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** [[Trope Codifier]]: [[Tenchi Muyo!]]: The Tenchi OVA series, along with Ranma 1/2, introduced non-Japanese audiences to the unwanted harem genre. Followed by Tenchi Universe, the television Tenchi continuity, which aired in Japan in 1995 and differs significantly in scope from the original 1992 OVA. Tenchi Universe was then followed by several other series with (mostly) the same core cast and situations (but with often radically different implementations), as well as three motion pictures. A third OVA series released in 2004 extends the original OVA plotline, but leaves matters just as [[Tenchi Solution|unresolved]] as its predecessors.
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*** [[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]. Aired in Japan from 1989 to 1992, and based on the manga of the same name by [[Rumiko Takahashi]], Ranma 1/2 is a fusion of romance/comedy and shonen fighting, and was, along with Sailor Moon, one of the early-1990s gateway anime for North American fans. It is also a Deconstruction of the still [[Unbuilt Trope]] of the [[Unwanted Harem]], although most of this flies over the head of [[Values Dissonance|Western]] viewers, as they don't realize the [[Pillars of Moral Character|very real Japanese moral dilemma]] Ranma is in. (Being engaged to more than one girl is [[Serious Business]].) This series is also the [[Trope Codifier]] for the [[Love Dodecahedron]] sub-genre, with every member of the [[Unwanted Harem]] having his or her own unrequited love interest, and is often considered the best example of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] -- the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] trope was once called "Takahashi Couple" -- or even its [[Trope Codifier]].
*** [[School Days]] deconstructs the [[Unwanted Harem]] trope by going in a completely different direction from Ranma 1/2. Ranma asks the question "How does an honorable man deal with multiple obligations to marry?" [[School Days]] asks "What happens if the guy decides to boink all the girls?" Answer: Nothing Good. Aired in 2007. Also the source of the "Nice Boat" meme.
 
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** [[Trope Maker]]: ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'': The anime started in 1984 (the manga in 1983). The main series ended in 1988, but material is still produced every so often up to this day. This series featured over-the-top martial arts fighting (which was very bloody, but mostly sanitized as shadows or detail-less glow in the anime) and pretty much defined the Shonen fighting genre in anime.
** Trope Codifier: ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': The first shonen fighting series to get really popular in America. Aired in Japan from 1989 to 1996 as the sequel to the original ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', also became the most popular series in Mexico during the nineties.
** [[Parody]] Codifier: ''[[Ranma One Half½|Ranma 1/2]]''. Aired in Japan from 1989 to 1992, and based on the manga of the same name by Takahashi Rumiko, Ranma 1/2 is a fusion of romance/comedy and shonen fighting, and was, along with Sailor Moon, one of the early-1990s gateway anime for North American fans. Codified the [[Martial Arts and Crafts]] form of parody.
** Samurai/weapons variation, [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': Perhaps the most well-known samurai series, [[Rurouni Kenshin]] (also sometimes known as Samurai X outside of Japan due to licensing issues) aired in Japan from 1996 to 1998. A fictionalized look at Japan circa the end of the 19th Century, it blends historical fiction with high-powered shonen fighting. Two OVA series were released as well, the first very well received, the second, not so much.
 
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