Literary Inspired TV Shows (
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Predominantly found in web series, TV shows with this trope are based on a pre-existing work. Like every single bloody Sherlock Holmes series ever made by network TV.

Air Master

Teenaged street fighters with big boobs.

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Airdates: 2003 - 2004

Akame ga Kill!

Tatsumi, a young villager, travels to the Capital to raise money for his home only to discover strong corruption in the area. The assassin group “Night Raid” recruits him to fight against the Empire.

Network: , , ,
Airdates: 2014

Akikan!

Soda cans become beautiful girls who have to fight.

Network:
Airdates: 2009

Alice in Borderland

A group of bored delinquents are transported to a parallel dimension as part of a survival game.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2022

All For One

A freshman at Dumas College, Dorothy is desperately hoping to be chosen for the sorority Mu Sigma Theta and has a tiny little crush on her roommate.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2016 - 2018

Altered Carbon

Consciousness is digitized and stored in cortical stacks implanted in the spine, allowing humans to survive physical death by having their memories and consciousness “re-sleeved” into new bodies.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2019

American Gods

A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself “Wednesday” who knows more than he seems about Shadow’s life and past.

Network:
Airdates: 2017 - 2021

And Just Like That…

Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.

Network:
Airdates: 2021 - current

Anima Yell!

A cheer squad tries to help the school be happier.

Network: , ,
Airdates: 2018

Anne with an E

A reimagining of the classic book and film is a coming-of-age story about a young orphan who is seeking love, acceptance and place in the world.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2017 - 2019

Anxious People

A failed bank robber locks himself in a home, along with a real estate agent, two IKEA addicts, a pregnant woman, a suicidal millionaire and a rabbit.

Network:
Airdates: 2021

Any Other Rosie

A Modern Adaption of the Shakespeare classic, Romeo and Juliet, with a twist.

Network:
Airdates: 2017 - 2018