X Meets Y/Anime and Manga

Japan meets Animation (or comic books):

Shows

 * Dragon Ball started as Journey to the West meets Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dragon Ball Z evolves into Journey to the West meets Superman.
 * Dennou Coil is Mega Man Star Force meets .hack and Recess, with dashes of Codename: Kids Next Door and Nintendogs, cooked in a Kid Detective shaped pot.
 * Black Butler is Mary Poppins meets Doctor Faustus meets Artemis Fowl.
 * Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro meets Hamlet meets Kyo Kara Maoh.
 * Or Hayate the Combat Butler meets Hellsing.
 * Or Hellsing meets Code Geass meets Death Note meets Scooby Doo.
 * Mazinger Z is Tetsujin 28-go meets Astro Boy meets Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
 * One Piece is Dragon Ball meets Pirates of the Caribbean meets the Land of Oz.
 * You could also say it's Dragon Ball meets X-Men meets The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
 * Mahou Sensei Negima has been (inaccurately, due to intentional Genre Shift) described as "Harry Potter meets Love Hina." But it was more like Hunter X Hunter meets Love Hina, but with magic. But now, it can be described more as Harry Potter meets Final Fantasy Tactics, with some Dragon Ball in the mix, and some bonus Fan Service on top. All the while, having the cast of a Harem Series.
 * Once Jack Rakan shows up, one can add a dollop of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann to the mix.
 * So, this guy could get some money out of it?
 * The magic world arc even starts mixing in bits of
 * Show Within a Show Biblion seems to be something akin to Pretty Cure meets Read or Die.
 * Read or Die as James Bond meets X-Men meets Reading Rainbow.
 * Baldr Force EXE Resolution is The Matrix meets Serial Experiments Lain meets Appleseed meets Scanners.
 * Samurai Champloo is The Last Samurai meets Hustle And Flow, and set to the plot of True Grit.
 * Or Cowboy Bebop meets Feudal Japan.
 * Cowboy Bebop can be described as Firefly meets the Spaghetti Western genre, with some Star Wars and John Woo thrown into the mix. However, since Firefly started syndication in 2002 and Cowboy Bebop in 1998, it would be more accurate to say that Firefly is Cowboy Bebop meets zombie horror and conspiracy theory movies.
 * It's been called, more or less, Lupin the Third meets the Space Western.
 * The manga Kaze Hikaru can be described as Peacemaker Kurogane meets Rose of Versailles.
 * Lucky Star can be described as Azumanga Daioh meets Genshiken. Or alternatively, Seinfeld meets Genshiken.
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: FLCL does GaoGaiGar.
 * Alternatively, Dead Leaves does GaoGaiGar (it, Gurren Lagann, and the fifth episode of FLCL were all directed by the same guy).
 * Or Gunbuster meets Getter Robo meets Megas XLR.
 * Or Gundam meets Exalted.
 * Or Neon Genesis Evangelion meets a bag of crack.
 * More like Transformers on testosterone, adrenaline, and growth hormone.
 * According to the writer himself, it's Getter Robo in the setting of Xabungle.
 * Elfen Lied: X-Men meets Carrie meets Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hide meets Love Hina.
 * Speaking of which, Rebuild of Evangelion has been described as Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
 * Code Geass: Mobile Suit Gundam meets Death Note. Some fans like to add X 1999 to that description.
 * Alternatively Code Geass could be Mobile Suit Gundam meets V for Vendetta.
 * Don't forget to add a dash of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * And Gundam SEED. And Batman
 * Meanwhile, Gundam 00 actually is Gundam meets Death Note; or, if you want to be more accurate, Gundam meets Full Metal Panic! with Light Yagami thrown in for good measure. (Incidentally, Gundam 00 is from the same people who also brought you Code Geass.)
 * I thought it was Gundam Wing meets Full Metal Panic!.
 * With the First Generation finished, it's safe to say that Gundam AGE is Mobile Suit Gundam meets Martian Successor Nadesico; you could also argue that Age is Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam meets Martian Successor Nadesico with a hint of Red Faction for good measure.
 * As the story progresses it becomes more like Mobile Suit Gundam meets Star Wars, with its multi-generational storyline, pilots with Jedi-like reflexes and perception and its characters occasionally flirting with the dark side.
 * Lyrical Nanoha can be easily described as Cardcaptor Sakura meets Gundam. Alternatively, the first two seasons are Sailor Moon meets Dragon Ball Z and Star Trek, and the third season is more like Sailor Moon meets Detroit 1-8-7.
 * When the Haruhi Suzumiya novels were licensed, poor advertising hilariously and inaccurately described the series as "Hannah Montana meets Heroes". Azumanga Daioh meets Snow Crash might be better.
 * Justified, it was promoted in such in order to attract more US consumers to the light novel market.
 * It also meets Good Omens and The Matrix on its way.
 * It also meets Dan Simmons' Hyperion, considering the book actually influences the story.
 * Haruhi-chan is regular Haruhi injected with Lucky Star and more caffeine.
 * What about Calvin and Hobbes meets The Bible?
 * How about Doctor Who meets Stargate SG 1 and Mystery Science Theater 3000, in a high school?
 * Busou Renkin is Bleach meets Fullmetal Alchemist.
 * The Big O is Batman meets Godzilla meets Sin City.
 * Nightwalker is Interview with the Vampire meets Forever Knight.
 * Narutaru: Pokémon meets Neon Genesis Evangelion. And goes off its meds.
 * Tokyo Mew Mew: Sailor Moon meets Captain Planet meets Strawberry Shortcake.
 * Alive the Final Evolution: The Happening meets X-Men turned into a Shounen series.
 * Vinland Saga: Berserk meets Vicky the Viking.
 * Berserk: Devilman and Violence Jack meet Hellraiser and Guin Saga and serve it up with an order of BFS.
 * Welcome to The NHK: Foucault's Pendulum meets Fight Club.
 * Psyren is Gilgamesh meets Gantz.
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Yu-Gi-Oh!! meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * Also Yu-Gi-Oh!! meets Harry Potter
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Yu-Gi-Oh! meets Les Misérables, The Chronicles of Narnia, Superman, Paradise Lost, and motorcycles.
 * With Kamen Rider, Transformers, and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann thrown in for good measure.
 * The Dark Signers Arc is basicly Yu-Gi-Oh! meets X 1999, without the Gorn
 * Yu-Gi-Oh in general can be seen as Pokémon meets Magic: The Gathering.
 * Kaiba: The art style can best be described as Astro Boy meets Yellow Submarine with a hint of The Little Prince.
 * Part one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure could be described as Fist of the North Star meets Dracula. (The later parts are completely different, however.)
 * Part two: Fist of the North Star meets Apocalypse.
 * Part three: Fist of the North Star meets Mons.
 * Part four: Shaman King meets Murder, She Wrote.
 * Part five: Shaman King meets The Godfather.
 * Part six: Shaman King meets Prison Break.
 * Part seven... ok, we can do this... Guilty Gear does As the Good Book Says..., IN THE WILD, WILD WEST!
 * Rozen Maiden is Pinocchio meets Highlander, with the moe turned up to eleven.
 * Bastard!!!!: Dungeons & Dragon Ball Z. (Thanks goes to User:Looney Toons and Epsilon from his forums.)
 * Monster: The Fugitive meets Hannibal Lecter with a touch of the Halloween franchise thrown in.
 * Black Jack is House meets Batman, though it may also be taking variable levels and concoctions of mind-altering substances.
 * From the page here, Kaitou Saint Tail sounds like "Sailor Moon meets Sly Cooper". This may be inaccurate.
 * Similarly, the page for Keroro Gunsou makes it look like "Hamtaro + Invader Zim -- Crapsack World". Once again, possibly inaccurate.
 * Or Invader Zim meets The Penguins of Madagascar.
 * Bobobobo Bobobo is Fist of the North Star meets a VERY BIG bag of CRACK laced with LSD.
 * The first few episodes of Gundam SEED are like Mobile Suit Gundam meets Gundam Wing (The Strike is the original RX-78 (White/Blue Hero Gundam), Aegis is Epyon (Red Transforming Gundam), Blitz is Deathscythe (Black Cloaking Gundam), Buster is Heavyarms (BFG Gundam), and Duel is Sandrock (Semi-normal but heavily-armored Gundam). Later on, Freedom is Gundam Double X.
 * Gundam SEED is Mobile Suit Gundam meets Star Wars.
 * Gundam 00 is Mobile Suit Gundam meets Full Metal Panic!.
 * Digimon Tamers: Digimon meets Neon Genesis Evangelion. No seriously. See here. (To clarify: there are many references to Eva. The general tone of it, however)
 * Digimon Savers: Digimon meets Power Rangers SPD... at least for the first arc.
 * The second arc would be Digimon meets G Gundam.
 * Digimon Frontier: Digimon meets Super Sentai.
 * Digimon Xros Wars: Digimon meets Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
 * Or Digimon meets the first half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
 * Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time: Digimon meets Cardcaptor Sakura
 * Or Digimon meets the second half of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
 * Digimon in general: Pokémon meets Super Robot Wars.
 * Alternatively, Digimon, the anime series: Shin Megami Tensei meets Tamagotchi.
 * GaoGaiGar (and the entire Braves series) is Transformers meets 70s/80s Super Robot shows.
 * Macross Plus is effectively Macross meets Top Gun.
 * Macross Frontier, meanwhile, can be seen as Top Gun meets Transformers meets Star Trek meets Hannah Montana (Not the first time a pop singer motif was used in Macross, mind.)
 * Many people think of Yes! Pretty Cure 5 as Sailor Moon meets Tokyo Mew Mew meets Super Sentai.
 * Fate/stay night: Shaman King meets Claymore. (with sex... at least at first...)
 * And Tsukihime is Hellsing meets romantic comedy and Slice of Life.
 * The plot of one episode of Hayate the Combat Butler is described by the narrator as "Die Hard on a cruise ship."
 * Soul Eater: Bleach with a hint of Harry Potter, directed by David Lynch while smoking crack with Tim Burton.
 * Superbook: Dragon Tales meets The Bible.
 * Diebuster: Gunbuster meets FLCL.
 * Godannar: Getter Robo meets Ai Yori Aoshi.
 * Sailor Moon: Power Rangers/Super Sentai meets Cutey Honey.
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is Azumanga Daioh meets Children of the Corn to play Clue.
 * Alternatively, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is Azumanga Daioh meets Silent Hill.
 * Or Azumanga Daioh meets Elfen Lied.
 * Or, Azumanga Daioh meets Children of the Corn meets Groundhog Day.
 * FLCL is like if Hayao Miyazaki and Thomas Pynchon had an anime baby, and Quentin Tarantino was its creepy uncle.
 * Kurozuka: Fist of the North Star meets Ninja Scroll.
 * Madlax: Apocalypse Now andThelma and Louise had a kid. An animated one. It's babysat by Gosford Park and spends a lot of time hanging out with that weird Karamazov kid down the lane. No, really.
 * Adding Azumanga Daioh to Beck will give you K-On! as a result.
 * Kino's Journey: Quantum Leap meets The Twilight Zone, with some Gulliver's Travels on the side.
 * Alternatively, Gulliver's Travels meets A Boy and His Dog and goes True Neutral.
 * Wicked City is Men in Black meets Supernatural with a dash of HP Lovecraft thrown in.
 * Baccano! is probably Highlander meets Pulp Fiction.
 * Or Fullmetal Alchemist meets Pulp Fiction.
 * Fist of the North Star is Mad Max meets Bruce Lee films.
 * Daitarn 3 is James Bond meets 70s Super Robot shows.
 * RahXephon: Brave Raideen meets Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * Afro Samurai is Samurai Champloo meets The Boondocks.
 * Another Gundam franchise: G Gundam. Mobile Suit Gundam meets... guess what: Dragon Ball.
 * More like Mobile Suit Gundam meets Street Fighter, to be honest.
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion is Mazinger Z meets Hamlet meets Three's Company meets the Book of Revelation.
 * Alternatively, Mobile Suit Gundam going to church and attending psychology class, and then taking a kilo of crack.
 * Probably a theology lecture instead--there are both crosses and kabbalistic trees in Evangelion.
 * Don't forget No Exit
 * Or the DSM-IV meets Great Mazinger.
 * According to the creators, it's Space Runaway Ideon meets Devilman.
 * Transformers Cybertron is Transformers Energon meets GaoGaiGar.
 * Eureka Seven is Gundam X meets Neon Genesis Evangelion. With surfers.
 * Or alternatively, it could be how Code Geass and Gurren Lagann were before they broke up.
 * Genesis of Aquarion is Getter Robo meets Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Vandread meets neo-paganism.
 * The Five Star Stories is Heavy Metal L-Gaim meets Final Fantasy.
 * Or Mobile Suit Gundam meets Downton Abbey.
 * Katekyo Hitman Reborn started out with Mafia meeting Rugrats reading The Little Prince, then it got adopted by Shonen Jump who somehow saw fit to raise it with conspicuous amount of Ho Yay. Recently it started playing Yu-Gi-Oh!! with the child of Pokémon and Digimon (who got married after resolving their differences).
 * Cannon God Exaxxion is Gunsmith Cats meets Mazinger Z meets V.
 * Puni Puni Poemi is Sailor Moon or Cardcaptor Sakura meets Excel Saga.
 * Kurokami is Fate Stay Night meets Darker Than Black.
 * Yureka (iD eNTITY in English) is .hack meets Slayers.
 * Princess Tutu is Cardcaptor Sakura meets Swan Lake by way of Revolutionary Girl Utena and The Neverending Story, as written by Neil Gaiman.
 * Or, Grimm's Original Fairy Tales meet the Disney movies inspired by them, and decide to try to write something more three dimensional than either of themselves. and pull it off.
 * Onani Master Kurosawa is Death Note starring Glenn Quagmire who then gets abducted and replaced with Holden Caulfield.
 * Tokko is Bleach meets Elfen Lied.
 * Bleach is essentially Yu Yu Hakusho meets Rurouni Kenshin... with a little DBZ thrown in for good measure.
 * Don't forget Shaman King for the whole spirits and swords thing.
 * Or Saint Seiya meets Yu Yu Hakusho.
 * Or Soul Eater meets Naruto
 * Katte Ni Kaizo: The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya meets Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei (it's also from the same Mangaka as the latter), although it predates both series. So it's essentially The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya and Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei before they broke up.
 * Combine one part Fullmetal Alchemist with a dose of Shakugan no Shana and you'll end up with To Aru Majutsu no Index.
 * NEEDLESS is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann meets S-Cry-ed.
 * Serial Experiments Lain is Ghost in the Shell and the last two episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion, starring Hotaru Tomoe.
 * Alternatively, it's Dennou Coil meets Perfect Blue with a dash of Paprika.
 * While we're on that note, Dennou Coil is quite literally Hayao Miyazaki At His Computer.
 * Alice Academy is Gunnerkrigg Court meets X-Men and they all get shipped off to Hogwarts.
 * Bokurano is Ender's Game meets Survivor meets -- you guessed it -- Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * From the article on Bakemonogatari: Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei meets Mononoke on acid. Lots and lots of acid.
 * Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok is Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro meets Norse Mythology.
 * Super Dimension Fortress Macross is Space Battleship Yamato meets Mobile Suit Gundam meets Idol Singer
 * Turn a Gundam is practically Gundam X meets Mad Max.
 * Which is odd, because Gundam X is already Mobile Suit Gundam meets Mad Max.
 * How about Mobile Suit Gundam meets Gone with the Wind?
 * Pandora Hearts is Black Butler meets Alice in Wonderland.
 * Umineko no Naku Koro ni is Ten Little Indians meets Groundhog Day
 * Or, more generally, Golden-Age detective fiction meets Western occult/macabre literature. Two major factions within the story are even called Mystery and Fantasy.
 * The Visual Novel is essentially Agatha Christie meets Suspiria meets Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
 * Or Higurashi no Naku Koro ni meets Gainaxing
 * Add one detective story, supernatural elements, a mindscrew worthy of Neon Genesis Evangelion, plus the brutality of Happy Tree Friends and you're good to go.
 * Or Criss Angel Mindfreak meets Breaking The Magician's Code meets Groundhog Day.
 * Black Lagoon is Pulp Fiction meets Cowboy Bebop.
 * Tytania is Firefly meets Dune.
 * Bubblegum Crisis is Streets of Fire meets Blade Runner.
 * Heroman is 1960s Humongous Mecha manga meets 1960 Superhero comics, as made in modern Japan and set in modern America.
 * Apothecarius Argentum is House meets Elizabethan Royalty.
 * Yumeiro Patissiere if you look at the main characters in context, it's Gakuen Alice meets Kitchen Princess. Or, if you look at it from the fairy point of view, it's A Little Snow Fairy Sugar meets Kitchen Princess.
 * Alternately, it's Yakitate!! Japan meets a whole bunch of shoujo manga.
 * Hakobune Hakusho is Gakuen Alice meets My Gym Partner's a Monkey.
 * Ergo Proxy is Serial Experiments Lain meets Fallout meets Neon Genesis Evangelion minus the Giant Mecha and plus the painful amounts of UST and Tsundere.
 * Ai Kora is Love Hina (loser protagonist, harem) meets Great Teacher Onizuka (completely perverted yet honourable protagonist, nutty school life) with a Looney Tunes paint job.
 * Angel Beats is Haibane Renmei meets Haruhi Suzumiya, down to the bossy Yurippe wanting to participate in a baseball tournament. Add a tiny bit of To Love Ru to account for Yui's tail.
 * Alternatively, Haibane Renmei meets Starcraft directed by Paul Verhoeven.
 * Durarara is Celtic mythology meets Baccano meets Anonymous. In Japan.
 * Bakugan is Beyblade meets Digimon
 * Or alternatively, Beyblade meets Yu-Gi-Oh!.
 * D Gray Man is Fullmetal Alchemist meets Bleach, as directed by Tim Burton.
 * And so is Soul Eater. The biggest difference being that Soul Eater goes on and off anti-depressants and caffeine, while D/Gray Man hasn't touched either in years.
 * Alternatively, Soul Eater is Shaman King meets Harry Potter with a dash of Tim Burton for good measure.
 * Perfect Blue is, according to a review, Walt Disney meets Alfred Hitchcock.
 * Darker Than Black is X-Men after watching faaaar too much Neon Genesis Evangelion, guest-starring Batman.
 * Though technically speaking he's not so much Batman as "Batman meets Zwei meets a downed power line."
 * There's also a little bit of Ghost in the Shell thrown in for good measure.
 * Vampire Hunter D is Dracula meets the Man With No Name Trilogy, with a bit of Shane.
 * Oh My Goddess!: Of all things, Bewitched meets Love Hina.
 * The TV series, referred to as Ah! My Goddess, is more Bewitched meets Threes Company.
 * Sekirei is Pokémon meets Highlander, or alternatively, Pokemon meets Kämpfer.
 * Banana no Nana: Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu meets The Legion of Substitute Heroes meets Hayate the Combat Butler.
 * Future GPX Cyber Formula is Speed Racer meets Knight Rider with some elements of Gundam thrown into it.
 * Barajou no Kiss could be accurtely described as Pandora Hearts meets Ouran High School Host Club. No, really!
 * Pani Poni Dash! can be summed up as the bastard lovechild of Azumanga Daioh and Excel Saga.
 * Star Driver is Code Geass meets Asura Cryin
 * Alternatively, it's Sailor Moon meets Gurren Lagann.
 * For the old school attendants, this show is what happens when Utena meets RahXephon after chatting with GaoGaiGar.
 * Katana is xxxHolic meets Japanese swords.
 * Full Metal Panic! is Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team meets Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
 * The Tatami Galaxy is Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei meets Groundhog Day meets Scott Pilgrim.
 * Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt is Excel Saga meets Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi meets mescaline.
 * Or The Powerpuff Girls meets FLCL
 * With dashes of Mr. Driller,Colorful amd South Park.
 * Desert Punk is probably intended as something like Trigun meets Terminator, with a cast full of jerks. It's also inadvertently Fallout meets echi.
 * Alternately, it's Fist of the North Star meets Lupin the Third.
 * Mai-HiME is for all intents and purposes Sailor Moon meets Foucault's Pendulum.
 * Loups Garous is K-On!! meets Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
 * Kara no Kyoukai is Elfen Lied meets Hellsing, with characters pulled from Black Lagoon.
 * Similarly, Gunslinger Girl is Elfen Lied meets Saikano.
 * Highschool of the Dead is Saved by the Bell meets Resident Evil.
 * Strike Witches is Touhou meets World War II
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Hidamari Sketch meets Faust.
 * Evangelion meets Sailor Moon and Faust, with a sliver of the premise of the latter half of Gurren Lagann and
 * On the brown acid.
 * Neon Genesis Magical Girl.
 * Magical Girl meets Yume Nikki.
 * Oh hey, the Hidamari Sketch guys did an adaptation of Sailor Nothing.
 * Magical Girl meets Silent Hill. No, really!
 * Magical Girl Persona 3. Oh wait...
 * Sayonara [Lyrical Nanoha Nanoha]] Sketch Shooter HiME. Especially the HiME part.
 * As one blog post put it, IT IS LIKE BEING HIT OVER THE HEAD WITH A SOCK FULL OF MERVYN PEAKE'S DARKEST DAYDREAMS. IT'S LIKE HIDAMARI SKETCH MEETS TITUS GROAN.
 * Magical Girl meets World of Darkness..
 * Magical Madoka Magica - A show about Moe  and the creepy Plush Toy that creates them.
 * Magical Girl Bokurano
 * Magical Girl meets To Serve Man
 * Mahou Shoujo Ryuki Magica?
 * C the Money And Soul of Possibility is Puella Magi Madoka Magica meets The Inside Job meets Shin Megami Tensei... all written by stock brokers driven mad by recession and LSD.
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica meets the stock market.
 * Shin Megami Tensei meets Spice and Wolf?
 * Pokémon with credit cards.
 * Bleach with the afterlife replaced by economics.
 * Eden of the East meets Yu-Gi-Oh!. CARDGAMES ON ECONOMICS!
 * Warren Buffet's Fate Stay Night.
 * Bamboo Blade is Azumanga Daioh meets A League of Their Own.
 * Toriko is Fist of the North Star meets Chowder.
 * aNIME/GunXSword has been dubbed "Manga/{{Trigun}] with giant robots:" it's like the love child of the Space Western and the Humongous Mecha genre, with maybe a dash of True Grit.
 * Azumanga Daioh is Peanuts meets High School.
 * Space Adventure Cobra is James Bond meets Flash Gordon/Barbarella meets Lupin III.
 * Akumetsu is Punisher meets V for Vendetta and Atlas Shrugged.
 * Bakuman｡: School Rumble meets Death Note.
 * Summer Wars is Digimon meets War Games.
 * Moetan is Lyrical Nanoha meets Dora the Explorer, and then Genshiken invites them into its van.
 * Deadman Wonderland is Gantz meets Elfen Lied meets the first story arc of Riki Oh.
 * Fractale is Dennou Coil meets Now and Then Here and There.
 * The anime Gungrave is Scarface with Zombies.
 * Gunslinger Girl is The Professional meets Ghost in the Shell.
 * Or Elfen Lied meets RoboCop.
 * The Film Within a Film of Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A wakening of the Trailblazer can only be described as Gundam 00 meets Sengoku Basara. It's just that awesome and hilarious.
 * The OVA for Black Rock Shooter could best be summed up as Persona meets the Magical Girl genre.
 * While its Anime is summarized as Mean Girls meets Sucker Punch
 * Shugo Chara: Kamichama Karin meets Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
 * Kurogane no Linebarrel is Zeorymer meets Super Robot Wars OG.
 * Karakuridouji Ultimo is Zatch Bell meets Astro Boy.
 * Houou Gakuen Misoragumi is Ouran High School meets Maria Holic.
 * Heroic Age is Starcraft meets Gurren Lagann meets Dragon Ball Z.
 * Mai-chan's Daily Life is A Serbian Film meets Hostel, presented as a Slice of Life manga.
 * Legendz is Kingdom Hearts Meets Shin-chan
 * Transformers Armada can be summed as Transformers meets Xiaolin Showdown.
 * Rosario + Vampire is something like Love Hina meets Elfen Lied, with vampires.
 * Drifters is Record of Lodoss War meets Deadliest Warrior.
 * Yumekui Merry is Soul Eater meets Pandora Hearts, while being Lighter and Softer than either series.
 * Metal Fight Beyblade is Beyblade meets Saint Seiya.
 * Kimba the White Lion is Astro Boy meets Animal Farm.
 * Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro: Black Butler meets Howl's Moving Castle meets Beetlejuice.
 * Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie is Sonic the Hedgehog meets Dragon Ball.
 * Fullmetal Alchemist(both versions): Berserk meets Hunter X Hunter.
 * Pilot Candidate is Neon Genesis Evangelion meets Police Academy.
 * Soil is Daniel Clowes (slight Grotesque Gallery non-anime style) meets Junji Ito (Mind Screw story about an Uncanny Village infested with freaky spirals).
 * Vision of Escaflowne is Record of Lodoss War meets Mecha Show with a dash of Steampunk
 * Millennium Actress is Forrest Gump meets Titanic
 * Jabberwocky is (from Mangafox) "The Da Vinci Code (Historical In-Joke conspiracies) meets Jurassic Park (dinosaurs are alive)" meets Anonymous Rex (they're humanoid and disguised) meets The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (literary characters (EG Dorian Gray and The Count of Monte Cristo) are real). Stylistically it's Hellboy meets Sin City.
 * Nerima Daikon Brothers is The Blues Brothers meets Anime.
 * Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyunkyun Tokimeki Paradise!!: "If you ever wondered what it would be like if Sailor Moon had to battle Team Rocket for 7 Dragon Balls, now you know."
 * Senki Zesshou Symphogear is Lyrical Nanoha meets Madoka meets Ar tonelico
 * Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex is Blade Runner meets CSI.
 * Trigun is Star Wars meets the Spaghetti Western; or alternatively, the Anime version of Firefly.
 * Shinryaku! Ika Musume is Yotsuba&! meets Invader Zim meets SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * Toward the Terra: Nineteen Eighty-Four meets X-Men, In Space.
 * Mirai Nikki is Highlander meets Death Note with a dash of Neon Genesis Evangelion and a side order of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.
 * Panzer World Galient is Star Wars meets Mobile Suit Gundam meets Medieval European Fantasy.
 * Queen's Blade is Dungeons and Dragons and Record of Lodoss War meets Soul Calibur meets Words Worth with some bits of Street Fighter and Conan the Barbarian.
 * Saint Seiya is Dragonball Z meets Fist of the North Star meets the Greek Mythology
 * Saint Seiya is Dragonball Z meets Fist of the North Star meets the Greek Mythology

Characters

 * Black Butler's Ciel Phantomhive. Gensoumaden Saiyuki's Sanzo & either Kino from Kino no Tabi or Haruhi from Ouran Highschool Host Club.
 * Also from Black Butler's Anime: = Rosiel + Light.
 * The main Digimon trio of Digimon Xros Wars are the cast of Getter Robo turned into Digimon.
 * Hetalia
 * North Italy = Mario + SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Haruhi Suzumiya:
 * Haruhi: Asuka Langley Sohryuu meets Adam while mainlining caffeine and speed.
 * Yuki Nagato: Rei Ayanami meets and, later, Mark Knopfler  Steve Vai  Jimi Friggin' Hendrix Buckethead.
 * And Dr. Manhattan.
 * Kyon: Arthur Dent meets Jack O'Neill. (and Gendou Ikari for flavor, according to some fan theories....)
 * Koizumi: Kaworu Nagisa meets Waylon Smithers.
 * Mikuru: Shinji Ikari minus Oedipal conflicts and Y chromosome plus moe.
 * Orochimaru: a cross between Voldemort, Michael Jackson, and Josef Mengele.
 * From this article on Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann:
 * The FLCL staff plus the Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai staff.
 * The Humongous Mecha: Gunbuster meets EVA-01.
 * Simon: Shinji meets Noriko and Ken Kubo.
 * Kamina: Kazumi and Lal'C meet Smith Toren.
 * Yoko: Haruko meets Misato.
 * And Boota: King meets Pen-Pen.
 * Unrelated to the linked article: Viral = Suigetsu Hozuki + Link.
 * Minami Iwasaki is Yuki Nagato meets Sakaki-san
 * Speaking of which, Kagami Hiiragi from the same series is Ruri Hoshino meets Kyle Broflovski.
 * With a dash of Kyon thrown in. Yare yare.
 * Jotaro Kujo is Kenshiro and Yusuke Urameshi put together. Dio is Dracula and Souther put together.
 * Kenshiro: Bruce Lee + The Road Warrior. Toki is Jesus + Bruce Lee. Souther is just an asshole.
 * Onsokumaru: Master Roshi meets Norio Wakamoto and the Wal-Mart smiley face.
 * Shortly into dubbing the first episode, Caitlin Glass pointed out Tamaki Suoh to be Dark Mousy + Fai Florite + Ed Elric. And she didn't precast, which makes you wonder how no-one figured it out sooner.
 * Lelouch vi Britannia = Paul Atreides + Light Yagami.
 * Euphemia Li Brittania = Relena Darlian + Lacus Clyne.
 * Alternatively, Lelouch can just as easily = V + Char with just a pinch of Batman
 * Hei can pretty be much described in three words: Chinese + Electric + Batman
 * Oddly enough, this is his Fan Nickname
 * Ryuk is Gregory House meets Yuki Nagato.
 * Miyazaki Nodoka = Hyuuga Hinata - Cannot Spit It Out + Hot Librarian + Crowning Moment of Awesome
 * Evangeline A.K. McDowell = Remilia Scarlet + Cirno's ego + Alice Margatroid's sharp tongue, with the powers of all three.
 * Ash Ketchum is Usagi Tsukino meets Henry.
 * Misty is Blossom meets Helga Pataki.
 * King Dedede is King Henry VIII meets Kim Jong-Il.
 * Haruhi Fujioka is Mizuki Ashiya meets Daria.
 * Kiyru is Riku meets Sephiroth with a motorcycle.
 * From Keroro Gunsou;
 * Keroro is Skipper meets Zim.
 * Tamama is Private and Mort meets Waylon Smithers, but crazy.
 * Giroro is Rico meets Cyclops.
 * Kululu is Kowalski meets Mandark.
 * Dororo is Private meets Snake Eyes and Shinji Ikari.
 * Fuyuki and Natsumi are Dib and Gaz + less crazy and violent respectivly.
 * Aki is Professor Membrane meets early-Lois Griffin.
 * Kamon is Gendo Ikari meets lots and lots of happy pills.
 * Mamimi is Osaka meets Shion meets Pyro.
 * Naota = (Shinji + Simon)/2.
 * Canti is Kyon meets Lagann.
 * Amarao thinks he is James Bond meets Kamina, but he's more like Austin Powers meets Inspector Derek Grim.
 * Haruko is Tomo meets Hobbes.
 * From the Gundam metaseries:
 * Heero Yuy = Amuro Ray + Yuki Uchida + Kamille Bidan.
 * Relena Darlian = Sayla Mass + Audrey Hepburn.
 * Kira Yamato = Kou Uraki + Amuro Ray + Loran Cehack.
 * Athrun Zala = Anavel Gato + Char Aznable + Heero Yuy.
 * Lacus Clyne = Relena Darlian + Lalah Sune + Lynn Minmay.
 * Cagalli Yula Athha = Sayla Mass + Relena Darlian.
 * Mu La Flaga = Sleggar Law + a bit of Quattro Bajeena.
 * Shinn Asuka = Amuro Ray + Kamille Bidan + Kou Uraki
 * Setsuna F. Seiei = Heero Yuy + Sagara Sousuke.
 * Kaname Madoka is Yuno meets Shinji Ikari.
 * Or Kinomoto Sakura meets the pilots of Zearth.
 * Kyubey is Kero-chan meets Satan.
 * Homura Akemi is Hazuki meets the reprogrammed T-800.
 * Or Emiya Kiritsugu meets Furude Rika meets Himemiya Chikane.
 * Or Homura Akemi is also Nanoha's fighting style meets Aradia Megido's personality and time powers.
 * To Aru Majutsu no Index: Dorm Supervisor = Shizuo + Distaff Counterpart.
 * The Laughing Man is L plus
 * One Piece: Monkey D. Luffy is Son Goku meets Plastic Man meets Huckleberry Finn.
 * Brook is Jack Skellington meets Bo-bobo meets Oolong.
 * Kouichi Hayase starts out as Shinji Ikari meets Haruki Kusakabe, but following some Character Development he becomes more like Ryusei Date meets Rex Salazar.
 * Queen's Blade
 * Leina: Ryu meets Saber meets Gwendolyn meets Rock Howard meets Seiya, and in the sequel, Queen's Blade Rebellion, she's all the above plus
 * Menace: Cleopatra meets Souther and voiced by one of his fans.
 * Airi: Amu Hinamori meets Komachi Onozuka meets Duo Maxwell
 * Nowa: Heart Aino meets Estelle Bright meets Leaf
 * Alleyne: Deedlit meets Hiko Seijuro
 * Cattleya: Guts meets any girl from Eiken
 * Melpha: Those same girls meets Toki
 * Melona: The T-1000 meets a Slime.
 * Nanael: Mercedes meets Pit meets Panty with some shades of Nagi Jinno from the H-game Makai Tenshi Jibril.
 * Nyx and Funikura: Nyx is Jessica Rabbit meets Zato-1 and Funikura is Shuma-Gorath meets Eddie.
 * Elina: Kuroko Shirai meets Billy Kane meets Haruka Suzushiro after taking some pointers from Jagi in Queen's Blade Rebellion.
 * Claudette: Red Sonja meets Velvet meets Raoh,
 * Tomoe: Motoko Aoyama meets Reimu Hakurei after taking some attitude adjustment.
 * Echidna: Yoruichi Shihoin meets Pirotess
 * Irma: Soi Fon meets Sakuya Izayoi
 * Aldra: Nozomu Ezomori meets Kaioh, and in the sequel she is Rydia meets Dizzy meets Iroha.
 * Ymir: Luna Child meets The Female Archers meets Ghim
 * Annelote (from Queen's Blade Rebellion): Leina meets Song Jiang meets
 * Huit (Rebellion): Shion Uzuki meets Shotaro Kaneda/Jimmy Sparks meets Zhuge Liang
 * Vingt (Rebellion) KOS-MOS meets Mazinger Z
 * Cute (QB Spiral Chaos) Komugi Nakahara meets Nia Teppelin meets
 * Jean (Spiral Chaos) Mint Adenade meets Shinji Matou (without his rapist tendences) meets
 * Alice (Queen's Gate Spiral Chaos): Indiana Jones meets Al-Azif meets Gilliam Yeager meets Haken Browning
 * Maron Macaron (QG Spiral Chaos): Nanoha Takamachi meets Rena Ryuguu meets an Iron Chef
 * Dora (Spiral Chaos): Xine Espio meets Nahga
 * Lamica (Spiral Chaos): Remilia Scarlet meets Etna meets an EVA
 * Mawaru Penguindrum: Kanba and Shoma are a mixture between Takuto and Sugata and the Elric Bros.
 * Mitsuba Marui: Miu Matsuoka meets Eric Cartman.
 * Great Teacher Onizuka: Eikichi Onizuka is Mary Poppins meets Travis Touchdown, minus the former's prim and proper mannerisms and the latter's homicidal tendencies.