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- CreatorYoshihiro TogashiStarsNozomu SasakiJustin CookChristopher SabatAfter a teenage delinquent is killed while saving a child's life from an approaching car, the rulers of the underworld send him back to become an "Underworld Detective" investigating demons apparitions in the human world.
- StarsHideyuki TanakaTôru FuruyaRyô HorikawaA group a young warriors known as 'Saints', each in possession of a 'cloth' guarded by a different constellation, must protect the reincarnation of the goddess Athena as she attempts to keep the Earth from being destroyed by evil forces.
- CreatorCarl MacekStarsSteve KramerTom WynerRobert AxelrodAn alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and the technology and secrets she bears lead Earth into three destructive interplanetary wars.
- StarsJanice ChaikelsonAdrian KnightMichael RudderA trio of kids must search throughout 16th Century South America for personal answers linked to the legendary El Dorado.
- StarsNachi NozawaYoshiko SakakibaraGara TakashimaIn the 24th Century, space pirate Cobra, a womanizing vagabond with a mysterious past and a powerful "psychogun" for a hand, fights the galaxy spanning crime syndicate, The Pirate Guild.
- StarsTarakoMasako NozawaNoriko UemuraAlice's journey to Wonderland begins with a shopping trip to London where she buys a dusty top-hat. Inside this hat she discovers Benny Bunny, a rabbit who escorts the little nosy girl to his rabbit-hole, invites her in, and off she goes to Wonderland. In this land of surprises Alice meets numerous strange and whimsical inhabitants.
- StarsTakeshi KusaoHiroshi TakemuraDaiki NakamuraAfter a thousand years of exile, Talpa, ruler of the Netherworld, returns to claim the Earth as his own. The only thing that can stop him and his minions are five young men and their mystical suits of armor.
- StarsJôji YanamiKyle HebertMasako NozawaThe adventures of Earth's martial arts defender, Son Goku, continue with a new family and the revelation of his alien origins. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
- StarsBrice ArmstrongSteve OlsonStephanie NadolnyDragon Ball tells the tale of a young warrior by the name of Son Goku, a young peculiar boy with a tail who embarks on a quest to become stronger and learns of the Dragon Balls, when, once all 7 are gathered, grant any wish of choice.
- StarsTaichirô HirokawaEiko MasuyamaKeiichi NodaThis series documents the adventures of Curtis Newton, a brilliant scientist, who, under the name "Captain Future", chases interstellar criminals together with his crew (a robot, an android, and a human brain separated from its body).
- CreatorShôji KawamoriStarsKirby MorrowKelly SheridanBrian DrummondHitomi is a girl with psychic abilities who gets transported to the magical world of Gaea. She and her friends find themselves under attack from the evil Zaibach empire, and the Guymelf Escaflowne provides the key to it all.
- StarsTravis WillinghamCherami LeighTodd HaberkornShibuya Psychic Research Center investigates supernatural occurrences all over Japan.
- CreatorOsamu TezukaStarsRichard GanoungNicholas PodbreyGregory NorthOriginally intended to be kept a secret, the Pinocchio-like character becomes a publicly renowned superhero -- complete with devices like laser-firing fingers, uncanny hearing, and jet-powered boots -- all eventually used to repulse an alien invasion of Earth.
- StarsAkira KamiyaKazue IkuraYôko AsagamiThe adventures of Ryo Saeba, a gun-for-hire living in the Tokyo metropolis, who will take on any dangerous job as long as it involves beautiful women.
- CreatorKaoru TadaStarsMitsuko HorieIsao SasakiYûko MitaLove triangle between a girl from a traditional family and two members of a rock band.
- CreatorLynn OkamotoStarsSanae KobayashiChihiro SuzukiMamiko NotoTwo university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.
- CreatorTite KuboStarsJohnny Yong BoschMichelle RuffStephanie ShehHigh school student Ichigo Kurosaki, who has the ability to see ghosts, gains soul reaper powers from Rukia Kuchiki and sets out to save the world from "Hollows".
- StarsAkira KamiyaShigeru ChibaTeiyû IchiryûsaiAfter a nuclear war turns Earth into a lawless wasteland, Kenshiro, a practitioner of the deadly master art "Hokuto Shinken", fights a succession of tyrannical warriors to restore order.
- StarsYûko KobayashiNaoko MatsuiKen'yû HoriuchiMila is a girl who grew up in the countryside and moves with her father to Tokyo where she joins the Hikawa team, discovering that she has a lot of talent for volleyball.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsKappei YamaguchiMegumi HayashibaraNoriko HidakaA girl is involuntarily engaged to a boy who turns female when hit with cold water and male when hit with hot.
- StarsJanyse JaudShigeru ChibaEllen KennedyThe misadventures of a young student and his landlady's romance.
- CreatorTerence FeelyStarsJill GascoineLeslie AshDon WarringtonAn all-female detective outfit, the "Eyes Enquiry Agency", is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation the Covert Activities Thames Section (or "C.A.T.S." for short). Initially led by ex-Oxford Union President Pru Standfast (Rosalyn Landor), she was followed by experienced ex-cop Maggie Forbes (Jill Gascoine) (who later led the section), computer genius Frederica "Fred" Smith (Leslie Ash), and later Tessa Robinson (Tracy-Louise Ward). Their contact with the Ministry was Nigel Beaumont (Don Warrington). The team dealt with a variety of crime from theft to blackmail, to espionage and terrorism.
- CreatorRumiko TakahashiStarsFumi HiranoToshio FurukawaSaeko ShimazuAn unlucky, womanizing high schooler becomes the unwilling target of a vivacious alien girl's affections after winning an interplanetary game of tag against her.
- CreatorHiroya OkuStarsHiroshi KamiyaDaisuke NamikawaJohn SwaseyAfter their deaths, two teens are transported to an apartment with an ominous black sphere and must participate in a gory alien-hunting "game."