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* ''Subgenre'' [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. Airing in Japan in 1998-99, ''Cowboy Bebop'' detailed the lives and adventures of a group of bounty hunters, traveling through space in 2071. Notable for its effortless shifts between typically western genres, and lovely soundtrack by Yoko Kanno. Its director Shinichiro Watanabe would go on to direct the equally genre-twisting ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''. With few cultural barriers, an exciting, mostly episodic format, and an excellent English adaptation, it was the premier gateway anime of the late 90s and early 00s.
* Deconstruction/Trope Maker: ''[[Please Save My Earth]]'' - one of the first and best Shoujo science fictions, and is centered around the romance, but deals with ''a lot'' of stuff, including some philosophical/realist things. Deals with aliens sent to moon to research Earth, and their reincarnations on Earth. Also involves some fantasy stuff. It switches between the alternate solar system (in flashbacks), the alien researchers on the moon, and the modern Earth.
* ''Subgenre'' [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]''. Adapted from a series of novels and first airing in Japan in 1988 through various OVAs, ''Legend of Galactic Heroes'' is a sprawling far-future saga that's also deeply rooted in history. Notable for its simultaneously personal and vast scope, [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], considerable attention to detail and engrossing plots. It helped define hard Japanese [[Space Opera]] and socio-political science fiction even as it deconstructed (and reconstructed) various genre conventions. It also discussed various issues that tend to be overlooked or not normally associated with the genre, such as the merits of democracy and autocracy.
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* [[Trope Codifier]]: ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' (2003-present). By no means was it the first [[Nations as People]]
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* ''[[Captain Harlock|Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth]]'' (1982) - [[The Movie]] of the [[Space Opera]] [[Trope Codifier]].
* ''[[Barefoot Gen]]'' (1983) - [[Slice of Life]] meets [[War Is Hell]].
* ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' (Japanese title, ''Kaze no Tani no Naushika'') (1984): Post-apocalyptic SF/Fantasy story about the futility of war and Man's place in nature (both extremely common themes in <s>anime</s> postwar Japanese culture) and the dangers of biological warfare. Its success paved the way for the founding of the highly influential [[Studio Ghibli]].
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