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Has Powerful Leading Ladies -
- Saiunkoku Monogatari (AMAZING politician lady please watch this)
- Rose of Versailles
- Red Garden
- 12 Kingdoms
- Skip Beat
- Basara
- Fate/Zero
- Jormungand
- Hataraki Man
- Kemono no Souja Erin
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Black Lagoon
Has Main Characters With Dark Skin -
- Turn A Gundam
- Majin Bone
- Gundam: G no Reconguista
- Peacemaker Kurogane
- Jormungand
- Mitchiko e Hatchin
- Wolf’s Rain
- Black Lagoon
- Gankutsuou
- Red Garden
- Fushigi no Umi Nadia
- Hanasakeru Seishounen
- Blade
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- Elemental Gelade
- Power Stone
- Hare + Guu
- Kiba
Has Androgynous Characters -
Has Trans characters that are NOT comic relief/fetishy -
- Moyashimon
- Paradise Kiss
- Ixion Saga DT
- Gankutsuou
- Wandering Son/Hourou Musuko
- Maria Watches Over Us (season 3)
- Hunter x Hunter (2011 series only)
- Simoun
- Tokyo Godfathers
- Lovely Complex
Has Canon Queer Characters (not in specifically yaoi/yuri anime)-
- Oniisama e
- Aoi Hana
- Simoun
- Shinsekai yori
- Tenshi ni Narumon
- Soukyuu no Fafner
- Patalliro (not subbed)
- Patalliro Saiyuki (fully subbed spinoff series)
- Gankutsuou
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Day Break Illusion
- Samurai Flamenco
- Antique Bakery
- Revolutionary Girl Utena
- No.6
- Maria Watches Over Us
- Sasameki Koto
- Brave 10
- Kyo Kara Maoh
- Natsu e no Tobira
- Psycho Pass
- Soukou no Strain
- Kashimashi (for this one, the boy is transformed into a girl, but he chooses to stay a girl forever so I figured I’d include it anyway)
- Mirai Nikki
- Kaze to ki no Uta
- Last Exile
- This Boy Caught a Merman
- This Boy Can Fight Aliens
- Night Walker
- Descendants of Darkness
- Symphogear
Is Based off of Japanese stories/folklore/literature -
- Aoi Bungaku
- Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror
- Mononoke (Bakeneko)
- The Tale of Genji
- Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
- Hoozuki
- Uta Koi
Has Girls Playing Sports -
- Princess Nine
- Aim for the Ace
- Moshidora
- Taisho Baseball Girls
- Ginga e Kickoff
- Teekyuu
- Softenni
- Bamboo Blade
- Chihayafuru
- Battle Athletes Victory
- Sabagebu
- Saki
- Yawara
- C3-Bu
- Shion no Ou
Messes with your head -
- Monster
- Paranoia Agent
- Infinite Ryvius
- Sci-fi Harry
- Mouryou no Hako
- Himitsu
- Night Head Genesis
- Ghost Hound
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Boogiepop Phantom
- Kurozuka
- Texhnolyze
- Noein
- Steins;Gate
- Ghost in the Shell
Has White Haired Boys That Aren’t Komaeda/Kaworu/Akise/Clear -
- Fantastic Children
- Innocent Venus
- Letter Bee
- Suteki Tantei Labyrinth
- Berserk
- Last Exile
- Turn A Gundam
- Hunter x Hunter
- Kurogane Communication
- Zettai Karen Children
- Princess Tutu
- Terra e
- Devil Survivor 2
- Jyu Oh Sei
- Kiba
- Kamisama Dolls
- Pretear
- Tactics
- Rental Magica
- Guin Saga
Has Unique Art-
- Trapeze
- Aku no Hana
- Kaiba
- Mononoke
- Kemonozume
- Aoi Bungaku
- House of Five Leaves
- The Tatami Galaxy
- Eccentric Family
- Kurozuka
- Cat Soup
- Legend of Black Heaven
- Fantastic Children
- Tekkon Kinkreet
Is “For kids” but has a lot of depth -
- Romeo’s Blue Skies
- Kemono no Souja Erin
- Nobody’s Boy Remi
- Dog of Flanders
- Shoujo Cosette
- Mahou Shoujo Tai Arusu
- Ashita no Nadja
- Little Princess Sara
Has Cute Girls Doing Cute Violent Things -
- Girls und Panzer
- C3-bu
- Sabagebu
- Strike Witches
- So Ra No Wo To
- AKB0048
- Vividred Operation
- Upotte!
- Sky Girls
- Symphogear
Is About Humans + Nature -
- Mushishi
- Earth Maiden Arjuna
- Kemono no Souja Erin
- Now and Then Here and There
- Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
- Terra e
- Silver Spoon
- Jyu Oh Sei
Is So Tragic It’ll Destroy Your Ass -