Curated playlist
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- Super Dimension Fortress MacrossA pop star who never existed had a real hit song in the anime Macross.
- Cowboy BebopCowboy Bebop lost its toy company sponsor after early footage showed it would never sell spaceship toys.
- Mobile Suit GundamMobile Suit Gundam, a Japanese anime series created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, once drew a crowd of 15,000 people to a single film premiere on the 22nd of February 1981. Police and the media feared that the gathering could turn into a riot. The…
- Samurai ChamplooSamurai Champloo opens with a coin toss that decides whether two swordsmen keep trying to kill each other. Heads, and their duel goes on. Tails, and they must first help a young woman search for a samurai who smells of sunflowers. This…
- Fate/stay nightFate/stay night began as an unfinished college story. Kinoko Nasu finished only one of its three routes in 1999.
- Gurren LagannIn the anime Gurren Lagann, the hero Kamina dies in episode eight. Simon must then carry the story.
- Lucky Star (manga)Lucky Star, a four-panel comic about high school girls, also spawned chemistry textbooks.
- Panty & Stocking with GarterbeltPanty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a Japanese anime series that began with a director's blunt promise. Hiroyuki Imaishi said the theme of the show would be vulgar and indecent jokes. He added, "If we are going to do this, we will try it…
- Mushoku TenseiMushoku Tensei opens with a 34-year-old man being thrown out of his home. He is a NEET, meaning someone not in education, employment, or training, and he drifts through the streets lamenting his life and wishing for a do-over. Then he…
- Code GeassCode Geass is a Japanese anime television series produced by the studio Sunrise, and its premise rests on a single dangerous gift. The gift is called Geass, and it is the power of absolute obedience. Whoever receives it can issue a command…