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okappas:

Has Powerful Leading Ladies -

• Saiunkoku Monogatari  (AMAZING politician lady please watch this)
• Rose of Versailles 
• Red Garden
• 12 Kingdoms
• Skip Beat
• Basara
• Fate/Zero
• Jormungand
• Hataraki Man
• Kemono no Souja Erin
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Black Lagoon

Has Main Characters With Dark Skin -

• Turn A Gundam
• Majin Bone
• Gundam: G no Reconguista
• Peacemaker Kurogane
• Jormungand
• Mitchiko e Hatchin
• Wolf’s Rain
• Black Lagoon
• Gankutsuou
• Red Garden
• Fushigi no Umi Nadia
• Hanasakeru Seishounen
• Blade
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• Elemental Gelade
• Power Stone
• Hare + Guu
• Kiba

Has Androgynous Characters -

• Kino no Tabi
• Majestic Prince
• Rose of Versailles
• Soul Eater
• Hunter x Hunter
• No.6
• Kobato

Has Trans characters that are NOT comic relief/fetishy -

• Moyashimon
• Paradise Kiss
• Ixion Saga DT
• Gankutsuou
• Wandering Son/Hourou Musuko
• Maria Watches Over Us (season 3)
• Hunter x Hunter (2011 series only)
• Simoun
• Tokyo Godfathers
• Lovely Complex

Has Canon Queer Characters (not in specifically yaoi/yuri anime)-

• Oniisama e
• Aoi Hana
• Simoun
• Shinsekai yori
• Tenshi ni Narumon
• Soukyuu no Fafner
• Patalliro (not subbed)
• Patalliro Saiyuki (fully subbed spinoff series)
• Gankutsuou
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Day Break Illusion
• Samurai Flamenco
• Antique Bakery
• Revolutionary Girl Utena
• No.6
• Maria Watches Over Us
• Sasameki Koto
• Brave 10
• Kyo Kara Maoh
• Natsu e no Tobira
• Psycho Pass
• Soukou no Strain
• Kashimashi (for this one, the boy is transformed into a girl, but he chooses to stay a girl forever so I figured I’d include it anyway)
• Mirai Nikki
• Kaze to ki no Uta
• Last Exile
• This Boy Caught a Merman
• This Boy Can Fight Aliens
• Night Walker
• Descendants of Darkness
• Symphogear

Is Based off of Japanese stories/folklore/literature -

• Aoi Bungaku
• Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror
• Mononoke (Bakeneko)
• The Tale of Genji
• Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
• Hoozuki
• Uta Koi

Has Girls Playing Sports -

• Princess Nine
• Aim for the Ace
• Moshidora
• Taisho Baseball Girls
• Ginga e Kickoff
• Teekyuu
• Softenni
• Bamboo Blade
• Chihayafuru
• Battle Athletes Victory
• Sabagebu
• Saki
• Yawara
• C3-Bu
• Shion no Ou

Messes with your head -

• Monster
• Paranoia Agent
• Infinite Ryvius
• Sci-fi Harry
• Mouryou no Hako
• Himitsu
• Night Head Genesis
• Ghost Hound
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Kurozuka
• Texhnolyze
• Noein
• Steins;Gate
• Ghost in the Shell

Has White Haired Boys That Aren’t Komaeda/Kaworu/Akise/Clear -

• Fantastic Children
• Innocent Venus
• Letter Bee
• Suteki Tantei Labyrinth
• Berserk
• Last Exile
• Turn A Gundam
• Hunter x Hunter
• Kurogane Communication
• Zettai Karen Children
• Princess Tutu
• Terra e
• Devil Survivor 2
• Jyu Oh Sei
• Kiba
• Kamisama Dolls
• Pretear
• Tactics
• Rental Magica
• Guin Saga

Has Unique Art-

• Trapeze
• Aku no Hana
• Kaiba
• Mononoke
• Kemonozume
• Aoi Bungaku
• House of Five Leaves
• The Tatami Galaxy
• Eccentric Family
• Kurozuka
• Cat Soup
• Legend of Black Heaven
• Fantastic Children
• Tekkon Kinkreet

Is “For kids” but has a lot of depth -

• Romeo’s Blue Skies
• Kemono no Souja Erin
• Nobody’s Boy Remi
• Dog of Flanders
• Shoujo Cosette
• Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu
• Ashita no Nadja
• Little Princess Sara

Has Cute Girls Doing Cute Violent Things -

• Girls und Panzer
• C3-bu
• Sabagebu
• Strike Witches
• So Ra No Wo To
• AKB0048
• Vividred Operation
• Upotte!
• Sky Girls
• Symphogear

Is About Humans + Nature -

• Mushishi
• Earth Maiden Arjuna
• Kemono no Souja Erin
• Now and Then Here and There
• Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
• Terra e
• Silver Spoon
• Jyu Oh Sei

Is So Tragic It’ll Destroy Your Ass -

• Saikano
• Now and Then Here and There
• Basilisk
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Bokurano
• Nobody’s Boy Remi
• Terra e
• Romeo’s Blue Skies
• Rose of Versailles

Oban star Racers should be on at least 3 of these lists

#oban star racers is french tho

PUSHES UP GLASSES

AS YOU MIGHT WELL KNOW, ANIME’S ETYMOLOGICAL ROOT IS MOST PROBABLY ADAPTED FROM THE FRENCH WORD, ANIMÉ, AS IN DESSIN ANIMÉ