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A final note: If you think something deserves to be added to this list, make an argument for it on the Talk page. Granted, that's a bit against the spirit of this wiki in general, but since this is supposed to be a resource for newcomers to anime, it requires more moderating than a regular entry.
For the people who make these shows and films, see [[Names to Know in Anime]].
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* [[Deconstruction]]s:
** ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''. Compared stylistically to ''Rose Of Versailles'', ''Revolutionary Girl Utena'' (''Shoujo Kakumei Utena'') aired in Japan in 1997. It couples a shojo dueling story with elements of chivalric romance, Jungian psychology, and a surreal thriller. Its post-modern narrative and feminist themes distinguish it from any other anime ever made.
** ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': Magical Girl Warriors as seen through the lens of [[H.P. Lovecraft]], with [[Mind Screw]]s and [[Mood Whiplash]] galore.
=== [[Space Opera]] ===
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* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (1995): This is a must for anyone who is interested in dark psychological drama and eschatology. They don't call it [[Gainax Ending]] for nothing.
* [[Trope Codifier]]: One of these:
** ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' (1997): Compared stylistically to ''[[Rose
** ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' (1998)
** ''[[Boogiepop Phantom]]'' (2000)
** ''[[Texhnolyze]]'' (2003)
** ''[[Paranoia Agent]]'' (2004)
=== Shounen Fighter ===
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[[Sports Stories]], filtered through Japanese culture.
* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Star of the Giants]]'' Aired 1968 to 1971. The "star" of the story is Hyuuma Hoshi, a young pitcher dreaming of making it big in the majors like his father had until the older man was injured in [[World War
* [[Trope Codifier]]s:
** Shoujo: ''[[Attack No. 1]]'' (''Atakku Nanbaa Wan'') based on the 1968 manga and airing starting in 1969. Kozue Ayuhara comes to college and joins the volleyball team, shows talent that impresses the coach and eventually the other players, and through intense training rises to become one of Japan's Olympic champion volleyball team. [[Trope Maker]] for many of the shoujo sports anime tropes, including having a crush on the male coach.
** Romantic: ''[[Touch (manga)|Touch]]''. One of Mitsuru Adachi's first major works. ''Touch'' established him as dominating the subgenre of sports with romance, which he continues to today with recent works like ''[[Cross Game]]''. It also established as obligatory the tragic background story for the hero and the use of sports as a catharsis for the complications of life and romance.
=== Fantasy ===
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* [[Trope Codifier]]: One of these:
** ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)
** ''[[Akira]]'', the philosophical [[Mind Screw]] of a film that introduced many Westerners to the genre of anime and successfully overcame the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] for the first time.
** ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''
** ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''
=== Romance ===
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=== [[Slice of Life]] ===
* [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Sazae-san]]'' aired October 1969 to the present. ''Sazae-san'' depicts ordinary life in Japan. When it first started airing it was considered very liberal and supportive of change in Japanese life (particularly supporting strong women).
* [[Trope Codifier]]s:
** [[Mundane Fantastic|"Fantasy"]] [[Slice of Life]] [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Aria]]'' aired from Fall of 2005 to 2008. ''Aria'' is often identified as a trope codifier for "pure" Slice of Life anime. Set in a fantastical world, yet there is little or no adventure beyond the typical life issues we see on Earth. For people who like lovely imagery of beautiful girls against a wondrous backdrop, this Slice Of Life series is a nice change of pace from the action and fanservice of most other anime. Known for a slow pace, and beautifully drawn scenery. Often compared with the earlier manga ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]''.
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== Films by Release Date ==
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* ''[[Project A-ko]]'' (1986): For many US fans, this silly schoolyard comedy cum Sci-fi parody was the first feature-length anime available, while in Japan its surrealist humor strongly influenced later films and series such as ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'' and ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''. It directly inspired the 2003 American film ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0275799/ Xtracurricular]''.
* ''Choujin Densetsu Urotsukidouji'' (English language title, ''[[Legend of the Overfiend]]'') (1987): For better or worse, this was the seminal (er, bad choice of words) work of the [[Hentai]] anime genre, and one of the earliest animated uses of Naughty Tentacles. It is one of the works most responsible for the [[All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles|rather shady reputation anime has had]].
* ''[[Akira]]'' (1988): Based on a much longer and even more complicated manga series, this was another of the first anime films to cross the Pacific to any appreciable audience. It shocked many US fans straight out of the [[Animation Age Ghetto]] with its gritty visuals and stark violence.
* ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' (Japanese title, ''[[Hotaru no Haka]]'') (1988): Poignant story of two children trying, and ultimately failing, to survive in war-torn Japan after their mother is killed in an air raid. Based on a semi-autobiographical novel (the author, needless to say, survived, but much of the rest is directly from his own experiences) that was well-known in Japan in the 1960s and 1970s but almost unheard of elsewhere. Widely respected as one of the finest animated films, ever, but also widely reputed to be among the ''saddest'' films ever shown—so much so that AVClub.com has included it in their list ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20081019024952/http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/not_again_24_great_films_too/3 Not Again: 24 Great Films Too Painful To Watch Twice]''.
* ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in the Shell]]'' (Japanese title, ''Kokaku Kidotai'') (1996): A [[Cyberpunk]] thriller concerning cybernetic police operative Motoko Kusanagi and her struggle to uphold the law in a future where humanity and technology have merged. In this film, the first of a widely popular anime franchise that includes the ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]'' series, Motoko and her colleagues in Section 9 face off against an insidious "puppet master," a unique AI whose nature challenges every assumption they—and she—has about what it means to be human. Notable for also influencing western sci-fi flicks, most obviously ''[[The Matrix]]''.
* ''[[Spirited Away]]'': (Japanese title, ''Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi'') (2001). Considered by many to be the best work by [[Hayao Miyazaki]], ''Spirited Away'' tells the story of Chihiro, a spoiled 10-year-old girl, who on the way to a new home gets stuck with her parents in a world of spirits, where her parents become pigs after eating spirit food. To save them, she will need to find her own courage and work at Yubaba's spirit bathhouse until she learns how to save them and return to her own world.
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