History XMeetsY / AnimeAndMangaShows

%%
%%
%%
%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
%% Please do not alter or delete other examples on this page unless it's about fixing a link or correcting grammar.
%%
%%
%%
%%
----
!!Franchises with their own sub-pages:
[[index]]
* ''XMeetsY/{{Danganronpa}}''
* ''XMeetsY/{{Digimon}}''
* ''XMeetsY/DragonBall''
* ''XMeetsY/{{GARO}}''
* ''XMeetsY/{{Gridman}}''
* ''XMeetsY/{{Gundam}}''
* ''XMeetsY/KamenRider''
* ''XMeetsY/{{Nasuverse}}''
* ''XMeetsY/PrettyCure''
* ''XMeetsY/RobotRomanceTrilogy''
* ''[[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaCharactersYuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''
----
!!Other anime & manga works:
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsAToG Shows A-G]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsHToN Shows H-N]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsOToS Shows O-S]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsTToZ Shows T-Z]]
[[/index]]
----

[[/index]]

[[index]]

* ''XMeetsY/Nasuverse''

* ''XMeetsY/{{Gundam}}''

* ''XMeetsY/YuGiOh''

* ''XMeetsY/YuGiOh

* ''XMeetsY/{{Gridman}}''

* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsAToG A-G]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsHToN H-N]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsOToS O-S]]
* [[XMeetsY/AnimeAndMangaShowsTToZ T-Z]]

----


* ''Anime/TaiChiChasers'' is ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''.
* ''Manga/TalentlessNana'' is ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''VideoGame/AmongUs''.
** Alternatively, it’s ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''.
* ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' is GreatDetective versus GentlemanThief meets ''Manga/ShugoChara'' filtered through ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'' lens.
* ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'' is ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''.
* ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture'' is ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' meets ''Film/MortalKombat''.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' meets ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
** Alternatively, ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' does ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' (it, ''Gurren Lagann'', and the fifth episode of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' were all directed by the same guy).
** Or ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''.
** Or ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.
** Or ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets a [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs bag of crack]].
** More like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' on testosterone, adrenaline, growth hormones... AND with a small dash of cocaine.
** Or ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** According to the [[WordOfGod writer]] himself, it's ''Manga/GetterRobo'' in the setting of ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}''.
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'' -or ''Anime/GreatMazinger''- meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Anime/GunBuster''.
** ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* ''Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan'' is ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' meets ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'' meets ''Film/BlueVelvet'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'':
** [[SuperHero Super Heroes]] + RealityTV
*** More specifically, ComicBook/XMen + RealityTV
** As for Hero TV itself, it's pretty much a cross between ''Series/{{Cops}}'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' as directed by Wrestling/VinceMcMahon.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' is ''Manga/BlackCat'' meets ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' meets ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''.
* ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''.
** Or ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' meets ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' minus ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** More likely, ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' meets ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' ... [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid]].
** Better yet, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' with the zaniness of ''Manga/OnePiece'' plus ''Manga/FoodWars'' [[note]]though ''Food Wars'' came four years later[[/note]], all escalated to the levels of ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* ''Manga/TowardTheTerra'': ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'', RecycledINSPACE.
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets the SpaghettiWestern; or alternatively, the {{anime}} version of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
** Or ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''Manga/OutlawStar''.
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' can be summed as ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''.
* ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' is ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' meets ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' is ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets the many works of Creator/{{CLAMP}}. Later, it takes cues from [[spoiler:''Manga/PandoraHearts'' with the MindScrew territory]].
** Its sister series, ''Manga/XxxHolic'', is what happens when you combine the premise of ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' with ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', with EquivalentExchange aesops pulled from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
* ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' is ''Literature/TheStand'' meets ''Literature/{{It}}'' with a dash of ''Literature/LeftBehind'', minus the religious/spiritual elements.
** Or the twisty-turny, flashback focused MythArc nature of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets the child-hood reminiscence of ''Film/StandByMe''.
** Or ''Literature/{{It}}'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
* ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'' is ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku'' meets ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Tytania}}'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''.
* Franchise/UltraSeries:
** ''[[Anime/TheUltraman The Ultraman]]'' is ''Series/UltramanAce'' meets the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen rejected draft for the final arc]] of ''Series/UltramanLeo'' meets ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' meets ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' meets ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' meets ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''.
** ''Anime/UltramanTheAdventureBegins'' is ''Anime/TheUltraman'' meets ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' meets ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' meets ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' meets ''Series/KyojuuTokusouJuspion'' meets ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}} The Centurions]]''.
** ''Manga/{{ULTRAMAN}}'' is ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan''.
** ''WebAnimation/KaijuGirls'' can be seen as ''Series/UltraQ'' meets ''Ultraman Kids'' (for the chibi-fied tone) meets ''Series/UltramanCosmos'' meets ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'' meets ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' with tons of G-Rated FanService.
** ''Kaiju Step Wandabada'' is ''Series/UltraQ'' meets ''Series/KaijuBooska'' meets ''WebAnimation/KaijuGirls'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' meets ''Manga/SgtFrog'' meets ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
* ''Anime/UmaMusumePrettyDerby'' is ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets SportsAnime.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''
** Or, more generally, Golden-Age detective fiction meets Western occult/macabre literature. Two major factions within the story are even called Mystery and Fantasy.
*** The VisualNovel is essentially Creator/AgathaChristie meets ''Film/Suspiria1977'' meets ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''.
** Or ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' meets {{Gainaxing}}.
*** Add one detective story, supernatural elements, a mindscrew worthy of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', plus the brutality of ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' and you're good to go.
** Or ''Series/CrissAngelMindfreak'' meets ''Breaking the Magician's Code'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
* ''Anime/UnderTheDog'' is ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' meets ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' with elements of ''LightNovel/BlackBullet''.
* ''Anime/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'' is ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.
* ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' meets ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' with Vampires and Twitter.
** Mecha design appears to have been influenced by Aura Battler Dunbine.
* ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' is ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' meets the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', with a bit of ''Film/{{Shane}}''.
* ''Manga/VampireKnight'' can be described as ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Literature/{{Twilight}}''... minus the sparkling.
* ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' is ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' meets ''Manga/MartianSuccessorNadesico''.
* ''Anime/VariableGeo'' is ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''[[note]]though ''VG'' predates the former by nearly a decade.[[/note]]
** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''.
* ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' is ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' with the CanonWelding of ''Literature/TheDarkTower''.
* ''LightNovel/VioletEvergarden'' (the series) is ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' meets ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'', with a dash of ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo''
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'':
** ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' meets MechaShow with a dash of {{Steampunk}}.
** Or ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' + ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' + ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.
** Or ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' meets ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' minus the kill em all ending.
* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'': ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Literature/VickyTheViking''.
** Or ''Literature/IcelandicSagas'' meets SeinenDemographic.
** Or ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''
** Or ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' meets ''Anime/RingingBell'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''
* ''Anime/VividredOperation'' can be thought of as any one of a handful of combinations.
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' [-(noticing a pattern with these?)-]
** ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan''.
** ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/BraveSeries''.
** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' meets ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''.
* ''Anime/VivyFluoriteEyesSong'' can be described as ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' with a dash of ''LightNovel/ReZero''.
* ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'' is ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' set in the world of ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}}''(specifically ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'').
** Or ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets G-Rated ''LightNovel/HighschoolDXD''.
* ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'': ''Literature/FoucaultsPendulum'' meets ''Film/FightClub''.
* ''Anime/WickedCity'' is ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' with a dash of Creator/HPLovecraft thrown in.
* ''Anime/WolfsRain'' is ''Literature/WatershipDown'' meets ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'' by way of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. With the bleakness of ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.
* ''LightNovel/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs'' is ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'' meets ''VideoGame/NieR'' meets ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' Plus a whole lot of onions.
* ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' - western children's literature meets anime.
** ''Anime/PorphyNoNagaiTabi'' - ''Anime/TokyoMagnitude8'' meets ''Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother''.
* ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'':
** ''Anime/RahXephon'' (or, [[FollowTheLeader for the cynically minded]], ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'') meets Creator/StudioGhibli.
** ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' meets ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
** ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' and ''Anime/TheSoulTaker'' meets ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
* ''Anime/{{Yasuke}}'' is ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' meets ''Animation/WhiteCatLegend'' meets ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' meets ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' is ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' meets ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''. With a bit of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' (due to its ShoutOut tendencies)
** Alternately, ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' meets ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''.
** ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' is ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' meets ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''.
* ''Manga/YourLieInApril'': ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' meets ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'', with a little bit of ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' thrown in.
* ''Anime/YourName'' is FreakyFridayFlip meets [[spoiler:''Film/{{Melancholia}}'']] meets [[spoiler:''Film/TheButterflyEffect'']].
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' in general can be seen as ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
** [[Manga/YuGiOh Original manga]] and ''[[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]]'' anime is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''Manga/PhantomBlood''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' is ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' meets ''Manga/BattleTendency'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' is ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' meets ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' (and ''[[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX RX]]'') meets ''Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger'' meets ''Series/UltramanNexus'' meets ''[[Anime/SpeedRacer Mach GoGoGo]]'' meets ''Manga/InitialD'' meets ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' meets ''Series/KnightRider''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' is ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' meets ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' meets ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' is ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' meets ''Manga/StoneOcean'' meets ''[[Manga/JoJolion JoJolion]]'' meets ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' meets ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' meets ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' meets ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'' meets ''Series/{{Sliders}}''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'' is ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' meets ''Manga/VentoAureo'' meets ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' meets ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' (and ''[[Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry Try]]'') meets ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' meets ''Franchise/DotHack'' meets ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' meets ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters''.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS'' is ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' meets ''Manga/SteelBallRun'' meets ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' (and it's [[Franchise/{{Beyblade}} spin-offs]]) meets ''Anime/DigimonUniverseApplimonsters'' meets ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight''.
* ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'' is ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/TheBigO''.
* ''Manga/YumeiroPatissiere'' if you look at the main characters in context, it's ''Manga/GakuenAlice'' meets ''Manga/KitchenPrincess''. Or, if you look at it from the fairy point of view, it's ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'' meets ''Manga/KitchenPrincess''.
** Alternately, it's ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' meets a whole bunch of shoujo manga.
* ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'' (''[=iD eNTITY=]'' in English) is ''Franchise/DotHack'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''.
* ''Anime/YuriKumaArashi'' is basically ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' [[RecycledInSpace with bears]] with the symbolism (and lesbian tones) of ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' and ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead''. Or ''Franchise/EvilDead'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' with Myth/JapaneseMythology instead of Myth/GreekMythology.
* ''Animation/{{Zentrix}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' with CGI mecha.
* ''Anime/{{Zoobles}}'' is seriously ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' cross-mated with ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}''.
* ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' is best summarized as basically being ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax''
* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' is ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''Series/BeingHuman''.

* ''Manga/OMaidensInYourSavageSeason'' is ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Film/AmericanPie''.
* ''Manga/OnaniMasterKurosawa'' is ''Manga/DeathNote'' starring [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Glenn Quagmire]] who then gets abducted and replaced with [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]]. In other words, It's ''Death Note'' with ''fapping''.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' meets the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' with lots of [[WidgetSeries widgety-ness]].
** ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen''.
** ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' meets ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'', Creator/StephenChow, and Creator/TexAvery.
** ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII'' meets ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, with a dash of [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien]].
** ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' meets ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' . Or ''Franchise/DragonBall'' meets European adventure comics (such as ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'').
** ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' meets ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''
* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' meets ''Film/ForrestGump'' meets ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''.
* ''Anime/OruchubanEbichu'' is ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' meets ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' and ''Manga/FutariEcchi''.
* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' is ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' and ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''.
* ''LightNovel/OutbreakCompany'': ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'' meets ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''.
* ''Anime/OutlawStar'' is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''
* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'':
** ''Manga/BlackButler'' meets ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Literature/AliceInWonderland''. (Since ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' actually ''is'' based on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', examples including ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'' will not be included after this first one.)
** ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Manga/BlackButler''.
** For an extremely strange and yet accurate anime/manga-free example, ''Literature/TheVelveteenRabbit'' meets ''Literature/TheBible'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones''. And yes, we did just say that second one, as well as combine those three drastically different things.
* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' can be summed up as the bastard lovechild of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/ExcelSaga''.
** Or ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and otaku references (along with few Western ones) meets SchoolgirlSeries in general.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' is ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' meets ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' meets mescaline.
** Or ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' meets ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', with dashes of ''VideoGame/MrDriller'', ''Manga/{{Colorful}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
** Or ''Anime/DirtyPair'' meets the filmography of Creator/QuentinTarantino.
** Or ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' meets ''Film/LethalWeapon''
* ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient'': ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets MedievalEuropeanFantasy
** ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine''.
** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' meets ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' meets MedievalEuropeanFantasy.
** ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms'' meets ''ComicStrip/PrinceValiant''.
* ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' is ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978''.
* ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' is ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' with a side of ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVotoms''.
* ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' is, according to a review, Creator/WaltDisney meets Creator/AlfredHitchcock.
* ''Anime/PhantasyStarOnline2TheAnimation'' is ''[[VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2 PSO2]]'' meets ''Anime/DotHackSign''.
* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'' is ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' meets ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}''
* ''Manga/PilotCandidate'' is ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/PoliceAcademy''.
* ''Anime/PlasticMemories'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
* ''Manga/PlatinumEnd'' is ''Manga/FutureDiary'' meets ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* ''Manga/{{Plunderer}}'' is ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' meets ''Manga/PandoraHearts''.
* ''Anime/PopeeThePerformer'' is ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets David Lynch.
* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'', for a better description, could be ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' meets ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' plus '''anything''' from ''Creator/AdultSwim''. Or more simply, ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' and ''Film/{{Daisies}}'' if they were made in Japan.
** The anime adaptation is ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' meets ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' meets ''Series/TimAndEricAwesomeShowGreatJob'' meets ''Film/{{Daisies}}''.
* ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ'' is ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' meets ''Anime/PrettyCure''.
* ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' is ''Literature/SnowWhite'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' and ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'', with added garnishes of ''Series/UltramanTiga'', ''Series/UltramanDyna'', ''Series/UltramanGaia'', and ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico''.
* ''The Creator/PolygonPictures Franchise/{{GodZilla}} Movie Trilogy'' is ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets the {{Kaiju}} genre.
* ''[[Franchise/SailorMoon Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]]'' (and ''[[Anime/SailorMoonCrystal Crystal]]'') is ''Anime/CutieHoney'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' meets ''Series/{{Himitsu Sentai Gor|anger}}enger'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' meets ''[[Series/BishoujoKamenPoitrine La Belle Fille Masquée Poitrine]]''.
* ''Anime/PrincessPrincipal'' is described as being a DarkerAndEdgier ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' meets SteamPunk with subtle references to Creator/HGWells' ''Literature/TheFirstMenInTheMoon''.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'' is ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''Theatre/SwanLake'' by way of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' and ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', as written by Creator/NeilGaiman.
** Or, ''Grimm's Original Fairy Tales'' meet the Disney movies inspired by them, and decide to try to write something more three dimensional than either of themselves. and pull it off.
* ''Anime/{{Promare}}'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and ''Anime/KillLaKill'' meets ''Manga/FireForce''.
** All the above meet ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meet [[{{Troperiffic}} this very wiki]].
* ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'' is ''Series/{{V1983}}'' meets ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' meets ''Film/SoylentGreen'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''
** As WebVideo/BennettTheSage puts it, it's what you'd get "if ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' were a [[Creator/TheBrothersGrimm Grimm's fairy tale]]".
** The second season of the anime adaptation is ''Manga/ThePromisedNeverland'' meets ''[[Manga/TokyoGhoul Tokyo Ghoul √A]]''.
* Mix ''ComicBook/XMen'' with ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' to obtain ''Manga/PsychicSquad''.
** Or better, take ''ComicBook/XMen'' from ''Manga/PsychicSquad'' to obtain something like ''Anime/PowerpuffGirlsZ''
* ''Anime/PsychoPass'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' with a pinch of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. [[spoiler:The titular passes may not contain the characters' souls, but when you mentally slip towards likely criminality, TheCorruption sets in, and then [[HeWhoFightsMonsters you become what you've been fighting]].]]
** [[Creator/GenUrobuchi The same guy]] wrote the former and latter series.
** Alternatively, it's ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}'' meets ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' meets ''Film/MinorityReport'' meets ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''.
* ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'' is ''Anime/{{Gilgamesh}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Gantz}}''.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
** ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' meets ''Myth/{{Faust}}''.
** ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' and ''Myth/{{Faust}}'', with a sliver of the premise of the latter half of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and [[spoiler: a healthy dose of ''Film/{{Primer}}'']]
*** [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs On the brown]] [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs acid]].
** [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis]] MagicalGirl.
** [[MagicalGirl Magical]] [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Slayers]] with the tone of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}''
** MagicalGirl meets ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''. You could possibly throw ''Myth/{{Faust}}'' into the mix too.
** Oh hey, the ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' guys did an adaptation of ''Literature/SailorNothing.''
** MagicalGirl meets ''Franchise/SilentHill''. No, really!
** ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' and ''Manga/BlackButler'' meet MagicalGirl.
** MagicalGirl ''VideoGame/Persona3''. [[Anime/BlackRockShooter Oh wait...]]
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Sayonara]] [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Nanoha]] [[Manga/HidamariSketch Sketch]] [[Anime/BlackRockShooter Shooter]] [[Anime/MyHime HiME]]. Especially the [=HiME=] part.
*** As one blog post put it, [[http://nathanbooksworld.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-post-of-new-year.html IT IS LIKE BEING HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A SOCK FULL OF PEAKE'S DARKEST DAYDREAMS. IT'S LIKE HIDAMARI SKETCH MEETS]] [[Literature/{{Gormenghast}} TITUS GROAN]].
** ''[[TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness World of Darkness]]'' meets MagicalGirl. [[spoiler: You essentially die when you're Embraced into magical girl-hood? [[TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem Check]]. You're exposed to mad beings from mad dimension, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie and will inevitably turns into one]]? [[TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost Check]]. The world is literally crumbling and there is nothing you can do about that? [[TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening Check]]]].
*** [[spoiler:[[ScrewDestiny You fight the darkness anyway?]] [[TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil CHECK!!!!]]]]
** Magical [[spoiler:[[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]]]] Madoka Magica - A show about Moe [[spoiler:Liches]] and the creepy Plush Toy that creates them.
** Magical Girl version of ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'', albeit much sadder and darker.
** ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' meets MagicalGirl.
** Magical Girl meets ToServeMan
** Mahou Shoujo [[Series/KamenRiderRyuki Ryuki]] Magica [[Series/KamenRiderBlack BLACK]]?
** How 'bout Manga/CardcaptorSakura meets Literature/PetSematary? (Creator/GenUrobuchi once cited Creator/StephenKing as one his main influences, surprise surprise.)
** ''Anime/SailorMoon'' by Creator/StanleyKubrick
** MagicalGirl meets ''Series/UltramanNexus''
** ''[[MagicalGirl Mahou]][[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} monogatari]]''
** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' is essentially [[spoiler: ''Literature/ParadiseLost'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix''.]]
** ''Rebellion'' could also be considered ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' meets ''Anime/PrincessTutu''.
* ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'' is ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' or ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''.
* ''Anime/QueensBlade''[[note]]the animated series, the original gamebooks are a separate continuity.[[/note]] is ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' meets ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' meets ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' (without the mecha) meets ''Manga/IkkiTousen''.
** The sequel ''Anime/QueensBlade Rebellion'' is ''Anime/QueensBlade'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' meets ''Literature/WaterMargin'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' (without the sci-fi parts)
* ''Manga/TheQuintessentialQuintuplets'' is ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' meets ''Manga/WeNeverLearn''.
* ''Anime/RahXephon'': ''Anime/TheBigO'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' with the design of ''[[Anime/{{Raideen}} Brave Raideen]]''
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' meets early ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina''.
* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'' as ''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Series/ReadingRainbow''.
* ''Manga/RealAccount:'' ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Anime/SummerWars''.
* ''Manga/Reborn2004'' started out with Mafia meeting ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' reading ''Literature/TheLittlePrince'', then it got adopted by Shonen Jump who somehow saw fit to raise it with conspicuous amount of HoYay. Recently it started playing ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' with the child of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' (who got married after resolving their differences).
* Speaking of which, ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' has been described as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
** ''Rebuild 3.0.'' can be described as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets [[spoiler:''VisualNovel/MuvLuvUnlimited'' / ''VisualNovel/MuvLuvAlternative'' meets ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'']].
** ''Rebuild 1.0'' and ''2.0'' are the original ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' on medication, while ''Rebuild 3.0'' is ''Evangelion'' [[DysfunctionJunction having]] [[WhamEpisode a relapse]].
* ''Anime/{{Redline}}'' is ''Film/SpeedRacer'' meets ''Film/DeathRace2000'' meets ''Anime/DeadLeaves''.
** ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenlagann''.
** ''VideoGame/FZero'' meets ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces''.
* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer'' is ''LightNovel/NidomeNoYuusha'' meets ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}''.
* ''Manga/TheRedRangerBecomesAnAdventurerInAnotherWorld'' is Franchise/SuperSentai meets ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', being a parody of both the {{Sentai}} and TrappedInAnotherWorld fantasy genres.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''{{Series/Skins}}'' as directed by Creator/DavidLynch after watching way too much ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
* ''LightNovel/ReZero'' is ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' in an [[TrappedInAnotherWorld isekai]].
** Or ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Konosuba}}'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
** Or ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere'' meets ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill''.
* ''Anime/RingingBell'':
** Ernest Thompson Seton and Friedrich Nietzsche write a Revenge Tragedy : [[TheMovie The Anime]].
** Or simply ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' meets ''Literature/WatershipDown'' meets ''Anime/AfroSamurai''.
* ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'' is ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' by way of {{Yuri}}.
** Also ''Anime/MyHime'' meets ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.
* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' meets ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' meets ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' is something like ''Manga/LoveHina'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied'', with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]].
* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' is ''Literature/{{Pinocchio}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'', with the moe turned up to eleven.
** Or gothed up ''Manga/ZatchBell''.
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is ''Film/{{Shane}}'' meets [[Creator/AkiraKurosawa Akira Kurosawa's]] ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}'' after taking some notes from ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
* ''LightNovel/TheSacredBlacksmith'' can be almost perfectly described as ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' meets ''Manga/ElementalGelade''.
* ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'':
** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
** ''WesternAnimation/MrPickles'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' meets ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''.
** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Literature/StormOfSteel''.
* ''Manga/{{Saikano}}'' is ''Manga/ElfenLied'' meets ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''.
* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' is ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets Myth/ClassicalMythology
** Or Myth/ClassicalMythology meets ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
** ''Manga/SaintSeiyaSaintiaSho'' is ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' meets ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
* ''Manga/Samurai8TheTaleOfHachimaru'' is ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Or ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Film/SevenSamurai''.
* ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' is ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' meets Hustle And Flow, and set to the plot of ''Film/TrueGrit''.
** Or ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets FeudalJapan.
** Or ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' in FeudalJapan
** Or Creator/AkiraKurosawa meets Creator/QuentinTarantino.
* ''Anime/SamuraiFlamenco'': ''ComicBook/KickAss'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider''.
* ''Manga/SandLand'': ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior The Road Warrior]]'' meets ''Manga/DragonBall''.
* ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' meets ''[[Anime/BlueLiterature No Longer Human]]'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' (sounds contradictory, but it's [[WidgetSeries kind of accurate]]) and ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' [[note]]both of the series contains Social Commentary, numerous TakeThat, being an WidgetSeries, MindScrew, and AcceptableTargets[[/note]].
* ''Anime/Scan2Go'' is ''Manga/BakusouKyoudaiLetsAndGo'' meets ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}''
** There's a fair bit of ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' in there too.
* ''Anime/SchoolDays'' is Music/BonJovi's ''You Give Love a Bad Name: The {{Anime}}''
* ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'', or alternatively, Pokemon meets ''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}''.
* ''Anime/SelectorInfectedWixoss'' is ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
** ''Manga/YuGiOh'' meets ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'' meets ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' meets ''Anime/BlackRockShooter''.
* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'' is either ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]]'' meets ''VideoGame/ExaPico'', ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', or ''Anime/Macross7'' meets ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''.
* ''Manga/SeraphOfTheEnd'' is ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' meets ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' with a touch of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasy'' and ''Anime/AttackOnTitan''.
* ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' is ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' and the last two episodes of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', starring [[Franchise/SailorMoon Hotaru Tomoe]].
** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' meets ''Anime/PerfectBlue'' with a dash of ''Literature/{{Paprika}}''.
** Purely in terms of tone, it's ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''Manga/SetonAcademyJoinThePack'' is ''Manga/AnimalAcademyHakobuneHakusho'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''.
* ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'':
** ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets Myth/KingArthur.
** ''Manga/FairyTail'' meets Myth/KingArthur.
** ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' minus the horror meets ''Manga/FairyTail''.
* ''LightNovel/SevenSensesOfTheReUnion'' is ''Anime/AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay'' meets ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. Midway through the show, it reveals what part of Sword Art Online it's mashing up.
* Similarly, the page for ''Manga/SgtFrog'' makes it look like "''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' + ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' -- CrapsackWorld". Once again, possibly inaccurate.
** Or ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''.
* ''Manga/ShadowStar'': ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs And goes off its meds]].
* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' and ''Series/KamenRiderAgito''.
** The second season is ''Shakugan no Shana'' meets ''Series/UltraSeven''.
** The third season on the other hand is ''Shakugan no Shana'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'', ''Series/UltramanLeo'', ''Series/UltramanGaia'' and ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' is either:
** ''LightNovel/LibraryWar'' meets ''Manga/KekkoKamen''.
** or it's ''Literature/Fahrenheit451'' with Magazine/{{Playboy}} instead of classic literature.
* ''Anime/ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight'': ''Anime/LoveLive'' meets ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''
* ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok'' is ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' meets ''Manga/KenganAshura''
* ''Anime/{{Simoun}}'' is thematically related to several very influential, very controversial sci-fi novels. ''Literature/TheLeftHandOfDarkness'' and ''Literature/ACanticleForLeibowitz'' are the most obvious influences but there's also a little Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy and Doris Lessing, plus the obvious overlays of ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Anime/LastExile'' and the title, which recalls ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''.
* ''Manga/SkullMan'':
** The 1970 one-shot manga is ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive''.
** The 1998 manga is ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' meets ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''.
** The anime is ''ComicBook/{{Hitman}}'' meets ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}'' meets ''Film/HardBoiled'' meets ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto''.
* ''LightNovel/SoICantPlayH'' is ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD''.
* ''Manga/{{Soil}}'' is [[ComicBook/GhostWorld Daniel Clowes]] (slight GrotesqueGallery non-anime style) meets Creator/JunjiIto (MindScrew story about an UncannyVillage infested with [[Manga/{{Uzumaki}} freaky spirals]]).
* ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''Franchise/DragonBall''.
* ''Anime/SonicX'': The third season is ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' (The seven {{Mineral MacGuffin}}s are lost in space, making the cast go in an adventure InSpace fighting against some evil robotic empire who wants to take over the universe).
* ''Manga/SoulEater'': ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' with a hint of ''Literature/HarryPotter'', directed by Creator/DavidLynch while [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs smoking crack]] with Creator/TimBurton.
** Or ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* ''Anime/TheSoulTaker'' is ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' meets ''Anime/BoogiepopPhantom''.
** Or ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' is ''Manga/KOn'' meets ''Literature/TheEnglishPatient''.
* ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' is ''Franchise/JamesBond'' meets ''Manga/Cyborg009'' meets ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}''/''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'':
** ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]''. IN SPAAAAAAACE! (Even though all of those shows are ALREADY IN SPAAAAAAACE!)
** Or ''Manga/OutlawStar'' meets ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo''.
** ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' with ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' as the main character.
** Space Dandy himself is [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] meets WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo.
* ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'': If ''WebAnimation/InfernoCop'' and ''Anime/KillLaKill'' had a baby, then died in a tragic car accident and left the baby to be raised by ''[[Anime/{{FLCL}} Fooly Cooly]]'' and ''[[Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty and Stocking]]'' instead, with her uncle ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' teaching her about the world.
** Or: ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' meets ''Anime/SpaceDandy''.
** Or ''Creator/StudioTrigger's WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
* ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Manga/DemonLordDante''.
* ''Manga/SquidGirl'' is ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.
** Or alternately: ''Manga/SgtFrog'' meets ''Anime/{{Ponyo|On The Cliff By The Sea}}''
* ''Anime/StarDriver'' is ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin''.
** Alternatively, it's ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
*** For the old school attendants, this show is what happens when ''[[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Utena]]'' meets ''Anime/RahXephon'' after chatting with ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''.
* ''Manga/StealthSymphony'' is ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' meets ''Manga/DGrayMan''
* ''Anime/SteinsGate'' has been described as "if ''Film/DonnieDarko'' were taped over an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''".
** It is also ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' as a ''Series/BlackMirror'' episode.
** And arguably it is also ''Film/LaJetee'' meets the ''Series/DoctorWho'' Revival, with all the TimeyWimeyBall in the plot.
* ''Anime/Stratos4'' is ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' meets ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets [[{{Fanservice}} a heaping helping of fanservice]]
* ''LightNovel/StrikeTheBlood'' is ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' (or ''VisualNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' with vampires and magic instead of guns) meets ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''.
* ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' is ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''.
* ''Anime/SummerWars'' is ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Film/WarGames''.
** Or ''Literature/SnowCrash'' meets ''Film/WarGames'' as a feel-good family movie.
* ''Anime/{{Superbook}}'': ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' meets ''Literature/TheBible''.
* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' is ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets IdolSinger
** Alternately, it's ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Franchise/GIJoe'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets IdolSinger.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' is ''Franchise/DotHack'' meets ''Film/{{Slashers}}'' meets ''Film/{{TRON}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls''
** ''Sword Art Online: Fairy Dance'' is ''Anime/DotHackSign'' if Tsukasa had been [[TrappedInAnotherWorld trapped in a video game]] by a [[AbhorrentAdmirer perverted]] CorruptCorporateExecutive instead of a [[AIIsACrapshoot malevolent A.I.]].
** ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'' is ''Sword Art Online: Phantom Bullet'' meets ''Videogame/PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds''.
** ''Anime/SwordArtOnlineTheMovieOrdinalScale'' is ''Sword Art Online'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderExAid''.
** ''Sword Art Online: Alicization'' is ''Sword Art Online: Aincrad'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Film/TRONLegacy''.

* When the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' novels were licensed, [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer poor advertising]] hilariously and inaccurately described the series as "''Series/HannahMontana'' meets ''Series/{{Heroes}}''". ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Literature/SnowCrash'' might be better.
** Justified, it was promoted as such in order to attract more US consumers to the light novel market.
** It also meets ''Literature/GoodOmens'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' with the cast from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' being given a normal non-{{crapsack|world}}y setting.
** It also meets Dan Simmons' ''Literature/HyperionCantos'', considering the book actually influences the story.
*** ''Manga/HaruhiChan'' is regular Haruhi injected with ''Anime/LuckyStar'' and more caffeine.
** What about ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' meets ''Literature/TheBible''?
** How about ''Series/DoctorWho'' meets ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', [[HighSchoolAU in a high school?]]
* The plot of one episode of ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' is described by the [[LemonyNarrator narrator]] as "''Die Hard'' on a cruise ship."
* ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'' is ''Series/TheMostExtreme'' meets the Mono Island scenes from ''Literature/TheLastContinent''.
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' is ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' meets ''Manga/DearS''.
* ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer''.
* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' meets ''Film/ComeAndSee'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' meets the works of Creator/QuentinTarantino.
** Or ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' meets ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
* ''Manga/HellWardenHiguma'' is ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' meets ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/BlueExorcist''.
* ''Anime/HeroicAge'' is ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' meets ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
* ''Manga/{{Heroman}}'' is 1960s HumongousMecha [[Manga/GiantRobo man]][[Anime/{{Gigantor}} ga]] meets 1960 {{superhero}} [[ComicBook/SpiderMan comics]], as made in modern Japan and set in modern America.
* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''.
* ''Anime/HighSchoolStarMusical'' is [[Film/HighSchoolMusical a similarly named film series]] meets ''Anime/{{Free}}''.
* ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' meets ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.
** Or ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' meets ''Film/TheExpendables''... [[{{Fanservice}} with tits]].
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' to play ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.
** Alternatively, ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meet ''Franchise/SilentHill''.
** Or, ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' and ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'':
** ''Franchise/DragonBall'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}''.
** ''Dragon Ball'' by Creator/StanleyKubrick.
** ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets a DarkerAndEdgier ''Manga/RaveMaster''.
** The colorful and expansive world of ''Manga/OnePiece'' meets the meticulous strategies and psychological storytelling of ''Manga/DeathNote'' [[note]]''Death Note'' came at a later decade, though.[[/note]]
** ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets the {{Shonen|Demographic}}.
** Or {{Shonen}} as written by Creator/AlanMoore.
** The Chimera Ants arc is the [[Manga/DragonBall King Piccolo arc]], as written by Creator/GenUrobuchi.
* ''LightNovel/HybridXHeartMagiasAcademyAtaraxia'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' with lust instead of fighting spirit.
** Alternatively, ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamAGE'' and ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos''.
* ''Anime/IGPXImmortalGrandPrix'' is ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' meets HumongousMecha.
* ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' is ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' meets ''Series/TheMunsters''.
* ''LightNovel/InAnotherWorldWithMySmartphone'': ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' meets ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''.
* ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' is considered, according to its profile page as "''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''", or "''LightNovel/{{Kampfer}}'' meets ''Anime/SkyGirls''."
** However, it can also be ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' with a ''[[Anime/TenchiMuyo hilarious Tenchi Twist]]''... and with added ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.
* The ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' anime is ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa''.
** Inazuma Eleven GO, the sequel is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
* ''Manga/InitialD'' is ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' meets early ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' or ''[[VideoGame/TokyoXtremeRacer Shutokou Battle]]'' games.
** ''Initial D Extra Stages'' are ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' meets ''Ridge Racer'' without guns.
** ''Fourth Stage'', ''Fifth Stage'' and ''Final Stage'' are ''Ridge Racer'' meets ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' and (in latter parts) ''Franchise/KamenRider'', with a bit of ''Anime/YokaiWatch''.
* ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'':
** ''Anime/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' meets ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_Worth Words Worth]]''
** ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' meets ''Manga/MonsterMusume''.
** ''Series/TopGearUK'' meets the ''Monster Girl Encyclopedia''.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' is Creator/RumikoTakahashi's works meet ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''.
* ''Manga/{{Inuyashiki}}'' is ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' with robots.
* ''Iria: Zeiram the Animation'' is ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''
* ''Manga/{{Jabberwocky}}'' is (from Mangafox) "''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' (HistoricalInJoke conspiracies) meets ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' (dinosaurs are alive)" meets ''Literature/AnonymousRex'' (they're humanoid and disguised) meets ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' (literary characters (EG [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]] and Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo) are real). Stylistically it's ''ComicBook/HellBoy'' meets ''ComicBook/SinCity''.
* ''Manga/{{Jagaaaaaan}}'' is ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' meets ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' with a modern setting of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' in there.
** Alternatively: ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' meets ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
** Or ''Manga/IAmAHero'' meets ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' and ''Manga/{{Gantz}}''.
* ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}'' can be described as ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** ''Anime/Jewelpet2009'': ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' meets ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.
** ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'': ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets ''VisualNovel/NanatsuiroDrops'' minus the ero parts.
** ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'': ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' meets ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool''.
** ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'': ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' meets ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''. They get high and hang out with ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes''.
** ''Anime/JewelpetHappiness'': ''Manga/ShirokumaCafe'' meets ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' in a MagicalGirl world.
*** Alternately, the setting of ''Anime/JewelpetSunshine'' meets the humour of ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco''.
** ''Anime/LadyJewelpet'': ''Anime/JewelpetTwinkle'' meets ''Literature/GreatExpectations''.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
** Part one: ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. (The later parts are completely different, however.)
** Part two: ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets [[ComicBook/XMen Apocalypse]].
*** Alternatively, ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/IndianaJones''.
** Part three: ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Manga/ShamanKing'' (although ''[=JoJo=]'' is the earlier work here).
*** Alternatively, ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'' as done by ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' characters with the abilities from ''Manga/ShamanKing''.
** Part four: ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Be-Bop Highschool'' meets ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
** Part five: ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Film/TheGodfather''.
** Part six: ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Series/PrisonBreak''.
*** Alternatively, ''Film/JoshuuSasori'' meets ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode''.
*** Or it could be all of the above meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
** Part seven... ok, we can do this... ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' does AsTheGoodBookSays, [[RecycledINSPACE IN THE WILD, WILD WEST!]]
** Alternatively:
---> '''Phantom Blood''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu Gothic Vampire Action)
---> '''Battle Tendency''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Literature/TheDeerAndTheCauldron'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu Adventure starring a weak and cowardly protagonist who defeats Warrior-Gods with dirty-tricks and ridiculously good luck.)
---> '''Stardust Crusaders''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu Globe Trotting Adventure)
---> '''Diamond Is Unbreakable''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' and ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu murder-mystery in a seemingly-picturesque TownWithADarkSecret)or ''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' but with stands
---> '''Vento Aurero''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu yarn about friendship between rising mafiosi)
---> '''Stone Ocean''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu Prison Survival Tale)
---> '''Steel Ball Run''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' (HotBlooded Kung-Fu SpaghettiWestern about friendship between two amoral and cynical cowboys)
---> '''[=JoJolion=]''' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Film/BlueVelvet'' (''Somewhat'' HotBlooded Kung-Fu mystery in a small town with even ''darker'' and ''dirtier'' secrets.)
** The entire series can be summed up as ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets [[HotBlooded copious amounts]] of [[RatedMForManly testosterone]], {{Gorn}}, and [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs LSD]].
** Some fans see it as a GlamRock version of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
*** Alternatively it's the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' games (or ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania}}'' in the earlier parts) meets the sheer badassery and [[RatedMForManly manliness]] of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets the meticulousness of ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' (again, ''[=JoJo=]'' came earlier than ''Persona'' and ''Hunter X Hunter'').
*** Or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' if it were set in a world as bizarre and over-the-top as ''Manga/OnePiece'' (once again, ''[=JoJo=]'' predates the latter.)
* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/HunterXHunter''.
** Or ''Bleach'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
* ''Anime/KabaneriOfTheIronFortress'' is ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' meets ''Series/TheWalkingDead''... in a steampunk setting.
* ''Anime/{{Kaiba}}'': The art style can best be described as ''Manga/AstroBoy'' meets ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' with a hint of ''Literature/TheLittlePrince''.
* From the page here, ''Manga/KaitouSaintTail'' sounds like "''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/SlyCooper''". This may be inaccurate.
* ''Anime/KaitouTenshiTwinAngel: Kyunkyun Tokimeki Paradise!!'': "If you ever wondered what it would be like if Franchise/SailorMoon had to battle [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]] for 7 Manga/{{Dragon Ball}}s, now you know." ([[http://www.crunchyroll.com/twin-angel-twinkle-paradise/episode-1-that-does-not-even-deserve-a-response-enter-twin-angel-580764/comments?pg=2]])
* ''Manga/{{Kakegurui}}'' is {{shonen}} meets {{Absurdly High Stakes Game}}s.
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''[[Manga/KamenRiderKuuga Kamen Rider Kuuga (2015 Manga)]]'' is ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst''.
** ''[[Series/KamenRiderZeroOne Kamen Rider Zero-One Short Anime: Everyone's Daily Life]]'' is ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' meets ''[[Series/KamenRiderDenO Imagin Anime]]'' meets ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguard Mini Vanguard]]'' meets ''[[Anime/BangDream BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO]]''.
** ''[[Series/KamenRiderSaber Separate Volume Kamen Rider Saber Manga: Kamen Rider Buster]]'' is ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' meets ''Series/UltramanOrbTheOriginSaga'' meets ''LightNovel/FateZero'' meets ''LightNovel/TheRepriseOfTheSpearHero''.
* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' is ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Manga/InuYasha.''
* ''Manga/KarakuridoujiUltimo'' is ''Manga/ZatchBell'' meets ''Manga/AstroBoy''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Katana}}'' is ''Manga/XxxHolic'' meets [[KatanasAreJustBetter Japanese swords]].
* ''Manga/KatteNiKaizo'': ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' meets ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' (it's also from [[Creator/KojiKumeta the same]] {{Mangaka}} as the latter), although it predates both series. So it's essentially ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' and ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' before they broke up.
* The manga ''Manga/KazeHikaru'' can be described as ''Manga/PeacemakerKurogane'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''.
* ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'': ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' meets ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess''.
* ''Manga/KeepYourHandsOffEizouken'' is ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'' meets ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' meets ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}''.
** Or ''Shirobako'' by way of ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'' with ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'''s irreverent take on the ComingOfAgeStory.
* ''Manga/{{Keijo}}'' is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumo Sumo Wrestling]] meets a WalkingSwimsuitScene (or just plain {{Fanservice}}).
** Alternatively, it's the butt battle mini-game from the ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Xtreme'' series of games meets ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' is ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' meets ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''; {{Gijinka}} version.
** Or ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' meets [[spoiler:''VideoGame/NierAutomata'']] with a LittleBitBeastly girls rather than [[spoiler:robots]].
* ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' is ''Manga/AstroBoy'' meets ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' and ''Literature/{{Babar}}''.
* ''Anime/KillLaKill'':
** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'', with helpings of ''Anime/PrettyCure'', ''Creator/GoNagai'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' and ''Anime/{{Scryed}}'', along with a dash of ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' added in for good measure.
** ''Anime/CuteyHoney'' meets ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' meets ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' along with a touch of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''.
** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''
** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''.
** ''Manga/SukebanDeka'' meets ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.
** ''Anime/ProjectAKo'' meets ''Film/KillBill''.
** ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' meets ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''
* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' could be considered ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}}''
** Alternatively, ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/KatieAndOrbie'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'': ''Series/QuantumLeap'' meets ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone'', with some ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' on the side.
** Alternatively, ''Literature/GulliversTravels'' meets ''Film/ABoyAndHisDog'' and goes TrueNeutral.
* ''Manga/KissOfTheRosePrincess'' could be accurately described as ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' meets ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''. No, really!
* ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'' is ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'' meets ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' meets ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' InTheStyleOf Creator/TsutomuNihei.
* Adding ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' to ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' will give you ''Manga/KOn'' as a result.
* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' is ''Anime/ElHazard'' meets ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. Alternatively, it's ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'' meets ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
* ''Manga/BlackGod'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''.
* ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}'': ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Anime/NinjaScroll''.
* ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'' is ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' with the randomness of ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''.
* ''Manga/TheLaughingSalesman'' is ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' meets ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt''.
* ''Manga/TheLastSaiyuki'' is ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
* ''Manga/{{Legendz}}'' is Franchise/KingdomHearts Meets ''Anime/CrayonShinChan''.
* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' (including the original novels) is ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Literature/{{Dune}}''.
** Or ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF'', with humans rather than furries.
* ''LightNovel/LibraryWar'' is ''LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
* ''Anime/LilyCAT'' is ''Film/{{Alien}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982''.
* ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' is ''Manga/{{Zeorymer}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration''.
* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' is ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** Or '''Harry Potter'' meets Mahou Shoujo with a touch of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}''.
** Or ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' meets ''Manga/SugarSugarRune''.
* ''Manga/LordOfLordsRyuKnight'' is ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' meets ''Anime/PanzerWorldGalient''.
* ''Anime/LoupsGarous'' is ''Manga/KOn'' meets ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''.
* ''Manga/LoveHina'' is ''Manga/MaisonIkkoku'' meets ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (swapping the martial arts hijinks for MundaneFantastic hijinks)
* ''Anime/LuckyStar'' can be described as ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''. Or alternatively, ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''.
* ''Franchise/LoveLive'' is ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' meets ''Music/GirlsGeneration''.
* ''Franchise/LupinIII'' is ''Literature/ArseneLupin'' meets ''Film/JamesBond'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}''.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' can be easily described as ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' meets ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. Alternatively, the first two seasons are ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and the third season is more like ''Sailor Moon'' meets ''Series/DetroitOneEightSeven''.
** ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'' is ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', but LighterAndSofter.
* ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' is ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' and ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' meet ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' is ''Film/TopGun'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Series/HannahMontana'' ([[Anime/Macross7 Not the first time a pop singer motif was used in Macross, mind.]])
* ''Anime/MacrossPlus'' is effectively ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' meets ''Film/TopGun''.
* ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' is ''Creator/StudioGhibli'' meets ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'': ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' and''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' had a kid. An animated one. It's babysat by ''Film/GosfordPark'' and spends a lot of time hanging out with that weird [[Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov Karamazov]] kid down the lane. No, really.
* ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' as a series is ''Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure'' and ''Literature/GameOfThrones'' meets the MagicalGirl genre. Each Arc also has a different "feel" to it.
** The first Arc is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets either ''Film/TheRunningMan'', ''Literature/BattleRoyale'', ''Film/{{Gamer}}'', ''Literature/GameOfThrones'', ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', or ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''. But only for the first arc.
** The second arc, ''Restart'', is ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' meets ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', the ''[[TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}} Mafia]]'' and/or ''TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}}'' party game, and a bit of ''Anime/DeathNote''.
** The third arc, ''Limited'', is ''LightNovel/MagicalGirlRaisingProject'' meets ''Series/TwentyFour'', ''Literature/UnderTheDome'', ''Literature/GameOfThrones'', and a bit of ''Political Thriller''.
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSite'' is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote''.
* ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'' is ''Literature/SailorNothing'' meets ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic.''
** Or more precisely, ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare''.
** The backstory is ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets Chicago arc and later ''Literature/{{Worm}}''
** Or, ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''.
* ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'' is ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Eversion}}''.
** It can also be seen as ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''Anime/MakuraNoDanshi'' is ''Anime/TrainingWithHinako'' meets a ReverseHarem.
* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' is ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''. With a little bit of ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory''.
** The ''Anime/RayearthOVA'' is ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' meets the movie version of ''Manga/{{X 1999}}''
* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'': ''Manga/BlackButler'' meets ''Literature/HowlsMovingCastle'' meets ''Film/Beetlejuice''.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'' is ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' with the fanservice of ''[[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Dead or Alive Xtreme]]''.
* ''Manga/ManyuHikencho'' is ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''VideoGame/SenranKagura''.
* ''Manga/MariaHolic'': ''Anime/StrawberryPanic'' meets ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' meets ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''.
* ''Manga/MarineCorpsYumi'' is basically ''Manga/KOn'' meets ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'', with some bits of ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' and ''Film/GIJane'' added in the mix.
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' is ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' meets ''Series/UltramanTiga'' meets ''Series/UltramanDyna''.
** In one interview, the director described it as "''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' meets ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'', with a war thrown in out of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' and a lot of bits left over from ''Anime/GetterRobo''."
** ''Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness'' is ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' meets ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Series/UltramanLeo''.
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' is ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' meets ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Anime/BakuganBattleBrawlers'' meets the bizarre aspects[[note]]Such as the addition of CanonForeigner kid protagonist and the complete change in tone and characterization from its source material.[[/note]] of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}}'' cartoon.
* ''Anime/MazingerZ'' is ''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin 28-go]]'' meets ''Anime/AstroBoy'' meets ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''.
** And ''Manga/ShinMazingerZero'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. And the first arc may be described like the ''original'' ''Anime/MazingerZ'' manga meets ''The End of Evangelion'' (aka, UnbuiltTrope meets {{Deconstruction}}).
* ''Anime/MDGeist'' is ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* ''Manga/MedakaBox'' is ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' meets ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.
* ''Anime/MegaloBox'' is ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
* ''Anime/MetalFightBeyblade'' is ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
* ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin'': ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' meets ''Film/CityOfGod''.
* ''Anime/MillenniumActress'' is ''Film/ForrestGump'' meets ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''
* SAMG Animation's ''Animation/{{Miniforce}}'' is ''Animation/PororoTheLittlePenguin'' meets ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', with a [[Manga/SgtFrog Natsumi Hinata]] {{Expy}} for good measure and [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Hawk Moth]] as the BigBad.
* ''Anime/MiraiOfTheFuture'' is ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby''.
* ''Anime/MiraiRoboDaltanious'' is ''Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}}'' meets ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan''.
* ''LightNovel/TheMisfitOfDemonKingAcademy'' is ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateObeyMe'' meets ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' meets ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''WebComic/GunnerkriggCourt'' meets ''Manga/MedakaBox'' meets ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' meets ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' meets ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' meets ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}'' with dragons.
* ''Manga/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' meets ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}''.
* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' is ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' meets ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
** Or ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' meets a LighterAndSofter ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' .
* ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors'' is ''Film/ToraToraTora'' meets ''Animation/SquirrelAndHedgehog''. And [[ValuesDissonance from a historical perspective]], the anime equivalent of ''Film/TheBirthOfANation1915''.
* ''Anime/MonColleKnights'' is ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' meets ''Anime/TimeBokan''.
* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' is ''Manga/{{MW}}'' meets ''Series/TheFugitive'' meets ''Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' meets ''Film/TheOmen1976'' with a touch of ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' thrown in.
* ''LightNovel/MonsterGirlDoctor'' is ''Literature/DoctorDolittle'' meets ''Manga/MonsterMusume''
* ''Anime/MonsterRancher'' is ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar''.
* ''Manga/{{Moyashimon}}'': ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}''.
* ''Manga/{{Mushishi}}'': ''{{Anime}}'' meets ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' is ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' meets ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' meets ''[[Film/SkyHigh2005 Sky High]]'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen''.
** Or ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' meets ''[[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel Comics]]'' and/or ''Franchise/DCUniverse''.
** Or ''[[Film/SkyHigh2005 Sky High]]'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''.
* ''Anime/MyHime'' is for all intents and purposes ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Literature/FoucaultsPendulum''.
** Alternatively, ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' with a bit of ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''.
* ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'' is ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'' meets Norse Mythology.
* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' is ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' meets ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' in general is ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''Manga/{{Ninku}}'' meets ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
** The first series is ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' meets ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' with the deconstruction from "Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion".
** The ''Shippuden'' series is ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets Chapter Black.
** And ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' is ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''.
*** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' meets ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' meets ''Star Wars Sequel Trilogy''.
*** Or ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild''.
* Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}:
** ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' sans vampires.
** ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' is ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' meets ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina''.
** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Manga/ShamanKing'' meets ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''. ([[HGame with sex...]] [[BleachedUnderpants at least at first...]])
** ''LightNovel/FateZero'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue''.
** ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAgito''.
** ''Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya'' is ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''. When it reaches its third "season" ''3rei'' it becomes ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' meets the Heaven’s Feel route of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Literature/AngelNotes''.
** ''Anime/CarnivalPhantasm'' is the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} taking a holiday in the universe of ''Manga/HaruhiChan'' with truckloads of anti-depressant laced ice-cream and cake.
*** A lot of people have been calling this series the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}: [[Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu Fumoffu]], and with [[RuleOfFunny good reason.]]
** ''Anime/FateExtraLastEncore'' is ''VideoGame/FateExtra'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight: Heaven's Feel'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''Manga/{{NEEDLESS}}'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Anime/{{Scryed}}''.
* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has been (inaccurately, due to intentional GenreShift) described as "''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina''." But it was more like ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina'', but with magic. But now, it can be described more as ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'', with some ''Manga/DragonBall'' in the mix, and some bonus FanService on top. All the while, having the cast of a HaremSeries.
** Once [[CrazyAwesome Jack Rakan]] shows up, one can add a dollop of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' to the mix.
** So, [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/31826 this guy]] could get some money out of it?
** The magic world arc even starts mixing in bits of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMatrix'' and ''Film/TotalRecall1990'', what with the Magic World being an artificially created world and everything...]]
** ShowWithinAShow ''Biblion'' seems to be something akin to ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/ReadOrDie''.
* ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern'' is ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Series/{{Kikaider}}''.
** ''Anime/CasshernSins'' is ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern'' meets ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst''.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is ''Anime/SpaceRunawayIdeon'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', [[WordOfGod according to]] the series' creator Creator/HideakiAnno.
** Or ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''Series/ThreesCompany'' meets the ''[[Literature/TheBible Book of Revelation]]''.
** Alternatively, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' going to church and attending psychology class, and then '''[[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs taking a kilo of crack]]'''.
*** Probably a theology lecture instead--there are both crosses and kabbalistic trees in Evangelion.
** Or the DSM series meets ''Anime/GreatMazinger''.
** ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' by Creator/StanleyKubrick.
** ''Literature/EndersGame'' meets the ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos''.
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets art-house cinema.
** The Mecha genre meets the deconstructive elements of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
** Or, what you'd get if Creator/YoshiyukiTomino had a baby with Creator/DavidLynch.
** ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' is ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' meets ''Series/UltramanNexus''.
* ''Anime/NerimaDaikonBrothers'' is ''Film/TheBluesBrothers'' meets ''Anime/ExcelSaga.''
* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' is ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' who introduces it to ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''.
* ''Night is Short, Walk on Girl'' is ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'' meets ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'' meets ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary''.
* ''Nightmare Campus'' is ''Urotsukidouji'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Susanoo}}''.
* ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'' is ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'' meets ''Series/ForeverKnight''.
* ''Anime/NinjaSenshiTobikage'' is ''Anime/GetterRobo'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' meets ''Henshin Ninja Arashi'' meets ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''.
* ''LightNovel/NinjaSlayer'' is ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'' meets ''Film/KillBill'' meets ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' meets ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' meets ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''.
** The Creator/StudioTrigger adaptation is basically the same above meets ''Anime/KillLaKill'' meets ''WebAnimation/InfernoCop''
* The [[LongTitle aptly-titled]] ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' is best described as ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' meets ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK''.
** Or a Japanese, de-90sfied Daria meets a DarkerAndEdgier ''Manga/LuckyStar'' meets FanDisservice.
* ''Manga/{{Noragami}}'' is ''Manga/SoulEater'' meets ''Manga/BlueExorcist'', with hints of ''Manga/BloodLad'' and ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''.
* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' is ''Franchise/CthulhuMythos'' meets ''Manga/LuckyStar'' and ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'' is ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
** Or ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' and ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto''.
* ''Africa Salaryman'' is ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' meets ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' meets ''Franchise/TheLionKing''
* ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' is ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' meets ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
* ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' is ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' meets ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' meets ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity''.
** Or: ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman''.
** Or ''Series/TheOffice'' meets ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' meets DeathMetal.
* ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'': Of all things, ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina''.
** The TV series is more ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' meets ''Series/ThreesCompany''.
* ''Manga/AiKora'' is ''Manga/LoveHina'' (loser protagonist, harem) meets ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' (completely [[ChivalrousPervert perverted yet honorable]] protagonist, nutty school life) with a WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes paint job.
* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'' is ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' meets Animé and {{Mons}}.
** Alternatively, is ''Naruto'' meets ''Literature/GameOfThrones''
* ''Anime/AKB0048'' is ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' by George Orwell by way of ''Franchise/StarWars''. Or alternatively ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' meets ''Film/{{Equilibrium}}''. Or ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' meets ''VideoGame/RevolutionX''.
* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' is ''Literature/FireStarter'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors'', with a CyberPunk setting. [[spoiler: by the second half of the manga, it's ''Literature/FireStarter'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'']].
* ''Manga/{{Akumetsu}}'' is ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' meets ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' and ''Literature/AtlasShrugged''.
* ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' meets ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.
* ''Manga/AlienNine'' is ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' meets ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''
* ''Manga/AliveTheFinalEvolution'': ''Film/TheHappening'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' turned into a Shounen series.
* ''LightNovel/AllYouNeedIsKill'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Film/StarshipTroopers''.
** The live-action adaptation, ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' is ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}''.
* ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'' is ''VideoGame/ThemePark'' meets ''Ride/DisneyThemeParks'' meets ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' meets ''Series/OnceUponATime'' without the LaserGuidedAmnesia [[spoiler:(except for Latifah)]].
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'' is ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'', with the setting and characters taken from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', down to the bossy Yurippe wanting to participate in a baseball tournament. Add a tiny bit of ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' to account for Yui's tail.
** Alternatively, ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' meets CompetitiveMultiplayer, specifically ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''.
** ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' meets ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' while a Creator/KeyVisualArts representative stands behind you to give regular beatings with the office feels bat.
* ''Angel Blade'': ''VideoGame/VoltageFighterGowcaizer'' meets ''La Blue Girl''.
* ''Manga/AnimalAcademyHakobuneHakusho'' is ''Manga/GakuenAlice'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''.
* ''Manga/AnimalLand'' is ''Literature/AnimalFarm'' meets ''Franchise/{{Tarzan}}'', with a touch of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' thrown in for flavor.
** Or ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Literature/TheJungleBook''.
* ''Manga/ApothecariusArgentum'' is ''Series/{{House}}'' meets Elizabethan Royalty.
* ''Manga/ArcadeGamerFubuki'': ''Film/TheWizard'' meets {{Panty Fighter}}s.
* ''Manga/Area88'' is ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' meets ''VideoGame/AceCombat''.
* ''[[Anime/DairuggerXV Armored Fleet Dairugger XV]]'' is ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' meets ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' meets ''Series/SpaceSheriffGavan''.
* ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja'' is ''Manga/CandyCandy'' meets ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' .
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' is ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' meets ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''.
** It's spin off series, ''Manga/KoroSenseiQuest'' is it's parent series meets ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' meets ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
* ''LightNovel/AssassinsPride'' is ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/BlackButler'' set in ''[[LightNovel/TheIrregularAtMagicHighSchool Magic High School]]''.
* ''LightNovel/AsuraCryin'' is ''Manga/MyLovelyGhostKana'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' is ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets the ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderAmazon'' meets ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'' meets ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' meets ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''.
** Or ''Manga/DemonLordDante'' by way of ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Fulmetal Alchemist (2003)]]''.
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitanJuniorHigh'' is [[Manga/AttackOnTitan the original]] meets ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' meets ''Manga/SchoolRumble''.
* ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'': ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' meets ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' meets HighSchool.
** Or ''Literature/WaysideSchool'' meets ''Manga/DokiDokiSchoolHours''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' is probably ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Film/PulpFiction''.
** Or ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' meets ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'' with a human cast instead of anthropomorphic cats.
* ''Anime/BackArrow'' is ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' meets ''Anime/PlanetWith'' meets ''Anime/CodeGeass''.
* From the article on ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'': ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' meets ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid. Lots and lots of acid]].
** It can also be considered ''Anime/{{Mononoke}}'' with the witty, post-modern dialogue-heaviness of ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead''.
* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
** Or alternatively, ''Franchise/{{Beyblade}}'' meets ''Franchise/YuGiOh''.
* ''Manga/{{Bakuman}}'': ''Manga/SchoolRumble'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote''.
* ''Anime/BaldrForceEXEResolution'' is ''Film/TheMatrix'' meets ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' meets ''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}''.
* ''Manga/BambooBlade'' is ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Film/ALeagueOfTheirOwn''.
* ''Manga/BananaNoNana'': ''Anime/HareGuu'' meets ''[[ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}} The Legion of Substitute Heroes]]'' meets ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler''.
* ''Anime/BangDream'' is ''Manga/KOn'' meets ''Franchise/TheIdolMaster'' meets ''Franchise/LoveLive''.
** ''[[Anime/BangDream BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! ☆ PICO]]'' is ''Anime/BangDream'' meets ''[[Anime/CardfightVanguard Mini Vanguard]]'' meets ''[[Series/KamenRiderDenO Imagin Anime]]''
** ''[[Music/{{Argonavis}} ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!]]'' is ''Anime/BangDream'' meets ''Manga/{{BECK}}'' meets ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterSideM''.
* ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'': ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' meets ''Anime/NinjaScroll''
* ''Manga/{{Bastard}}'': ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons &]] Anime/DragonBallZ''. (Thanks goes to @/LooneyToons and Epsilon from his forums.)
* ''Anime/BattleSpiritsSwordEyes'' is ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' meets MagicalLand (with card games of course).
* ''Anime/BDamanCrossfire'' is ''Anime/BattleBDaman'' meets ''Anime/MegaManNTWarrior''.
* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meets ''Literature/OneStormyNight'' meets ''Manga/{{Is}}''.
** Alternately it's ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''.
* ''[[Anime/GoLion Beast King GoLion]]'' is ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' meets ''Anime/MiraiRoboDaltanious'' meets ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman''.
* ''Manga/TheBeautifulSkiesOfHououHigh'' is ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' meets ''Manga/MariaHolic''.
* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' meets ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'' meets ''Film/FleshAndBlood'' meets ''Literature/CascaTheEternalMercenary'' meets ''Film/EventHorizon'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'' meets ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' (including ''Series/GameOfThrones'') meets ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' meets ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' meets ''Literature/TheChildrenOfHurin'' meets ''[[Literature/{{Simplicissimus}} Simplicius Simplicissimus]]'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight'' by way of Creator/JunjiIto, Creator/StanleyKubrick, Creator/EliRoth, Creator/PaulVerhoeven, Creator/TheBrothersGrimm, Creator/StephenKing, Creator/HPLovecraft, Creator/GustaveDore, Creator/HieronymusBosch, Creator/MCEscher, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Creator/GarthEnnis and the Creator/MarquisDeSade, all served up with a huge order of SwordAndSorcery and {{BFS}} and garnished with dashes of ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', ''Film/{{Ladyhawke}}'', ''Franchise/RoboCop'', ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'', ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'', ''Film/{{Excalibur}}'', ''Manga/{{Dororo}}'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Manga/KazeToKiNoUta'', ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
** Alternately, it's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meet ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'', ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''LightNovel/GuinSaga'', ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'', ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', and pretty much any science fiction, epic fantasy, dystopia, or horror trope or story the current author feels like mixing in.
* ''LightNovel/BeyondTheBoundary'':
** ''[[LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions Chuuni]]'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}''
** ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' meets ''Manga/KOn''. Mirai is like Ryougi Shiki[[note]]has deathly power, having a hard time expressing her true feelings, meets a genuinely NiceGuy who works under an aloof woman[[/note]], except that she's a {{moeblob}}.
* ''LightNovel/TheMysticArchivesOfDantalian'' is ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'' meets ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''. (Dalian and Index themselves are almost identical in both personality and function.)
* ''Anime/TheBigO'' is ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''Manga/GiantRobo'' with elements of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}''
** Or just ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' with HumongousMecha.
* ''Anime/BirdyTheMighty'' is ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' meets ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' undertones added to the mix.
* ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'' is ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'' is ''Film/MaryPoppins'' meets ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' meets ''Literature/ArtemisFowl''.
** ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'' meets ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' meets ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh''.
** Or ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' meets ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}''.
** Or ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' meets ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
* ''Manga/BlackClover'' is ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' meets ''Manga/FairyTail''.
* ''Manga/BlackJack'' is ''Series/{{House}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', though it may also be taking variable [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs levels and concoctions of mind-altering substances]].
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is ''Film/PulpFiction'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Film/ShootEmUp'' meets the works of Creator/GarthEnnis.
* The OVA for ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' could best be summed up as ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets the MagicalGirl genre.
** While its Anime is summarized as ''Film/MeanGirls'' meets ''Film/SuckerPunch''.
** Overall, it's ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
** ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'' meets ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. BRS even has [[Creator/ImageComics Image]]'s NinetiesAntiHero look.
* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' is ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'' meets JidaiGeki with a NinetiesAntiHero.
* ''Manga/BlasterKnuckle'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/DjangoUnchained''.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is essentially ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''... with a little ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' thrown in for good measure.
** Don't forget ''Manga/ShamanKing'' for the whole spirits and swords thing.
** Or ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' meets ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
** Or ''Manga/SoulEater'' meets ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[note]]though ''Bleach'' predates ''Soul Eater''[[/note]]
* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' is ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''.
* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'' is ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' is ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' and ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meet ''Literature/HarryPotter''.
* ''Anime/BlueGender'' is ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' meets ''Film/StarshipTroopers''.
** On the Creator/AdultSwim bumper, this show was described as ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' meets the first ''Alien'' movie meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
* ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VideoGame/BloodyRoar''.
* ''Manga/BoboboBoBoBobo'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs after taking too much acid]].
** Or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Creator/DrSeuss''
** Or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs a VERY big bag of crack laced with LSD]].
** Or ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheTick''.
* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' is ''Literature/EndersGame'' meets ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' meets -- you guessed it -- ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''Manga/BokuraNoHentai'' is every example of OtokoNoKoGenre meets ''Manga/WanderingSon'' and a dash of {{Deconstruction}}.
* ''Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast'' is Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' meets ''Film/TheKarateKid''.
* ''Anime/{{Braiger}}'' is like ''Franchise/LupinIII'' meets ''Anime/Daitarn3''.
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' is ''Film/StreetsOfFire'' meets ''Film/BladeRunner''.
** Or ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''Anime/NeoHumanCasshern''.
* ''Anime/BuddyComplex'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' meets ''Anime/{{Zegapain}}'' with elements of ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' and ''Film/PacificRim''.
** It also meets ''Film/MinorityReport'' near the end with [[spoiler:three minds linking]] and [[spoiler: Couplers being able to see possible futures and alternate timelines]].
* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
* ''Manga/CageOfEden'' is ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets ''VideoGame/ArkSurvivalEvolved''
* ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'':
** In general, ''TabletopGame/WeissSchwarz'' meets ''Manga/YuGiOh''
** ''Anime/CardfightVanguardG'' is ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' meets ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger''
* ''Anime/CaroleAndTuesday'' is ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Manga/{{Beck}}'' meets ''Anime/MegaloBox.''
* ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion'' is ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' meets ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Series/{{V|2009}}''.
* ''Manga/CatShitOne'': ''ComicBook/{{Maus}}'' meets ''Film/ApocalypseNow''.
** While others have likened it to ''Literature/WatershipDown'' meets ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOps''.
* ''Anime/CatSoup'' is ''Literature/NightOnTheGalacticRailroad'' meets ''Film/UnChienAndalou''.
* ''Anime/CControl'':
** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''The Inside Job'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' all written by some drunk and LSD-laced stock broker.
** More like ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets the stock market. [[FridgeLogic Oh, great]] more {{Black Box}}es.
** ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf''?
** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with credit cards.
** ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' with the Soul Society replaced by Wall Street.
** ''Anime/EdenOfTheEast'' meets ''Franchise/YuGiOh''.
*** [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries CARDGAMES ON]] [[FridgeBrilliance ECONOMICS]]! It is actually "money" instead of "economics", but who cares?
** Warren Buffet's take on ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.
** Stock Market and International Economics...meets Lovecraft
** If ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' was an allegory for economics instead of puberty.
* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'' is ''Film/OsmosisJones'' (or ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'') meets ''Series/DirtyJobs''.
* ''Manga/ACentaursLife'' is ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' ({{Cute Monster Girl}}s in high school) meets ''Manga/SazaeSan'' (Low-key SliceOfLife comedy)
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
** ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Literature/AngelsAndDemons''.
** ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' and ''Manga/{{NEEDLESS}}'' meet ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' and spice it up with PsychicPowers and MagicVersusScience.
** Its spinoff ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' is ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' minus UrbanFantasy plus SchoolgirlSeries (but ''not'' minus CityOfAdventure or WorldOfBadass).
* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'':
** ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' (the bizarre conditions in which monsters are born) with a bit of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''.
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' meets ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead'' meets ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
** ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' meets ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' meets ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''.
* ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate''.
** Alternatively, ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' meets ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' (without all the school girls).
* ''Manga/{{Chinpui}}'' is ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' meets ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* ''LightNovel/ChromeShelledRegios'' is ''Literature/MortalEngines'' meets ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''.
* ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' is ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' meets ''Manga/SkullMan'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Manga/InuYasha''.
** The anime adaptation is the same meets ''VideoGame/GateKeepers'' meets ''Series/KamenRider555''.
* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'': ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Series/CharliesAngels''.
* ''LightNovel/ClockworkPlanet'' is ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'' meets ''LightNovel/UnbreakableMachineDoll'' with a heavy dose of ClockPunk taken UpToEleven.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' meets ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''.
** It could also be considered a PerspectiveFlip of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' from Char's point of view as opposed to Amuro's.
** Or better yet, ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''.
** It could also be seen as ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/GameOfThrones'' with a little dash of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' for good measure.
* ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutioChoujinGensou'' is Showa Era Japanese Superheroes meets ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'':
** ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' (of the SpaghettiWestern genre), with some ''Franchise/StarWars'' and Creator/JohnWoo thrown into the mix. However, since ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' started syndication in 2002 and ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' in 1998, it would be more accurate to say that ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' is ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets zombie horror and conspiracy theory movies.
** It's been called, more or less, ''Franchise/LupinIII'' IN SPACE!!
* ''[[Anime/CrossAnge Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons]]'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' meets ''[[Anime/VoltesV Choudenji Machine Voltes V]]'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Daimos}} Toushou Daimos]]'' meets ''Anime/CodeGeass'' meets ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' meets ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''LightNovel/InfiniteStratos'' meets ''Anime/KillLaKill'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' meets ''Series/UltramanNexus'' meets ''Franchise/UltramanZero''.
** Alternatively, ''Anime/MacrossZero'' (TransformingMecha, an island setting, a [[spoiler:priestess character]], a [[spoiler:LoveTriangle]], and a [[spoiler:[[PowerOfMusic powerful song]]]]) meets ''Anime/SoukouNoStrain'' (mecha, a FallenPrincess, {{Fanservice}}, lesbian characters, bullying, and a [[spoiler:CapturedSuperEntity]]) meets ''Manga/BrokenBlade'' (mecha, a MagicalSociety, and UnSorcerer discrimination) meets ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (an island under attack by dragons and [[spoiler:revealing them to be more than just violent beasts]]) meets ''Film/VanHelsing'' (a CreatureHunterOrganization, [[spoiler:shapeshifting enemies]], and an [[spoiler:immortal villain with a BattleHarem]]).
* ''Anime/CrushGearTurbo'' is ''Manga/BakusouKyoudaiLetsAndGo'' meets ''Series/RobotWars''.
* ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'':
** ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' meets ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.
** Or ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' meets ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.
* ''Manga/Cyborg009'' is ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' meets ''Series/UltraQ'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII'', with small dose of ''Literature/JamesBond'' (especially 007's part).
** ''009 Re:CYBORG'' is ''Cyborg 009'' meets ''James Bond'' meets ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' meets ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra''.
* ''Manga/CyborgKuroChan'' is ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'' meets ''Manga/AstroBoy'' meets ''Franchise/{{Megaman}}'' meets ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' meets ''Literature/WarriorCats''.
* ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'' is ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' meets ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' meets ''Series/{{Community}}.''
* ''Anime/Daitarn3'' is ''Anime/Zambot3'' meets ''Franchise/JamesBond''.
* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'':
** ''ComicBook/XMen'' after watching ''faaaar'' too much ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', [[TheCowl guest-starring]] Franchise/{{Batman}}.
** ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' as a prequel to ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''.
** ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' meets ''VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno's Zwei'' meets [[ShockAndAwe a downed power line]], with a little bit of ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' thrown in for good measure.
* ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' could be considered as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Film/PacificRim'' meets ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* ''Manga/DarwinsGame'' is basically ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' meets ''Manga/AliceInBorderland'' and ''Manga/RealAccount''.
* ''LightNovel/DateALive'' can be described as ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' crossed with the DatingSim genre and less MindScrew.
* ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' is ''WesternAnimation/SuperJail'' meets ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' and ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.
* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' is ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied'' (with the ''Manga/LoveHina'' replaced by ''Series/{{Oz}}'' and given more insanity) meets the first story arc of ''Manga/RikiOh''.
** Alternatively ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' mixed with ''Literature/TheHungerGames''.
** Or ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' is ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' meets ''Series/{{Dexter}}'', ''Series/{{Monk}}'', ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'', ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'', ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'', and ''Series/BreakingBad''[[note]](just replace [[DrugsAreBad drug dealing]] with [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]])[[/note]].
* ''Anime/DeathParade'' is ''Anime/HellGirl'' meets ''Manga/YuGiOh Season Zero'' set in [[Franchise/{{Persona}} the Velvet Room]]
* ''Anime/DecaDence'' is like if the combined worlds of ''Literature/MortalEngines'' and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' [[spoiler: were taken over by the world of ''Anime/{{Kaiba}}'' and turned into ''[[Film/{{Westworld}} West]][[Series/{{Westworld}} world]]'']]. And the main character is [[WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph Vanellope Von Schweetz]].
* ''Manga/DemonLordDante'' is ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' meets ''Literature/JohnnyGotHisGun''.
** The anime adaptation, on the other side, can be seen as ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets the NoBudget aspect of ''Animation/BeautyAndWarrior''.
* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
* ''Anime/DenNohCoil'':
** ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' meets ''Franchise/DotHack'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', with dashes of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nintendogs}}'', cooked in a KidDetective-shaped pot.
** Literally Creator/HayaoMiyazaki [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer At His Computer]].
* ''Manga/DesertPunk'':
** ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', with a cast full of [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist jerks]].
** ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets echi.
** ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' is ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles'' meets ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' meets ''ComicBook/TheSpirit''.
* ''Manga/DetroitMetalCity'' is ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' meets ''Manga/{{BECK}}''.
* ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' is ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries''
* ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' is ''Manga/DemonLordDante'' meets ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' meets ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' meets the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation''.
** [[Anime/{{Devilman}} The 1972 anime]], on the other hand, is [[Manga/{{Devilman}} the original manga]] meets ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Series/Batman1966'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967''.
* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' is ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' meets ''Film/FightClub'' meets ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011'' meets ''Film/BlueVelvet'' meets ''VideoGame/Persona5'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Manga/DGrayMan'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' meets ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', all with a side dash of ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'', ''Series/Lucifer2016'', ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'', ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'', ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' and ''Film/PulpFiction''.
* ''Manga/DevilsAndRealist'': ''Anime/BlackButler'' meets ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' ... with slightly less HoYay.
* ''Manga/DevilsLine'' is ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' meets ''Anime/{{Kemonozume}}''.
* ''Manga/DGrayMan'' is ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' meets ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', as directed by Creator/TimBurton.
* ''Anime/DICE2005'' is ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' meets ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' meets the ''Series/MetalHeroes'' meets Myth/EgyptianMythology meets ''Franchise/TheDCU'''s [[TheShangriLa Nanda Parbat]].
* ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}'': ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' meets ''Anime/{{FLCL}}''.
* ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' is ''Manga/LuckyStar'' meets ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam''
* ''Anime/DinoZaurs'': ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' meets ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''
* ''Anime/DogDays'' is ''Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' meets ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero''.
* ''Manga/DrStone'' is ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' meets ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy''.
* ''Anime/DragonPilotHisoneAndMasotan'' is ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' meets ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets [[SwallowedWhole vore]].
* ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' is ''Manga/SoulEater'' meets ''Manga/PandoraHearts'', while being LighterAndSofter than either series.
* ''Manga/{{Drifters}}'' is ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' meets ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''.
* ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure'': ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' is Celtic mythology meets ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' meets [[ImageBoards Anon]][[IAmLegion ymous]]. In Japan.
** Or ''Series/BreakingBad'' meets ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' meets the ''LightNovel/BoogiepopSeries''.
* ''Anime/EarthMaidenArjuna'' is ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''Film/AnInconvenientTruth'' meets the works of Creator/TerrenceMalick.
* ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'': Amigo Tacos, when Taco Bell meets MaidCafe.
** Add the spiritual elements of ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' with ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise''.
* Eldoran series:
** ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan''.
** ''Anime/GenkiBakuhatsuGanbaruger'' is ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' meets ''Series/KagakuSentaiDynaman'' meets ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman''.
** ''Anime/NekketsuSaikyoGosaurer'' is ''Anime/ZettaiMutekiRaijinOh'' meets ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger''.
* ''Anime/ElementHunters'': When it was first announced most people wrote it off as just ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' with Chemistry. ([[spoiler:As it turns out, the element {{Mon}}s are more like mascots than anything else.]])
* ''Manga/ElfenLied'' is ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' meets ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' meets ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' meets ''Manga/LoveHina'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Monster}}''.
* ''Manga/EdenItsAnEndlessWorld'' is ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'' is ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' meets ''Literature/ArabianNights'' meets ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''.
* ''Manga/{{ERASED}}'' is ''Manga/{{Monster}}'' meets ''Anime/YourName'' meets ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.
** Or ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' meets ''Manga/DetectiveConan''.
* ''Anime/ErgoProxy'' is ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' minus the GiantMecha and plus the painful amounts of {{UST}} and {{Tsundere}}.
* ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' is ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. With surfers.
** Or alternatively, it could be how ''Anime/CodeGeass'' and ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' were before they broke up.
* ''euphoria'' is ''Film/{{Saw}}'' meets ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''.
** Or rather ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' meets all the usual high-school anime tropes.
* ''Anime/ExpelledFromParadise'' is ''Anime/CombatMechaXabungle'' meets ''Anime/{{Zegapain}}'' meets ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' (both the first one and ''Innocence'').
* ''Manga/FairyTail'' is ''Manga/RaveMaster'' meets ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''.
** Or maybe ''Rave Master'' meets ''Manga/HunterXHunter''.
* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' is ''Literature/HarryPotter'' meets ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' with the premise of ''Manga/InuYasha''.
* ''Manga/FirePunch'' is ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' with ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}'''s setting (and social satire), plus ''Anime/WolfsRain'' and ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''.
* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' meets the films of Creator/BruceLee.
* ''Manga/TheFiveStarStories'' is ''Anime/HeavyMetalLGaim'' meets ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
** Or ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' meets ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.
* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' is like if Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Creator/ThomasPynchon had an anime baby, and Creator/QuentinTarantino was its creepy uncle.
** Alternatively, it's ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]'' meets ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' meets ''ComicBook/TheMaxx''.
* ''Manga/FoodWars'': {{Shonen}} meets ''Series/IronChef''.
* ''Anime/{{Fractale}}'' is ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' meets ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere''.
** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' meets ''[[VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia Skies of Arcadia: Legends]]''
* ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' meets ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' is ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'' meets ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' meets ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials''.
** [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist The 2003 anime]], meanwhile, is [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]] meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''[[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Hellsing (2001)]]''.
* ''LightNovel/FullmetalPanic'' is ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'' meets ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''.
* ''Manga/FutureDiary'' is ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' with a dash of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and side orders of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' and ''Manga/{{Monster}}''.
** More precisely, ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''
* ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' is ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' meets UsefulNotes/FormulaOne, where the race cars are equipped with AI naviagations a la ''Series/KnightRider''.
* ''Manga/{{Freezing}}'' is ''Manga/BlackGod'' meets ''Manga/Cyborg009'' meets ''Franchise/KamenRider'' meets ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' meets ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' meets ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}''.
* ''Manga/GakuenAlice'' is ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'' and they all get shipped off to [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]].
* ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' is ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo'' meets ''Film/TheFifthElement'' meets ''Anime/SamuraiSeven''.
* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' (and the entire ''Anime/BraveSeries'') is ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets 70s/80s Super Robot shows.
** ''Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine'' is ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''... with Trains, meets Cinderella.
** ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'' is ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}''...or a brief 90s Sunrise mecha anime called ''Armored Police Metal Jack'' with sentient robots instead of powered armor (some Metal Jack storylines were even reused for J-Decker, as they shared some of the writing staff).
** ''Anime/TheBraveofGoldGoldran'' is the ''Anime/BraveSeries'' meets ''Golden Warrior Gold Lightan''.
** ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'' is the ''Anime/BraveSeries'' meets ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce''.
*** ''Chouja Reideen'' is ''Anime/{{Raideen}}'' meets ''Brave Command Dagwon'' (same staff).
* ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds'': Despite having the name ''Gatchaman'', it's really more like ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' meets Website/{{Facebook}} and/or ''Anime/SummerWars''.
** The Gatchaman Crew themselves are somewhere between {{Sentai}} and {{Magical Girl}}s; the conflict between Hajime and Sugane largely reflects that.
* ''[[Literature/{{Gate}} Gate -- Thus the JSDF Fought There]]'' is ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' meet [=NovaLogic's=] ''VideoGame/DeltaForce'', ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', ''[[VideoGame/OperationFlashpointCodemasters Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising]]'', and ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor2010'' (and ''Warfighter'') with a dash of ''TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse'' and ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' and seasoned up with garnishes of ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'',''Franchise/MortalKombat'', ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' and ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert''. And perhaps a tiny bit of ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' in there as well...
* ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' is ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/VanDread'' meets neo-paganism.
* ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'' is ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'' meets ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Anime/MDGeist'' meets ''Anime/CyberneticsGuardian'' meets ''Anime/BurstAngel'' meets ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' meets ''Film/TheThing1982'' meets ''Film/TheFly1986'' meets ''Film/TheBrood'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Film/MadMax''.
* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' is ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' meets ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
* ''Manga/GetterRobo'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' meets CosmicHorrorStory.
* The original ''Manga/GhostInTheShell'' manga is pretty much ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' meets ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}''. Less so the subsequent anime adaptations.
** The franchise in general could be ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', although it precedes the latter.
** [[Anime/GhostInTheShell The film adaptation]] is ''Creator/WilliamGibson'' meets ''Creator/PhilipKDick''.
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' is ''Film/BladeRunner'' meets ''Series/{{CSI}}''.
** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' is a YoungerAndHipper ''Stand Alone Complex'', as written by Creator/WarrenEllis.
* ''Anime/GhostHound'' is ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain'' but with [[SpiritWorld ghosts]] and AstralProjection instead of the internet.
* ''Anime/GhostStories'' (the ADV dub) is ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.
* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' is ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''Manga/{{Kochikame}}'' meets ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughTime'' is ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' meets ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* ''LightNovel/GirlishNumber'' is ''Manga/SeiyusLife'' meets ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' meets the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome factor of ''Anime/WakeupGirls''.
* ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'' is ''LightNovel/KinosJourney'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''.
* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'': ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' meets ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' meets ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' meets ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' meets ''Franchise/StreetFighter''.
* ''LightNovel/GJBu'': ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' meets ''Series/{{Friends}}'' meets ''Manga/PlaceToPlace''.
* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream'' is essentially ''Series/TheXFiles'' meets ''Series/GhostWhisperer''.
* ''Anime/GiganticFormula'' is ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}''.
* ''Manga/{{Given}}'' is ''Manga/KOn'' meets ''Anime/{{Free}}''.
* ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' is ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' meets ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' meets ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' meets ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017''.
* ''Anime/{{Godannar}}'': ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi''.
* ''Anime/GodMazinger'' is ''Anime/MazingerZ'' meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Anime/{{GoLion}}''.
* ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'' and its sequels ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'' and ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater'' are ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' meets ''Franchise/StarTrek'' (or ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes'' and/or ''Literature/TheFutureIsWild'', depending on how you see it) meets ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' meets the works of Creator/FriedrichNietzsche.
* ''LightNovel/GoldenTime'' is a HotterAndSexier ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'' meets ''Film/{{Sybil}}''.
* ''LightNovel/GonnaBeTheTwinTail'' is essentially ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' filtered through a whole lot of familiar LightNovel tropes.
** The anime adaptation in particular is ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' meets ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'', but with less {{Fanservice}}.
* ''Manga/GoodnightPunpun'' is ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' meets ''Literature/NoLongerHuman''.
* ''LightNovel/{{Gosick}}'' is ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes'' meets ''Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'' with a dash of {{Moe}}.
* ''Anime/{{Granbelm}}'' is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki''.
* ''Anime/{{Gravion}}'' is ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' meets ''Manga/HanaukyoMaidTeam''.
* ''Anime/GreatPretender'' is ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' meets ''Film/OceansEleven'' meets ''Franchise/LupinIII''.
* ''Manga/GreenBlood'' is ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'' meets ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'' meets ''Manga/Golgo13''.
* ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'': ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]] plus {{Fanservice}}.
* ''Manga/GunBlazeWest'': ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''--[[RecycledINSPACE IN THE WILD, WILD WEST!]]
* The anime ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'' is ''Film/Scarface1983'' with Zombies.
** More specifically, if ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' hijacked ''Scarface'' halfway through.
* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is ''Film/TheProfessional'' meets ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
** Or ''Manga/ElfenLied'' meets ''Franchise/{{Robocop}}''.
** Or ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' meets [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]].
** Or (mostly pertaining to the anime adaptations) ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' meets ''Anime/{{Noir}}''.
* ''Anime/GunXSword'' has been dubbed "''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' with giant robots." It's like the love child of the SpaceWestern and the HumongousMecha genre, with maybe a dash of ''Film/TrueGrit''.
** More likely, ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' - with HumongousMecha!
* ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' is the "DarkerAndEdgier biological mutant Tokusatsu" aspects of ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'' with the "unsuspecting passer-by accidentally becomes the hero" aspect of ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'', in animated form.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' is something like ''Manga/LoveHina'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied'', with [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]].

* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' is ''Film/PulpFiction'' meets ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' meets ''Film/ShootEmUp''.

* ''Manga/BlasterKnuckle'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Film/{{Django}}''.

* ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' is ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets JidaiGeki with a NinetiesAntiHero.

** Or ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' meets [[ShonenDemographic Shonen]]
** Or (mostly pertaining to the anime adaptations) ''Anime/HaibaneRenmei'' meets ''Anime/Noir''

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' is ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' meets ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' meets ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' meets ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' meets ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' meets ''LightNovel/GoblinSlayer'' meets ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' meets ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' meets ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.

* ''LightNovel/GirlishNumber'' is ''Manga/SeiyusLife'' meets ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' meets the RealityEnsues factor of ''Anime/WakeupGirls''.

* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' is ''VideoGame/{{Gantz}}'' meets ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' meets ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Franchise/{{Saw}}''.