Reference pages on individual landmark works of anime and manga — series and films of particular commercial or critical weight, with their production history and reception covered at length.
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- Akira — Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira exists in two distinct forms: a manga serialised in Kodansha's Young Magazine from 1982 to 1990, comprising 2,200 pages across
- Astro Boy — Osamu Tezuka's Tetsuwan Atom (鉄腕アトム, Astro Boy) began as a 1952 manga in Shōnen magazine and became, in 1963, the subject of the first weekly
- Attack on Titan — Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin) was serialised in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 2009 to 2021. Its anime adaptat
- Berserk — Kentaro Miura's Berserk (1989–2021) is the longest-running and most-cited entry in the seinen dark-fantasy canon. Miura's death in May 2021 left the se
- Cowboy Bebop — Cowboy Bebop (1998), produced at Sunrise under director Shinichirō Watanabe and composer Yoko Kanno, is one of the most internationally praised anime T
- Dragon Ball — Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball began serialisation in Weekly Shōnen Jump in November 1984 and ran until 1995, 519 chapters across 42 volumes. The Toei An
- Ghost in the Shell — Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell (Kōkaku Kidōtai, 攻殻機動隊) began as a 1989 manga and has since spawned the most internationally influential anime cyb
- Mobile Suit Gundam — Mobile Suit Gundam (機動戦士ガンダム, Kidō Senshi Gandamu) began as a 1979 Sunrise TV series directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino and became, after initial commercial
- Naruto — Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto began serialisation in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1999 and ran for 700 chapters through 2014. The two Studio Pierrot TV adaptatio
- Neon Genesis Evangelion — Hideaki Anno's Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, 1995) is one of the most studied works in the medium. The original 26-episode series, its 1997 the
- One Piece — Eiichiro Oda's One Piece began serialisation in Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1997 and continues at the time of writing. It is the bestselling manga serie
- Princess Mononoke — Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Mononoke-hime, 1997) is the Studio Ghibli feature most often cited for its environmental and historical seri
- Sailor Moon — Naoko Takeuchi's Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) began as a 1991 manga in Kodansha's Nakayoshi. The 1992 Toei anime adaptation ran for five s
- Spirited Away — Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, 2001) is the highest-grossing Japanese-language film in history through most o
- Your Name — Makoto Shinkai's Your Name (君の名は, Kimi no Na wa, 2016) was, at its release, the highest-grossing anime film in history and the highest-grossing non-Stu