'''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. Due 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, because 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 accept "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 sensibilites of the individual.
==Examples==
*''[[Angel's Egg]]''
*''[[Boogiepop Phantom]]''
*''[[Cat Soup]]''
*''[[Digital Juice]]''
*''[[Earth Girl Arjuna]]'' (aka ''Chikyuu Shoujo Arjuna'')
*''[[Ergo Proxy]]''
*''[[FLCL]]'' (aka ''Furi Kuri'')
*''[[Gankutsuou]]'' (aka ''The Count of Monte Cristo'')
*''[[Ghost in the Shell]]'' (aka ''Koukaku Kidoutai'')
*''[[Gilgamesh]]''
*''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]'' (aka ''Hotaru no Haka'')
*''[[Haibane Renmei]]''
* ''[[Key the Metal Idol]]''
*''[[Kakurenbo]]''
*[[Katsuhiro Otomo]]'s ''[[Memories_(film)|Memories]]''
*''[[Manie Manie]]'' (aka ''[[Labyrinth Tales]]'', aka ''Neo-Tokyo'')
*''[[Mindgame]]''
*''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (aka ''Shin Seiki Evangelion'')
*''[[Noiseman Sound Insect]]'' (aka ''Onkyou Seimetai Noizuman'')
*''[[Now and Then, Here and There]]''
*''[[Only Yesterday]]''
*''[[Paranoia Agent]]''
*''Phantasmagoria'' and its spin-off, ''Glassy Ocean''
*''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' (aka ''Shoujo Kakumei Utena'')
*''[[Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise]]'' (aka ''Oneamisu no Tsubasa - Ouritsu Uchuu-gun'')
*''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''
*''[[Tamala 2010]]''
*''[[Texhnolyze]]''
==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.
[[Category:Anime and manga terminology]]
[[es:Anime progresivo]]
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