- Afterschool Charisma is Clone High IN JAPAN!
- Assassination Classroom:
- It's Great Teacher Onizuka. With an alien.
- Which is funny because they DO go to space.
- It could also be Stand and Deliver IF JAIME ESCALANTE WAS A TENTACLE MONSTER!
- It's Great Teacher Onizuka. With an alien.
- Azumanga Daioh is Wayside School IN JAPAN!
- Belle (2021) is Beauty and the Beast IN CYBERSPACE!
- Blame! (2017) is the Dollars Trilogy IN A CYBERPUNK DYSTOPIA!
- Blaster Knuckle is essentially what the early arcs of Berserk would be like if Guts was a black boxer, the demons were members of The Klan, and the whole thing was set in the 1880s American South.
- Bungou Stray Dogs is Jojos Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind WITH LITERATURE!
- Buddy Daddies is Spy X Family BUT GAY!
- Cells at Work! is Osmosis Jones (or Ozzy & Drix) AS A JAPANESE ANIME SERIES!
- Cyborg 009 is Justice League of America or Iron Man AS A MULTINATIONAL TEAM OF CYBORGS!
- Densha de D is Initial D WITH TRAINS!
- Digimon Adventure 02 is Digimon Adventure THREE YEARS LATER!
- Digimon Tamers is Yu-Gi-Oh! and Ultra Q together AS A DIGIMON SHOW!
- Digimon Frontier is Super Sentai AS A DIGIMON SHOW!
- Digimon Data Squad is Ultraseven AS A DIGIMON SHOW!
- Digimon Fusion is Super Robot Wars and Transformers together AS A DIGIMON SHOW!
- Dinosaur King is Pokémon: The Series BUT WITH DINOSAURS!!
- Dragon Ball Z is Dragon Ball IN SPACE, WITH ALIENS!
- Dragon Ball GT is Dragon Ball Z WITH EVEN MORE SPACE - and with Kid Goku, thereby recycling stuff from the original DB as well!
- Ever watched Dragon Ball Z Abridged? You'll love Space Australia.
- Dragon Ball GT is Dragon Ball Z WITH EVEN MORE SPACE - and with Kid Goku, thereby recycling stuff from the original DB as well!
- EDENS ZERO is Fairy Tail IN SPACE!
- Explorer Woman Ray is kind of Indiana Jones WITH A FEMALE PROTAGONIST! (who is also probably Japanese, lives in the '80s, and has definitely Japanese, twin girl versions of Short Round).
- Fighting Foodons is Pokémon: The Series WITH LIVING FOOD!
- Freezing is Claymore IN THE FUTURE!
- Gankutsuou is The Count of Monte Cristo IN SPACE! Told from Albert Morcerf's point of view.
- Studio Gonzo loves these. In addition to Gankutsuou, Gonzo is also responsible for these:
- Samurai 7 is Seven Samurai WITH MECHA!
- Romeo × Juliet is Romeo and Juliet ON A FLOATING CONTINENT!
- Studio Gonzo loves these. In addition to Gankutsuou, Gonzo is also responsible for these:
- Go, Go, Loser Ranger! is Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger AS THE ANTAGONISTS!
- Gun Frontier is literally Captain Harlock (or one of his Identical Ancestors) IN THE OLD WEST!
- GUN×SWORD is Kill Bill with Humongous Mecha
- Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick is... Moby-Dick IN SPACE!
- The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time is The Reprise of the Spear Hero AS A HORROR STORY!
- The Hero Who Seeks Revenge Shall Exterminate With Darkness is The Hero Laughs While Walking the Path of Vengeance a Second Time WITH MORE POWER FANTASY!
- Jackals was about a killer-for-hire getting caught in the middle of a gang war between assassins with animal-themed skills. Nearly every manga from the same author features some variation of this plot.
- Arachnid had a single organization of insect-themed freaks targetting a young spider-girl for funsies. It established a funfacts battle narration format the stories below all follow. In short, is a Stealth Sequel to Jackals set IN A SCHOOL.
- The sidestory Caterpillar is basically Arachnid IN A CRUISE SHIP.
- Killing Bites has four yakuza organizations betting on the outcome of fights between beastmen with rich people watching as in Caterpillar. The first battle royale is set ON AN ISLAND.
- Himenospia borrows more and more from Arachnid as it goes on. The ant/wasp-themed Shadow Dictator role is split between the protagonist and the more experienced antagonist who is FROM AMERICA.
- Choubu no Shinobi is literally Arachnid in SENGOKU-ERA JAPAN, with several reused character designs.
- Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is Attack on Titan IN A STEAMPUNK VERSION OF TAISHO-ERA JAPAN, WITH TRAINS AND GUNS AND MORE TRADITIONAL ZOMBIES IN THE PLACE OF TITANS.
- Kochi Kame is Father Ted WITH POLICE OFFICERS AND IN JAPAN!
- Knights of Sidonia is... Also Attack on Titan IN SPACE!
- Megumin from KonoSuba is Rikka Takanashi DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BAY!
- The planned series of Lupin VIII, had it been completed, would have been Lupin III, IN SPACE, IN THE FUTURE.
- Megalo Box is a 50th anniversary retelling of Tomorrow's Joe WITH CYBERPUNK.
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is... The Da Vinci Code with Unicorn Gundam acting as Cryptex IN SPACE!
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury is Revolutionary Girl Utena in space with duels using mechs instead of swords.
- Considering how much it references the play, it can also be called William Shakespeare's The Tempest in space, with lesbians.
- My Hero Academia is Naruto WITH SUPERHEROES STARRING ROCK LEE!
- One Piece is Fairy Tail WITH PIRATES!
- Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu is Restaurant to Another World IN FANTASY-GERMANY!
- Patlabor is Hill Street Blues WITH HUMONGOUS MECHA!
- Planetes is literally recycling in space!
- It could also be treated as a Slice of Life IN SPACE!
- Pokemon: Sun and Moon is Yo-kai Watch AS A SCHOOL-SET Slice of Life SERIES!
- Which would be considered Hilarious in Hindsight as Yo-Kai Watch itself would get a series like that 3 years after the release of Sun and Moon.
- Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is The Little Mermaid (1989) IN JAPAN!
- Powerpuff Girls Z is The Powerpuff Girls (1998) IN JAPAN!
- Pretty Cure does this often, often recycling plots from past seasons and, on occasion, other shows by Bandai and/or Toei:
- Suite Pretty Cure ♪ is Futari wa Pretty Cure WITH A MUSIC THEME!
- Smile PreCure! is Yes! PreCure 5 WITH FAIRYTALES!
- Doki Doki! PreCure is Fresh Pretty Cure! WITH PLAYING CARDS!
- HappinessCharge PreCure! is HeartCatch PreCure! WITH FORM-CHANGING CARDS!
- Go! Princess PreCure is Aikatsu! WITH PRINCESSES!
- Maho Girls PreCure! is Ojamajo Doremi WITH TEENAGE PROTAGONISTS!
- Or Futari Wa Pretty Cure WITH WITCHES!
- Or Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders AS A PRETTY CURE SERIES!
- KiraKira Pretty Cure a la Mode is Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi AS A PRETTY CURE SERIES!
- Or Smile Pretty Cure! WITH A DESSERT THEME!
- HuGtto! Pretty Cure is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha AS A PRECURE SHOW!
- Or Dokidoki! PreCure WITH EVERYDAY LIFE JOB EMPLOYEES!
- Star★Twinkle Pretty Cure is literally Pretty Cure IN SPACE!
- Or more specifically Maho Girls Pretty Cure IN SPACE WITH FIVE CURES!
- Healin' Good♡Pretty Cure is Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash★Star WITH DOCTORS AND ANIMAL PARTNERS!
- Or Heartcatch Precure WITH DOCTORS!
- Or Kamen Rider Ex-Aid AS A PRECURE SHOW!
- Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure is Smile PreCure! ON THE BEACH!
- Delicious Party♡Pretty Cure is KiraKira★Pretty Cure à la Mode WITH ALL FOOD TYPES!
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Goethe's Faust WITH MAGICAL GIRL LESBIANS!
- Ranking of Kings is Shrek AS A DRAMA!
- Ringing Bell is Bambi IF BAMBI WAS A VENGEFUL SHEEP!
- RuriDragon is Firebreather IN JAPAN WITH A GIRL PROTAGONIST!
- SSSS.GRIDMAN is Denkō Chōjin Gridman AS AN ANIME ADAPTATION!
- SSSS.DYNɅZENON is After War Gundam X WITH KAIJU and GIANT ROBOTS!
- Saikyo Robo Daioja is Mitokomon IN SPACE with Humongous Mecha!
- Sazae-san is La Familia Burrón IN JAPAN!
- Skeleton Knight in Another World is Overlord (2012) WITH ELVES!
- Arc Lalatoya is Ainz Ooal Gown AS A DORK KNIGHT!
- Starzinger is Journey to the West....IN SPACE!.
- Summer Wars is the first Digimon movie WITHOUT DIGIMON!note
- Survival in Another World with My Mistress! is Minecraft AS AN ISEKAI
- Sword Art Online is .hack//SIGN IN The New '10s!
- Tamagotchi! Miracle Friends is Yes! Pretty Cure 5 WITH TAMAGOTCHIS!
- Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar is Tenchi Muyo! in an Alternate Universe WITH HUMONGOUS MECHA!
- Tokyo Mew Mew is Sailor Moon WITH NEKO GIRLS!
- Tokyo Revengers is ERASED WITH TEENAGE GANGSTERS!
- Ulysses 31 is The Odyssey IN SPACE!
- The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz is The Wonderful Wizard of Oz IN SPACE!
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: the entire franchise is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Gundam WITH CARD GAMES!
- The original manga (and the Duel Monsters anime) is Ultraman Tiga WITH CARD GAMES!
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: Capsule Monsters is Yu-Gi-Oh! WITH MONS!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is Ultraman Dyna WITH CARD GAMES!
- Or Mobile Suit Gundam SEED AS A YU-GI-OH! ANIME!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds is Yu-Gi-Oh! ON MOTORCYCLES!
- Or Initial D WITH CARD GAMES!
- Or Ultraman Gaia WITH CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!
- Or Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny WITH CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL. "Card Games on Rocket Ships!"
- Or Danganronpa WITH CARD GAMES!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V is the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise UP TO ELEVEN!
- Or Black★Rock Shooter WITH CARD GAMES
- Or Kamen Rider Decade AS A YU-GI-OH! ANIME!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS is Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds IN CYBERSPACE!
- Or Kamen Rider Ex-Aid WITH CARD GAMES!
- Or Digimon Tamers AS A YU-GI-OH! ANIME!
- Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! is Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS'' IN SPACE!
- Or SSSS.DYNɅZENON AS A YU-GI-OH! ANIME!
- Or Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga WITH CARD GAMES!
- Yumeiro Pâtissière is Shugo Chara! WITH DESSERTS!
- Voltes V is The French Revolution IN SPACE WITH COMBINING MECHA !
- Boazania is France IN SPACE
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