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.

Naomi

A young woman begins her hero’s journey.

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Airdates: 2022

Naruto

Guided by the spirit demon within him, orphaned Naruto learns to harness his powers as a ninja.

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Airdates: 2002 - 2007

Naruto: Shippûden

A sequel to Naruto, set two and a half years after the original, following the ninja teenager Naruto Uzumaki and his allies.

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Airdates: 2007 - 2017

Negima!?

An AU of another Anime based on a manga, about a school that has to save the world. Sure.

Network:
Airdates: 2006 - 2007

New Amsterdam

A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America’s oldest public hospital.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2023

Nightflyers

A crew of space explorers embark on a mission to find a mysterious alien ship.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2019

Northbound

Join Catherine Morland as she chronicles the perils of young adulthood and her many (mis)adventures through her vlogs on YouTube.

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Airdates: 2015

NTR: Netsuzou Trap

Making out with your BFF for ‘practice’ has unexpected consequences.

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Airdates: 2017

Nyaruko: Crawling with Love

The three eccentric aliens protect a young man from the various extraterrestrial dangers that threaten both his and Earth’s well-being, all the while making his life a living hell.

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Airdates: 2010 - 2013

O Maidens in Your Savage Season

The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other and one admits she wants to have sex before she dies. Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls onto their own paths toward adulthood.

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Airdates: 2019

O Maidens in Your Savage Season (Live Action)

The lives and loves of a literature school club.

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Airdates: 2020

One of Us Is Lying

Five high schoolers walk into detention. Only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

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Airdates: 2021 - 2022