

How big a portion of anime gets adapted from different sources like manga,
light novels, visual novels, and video games in general?

Has there ever been published a study or numbers that looked into how many
anime shows have their origins in the different media and drawn a comparison
between them?


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Are there any numbers (estimates) for how many anime shows have been adapted from manga, light novels, visual novels, and games?


Databases like [myanimelist](https://myanimelist.net) or
[anisearch](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index) often include the original
source for each entry.  
The second database also allows us to filter the entries based on the source
type so we can get some numbers.  
The following are rough estimates when we only consider series (overall about
4700):

  * Based on manga: 1620
  * Based on light novel: 400
  * Based on video game: 280
  * Based on visual novel: 160
  * Original works: 880

Not included are adaptations from other media like comics, manhua, manwha or
other anime.


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