Crossover fever has become a staple of geek culture with high flying video game projects such as Project X Zone and semi-regular Shonen Jump crossovers such as Goku & Luffy saving the world, or even the multi-generation crossover film epics of Pretty Cure.
But what crossovers do we as an audience want to see the most? I bring this up seeing as Japan's favorite Thief Lupin III & favorite kid Detective Conan have joined forces in their own film and it looks awesome. Here are ten more series we'd like to see. Only rule is that I cannot list things that already exist such as Dynasty Warrior Gundam's epic crossover.
10. Nadesico X Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Two ships full of idiots fighting in one big battle, although contrary to their ditzy nature I wouldn't want to fight either captain, they're not as stupid as they act.
9. Outlaw Star X Cowboy Bebop
One is considered the best anime of all time, the other is a cult classic stuck in it's shadow but both combined could create something special.
8. Tenjo Tenge X Ikki Tousen
Considering the sex & violence levels in both shows, combined, these two may not even be allowed broadcasting rights but it would still be awesome.
7. Trigun X Grenadier
Consider these two the same shows with different gendered leads. It's too obvious to ignore the awesomeness of Vash the Stampede & Rushuna Tendo.
6. Mage Battle Royal: Fairy Tail X Slayers X Negima
The three powerhouses of the fantasy mage genre in one of the greatest teams in history. I would love to see a piece of art with Negi, Natsu & Lina Inverse in the same picture in all their bad ass glory.
5. One Piece X Fairy Tail
Saying that, Fairy Tail works with One Piece just as well. It would be easy just to combine the powerhouse Shonen Jump shows but you hit roadblocks when you try and decide which universe rules to go by, hence I doubt Bleach or Naruto would work in any other universe other than it's own. Madoka Magica has a similar problem.
4. Evangelion X Gurren Lagann
Evangelion is no stranger to being out of character so adapting for Gurren Lagann is surprisingly simple, two of the most groundbreaking mecha series in anime history, made by the same company no less. I'm surprised they haven't done it yet.
3. Pani Poni Dash X Azumanga Daioh
But not all crossovers have to be about fighting, the classes of Rebecca Miyamoto & Miss Yukari mix well for one of the most surreal looking school comedies of all time.
2. Black Butler X Hellsing
They're both British, they both work in the Underworld, they both have very capable allies and both have plenty of awesome. Between Alucard & Sebastian, pick a winner.
1. Ranma 1/2 X Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple
Many of the previous crossovers on this list would be well received and already written about frequently in fan fiction, but when it comes down to it you still need rules for both shows to fit and not make one show look bigger than the other, that's where this final entry comes in.
Although Ranma 1/2 is driven by it's Gender Bender antics the core part of it is Anything Goes Martial Arts & while Kenichi follows a strict formula of "bad guys get stronger every episode" it also has an anything goes formula, not to mention both shows feature in generic Japan on Earth.
So what does it result in? An anything goes crossover, in other words both worlds are open for any show that takes place on modern day planet Earth to enter, even if said show isn't an action series, in shorter terms this is the basic template world for anime, in fact any animated show, comic, live action movie or video games all use a basic world template and is the easiest scenario to crossover.
Bonus: Missing in Action
Clamp Crossover: All Clamp works happen in the same universe.
Anything with Dragonballz: Cheapens the other shows that get involved.
Magical Girl Crossover: Their universe rules are more diverse than Shonen Jumps.
Generation Crossovers: Nice idea but how do you rework an 80s creation with it's modern remake? Example: Old & New Dirty Pair or all the versions of Macross.
Death Note vs Code Geass: This is more Light vs Lelouch, that's for a different list.
