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* The Otome from ''Anime/MyOtome'' receive their powers via nanomachine injections; they self-destruct when the female body's [[VirginPower injected with semen]].
* The series ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' bases a lot of technology on "Nano-mist" -- a fog made up of trillions of nano-scale machines, which can achieve amazing effects -- from keeping a 64 thousand kilometer long starship from collapsing under its own mass, to creating a barrier, to repairing damage, to {{terraform}}ing a planet. Also known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_fog utility fog]]. However, it was suggested in-story (and confirmed in the sequel) that the ES members' abilities are not nanomachine-powered, but in fact seem to be actual (possibly Clarkian) magic.
* The Fleet of Fog's ships (and their mental models) in ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' are assembled and repaired using nanomachines. The stuff's capable of mimicking organic matter down to the cellular level or creating neigh-indestructible battleships. Reverts to harmless silver sand when damaged/deactivated. Where it all comes from is one of the enduring mysteries of the series.
* In ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' exposure to terraforming nanomachines had an interesting effect on humans born on Mars. "Image Feedback System" Nanomachines were also used to interface with various machinery. On Mars, IFS nanomachines were required for pretty much any heavy equipment, but on Earth they served only as the UnusualUserInterface for HumongousMecha and other military vehicles. This led to Martian civilian Akito getting a lot of flak from [[TheSoCalledCoward Earth-natives who assumed he was a military deserter]], and eventually getting [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive press-ganged]] into piloting.
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'' {{hand wave}}s its TransformingMecha in the Armageddon OVA by attributing the transformations to nanomachines.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' loves its nanomachines.
** Nanomachines were first introduced in Cyber Newtype Story: MAD WANG 1160 which set in an alternate timeline of the Universal Century. By UC UC 1160 Humans have begun colonisation of the Miliky Way and nanomachines are used in almost everything from space stations, ships to Armed Material (the future replacement of Mobile Suits) and even weapons such as Molecular Weapons which use nanomachines within the ammo to create a magnetic field to counter electromagnetic shielding of enemy units.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'''s Devil Gundam has nanomachines known as DG Cells known for their three primary properties: repair, revival, and regeneration. DG Cells can infect living beings and turn them into willing servants; it can even [[BackFromTheDead resurrect the dead]], as its {{Mecha Mook}}s are piloted by reanimated skeletons. [[spoiler:Its creator intended for it to heal the damaged Earth, but after crash-landing its programming went nuts and decided to KillAllHumans.]]
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' mentions nanomachines in its world-building material, saying that creating the nigh-indestructable Gundanium alloy requires that level of fine precision. The sequel novel ''Frozen Teardrop'' uses them much more extensively, to the point where critics mockingly compared it to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** The Anime/TurnAGundam and Turn X's powerful Moonlight Butterfly attacks work by releasing technology-destroying nanomachines; since there's an implied link between the Turn X and the Devil Gundam (mentioned above), these nanomachines ''might'' be a development of the DG Cells.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' uses nanomachines to explain why the crew of Ptolemaios can stay in space for extended periods of time and not suffer bone density loss and so on. They are also the explanation, together with genetic modification, on why Innovades like Tieria do not age.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'': Nanomachines are said to be part of the Alaya-Vijnana interface, which provides a double meaning to the "Iron-Blooded" in the title. They also use medical nanomachines.

** Dr. Desty Nova is a specialist in Nanotechnology, and uses nanomachines to do almost everything -- from healing almost any wound to making pudding out of trash. The manga even featured an extra section about the subject.
** During the ZOT we learn that Mercury is a GreyGoo ball.

* In ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'', the Crusniks are super-powered über-vampires who feed on vampire blood. They transform from human form into Crusnik by activating the nanomachines in their blood.
* ''Anime/SkyGirls'' has nanomachines as the focus of the entire story. MonsterOfTheWeek? Nanomachines originally built to cure medical problems gone rogue. Pilots wearing LatexSpaceSuit? They are protected by nanomachine armor that only lasts ten minutes [[note]]or twenty nine minutes, depending on which version you're watching[[/note]]. The weapons that the Sonic Divers carry? They are all nanomachine bullets.
* ''Anime/StrikeWitches'', a show quite similar to ''Sky Girls'', features the alien GreyGoo version of this as ''all'' of the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters of the Week]].
* [[ThemeNaming Foo Fighters]] from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure -- Stone Ocean'' is a unique character: while she does all the things a nanomachine-creature can do, such as healing herself and others and morphing her body to suit her needs (she has a literal [[StealthPun handgun]]), she's actually a Stand-enhanced colony of ''plankton''.
* In ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', nanomachines are widely used. In the first season, one of the potential treatments for cyberbrain sclerosis is based on nanomachines (although it isn't very effective). One episode also mentions that nanomachines are used to counteract air pollution. ''2nd GIG'' introduces the "Japanese Miracle"; a nanomachine-based technology for neutralising radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions. Though due to being written before "nano" became a popular buzzword, they're called ''micro'' -machines.
* Viluy from ''Anime/SailorMoon'' attacks with nanomachines. [[spoiler:After one of Sailor Moon's attacks causes them to malfunction, they turn on their creator.]]
* Yami from ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' apparently gets her powers from nanomachines, as expected of an Eve-expy. Her 'younger sister', Mea Kurosaki, has the same powers.

* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar FINAL'', Palparepa uses nanomachines during his fight with Guy. [[spoiler:After taking some damage from them, Guy uses his [[EvolutionaryLevels Evoluder]] [[{{Technopath}} abilities]] to rewrite the nanomachines and send them back at Palparepa. However, instead of weakening him the nanomachines have the unforeseen effect of making Palparepa cross the BishonenLine]].

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'', Creator/AleisterCrowley uses nanomachines called UNDER_LINE to analyze everything in Academy City, explaining his SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands. Kakine Teitoku uses a {{Tricked Out Glove|s}} called the Pincet Glove to capture an UNDERLINE bot and reverse engineer it.
* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' episode "The Particle Iron Beast Micro-Saturn" has tiny bugs coated in lead. They cover buildings, making it appear there's no radiation; later, they pull together to become a giant bug. Once it has hold of the Godphoenix, the bugs drop loose and start chowing down on the hull. They have to go to Hinotori to melt the things.
* In ''Anime/LupinIIIDeadOrAlive'', nanomachines were left to guard Drifting Island (where the nation's treasury is kept) against thieves, and it has proven very effective, defeating Lupin's attempts to gain access twice before General Headhunter brought Olèander to blackmail Pannish. The nanomachines operate as a smart BoobyTrap, chasing people and killing them.
* In ''Manga/TheDarkQueenAndIStrikeBack'', Diedhauser has nanomachines which give him a potent HealingFactor [[spoiler:and the ability to self-destruct]].

* The Otome from ''Anime/MyOtome'' receive their powers via nanomachine injections; they self-destruct when the female body's [[VirginPower injected with semen.]]

* In ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'', nanomachines are omnipresent, used in potent LostTechnology scavengers like the protagonist Akira search for in ruins of cities AfterTheEnd. He frequently uses medicine consisting of nanomachines, that he can either pour on a wound or take pre-emptively before he inevitably gets injured, such as when his VirtualSidekick Alpha uses his PowerArmor to move him like a PeoplePuppet, covering him in injuries. For Akira as well as most everyone else living in the slums as part of his MegaCorp run society's ExtremeSpeculativeStratification, they eat free food created by dodgy lost technology relics often leaving them filled with nanomachines. Both this food and the medicine leave dead nanomachines behind in the blood stream, making medicines less effective over time and leading to death unless a procedure is regularly undertaken at a hospital to remove them.

* The plot of the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' movie centers on these devices, which it frames as proteins that [[spoiler:make its victims see thousands of butterflies before asphyxiating them nearly instantly.]]

* In ''Anime/TheGodOfHighSchool'' all of the fighters in the titular tournament are injected with nanomachines that constantly monitor their vitals and heal them between matches.

* The series ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' bases a lot of technology on "Nano-mist" -- a fog made up of trillions of nano-scale machines, which can achieve amazing effects -- from keeping a 64 thousand kilometer long starship from collapsing under its own mass, to creating a barrier, to repairing damage, to {{terraform}}ing a planet. Also known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_fog utility fog]].\\
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''Anime/KiddyGrade'' kicks WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief in the teeth throughout the series, and explains ''everything'' by [[HandWave handwaving]] some nonsense about nanomachines. While changing clothes in seconds or maybe even the "make a whip out of lipstick" trick are somewhat old hat, one pair of characters ''[[ArtisticLicensePhysics has the nanomachine-induced physics-warping superpower]] [[GravitySucks of manipulating black holes with their bare hands]]''.\\
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It was suggested in-story (and confirmed in the sequel) that this is malarkey even inside the story; the ES members' abilities are not nanomachine-powered, but in fact seem to be actual (possibly Clarkian) magic.

* The Otome from ''Anime/MaiOtome'' receive their powers via nanomachine injections; they self-destruct when the female body's [[VirginPower injected with semen.]]