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| 4 | [[folder:T]] |
| 5 | * ''Anime/TaiChiChasers'' is ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' meets ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''. |
| 6 | * ''Manga/TakopisOriginalSin'' is ''Manga/ShadowStar'' meets ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' and ''Film/TheButterflyEffect''. |
| 7 | * ''Manga/TalentlessNana'' is ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' meets ''Manga/DeathNote'' meets ''VideoGame/AmongUs''. |
| 8 | ** Alternatively, it’s ''ComicBook/XMen'' meets ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''. |
| 9 | ** Or ''Manga/ElfenLied'' meets ''ComicBook/MarshalLaw''. |
| 10 | * ''Anime/TalesFromEarthsea'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' meets ''Film/{{Eragon}}'' meets Creator/RalphBakshi's ''WesternAnimation/TheLordOfTheRings'' with a bit of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. |
| 11 | * ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' is GreatDetective versus GentlemanThief meets ''Manga/ShugoChara'' filtered through ''Anime/PuniPuniPoemi'' lens. |
| 12 | * ''Literature/TheTatamiGalaxy'' is ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' meets ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim''. |
| 13 | * ''Anime/TekkenTheMotionPicture'' is ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' meets ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''. |
| 14 | * ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' meets ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. |
| 15 | ** Alternatively, ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' does ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' (it, ''Gurren Lagann'', and the fifth episode of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' were all directed by the same guy). |
| 16 | ** Or ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}'' meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''. |
| 17 | ** Or ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. |
| 18 | ** Or ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets a [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs bag of crack]]. |
| 19 | ** More like ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' on testosterone, adrenaline, growth hormones... AND with a small dash of cocaine. |
| 20 | ** Or ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' meets ''Franchise/StarWars''. |
| 21 | ** According to the [[WordOfGod writer]] himself, it's ''Manga/GetterRobo'' in the setting of ''Anime/{{Xabungle}}''. |
| 22 | ** ''Anime/MazingerZ'' -or ''Anime/GreatMazinger''- meets ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Anime/GunBuster''. |
| 23 | ** ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Manga/OnePiece''. |
| 24 | ** Or ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' meets Main/{{Mecha}} and Main/{{Shonen}} |
| 25 | ** Or ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' meets ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}'' and ''Manga/DragonBallZ'', with a bit of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''. |
| 26 | * ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}'' is ''Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' and ''Literature/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream''. |
| 27 | * ''Manga/TheresAGhostBehindThatGal'' is ''Manga/LittleGhostQTaro'' meets ''Manga/{{Gals}}''. |
| 28 | * ''Manga/ThreeExorcismSiblings'' is "''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' by way of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''", according to Anime News Network's Rebecca Silverman. |
| 29 | * ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'': |
| 30 | ** [[SuperHero Super Heroes]] + RealityTV |
| 31 | *** More specifically, ComicBook/XMen + RealityTV |
| 32 | ** As for Hero TV itself, it's pretty much a cross between ''Series/{{Cops}}'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' as directed by Wrestling/VinceMcMahon. |
| 33 | * ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' is ''Manga/BlackCat'' meets ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''. |
| 34 | * ''Manga/ToiletBoundHanakokun'' is ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' meets ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' |
| 35 | ** Or ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' and a bit of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''. |
| 36 | * ''Manga/{{Tokko}}'' is ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''. |
| 37 | * ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'' meets ''Manga/ElfenLied''. |
| 38 | ** Or ''Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan'' meets ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''. |
| 39 | * ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'': ''Manga/SailorMoon'' meets ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' meets ''WesternAnimation/StrawberryShortcake''. |
| 40 | * ''Manga/TokyoRevengers'' is ''Literature/ReZero'' meets ''Manga/{{Crows}}''. |
| 41 | * ''Manga/{{Toriko}}'' is ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' meets ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}''. |
| 42 | ** Or ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' meets ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' minus ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' |
| 43 | ** More likely, ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' meets ''Manga/FightingFoodons'' ... [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid]]. |
| 44 | ** 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''. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/TowardTheTerra'': ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' meets ''ComicBook/XMen'', JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE. |
| 46 | * ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is ''Franchise/StarWars'' meets the SpaghettiWestern; or alternatively, the {{anime}} version of ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. |
| 47 | ** Or ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' meets ''Manga/OutlawStar'' meets ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''. |
| 48 | * ''Literature/TrinityBlood'' is (rather blatantly) ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' meets ''Anime/HellsingUltimate''. |
| 49 | * ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' can be summed as ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''. |
| 50 | * ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' is ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' meets ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. |
| 51 | * ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' is ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' meets the many works of Creator/{{CLAMP}}. Later, it takes cues from [[spoiler:''Manga/PandoraHearts'' with the MindScrew territory]]. |
| 52 | ** 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''. |
| 53 | * ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys'' is ''Literature/TheStand'' meets ''Literature/{{It}}'' with a dash of ''Literature/LeftBehind'', minus the religious/spiritual elements. |
| 54 | ** Or the twisty-turny, flashback focused MythArc nature of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets the child-hood reminiscence of ''Film/StandByMe''. |
| 55 | ** Or ''Literature/{{It}}'' meets ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''. |
| 56 | * ''Anime/TwinPrincessOfWonderPlanet'' is ''Anime/YumeNoCrayonOukoku'' meets ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi''. |
| 57 | * ''Literature/{{Tytania}}'' is ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:U]] |
| 61 | * ''Anime/UmaMusumePrettyDerby'' is ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' meets ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' meets SportsAnime. |
| 62 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' is ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay'' |
| 63 | ** Or, more generally, Golden-Age detective fiction meets Western occult/macabre literature. Two major factions within the story are even called Mystery and Fantasy. |
| 64 | *** The VisualNovel is essentially Creator/AgathaChristie meets ''Film/Suspiria1977'' meets ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''. |
| 65 | ** Or ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' meets JigglePhysics. |
| 66 | *** Add one detective story, supernatural elements, a mindscrew worthy of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', plus the brutality of ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' and you're good to go. |
| 67 | ** Or ''Series/CrissAngelMindfreak'' meets ''Breaking the Magician's Code'' meets ''Film/GroundhogDay''. |
| 68 | * ''Anime/UnderTheDog'' is ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'' meets ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' with elements of ''Literature/BlackBullet''. |
| 69 | * ''Manga/TheUnpopularMangakaAndTheHelpfulOnryoSan'' is ''Manga/TheHelpfulFoxSenkoSan'' with a StringyHairedGhostGirl. |
| 70 | %%* ''Anime/UzakiChanWantsToHangOut'' is ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants''.%%HOW??? |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:V]] |
| 74 | * ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' = ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' + ''Anime/CodeGeass'' + ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' + ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' + ''Series/KamenRiderKiva''. |
| 75 | ** Mecha design appears to have been influenced by Aura Battler Dunbine. |
| 76 | * ''Manga/{{Vagabond}}'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' meets ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blade_of_the_Courtesans The Blade of the Courtesans]]''. |
| 77 | * ''Literature/VampireHunterD'' is ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' meets the ''Film/DollarsTrilogy'', with a bit of ''Film/{{Shane}}''. |
| 78 | * ''Manga/VampireKnight'' can be described as ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' meets ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga''... minus the sparkling. |
| 79 | * ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'' is ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' meets ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' meets ''Manga/MartianSuccessorNadesico''. |
| 80 | * ''Anime/VariableGeo'' is ''VideoGame/RumbleRoses'' meets ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''[[note]]though ''VG'' predates the former by nearly a decade.[[/note]] |
| 81 | ** Alternatively, it's ''Anime/StreetFighterIITheAnimatedMovie'' meets ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''. |
| 82 | * ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' is ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' meets ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' meets ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' meets ''Literature/The120DaysOfSodom'' meets ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' with the CanonWelding of ''Literature/TheDarkTower''. |
| 83 | * ''Literature/VioletEvergarden'' (the series) is ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' meets ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' meets ''Literature/{{Gosick}}'', with a dash of ''VisualNovel/EfAFairyTaleOfTheTwo'' |
| 84 | * ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': |
| 85 | ** ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' meets MechaShow with a dash of {{Steampunk}}. |
| 86 | ** Or ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' + ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' + ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. |
| 87 | ** Or ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' meets ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'' minus the kill em all ending. |
| 88 | * ''Manga/VinlandSaga'' is ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' meets ''Literature/VickyTheViking'' meets ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. |
| 89 | ** Or ''Literature/IcelandicSagas'' meets SeinenDemographic. |
| 90 | ** Or ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' meets ''Anime/RingingBell'' meets ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. |
| 91 | * ''Anime/VividredOperation'' can be thought of as any one of a handful of combinations. |
| 92 | ** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''. |
| 93 | ** ''ComicBook/IronMan'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''. |
| 94 | ** ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''. |
| 95 | ** ''Manga/{{Pretear}}'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches''. |
| 96 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' meets ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' meets ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' [-(noticing a pattern with these?)-] |
| 97 | ** ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''ComicBook/IronMan''. |
| 98 | ** ''Anime/PrettyCure'' meets ''Anime/BraveSeries''. |
| 99 | ** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' meets ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''. |
| 100 | * ''Anime/VivyFluoriteEyesSong'' can be described as ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' meets ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' with a dash of ''Literature/ReZero''. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | [[folder:W]] |
| 104 | * ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'' is ''Manga/HayateTheCombatButler'' set in the world of ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}}''(specifically ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice''). |
| 105 | ** Or ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets G-Rated ''Literature/HighschoolDXD''. |
| 106 | ** Or ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' meets ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' |
| 107 | * ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'': ''Literature/FoucaultsPendulum'' meets ''Film/FightClub''. |
| 108 | * ''Anime/WickedCity'' is ''Film/MenInBlack'' meets ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' with a dash of Creator/HPLovecraft thrown in. |
| 109 | * ''Anime/TheWindRises'' is ''Film/TheAviator'' meets ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' meets ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'' with a bit of ''Film/AkiraKurosawasDreams''. |
| 110 | * ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' is ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia'' with the dark, mature tone of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. |
| 111 | * ''Anime/WolfsRain'' is ''Literature/WatershipDown'' meets ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'' by way of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. With the bleakness of ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''. |
| 112 | * ''Anime/WonderEggPriority'' is ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy''. |
| 113 | * ''Literature/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs'' is ''Literature/BlackBullet'' meets ''VideoGame/NieR'' meets ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' Plus a whole lot of onions. |
| 114 | * ''Literature/TheWorldsFinestAssassin'' is ''Literature/KonoSuba'' (but with a more competent ensemble of characters) meets ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' meets ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' (as the main character is tasked to stop a prophesied world destruction). |
| 115 | * ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' - western children's literature meets anime. |
| 116 | ** ''Anime/PorphyNoNagaiTabi'' - ''Anime/TokyoMagnitude8'' meets ''Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother''. |
| 117 | [[/folder]] |
| 118 | |
| 119 | [[folder:X]] |
| 120 | * ''Anime/XamdLostMemories'': |
| 121 | ** ''Anime/RahXephon'' (or, [[FollowTheLeader for the cynically minded]], ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'') meets Creator/StudioGhibli. |
| 122 | ** ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' meets ''Anime/EurekaSeven''. |
| 123 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' and ''Anime/TheSoulTaker'' meets ''Anime/EurekaSeven''. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Y]] |
| 127 | * ''Anime/{{Yasuke}}'' is ''Anime/AfroSamurai'' meets ''Animation/WhiteCatLegend'' meets ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' meets ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' meets ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' meets ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara''. |
| 128 | * ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' is ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' or ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' meets ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro''. With a bit of ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'' (due to its ShoutOut tendencies) |
| 129 | ** Alternately, ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' meets ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. |
| 130 | ** ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowside'' is ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' meets ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' meets ''Series/KamenRiderGhost''. |
| 131 | * ''Manga/YourLieInApril'': ''Literature/TheFaultInOurStars'' meets ''Film/{{Whiplash}}'', with a little bit of ''Film/TheSpectacularNow'' thrown in. |
| 132 | * ''Anime/YourName'' is FreakyFridayFlip meets ''Film/ChungkingExpress'' meets [[spoiler:''Film/{{Melancholia}}'']] meets [[spoiler:''Film/TheButterflyEffect'']]. |
| 133 | * ''Anime/YukiYunaIsAHero'' is ''Franchise/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' meets ''Anime/TheBigO''. |
| 134 | * ''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''. |
| 135 | ** Alternately, it's ''Manga/YakitateJapan'' meets a whole bunch of shoujo manga. |
| 136 | * ''Anime/YuriKumaArashi'' is basically ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace with bears]] with the symbolism (and lesbian tones) of ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' and ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. |
| 137 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' is ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' meets ''Franchise/EvilDead''. Or ''Franchise/EvilDead'' meets ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' with Myth/JapaneseMythology instead of Myth/GreekMythology. |
| 138 | [[/folder]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | [[folder:Z]] |
| 141 | * ''Anime/Zambot3'' is ''Manga/GetterRobo'' meets ''Literature/AWrinkleInTime'' meets ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' meets ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. |
| 142 | * ''Animation/{{Zentrix}}'' is ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' with CGI mecha. |
| 143 | * ''Manga/{{Zetman}}'' is ''Manga/DragonBall'' meets ''Series/KamenRider'' and ''Manga/{{Devilman}}''. |
| 144 | ** The 1994 pilot chapter is ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' meets ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' and ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' |
| 145 | * ''Anime/{{Zoobles}}'' is seriously ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' cross-mated with ''Toys/{{Jewelpet}}''. |
| 146 | * ''Franchise/{{Zoids}}'' is best summarized as basically being ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' meets ''Film/MadMax'' |
| 147 | ** ''Zoids Genesis'' = ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'' + ''Film/TheSevenSamurai'' |
| 148 | * ''Manga/Zom100BucketListOfTheDead'' = ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' + ''Series/ZNation'' + ''Franchise/DeadRising'' + ''Manga/OnePiece'' + ''[[Literature/KonoSuba Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!]]'' + ''Manga/IAmAHero'' + ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' + ''Manga/SchoolLive'' + ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}''. |
| 149 | ** Or ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'' + ''Franchise/TheWalkingDead'' + ''Anime/HighschoolOfTheDead'' + ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}''. |
| 150 | * ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' is ''Franchise/LoveLive'' meets ''Series/BeingHumanUK''. |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
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