History ShowWithinAShow / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': Tatsu's wife Miku is a big fan of a police-themed MagicalGirl anime called ''[=PoliCure=]'' (which is an obvious riff on ''Anime/PrettyCure''), which gets them into things like becoming an audience participant in a ''[=PoliCure=]'' live show, trying to get hold of limited-run merchandise, and putting on a show for a little girl in hospital who's also a fan . The anime adaptation goes one step further with Creator/ToeiAnimation (the creator/producer of ''Pretty Cure'') [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOc0c0euqVs creating an opening for the series]], officially titled "Crimecatch [=PoliCure=]", which specifically references ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure''.

* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': Tatsu's wife Miku is a big fan of a police-themed MagicalGirl anime called ''[=PoliCure=]'', which gets them into things like becoming an audience participant in a ''[=PoliCure=]'' live show, trying to get hold of limited-run merchandise, and putting on a show for a little girl in hospital who's also a fan . The anime adaptation goes one step further with Toei themselves [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOc0c0euqVs creating an opening for the series]], officially titled "Crimecatch [=PoliCure=]", a big parody of their insanely popular ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' anime.

* ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'' gives us one program that distracts Mihoshi so badly that Washu's Mecha Washu-Mihoshi runs off to watch it mid-fight. That show? ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}''.

* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'': ''A City Without People'', drawn by [[spoiler: Chi's original creator]]. It [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade]] on the problems Persocoms are causing and drops hints on Chi's nature and eventual internal struggle.

* ''Manga/TheGeekExHitman'': The entire plot of the series is kicked off when {{mafia}} [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] Marco catches his latest mark in the middle of watching a MagicalGirl anime called ''Hades Girl Eurydice'' and [[OccidentalOtaku becomes obsessed with the series himself]]: he leaves the murder business on the spot and moves to Japan, pursued by two Carabinieri, Viviana and Andre, who come to be fans themselves once they're convinced he has no intention of returning to organized crime. The anime seems to be a pretty big deal in the manga's version of Earth: there's even a movie and soundtrack concerts, and Marco, Viviana, and Andre are able to sell a {{doujinshi}} of the series that they make.

* ''Manga/{{Metamorphosis}}'': [=ShindoL=] released a page of bonus material on his Patreon which reveals that ''Metamorphosis'' is a fictional movie in-universe. Saki's actress arrives on-set wearing a [=ShindoL=] boggin cap, is shown putting on makeup, and takes direction on her expression during a sex scene. She also tries to do a coke-snorting scene but it goes badly, and Hayato's actor [[MeanCharacterNiceActor asks if she's okay]].

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has ''Big Shot!'', which features information for bounty hunters on the latest rewards posted for the capture of criminals. Possibly a pirate show, since the picture is always grainy and flickering.
** Or more likely the fact that the main characters are usually watching it several million miles from the nearest inhabited planet has something to do with the flickering image. The whole show has deliberate retro quality.
** After ''Big Shot!'' is canceled late in the series, the male host has a cameo (sans accent and costume), which makes ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' similar to variety one.

* ''Manga/TheDangersInMyHeart'' has ''Kimi-Iro Octave'', a shoujo romance manga that Yamada and later Ichikawa read. What's seen in the series is used in moments that parallel Ichikawa and Yamada's growing relationship. The female lead is an identical clone of Yamada and the male lead Nigorikawa shares a significant number of Ichikawa’s personality traits (Which he subconsciously denies). Nigorikawa himself eventually manifests into a psychological representation of Kyōtarō’s growing self-esteem and true desires.

** [[spoiler: The ''Elimination Chamber Festival'' was made specifically to trap Altair in a work of fiction so she would have to adhere to the rules of it]].

* ''Literature/WelcomeToTheNHK'''s anime adaptation has ''Puru Puru Pururin'', which Yamazaki is a huge fan of and is believed by the show's protagonist to be the forefront of a conspiracy (in the original novel, Yamazaki's obsessed with the real anime ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' instead). Despite its show-within-a-show nature, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg8Jahz6RM4 a real OP was made for it]] and it once had a real website which is now defunct.

* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': Tatsu's wife Miku is a big fan of a police-themed MagicalGirl anime called ''[=PoliCure=]'', which gets them into things like becoming an audience participant in a ''[=PoliCure=]'' live show, trying to get hold of limited-run merchandise, and putting on a show for a little girl in hospital who's also a fan . The anime adaptation goes one step further with Toei themselves creating an opening for the series, officially titled "Crimecatch [=PoliCure=]", a big parody of their insanely popular ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' anime.

* ''Literature/WelcomeToTheNHK'''s anime adaptation has ''Puru Puru Pururin'', which Yamazaki is a huge fan of and is believed by the show's protagonist to be the forefront of a conspiracy (in the original novel, Yamazaki's obsessed with the real anime ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' instead). Despite its show-within-a-show nature, it has [[http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/hikky/plrin/index.php a real website]].

* ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' has ''Puri Gorota'', a children's anime similar to ''Manga/{{Doraemon}} which Nodame is a huge fan of, to the point of collecting figures of it. One teacher uses her love of the show to bring her to the classes she kept missing. Nodame uses it as example to teach Chiaki a lesson. In Paris, Frank was trying to record the French dub of the show when Nodame notices it and watches one episode several dozens of times in order to learn French.

* ''Manga/NodameCantabile'' has that ''Puri Gorota'' show, that Nodame is an {{Otaku}} about (even to collect the figures of it).
** One teacher uses her addiction to bring hear to the classes she kept missing. Nodame uses it as example to teach Chiaki a lesson. In Paris, Frank was trying to record the french dub of it when [[spoiler:Nodame notices it and watches several dozens of times in order to learn French]].

* In the anime adaptation of ''Literature/EromangaSensei'', every time someone goes to a light novel shop you can see several famous titles in the background, and there's a brief but major reference to ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' and ''Literature/AccelWorld''.

* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/EromangaSensei'', every time someone goes to a light novel shop you can see several famous titles in the background, and there's a brief but major reference to ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' and ''Literature/AccelWorld''.

* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars''[='s=] [[Anime/SakuraWarsTV various]] [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie adaptations]] are loaded with these, because of the entire cast's cover identities as part of a theater troupe. In addition to the many, many stage productions they put on, there are also the movies made by the studios owned by Sumire's family (including the infamous ''Crimson Lizard''), and the radio serial ''Red Lad''.

* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' has ''Kujibiki Unbalance'', a manga/anime that the members of Genshiken are obsessed with despite being a ([[InvokedTrope deliberately]]) blatant ClicheStorm of tropes that were popular in manga and anime at the time. Despite its heavily tropey nature, it became popular enough in real life to be spun off into [[Anime/KujibikiUnbalance its own series]].
* An "anime within an anime", the fictional anime series ''Liddo-kun no Daibouken'' (and the stuffed Liddo-kun toy owned by Naru) figures significantly into ''Manga/LoveHina''.

* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': Tatsu's wife Miku is a big fan of a police-themed MagicalGirl anime called ''[=PoliCure=]'', which gets them into things like becoming an audience participant in a ''[=PoliCure=]'' live show, trying to get hold of limited-run merchandise, and putting on a show for a little girl in hospital who's also a fan .

* ''Katchu Ranbu'' in ''Manga/KissHimNotMe''.

* ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' is about five girls and their experiences as they work at an animation studio, so naturally there are several examples. The two in-universe anime that get the most focus are ''Exodus'' (an [[AnimeFirst original anime]]) and ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' (which is adapted from a manga), and how the characters work on both series. There's also Aoi's favorite series, ''Andes Chucky'', a classic anime inspired by various ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' anime of the 70s; as it turns out, most of Musashino Animation's older staff worked on it.

* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/EromangaSensei'', every time someone goes to a light novel shop you can see several famous titles in the background, and there's a brief but major reference to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' and ''Literature/AccelWorld''.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'', Witch Girl is the author of a series of novels titled "Pleasant Serial Killers". Hero and Demon Queen are both fans.
* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'':
** Haruhi and her subordinates film a MagicalGirl movie for the SchoolFestival with Mikuru and Yuki as the heroine and villain, respectively.
** At the same festival, some other students were performing ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead''.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has {{sentai}} show ''Iron Striver''. Nyarlathotep (yes, [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos that one]]) is a huge fan.

* The bizarre ''Binkan Salaryman'' in the even more bizarre ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan''.

* ''LightNovel/LadiesVersusButlers'' has ''Magical Diva'', a MagicalGirl who solves problems with violence and her trusty hammer.

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'':
** ''Stardust Witch Meruru'', a magical girl show (which clearly parodies both ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' and ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'') of which Kirino is a fan. In one episode, she made Kanako dress up as Meruru, and Kanako won the contest.
** Also ''Maschera: Lament of the Fallen Beast'', which appears to be a mixture of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. Kuroneko is an especially big fan of that series.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** Index and Hyouka Kazakiri are fans of the show ''Magical Powered Kanamin'', a MagicalGirl series.
** Later, a director named Beverly Seethrough is introduced and several characters are shown as fans of her movies.
** In New Testament Vol. 1, Shiage and Rikou go to the theater and watch a film clearly based on ''LightNovel/HeavyObject''.
** In New Testament Vol. 11, a show based on ''LightNovel/TheZashikiWarashiOfIntellectualVillage'' is shown on TV.

* ''LightNovel/YouLikeMeNotMyDaughter'': Ayako is obsessed with ''Love Kaiser'', a MagicalGirl anime series that she originally watched with Miu, but got more into it than her daughter, who lost interest as she got older. She wears a cosplay of her favorite character, Love Kaiser Solitaire, to try and convince Takkun that she's lame and he won't have fun with her, but he turns out to be a fan of the show too.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': ''The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina'', the NonIndicativeFirstEpisode ([[AnachronicOrder sort of]]) produced by the main characters, foreshadows the weird goings on (most notably the existence of aliens, time travelers, and espers) that are the focus of the rest of the series.

* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/EromangaSensei'', every time someone goes to a light novel shop you can see several famous titles in the background, and there's a brief but major reference to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' and ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''.

* ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' within ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' (which eventually spun off as its own show).

* ''Literature/WelcomeToTheNHK'''s anime adaptation has ''Puru Puru Pururin'', which is believed by the show's protagonist to be the forefront of a conspiracy (in the original novel, he's obsessed with the real anime ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'' instead). Despite its show-within-a-show nature, it has [[http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/hikky/plrin/index.php a real website]].

* ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' is about five girls and their experiences as they work at an animation studio, so naturally there are several examples. The two in-universe anime that get the most focus are ''Exodus'' (an [[AnimeFirst original anime]]) and ''Third Aerial Girls' Squad'' (which is adapted from a manga), and how the characters work on both series. There's also Aoi's favorite series, ''Andes Chucky'', a classic anime inspired by various ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' anime of the 70s.

* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' has ''Puru Puru Pururin'', which is believed by the show's protagonist to be the forefront of a conspiracy. Despite its show-within-a-show nature, it has [[http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/hikky/plrin/index.php a real website]].

* In the anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/EromangaSensei'', everytime someone goes to a light novel shop you can see several famous titles in the background, and there's a brief but major reference to ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', ''LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool'', ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' and ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''.