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| 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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| Patlabor |
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Patlabor (a portmanteau of "patrol" and "labor") refers to , a manga franchise created by Headgear, a group consisting of director Mamoru Oshii, writer Kazunori Ito, mecha designer Yutaka Izubuchi, character designer Akemi Takada, and manga artist...
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| Blue Submarine No. 6 |
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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 a live-action Blue Submarine No. 6 movie will be produced...
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| Strawberry Panic! |
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is the title of illustrated Japan fictional short stories and related media works written by Japanese author Sakurako Kimino which focus on a group of teenage girls attending three affiliated all-girl schools atop Astraea Hill. A common theme...
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| The Rose of Versailles |
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TV Program |
, 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 television series, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and...
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| Simoun |
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TV Program |
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 and setting as the...
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| Kannazuki no Miko |
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TV Program |
is a series created by Kaishaku centering around two girls and the yuri relationship they share. Although the series primarily follows the relationship of the two main characters, elements of magical girl and mecha themes help carry the plot.
The...
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| 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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| Black Lagoon |
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TV Program |
is manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe, 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, totaling twelve episodes. A second season,...
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| Naruto |
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is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto with an anime adaptation. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a loud, hyperactive, unpredictable, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and...
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| Slam Dunk |
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is a 31-volume, 24-Kanzenban manga and anime series written by Takehiko Inoue about a basketball team from Shohoku (Shōhoku) High School. It was first published in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in Japan and has sold over 100 million copies in Japan...
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| Buzzer Beater |
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 in Japanese, English, Chinese, and...
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| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya |
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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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| Rurouni Kenshin |
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is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki with an anime adaptation. The fictional setting takes place during the early Meiji period in Japan. The story is about a fictional assassin named Himura Kenshin, formerly known...
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| Genesis of Aquarion |
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is an anime TV series written and directed by Shoji Kawamori, produced by Satelight.
The science fiction series is an homage to the Super Robot shows of the 1970s and 1980s, executed with modern animation techniques and aesthetics. It is set in the...
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| Ghost in the Shell |
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is a Japanese cyberpunk manga created by Masamune Shirow, and first published in 1989 in Young Magazine. A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface, was released in 2002.
Over the years, the manga series has been adapted into the...
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| Shakugan no Shana |
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, also known simply as Shana, is a collection of Japan light novel written by Yashichiro Takahashi and illustrated by Noizi Ito centering around Yuji Sakai, an ordinary Japanese high school boy who inadvertently becomes involved in a perpetual war...
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| Martian Successor Nadesico |
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(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 CPM Manga, is significantly different from the anime.
The series takes place in the year...
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| Sister Princess |
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is a popular Japan bishōjo series authored by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized manga in 1999. In 2001, it was turned into a bishōjo game for the Sony PlayStation. Sequels to the game were released for the...
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| Tsukihime |
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is a Japan eroge dōjin visual novel game created by Type-Moon, which was originally released in December 2000. A remake of Tsukihime is planned by Type-Moon for a future release in 2009 with updated art and story. It was adapted in 2003 into an...
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| Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise |
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The Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise is a multi-billion dollar umbrella of Japanese media properties generally owned by the anime studio Gainax.
The originating work was a TV series, but a manga serial was being published at the same time. The '...
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