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 * .hack Sign: Jim Hawking is a young boy trapped in a virtual world. He befriends Leon Kennedy and Rei Ayanami and tries to find out why he's in this predicament. He eventually falls for Mei-Ling, which doesn't sit well with her bodyguard, Cao Cao. Elsewhere, Sanosuke Sagara often fights with Kakashi.

A

 * Ai Yori Aoshi: Kakashi and Yukari Takeba meet on a train after many years, and Yukari remembers that she was promised to marry him. Yukari's caretaker, Milly Thompson, wants them to keep their relationship a secret (especially from Kakashi's friends Weda, Hare and Aigis) to preserve her family's reputation.
 * AIR: Edward Elric journeys from town to town looking for a mysterious girl. Along the journey, he meets Asa Shigure, Mio Sakamoto, and Misaki Nakahara.
 * Akira: Tai and the Black Ranger are two cyber punks in Neo Tokyo. After Yukio Oikawa and his crew inject him with something, Tai discovers he has powers even more awesome than digivolving and uses them to kill Joe.
 * Axis Powers Hetalia: Death the Kid, Franky, and Dhalsim unite to become the Axis Powers. They fight the Allied Powers, led by Trunks who controls Dororo, Kaede Nagase, and Jimmy Kudo.
 * Azumanga Daioh: Nayuki Minase, Izumi Curtis, Ruri Hoshino, Ren Mikihara, Reika Ryuoin, and Pen-Pen go through high school together.

B

 * Bamboo Blade: Young kendo prodigy Yoshika Miyafuji becomes the star player on an all-girl squad coached by Douglas Rosenberg, led by Lenalee Lee, and co-starring Ai Enma, Kaede Fuyou and the sometimes-crazy Nodoka Miyazaki. A rival team is coached by Garland.
 * The Big O: Leeron is a skilled negotiator who's often accompanied by his Robot Buddy Shion Uzuki. He frequently runs afoul of Haruhi Suzumiya.
 * Big Windup: Koenma is a very shy and withdrawn baseball player, but Chrono convinces him to come out of his shell.
 * Birdy the Mighty: Decode: Space Police officer Kaname Chidori accidentally kills Soul Eater while chasing after an intergalactic criminal, and winds up Sharing a Body with Soul until she can shut down their syndicate, ran by Kirika Yumura. Gray Fullbuster is another member of the syndicate and breaks Kaname's arm, Kyouko Aono is friends with Soul, and Rei Ayanami is interested in Soul. In the second season, it's revealed that Kaname was friends with Sanji, who's taking care of Al Elric.
 * Black Lagoon: Amuro Ray, Wang Liu Mei, and Ryuk (and their boss, Private Jones) form an unlikely team against gangs of terrorists and Neo-Nazis. Dr Holder is a Russian mafiya boss who occasionally hires them.
 * Bleach: Lelouch receives Soul Reaper powers from Yuki Nagato in order to protect his family, but she eventually gets captured by Yang Fang Leiden and Jon Arbuckle. With the help of Hinata, who secretly has a crush on him; Largo, his best friend who fights for his sake; and his rival and friend Shino; he sets out to rescue her and eventually fight against the evil Karasu.
 * After some training from Apollo and Faye Valentine (who masquerades in the form of Aoshi Shinomori), Lelouch and company join up with Santa Claus to go rescue Yuki. Along the way, he fights and beats Edward Elric, Jon, Shigemori, and eventually Yang. Shino beats the pants off of Czar Baldy Bald, but loses his powers for his trouble. And Largo can't quite get past The Third Hokage. Afterwards, Karasu betrays the Soul Society with Hamrio Musica and Al-Cid Margrace.
 * In the Bount arc, Lelouch's brother Schneizel shows up as a vampire with a chip on his shoulder.
 * After Lelouch's father Franky reveals that he's quite badass, Lelouch is conscripted by Ezio Auditore to join his army of half-Hollow hybrids: Reina, Ginko, The Anti-Spiral King, Rachel Alucard, Shin Nohara, and Prince Eccentro.
 * Later, Hinata gets kidnapped by Karasu and Lelouch has to go into another world to rescue her with the help of Shino, Largo, Yuki, and Jon. He and his allies go up against Karasu's army, including Willam B. Baxter, Gensai, Lust, Lancer, Dean Venture, Jin Kisaragi, Peter Stillman, Hank Matthews, Angemon, and Xemnas. When they get in over their head, Apollo sends them some help in the form of Yang, Czar Baldy Bald, Sakura, and Shigemori.
 * Bleach: Memories Of Nobody: After a chance encounter with Kiyal, Lelouch has to stop Excalibur and Save Both Worlds.
 * Bleach: The Diamonddust Rebellion: Captain Neji Hyuga has to stop his old friend Johan Liebert.
 * In one filler arc, Lelouch is asked by Deidara to protect Tsukasa. Elsewhere, Lieutenant Warrior of Light welcomes his new captain, Bishop Jovis, and the third seat Kittan.
 * Bleach: Fade to Black, I Call Your Name: The Soul Society has its memories of Yuki erased by Kenshin Himura and Tohru Honda. The only people who remember her are Lelouch and Raiden.
 * Blood Plus: After being saved by Itachi, Ashe discovers that she has vampire-like powers and, with the help of her best friend Numbuh One, she must fight her Evil Twin, Haruko.
 * Bludgeoning Angel Dokurochan: Konata Izumi is an angel sent from Heaven to kill Sasori. Instead, she does something worse -- she lives with him.
 * Blue Seed: Mimiru has a bunch of mysterious powers and often slays demons with the help of Yuji Naruo, her Love Interest. In turn, he has a rivalry with Ryoji Kaji.
 * Bobobobo Bobobo: Seijuro Hiko joins with Kazu, C.C., Lordgenome, and Saix to prevent Mayuri Kurotsuchi from turning the whole world bald.
 * Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040: Sister Kate Valentine leads a team consisting of Izumi Curtis, Chloe, and Naga the Serpent against robots that go rogue made by a company ran by Gendo Ikari and Aion. As a kid, Sister Kate was Lucy and her father, Van Hohenheim used her in part of his experiments that resulted in said robots. Shinji Ikari is Sister Kate's brother . Chloe is a operator for a specialized police force, whose members include Sousuke Sagara and Il Palazzo.
 * Buso Renkin: After being killed by a homunculus, Toshiro Hitsugaya is revived by a strange heart implant that doubles as his signature weapon. His partner-in-action, Temari, fights against the homunculi with a series of blades hidden beneath her school uniform.

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 * Case Closed: Jin, the world's greatest detective, is a victim of a poisoning that turns him into Amy. To maintain a secret identity, he moves in with Monkey D. Luffy, his love interest; and Basque Gran, a slacker detective.
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky: Rogue and Dawson try to prevent Pete and the Joker from getting to a floating city that's basically Minas Tirinth built over the Death Star.
 * The Cat Returns: Mia Thermopolis (her best friend is Veronica Mars) meets with The Dread Pirate Wesley and his friends Frank Barone and Rubin Tishkoff after she accidentally catches the eye of Dr. Frank N. Furter, who wants her for his daughter-in-law.
 * Chrono Crusade: Shiraume Noyamano and Negi Springfield fight demons. Negi is a Hunter of His Own Kind. Later, they're joined by healer Misaki Suzuhara and German!Maki.
 * Clannad: d'Eon de Beaumont has a chance encounter with Kaname Chidori, who is interested in reviving her school's drama club. d'Eon's buddy Negi Springfield gets beaten up a lot.
 * Code Geass: The Black Ranger tries to end the occupation of Japan and build a better world for the sake of Mihoshi after gaining powers from Sakura. This is complicated by the appearance of his old friend Ben Tennyson on the other side.
 * In the second season, The Black Ranger is leading his resistance out his high school with the help of Hanataro Yamada and Mai Valentine. Ben Tennyson works together with his own Quirky Miniboss Squad, which includes Eureka and Sora. The Black Ranger also must take down his Magnificent Bastard brother, Madarao.
 * Cowboy Bebop: Leeron, Barrett Wallace, Chai Xianghua, and Gaz are four people who try to make a living as bounty hunters while also looking for Leeron's girlfriend the Major and avoiding his greatest enemy: Might Guy.
 * Cyborg 009 (2001 version): Tetsuo Shima leads a Multinational Team of cyborgs to fight against the evil Myotismon. Among his team members are Jin, a hot-blooded punk from New York; Kaoru Kamiya, a French ballerina; Dondochakka, a former legend of the British stage; and Flint, a young baby with incredible psychic powers.

D

 * Deadman Wonderland: Chrono is wrongfully accused of killing his classmates, so he's sent to a hybrid theme park/prison run by Sanji, where Riza Hawkeye works as a guard. He later befriends Renge.
 * Death Note: Quatre Reberba Winner finds a mystical artifact dropped by Tiger of the Wind that causes people to die if their name is written in it. Gambit, the world's greatest detective, tries to stop him.
 * Digimon Adventure: Shobu Kirifuda, Kevin Levin, Suzy, Prince Chagum, Taokaka, Kankuro, and Haruhi Suzumiya all land in a digital world, each gaining their own companion. They face off against the likes of Seijuro Hiko and Thymilph. Juniper Lee later joins them.
 * Digimon 02: Juniper Lee is back, this time with her old friend Haruhi, who has matured into Hamrio Musica. Together with Rock Lee, Sara Goodman, and Hiyori, later joined by Uryu Ishida, they fight to yet again save the digital world. A major antagonist is Spike Spiegel, and the final bad guy ultimately ends up being an old friend of Hiyori's father, Lordgenome.
 * Digimon Tamers: Rivalz, Upchuck, and Ed join with many others, including Rosa Farrell, Young Jiraiya, Jamie, and Neji Hyuga to ultimately save Nia from her fate.
 * Digimon Tamers: Zetsu was just an Ordinary Elementary School Student until one day he found this strange little device called a D-Arc. That night he dreams of a girl he's never met, Luna Platz, directing Ms. Winston in battle. The next morning, he finds himself following the suddenly active D-Arc's directions through the underbelly of the city of Shinjuku until he came upon a strange, otherworldly creature called a Leeron. Thrust into a world he'd only dreamed of, Zetsu soon meets and befriends Yasoo and his partner Po Kong. Together with Luna and her Winston, the three pairs must protect the all-too-easy-to-misplace Son Goku, the Pesci-impersonating troublemaker Keitaro, and keep on their toes to thwart the dangerous Wolverine.
 * Digimon Frontier: Mizuki, Toshiro Hitsugaya, Roger Smith, Yoko, and Jim Hawkings are thrust into the digital world, able to transform into various forms. Hitsugaya's brother turns out to be Alucard.
 * Dokkoida: Fujiwara no Sai is a college student looking for a job. A young green-haired Hyper Blossom provides him with a Utility Belt that transforms him into a diaper-clad Superhero. Unbeknownst to them, the supervillains they're fighting against (as well as Sai and Blossom's rival) are all their neighbors.
 * Dragonball Z Kai: Five years after the defeat of Roronoa Zoro, Gonard is reunited with old friends Nyamo, Maes Hughes and Buggy the Clown. However, Gonard's son Monkey D. Luffy is kidnapped by his older brother, Yusuke Urameshi. This eventually escalates into a battle for the galaxy against Chouji Suitengu. (Formerly Genkai.)
 * Duel Masters: Tai Kamiya plays an absolutely epic card game. Later on he starts to sound a lot like Lloyd Asplund.
 * Durarara: Charmcaster is a Headless Horseman on a motorcycle. Satoshi Hojo is a newcomer to Ikebukuro, where Charmcaster fights crime. Itachi has a short temper, especially regarding Lelouch.

E

 * ef ~ a tale of memories: Nagisa Furukawa steals Youhei Sunohara's bike in order to catch a thief who snatched her purse, and she and Youhei later grow fond of each other. Finland meets Misuzu Kamio at an abandoned train station and soon finds out about her sad secret. Meanwhile, Sousuke Sagara is attracted to Youhei's childhood friend, Ayu Tsukimiya.
 * ef ~ a tale of melodies: Arawn and Yui grow closer to each other, but he discovers that he's afflicted with a fatal disease and has to break all romantic ties with her. In the not-so-distant past, Tomoya Okazaki chances upon a girl he met long ago, Febronia.
 * The Enchanted Journey: Eustace, a young chipmunk living in the city with his sister Trixie, is enticed by the words of Citizen Kane, the carrier pigeon, to leave home and find the Great Forest, the true home of chipmunks. Setting off alone, he encounters various friends (such as Mr. Magoo the sewer rat) and enemies as he tries to leave the big city and reach his legendary homeland.
 * Eureka Seven: Ichigo Kurosaki and Hinata Hyuga are two lovers who fight using a giant robot. The main character was originally going to be Suzaku Kururugi, but he couldn't pull off the voice.
 * Excel Saga: Yuri and Tsubaki (and Yuri's dog Rosette Christopher) are two agents of Ken Masters, who intends to take over a city.

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 * Fairy Tail: Tamaki Kawazoe is a practitioner of Summon Magic who wants to join the eponymous magic guild. She runs into the famed Dragon Slayer Allen Walker and his blue cat, Kana Jinnouchi, who happens to be part of said guild. Upon joining, she often finds herself teaming up with him on missions, as well as with the ice manipulating Yutaka 'Panties' Itazu and the always-armoured Lady of War Monkey D. Luffy.
 * The Familiar Of Zero: Noel Vermilion is a magician-in-training who is prone to explosive failures. Her only (accidental) success to date is summoning an Earth boy named Bardiche, whom she likes to whip to ensure his obedience.
 * Fate Stay Night: Viral-tello, who's best friends with Gin Ichimaru (supposedly), Dr. Neo Cortex and Skuld, accidentally summons Nanako Kuroi (after being attacked by Lupin the Third), and then allies with Fuuka and Dist to participate in a Battle Royale for the Holy Grail, facing off against Izanami, Makihisa Tohno, Mikuru, Frederic Chopin, Jin, Temari.
 * Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Jason Morgan is consumed by grief over the death of his friends, that chick from American Beauty, and Slips Python. He gets by with a little help from his friends, who include Josie, Spike Spiegel, Hidan, Ogremon, Kenzou Tenma, The Gentleman Ghost, and Kim Possible... Later Jason fights Superman -- who sprouted from Toshiro Hitsugaya -- and wins.
 * FLCL: Laharl lives a relatively normal life with his friends Mikuru and Gaz. But then Celty shows up and hits Laharl in the head with a guitar, causing a robot to grow from his forehead. And it only gets weirder from there...
 * Flint the Time Detective: Ivan Whisky, a cave boy, is revived in the present day and goes along with Rock Lee and Yolei to various time periods to stop the evil Tokiko Yukimura from messing with history. Kenshin is the mission control.
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Ikkaku Madarame and his younger brother Shura attempt to get their bodies back by using a mysterious stone. For most of the series, Cell is trying to kill them. Also, they eventually run into their father Rattrap.
 * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: After an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong, brothers Mao and Chrona join the military with the help of Ace in order find a mysterious stone to restore their bodies.
 * And later, Death The Kidd joins their team...at least until a different Mao sticks Schneizel into his body.
 * Full Metal Panic: Sergeant Greed has to protect annoyed schoolgirl Nami with the help of fellow soldiers Broly and Misato. Their submarine captain is A Magic Fish and their recurring enemy is The President of Everything
 * Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu: Sergeant Greed causes much insanity in High School, to the chagrin of Nami. Greed occasionally wears small mecha teddy bear Kaorin. Their schoolmates are Yuka, Sakura,Chuu, and Leo. The student council president is Kei Kurano.
 * Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid: Greed is removed from his duty of gaurding Nami while new enemies appear, crazy Sir Crocodile, Creepy Twins Izumi and Osaka, and The Magic Fish's brother, Akito. Selim Bradley/Pride is a prostitute that looks just like Nami.

G

 * G Gundam: Cactus travels around the world with Leilan Katashiro to look for his brother Morio. Giant robots are involved.
 * GaoGaiGar: Amelia Wil Tesla Di Seiryunn helps Yami and Dean Venture protect the world from biomechanical aliens.
 * Ghost in the Shell: Julia is the top operative in a futuristic police group. She takes orders from Danzo and is assisted by Inspector Runge, Jeremiah Gottwald, and Kefka.
 * Godannar: Gai Daigoji and Menchi get married and use mecha to fight monsters. They live together with his brother Touga. However, things get complicated when
 * Great Teacher Onizuka: Perverted teacher Wolverine gets assigned to a school of troublemakers with fellow sane teacher Umi Ryuuzaki, while handling nutcase students like computer geek genius Jade Curtiss, mother-complex student Bang Shishigami and Magnificent Bitch Crimson Viper.
 * Grenadier: Busty gunslinger Haruhi Suzumiya travels in order to learn the ultimate battle strategy. She is joined by samurai Viral and balloon maker Milly Ashford.
 * Gundam Seed: Ed and Double-D each get a giant robot and find themselves on opposing sides of a space war.
 * Gundam Unicorn: Hitsugaya finds himself falling into the cockpit of a mysterious robot after a chance encounter with Mikuru. Misty has a crush on him.
 * Gundam Wing: The fate of the world falls on the shoulders of five robot pilots: stoic Vert Wheeler, glory-seeker Hohenheim, amnesiac Miroku, dedicated pacifist Light Yagami, and Arrogant Kung Fu Guy Kuno The main antagnoists are Megatron and Sherman Cortez.

H

 * Hellsing: Iron Man is a vampire under the control of Roeas. Yoshino Shinzaike is a policewoman who is turned into a vampire. They fight people such as Father Adam Cooke and brothers Green Lantern and Germany.
 * Highschool of the Dead: G-1, Chiyo Mihama, Riru Roukakuji, Shiori Misaka, Issa Mihotoke, and Bulma fight zombies. Black Star joins the group later on.
 * Hikaru no Go: Double-D is an apathetic boy who is possessed by the spirit of Light Yagami, a Heian-era Go player.
 * Howls Moving Castle: Batman is a wizard, and Mike Wazowski is his "assistant".

I

 * Ichigo Mashimaro: Mai Tokiha unwillingly plays host to the antics of her plain younger sister Alyssa Searrs, and her friends Mikoto, Mashiro, and a Cute Clumsy Girl in glasses.
 * Inuyasha: Ranma Saotome, a half-demon living in Feudal Japan, falls in love with Amanda Sefton, a high school student who finds herself transported back into the past. Along the way, they befriend perverted monk Teru Mikami, mighty demon hunter Barbie (who falls in love with Mikami), and the fox demon Ning. They also frequently encounter Ranma's brother Optimus Prime and the prideful wolf demon Hohenheim. They're doing all of this to stop the demented Matrix.

K

 * K-On!: Akira Kogami, Yubel, Nanoha Takamachi, Shamal and Madoka join a light music club. Mileena is their teacher.
 * Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran: Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi is a Sake loving female ronin who is joined in her travels by martial artist Rukia Kuchiki.
 * Kekkaishi: Edward Elric and Tohru Honda must defend their school from demons along with his ghost dog, Pain. They're later joined by Kira Izuru. Edward and Tohru eventually draw the attention of a squad of bad guys consisting of Sonic the Hedgehog, The Major, Kenshin, Dean Venture, and Johan Liebert.
 * Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple: In order to become stronger, Ox Ford trains with Zazie Rainyday, Whitebeard, Gustav St. Germain, Piccolo, Maes Hughes, Francesca Licchini, and Nagato.
 * Also, Ox falls in love with Solty and fights against a gang led by Yuko Ichihara, Wolf Goring, Lavi (who later becomes Krory), Mr. Popo, Takashi Morinozuka, Clare, Shunack, and Jimmy Kudo.
 * Kiki's Delivery Service: Mary Jane and her cat Troy McClure move to a seaside town to practice magic.
 * Kirby Right Back At Ya: Nami and Wobbuffet find a alien puffball in a starship, much to the dismay of JACK ATLAS and Zangulus. To this end, JACK ATLAS asks Knuckles to send him monsters to defeat Kirby. However, Kirby is occasionally helped by a masked Seto Kaiba.
 * Ko Beast: Yajiro Kojima, Lloyd Asplund and Renko Kamishakunji are three humanoid beasts who seek a mysterious "Treasure" while being pursued by Takefumi Tonami, Jessie and Lina Inverse.
 * Kurokami The Animation: 4Kids!Usopp finds and takes pity on a superpowerful young demon named Shin Nohara. Together with Shin and his dog Dean Venture, they have to stop the bad guys.

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 * A Little Snow Fairy Sugar: Orderly 11-year-old Tsukasa Hiiragi has her plans turned upside-down by a little fairy named Tamachan, who has the power to make snow. They are soon joined by wind fairy apprentice Rosemary and sun fairy apprentice Nawaki, and all of them have taken up residence in her home. Part of the problem is that she's the only human around who can see and hear them. The three need to find a "twinkle" in order to become full-fledged season fairies of their respective types, but they cannot find out what it is, and indeed, have different ideas of what it's like... not to mention that Elder General Lee Fishcake isn't helping much, especially given his fixation on the romantic pursuit of full-fledged rain fairy Cybela, who in turn, seems to have an interest in cloud fairy Mao, who just wants to make the perfect cloud. Mixed up in all this craziness are Marguerite's friends Ayame and Haruka Urashima, inventor Iks, and Rich Bitch and self-proclaimed rival Frillish.
 * Lucky Star: Faye Valentine, Pacifica Casull, Aoi Sakuraba and Kallen Kouzuki indulge in nerdy pursuits.
 * Lupin the Third: Bang Shishigami, Bobobo, Kenshiro, and Yoko are a group of thieves.
 * Alternates - Porky Pig, Sureshot, Third Hokage/Don Patch and Millia Fallyna or Krillin, Vegeta, Master Roshi and Android 18 as said thieves.

M

 * MAR: Nerdy Shinji Ikari is transported to another world where he fights with a talking mace named Barlowe against a group of chess-themed villains.
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Rozalin forces Itachi to join her new club. Rukia, Eureka, and Lelouch also join.
 * Mnemosyne: Private investigator Eclair and her assistant Aki Hinata happen to be an immortal couple.
 * Monster: Coyote Starrk is an insane mass murderer, and Nightcrawler is the man dedicated to bringing him to justice. Seijuro Hiko is the man dedicated with bringing Nightcrawler to justice.
 * Mon Colle Knights: Ken Ichijouji and Gimmy run afoul of the evil Hachigen Ushoda.
 * Moribito Guardian of the Spirit: Kushina Uzumaki is a powerful warrior who vows to protect Izzy to atone for her sins.
 * My-Otome: Roll enrolls in a school for Magical Girl Warriors, but her powers can only activate with the help of Princess Ana Coppola.
 * My Neighbor Totoro: Coraline and her real-life little sister have strange and wonderful adventures when they move to the country with their dad, Superman.
 * In the case of the Fox dub, it's Angelica and Kiki having strange and wonderful adventures when they move to the country with their Rapping Dog father.

N

 * Naruto: Piggley Winks, Haseo, and C.C., are three ninja training under Upchuck in order to become master shinobi.
 * Naruto Shippuden: After training for 3 years, Piggley returns to his village and, with the help of Kai and Excalibur, serches for his missing friend Haseo, who has formed a team involving a Prinny, Roy Mustang, and Lightning. In addition, Piggley also fights a sinister organization that includes Kyon, Black Jack, Portgas D. Ace, Chris Redfield, Lelouch Lamperouge, The Hulk, Cid Highwind, Kaoru Kamiya, and their leader Van Kleiss,.
 * Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: A doomed bank clerk and her uncle Jean-Luc Picard (along with Admiral Adama) defend their peaceable kingdom from Beatrix Kiddo and Jack Skellington with help from Sam Witwicky and his town's mayor, Luke Skywalker.
 * NEEDLESS: Honey Haninozuka, sole survivor of La Résistance, joins up with Maki and Mei Ogawa, a superpowered duo. Menchi, Teletha Testarossa and Chiyo Mihama are an Amazon Brigade.
 * Negima: 10-year-old wizard Chrono becomes a teacher in a Japanese all-girl highschool. Some of his students are Nami, Maka, Winry, Jo, and Rei Ayanami.
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion: Three unstable teens--shy Arakune, brash Altena, and seemingly emotionless Chibitalia--are forced by ruthless leader Shinigami-sama to battle "Angels" while under the command of Sgt. Maj. Melissa Mao and Big Mama.
 * Nightwalker: Vampire Detective Izumo Kamizuki is joined by agent Victoria, Girl Friday Mimori Kiryu and imp Sumomo.
 * Noir: Mafia Princess turned assassin Canaan and Badass Adorable Hyatt find themselves involved in the schemes of Knight Templar Chestmaster Asuka Langley Soryu. Rosette Christopher is one of Asuka's minions.
 * Noir: Mafia Princess turned assassin Canaan and Badass Adorable Hyatt find themselves involved in the schemes of Knight Templar Chestmaster Asuka Langley Soryu. Rosette Christopher is one of Asuka's minions.

O

 * One Piece (Funi dub): Riza Hawkeye starts her own pirate crew, recruiting swordsman Daisuke Jigen, navigator Yukari, sniper Krillin, chef America, doctor Rei Ayanami, archaeologist Arachne, and shipwright Isshin Kurosaki.
 * One Piece (4Kids dub): Akiza Izinski starts her own pirate crew, recruiting swordsman Guts, navigator Tiff, sniper Keita Ibuki, chef Odion Ishtar, doctor Lina Inverse, and archaeologist Ash Ketchum.
 * Ouran High School Host Club: As punishment for breaking an expensive vase, Winry Rockbell is forced to join Kurz Weber's "Pretty Boys" Club to earn her keep. Other members of said club include twincestuous brothers Italy and Negi Springfield, Vice President Scar, boy lolita Medusa and his stoic companion Cell, as well as their manager, PenPen.

P

 * Paranoia Agent: Tsukasa Hiiragi, best known for creating Kaede Fuyou, is bludgeoned by a bat-wielding spoony bard. Kano and Dr. Tenma are sent to investigate the attacks.
 * Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt: Angels Liz Thompson and Tsubaki, under the command of Piccolo, battle vengeful spirits (when they're not binging on sex and sweets, respectively).
 * Pokémon (4Kids version): April O'Neil is a Pokemon trainer who goes on a journey with Princess Charlotte and Seto Kaiba to become the greatest Pokemon master while stopping the evil plots of Ursula, Meta Knight, and E-123 Omega (sometimes Max Headroom).
 * Pokémon (Diamond and Pearl): April (now Alicia), still aspiring to become a Pokemon master, is joined by Shinobu (sometimes Numbuh Five), and Kaiba (now Tanaka Soichiro) in the Sinnoh region. They make sure to prevent Koyuki Asagiri, Lt. Toudou, and Vector the Crocodile from stealing Pokemon. Eventually, the trio fight an even greater crime syndicate headed by Goku.
 * Pokémon (Black and White): Alicia goes to the Unova region. Penchinon becomes her rival, while Belldandy and Sonic the Hedgehog become her traveling partners.
 * Ponyo: Aslan, who thinks all Humans Are Bastards, (his wife Galadriel, the Anthropomorphic Personification of the ocean has a much more easygoing attitude) is horrified when his goldfish/mermaid daughter Noah Cyrus meets cute with The Jonas' youngest brother. Meanwhile, lil' Jonas' mom Liz Lemon works at an old folks' home where she cares for Rose Nylund and Frau Blucher! (* CRASH!* * NEIGH!* ) and is upset when her husband Jason Bourne can't come home on time when a very Cozy Catastrophe engulfs their seaside home.
 * Princess Mononoke: John Connor's girlfriend, her she-wolf mom Dana Scully, and Dr. Manhattan try to protect a forest from Jane from Tarzan and the guy from Sling Blade, with help from Nurse Hawthorne.
 * Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Squid Girl was contacted by a distant Nanoha Takamachi to never become a Magical Girl... until she met both Ritsu Tainaka and her fellow Magical Girl Casca. Squid Girl almost considers becoming one until Casca . Later on, Casca's shoes were filled by a cynical Litchi Faye-Ling while Ritsu starts showing off much more sinister agenda while Nanoha hunts her down. Squid Girl's friend Peacock also becomes a Magical Girl that . Nanoha failed her job and Squid Girl makes a drastic decision...

Q

 * Queen's Blade: Kanuka Clancy, Jessie, Yuu Imagawa and Excel are part of a group of well-endowed beauties who bare all in a worldwide fighting tournament.

R

 * Ranma ½: Inuyasha is an expert martial artist who turns into Jean Grey when splashed with water. Sulia Gaudeamus is a Tsundere. They are thrown into an arranged marriage by their fathers (Soundwave and Captain America, respectively). They aren't too keen about this, and neither are their various suitors (which include Near, Boss, Princess, and Mr. Greenrind).
 * Rave Master: Cecil Harvey is the titular Rave Master, a hero who works alongside Yoko Littner to protect the world from imminent destruction. They're later joined by the powerful silver-claimer Squall Leonhart, martial artist Guame, and the ever-popular SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena: Misty, a tomboyish girl whose goal is to be a prince, must defend Rose Bride Alka which means dueling the Student Council consisting of Hideki Motosuwa, Komaki Asagiri and Gary Oak.
 * Rozen Maiden: Kite is a shut-in whose main companion is a living doll named Rena Ryugu. Rena and several other dolls - Kallen Kouzuki, Nunnally Lamperouge, Milly Ashford, Mio Akiyama and Skuld - make Kite's life an even bigger living hell in their battle for the right to become the "perfect girl".
 * Rurouni Kenshin: Legato Bluesummers, a samurai who has sworn never to kill again, ends up crashing at the residence of Francoise, a young kendo practitioner. He also befriends martial artist Kenshiro, Kid Samurai Haruhi Suzumiya, and master medic Katsuyu. Later, he's conscripted by Don Patch to go fight Spike Spiegel, who's amassed an army consisting of, among others, Circe, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Charles zi Britannia, and Angemon.

S

 * S-Cry-ed: Leeron and Kid Flash are two transformed humans who fight to protect the world. Kari Kamiya is really into Kid Flash.
 * Saber Marionette J: On a planet populated entirely by men, Rokuro Okajima, a poor but hard working young man, finds himself with three female androids: Genki Girl Madison, Yamato Nadeshiko Lum Cheng and Hot Amazon Shenhua.
 * Sakura Diaries: High School Graduate Shinichi Asakura seeks to enter a prestigious university, but ends up in a triangle between classy beauty Hyatt and his cute cousin Ringo Seto.
 * Sailor Moon: Cheer Bear is an ordinary girl who can transform into the show's namesake. Eventually, she meets other women who fight alongside her (Courtney, Julie, Megaman, Yin, etc.), as well as meeting her love interest Zexion (who himself has a Secret alter ego) and her future daughter Tami.
 * Saint Seiya: Sha Gojyo, Kurama, Il Palazzo,Ichiro and Gauron are young warriors who must protect Kagura who happens to be the incarnation of the goddess Athena.
 * Saiyuki: In the world of Shangri-la, the Buddhist order commands Jerkass monk Sanosuke Sagara to travel westward to India and prevent the resurrection of an ancient, powerful demon. Accompanying him are Keet Keigo Asano, Team Mom Shiro Amada, and Chivalrous Pervert Bang Shishigami.
 * Samurai Champloo: Tsuruya manages to trick Spike and Saix into becoming her bodyguards in order to find a mysterious samurai.
 * Samurai Pizza Cats: Fu-Fu, Mrs. Radcliffe and Darph Bobo are feline superhero samurai who work in a pizza place as they fight ninja crows.
 * Seto no Hanayome: Allen Walker, along with his parents Father Cornello and Trisha Elric, get in big trouble with a mermaid yakuza led by Gendo Ikari and his wife Echidna Parass. Also, the kid gets a mancrush on Piccolo.
 * Scrapped Princess: Everybody hates Fuu because they believe she's going to destroy the world. With her adopted siblings Kyon and Lain as her bodyguards/traveling companions, she shouldn't have to worry...should she?
 * Sgt Frog: Allen Walker plots to take over the earth (and fails epically), joined by Georgie, Yamcha, Hiei, and Eneru along the way.
 * Shakugan no Shana: Radu discovers to his horror that the world isn't what it seemed, and is rescued by Rarity from being eaten, who callously informs him that he is basically a zombie. Rarity is contractually bound to slay Crimson Lords by the Juggernaut, who she is able to communicate with through the pendant she wears. Feldt Grace is Radu's classmate, and has a crush on him. Orange Blossom is a Bottle Fairy who casts spells using nursery rhymes, whenever she isn't telling Hot Dog to shut up. Pepper Potts, Rarity's former caretaker, attempts to kill Radu until Rarity interferes.
 * Shaman King: Drew is a ghost-obsessed kid who befriends Marcel, a shaman who is engaged to Circe. Together with Marcel and his spirit companion Goku, he goes on adventures with Dean Venture, Gonard, and later Kid Muscle.
 * Silent Möbius: Luchs, a sorceress of no small power, joins an all female police force consisting of cyborg Eda, esper Sango and hacker Kyoko Otonashi, all under the command of Morishita's wife to fight a race of extradimensional monsters.
 * Slayers: Deedlit and Brock fight demons and hunt for treasure. Delia Ketchum, Touga Kiryuu and 4Kids!Sanji (later replaced by Leonardo) occasionally provide support.
 * Sonic X: Cilan is the king of speed, who, with help from Lina Inverse and Yami Yugi, helps fight off such guys as Meat and Keita Ibuki.
 * Soul Eater: Evangeline A.K. McDowell and her partner/weapon Malek Werner battle demons and witches like Ms. Yukari, and her Axe Crazy daughter/son Ellis, along with their friends, Keroro, Riful, and Suzuka, by the request of Death himself, Gendo Ikari.
 * Spice and Wolf: France is a traveling merchant who comes across Eve one day. Together, they face the consuming evil of...economics.
 * Spirited Away: Lilo saves her parents (including her father, Vic Mackey) with help from Max Goof, Megera, and Timmy Turner.
 * Stepmother's Sin: Yami manipulates his stepmom, Yaku, to have sex with him.
 * Steamboy: Rogue is the hero of this Steampunk fantasy. Rogue's grandfather is Captain Picard.
 * Strike Witches: Setsuna Sakurazaki is recruited by Osaka and Aria to join a group of female pilots who fight aliens with powerful jet engines strapped to their legs...but never wear pants.

T

 * Tales From Earthsea: The Green Goblin, Det. Benson, Rassilon, Ramone, and Manjula Skinner live uneasily amid magic and morally ambivalent shadows.
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Sasuke and his best friend Wario both pilot a giant robot and, with the help of Rukia, battle an army led by Chad, and his minons, Xemnas, Shizune, Kadaj, Psycho Mantis, and Shirou. He also falls in love with Starfire along the way who becomes Belldandy, messenger for the dreaded Anti-Spirals, lead by Angemon.
 * Tenjho Tenge: Neji Hyuga and Jelly Jiggler are two new students at Todo Academy. They join the Juken Club, a fighting club consisting of Haruhi Suzumiya, her younger sister Orihime Inoue, and Lelouch Lamperouge, who has a crush on Orihime.
 * Trigun: Nero, who was once Zidane, roams the land for his brother Tetsuya (who was once Maruss). He is followed by Kamiya Kaoru, Chun-Li, and Viewtiful Joe.
 * Trigun: Badlands Rumble: Nero and his trio of followers, now Birdy Cephon Altera, Mari Illustrious Makinami, and Ryan Steele, have to deal with bank robber Lord Death and bounty hunter Riza Hawkeye.
 * Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Hei travels with Zoro, Nagato, and Miu to regain May Chang's memories.

U

 * Ultimate Muscle: Faust VIII is a cowardly wrestler from another planet. He befriends the Texan Yusei Fudo, walrus-man Meowth, and the humanoid gazelle Seto Kaiba. His love interest is Lina Inverse.

V

 * Vampire Princess Miyu: (OAV) Princess Shiina is a vampire girl who, alongside her servant Gibson, must hunt down a race of demons. She crosses paths with Sora Hasegawa.
 * (TV series) Mimori Kiryu, a vampire girl, and her servant Stan Diederich hunt down demons. Posing as a student she befriends Genki Girl Seira Mimori, Tomboy Sora Hasegawa and Bookworm Jodie.

Y

 * Yu-Gi-Oh!: Knuckles The Echidna, former pharaoh of Egypt, is reincarnated in the body of Nezumi, who solved his puzzle. Together with Nezumi's friends Michaelangelo, Yusei Fudo, and Max, and Knuckles's rival Brock, they play children's card games. Michaelangelo has a romantic subplot with Rangiku Matsumoto. All of the good guys join forces to ultimately take down JACK ATLAS.
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Zero enrolls into a duelist academy, where he becomes friends with Fred Jones and King Dedede, as well as finding rivals in Casey Jones and Gonard. Eventually, he battles Kuina and discovers she was his best friend in his past life. Finally, he battles against Grovyle.
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Big The Cat recruits Tristan Taylor, Tracey Sketchit, Luffy, twins Tory Lund and Zoey Drake, later joined by Johnny Steps, (who later on gets replaced by Gible). The six of which have been marked to fight Duke Devlin, and his minions Codemaster Hotekk, Doctor Shishioh, Ash Ketchum, Kidd Summers and Goku.
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: Delinquents Russell Tringum and Garland are conscripted by Ren Mihashi to kick some demon ass. Dr. Stein and Tien Shinhan later join them. Freeza trains most of them. Halfway through the series, America invites Russell and company to fight his own team, which is led by Cell and includes Yoshimori and Kamina. After that's all said and done, Russell has to fight his predecessor, Donquixote Doflamingo. Finally, Russell learns that his father is Vegeta.

Z

 * Zatch Bell: Bartz Klauser is a stuck-up genius who is hated by everyone in his class except Nel Tu. This changes when he befriends Jimmy Neutron, a young boy who wants to become king of the demons. Later on, Bartz joins Lucrezia Noin and her partner Jon Arbuckle to help save Lucrezia's friend Kari Kamiya from the evil Wuya.
 * Zoids: Amuro Ray discovers a pair of capsules which contain Master Asia and Allenby. They soon run into Mega Man X and Hinoki Sai who soon join them to stop the evil plans of Bright Noa, master of the Bright Slap. Soon enough Amuro encounters a mysterious rival known only as Goten.