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| x Dragon Ball |
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, created by Akira Toriyama in 1984, is an internationally famous media franchise. It consists primarily of one manga series, three different anime, seventeen animated feature films, an unofficial live-action movie, a collectible trading card game,...
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| x Patlabor |
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Patlabor (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor") refers to Mobile Police Patlabor (機動警察パトレイバー, Kidō Keisatsu patoreibā), a manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka...
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| x Blue Submarine No. 6 |
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青の6号 |
Blue Submarine No. 6 (青の6号 ,Ao no Roku-gō, Blue Number 6) is the name of a manga series by Satoru Ozawa, which was subsequently developed into a four episode OVA series by Gonzo.
Recently, Shouji Murahama of GONZO stated with NewWords Magazine that...
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| x Strawberry Panic! |
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Strawberry Panic! (ストロベリー・パニック!, Sutoroberī Panikku!) is the title of illustrated Japanese fictional short stories and related media works written by Japanese author Sakurako Kimino, which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated...
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| x The Rose of Versailles |
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The Rose of Versailles (ベルサイユのばら, Berusaiyu no Bara), also known as 'Lady Oscar', is one of the best-known titles in shōjo and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda. It has been adapted into several Takarazuka Revue musicals, as well an anime...
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| x Simoun |
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Simoun (シムーン, Shimūn) is an animated TV series that was broadcast in Japan in 2006. It ran for 26 weekly episodes from 3 April to 25 September.
A manga adaptation was published in three issues of Comic Yuri Hime. The manga shared the same characters...
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| x Kannazuki no Miko |
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Kannazuki no Miko (神無月の巫女, lit. Priestesses of the Godless Month) is a manga series created by the duo Kaishaku. The series was serialized in fourteen chapters by Kadokawa Shoten and in Shōnen Ace in 2004 and 2005, and collected in two bound volumes...
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| x Ghost in the Shell |
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The Ghost in the Shell series of anime and manga titles is a Japanese postcyberpunk story that offers many observations on present day philosophy and speculations on future philosophy.
Ghost in the Shell takes place in the year 2029, when the world...
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| x Black Lagoon |
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Black Lagoon (ブラック・ラグーン, Burakku Ragūn) is a manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, and published in Shogakukan's Sunday GX since 2002. An animated television series based on the manga aired in Japan from April 8, 2006 to June 24, 2006,...
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| x Naruto |
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ナルト |
Naruto (NARUTO -ナルト-, romanized as NARUTO in Japan) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires...
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| x Slam Dunk |
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Slam Dunk (スラムダンク, Suramu Danku, officially romanized SLAM DUNK in Japan) is a sports-themed manga series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shōhoku High School. It was first serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan...
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| x Buzzer Beater |
Buzzer Beater (ブザービーター, Buzā Bītā) is a manga series by Takehiko Inoue. The series debuted on the web and was later published in print format by Shueisha, being serialized in its Monthly Shōnen Jump manga magazine. It can be read on Inoue's website...
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| x The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya |
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涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 |
is the first Japan light novel in the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito. It was first published on June 6 2003 (ISBN 4-04-429201-9).
Kyon is an ordinary freshman high...
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| x Rurouni Kenshin |
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Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story (るろうに剣心 明治剣客浪漫譚, Rurō ni Kenshin Meiji Kenkaku Romantan), also known as Rurouni Kenshin, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The fictional setting takes place during...
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| x Genesis of Aquarion |
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Genesis of Aquarion (創聖のアクエリオン, Sōsei no Akuerion) is an anime TV series written and directed by Shoji Kawamori, produced by Satelight.
The science fiction series is a homage to the Super Robot shows of the 1970s and 1980s, executed with modern...
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| x Ghost in the Shell |
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Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊, Kōkaku Kidōtai, translated as "Mobile Armored Riot Police") is a Japanese post-cyberpunk manga created by Masamune Shirow, and first published in 1989 in Young Magazine. A collected edition was released in 1991; a sequel,...
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| x Shakugan no Shana |
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Shakugan no Shana (灼眼のシャナ, lit. Shana of the Blazing Eyes), also known simply as Shana, is a collection of Japanese light novels written by Yashichiro Takahashi and illustrated by Noizi Ito centering around Yuji Sakai, an ordinary Japanese high...
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| x Devil May Cry | |||||
| x Appleseed | |||||
| x Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha | |||||
| x Hellsing | ヘルシング | ||||
| x Martian Successor Nadesico |
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Martian Successor Nadesico or Mobile Battleship Nadesico (機動戦艦ナデシコ, Kidō Senkan Nadeshiko) (often shortened to Nadesico) is a science fiction comedy anime TV series, and a later manga series created by Kia Asamiya. The manga, published in English by...
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| x Tekkaman Blade | |||||
| x Sister Princess |
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Sister Princess (シスター・プリンセス ,Shisutā Purinsesu) is a popular Japanese bishōjo series authored by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized light novel series in 1999. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for...
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| x Tsukihime |
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Tsukihime (月姫, lit. Lunar Princess) is a Japanese eroge dōjin visual novel game created by Type-Moon, who first released it at the Winter Comiket in December 2000. It was adapted in 2003 into an anime series, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, produced by J.C....
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| x The King of Braves GaoGaiGar | |||||
| x Green Green | |||||
| x Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise |
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The Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Shin Seiki Evangerion) franchise is a multi-billion dollar umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax. The central (and original) works of the franchise feature an...
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| x Astro Boy | |||||
| x Death Note |
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デスノート |
Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto) is a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the titular "Death Note", dropped...
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| x Saint Seiya |
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Saint Seiya (聖闘士星矢, Seinto Seiya), also known as Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada, and later adapted to anime. The story follows five mystical warriors called the "Saints" (or "Knights";...
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| x La Blue Girl |
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La Blue Girl (淫獣学園, Injuu Gakuen La Blue Girl) is a hentai anime and manga series.
Based on the manga by Toshio Maeda, the La Blue Girl anime, like his other hentai series (e.g., Urotsukidōji), features a large amount of tentacle rape. It departs...
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| x My-Otome | |||||
| x Zipang | |||||
| x Gate Keepers |
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Gate Keepers (ゲートキーパーズ, Gēto Kīpāzu) is a 1999 Japanese manga series written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi and drawn by Keiji Gotoh. The manga was adapted into an anime series produced by Gonzo, and first aired on April 3, 2000. The series was also adapted...
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| x Lamune | |||||
| x Project A-ko |
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Project A-ko (プロジェクトA子, Purojekuto Eeko) is a popular movie that spun off 3 OVA movies and later two alternate-universe OVAs (the "Vs." series) were released. This parody series references a number of other works of anime from the 1970s and 1980s....
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| x Nasu | |||||
| x Ojamajo Doremi series |
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Ojamajo Doremi (おジャ魔女どれみ, Ojamajo Doremi) is a magical girl anime series. It originally ran for four seasons from 1999-2002 totaling 201 episodes, with companion movies to the second and third seasons. A thirteen episode OVA was released in 2004. A...
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| x Battle Angel Alita | |||||
| x Yu-Gi-Oh! |
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Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, Yū☆gi☆ō, lit. "Game King") is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has spawned a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games. Most of the incarnations of the franchise...
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| x Saiyuki Franchise | |||||
| x Guyver | |||||
| x Di Gi Charat |
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Di Gi Charat (デ・ジ･キャラット, De Ji Kyaratto) is a Japanese anime and manga series created by Koge-Donbo. The series follows a catgirl named Di Gi Charat (Dejiko for short) who was adopted as the mascot of Broccoli's retail chain store, Gamers. The...
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| x Tiger Mask |
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Tiger Mask (タイガーマスク) began as a Japanese manga in 1968 and was later adapted into a successful anime series in 1969. In real life, the name has been used by a succession of Japanese professional wrestling characters as a gimmick. The Tiger Mask...
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| x Getter Robo |
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Getter Robo (ゲッターロボ, Gettā Robo, typically romanized as Getter Robot in the various manga) is a Super Robot manga series created by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa, as well as an anime series produced by Toei Animation. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV...
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| x Street Fighter | |||||
| x Oh My Goddess! |
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Oh My Goddess! (ああっ女神さまっ, Aa Megami-sama), also known as Ah! My Goddess!, is a Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. A spin-off of Fujishima's previous series You're Under Arrest, it premiered in the September...
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| x Gundam |
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Turn A Gundam |
Gundam (ガンダム, Gandamu) is a metaseries of Japanese anime, featuring giant robots, or "mecha", created by Sunrise studios. The series started in April 1979 as a TV series called Mobile Suit Gundam, and later became a franchise name with more sequels,...
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| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | |||||
| Super Deformed Gundam | |||||
| Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | |||||
| x Super Deformed Gundam |
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Gundam |
Super Deformed Gundam or SD Gundam is a series that spawned from the Gundam series. This series takes the mobile weapons and characters and express them in super deformed style.
SD Gundam originated from a contributed illustration of a junior high...
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| x Mobile Suit Gundam Wing |
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Gundam |
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (新機動戦記ガンダムW, Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Uingu), was an anime series in the mecha genre, and is one of the alternate universe Gundam series, taking place in the After Colony...
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| x Turn A Gundam |
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Gundam |
∀ Gundam or Turn A Gundam (∀ガンダム, Tān Ē Gandamu) is a 50 episode anime series that aired between 1999 and 2000 on Japan's FNN networks and the anime satellite television network, Animax, created for the Gundam Big Bang 20th Anniversary celebration....
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| x Mobile Fighter G Gundam |
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Mobile Fighter G Gundam (機動武闘伝Gガンダム, Kidō Butōden Jī Gandamu, "Mobile Fighting Legend G Gundam") is a Japanese animated television series directed by Yasuhiro Imagawa (Giant Robo, Getter Robo Armageddon).
Created to commemorate the 15th anniversary...
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| x Zillion | |||||
| x Red Garden |
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Red Garden (レッド ガーデン, Reddo Gāden) is a Japanese animated television program produced by Gonzo studios and broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi since October 3, 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural...
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| x Mazinger Z |
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Mazinger Angels |
Mazinger Z (マジンガーＺ, Majingā Zetto), known as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later...
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| God Mazinger | |||||
| Grendizer | |||||
| Great Mazinger | |||||
| Z Mazinger | |||||
| x Z Mazinger |
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Mazinger Z |
Z Mazinger (Ｚマジンガー, Z Majingā) is a retelling of the Mazinger Z story by Go Nagai, mixing it with ancient Greek mythology. Here, Greek myths are the human testimony of the epic battles between robots piloted by extraterrestrials. The appearance of...
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| x Great Mazinger |
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Mazinger Z |
Great Mazinger (グレートマジンガー, Gurēto Majingā) is a manga comic book and anime television series by manga artist Go Nagai, made as a direct continuation of the successful Mazinger Z series. It was aired on Japan in 1974, immediately following the end of...
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| x Grendizer |
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Mazinger Z |
UFO Robot Grendizer (UFOロボ·グレンダイザー, UFO Robo Gurendaizā, sometimes romanized as UFO Robo Grendizer) is a super robot TV anime and manga created by manga artist Go Nagai. It was broadcast on Japanese television from 1975-10-05 to 1977-02-27 and...
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