Magic Knight Rayearth

Interested in the genre? Despite what people might say, mecha is a rich character focused genre with a variety of incredibly unique stories to tell. Here's a collection of shows with short, straight-to-the-point descriptions about each. Note that some of these were translated by fans, and aren't available officially/legally. A good amount of these are available on various streaming services, tho as for all well you might have to sail the high seas a bit. Disregard my personal scores, as its subjective at end of the day and you might like it. Also please don't dismiss some of these just because they're really old, they pretty much all hold up well even today. Check each out, and see what strikes your fancy. Any shows I personally haven't watch I got info on from fellow mecha friends of mine:

The best Shoujo anime that aired before 2005

All shows featured in Super Robot Wars T
Not including: Crossbone Gundam (Manga)

Based on the popular magical girl inphographic guide https://i.imgur.com/vFQ3vaZ.jpeg with notes attached to each entry

This is split into 2 Categories:
B. (starts with Utena) I've only seen Madoka Magica and I want to learn more about the genre, but idk if I'm ready for kids' shows.
If at the end you're ready to explore the mahou shoujo genre in full force, jump to Category A.

A. (starts with Precure) I like cute stuff and the magical girls aesthetic, and I can actually handle stuff aimed at little girls.
If at the end this isn't enough for you, congrats, you're into mahou shoujo and you should start doing your own research.

SRW V - SRW 30

magical girls i guess, and some others too
i keep adding- goal is to watch'em all

A massive collection of mahou-shoujo anime to provide hours of entertainment for fans of the genre.

Dr. Slump: Arale-chan, 1981, from 243 episodes the station only bought 52
Dr. Slump, 1997 - all 74 episodes
Dragon Ball (airing from 1999-Oct to 2000-May)
Dragon Ball (from 2000-May to 2000-Dec)
Dragon Ball GT
Senkaiden Houshin Engi > Łowca dusz (airing from 2001-06)
Slayers + Slayers Next + Slayers Try > Magiczni wojownicy
Saint Seiya > Rycerze Zodiaku
Magic Knight Rayearth + Magic Knight Rayearth II > Wojowniczki z Krainy Marzeń
Kenyu Densetsu Yaiba > Yaiba - legendarny samuraj

The mecha genre is specific to the anime medium, for the reason that what once started from an interesting concept, over the decades and the various artistic interpretations it had gone through, did managed to reach it's full development and thematic recognition.

It's origin can be traced way back to the end of World War 2, and the notion of the general populace at the time, that the technological breakthroughs, and their further usage to help and safeguard mankind are the way that we should develop as a species, so that's when the bipedal metal giants were born - a figures with humane limbs and features, that are controlled by a person and which allows them to wield this overwhelming power in service of a greater good.

In this interest stack, I've presented the ways in this genre had changed, and the specific shows which had major impact upon the development of the mecha as a concept, and the ways it had branched out of the established norm for this genre exploring a broad spectrum of themes. The order of the shows is in chronological order, since that way the slight alterations and changes can be presented in more simple and efficient manner.

Welcome to the MCU.
Based on original manga timeline series not anime realease order. Not include character designs. The phases were created by me.
Unfortunately not all the mangas were adapted so I highly recommend read the manga for more comprehension (Specially the TRC chronology).

Phase I: Tower of Tokyo saga

-RgVeda
-X
-Tokyo Babylon
-Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan

Phase II: Magic saga

-Miyuki Chan in wonderland
-Magic knight Rayearth
-Wish
-Card Captor Sakura
-Kobato

Phase III: Robots saga

-Clover
-Angelic layer
-Chobits

Phase IV: Crossover saga

-Xxxholic
-Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
-Clamp in wonderland
-Clamp in wonderland 2
-Aruhi no Clamp Gakuen Tanteidan

A list of magical girl shows released between 1966 and 1998. Made using this awesome tumblr post: https://chiibinomonodamon.tumblr.com/post/99031991319/there-you-go-every-fcking-magical-girl-from

This is part 1 of the stack of animes that aired on Canal Panda. A portuguese kids channel that would air shows made for childrens.

Animes that had been aired on any Filipino major channel (ABS-CBN, GMA, TV5 etc.). Not included are the shows that only aired on Animax-Asia.