Shonen
Space Opera
Isekai
Slice of Life
Mecha
500

While more of a parody of the Shonen genre, this anime sees our cast of talented chefs fighting in Iron Chef style cooking battles often ending in taste tests that literally knock the judges socks off.

What is Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

500

Our protagonist and his crew of two are on a quest of exploration to find new alien species and often find themselves in peculiar situations as a result.

What is Space Dandy

500

One of four heroes summoned from different versions of modern Japan, this series protagonist is outfitted with a defensive weapon as the only thing he can equip, forcing him to make creative decisions to advance.

What is Rising of the Shield Hero

500

A group of friends who drifted apart after one of them died in an accident are brought back together by the lingering spirit of their deceased friend in an effort to help her pass on to the afterlife.

What is Anohana

500

In a world where humans hide underground from the oppressive forces of the Spiral King, an unlikely duo finds a dormant Gunmen and use it to start a resistance against the Beastmen.

What is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

500

A pair of brothers become dogs of the military to further their mission to reclaim what was taken from them in a failed attempt to bring back their dead mother.

What is Full Metal Alchemist

500

Two bounty hunters, a girl from the past, a computer genius, and a Welsh Corgi team up to track down some of the toughest bounties in space but never seem to earn more money than they owe.

What is Cowboy Bebop

500

The latest virtual reality MMO becomes a game of death as the players learn they can't log out and their real bodies will die if their avatars HP drops to zero.

What is Sword Art Online

500

A high school student with the eyes of a delinquent makes a deal with a girl known as the "Palm Top Tiger" to help each other get closer to their crushes and fall for each other through the process.

What is Toradora!

500

With the world in ruins and under constant threat from beings known as Angels, young men and women must pilot giant bio-mechanical humanoid weapons to fight off these near indestructible attackers.

What is Neon Genesis Evangelion

500

A lone wanderer with a giant bounty on his head has his quest for solitude interrupted by those looking to collect his bounty and a pair of insurance agents tasked with preventing destruction of property.

What is Trigun

500

A pair of hands for hire manage to get their hands on a powerful prototype grappler ship, making them the target of space pirates in a race to find the Galactic Leyline.

What is Outlaw Star

500

While the majority of the plot seems practically identical to SAO, this series came out years before it and had it's own series of games on the PS2 that launched alongside it.

What is .Hack//Sign

500

This series follows Koyuki on his journey to find his passion through music, learning to play guitar and joining a band, and culminating in playing at a music festival.

What is Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad

500

Originally airing in 1979, this long-running mecha series has numerous spin-offs and companion series and is so iconic, Japan has gone so far as to build one of the mecha to scale in Yokohama.

What is Mobile Suit Gundam

750

A swordsman wandering Meiji Era Japan looking to atone for his previous life as an assassin during the war settles into a small dojo where he does what he can to help those in need with his reverse blade sword.

What is Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai X

750

After years of rebuilding a crashed alien spaceship, United Earth forces prepare for its maiden test flight, unknowingly signaling the alien forces that shot it down and starting a long journey home for the crew as the ship automates an escape, jumping them to the far side of the solar system.

What is Robotech or Macross

750

A young girl whose family tends to a traditional shrine, finds that their well connects to Sengoku Japan where she goes on a quest with a half demon dog for pieces of a powerful jewel.

What is Inuyasha

750

Keiichi is an average student at a technical college where he is connected to the Goddess Help Line to have one wish granted to him, to have the Goddess Belldandy stay by his side.

What is Oh My Goddess

750

While not fitting squarely into the mecha genre, this series follows the protagonist through his normal life until being run over by a guitar wielding, Vespa riding, crazy girl which introduces plenty of robot action into his life.

What is FLCL or Fooly Cooly

1000

A half human, half vampire hunter is employed by a farm girl to hunt down the vampire that has claimed her for his next bride.

What is Vampire Hunter D

1000

A young boy is on a journey to get a mechanical body to live the eternal life his mother had dreamed of as well as the ability to hunt down those that killed his mother.

What is Galaxy Express 999

1000

The leader of a motorcycle gang in a dystopian future Japan battles with corrupt government forces and those that oppose them in an effort to rescue his friend from twisted experiments but is ultimately too late.

What is Akira

1000

A young man feeling remorse over the things he did as a child seeks out the deaf girl he bullied to apologize and set things right, leading to both of them choosing to live on.

What is A Silent Voice

1000

Set in a not so distant future anymore, 2029, this world has complete cybernetic bodies and augments as well as the ability to directly link the brain to networks and is cited as highly inspiring "The Matrix".

What is Ghost in the Shell