Slayers

As the title says, we have a long lost channel that aired some really great anime back in the early 2000's. For a lot of kids back in the day it was the first contact with this media. Back in the day some anime repeated in and endless incomplete loop because they haven't the whole seires, but still was worth watching.

Shows that Masami Okui has sung in, has been credited in, or is plainfully obvious that it's her. (ex: Akazukin Chacha)

Classic 20th-century series and films that most old-school otaku have heard of and many older fans will cite as the reason they became a life-long weeb in the first place. Some have gotten sequels or modern reboots, while others have been relegated to the past and stand alone as fondly-remembered products of their time. If you want to take a journey through anime history, these shows are the place to start!

Additional info as requested by MAL staff:

Definition of classic: "A work of art of recognized and established value."

Criteria for this list: Were popular or well-known at some point during the 20th century, or were based on well-known source material of the time.

These travelers wander from place to place for various reasons. They may travel the land for their job, be on a journey due to a strong sense of wanderlust, or are adventurers on a quest of some sort. Others may be homeless, exiled, or on the run and have no place to put down roots. Basically, a list of non-isekai shows from various genres where the characters change location frequently.

Dr. Slump: Arale-chan, 1981, from 243 episodes the station only bought 52
Dr. Slump, 1997 - all 74 episodes
Dragon Ball (airing from 1999-Oct to 2000-May)
Dragon Ball (from 2000-May to 2000-Dec)
Dragon Ball GT
Senkaiden Houshin Engi > Łowca dusz (airing from 2001-06)
Slayers + Slayers Next + Slayers Try > Magiczni wojownicy
Saint Seiya > Rycerze Zodiaku
Magic Knight Rayearth + Magic Knight Rayearth II > Wojowniczki z Krainy Marzeń
Kenyu Densetsu Yaiba > Yaiba - legendarny samuraj

Animes that are either exclusive to Hulu or not on popular streaming services.

A non-curated roster of High Fantasy works.

High Fantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy focusing on entirely original worlds and histories, as opposed to Low Fantasy, where the magical and/or supernatural instead intrude upon the Earth that we know. Note that the term "High" does not mean this subgenre is of inherently greater quality than the other, though of course many have identified such a coincidental trend.

It is a common misconception that High Fantasy and Low Fantasy instead refer to the level to which magic and all it entails are integrated into the world, with those where said elements are abundant being "High" and if rare then "Low." This is, however, completely incorrect, as the distinction is actually in how removed the world is from our own.

There is, naturally, a spectrum between the subgenres, rather than a clear-cut line. Isekai, for instance, is somewhere in the middle, as though works of that genre typically involve a completely fictional setting, the real world is still relevant. For that reason, no Isekai appear on this list, thankfully.

Because of the popularity of what was mentioned above, High Fantasy is in something of a state of decline. Note that the majority of entries shown are from before the turn of the century. Care has been taken, however, to include more recent examples, few though there are.

Sequels, remakes, spinoffs and the like are omitted for brevity.

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.

Animes that had been aired on any Filipino major channel (ABS-CBN, GMA, TV5 etc.). Not included are the shows that only aired on Animax-Asia.

In 2012, The Asahi Shimbun announced the 104 TV anime that they considered to be the most representative and memorable of all TV anime between 1963 and 2012. It's a good starting point for exploring general TV anime history, and the shows are all worth giving a shot. The list was not ranked, and ordered by release date.

Slayers in the order it was originally released. Order is given according to the starting date, i.e. Slayers Return was released in August of 1996 while Slayers Special was released from July 1996 to May 1997 so Special is listed first because it began first.

The simplified version is: TV series should be watched in order, while the movies and OVAs are generally standalones and often prequels; it's unadvisable to watch them without watching at least some of the anime first, but they do not necessarily need to be watched in order.

TV series order: Slayers, Next, Try, Revolution, Evolution-R
Movie release order: Perfect (The Motion Picture), Return, Great, Gorgeous, Premium
OVA release order: Special, Excellent

Anime series and movies aired in Polish TV and cinemas. Some older titles were based on Saban versions

A list of anime series that I'd recommend for inspirational viewing when running tabletop RPGs.