50 Best Anime TV Series, Pre-2001

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group"s leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.

Strange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".

Originally 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.

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.

The adventures of the master thief Lupin III and his cohorts as they dive into various escapades, all the while in pursuit by the tenacious Inspector Zenigata.

With the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.

In 2977, mankind has space colonies, machines do all the work and everyone just wants to have fun. When deadly plant-based aliens that look like women attack the Earth in order to colonize it, only one rogue captain can stop them.

The adventures of a young wandering swordsman who stumbles upon a struggling martial arts school in Meiji era Japan.

The misadventures of a young student and his landlady"s romance.

As long as trouble"s brewing across the universe, the small but powerful robot, Astro Boy, will have adventures, assisted by his mentor, Dr. Elefun.

The adventures of two female police officers in modern Japan.

In the war between the Earth Federation and Zeon, a young and inexperienced crew find themselves on a new spaceship. Their best hope of making it through the conflict is the Gundam, a giant humanoid robot, and its gifted teenage pilot.

Taichi Keaton is a half-British half-Japanese archaeologist and SAS veteran of the Falklands War. He solves mysteries and investigates insurance fraud for Lloyd"s around the world.

A teenage girl periodically travels back in time to feudal Japan to help a young half-demon recover the shards of a jewel of great power.

A tomboyish schoolgirl finds herself forced into repeated duels for another girl who has a role in a world revolution.

Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.

An alien spaceship crash lands on Earth and her secrets lead to a desperate war against an alien enemy sent to retrieve the ship.

Sakura stumbled upon the book of Clow Cards in a library. Accidentally setting the magical cards loose, it"s now up to Sakura to catch them all with her best friend Tomoyo, and Kerberos, the guardian of the cards.

Ilpalazzo wants one thing: to rule world so he can better it. Excel just wants to help. Too bad she sucks at her job.

Lady Ran is an often-penniless traveler with formidable samurai skills, sharp wit, and an unquenchable taste for sake. She frequently runs into but tries to ignore Lady Meow, a hand-to-hand practitioner of the Iron Cat Fist. Meow is more naive and happy-go-lucky than the no-nonsense Ran, but is somehow more resourceful with money. So together they go from town to town doing odd jobs and dispensing their own brand of justice while living the happy poverty lifestyle.

In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.

This show is about the daily lives of Popee the Clown and Kedomono, Popee"s assistant at the circus.