Best Anime with Female Protagonists (or in other active roles)

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Anna Lindwasser's The 19 Best Anime With Female Protagonists (from Ranker)
Screenrant's 15 Great Anime Featuring Strong Female Protagonists
RecommendMeAnime's 15 Anime Series With Strong Female Protagonists
RecommendMeAnime's 10 Anime Series That Feature Strong Female Characters
RecommendMeAnime's 12 Isekai Anime Series With a Female Protagonist
Screenrant's The 15 Best Female Protagonists In Anime History / Sotaku's Top 14 (altho they don't seem to get the meaning of the word protagonist)
AnimeMotivation's The Best Female Anime Protagonists Who Are Strong, Smart And Capable
The Mary Sue's 11 Female-Centric Anime Everyone Should Check Out (finally someone puts Tutu and Cardcaptor on a list)
SavvyTokyo's 10 Anime With Compelling Female Characters to Enjoy
CBR's 10 Best Female Protagonists In Isekai Anime
AnimeRegent's Top 10 Anime With Strong Female MC
Mochi-Chan's Top 10 Anime With Female Protagonist You Should Watch
Blaise Senpai's Top 10 Anime With Unexpectedly Strong Female Lead
FandomSpot's 20 Best Anime With A Female Lead MC
CBR's The 10 Best Anime With Strong Female Role Models

longer lists that I won't add:
https://www.anime-planet.com/users/AnnaSartin/lists/anime-that-pass-the-bechdel-test-256395
https://www.anime-planet.com/users/Ginevra/lists/female-protagonist-anime-32332

falls outside the scope or too risque:
MsMojo's Top 20 Most Badass Female Anime Characters
Andy Art TV's 20 of the Most Iconic Female Characters In Anime History

limited to a few titles from each universe

132 and below: searching for what nobody mentioned on forums, in other lists etc
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1926114
https://myanimelist.net/featured/1962/Top_14_Best_Josei_Anime_of_All_Time_Updated
https://caffeineanime.com/15-of-the-best-josei-anime-that-any-anime-lovers-should-watch/
https://honeysanime.com/top-10-josei-anime-best-recommendations/
https://www.cbr.com/best-josei-anime-twenty-first-century/

not on IMDb:
Meng Qi Shi Shen

does this count?
Usagi Drop