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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 movement, 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
- Aishiteruze Baby
- Akagi
- Akazukin Chacha
- Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge
- Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
- Akikan
- 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
- Android Kikaider: The Animation (a.k.a. Jinzo Ningen Kikaida)
- Angel Heart
- Angel's Egg
- Angel Links
- Angel Sanctuary
- Aoi Hana
- Appleseed
- Arashi no Yoru ni
- Area 88
- 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
- Asu No Yoichi
- Asura Cryin
- Aura Battler Dunbine
- Axis Powers Hetalia
- Ayashi No Ceres (a.k.a. Ceres, Celestial Legend)
- Ayakashi Ayashi
- Azumanga Daioh
- Baccano!
- Bakemonogatari
- Baki The Grappler
- Bakuen Campus Guardress
- Bakugan
- Bamboo Blade
- Barefoot Gen
- Basilisk
- Basquash!
- Bastard!!
- Battle Athletes
- Beast Wars II
- Beast Wars Neo
- Beck
- Berserk
- Beyblade
- Bible Black
- The Big O
- Binbou Shimai Monogatari
- Binchou-tan
- Black Cat
- Black Jack
- Black Lagoon
- Blade Of The Immortal
- Blame!
- Bleach
- Blood +
- Blue Drop
- Blue Gender
- Blue Seed
- Bobobobo Bobobo
- Bokura Ga Ita
- Bokurano
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
- Bomberman Jetters
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Bottle Fairy
- Boys Be
- Braiger
- Brain Powerd
- B't X
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Burn Up
- Burst Angel (a.k.a. Bakuretsu Tenshi)
- Busou Renkin
- Candy Boy
- Candy Candy
- Captain Harlock
- Captain Tsubasa
- Card Captor Sakura
- The Case Files Of Yakushiji Ryoko
- Castle In The Sky
- The Castle Of Cagliostro
- Cats Eye
- Cat Soup
- Chaos;Head
- Le Chevalier d'Eon
- Chi's Sweet Home
- Chobits
- Chocotto Sister
- Chou Kuse Ni Narisou
- Chrome Shelled Regios
- Chrono Crusade
- City Hunter
- CLAMP School Detectives
- CLANNAD
- Claymore
- Cobra
- Code Geass
- Colorful
- Combattler V
- 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
- Dairugger XV
- Daitarn 3
- Dancougar
- Daphne In The Brilliant Blue
- Darker Than Black
- The Daughter Of Twenty Faces
- Dead Leaves
- DearS
- Death Note
- Delinquent In Drag
- Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z
- Demonbane
- Dennou Coil
- Desert Punk (not to be confused with the trope)
- Detective Conan (a.k.a. Case Closed)
- Detroit Metal City
- Devil Hunter Yohko (a.k.a. Mamono Hunter Yohko)
- Devilman
- Devil May Cry The Animated Series
- D.Gray-Man
- Diamond Daydreams
- Die Buster
- Di Gi Charat
- Digimon
- Dirty Pair
- Disgaea
- DN Angel
- Doctor Slump
- Doki Doki School Hours
- Dokkoida?!
- Dominion Tank Police
- Doraemon
- Doujin Work
- Dragonball
- Dragon Drive
- Dragon Half
- Dragonaut The Resonance
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
- Duel Masters
- Eden Of The East
- 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
- Eve No Jikan
- Excel Saga
- Eyeshield 21
- Fafner In The Azure Dead Aggressor (a.k.a Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor)
- FAKE
- Fate/stay night
- Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!
- Figure17 (a.k.a. Figure17: Tsubasa & Hikaru)
- Final Approach
- Final Fantasy Unlimited
- Fireball
- 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)
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Full Metal Panic
- Full Moon O Sagashite (a.k.a. Full Moon wo Sagashite)
- Fushigi Yuugi
- Fushigiboshi No Futagohime
- Future Boy Conan
- GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class
- 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
- Gaiking
- Gao Gai Gar
- Ga-Rei -Zero-
- Gargoyle Of The Yoshinagas
- Gasaraki
- Gash Bell (a.k.a. Zatch Bell!, Konjiki no Gash Bell)
- Gate Keepers
- GEAR Fighter Dendoh
- Geneshaft
- Genesis Of Aquarion (a.k.a. Sousei No Aquarion, Aquarion)
- Genocyber
- Genshiken
- Get Backers
- Getsumen To Heiki Mina
- Getter Robo
- Ghost Hound
- Ghost Hunt
- Ghost In The Shell
- Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex
- Ghost Stories
- Gigantor
- Gilgamesh
- Gintama
- Ginga Densetsu Weed
- Ginga Nagareboshi Gin
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- Girls Bravo
- Glass Fleet
- Glass Mask
- Gokujou Seitokai (a.k.a. Best Student Council)
- Gokusen
- Golden Boy
- Golgo 13
- Go Lion
- G On Riders
- Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
- Gravitation
- Grave Of The Fireflies
- Gravion
- Great Teacher Onizuka (a.k.a. GTO)
- Grenadier
- GuinSaga
- GunBuster
- Gundam
- Gungrave
- 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)
- Hajime No Ippo
- Hakaba Kitaro
- Hakkenden
- Hamtaro
- Hanaukyo Maid Tai
- Happy Lesson
- Hatsukoi Limited
- Haunted Junction
- Hayate The Combat Butler (a.k.a. Hayate no Gotoku)
- He Is My Master
- Hellsing
- Hell Teacher Nube
- Heroic Age
- Hidamari Sketch
- High School Girls
- Hikaru No Go
- Himechan No Ribon raekuul is the entry pimp of this anime
- Hitohira
- Hols Prince Of The Sun (a.k.a. Horus, Prince of the Sun, The Little Norse Prince, and Little Norse Prince Valiant)
- Honey And Clover
- Howls Moving Castle
- Hunter X Hunter
- Hyakko
- I"s
- ICE
- Ichigo 100% (a.k.a. Strawberry 100%)
- Ichigo Mashimaro (a.k.a. Strawberry Marshmallow)
- Ichi The Killer
- Idolmaster Xenoglossia
- Inukami
- I! My! Me! Strawberry Eggs
- IGPX Immortal Grand Prix
- Ikki Tousen (a.k.a. Battle Vixens, Dragon Girls)
- Imma Youjo
- Infinite Ryvius
- Innocent Venus
- Initial D
- Inu Yasha
- IRIA: Zeiram the Animation
- 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. Haré+Guu)
- Junjou Romantica
- Jyu Oh Sei (a.k.a Planet of the Beast King)
- 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!
- Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
- Kanamemo
- Kannagi
- Kannazuki no Miko (a.k.a. Kannaduki no Miko, Priestesses of the Godless Month or Destiny of the Shrine Maiden)
- 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
- Kaze To Ki No Uta
- Kekkaishi
- Kekko Kamen
- 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)
- King Of Bandit Jing (a.k.a. Jing: King of Bandits)
- King Of Thorn
- Kingyo Chuihou (a.k.a. Goldfish Warning)
- Kinnikuman (a.k.a. M.U.S.C.L.E.)
- Kino's Journey
- Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
- Kiss X Sis
- Kodomo No Jikan
- Kodomo No Omocha (a.k.a. Kodocha)
- Koihime Musou
- Koi Kaze
- Koi Koi 7
- Koko Wa Greenwood
- K-ON!
- Kotetsu Jeeg (a.k.a. Steel Jeeg)
- Koutetsu Sangokushi
- Kujibiki Unbalance
- Kurau Phantom Memory
- Kure-nai
- Kurokami (aka Black God)
- Kuroshitsuji
- Kurogane No Linebarrel
- Kyogoku Natsuhiko Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari
- Kyou Kara Maou (a.k.a. Demon Lord As Of Today)
- Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
- Kyoshiro To Towa No Sora (Market Based Title: Shattered Angels)
- Lamune
- Last Exile
- The Law Of Ueki
- The Legend Of Black Heaven
- Legend Of Galactic Heroes
- The Littl Bits
- A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Love Hina
- Loveless
- Lovely Complex
- Lost Universe
- Lucky Star
- Lupin III
- Maburaho
- Macademi Wasshoi
- Madlax
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Magical Princess Minky Momo
- Magic Knight Rayearth
- Magical Pokaan
- Mahoraba
- Mahoromatic
- Mahoujin Guru Guru
- 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! Lollipop aka Save Me! Lollipop
- Mamotte Shugogetten
- Manabi Straight
- Mao-chan
- MAR (a.k.a. MÄR, Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Maria Holic
- Mari And Gali
- 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
- Medabots
- Megaman NT Warrior (a.k.a. Rockman.EXE, Mega Man Battle Network)
- Megazone 23
- Meiken Jolie
- Meine Liebe
- Melody Of Oblivion
- Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
- Mermaid Saga
- Michiko To Hatchin
- Midori No Hibi (a.k.a. Midori Days, Days of Midori)
- Millennium Actress
- Minami-ke
- Mind Game
- Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
- Mnemosyne
- Moetan
- Mokke
- Moldiver
- Mon Colle Knights
- Mononoke
- Monster
- Monster Allergy
- Monster Rancher
- Moon Phase
- Moyashimon
- Murder Princess
- Mushishi
- Mushi-Uta
- Munto
- Muteki Kanban Musume (aka Ramen Fighter Miki)
- My Dear Marie
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Myself Yourself
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (aka Matantei Loki Ragnarok)
- Nabari No Ou
- Nadia The Secret Of Blue Water
- Nadia Omake Gekijou
- Nagasarete Airantou
- Najica Blitz Tactics
- Nana
- Nanaka 6/17
- Naru Taru (a.k.a. Shadow Star)
- Naruto
- Natsu No Arashi
- Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
- NEEDLESS
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Net Ghost Pi Po Pa
- Night Wizard
- Ninja Scroll (a.k.a. Juubei Ninpuuchou)
- Ninja Senshi Tobikage (a.k.a. Ninja Robots)
- Ninin Ga Shinobuden (a.k.a. 2x2 = Shinobuden, Ninja Nonsense)
- Nodame Cantabile
- Noein
- Nogizaka Haruka No Himitsu
- Noir
- Nora
- 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
- Otogi Zoshi
- Otome Wa Boku Ni Koishiteru
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Outlaw Star
- Overman King Gainer
- Panda Z
- Pani Poni Dash
- Papa To Kiss In The Dark
- Paprika
- Paradise Kiss
- Paranoia Agent
- Patlabor
- Peacemaker Kurogane (a.k.a. Peacemaker)
- Peach Girl
- Peacock King
- Penguin Memories
- Penguin Musume
- Perfect Blue
- Petite Princess Yucie (a.k.a. Puchi Puri Yucie)
- Pet Shop Of Horrors
- Phantom Of Inferno
- Piano
- Pilot Candidate
- Pita-Ten
- The Place Promised In Our Early Days
- Planetes
- Plastic Little
- Please Save My Earth
- Pokémon (a.k.a. Pocket Monsters)
- Popotan
- Potemayo
- Pretear (a.k.a. Shin Shirayuki-hime Densetsu Pretear)
- Pretty Cure
- The Prince Of Tennis
- Princess Knight (aka Ribon no Kishi)
- Princess Lover
- Princess Nine
- Princess Princess
- Princess Tutu
- Project A Ko
- Pucca
- Pumpkin Scissors
- Puni Puni Poemi
- Queen's Blade
- RahXephon
- Raideen
- Ranma ˝
- Rave Master
- Read Or Die
- Real Drive
- 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
- Rocket Girls
- Romeo X Juliet
- Ronin Warriors (a.k.a. Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers)
- Rosario+Vampire
- Rose Of Versailles
- Rozen Maiden
- Rumbling Hearts
- 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
- Saiunkoku Monogatari
- Saiyuki (a.k.a. Gensou Maden Saiyuki)
- Saki
- Sakigake! Cromartie Koukou (a.k.a. Cromartie High School)
- Sakura Taisen
- Samurai Champloo
- Samurai Deeper Kyo
- Samurai Pizza Cats
- Samurai Gun
- Samurai 7
- Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
- Sazae-san
- 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
- Shigurui
- Shikabane Hime
- Shin Chan
- Shingetsutan Tsukihime (a.k.a. Tsukihime, Lunar Legend)
- Shinkon Gattai Godannar
- Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica
- Shinzo
- Shion No Ou
- Shoujo Sect
- Shuffle
- Shugo Chara
- Silent Moebius
- Simoun
- Sister Princess
- Sketchbook ~full color'S~
- Skip Beat
- Sky Girls
- Slam Dunk
- Slayers
- Sola
- Solty Rei
- Sonic X
- Sora No Manimani
- Sora Wo Kakeru Shoujo (aka Sora Kake Girl, The Girl Who Leapt Through Space)
- Sorcerer Hunters (A.K.A. Bakuretsu Hunter)
- Sorcerer Stabber Orphen
- 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
- Stitch!
- Strawberry Panic
- Street Fighter
- Strike Witches
- Sugar Sugar Rune
- Sumomo Mo Momo Mo
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross
- Super Dimension Century Orguss
- Super Doll Licca Chan
- Suzuka
- Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (a.k.a. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
- The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island
- Sword Of The Stranger
- Tales From Earthsea
- Tekkaman Blade
- Telepathy Shoujo Ran
- Ten
- Tenchi Muyo
- Taisho Yakyuu Musume
- Tayutama
- Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Tenjho Tenge
- Tenshi Na Konamaiki (a.k.a. Cheeky Angel)
- Tentai Senshi Sunred (a.k.a. Astro Fighter Sunred)
- Texhnolyze
- The Littl Bits
- They Are My Noble Masters
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
- Those Who Hunt Elves
- To Aru Majutsu No Index
- To Heart 2
- To-Love-Ru
- Tokko
- Tokyo Babylon
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Tokyo Pig
- TonaGura
- Toradora
- Touch
- Touka Gettan
- Toward The Terra
- The Tower Of Druaga
- Transformers Armada
- Transformers Headmasters
- Transformers Super God Masterforce
- Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever
- Trigun
- Trinity Blood
- Tristia Of The Deep Blue Sea
- Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
- The Twelve Kingdoms
- Twin Spica
- Uchuu Senkan Yamato (a.k.a. Space Battleship Yamato, Star Blazers)
- UFO Princess Valkyrie (a.k.a. UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie)
- Ultimate Girls
- Ultra Maniac
- Ulysses 31
- Umisho
- Umi Monogatari
- Urotsukidouji
- Urusei Yatsura
- Usavich
- Uta Kata
- Utawarerumono
- Valkyria Chronicles
- Vampire Hunter D
- Vampire Knight
- Vampire Princess Miyu
- Vandread
- Variable Geo
- Venus Versus Virus
- Victorian Romance Emma
- Video Girl Ai
- Violinist Of Hameln
- Violinist Of Hameln Shchelkunchik
- Vision Of Escaflowne
- Voices Of A Distant Star
- Voltes V
- Wagaya No Oinarisama
- The Wallflower
- Wedding Peach
- Weiss Kreuz
- Welcome To The NHK
- When They Cry
- Windy Tales
- Wings Of Honneamise Royal Space Force
- Witch Hunter Robin
- Witchblade
- Wolfs Rain
- Wowser
- W~Wish
- X 2009 Epic
- Xabungle
- Xam'd: Lost Memories (a.k.a. Bounen no Xamdo)
- X/1999
- ×××HOLiC
- Yakitate Japan
- Yami No Matsuei (a.k.a. Descendants of Darkness)
- Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito (a.k.a. Yami, the Hat and the Travelers of Books)
- Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
- Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou
- You're Under Arrest! (a.k.a. Taiho Shihauzo)
- Yumeria
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Yu-Gi-Oh GX
- Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds
- Yu Yu Hakusho
- Zambot 3
- Zeorymer
- Zero No Tsukaima
- Zettai Karen Children
- Zipang
- Zoids
- Zombie Loan
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