Etotama

A list of action anime where the main fighting protagonist is female.

The following will be excluded -

1. Magical girl anime. There are too many of them. Besides there is a dedicated tag for them on MAL so they are easy to find. If an anime despite feeling like magical girl, doesn't have this tag, then I will add them.

2. Gender-bender anime. For example, a lot of Isekai anime where a male is reincarnated in a female body and vice-versa.

3. Anime where the protagonists are mainly female. For example, Lycoris Recoil, Release the Spyce etc. There are too many, so deserves their own list.

4. Anime where all combat is done by controlling something. For example, mecha or vehicular combat anime.

When you spot a beast girl not listed, please let me know!

Main characters and prominent supports go on the stack,
minor appearances and costumes are listed below:

I'm Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness
- Allen Crawford: Episode 6 - Animal Ear Headband
- Charlotte Evans: Episode 6 - Animal Ear Headband

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2
- Mia Taylor: Episode 9 - Cat Hoodie / Tail

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S
- Kobayashi: Episode 8 - Cat Mode

Lycoris Recoil
- Takina Inoue: Episode 8 - Cat Witch

Oomuro-ke: Dear Sisters
- Sakurako Oomuro - Dog Ears

She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
- Hinata: Episode 7/8 - Cat Girl
- Luminaria: Episode 12 - Cat Cosplay

The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
- Karane Inda: Episode 2 - Cat Mode

To Love Ru
- Female Students: Episode 22 - Animal Cafe

YuruYuri: Happy Go Lily
- Akari Akaza: Episode 12 - Dog Kigurumi
- Chinatsu Yoshikawa: Episode 12 - Cat Kigurumi
- Yui Funami: Episode 12 - Panda Kigurumi

Anime featuring characters talking in cat puns or appending NYAA~ to sentences.

Please let me know which series are missing and I'll happily add them to the stack.

新年快乐! Lunar New Year is one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures, including Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean communities, among others.

The 12 zodiac animals are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. In addition to the animals, five elements of earth, water, fire, wood and metal are also mapped onto the traditional lunar calendar. Each year is associated with an animal that corresponds to an element.

As Lunar New Year is around the corner, why not watch anime that have characters based on the Chinese Zodiac?

More anime will be updated as time goes on or as I'm made aware of them.

Anime with Character Designs by the iconic Akio Watanabe known for The World Only God Knows, The Monogatari Series, Grisaia and Pretty Rhythm.