At least as far backs as Astro Boy kicked off the televised anime industry, anime has been linked at the hip to other media, whether it's manga, light novels, visual novels or games. Still, from Miyazaki to Madoka Magica, there's a history classic works with original stories. In a recent Biglobe poll, over 6,000 Japanese fans named their favorite anime originals.
What is up with that picture? Good to see a list that isn't completely filled with what the Japanese are currently watching, though obviously it does contain quite a few.