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Based on Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a French inventor helps a young circus performer in a quest to find the secrets of her past and her unusual pendant.
Rated 12+ -- contains violence

A young princess must balance her love of life against an encroaching poisonous forest and the humans who want to destroy it. Forget the now-expired and disowned edit of years ago and stick to the unedited version; import-only at the moment.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

Shinji Ikari is called by his estranged father to pilot a huge robot against invading aliens; but what are his real reasons for piloting it?
Not Rated -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity

Two female assassins team up to find the secrets of their pasts; heavy similaries to a mix between Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita and Leon, the Professional.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

A young teenager finds himself in another world trying to rescue . . . nearly everyone. Easily the darkest of the AIC/Pioneer "high-school teen in an alternate world" series, and offers quite a few twists. Originally on satellite/cable TV rather than broadcast TV.
Rated 16+ -- contains graphic violence

Gainax studio's "mockumentary" of itself; Kubo and Takaka set out to "otakunize" the world. How many studio inside-jokes and external anime references can you find?
Rated 13+ -- contains brief nudity

Noah Izumi and her police cohorts save Tokyo from giant rogue robots with a set of their own giant robots in a realistic cops-and-robots series.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains mild violence

A young pop-music star, quits the stage for the lights and cameras of television and film, much to the chagrin of a fan stalking her.
Not Rated -- contains graphic violence, language, nudity

In an age when propeller planes ruled the air in battle, a legendary bounty hunter with the face of a pig befriends a girl mechanic and races against the odds against air pirates.
Rated PG? -- contains violence

One of the most famous high-school heroines in anime, in an action-packed spoof of nearly all genres. Eiko (A-ko) vs. Biiko (B-ko) for the freindship of Shiiko (C-ko).
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity

In a future where Tokyo is the only remaining city after an alien attack, a young boy finds a robot that he can somehow pilot and finds himself outside Tokyo -- in a world that runs under a different timescale and has secured Tokyo as the enemy.
Rated 12+ -- contains wartime violence

In the Anything Goes martial arts school, one needs to be ready for literally anything. But when Ranma and his father trek off to China in search of the ultimate training ground, without the benefit of knowing how to read Chinese, they fall into magical springs. Meet Ranma, who turns into a girl when splashed with cold water, and his father, who turns into a giant panda. Hot water reverses the spell, but not for long. . . .
Rated 13+ -- contains mild violence, nudity

In this school, rival clubs and gangs duke it out for funding the old fashioned way; they beat each other up. Enter a young girl obsessed with samurai movies and practicing kendo, a magical pendant that transports the wearer into another dimension, and a monster-of-the-week. Still, it's all in good fun, or is it?
Rated 13+ -- contains violence, lingerie

After meeting a price in her childhood, Utena had vowed to become a prince herself, to save damsels in distress, etc. Now in high school, she's found herself in the midst of a group trying to control a "Rose Bride", her friend.
Rated 13+ -- contains mild violence

A team of library agents with super powers take on a group of historical-scientist clones to save the world.
Rated 13+ -- contains violence

When a prototype bed, designed to cater to the needs of its patient, goes too far by accepting every need, including escape, a young nurse may be the only one able to save the patient.
Rated PG-13 -- contains mild violence

A wandering ex-assassin, Kenshin Himura, vows never to kill again, but others just won't let the past fade so easily. TV is rated 13+; OVAs and Movie earn 17+ ratings by showing the assassin years.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains (TV) violence, (OVA/Movie) graphic violence

An oversleeping, overeating, crybaby junior-high student finds herself as a chosen warrior to fight against various monsters-of-the-week with the help of a few other girls (Sailors Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, etc.). One of the notorious "edited" shows for US TV; stick with the original Japanese unedited version.
Rated 15+ -- contains violence, sexual innuendo (in later series)

A shy man, Sakon, and his ventriloquist's doll, Ukon, work together to solve crimes in this animated thriller. Import-only currently.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

A shy girl gets an email from a deceased friend and finds herself drawn into the "wired" online world in a chase for sanity and reality.
Rated 16+ -- contains violence, suicides in early episodes

Shamans connect this world to the next; only a few can see the spirit world. Rivals battle it out to become Shaman King.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence

Female space pirates chase after artifacts from an evacuated Earth in a legendary ship; a classic OVA and a fully-digital retelling (The Legacy) are available.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains violence, brief nudity in original series

Various characters fight to obtain or destroy a legendary evil sword in this series of 3D-with-swords fighting games. Originally on Playstation (Soul Edge), then Dreamcast (Soul Calibur), it is now on all current platforms (Soul Calibur 2 on Playstation 2, Gamecube, and XBox).
ESRB Rated T (13+) -- contains violence

The space-readied body of the famous WWII battleship and her young crew are Earth's last hope for survival; enemies become allies, and vice versa, in adventures across the universe.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence

Exuding "style" and "coolness" in a pirate cape, sailing the "Sea of Stars" under his own flag, Harlock and his ship, the Arcadia, fight against oppression of all sorts.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence

The people of Earth fight against an invading alien race with the aid of technology from an alien fortress, Macross, that crashed on Earth years ago.
Unknown/multiple rating(s) -- contains wartime violence, brief nudity