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Mawaru Penguindrum
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Kill la Kill
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As different as they are visually and narratively, it's astonishing how many things these two series have in common. Both shows dress up a heavy story full of existential themes in extremely quirky and occasionally perverted comedy trappings, both have a penchant for rock music and flashy transformation sequences, and both are really well made and creative in general, knitting a lot of emotional ups and downs together into an impressive and convincing whole. If you love one, you're gonna love the other.
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Golden Boy
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Bobby ni Kubittake
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Two stories of young men who have traveled Japan and had chance encounters with love, Bobby on his motorcycle and Kintaro on his bicycle, reflecting the coming of age experience of the 1980's and 1990's respectively.
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Armitage III: Dual-Matrix
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Sol Bianca: Taiyou no Fune
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Early digitial animation era spin-off of classic '90s AIC/Pioneer LDC girls-with-guns science fiction anime.
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Armitage III
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Sol Bianca
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Classic '90s AIC/Pioneer LDC girls-with-guns science fiction anime.
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Armitage III: Poly-Matrix
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Sol Bianca
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Classic '90s AIC/Pioneer LDC girls-with-guns science fiction anime.
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Tenkuu no Escaflowne
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Maze☆Bakunetsu Jikuu (TV)
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Escaflowne and Maze are both adventure stories of troubled girls being whisked away through space and time to magical realms where the only hope for survival is a giant robot-like creature of legend.
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Mahoutsukai Tai!
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Shamanic Princess
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Developed by Bandai Visual in 1996 as competing OVA projects, Mahou Tsukai Tai and Shamanic Princess are both epic tales of red-haired girls with magical powers.
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Iria: Zeiram The Animation
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Gunnm
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Strong-willed and clever, Iria and Gally are both mercenaries trying to make a name for themselves in a bleak future.
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Bubblegum Crisis
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Megazone 23
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Both products of the 1980's OVA boom, Bubblegum Crisis and Megazone 23 are each tales of man's ambiguous identity in a not-so-distant future.
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Vandread
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Gall Force 1: Eternal Story
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Vandread is Gall Force's aesthetic successor, pitting women against men in a post-apocalyptic future.
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X/1999
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Makai Toshi Shinjuku
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X/1999 bears an uncanny resemblance to Demon City Shinjuku, pitting troubled characters against one another in spiritual combat against the shadowy backdrop of apocalyptic central Tokyo.