This led to an earlier and even worse ending that shouldn't have been a thing.
3 The Devilman OVA Was Only Cut Into Two Episodes
The Devilman OVA was a short adaptation of the popular manga of the same name by the legendary manga artist and writer, Go Nagai. This short adaptation was cut into two episodes and never finished covering the rest of the manga. Seeing the rest of Devilman with the OVA charm would have been amazing.
2 The Soul Eater Anime Had A Rushed Ending
Much like in the case of Gantz, the Soul Eater anime went in a completely different direction than its manga counterpart which led to a much worse ending. Soul Eater's manga has a lot more character growth and a much better battle against the Kishin. Sadly, the anime lacked the time and thus had a rushed ending.
1 Desert Punk Went In A Different Direction From The Manga
Another anime that feels like it ended way too soon when compared to the manga is Desert Punk or Sunabozu. This awesome anime follows a mercenary called "Desert Punk: The Demon of the Desert" in a post-apocalyptic world.
The anime went a very different direction than the manga in the end and while it was honestly just as interesting, the manga went to new places that expanded on the characters and in-universe concepts a lot better.