'''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 unlisted Boogiepop Phantom.
==Examples==
*''[[Angel's Egg]]''
*''[[Cat Soup]]''
*''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
*''[[Digital Juice]]''
*''[[FLCL]]''
*''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]''
*''[[Kakurenbo]]''
*[[Katsuhiro Otomo]]'s ''[[Memories_(movie)|Memories]]''
*''[[Manie Manie]]'' (aka ''[[Labyrinth Tales]]'', aka ''Neo-Tokyo'')
*''[[Mindgame]]''
*''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''
*''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]''
*''[[Only Yesterday]]''
*''[[Paranoia Agent]]''
*''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''
*''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''
*''[[Tamala 2010]]''
*''[[Texhnolyze]]''
*''[[Wings of Honneamise]]''
==External links==
*[http://nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list/ The Hayao Miyazaki Mailing List] The original place to discuss progressive [[anime]] generally focused towards [[Studio Ghibli]]'s films.
*[http://forums.productionig.com Forums of Production IG] A studio that produces a lot of progressive films particularly [[Oshii Mamoru|Mamoru Oshii's]] works.
*[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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