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Be careful what you wish for! Keiichi was granted one wish by a Norse goddess, Belldandy, but called her "bluff" by wishing for a girlfriend exactly like her. The wish was granted, of course, but with some humorous and dramatic side effects.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains brief nudity in one episode

When motorcycle-gang-member Tetsuo gains uncontrollable psychic powers, the gang's leader, Kaneda, struggles to keep his friends alive before a legendary source of similar power, Akira, is awakened.
Rated R -- contains graphic violence, language, brief nudity

Take a homeless cat rescued from the streets by a young boy, and a father's military robot prototype; when the cat dies in a car accident, mix well to create a loving-but-naive robot companion with a taste for fish.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

A hotshot police officer and her new partner go up against "Thirds", robots designed to appear human, and a line of assassins; but what is her own relationship to the thirds?
Rated 16+ -- contains violence, language, brief nudity

Girls' school comedy with quite a twist. Runs the gamut from ultra-cute to poignant to freakishly strange, but always hilarious.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains material appropriate for all ages

Saya, a young sword-wielding vampire slayer, goes undercover in a US military-base high school in Japan; great visuals and action in this all-digital effort, but with a short run-time (48 minutes).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains graphic violence, language

Young Momiji was born to save the world from demons, but can only her death by sacrifice stop the demons from ruling the Earth? What really happened to her twin sister?
Rated 12+ -- contains violence, lingerie humor

Earth is at the mercy of a mad scientist that has sped evolution of the sea's creatures to allow them to attempt to take over the world; a sort of mix of Jules Verne ("20,000 Leagues Under the Sea") with HG Wells ("Island of Dr. Moreau").
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity

A series of disappearances and grisly murders took place five years ago, and those acts, and the mysterious sudden halting of them, still affect people in the present. Each episode tells the story from a different character's point of view (much like Rashomon).
Rated 15+ -- contains graphic violence

The "Knight Sabers", a group of vigilante women in robotic armour, fight to save Tokyo from a horde of rogue robots in both classic OVA series (and a sequel OVA series, "Bubblegum Crash") and a new TV rendition.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, language, brief nudity

A ten year old girl finds a dusty old book in her father's basement and winds up releasing a horde of spirits based on elemental tarot-like cards. Now it's her job to collect them all again in this sugary-cute entry of the magical-girl genre.
Rated 7+ -- contains violence

Trying to get into college, a young man stumbles upon a computer lying in a trash heap; but this computer is an extremely cute female android, walking around without an operating system. . .  or is she?
Rated 15+ -- contains lingerie, language

Ryu Saeba, a man for hire that will do any job for a pretty woman, regardless of how much trouble this earns from his female partner and her 10-ton mallet. Together thay are the legendary City Hunter.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity

Two bounty hunters, Spike and Jet, travel the planets in search of bounties, rewards, and clues to their own dark pasts. A few episodes went straight to video due to Japanese TV standards disallowing them.
Not Rated -- contains violence, language, brief nudity, brief drug use

When things go wrong, and you can't call in the Space Force and make your troubles public, it's time to call in the crushers, intergalactic troubleshooters; the best in the business is Joe and his team. Just don't double-cross them, because they'll solve that problem, too. . . .
Rated 12+ -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity

Brainwashed by a Chinese syndicate, a Japanese man becomes a master assassin, his only means of release the ability to cry after the job is complete. When a young woman witnesses such a job, she becomes his next target; but what will happen when they decide to join forces?
Rated 17+ -- contains graphic violence, nudity, non-explicit sexual content

A classic but unfinished TV series gets a recent remake and completion from the original creator's son -- a young man named Joe wakes up to find his body augmented into a cyborg, with the previous cyborgs running a revolution for freedom against the military that created them.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, available in 7+ and Uncut/Unrated versions

Three orbital-prison inmates are hired by the police to work off their own sentences by capturing new criminals. A superior video series that just didn't get the budget to go further.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, language

Kei and Yuri, two scantily-clad secret agents, work on nabbing various criminals; but they usually leave a lot of destruction behind them. The original "babes with big bazookas" (and I do mean bazookas).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity

An online RPG becomes all too real to its participants when players become comatose and a rare few reawaken to attempt to find out what's happening. A TV version is released separately from the PlayStation2 games and OVAs (packaged together).
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

Counting all incarnations (DB, DBZ, and DBGT), a 400+ episode slugfest of superheroes and supervillains battling it out for galactic supremacy.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

A series of PlayStation and PS2 games based on the Three Kingdoms saga of 2nd- and 3rd-century Chinese history (Shu, Wu, and Wei kingdoms), featuring large roaming maps and an open-ended style of recreating the famous battles between the Han and Jin dynasties.
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

In a future where cars are automated, only the best drivers earn the right to drive on their own. These drivers are also hired to track down and stop the occasional runaway AI cars racing the streets; they are known as 'eX-Drivers'. Now, if only they could get along with each other.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence

A long line of fantasy and science-fiction video games (ranging from the original Famicom/NES through the PlayStation2), and a recent theatrical movie, make for a continuing favorite. Aerith lives!
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

Gainax twists the robot anime yet again. This time, a young boy finds strange things like robots and cat ears growing out of his head after being hit with an alien's electric bass, causing a spacial distortion where his brain used to be. Music by the Pillows.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, sexual innuendo

A rogue military group works to defend a young high-school girl from kidnappers; governments are collecting people with special powers, called 'Whispered', but for what purpose?
Rated 12+ -- contains wartime violence, lingerie

Two friends reading a book find themselves linked to the ancient world described inside, and on opposite sides of a continental battle. Strong Neverending Story motif, without the flying muppets.
Rated 16+ -- contains violence, brief nudity

Young Tetsuro finds adventure and mystery aboard the intergalactic train 999 with the help of a beatiful companion, Maetel, that looks suspiciously like his mother.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

Two youths, Yushiro and Miharu, find themselves tangled in a web of military experiments and an encroaching horror from their pasts.
Rated 12+ -- contains wartime violence, language

Two mechanically-augmented police officers race against a criminal from stealing humanity itself; but with such augmentations, just what is humanity?
Not Rated -- contains graphic violence, language, nudity

Two youths attempt to survive during the WWII firebombing of Japan, in spite of shrinking rations and supplies. Award-winning animation about kids isn't necessarily for kids.
Not Rated -- contains wartime violence

A young team of robot pilots train and eventually battle in deep space; the series also explores the time effects of relativity as those left behind age quickly during the travels.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity

Rally Vincent, a Chicago gunsmith, and her explosives-fanatic partner go up against a Russian hit-woman on the streets of Chicago.
Rated 15+ -- contains violence, lingerie