30 recommended anime series
30 recommended anime series you have to watch before you die.
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- CreatorYasuyuki UedaStarsKaori ShimizuBridget HoffmanRandy McPhersonStrange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".
- StarsMamoru MiyanoAsami ImaiKana HanazawaAfter discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.
- CreatorKazuki AkaneStarsHaruka KudôFujiko TakimotoKazuya NakaiA teen girl is approached by a pilot who claims to be her from the future where a force from a parallel dimension is attempting to invade and destroy our universe and only she has the key that can stop this.
- CreatorFuyumi OnoStarsMari DevonKate HigginsHouko KuwashimaWhen high school student Youko Nakajima finds out she is the rightful heir of a mysterious kingdom, she sets off on a fantasy voyage of danger and magic.
- StarsShintarô AsanumaHiroyuki YoshinoRin MizuharaWhen a nameless student at Kyoto University encounters a demigod one night, he asks to relive the past three years in order to win the heart of Ms. Akashi, the object of his affection.
- CreatorKentaro MiuraStarsMarc DiraisonNobutoshi CannaCarrie KeranenGuts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
- CreatorYôji EnokidoShin'ya HasegawaKunihiko IkuharaStarsTomoko KawakamiYuriko FuchizakiRachael LillisA tomboyish schoolgirl finds herself forced into repeated duels for another girl who has a role in a world revolution.
- StarsErino HazukiChiwa SaitôRyô HirohashiIn Neo Venezia, Akari, Aika, and Alice work diligently toward becoming Prima Undine (pro tour guide gondolier). The girls have come far since they began their training, and are forming their own distinctive styles..The girls rely on the advice of their seniors, will the girls be able to blend the advice from their mentors with their acquired knowledge to become praiseworthy Prima Undines?
- CreatorShirow MasamuneStarsShirô SaitôAtsuko TanakaOsamu SakaThe futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.
- CreatorHideaki AnnoStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiA teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.
- CreatorMitsuru AdachiStarsMiyu IrinoHaruka TomatsuKenji Nomura5th grader Koh Kitamura lives next door to the Tsukishima family, owners of a batting cage and the Clover cafe.
- StarsAi MaedaRyuji AigaseKelli CousinsYoung world-weary sharpshooter girl Kino and her talking inquisitive motorcycle Hermes travel around her unusual world, visiting various city-states for three days each to learn about their culture, history and ruling philosophy.
- StarsYûto NakanoTravis WillinghamKôjun Itô'Mushi' are the most basic forms of life in the world. While the majority of humans are unaware of their existence, there are a few like Ginko who is a 'Mushi-shi' that travels around to investigate and find out more about the 'Mushi.'
- CreatorYoshitoshi AbeStarsRyô HirohashiJunko NodaEri MiyajimaA young girl is reborn as an angel-like creature called a haibane, with no memory of who she once was.
- StarsKaori ShimizuCrispin FreemanRachael LillisA light in the sky, followed by a strange aura and grisly murders. Each character tells their own connection to the event and to a similar murder spree 5 years ago. All of the different stories are slowly tied together by seemingly minute similarities and the story of Boogiepop is unraveled.
- CreatorNaoki UrasawaStarsHidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienEiji HanawaTenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.
- CreatorYasuyuki UedaStarsLiam O'BrienPatrick SeitzMichael ForestIn a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.
- CreatorMasaaki YuasaStarsHouko KuwashimaRomi ParkMamiko NotoIn a futuristic dystopian world where memories are literally stored, bought and sold and rich have all the privileges, a young amnesiac is trying to find out who he is.
- StarsYutaka KoizumiYui MakinoMichael C. PizzutoThis surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.
- StarsHikaru MidorikawaToshihiko SekiRyûzô IshinoA squadron of giant robot pilots of a beleaguered Earth colony bring the war to their oppressive home planet.
- CreatorYoshiyuki TominoHajime YatateStarsHirotaka SuzuokiTôru FuruyaToshio FurukawaIn the war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, a young and inexperienced crew find themselves on a new spaceship. Their best hope of making it through the conflict is the Gundam, a giant humanoid robot, and its gifted teenage pilot.
- StarsReiko TajimaTarô ShigakiHisashi KatsutaThe story of Lady Oscar, a female military commander who served during the time of the French Revolution.
- StarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaTwo musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.
- CreatorTensai OkamuraStarsJason LiebrechtKate OxleyChristopher SabatIn Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged.
- CreatorHiromu ArakawaStarsKent WilliamsIemasa KayumiMatthew LeonhartTwo brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.