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The following series and OVAs are significant because they provide good examples of given anime tropes, or because at least one of our contributors enjoyed them thoroughly. For a list of "core" shows which can be used as a basic introduction to the medium, see Essential Anime. Many are adapted from Manga; Light Novels and Visual Novels are also popular.
Anime:
- 3x3 Eyes (a.k.a. Sazan Aizu)
- Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai (a.k.a. Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi)
- Absolute Boyfriend
- Afro Samurai
- Agent Aika
- Ah My Goddess (a.k.a. Aa! Megami-sama, Oh! My Goddess)
- AIR
- Air Gear
- Airmaster
- Ai To Yuuki No Pig Girl Tonde Buurin
- Ai Yori Aoshi
- Akagi
- Akazukin Chacha
- Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge
- Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
- Akira — Was many people's first introduction to big-budget, 'mature' Anime.
- Alive The Final Evolution
- Allison And Lillia
- All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
- Amatsuki
- Angel Links
- Angel Sanctuary
- Appleseed
- Area88
- Argento Soma
- ARIA
- Armitage III
- Armored Trooper VOTOMS
- Asagiri No Miko (a.k.a. Priestesses of the Morning Mist, Shrine of the Morning Mist)
- Asatte No Houkou
- Ask Dr Rin!
- Astro Boy
- Aura Battler Dunbine
- Ayashi No Ceres (a.k.a. Ceres, Celestial Legend)
- Ayakashi Ayashi
- Azumanga Daioh
- Baccano!
- Baki The Grappler
- Bakuen Campus Guardress
- Bamboo Blade
- Basilisk
- Bastard!!
- Battle Athletes
- Berserk
- Beyblade
- The Big O
- Binbou Shimai Monogatari
- Black Cat
- Black Jack
- Black Lagoon
- Blade Of The Immortal
- Bleach
- Blood +
- Blue Drop
- Blue Gender
- Blue Seed
- Bobobobo Bobobo
- Bokura Ga Ita
- Bokurano
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
- Bomberman Jetters
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Bottle Fairies (correct title is "Bottle Fairy", but that's already the name of another trope)
- Boys Be
- Brain Powerd
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Burn Up
- Burst Angel (a.k.a. Bakuretsu Tenshi)
- Busou Renkin
- Candy Boy
- Candy Candy
- Captain Tsubasa
- Card Captor Sakura
- The Case Files Of Yakushiji Ryoko
- Castle In The Sky
- Chaos;Head
- Le Chevalier d'Eon
- Chis Sweet Home
- Chobits
- Chou Kuse Ni Narisou
- Chrono Crusade
- City Hunter
- CLAMP School Detectives
- CLANNAD
- Claymore
- Code Geass
- Colorful
- Corrector Yui
- Cosplay Complex
- Cowboy Bebop
- Coyote Ragtime Show
- Crayon Shin Chan (a.k.a. Shin-Chan!)
- Crest Of The Stars (a.k.a. Seikai no Monshou)
- Cutey Honey (a.k.a. Cutie Honey)
- Cyber City Oedo 808
- Cyborg 009
- Daa Daa Daa (also known as UFO Baby)
- Da Capo
- Dai Guard
- Dai Mahou Touge
- Dai No Daibouken
- Daimos
- Daphne In The Brilliant Blue
- Darker Than Black
- The Daughter Of Twenty Faces
- Dead Leaves
- DearS
- Death Note
- Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z
- Desert Punk (not to be confused with the trope)
- Detective Conan (a.k.a. Case Closed)
- Devil Hunter Yohko (a.k.a. Mamono Hunter Yohko)
- Devilman
- Devil May Cry The Animated Series
- D.Gray-Man
- Di Gi Charat
- Digimon
- Dirty Pair
- Disgaea
- DN Angel
- Doctor Slump
- Doki Doki School Hours
- Dominion Tank Police
- Doraemon
- Doujin Work
- Dragonball
- Dragon Drive
- Dragon Half
- Duel Masters
- Ef A Tale Of Memories
- Eighth Man (a.k.a. 8 Man)
- Eiken
- El Cazador De La Bruja
- Elemental Gelade (Often misspelled as Erementar Gerad)
- Elfen Lied
- El Hazard The Magnificent World
- Ergo Proxy
- Eureka Seven
- Excel Saga
- Eyeshield 21
- Fafner In The Azure Dead Aggressor (a.k.a Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor)
- FAKE
- Fate/stay night
- Final Approach
- Fist Of The North Star (a.k.a. Hokuto no Ken)
- Five Centimeters Per Second
- Flag
- Flame Of Recca
- FLCL (a.k.a. Furi-Kuri, Fooly-Cooly)
- Fruits Basket
- Fullmetal Alchemist (a.k.a. Hagane no Renkinjutsushi, Hagaren)
- Full Metal Panic
- Full Moon O Sagashite (a.k.a. Full Moon wo Sagashite)
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Gakuen Alice
- Gakuen Heaven
- Galaxy Angel
- Galaxy Angel Rune (a.k.a. Galaxy Angel II: Galaxy Angel Rune, Galaxy Angelrune, Galaxy Angel Ru~ne)
- Galaxy Express 999
- Galaxy Fraulein Yuna
- Gall Force
- Gankutsuou (a.k.a The Count of Monte Cristo)
- Gantz
- Gao Gai Gar
- Gargoyle Of The Yoshinagas
- Gasaraki
- Gash Bell (a.k.a. Zatch Bell!, Konjiki no Gash Bell)
- Gate Keepers
- Geneshaft
- Genesis Of Aquarion (a.k.a. Sousei No Aquarion, Aquarion)
- Genocyber
- Genshiken
- Get Backers
- Getsumen To Heiki Mina
- Getter Robo
- Ghost Hound
- Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Gigantor
- Gilgamesh
- Gintama
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Glass Mask
- Gokujou Seitokai (a.k.a. Best Student Council)
- Gokusen
- Golden Boy
- Golgo 13
- G On Riders
- Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
- Gravitation
- Grave Of The Fireflies
- Gravion
- Great Teacher Onizuka (a.k.a. GTO)
- Grenadier
- GunBuster
- Gundam
- Gunnm (a.k.a. Battle Angel Alita)
- Gunslinger Girl
- Gunsmith Cats
- Gun X Sword
- Guyver (a.k.a. Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor)
- .hack//SIGN
- Haibane Renmei (a.k.a. Ailes Grises, Grey Feathers/Wings Foundation)
- Hakaba Kitaro
- Hakkenden
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai
- Happy Lesson
- Haunted Junction
- Hayate The Combat Butler (a.k.a. Hayate no Gotoku)
- He Is My Master
- Hellsing
- Hidamari Sketch
- High School Girls
- Hikaru No Go
- Hitohira
- Honey And Clover
- Howls Moving Castle
- Hunter X Hunter
- Hyakko
- ICE
- Ichigo Mashimaro (a.k.a. Strawberry Marshmallow)
- Ichigo 100% (a.k.a. Strawberry 100%)
- Ichi The Killer
- I! My! Me! Strawberry Eggs
- IGPX Immortal Grand Prix
- Ikki Tousen (a.k.a. Battle Vixens, Dragon Girls)
- Infinite Ryvius
- Initial D
- Inu Yasha
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor
- Jigoku Shojo (a.k.a. Hell Girl)
- Jinki:Extend
- Jubei-chan (a.k.a. Jubei-chan: Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch, second season Jubei-chan: Revenge of the Siberian Yagyuu)
- Jungle De Ikou
- Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (a.k.a. Jungle Guu or Hale+Guu)
- Junjou Romantica
- Kage Kara Mamoru
- Kagihime Monogatari (a.k.a. Kagihime Monogatari - Eikyuu Alice Rinbukyoku, Key Princess Story - Eternal Alice Rondo)
- Kaiba
- Kaiji
- Kaitou Saint Tail
- Kaleido Star
- Kamen No Maid Guy
- Kamichama Karin
- Kamichu!
- Kannagi
- Kannazuki no Miko (a.k.a. Kannaduki no Miko or Priestesses of the Godless Month)
- Kanokon
- Kanon
- Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of Sinners
- Kare Kano (a.k.a. Kareshi Kanojo no Jijo, His and Her Circumstances)
- Karin (a.k.a. Chibi Vampire)
- Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn (a.k.a. Reborn!)
- Kaze No Stigma
- Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran
- Kekkaishi
- Kemeko Deluxe
- Keroro Gunsou (a.k.a. Sergeant Keroro or Sergeant Frog)
- Key The Metal Idol
- Kiddy Grade
- Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer (a.k.a. Angelic Layer)
- Kimagure Orange Road
- Kimba The White Lion
- Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien (a.k.a. Rumbling Hearts)
- Kingyo Chuihou (a.k.a. Goldfish Warning)
- Kinnikuman (a.k.a. M.U.S.C.L.E.)
- Kinos Journey
- Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
- Kita E (a.k.a. Kita E ~Diamond Dust Drops~, Northward ~Diamond Dust Drops~)
- Kodomo No Jikan
- Kodomo No Omocha (a.k.a. Kodocha)
- Koihime Musou
- Koi Kaze
- Koi Koi 7
- Koko Wa Greenwood
- Kujibiki Unbalance
- Kurau Phantom Memory
- Kure-nai
- Kuroshitsuji
- Kurogane No Linebarrel
- Kyou Kara Maou (a.k.a. Demon Lord As Of Today)
- Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
- Last Exile
- The Law Of Ueki
- Legend Of Galactic Heroes
- A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Love Hina
- Loveless
- Lovely Complex
- Lost Universe
- Lucky Star
- Lupin III
- Maburaho
- Macademi Wasshoi
- Madlax
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Magical Pokaan
- Magical Project S
- Mahoraba
- Mahoromatic
- Mahou Sensei Negima
- Mahou Shoujoutai (a.k.a. Tweeny Witches)
- Mahou Tsukai Ni Taisetsu Na Koto Natsu No Sora
- Mai Franchise
- Maison Ikkoku
- Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
- Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo
- Mamotte Shugogetten
- Manabi Straight
- MAR (a.k.a. MÄR, Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Maria-sama Ga Miteru (a.k.a. Marimite, The Virgin Mary is Watching, Maria Watches Over Us)
- Marmalade Boy
- Martian Successor Nadesico
- Maze Megaburst Space
- Mazinger Z
- MD Geist
- Megaman NT Warrior (a.k.a. Rockman.EXE, Mega Man Battle Network)
- Megazone 23
- Melody Of Oblivion
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Mermaid Saga
- Midori No Hibi (a.k.a. Midori Days, Days of Midori)
- Minami-ke
- Mind Game
- Mnemosyne
- Moetan
- Mokke
- Moldiver
- Mon Colle Knights
- Mononoke
- Monster
- Monster Allergy
- Monster Rancher
- Moon Phase
- Moyashimon
- Murder Princess
- Mushishi
- Mushi-Uta
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Myself Yourself
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (aka Matantei Loki Ragnarok)
- Nabari No Ou
- Nadia The Secret Of Blue Water
- Nagasarete Airantou
- Najica Blitz Tactics
- Nana
- Nanaka 6/17
- Naru Taru (a.k.a. Shadow Star)
- Naruto
- Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Night Wizard
- Ninja Scroll (a.k.a. Juubei Ninpuuchou)
- Ninin Ga Shinobuden (a.k.a. 2x2 = Shinobuden, Ninja Nonsense)
- Nodame Cantabile
- Noein
- Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu
- Noir
- Now And Then Here And There
- Ojamajo Doremi (a.k.a. Magical DoReMi)
- Onegai Teacher (a.k.a. Please Teacher!)
- Onegai Twins (a.k.a. Please Twins!)
- One Piece
- Oniisama E
- Only Yesterday
- Ookiku Furikabutte
- Oruchuban Ebichu (a.k.a. Ebichu Minds the House, Ebichu the Housekeeping Hamster)
- Otaku No Video
- Otogi Juushi Akazukin
- Otome Wa Boku Ni Koishiteru
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Outlaw Star
- Panda Z
- Pani Poni Dash
- Papa To Kiss In The Dark
- Paprika
- Parallel Trouble Adventure Dual
- Paranoia Agent
- Patlabor
- Peacemaker Kurogane (a.k.a. Peacemaker)
- Peach Girl
- Peacock King
- Penguin Musume Heart
- Petite Princess Yucie (a.k.a. Puchi Puri Yucie)
- Pet Shop Of Horrors
- Piano
- Pita-Ten
- Planetes
- Plastic Little
- Please Save My Earth
- Pokemon (a.k.a. Pocket Monsters)
- Potemayo
- Pretear (a.k.a. Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Pretear)
- Pretty Cure
- Pretty Face
- The Prince Of Tennis
- Princess Princess
- Princess Tutu
- Project A Ko
- Pucca
- Pumpkin Scissors
- Puni Puni Poemi
- RahXephon
- Ranma ½
- Read Or Die
- Record Of Lodoss War
- Red Garden
- Rental Magica
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Riding Bean
- Rizelmine
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms (a.k.a. Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi))
- Robotech
- Ronin Warriors (a.k.a. Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers)
- Rose Of Versailles
- Rosario To Vampire
- Rozen Maiden
- Rune Soldier Louie
- Rurouni Kenshin (a.k.a. Samurai X)
- Ryofuko-chan
- Saber Marionette J
- Saber Rider And The Star Sheriffs
- Saikano (a.k.a. Saishuu Heiki Kanojo, She, the Ultimate Weapon, My Girlfriend, the Ultimate Weapon)
- Sailor Moon (a.k.a. Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon)
- Saint Seiya
- Saiyuki (a.k.a. Gensou Maden Saiyuki)
- Sakigake! Cromartie Koukou (a.k.a. Cromartie High School)
- Sakura Taisen
- Samurai Champloo
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- Samurai 7
- Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- School Days
- School Rumble
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (a.k.a. Battle Of The Planets)
- Scrapped Princess
- S-CRY-ed
- Seirei No Moribito (aka Moribito Guardian Of The Spirit)
- Sekirei
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Seto No Hanayome
- Shadow Skill
- Shakugan No Shana
- Shaman King
- Shigofumi
- Shin Chan
- Shingetsutan Tsukihime (a.k.a. Tsukihime, Lunar Legend)
- Shinkon Gattai Godannar
- Shoujo Sect
- Shuffle
- Shugo Chara
- Silent Moebius
- Simoun
- Sister Princess
- Sketchbook ~full color'S~
- Skip Beat
- Sky Girls
- Slam Dunk
- Slayers
- Sola
- Sorcerer Hunters (A.K.A. Bakuretsu Hunter)
- Solty Rei
- Sonic X
- Soukou No Strain (aka Strain Strategic Armored Infantry)
- Soul Eater
- Space Runaway Ideon
- Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman
- Speed Grapher
- Speed Racer
- Spice And Wolf
- Spiral (a.k.a. Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna, Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning)
- Spirited Away
- Starship Operators
- Starship Troopers
- Steel Angel Kurumi
- Stellvia Of The Universe
- Strawberry Panic
- Street Fighter
- Strike Witches
- Sugar Sugar Rune
- Sumomo Mo Momo Mo
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Super Doll Licca Chan
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (a.k.a. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- Tekkaman Blade
- Tenchi Muyo
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Tenjho Tenge
- Tenshi Na Konamaik
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