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.

X-Men: The Animated Series

A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.

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Airdates: 1992 - 1997

XO, Kitty

A new love story unfolds when teen matchmaker, Kitty Song Covey,  reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same boarding school attended by her late mother.

Network:
Airdates: 2023 - current

Y: The Last Man

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Y is the last surviving cis-male human on the planet.

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Airdates: 2021

Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito

The incredible journey of Hazuki through many fantasy worlds in search of her one true love.

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Airdates: 2003

You

A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.

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Airdates: 2018 - 2024

You’re Under Arrest

The adventures of two female police officers in modern Japan.

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Airdates: 1996 - 2008

Young Justice

Join the teenage superheroes as they save the world as well as deal with normal daily life issues.

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Airdates: 2010 - 2022

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

The animated series follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.

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Airdates: 2025 - current

Yu Yu Hakusho

Running in a crowd, in a faceless town, I need to feel the touch of a friend. In the countryside, I wander far and wide. The isolation gets me again.

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Airdates: 1992 - 1995

Yurikuma Arashi

Bears from another planet come to earth and … go to high school.

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Airdates: 2015

YuruYuri

Four students decide to occupy the room of defunct tea ceremony club, dubbing it the ‘Amusment Club.’

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Airdates: 2011 - 2015

Zombie-Loan

Michiru Kita possesses the Shinigami Eyes, a power which allows her to see a person’s closeness to death by seeing…

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Airdates: 2007 - 2008