Karakuri Zōshi Ayatsuri Sakon 人形草紙あやつり左近

Alternative Name: 傀儡师左近 (Kuǐ Lěi Shī Zuǒ Jìn)

Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller, Supernatural, Action, Living Dolls,

               Puppeteers, Occult

Description: 

Sakon is the grandson of the famous Bunraku master, Tachibana Zaemon. He is incredibly shy and lacks confidence in himself. However, when he is with his puppet, Ukon, he is able to focus himself and his crime-solving abilities. As a contrast to traditional Bunraku puppeteering, Sakon is an expert ventriloquist. He uses his talent of mimicing and throwing voices to confront the villains and often force a confession. Ukon is a beautiful Bunraku puppet created in 1870, supposedly by the Master puppet-builder Unosuke Koizumi III. But Ukon doesn't act as a good Bunraku puppet should. When he is with Sakon, he is forward, obnoxious, flirtatious, coarse, and very egocentric. Together, Sakon and Ukon travel around Japan, solving mysteries, murders, and horrific crimes. In the meantime, Sakon's aunt Kaoruko, a young and pretty police detective, helps him out and keeps an eye on him

Episode: 26

Original Run: October 8, 1999 – March 31, 2000

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Fantasista Doll ファンタジスタドール (Fantajisuta Dōru)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Magic, Magical Girl, Sci-Fi, Tournaments, 

               Slice of Life, Fantasy, Mobile Apps, Living Dolls

Description: 

Uzume Ono is a young student and former champion of a trading card game competition. She is trusted with a special device containing six powerful Fantasista Dolls. These dolls are sentient virtual beings who reside in cards which are now controlled by their new master, Uzume.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 7, 2013 – September 28, 2013

Studio: Hoods Entertainment

Unbreakable Machine-Doll 機巧少女は傷つかない (Mashin-Dōru wa Kizutsukanai)

Alternative Name: 機巧少女不會受傷 (Jī Qiǎo Shào Nǚ Bù Huì Shòu Shāng)

 

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Romance, Drama, Puppeteers, 

               Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Tournaments, Fanservice, 

               School, Steampunk, Tragic Past, Human Experimentation, 

               Living Dolls

Description: 

It is the early 20th century, and Raishin Akabane is a student puppeteer from Japan, who has come to the Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machine Arts in England to study the emerging field of Machinart: a combination of magic and technology with military applications. He is accompanied by a girl named Yaya, who is actually his Automaton: a living machine doll powered by magical circuits specialized in hand-to-hand combat. In the Academy, there is a combat tournament exclusive to the Top 100 students and their automata, to decide who shall be bestowed with the title of "Wiseman", the greatest puppeteer.

Episode: 12 + 6 Special

Original Run:

Series: October 7, 2013 – December 23, 2013

Special: December 25, 2013 – May 28, 2014

Studio: Lerche

Angelic Layer エンジェリックレイヤー (Enjerikku Reiyā)

Alternative Name: 机动天使 (Jī Dòng Tiān Shǐ)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Tournaments, Slice of Life,
               Living Dolls

Description: 

12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.

Episode: 26

Original Run: April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001

Studio: Bones

Rozen Maiden ローゼン・メイデン (Rōzen Meiden)

Alternative Name: 蔷薇少女 (Qiáng Wēi Shào Nǚ)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Supernatural, Tsundere, Action,
               Gothic, Lolita, Superpowers, Living Dolls, Puppeteers, 

               Alternative Version

Description: 

Due to a deep trauma at school, Sakurada Jun has refused to return. He spends his time in his room, surfing the web and ordering anything that takes his fancy, only to return the items just before payment is due. One day, he finds a web site that tells him to put his order in a drawer of his desk. He does so thinking it to be a joke, only to find that the letter disappears and a strange package arrives soon afterwards. It contains an exquisite doll that, when wound, comes to life and starts moving on its own and introduces herself as Shinku, the fifth doll of the Rozen Maiden series. She treats him as a servant of little worth, but over time helps him come to grips with his fears and in the life-or-death fights that soon follow her arrival.

Episode

Season 1: 12 episodes 

Season 2: 12 episodes + 1 Special

Special: 2 episodes
Alternative Version: 13 episodes

Original Run

Season 1: October 7, 2004 – December 23, 2004

Season 2: October 20, 2005 – January 5, 2006
Special: April 27, 2006

Special: December 22, 2006 – December 23, 2006

Alternative Version: July 4, 2013 - September 26, 2013

Studio: Nomad (Series)/ Studio Deen (Alternative Version)