The Film-Lover's Check List: Anime Franchises

List of Anime Franchises

Ghost in the Shell


1.	Ghost In the Shell (1995)
2.	Ghost In the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
3.	Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig (2002)
4.	Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
5.	Ghost In the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2005)
6.	Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society (2006)

	Ghost In the Shell 2.0 (2008)

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a re-edit of the original Ghost in the Shell.

The Laughing Man is an OVA based on the first season of the Stand Alone Complex television show.

Individual Eleven is an OVA based on the second season of the Stand Alone Complex television show.

Neon Genesis Evangelion


1.	Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)
2.	Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (1997)
3.	The End of Evangelion (1997)

1.	Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007)
2.	Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
3.	Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo (2012)

All footage from Evangelion: Death and Rebirth is contained in the series (notably in the director's cuts of episodes 21-24) and The End of Evangelion.

Cowboy Bebop


1.	Cowboy Bebop (1998)
2.	Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door (2001)

Fullmetal Alchemist


1.	Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)
2.	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
3.	Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection (2006)
4.	Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (2009)
5.	Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)

Code Geass


1.	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (2006)
2.	Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 (2008)
3.	Code Geass: Nunnally in Wonderland
4.	Code Geass: Akito the Exiled

Space Runaway Ideon


1.	Space Runaway Ideon (1980)
2.	The Ideon: A Contact (1982)
3.	The Ideon: Be Invoked (1982)

Macross


1.	Chojiku yosai Macross (1982)
2.	Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)
3.	Superdimensional Fortress Macross: Flash Back 2012 (1987)
4.	Superdimensional Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again (1992)
5.	Macross Plus (1994)
6.	Macross 7 (1994)
7.	Macross 7: The Galaxy Is Calling Me (1995)
8.	Macross 7: Encore (1995)
9.	Macross Dynamite 7 (1997)
10.	Macross Zero (2002)
11.	Makurosu furontia (2008)
12.	Macross Frontier the Movie: The False Songstress (2009)

Macross 7: Encore is three previously unaired episode of Macross 7 released as OVAs.

Space Battleship Yamato


1.	Star Blazers - Quest For Iscandar (1974)
2.	Farewell To Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love (1978)
3.	Space Cruiser Yamato 2 (1978)
4.	Space Cruiser Yamato: The New Journey (1979)
5.	Be Forever Yamato (1980)
6.	Space Cruiser Yamato III (1980)
7.	Final Yamato (1983)
8.	Yamato 2520 (1994)
9.	Great Yamato No. 0 (2004)
10.	Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)

Galaxy Express 999


1.	Galaxy Express 999 (1978)
2.	Galaxy Express 999: The Signature Edition (1979)
3.	Adieu, Galaxy Express 999 (1981)
4.	Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy (1998)
5.	Maetel legend (2000)
6.	Space Symphony Maetel (2004)

Maetel Legend and Space Symphony Maetel are a crossover between Galaxy Express 999 and Queen Millennia.

Queen Millennia


1.	Queen of a Thousand Years (1981)
2.	Queen of a Thousand Years (1982)
3.	Maetel legend (2000)
4.	Space Symphony Maetel (2004)

Maetel Legend and Space Symphony Maetel are a crossover between Galaxy Express 999 and Queen Millennia.

Gurren Lagann


1.	Tengen toppa gurren lagann (2007)
2.	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan: Guren-hen (2008)
3.	Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan: Lagann-hen (2009)

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan: Guren-hen is a compilation of the first fifteen episodes of the series plus 20 minutes of additional animation.

Gundam


1.	First Gundam (1979)
2.	Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
3.	Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
4.	Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters In Space (1982)
5.	Zeta Gundam (1985)
6.	Gundam Double-Zeta (1986)
7.	Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
8.	Gundam 0080: A War In the Pocket (1989)
9.	Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack (1989)
10.	Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)
11.	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991)
12.	Musha Kishi Commando: SD Gundam Kinkyu Shutsugeki (1991)
13.	Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon (1992)
14.	Mobile Suit V Gundam (1993)
15.	SD Gundam Matsuri - SD Gundam Gaiden: Seikihei Monogatari (1993)
16.	Mobile Fighter G Gundam (1994)
17.	New Mobile Report Gundam W (1995)
18.	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team (1996)
19.	Mobile New Century Gundam X (1996)
20.	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (1998)
21.	New Mobile Report Gundam W: Endless Waltz (1998)
22.	Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (2000)
23.	Turn-A Gundam (1999)
24.	Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers (2001)
25.	Kido Senshi Gundam Evolve (2001)
26.	Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (2002)
27.	After Phase: In the Valley of Stars (2004)
28.	Superior Defender Gundam Force (2004)
29.	Gundam Seed Destiny (2004)
30.	The Chosen Future (2004)
31.	Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War (2004)
32.	Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079 (2006)
33.	Kido senshi Gundam Seed C.E. 73: Stargazer (2006)
34.	Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007)
35.	Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front (2008)
36.	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010)

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon is a compilation movie of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report is a compilation movie of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.

After Phase: In the Valley of Stars is an OVA for Mobile Suit Gundam Seed.

Superior Defender Gundam Force is a television series.

The Chosen Future is an OVA for Gundam Seed Destiny.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War is a three episode OVA series.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079 (2006) is a three episode OVA series.

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front (2008) is a three episode OVA series.

Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is an OVA Series.

Patlabor


1.	Patlabor: The Original Series (1988)
2.	Patlabor: The Mobile Police (1989)
3.	Mobile Police Patlabor (1989)
4.	Mobile Police Patlabor 2 (1990)
5.	Patlabor 2 (1993)
6.	WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)
7.	Patlabor Minimum (2002)

Patlabor Minimum is a series of three short films.

Astro Boy


1.	Astroboy (1963)
2.	The New Astro Boy (1980)

	Astro Boy (2003)
	Astro Boy (2009)

Kimba the White Lion


1.	Kimba the White Lion (1965)
2.	Kimba, the White Lion (1966)
3.	Leo the Lion (1966)
4.	New Adventures of Kimba the White Lion (1989)
5.	Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
6.	Jungle Emperor Leo (2009)

Jungle Emperor Leo (2009) is a movie.

Phoenix


1.	Phoenix 2772 (1980)
2.	Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986)
3.	Yamato (1987)
4.	Space (1987)
5.	Phoenix (2004)

Yamato and Space are OVAs.

Black Jack


1.	Black Jack (1993)
2.	Black Jack (2004)
3.	Black Jack: Two Doctors In Black (2005)
4.	Black Jack 21 (2006)

	Black Jack (1996)
	Black Jack 2: Pinoko Ai Shiteru (1996)
	Black Jack II (2000)
	Black Jack III (2001)

Black Jack (1993) is a 10 episode OVA series.

Black Jack (2004) is a television series.

Black Jack 21 is a television series.

Revolutionary Girl Utena


1.	Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Rose Collection (1997)
2.	Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Movie (1999)