Early Anime (1988-2001)
New Wave Anime (2005-2020)
Characters
Ghibli
Japanese Culture
100

This show features the futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Cowboy Bebop
100

In this show, a young boy becomes a slayer after his family is slaughtered and his sister is turned into a demon.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

100

This character is the main protagonist of the popular anime My Hero Academia

Izuku Midoriya

100

This 2001 film was the highest grossing film in Japan for 19-years, until being dethroned in 2020.

Spirited Away

100

A graphic novel originating in Japan

Manga

200

Usagi Tsukino is tasked with defending the Earth and Galaxy in this 1995 show. 

Sailor Moon

200

In this show, Haruhi finds herself in-debt to the world of aristocrats and high-society.

Ouran High School Host Club

200

This character shines as the overpowered protagonist of One-Punch Man

Saitama

200

___ is the name of the female protagonist in Howl's Moving Castle.

Sophie

200

This low, wooden-framed table is covered by a futon or heavy blanket, and features a heat source built in underneath.

Kotatsu

300

When violent monsters descend upon Earth to destroy humanity, a reluctant young man joins a small squad of pilots under the command of his cold and dictatorial father to drive back the menace using giant machines that seem to have minds of their own.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 

300

First airing in October of 2020, this show tells us the finger-licking good story of Yuji Itadori, a super-fit student with a talent for sports.

Jujutsu Kaisen

300

A swindler, but also the mentor to powerful middle-school esper is someone who struggles with his abilities and emotions

Reigen Arataka

300

These two men are the main directors of Studio Ghibli, as well as two of the four founders.

Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata

300

A form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by men of the samurai (military) class of feudal Japan.

Seppuku 

400

Originally aired in 2001, with a reboot in 2019, this show features Tohru Honda, a recently orphaned girl who finds herself intertwined with the life of a family possessed by the spirits of the Chinese zodiac.

Fruits Basket

400

This supernatural story finds us at Kamome Academy, a school haunted by Japanese urban legends. 

Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun

400

He's simply one hell of a butler.

Sebastian Michaelis 

400

This is the title for the first film produced by Studio Ghibli.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

400

A system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters.

Kanji

500

In this post-apocalyptic cyberpunk film, Tetsuo Shima acquires telekinetic abilities after a motorcycle accident.

Akira 

500

This show features orphans who search for a better life beyond the farm.

The Promised Neverland

500

This white haired cutie with a secret is featured in the gore-y Deadman Wonderland.

Shiro

500

This 2013 film is a fictionalized biographical of the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the chief engineer of Japanese fighter plan designs in WWII.

The Wind Rises

500

This city is considered the cultural capital of Japan, as well as a center for higher learning, and is a major tourist destination.

Kyoto