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Hajime Isayama's dark epic narrative that caused a global sensation

Koyoharu Gotouge's film set a Japanese box office record

Gosho Aoyama's 30-year-running mystery anime, a national staple

Tite Kubo's hot-blooded classic on death gods

Hiromu Arakawa's work, hailed as one of the century's most perfect scripts

Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning animated feature and Japanese cinema legend

Makoto Shinkai's youth drama with over $380 million global box office

Takehiko Inoue's timeless basketball classic

Gege Akutami's new-generation hot-blooded phenomenon

Kohei Horikoshi's superhero series became a global hit

Yoshihiro Togashi's pinnacle of shonen manga storytelling

Tsugumi Ohba's original work, a global classic of intellectual battles

A masterpiece-level original anime about mecha and strategy

Hideaki Anno's mecha psychological drama that influenced a generation

Masamune Shirow's source work, a cyberpunk anime milestone

Shinichiro Watanabe's romantic classic of jazz and space

Sui Ishida's dark fantasy hit

Yusuke Murata's remake, a benchmark for subversive hero comedy

Haruichi Furudate's pinnacle of sports anime

Tadatoshi Fujimaki's popular psychic basketball series

Takeshi Konomi's long-running tennis classic

Yoshiyuki Tomino's creation, a symbol of Japanese mecha culture

The pinnacle of time-travel sci-fi suspense

Kyoto Animation milestone and pioneer of light novel adaptation anime

Kentaro Miura's pinnacle of dark fantasy manga

Yoshiki Tanaka's original work, the peak of space opera

Yuki Midorikawa's healing yokai tales

The Super Peace Busters team's tearjerking youth classic

Naoshi Arakawa's elegy of music, youth, and love

Yoshitoki Oima's moving film on hearing loss and bullying

Makoto Shinkai's weather maiden fantasy romance

Makoto Shinkai's journey through earthquake trauma and closing doors

Hayao Miyazaki's classic of magic and anti-war themes

Hayao Miyazaki's film introducing Ghibli's iconic mascot

Hayao Miyazaki's steampunk adventure epic

Hayao Miyazaki's epic of human-nature conflict

Trigger's benchmark video game adaptation anime

One of the world's biggest IPs, its anime has aired for over 25 years

Created by Fujiko F. Fujio, a national anime of Japan

Created by Usui Yoshito, a long-running family comedy

Created by Takeuchi Naoko, pioneer of the magical girl genre

Created by Kurumada Masami, the originator of hot-blooded armor manga

Togashi Yoshihiro's breakout work, a classic spirit world detective story

Digital monster raising adventure, a global childhood memory

Created by Sakura Momoko, heartwarming Showa-era family daily life

Produced by Tsuburaya, a global symbol of tokusatsu culture

A popular title from the newest generation of the Gundam series