Better Than It Sounds/Anime and Manga X-Z

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 * : A Hot Scientist, a killer Robot Girl, and the rest of their Ragtag Bunch of Misfits fly around in a Cool Ship, trying to figure out the bizarre laws of the universe they live in.
 * : Smug witch makes a Weirdness Magnet her bitch.
 * Alternatively: A nutcase tries to woo a girl away from a stoic archer, and gets involved in weird magic-y stuff.
 * : A brave but dim young man with a goofy haircut enters the high-stakes world of bread-making.
 * Or, an Autistic Farm Boy, a Man of Many Hairdos, an Emotionally Disturbed Guy With a Sword, and a Rich Bishounen Son of a Yakuza Boss may or may not survive making magic bread for homosexuals.
 * : Undead detectives foil a doctor's sinister plot to discover the cure for decapitation.
 * : A Tall, Dark and Bishoujo alpha schoolgirl travels through books in pursuit of her lover - they're not blood related, which, of course, makes it okay that they're siblings. They fight for people who have strange speaking problems.
 * : A woman robot runs a coffee shop in beautiful, post-apocalyptic Japan.
 * : Panty Shots, panty shots minus panties, tentacles. Then, a nerd tries to haxxor the universe. He is repeatedly foiled by washbasins.
 * : A bunch of half-sisters fight to decide who will be born.
 * : A guy doesn't get to be a fighter pilot.
 * : Young girl moves to a new town and spends her days doing nothing with three sisters and a really big guy.
 * : A guy helps an amnesiac girl fight monsters so she can fall asleep.
 * : Hentai about a Sex Bot not having sex.
 * : Four school girls take over an abandoned school club and use it to do whatever they please. Les Yay and Breaking the Fourth Wall humor ensues.
 * : Guy dies trying to save a little boy from a car. Becomes a detective for the son of (a) god. Meets up with demons and lots of Ho Yay. Many Genre Shifts ensue.
 * Alternately,a boy dies twice. The first time to save a kid from a car,which results in taking orders from an authority that looks like a toddler and sucks a pacifier. He fights alongside a team consisting of: pretty guy with a rose,an oaf, and old geezer, and a psycho with a creepy third eye.
 * : Children's card games are Serious Business, though nobody seems to have a clear grasp of the rules.
 * Alternatively, the story of a boy, his magic growth pyramid, evil spirits, dragons, and a collectible card game.
 * : A boy's split personality plays with his enemies before he mind rapes them.
 * : Learning how to play children's card games is Serious Business.
 * : In the future, card games will be played on motorbikes.
 * : The three protagonists from the above series fight a time traveler in order to save a children's card game. IN 3D!
 * Or: An epic battle between marine invertebrates.
 * : Die Hard with a collectible card game.
 * For any of them: Various ancient mythologies are dragged kicking and screaming into the modern age, where they are made into a card game that is sometimes played by people who are dead or possessed by monsters from another dimension. The fate of the world frequently depends on the result.
 * : A girl likes to cook sweets and goes to a school with candy fairies and three boys that are really good at cooking.
 * : A emo genius gets a shotaro prince boy from another world that can spit lightning from his mouth as gift from his dad for his fourteenth birthday.
 * Or: Lazy genius high school student receives a six year old for his birthday and goes on a book-burning spree.
 * Or: A high school student, a pop idol, and a movie star exploit small children to fight their battles.
 * : High school student meets a mysterious beauty who wants him to play a mecha video game. Except the game is real and the real world is the video game.
 * : High School students work part-time as Super-badass Rent-A-Cops.
 * : Magic academy student really sucks at her craft. Her boyfriend is extremely whipped.
 * : Man plays babysitter to three prepubescent weapons of mass destruction while an 80-year-old fights for their romantic affection.
 * : The most powerful ship in the Pacific theater is an AEGIS destroyer.
 * : A boy awakens a metal dinosaur and a naked girl. They team up and travel on a giant metal beast to find their place of birth. War ensues.
 * : Wandering junk dealer gets suckered by a battle group to work for them to ride their sentient beast. A Team Rocket esque group harasses the team leader out of rivalry.