One of the most popular magical-girl animes of all time, this anime revolves around the reborn defenders of a kingdom that once spanned the Solar System and the evil forces they battle.
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Code Geass
Set in an alternate timeline, this anime focuses on a former prince and his quest to obliterate an empire, an imperial monarchy, and a superpower.
100
My Neighbor Totoro
This 1988 Miyazaki film tells the story of two sisters and their adventures with a big, fluffy forest spirit.
100
Dragon Ball Z
This anime details the continuing adventure of Goku as a young adult and father to his son Gohan.
100
Ouran High School Host Club
This anime follows the adventures of a scholarship student at a private high school and the other members of her club.
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Cardcaptor Sakura
This shōjo anime focuses on an elementary-school student who discovers she possesses magical powers after accidentally freeing a set of magical cards from the book they had been sealed in for years.
200
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The title of this post-apocalyptic anime translates to "Gospel of a New Century", and is set in futuristic Tokyo fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm.
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Spirited Away
This 2001 Miyazaki film is the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time, and tells the tale of a young girl and a mysterious alternate realm.
200
Naruto
This anime tells the story an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all.
200
Fruits Basket
This anime tells the story of an orphan girl and her experience with a family possessed by a curse that turns them into animals.
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica
This anime follows a group of middle-school students who choose to gain magical powers and fight off witches.
300
Lordgenome
In the anime Gurren Lagann, Earth in the future is ruled over by the Spiral King, otherwise known by this name, who forces mankind to live in isolated subterranean villages.
300
Princess Mononoke
This epic 1997 historical-fantasy adventure film was the first Studio Ghibli film to be a major hit outside of Japan and began Ghibli's worldwide attention.
300
Attack on Titan
This anime focuses on a group of adolescents whose lives are changed forever after the appearance of a giant monster brings about the destruction of their home town and the death of one of their mothers.
300
Uta no Prince-sama
This anime is based off of a popular otome game, where the main character is enrolled at a performing arts high school.
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Lilpri
This shōjo anime involves fairies, and is adapted from a Sega arcade game of the same name.
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Nirvash typeZERO
In the anime Eureka Seven, the main character Renton Thurston has dreams of joining a renegade group called Gekkostate, and the opportunity is given to him when this robot (piloted by Eureka) crashes through his room.
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Porco Rosso
This 1992 adventure film was based on Hikōtei Jidai, a three-part watercolor manga by Miyazaki.
400
Millennium Earl
In the anime D.Gray-man, Allen and the other Exorcists use an ancient substance called Innocence to combat this villain and his demonic army of akuma.
400
Iriomote
In the anime Tokyo Mew Mew, the main character Ichigo Momomiya is infused with the powers of this specific breed of cat.
500
Athena
In the anime Kamichama Karin, the ring given to the main character Karin by her mother possesses the power of this Greek goddess.
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The Pillows
The soundtrack for the short, 6-episode anime FLCL was composed entirely by this Japanese alternative rock band.
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Brunhilde
This is Ponyo's original fish name before the human boy Sōsuke rescues her and renames her.
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T.M. Revolution
This musical group composed the theme song for the anime Soul Eater, titled "Resonance" after the special technique, soul resonance, used by meisters and their weapons to synchronize their soul wavelengths.
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The Crimson Goddess
In the anime Glass Mask, both the protagonist Maya and the antagonist Ayumi are competing to play the lead role in this legendary stage play.