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'''Progressive anime''' is a subset of [[progressive animation]] that is produced in [[Japan]].  The term was first promoted by the [[Hayao Miyazaki Mailing List]] back in the early 1990s.  Like the broader term progressive animation, progressive anime refers to [[anime]] that truly breaks boundaries and goes in the face of cliches in the medium.  Again this is a very ambiguous definition, but people who tend to use this label are the kinds of people who appreciate artistically groundbreaking works in film. Of course, the works here listed are exceedingly subjective and with many of the below listed works being part of other, more well-known, genres. Neon Genesis Evangelion, for instance, is essentially a "dark" version of a [[Super Robot]] anime, and Paranoia Agent and Texhnolyze owe their existence to the listed Serial Experiments Lain and the unDue to the ultimate subjectivity of what is classified as "progressive", however, the genre is exceedingly hard to define. Anime itself, in fact, is hard to define in terms of genre, owing to the fact that there are nearly as many "types" of anime as there are anime themselves. There is considerable prejudice, for example, when a fan of only dramatic anime, which could be considered progressive, such as "Only Yesterday", refuses to except "Neon Genesis Evangelion" as such- and vice-versa.  The following, therefore, should be understood as a list of what only some people consider as "progressive"- it should be kept in mind that the determination of what qualifies as "progressive" is entirely subjective and completely dependent on the tastes and artistic sensibilisted Boogiepop Phantom.⏎
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==Examples==

*''[[Angel's Egg]]''
*''[[Cat Soup]]''
*''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
*''[[Digital Juice]]''
*''[[FLCL]]''
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*[http://www.livejournal.com/community/pareview A prototype for the Progressive Animation Review]
*[http://www.pelleas.net/aniTOP/ Anipages Daily] A [[blog]]/site that focuses heavily on Japan's progressive and independent animation movements versus the [[otaku]]-centric slant most anime sites have. It focuses heavily on production aspects of animation in Japan.

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