In our terms, a proxy battle is a battle where humans use creatures/robots to do the fighting for them, either by commanding those creatures/robots or by simply evolving them/changing them into battle mode. Often the training aspect is also involved, or in some cases the proxies are nothing more than holographic representatives of some other variation of competition . While many popular shounen anime fit under this category, it's not limited to shounen anime.
Top 19 Proxy Battles Anime to watch
- 1. Pocket Monsters (2023)
- 2. Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Duel Monsters GX
- 3. Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters
- 4. Pocket Monsters
- 5. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
- 6. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
- 7. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
- 8. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
- 9. Digimon Adventure
- 10. Pocket Monsters (2019)
- 11. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 3
- 12. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 2
- 13. Digimon Tamers
- 14. Pokemon Advanced Generation
- 15. Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
- 16. Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai
- 17. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!
- 18. Shaman King (2021)
- 19. Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V
1. Pocket Monsters (2023)
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A new dream and adventure set throughout the entire Pokémon world unfolds in a brand new Pokémon-series following a girl named Riko and a boy named Roy.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series is currently airing . It is also Known as: ポケットモンスター (2023), Pocket Monsters (2023)
2. Yu☆Gi☆Oh!: Duel Monsters GX
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Duel Academy, one of the most prestigious schools in Duel Monster's history. There students learn the fundamentals of becoming not just duelists, but large business owners.
Yuki Judai is a new student with only one thing on his mind, to become the next King Of Games. Judai meets several friends, teachers, and even enemies at the large Dueling school. There he'll have to face off against several different Dorms to become number one duelist. Slifer Red, Ra Yellow, and Obelisk Blue are the three dorms. Will Judai be able to pass all of them?
Based on Kazuki Takahashi's world famous anime and manga Yu-Gi-Oh!.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is finished and has 180 Episodes. It is also Known as: 遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yugioh GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! Genex, Yugioh Genex, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters GX, Yugioh: Duel Monsters GX, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters Genex, Yugioh: Duel Monsters Genex, Game King of Duel Monsters GX
3. Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Duel Monsters
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Legend says that the enigmatic Millennium Puzzle will grant one wish to whoever deciphers its ancient secrets. Upon solving it, high school student Yuugi Mutou unleashes "another Yuugi," a peculiar presence contained inside. Now, whenever he is faced with a dilemma, this mysterious alter ego makes an appearance and aids him in his troubles.
Wishing to unravel the mystery behind this strange spirit, Yuugi and his companions find themselves competing with several opponents in "Duel Monsters," a challenging card game used by people seeking to steal the Millennium Puzzle in a desperate attempt to harness the great power within. As the questions pile on, it is not long before they figure out that there is more than pride on the line in these duels.
Yu-Gi-Oh! is finished and has 224 Episodes. It is also Known as: 遊☆戯☆王 デュエルモンスターズ, Yugioh, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duel Monsters, Yugioh: Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yuu Gi Ou!
4. Pocket Monsters
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Pokemon are peculiar creatures with a vast array of different abilities and appearances; many people, known as Pokemon trainers, capture and train them, often with the intent of battling others. Young Satoshi has not only dreamed of becoming a Pokemon trainer but also a "Pokemon Master," and on the arrival of his 10th birthday, he finally has a chance to make that dream a reality. Unfortunately for him, all three Pokemon available to beginning trainers have already been claimed and only Pikachu, a rebellious Electric type Pokemon, remains. However, this chance encounter would mark the start of a lifelong friendship and an epic adventure!
Setting off on a journey to become the very best, Satoshi and Pikachu travel across beautiful, sprawling regions with their friends Kasumi, a Water type trainer, and Takeshi, a Rock type trainer. But danger lurks around every corner. The infamous Team Rocket is always nearby, seeking to steal powerful Pokemon through nefarious schemes. It'll be up to Satoshi and his friends to thwart their efforts as he also strives to earn the eight Pokemon Gym Badges he'll need to challenge the Pokemon League, and eventually claim the title of Pokemon Master.
Pokémon is finished and has 276 Episodes. It is also Known as: ポケットモンスター, Pocket Monsters, Indigo League, Adventures on the Orange Islands, The Johto Journeys, Johto League Champions, Master Quest
5. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
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Years after an ancient evil was salvaged from the depths of the sea, Joutarou Kuujou sits peacefully within a Japanese jail cell. He's committed no crime yet demands he not be released, believing he's been possessed by an evil spirit capable of harming those around him. Concerned for her son, Holly Kuujou asks her father, Joseph Joestar, to convince Joutarou to leave the prison. Joseph informs his grandson that the "evil spirit" is in fact something called a "Stand," the physical manifestation of one's fighting spirit which can adopt a variety of deadly forms. After a fiery brawl with Joseph's friend Mohammed Avdol, Joutarou is forced out of his cell and begins learning how to control the power of his Stand.
However, when a Stand awakens within Holly and threatens to consume her in 50 days, Joutarou, his grandfather, and their allies must seek out and destroy the immortal vampire responsible for her condition. They must travel halfway across the world to Cairo, Egypt and along the way, do battle with ferocious Stand users set on thwarting them. If Joutarou and his allies fail in their mission, humanity is destined for a grim fate.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders is finished and has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダース, Dai San Bu Kujo Jotaro: Mirai e no Isan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3
6. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai
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The year is 1999. Morioh, a normally quiet and peaceful town, has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Joutarou Kuujou, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jousuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jousuke is actually the illegitimate child of Joutarou's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Joutarou realizes that he may have more in common with Jousuke than just a blood relation.
Along with the mild-mannered Kouichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable is finished and has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ダイヤモンドは砕けない, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken Part 4: Diamond wa Kudakenai, Diamond is not Crash
7. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
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Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna is a small-time crook with one big dream—to become a "Gang-Star." No ordinary thief, Giorno has a connection to the remarkable Joestar bloodline, and possesses a Stand named Gold Experience. His dream starts to become reality when he meets Bruno Buccellati, a mobster from the gang Passione and a fellow Stand user himself. Realizing that they share similar ideals, and both disagree with the gang's harmful affairs, Giorno reveals his goal to Bruno: with Bruno's help, he will reform Passione by overthrowing the boss.
As Giorno becomes a member of Passione, and is inducted into Bruno's squad, he discovers that it is no simple gang; its numbers are teeming with Stand users. Now confronted by other squads of differing loyalties and unpredictable caliber, their goal to change the gang from the inside out will be a tough one. Taking on these adversaries, Giorno attempts to rise through the ranks and inch closer to the boss, a man who is shrouded in mystery.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind is finished and has 39 Episodes. It is also Known as: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze, ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 黄金の風, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Golden Wind, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo
8. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
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Conspiring forces frame Jolyne Cujoh for a reckless crime, landing her in the infamous Green Dolphin Street Jail. Much like her father Jotaro, Jolyne is brash, brave, and just; she rails against her unfair sentence and quickly discovers the sinister circumstances that led to her incarceration.
A gift from her absent father grants Jolyne the power of Stone Free, a supernatural ability known as a Stand that allows her to unravel her body into string. Jolyne uses Stone Free to battle her way through the prison, recruiting new allies—Hermes Costello and Foo Fighters—to assist in her investigation. Together, the fearless women fight to uncover the menace behind White Snake, an enemy Stand responsible for the increasingly dangerous prisoners who are after Jolyne's life.
Through Jolyne, the Joestar lineage confronts the legacy of its one true enemy. Jolyne and her friends race to stop a disastrous plot and put an end to a culminating evil.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean, ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Sutōn Ōshan, Jojo part 6
9. Digimon Adventure
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When a group of kids head out for summer camp, they don't expect it to snow in the middle of July. Out of nowhere, the kids receive strange devices which transport them to a very different world to begin their Digimon Adventure! Led by the plucky Taichi Yagami, the seven children must now survive in a realm far from home, filled with monsters and devoid of other humans.
Luckily, they're not alone: each child is paired off with a companion digital monster called a Digimon. Together, the children and their new friends must overcome their insecurities, discover their inner strengths, and evolve into stronger fighters - literally.
A force of evil is spreading through the Digital World, corrupting all the Digimon. The DigiDestined have arrived and it’s up to them to save the Digital World, if they ever want to see their home world again.
Digimon: Digital Monsters is finished and has 54 Episodes. It is also Known as: デジモンアドベンチャー, Digimon Adventure 01
10. Pocket Monsters (2019)
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Pokémon Trainer Satoshi has a new plan: see the world! But first, he and his partner Pikachu are headed to the opening of the Sakuragi Institute, a research facility dedicated to uncovering the mysteries of Pokémon in every region. Satoshi meets Gou, another boy with boundless curiosity about Pokémon, and both are overjoyed when Professor Sakuragi asks them to become official research fellows. With Satoshi as determined as ever to become a Pokémon Master, and Gou aiming to catch one of every Pokémon , our heroes are in for adventure and excitement as they explore the wide world of Pokémon!
Pokémon Journeys: The Series is finished and has 136 Episodes. It is also Known as: ポケットモンスター, Pokemon (Shin Series)
11. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 3
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After finally escaping the confines of Green Dolphin Street Jail, Jolyne Cujoh—alongside her companions Ermes Costello and Emporio Alniño—pursues the villainous priest Enrico Pucci across the state of Florida. Jolyne's allies, Weather Report, and Narciso Anasui, struggle to catch up with her in order to help bring an end to Pucci's plot. As both parties pursue the priest, they must battle against Pucci's band of enemy Stand users.
While Jolyne's comrades fight for their lives, Pucci races to the Kennedy Space Center. There he hopes to enact his ultimate goal, one he believes God has entrusted to him. He aims to fulfill the will of the Joestars' blood enemy Dio Brando and—by robbing humanity of free will and making them slaves to fate—to create a world where all humans are blissfully happy.
Unable to rely on the aid of her comatose father Jotaro, Jolyne must weaponize all she has learned in prison to confront Pucci in a climactic battle while the world itself hangs in the balance.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 3 is finished and has 14 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン 3クール, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 3
12. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 2
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Thrown into solitary confinement after a daring rescue attempt, Jolyne Cujoh fights to uncover the sinister plot of Whitesnake, an enemy Stand whose mysterious wielder remains unknown to her.
Whitesnake's user is actually Enrico Pucci, priest and chaplain of Green Dolphin Street Prison. Pucci shares a deep connection with a villain who once plagued the Joestar bloodline, making his feud with Jolyne and her father, Jotaro, a personal one. Intent on executing the master plan of his deceased friend, Pucci uses the prison and its inmates to fulfill his nefarious schemes.
Assisted by fellow prisoners, like Ermes Costello and Foo Fighters, Jolyne battles several enemy Stand users. As the ramifications of Pucci's plot spread beyond the confines of the prison and begin to threaten the rest of the world, Jolyne embraces her family lineage and risks her life to put an end to evil.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean Part 2 is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン 2クール, JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean Part 2
13. Digimon Tamers
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Digimon Tamers takes place in a world where the popular Digimon franchise is all the rage, consisting of a cartoon, video games, and the trading card game. Takato Matsuda is a huge Digimon fan that's particularly obsessed with the card game, and constantly daydreams about the universe therein. One day, he finds a mysterious blue card, which he slides through a scanner toy to use in the popular battle game. His toy suddenly glows and transforms into a Digivice, and Takato's fan-made design, Guilmon, materialises in front of him. Thrilled by the prospect of having a real-life Digimon, Takato embraces his new partner, and his adventures as a Digimon Tamer begin.
Takato quickly discovers that being a Digimon Tamer is not all fun and games—in reality, it's much more dangerous than the card games he's accustomed to. Wild Digimon have begun to appear all across Japan, causing rampages that result in chaos and mayhem. Armed with his Digivice, which can scan trading cards to strengthen Guilmon, Takato and his new partner set out to combat the rogue Digimon. They are tasked with protecting the world from Digimon attacks, whilst a mysterious organization determined to eliminate all Digimon and their Tamers lurks in the shadows...
Digimon Tamers is finished and has 51 Episodes. It is also Known as: デジモンテイマーズ, Digimon: Digital Monsters 03
14. Pokemon Advanced Generation
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After participating in the Johto League, Ash decides to begin anew in yet another journey; this time by himself and Pikachu, in the land of Hoenn. Though he isn't alone for long, as 10-year-old May travels with him after Pikachu destroys her bicycle. Ash also meets up with his old companion, Brock, and May's younger brother, Max. Together, they travel along in Hoenn, battling Gym Leaders, entering Contests, and other events on the way to the Hoenn League.
Pokemon: Advanced is finished and has 192 Episodes. It is also Known as: ポケットモンスター アドバンスジェネレーション, Pocket Monsters: Advanced Generation, Advanced Challenge, Advanced Battle, Battle Frontier
15. Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
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After defeating Pyramid King Jindai and declining the offer to be a Frontier Brain, Satoshi sets off to travel through the far away land of Sinnoh. Once he gets there, he meets up with Hikari, a local trainer from the region, and they decide to travel together.
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl is finished and has 191 Episodes. It is also Known as: ポケットモンスター ダイヤモンド&パール, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl, Diamond and Pearl, DP: Battle Dimension, DP: Galactic Battles, DP: Sinnoh League Victors
16. Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai
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The Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart was founded alongside the development of "Machinart," machine magic capable of giving life and intelligence to mechanical dolls subsequently called as "automaton." Its aim: train skilled puppeteers to control the automatons, as militaries across the globe have begun incorporating Machinart into their armies.
After miserably failing the academy's entrance exams, Raishin Akabane and his humanoid automaton Yaya must defeat one of the top one hundred students to earn the right to take part in the Evening Party, a fight for supremacy between puppeteers using their automatons. The last one standing is bestowed the title of "Wiseman" and granted access to the powerful forbidden arts.
Thus, Raishin challenges Charlotte Belew and her automaton Sigmund to a duel, but before they even begin, Sigmund is attacked by other students. After saving his opponents from their assaulters, Raishin cancels the duel but is forced to search for a new way to gain access to the Party. Driven by the tragedies of his past, Raishin fights alongside Yaya to rise to the top and claim the title of Wiseman.
Unbreakable Machine-Doll is finished and has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 機巧少女〈マシンドール〉は傷つかない, Machine Girl wa Kizutsukanai, Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai
17. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!
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Goofball Yoshii's still leading his crew in Avatar battles against the brainier students in school, but the girls in Class F have grown way less concerned with improving their status on campus. Instead of moving up in the world, the girls are more interested in getting closer to the guys in the gang!
Of course, some of the boys are totally oblivious to the romantic intentions of their female friends. That's to be expected in a group of dim-wits and misfits. Nonetheless, the femmes of Class F aren't giving up anytime soon. Because when love is on the line, even the biggest underachievers can find motivation – even if they can't spell it!
Baka & Test – Summon the Beasts 2 is finished and has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: バカとテストと召喚獣 にっ!, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu 2, The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures 2, Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, Baka to Test to Shokanju 2, BakaTest 2
18. Shaman King (2021)
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Shamans are extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits, and gods, which are invisible to ordinary people. The Shaman Fight—a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other—is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. This title allows the current incumbent to call upon the Great Spirit and shape the world as they see fit.
Finding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees the terror. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.
Shaman King (2021) is finished and has 52 Episodes. It is also Known as: SHAMAN KING シャーマンキング, Shaman King (2021)
19. Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V
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Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V centers around Yuya Sakaki, as he tries to escape from harsh reality by smiling. But one Duel leads him to make a determination to confront the difficulties and he will get the power of infinite possibilities. The show's main theme is "Take a step forward with courage!!"
Yuya is a student at a preparatory school, learning to become an "entertainment Duelist," a type of professional Duelist.
The story is set in Miami City on the coast of Japan. Leo Corporation is run by its president Reiji Akaba. Thanks to the spread of the company's "Solid Vision with mass," "Action Duels" are born in Miami City and has reached worldwide popularity. Children look up to star-level Pro Duelists, and they learn Summoning and Duel styles at various large and small cram schools, including the You Show Duel School that Yuya attends and the largest of such schools, Leo Duel School .
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! Arc-V is finished and has 148 Episodes. It is also Known as: 遊☆戯☆王 アーク・ファイブ ARC-V, Yugioh, Yuu Gi Ou! Arc-V, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc Five, Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V