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Feb 21, 2010 5:54 PM
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Looking for all Anime with strong Female Leads.

Please don't recommend anything where the female(s) are clingy and weak.
Must be available in English Dub.

Also comedy is okay but I prefer something 'serious' without the lame undertones of comedy like in bleach or something. IE: Like every time something serious happens/major drama going on they ruin it by trying to add some comedy into it.


On a side request: Does anybody know any Anime where the female character is the 'dominate' one? So instead of how it usuallyis 'female crying on male shoulder and always looking for the male to save her, it's the other way around...?'

ScotttFeb 21, 2010 6:01 PM
Feb 21, 2010 5:56 PM
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slayers
Feb 21, 2010 6:01 PM
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Mai Hime
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

No super strong but might work

Black Blood Brothers

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Feb 21, 2010 6:04 PM
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Seirei no Moribito
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Feb 22, 2010 12:45 PM
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Ghost in the Shell
Black Lagoon
Juuni Kokuki
Crest of the stars and its sequels/prequels.
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Feb 22, 2010 12:52 PM
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Spice and Wolf
Rosario + Vampire - Harem /ecchi
Ah! My Goddess
Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo!
Kara no Kyoukai
Sumomomo Momomo: Chijou Saikyou no Yome - Harem / ecchi
Princess Resurrection - Harem
Grenadier - this is exactly what your looking for weak(sort of) male character and extremely strong female character
Ikkitousen - Harem / ecchi
Slayers
Feb 22, 2010 2:04 PM
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Thanks thanks, some of these I never heard of.
Feb 22, 2010 2:16 PM
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Princess Tutu is pretty great and has a good dub.

GunBuster and DieBuster are really good, but they don't have dubs unfortunately.
Feb 22, 2010 2:18 PM
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Princess Mononoke - San, Ebochi-sama and Moro are strong female character, it's dub, serious and doesn't have lame undertone comedy.
Feb 22, 2010 2:25 PM

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None of them are the lead though. Don't get me wrong, Princess Mononoke is great, but Ashitaka is unquestionably the main character.

However, you reminded me: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind actually does have a female main character. The manga is better than the movie, but the movie is still good.
Feb 22, 2010 3:00 PM

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Here I hope these help.

Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl)
Ouran High School Host Club
Rozen Maiden
Gunslinger Girl
Shakugan no Shana
Blood+
Ergo Proxy
Kiki's Delivery Service- Movie
The Place Promised in Our Early Days- Movie
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Traveled Through Time)- Movie
Spirited Away- Movie
Howl's Moving Castle- Movie
Castle in the Sky- Movie
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind- Movie
Princess Mononoke- Movie

Many of Miyazaki's (Director) movies have many famous American actors and actresses in them. Princess Mononoke's main character is Ashitaka (male), but still has a very strong female lead (Princess Mononoke). Castle in the Sky is the same. The latest movie the Miyazaki has done is called Ponyo, maybe you have heard of it. I am pretty sure all the movies above are Miyazaki's and all the names above ARE dubbed. Good Luck!
mysticryanFeb 23, 2010 1:23 PM
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you should watch Miyazaki's movies if you haven't already, he writes strong female characters.

Nausicaa is really good, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited away (in that one the character starts off weaker but becomes strong later), and Howl's moving castle
sevenayFeb 22, 2010 4:03 PM
Feb 22, 2010 7:47 PM

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SquareZ said:

Ikkitousen - Harem / ecchi

She might be physically strong but she has the mind of a 3 year old and cannot think for herself.

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