Editing Approved Anime (section)

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*'''''[[Fist of the North Star]]''''': The singular manliest show ever made. Slap together Mad Max and a ruthless, hyper-violent Bruce Lee, and that should help explain how this show became the legend it is today. ['''READ THE MANGA'''][TV series: 152 episodes + 1 movie, OVA series: 3 episodes, Spin-Off series: 12 episodes + 4 OVAs] 
 
:Related games: ''Street Fighter: The Storytelling Game'', playing a [[monk]] in [[D&D]], [[Dark Sun]]
 
*'''''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''''':  The singular manliest ''and'' most FABULOUS! show ever made. Unreasonably beautiful men with weirdly convoluted superpowers hunt vampires. Hop in the car, loser, we're going posing. Character designs appear in [[TTS]], so you know it's good. The anime is currently at part 6 as a (shitty) Netflix exclusive, but the previous 5 parts that have been animated are available elsewhere. ['''READ THE MANGA'''][OVA series: 13 episodes + 1 movie, TV series: 185 episodes and counting] 
 
:Related games: [[Mutants and Masterminds]], [[FATE]], low-level [[Exalted]], [[The Ballad of Edgardo]]
 
*'''''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''''':  <span style='color:green'>'''Da singulah [[Ork]]iest show evah made.'''</span> Starts out with human rebels on looted mechs fighting bio-engineered beastmen, gets progressively more and more out of hand. Exceedingly, gloriously out of hand. Surprisingly well-written and philosophical below the pumped up appearance. Steve Blum also voices a queer guy, no joke. Notable for the fact that by the final episode/the second movie the main characters achieve Enuff [[Dakka]] by shooting at EVERY POINT IN SPACE AND ACROSS TIME. [TV series: 27 episodes + 2 movies + 15 shorts + 1 sexy ass music-video]

:Related games: [[Mekton]], [[Toon]], playing [[Ork]] Mechs in [[40k]]
 
*'''''Dragon Ball & Dragon Ball Z''''':  Not initially thought to be /tg/ related, /tg/ is now getting shit done and writing an RPG in a similar fashion to how Adeptus Evangelion suddenly appeared. (There's also the cash-in RPG, if that counts.)  They both share an entry since they're essentially just part 1 and 2 of the same story. Among THE most popular anime to ever exist, it goes from "Journey to the West" pastiche fantasy adventure to science fiction aliens and space gods. ['''READ THE MANGA'''] [Original TV series: 153 episodes + 3 movies, Z/GT/Super series: 397 episodes + 4 specials + 2 OVAs + 16 movies]
 
:Related games: [[Legends of the Wulin]], [[Exalted]], [[Dragon Ball PNP RPG|Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game]]

[[Image:LotGH_Faces.jpg|thumb|You will meet all these people, and three quarters of them will die.]]
*'''''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]''''': Space Prussia/Britain fights Space France/America in one of the longest running debates on the relative merits of Dictatorship and Republicanism ever written. Aside from the 19th century army tactics IN SPACE, it is well regarded for the enormous amount of very well-written characters and an even-more-bloody disregard for the lives of said characters than GRRM. To sum it all up, grand and gruesome galactic battles rivaling 40K in scale, manly marines in power-armor hacking others to bits with axes, and the rivalry between Kaiser Reinhard (who's like a combination of Napoleon and Alexander the Great) versus Yang Wen Li (who’s like a mix of Yi-Sun Shi and Benjamin Franklin). Also quite possibly the single most screencapped anime on /tg/ for its wealth of brilliant monologues.  The anime is actually an adaptation of a series of books (not manga, actual book-books) from the early 1980's that are now available in english. Technology level is basically Traveller to a T. It has two series with a space opera super series from 1980's and an ongoing remake with a good soundtrack and modernized animation in the 2010's [OVA series: '''162''' episodes + 3 movies, ONA series: 48 episodes + 3 compilation movies] 
:Related games: [[Traveller]], [[GURPS|GURPS Space]], Full Thrust, [[Battlefleet Gothic]]

*'''''One Punch Man''''': The adventures of an in-universe [[Muscle Wizard]] superhero who can literally take down anything (ANY-FUCKING-THING) with a single, low-effort punch. Naturally, he's bored shitless and only seeks a worthy fight. An instant classic despite its anaemic twelve episodes thanks to its sense of humour, surprisingly smart character and genre writing, and utterly off-the-fucking-wall levels of batshit insane action - some of which gives even [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure|JoJo]] and Gurren Lagann a run for their money. Also a great lesson in writing an OP character without sacrificing fun. [TV Series: 24 episodes + 13 OVAs and [[https://youtu.be/sfFv3MTPdkw| one fucking badass opening theme]].
:Related games: Playing an epic-level character in D&D (especially a monk), most superhero RPGs.

*'''''Space Cobra''''': One day a bored office worker named Johnson visits a "trip movie" parlor for a virtual reality vacation. Instead he remembers his true past as Cobra, a legendary space adventurer who erased his own memories and faked his death to escape the mob. Soon after the mob catches up to him and he realizes it was for real when he accidentally kills them with Cobra's signature weapon: [[Culexus|the Psychogun, a beam cannon powered by psychic energy in his left arm.]] Yes, it's just the premise of "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" in space. That doesn't matter because it's classic sci-fi action with a heavy dash of James Bond, as Cobra gets chased down by an endless gauntlet of space pirates with crazy powers and hot babes with nowhere else to turn. Inspired everything from [[Berserk|Guts' prosthetic hand]] to Devil May Cry's Dante to an entire generation of French and Japanese sci-fi artists. If you want to do high adventure in space without just copying Star Wars or Flash Gordon, this is where you go. [TV series: 1 movie + 31 episodes]
:Related games: [[Star Frontiers]], [[Starfinder]], [[Spelljammer]], [[Rogue Trader (RPG)|Rogue Trader]]

*'''''My Hero Academia''''': Take X-Men. Make 80%+ of the world mutants, but give most people [[Fail|mediocre]] or incredibly specific powers. Then make Xavier's school an actual school for learning how to use your powers. That's My Hero Academia, the anime that launched over 9000 low-PL [[Mutants & Masterminds]] games. While the plot is a standard "audience surrogate claws his way to the top" affair, it still achieved widespread acclaim on both /co/ and /tg/ for avoiding the traps that make most shonenshit and capeshit insufferable, putting a reasonable amount of thought into how large numbers of people with superpowers would affect (Japanese) society and focusing on relatively tame and limited powers applied creatively over cheesy kill-everything moves, which makes it a goldmine for anyone looking to run their own supers game. [[Warhammer High|One of the side characters also looks like a Daemonette, which has got to count for something.]] A common theme is how most of the villains were let down by Japanese society having its head up its ass and how things need to change after stopping the villains so this doesn't happen again. Had the usual downward spiral popular shonens tend to get about halfway through, but it did finally end recently. You will be surprised to hear that ending is [[skub]]. [TV series: 134 episodes and counting + 8 OVAs + 3 movies]
:Related games: [[Mutants and Masterminds]] or any other superhero game with a flexible powers system

*'''''Senki Zesshou Symphogear''''': It's [[What|magical girl yuri battle shonen mecha.]] Yes, that's right, it's [[Awesome|magical girl yuri battle shonen mecha.]] In a world where Noise (read: daemons) randomly appear and kill everyone they can reach every so often, the Japanese government has discovered artifacts from the [[Meme|Finn-Korean hyper-war]] (barely an exaggeration) that can generate Symphogear, battle armor which turns out to be the only thing that lets you touch and destroy Noise without dying. How do they do this? By sending idol singers into battle, because Symphogear is powered by singing your personal theme song. Features mass death, body horror, fountains of blood, [[Muscle Wizard|a character strong enough to fight Symphogear users to a standstill with just kung fu]], secret conspiracies from the deep past, and fight scenes to rival TTGL. Unlike most series built around idol music the songs are actually quite good as well; remember to queue up GENOCIDE AND GENOCIDE for your next Sororitas campaign. [TV series: 65 episodes]
:Related games: [[Mutants and Masterminds]], Open Versatile Anime, [[Exalted]]; [https://mega.nz/file/anpTWaSZ#c4TaOR6q0MnNLY2waybPR3MSrBxvljEaNfTCZZAGt8o A fa/tg/uy-developed supplement] has Symphogear stats for [[Rogue Trader (RPG)|Rogue Trader]].

*'''''Youjo Senki - Saga of Tanya the Evil''''' ''(My Little Nazi)'': Strike Witches if it was actually about war instead of lesbians. A high functioning sociopath salaryman is murdered by one of his disgruntled former employees and reincarnates into alt-fantasy 1910s Germany as the smuggest of [[Loli|lolis]]. Follows the general rhythms of the 21st-century-wargame-nerd-gets-transported-back-in-time genre, with the twist that God is actively fucking with Tanya to ruin all her carefully-planned attempts to escape the war and lead a cushy rear echelon life. While the premise may sound silly, the military action and writing are good enough to make it work. Tanya is more likable by miles than the stuffed-shirt protagonists of [[Isekai|similar shows]], despite a level of dickishness that should make her the automatic villain. Think [[Ciaphas Cain]] in the body of a 10-year-old girl, if he actually was as venial and selfish as he claims to be in the novels. If you want frequent comedic misunderstandings and a ''"conventional artstyle"'', read the manga. If you want a bunch of elaborate explanations read the light novel. If you want more "Magical Loli Ace" fight scenes, watch the anime. Also contains a fair amount of background for using modern concepts in WW1 for those GMs who have to live Darth and Droids/DM of the Rings on a weekly basis. [TV series: 12 episodes + 1 movie].

:Related games: [[Magical Burst]], [[GURPS]] Infinite Worlds, [[Only War]], Torg

*'''''Blood Blockade Battlefront''''': A portal to another dimension opens in the middle of New York, transforming it in a combination of the two worlds. The city is renamed Hellsalem's Lot and become inhabited by both humans and the so-called beyonders. The series follow the members of Lybra, a clandestine organization made of people with special abilities that protect the city, and prevent lunacy from affecting the rest of the world. Special mention to Lybra's leader, Klaus Von Reinherz, a guy with looks and the strength of an ogre, the demeanor of a true gentlemen, and attacks with [[awesome|giant crosses of destruction made with his own blood and created through manly punches]]. As an added /tg/ bonus, one episode revolves around a boardgame called Prosfair, which is basically what you would get if [[Tzeentch]] decided to write homebrew rules for [[Chess]]. [TV series: 12 episodes + 1 OVA]
**'''''Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond''''': Sequel continuing the story. [TV series: 12 episodes]

:Related games: [[Esoterrorists]], [[World of Darkness]], [[Chess]]
[[Image:Outlaw_Star.jpg|thumb|This is a legit [[Starfinder]] party.]]
*'''''Outlaw Star''''': The show that Josh Whedon ripped off to make Firefly, down to the frozen chick in a suitcase. Follows the adventures of a far-future band of literal murderhobos with a stolen military spaceship ''designed for melee combat'' as they hunt treasure, come in third in a space grand prix, slum it for a while working as a port tugboat, fight magic wielding chinese space pirates, and then chase after some ancient big dumb object. Party includes a cocky gunfighter with a gun that shoots spell cartridges, a geisha-esque ninja assassin, a catgirl who can transform into wookie-sized werecat, a 12 year old engineer, and an android copilot who strips down to fly the ship from a fishtank.  

:Related games: [[Starfinder]]; no [[Traveller]] DM would stomach this much space magic, but Stars without Number has an expansion book for Space Magic.
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