History RoleAssociation / AnimeEnglishNToZ

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke]] and his best friend [[WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl Wario]] both pilot a giant robot and, with the help of [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Rukia]], battle an army led by [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Chad]], and his minons, [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Xemnas]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Shizune]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Kadaj]], [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Psycho Mantis]], and [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]]. He also falls in love with [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]] along the way who becomes [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]], messenger for the dreaded Anti-Spirals, lead by [[Franchise/{{Digimon}} Angemon]].

* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Lilo]] saves her parents, [[Series/TheShield Vic Mackey]] and [[Series/{{NCIS}} Jenny Shepard]], with help from [[Film/HocusPocus Thackery Binx]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Meg]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]]. The villain is [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Zira]]. Other denizens of the spirit world include [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Jumba]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Grandpa Max]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Hamm]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow Porky Pig]].

* ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'': In her everyday life, [[Franchise/LoveLive Hanayo Koizumi]] is a hero. As proof, she is the member of the middle school's hero club alongside her friends, [[Manga/YourLieInApril Emi Igawa]], [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Yuuki Konno]] and Yuuki's sister, [[LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar Kirin Toudou]], a school club where she does her best to help others and bring smile to everyone. However, Hanayo's responsibility gets real when the mysterious creatures called Vertexes begin to attack and destroy the world. In the process, the entire club are called upon by a strange phone app to save it. The Hero Club must fight all the monsters in order to save the world from Vertex attack. They are later joined by [[spoiler: a second-year student, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]], to supervise other Heroes under orders from the Taisha]].

* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Renji Abarai]], an aging but spirited ManChild superhero, is forced to team up with the "rookie with an attitude," [[Anime/CodeGeass Suzaku Kururugi]]. They work for [=HeroTV=], a channel founded and run by [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Malik Caesar.]] Together, TheyFightCrime, competing against a cast of colorful superheroes including [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Germany,]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca,]], [[Manga/KOn Nodoka Manabe]], [[Anime/SailorMoon Tiger's Eye]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Utakata]], and [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang]]. They fight supervillains like [[VideoGame/XMenLegends Wolverine]], [[Anime/EurekaSeven Eureka]], and [[Anime/{{Free}} Rin Matsuoka]] while also contending with the criminal-executing vigilante [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Gaara]].

* ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'': [[Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero Mimori Togo]] is a young girl whose life is nothing but war, serving dutifully under the orders of [[Anime/Cyborg009VsDevilman Great Britain]] of Liedenschaftlich's Army. Now hospitalized and losing both of her arms, she was left with the words "I love you" from the person she held dearest but with no understanding of their meaning of it. She was now taken under care by [[Manga/YourLieInApril Ryota Watari]] who founded CH Postal Company in the capital city Leiden after the war ended. Mimori joins CH Postal Company as an Auto Memory Doll where she meets dolls like [[LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm Myne]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]] and [[Manga/CellsAtWork Red Blood Cell]]. In here, she tries to learn the fate of Great Britain, reshape the lives of her clients and to understand the true meaning of "I love you".

* ''VideoGame/TribeNine'': In a futuristic Tokyo, outlaw gangs settles their disputes in bouts of Extreme Baseball (aka XB). The insecure [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] and the hot-blooded [[WesternAnimation/{{Interrogator}} Jurgen]] end up joining the Minato Tribe's XB team at the behest of team leader [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball Watterson]], and they end up taking on the world of XB alongside their new teammates (including [[Anime/FairyTail Wendy Marvell]], [[Manga/ShadowsHouse Oliver]], [[Anime/MyHeroAcademiaHeroesRising Mummy]], and four clones of [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Wally West]]). Along the way, they're opposed by the tyrannical Chiyoda Tribe (led by [[Webcomic/MobPsycho100 Dimple]] alongside [[Anime/KomiCantCommunicate Komi Shouko]], his assistant, and [[WebVideo/DreamSMP Catboy]], his son and Chiyoda's best XB player) and aided by a mysterious young man with plenty of knowledge on the game.

* ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'': The romantic journeys of the tough-looking but actually gentle [[LightNovel/AccelWorld Haruyuki Arita]] and the pint-sized, initially angry [[Manga/KOn Ritsu Tainaka]] who initially has a crush on [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Giyuu Tomioka]] but ends up falling in love with Haruyuki. [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]] and [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Kyoko Kirigiri]] also compete for Haruyuki's feelings.

** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'': In what seems to be a happier iteration of the world, the five girls plus strangely familiar TeamPet [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sachi]] defend Mitakihara from creatures known as Nightmares. It comes to a head when Squid Girl and Peacock's friend [[Anime/KOn Mugi]] continues to be rebuffed by her boyfriend, [[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Enkidu]], and spawns a Nightmare herself. But wait, Nanoha feels like there's something ''wrong'', and is determined to figure out what's truly going on.

* ''Manga/TheYakuzasGuideToBabysitting'': [[Manga/{{Beastars}} Legoshi]] is tasked by his yakuza boss [[Manga/SgtFrog Giroro]] to babysit his daughter [[Anime/LoveLiveSunshine Tsuki Watanabe]].

* ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'': [[Anime/DragonBallZKai Bulma]] is the princess of Kouka, a land said in legends to have been founded by four dragons. She lives a happy life in the palace with her cousin [[Anime/YuriOnIce Yurio]], who she loves in spite of her father's opposition to them marrying. Her life is turned upside down when Yurio murders her father and steals the throne. Senjougahara, with her childhood friend and bodyguard [[Anime/DragonBallZKai Vegeta]], must retreat to gather allies like [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Bakugou]] and recruit the Four Dragons which includes [[Anime/{{Free}} Sousuke Yamazaki]], [[Manga/FruitsBasket Yuki Sohma]], [[Anime/SpaceDandy Meow]] and [[Manga/FutureDiary Yukiteru Amano]] to reclaim her place as ruler of the kingdom.

* ''Manga/{{Radiant}}'': [[Anime/{{Free}} Asahi Shiina]] is a boy who seeks to become a great magician, and a group of witches composed of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Mathilda]] and her Airship pilot [[LightNovel/AlderaminOnTheSky Matthew Tedrich]] who seek to travel to the Radiant. While traveling, they are also hunted by The Inquisition headed by [[VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria Artorius Collbrande]].

* ''Manga/SquidGirl'': [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Saturn]] emerges from the ocean with the intent of punishing humanity for polluting her home. She attempts to make a small beach hut restaurant, run by sisters [[Manga/KOn Aya and Tsumugi]], into her base of operations, but, after breaking a hole in the wall of it, she's forced by the two to work for them as a waitress. Their younger brother [[WesternAnimation/KidCosmic Jo]] likes to play with Azusa. [[Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan Gozumaru]] is one of the beach lifeguards, who has a rather obvious like for Tsumugi. Saturn is frequently forced into fetishistic cosplay outfits by [[Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal Nazuna]], and, [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Nanoha Takamachi]] appears to be the only person who views Saturn as the threat to humanity she tries to be.

* ''Manga/SquidGirl'': [[Manga/KOn Azusa]] emerges from the ocean with the intent of punishing humanity for polluting her home. She attempts to make a small beach hut restaurant, run by sisters [[Manga/KOn Aya and Tsumugi]], into her base of operations, but, after breaking a hole in the wall of it, she's forced by the two to work for them as a waitress. Their younger brother [[Manga/KOn Megumi]] likes to play with Azusa. [[Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan Gozumaru]] is one of the beach lifeguards, who has a rather obvious like for Tsumugi. Azusa is frequently forced into fetishistic cosplay outfits by [[Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal Nazuna]], and, [[Manga/KOn Mio]] appears to be the only person who views Azusa as the threat to humanity she tries to be.[[note]]This show has a lot of overlap with ''K-On!''. Less so in the 2nd season.[[/note]]
** Season 2: Azusa may have come back for new adventures, but Aya and Tsumugi are [[Anime/StrikeWitches Erica and Mio]], Megumi is now [[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Monokuma]], Gozamaru is [[Anime/CrossAnge Julio]], Nazuna is now [[Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka Mia Cyrus]], and Mio is now [[Manga/FoodWars Erina Nakiri]].

* ''VideoGame/TribeNine'': In a futuristic Tokyo, outlaw gangs settles their disputes in bouts of Extreme Baseball (aka XB). The insecure [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] and the hot-blooded [[WesternAnimation/{{Interrogator}} Jurgen]] end up joining the Minato Tribe's XB team at the behest of team leader [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball Watterson]], and they end up taking on the world of XB alongside their new teammates (including [[Anime/FairyTail Wendy Marvell]], [[Manga/ShadowsHouse Oliver]], [[Anime/MyHeroAcademiaHeroesRising Mummy]], and four clones of [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Wally West]]). Along the way, they're opposed by the tyrannical Chiyoda Tribe (led by [[Webcomic/MobPsycho100 Dimple]] alongside [[Anime/KomiCantCommunicate Komi Shouko]], his assistant, and [[LetsPlay/DreamSMP Catboy]], his son and Chiyoda's best XB player) and aided by a mysterious young man with plenty of knowledge on the game.

* ''VideoGame/TribeNine'': In a futuristic Tokyo, outlaw gangs settles their disputes in bouts of Extreme Baseball (aka XB). The insecure [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] and the hot-blooded [[WesternAnimation/{{Interrogator}} Jurgen]] end up joining the Minato Tribe's XB team at the behest of team leader [[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Gumball Watterson]], and they end up taking on the world of XB alongside their new teammates (including [[Anime/FairyTail Wendy Marvell]], [[Manga/ShadowsHouse Oliver]], [[Anime/MyHeroAcademiaHeroesRising Mummy]], and four clones of [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle Wally West]]). Along the way, they're opposed by the tyrannical Chiyoda Tribe (led by [[Anime/MobPsycho100 Dimple]] alongside [[Anime/KomiCantCommunicate Komi Shouko]], his assistant, and [[LetsPlay/DreamSMP Catboy]], his son and Chiyoda's best XB player) and aided by a mysterious young man with plenty of knowledge on the game.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'': [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers France]] is a traveling merchant who comes across [[Manga/BlackCat Eve]] one day. Together, they face the consuming evil of...'''''[[MundaneMadeAwesome economics.]]'''''

* ''Manga/YourLieInApril'': [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Plagg]] is a former Child Prodigy in piano, after his mother [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]]'s death. Enter [[Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay Anaru]] to shake him out of his depression as she tries to help Plagg get his reputation back. [[LightNovel/KonoSuba Megumin]] and [[Webcomic/MobPsycho100 Shigeo Kageyama]] are his childhood friends, whereas [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Shinobu Kocho]] and [[LightNovel/{{Toradora}} Ryuuji Takasu]] are his rivals. Later on, [[spoiler:Megumin develops a crush for Plagg and Anaru falls into an incurable disease]].

* ''Anime/Rayearth OVA'': Mokuba Kaiba, Serenity Wheeler, and Téa Gardner must save the Earth from an alien invasion from a medieval kingdom world.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': [[Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar Deedlit]] and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Brock]] fight demons and hunt for treasure. [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Delia Ketchum]], [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Touga Kiryuu]] and [[Manga/OnePiece Sanji]] (later replaced by [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Leonardo]]) occasionally provide support, while [[Manga/YuGiOh Mokuba Kaiba]] and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Ino Yamanaka]] respectively team up with the gang in Seasons 3 and 4.

* ''Manga/{{Ultraman}}'': [[Film/BridgeToTerabithia Jess Aarons]] discovers that his father [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil Buff Frog]] was once a superhero who fought monsters and aliens. When said monsters and aliens return, Jess must take up his father's mantle to take on the mysterious alien [[Anime/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo]]. [[Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness Hisoka Kurosaki]] is an agent of his dad's organization who later takes on his own superhero identity.

* ''VisualNovel/RoboticsNotes'': [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Katsuki Bakugo and Nejire Hado]] are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Bakugo is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Nejire, his childhood friend. She is an energetic positive-thinking girl who yearns to complete the ongoing project of the club: building a functional replica of Gunvarrel, the main robot of a once popular TV series. As they gather new members and try to assemble the robot, Bakugo starts stumbling upon secret reports that might reveal a conspiracy of large proportions. Unaware of what he is actually dealing with, Bakugo little by little starts discovering clues laid by the mysterious [[Manga/FruitsBasket Yuki Sohma]].

* ''Manga/OutlawStar'': [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Paz]] and [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} Jr.]] are hired by [[Anime/CowboyBebop Julia]] to recover the android [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Aina Sahlain]] on her quest to search for the mysterious "Galactic Leyline." [[WesternAnimation/XMen Rogue]] and [[Anime/SailorMoon Queen Serenity]] start out as Paz's enemies, but eventually join forces with him.

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke Higashikata]] (later [[Manga/CityHunter Ryo Saeba]]) is one of four otakus from different versions of Japan who are transported into a fantasy world and given legendary {{Evolving Weapon}}s to fight waves of monsters. The other otakus, [[VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance Christo]] the Spear Hero, [[Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet Ledo]] the Sword Hero, and [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Alibaba]] the Bow Hero, have a much easier time of it when they enter the new world thanks to Josuke[=/=]Ryo's useless-by-comparison shield, and everyone {{demoniz|ation}}ing him thanks to princess [[LightNovel/{{Konosuba}} Aqua]] betraying him in the worst way possible. Since no reputable adventurers will form a party with him, Josuke[=/=]Ryo ends up recruiting demi-humans - [[Anime/{{Aggretsuko}} Retsuko]], a tanuki he purchases from a slave market; and [[LightNovel/ReZero Rem]], a girl who evolves from an ersatz [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Chocobo]].

** ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' version: Three unstable teens, shy [[Manga/MobPsycho100 Shou Suzuki]], brash [[Series/ChildrenInNeed Natalie]], and seemingly emotionless [[LightNovel/ReZero Ram]] are forced by ruthless leader [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Bucciarati]] to battle "Angels" while under the command of [[Anime/Berserk1997 Cas]][[Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc ca]], with Doctor [[Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia Nightingale]] being their top scientific mind. [[spoiler: One of said "Angels" turns out to be [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Bakugo]] and Ram turns out to be a clone of Shou's [[OedipusComplex mother]] and has the DNA of another Angel]].

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': Three unstable teens, shy [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Arakune]], brash [[Anime/{{Noir}} Altena]], and seemingly emotionless [[Manga/GunsmithCats Rally Vincent]] are forced by ruthless leader [[Manga/SoulEater Shinigami-sama]] to battle "Angels" while under the command of [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Melissa Mao]], with Doctor [[Manga/SorcererHunters Big Mama]] being their top scientific mind. [[spoiler: One of said "Angels" turns out to be [[Anime/FireEmblem Cain]] ([[Anime/{{Free}} Nagisa Hazuki]] in the DirectorsCut) and Rally turns out to be a clone of Arakune's [[OedipusComplex mother]] and has the DNA of another Angel]].

* ''Anime/TweenyWitches'': [[Manga/MagicKnightRayearth Hikaru Shidou]] becomes an apprentice witch by permission of [[Anime/LittleWitchAcademia Miranda Holbrooke]], one of the Three Sages, after finding herself TrappedInAnotherWorld. As punishment for releasing the captive fairies, [[Anime/WitchHunterRobin Methuselah]] orders Hikaru to recapture them all to remove the Curse of Eternal Youth from two apprentice witches named [[Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit Balsa]] and [[Anime/Berserk2016 Schierke]]. With [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Kai Shiden]] as their guide, Hikaru and her two friends travel to the Warlock Realm and discover that [[Anime/TigerAndBunny Albert Maverick]], the leader of the warlocks, wants to escape TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt by destroying the Human Realm to create a safe haven with dark magic. Later, a mysterious pirate named [[Anime/DotHackSign Tsukasa]] joins the trio and Hikaru discovers more about her DisappearedDad, [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Lancer]], who once gave her the True Book of Spells.

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'': As punishment for breaking an expensive vase, [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry Rockbell]] is forced to join [[LightNovel/FullMetalPanic Kurz Weber's]] "[[{{Bishonen}} Pretty Boys]]" Club to earn her keep. Other members of said club include twincestuous brothers [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Italy]] and [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Negi Springfield]], Vice President [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Scar]], boy lolita [[Manga/SoulEater Medusa]] and his stoic companion [[Anime/DragonBallZ Cell]], as well as their manager, [[Manga/CardcaptorSakuraClearCard Sakura Kinomoto]].