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Anime series with the most OP Protagonists!
Most of these are Isekais or VRMMOs where the protagonist enters a new world and gains incredible powers, but the list also includes protagonists who were born powerful or became powerful in their own world.


Who do you think would win in a battle between these protagonists?


Is the stack missing your favorite OP Protagonist? Send me a PM!

This is a part of a series of stacks that are about artistic tendencies in anime (and that border the fine line between sophisticated and pretentious).

This stack is a work in progress.

Bibliography:
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All these anime either:

A.) Have a psychological tag but their manga or novel adaptations do not have a psychological tag
B.) Do not have a psychological tag, but their manga or novel adaptations have a psychological tag


Feel free to DM or message me about any questions, suggestions, or opinions about this stack!

463-550. Rip. Only like 30+ anime left to check from for the next part, which means it'll be small. ;-;. Oh well. Still gonna be fun. :D


First part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18851
Second part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18950
Third part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18951
Fourth part: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/18954
(And now 2 in-between. Neat.)

Anime featuring girls with blue hair with a bias towards light blue hair.

Continued from: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/20823

August 13th is the International Left Handers Day, so this is a list of thirteen anime with left-handed characters

Shows in the Shounen/Seinen demographic with female (or n/b) lead or majority female main cast.
See my corresponding stack, Shoujo/Josei with Male Lead. Just found it interesting!

Anime that either has a lot of fanservice, or is classed as ecchi or erotica.

This rather short list, lists down the current adapted works of famous author NISIOISIN.

The aim for this interest stack is to help ya find something new, learn more and ya can even plan a NISIOISIN binge weekend marathon.

Lets hope for more adaptations of the current one adapted and those that aren't.

Source: Jajanken

WSJ series serialized from 2000 to 2009.

Note: I must say 2004 is the golden year of 2000s XD
I mean: we have Death Note, Gintama, Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, and D.Gray Man serialized this year!

This stack is my fantasy head-canon... how cool would it be if this output were from one single studio? Well, due to the "Gainax Spirit", it almost can be considered one studio... (Not really. But. You know what I'm getting at, right?)

Gainax eventually lost its way, but one ex-employee founded Studio Trigger and carried on the former's legacy. The passion, creativity, skill, and ambiance once found during Gainax's peak seems to have profoundly influenced Studio Trigger's catalogue. This interest stack is a journey through the most notable endeavors of both studios. While the studios are obviously different entities, their characteristics and genetics are remarkably similar. Since "Panty & Stocking" is Gainax's last truly notable project, there is a nearly seamless transition into Trigger's "Kill la Kill" and "Little Witch Academia".

Some anime from 2012 that might be worth checking out.

On May 29,2024 anime studio Gainax filed for bankruptcy, and thus became the final nail in the coffin of the once great titan of the anime industry. To many this came as no surprise. Decades of bad business decisions had finally caught up to them. But still it was sad to see them go. However, rather than dwell on the depressing aspects of Gainax fall from grace, I would rather look back on the legacy they built.
The studio was formed in the early 1980s as Daicon Film by university students Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Takami Akai, Toshio Okada, Yasuhiro Takeda and Shinji Higuchi. After the success of their first two anime shorts for the conventions of Daicon III and IV, they firmly established themselves as a talented new anime studio. They would later change their name to Gainax in 1985, basing the term "Gainax" on an obscure Tottori Prefecture term for "giant", with the English suffix -x added because it sounded "good and was international"
Gainax presented themselves as a “by fans, for fans” studio and through it’s ups and downs Gainax lived up to that phrase, for better and for worst. Though the studio is now gone, it’s legacy will live on through both studio Trigger and studio Khara. Here is the list of from the house that Gainax built.

Notes: With a few exception, sequel seasons and/or movies will not be included on the list so that there is room for everthing.
Notes: Even though only the last Rebuild of EVA film is on this list you should watch all of them.
Honorable mentions: There are two anime at the end of the list that warrant being a part of the Gainax legacy. Punch Line was directed by Yutaka Uemura, who also directed Dantalian no Shoka, has a style and story that would be right at home with other Gainax shows. Finally, Grendizer U, produced at studio Gaina, formerly Fukushima Gainax, honors old Gainax’s fandom roots.

https://myanimelist.net/stacks/52818 <- PT2 HERE

As one of the most successful and long-running Magical Girl franchises out there, Pretty Cure has resulted in many references in other works, especially anime. List compiled by tvtropes, precure wiki and partially myself.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ReferencedBy/PrettyCure
https://prettycure.fandom.com/wiki/Pretty_Cure_in_other_media_and_references

Anime parodied in Gintama. Gintama itself is listed first in order to help people find this interest stack.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49869

Source: https://gintama.fandom.com/wiki/Parodies