Some things I noticed/remember about shows I've watched, not intended to be comprehensive. Spoilers for obvious reasons.
Anohana: Conventional gender roles, most visibly in the Yukiatsu-Anaru love hotel scene and the fireworks preparation scene. After-bath scene.
[C] - Control: Entres are pretty much all men, Jennifer excepted. After-bath scene.
Chihayafuru: Jokes about Chihaya being "one of the guys". Random perverted male character on the Fujisaki team.
Claymore: Raki's "I will protect Clare" act is annoying. The almost-rape scene is problematic on a few levels.
Darker than Black: Passive characters (e.g. dolls) are female far more often than male. A bit of fanservice with Brita.
Death Note: There's only one competent female character in the show, and she's killed off early. Misa starts out likeable, but soon degenerates into a stereotypical "dumb blonde"-type character. Misa's confinement scene could be problematic.
Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: There's one female character in the entire show.
Hanasaku Iroha: Ohana's first encounter with Jiroumaru skirts risky territory. The survival gamers. Bath scenes (justified by the setting, but still), swimsuit episode.
Hidamari Sketch: Yoshinoya-sensei's childishness. Quite a bit of focus on Hiro's weight-watching.
Higashi no Eden: Only two out of twelve Seleçao are female, and the only active female Seleçao -- Kuroha -- is almost a caricature of the "radical feminist" stereotype with her penis-chopping act. The antagonists are all male.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: All those girls, and Keiichi is the one that breaks the cycle? The women are killed first. Hanyuu is too moe. Fanservice OVA.
Hyouka: Oreki solves mysteries, Satoshi provides information, but the girls don't seem to do anything. Fanservice OVA.
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita: Why does Pion have cat ears while Oyage doesn't? Young grandfather.
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: The second JoJo has a deeply misogynistic attitude. Problematic presentation of female characters, particularly Lisa Lisa and Suzi Q. Some fanservice.
Kaleido Star: Why does Sora need to seek the approval of men? (Some of them are her superiors, and the second season kinda-sorta inverts this, but still.)
Last Exile: Claus sure is popular with the ladies for no reason. Lavie starts out as an equal to Claus but gradually loses focus. Male captain, female XO. The gay mechanic is kind of stereotypical.
Lucky Star: Soujirou's jokes about molesters. The "Christmas cake" joke. Jokes about Minami's bust size. Konata is an otaku surrogate. Akira and the dynamics between her and Shiraishi Minoru. The characterization of Tsukasa, Miyuki, Miyuki's mother, and Yutaka is potentially problematic.
Nagi no Asukara: The relationship between Chisaki and Tsumugu is pretty traditional, as is the setup of Manaka as the damsel-in-distress and Hikari as the hero. Also in the Hikari-Manaka-Chisaki flashback.
Nana: Conventional gender roles, especially with Hachiko.
Natsume Yuujinchou: The general rule seems to be that male spirits are animalistic or monstrous, but female spirits are humanoid.
NHK ni Youkoso: Too much focus on Satou's lust and Yamazaki's misogyny. Fanservice, bath scene.
Ookami to Koushinryou: Holo has a (humanoid) nude scene.
Psycho-Pass: Exploitative in a very gendered way; most of the victims are female, and all but one of the criminals are male. The one female criminal has a feminist motive and later becomes a victim herself. Some fanservice e.g. with the last scene.
Sakamichi no Apollon: The men in the show have a tendency to force themselves on the women. Conventional gender roles (may be excused by the setting).
Seitokai Yakuindomo: Jokes about Suzu's height and Shino's bust size. Kaede's androphobia isn't handled as sensitively as it should be. The characterization of Yokoshima-sensei verges on risky territory. Some of the jokes are male-oriented. Some fanservice.
Shingeki no Kyojin: Petra gets a disproportionate amount of attention compared to other members of Levi's squad. The Female Titan is the first to go down.
Shinsekai yori: Saki never does anything important, does she? She gets bailed out by Satoru all the time. The other female characters don't do much either, Tomiko included.
Steins;Gate: Okarin never is able to gender Ruka correctly. Heteronormative. Daru's references to his 2-D hobbies are annoying, Mayuri is too passive and too much of a damsel-in-distress, and Faris is unnecessary. Okarin is the protagonist even though Kurisu is probably smarter. Shower scene.
Suisei no Gargantia: The okama scene. Too much fanservice in the first half. Swimsuit episode.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu: Asahina Mikuru. Fanservice, swimsuit episode.
Tiger & Bunny: The female NEXTs are young and their costumes don't hide their faces. They also take on feminine roles -- Karina is a singer (not to mention that Cutie Escape) and Pao-Lin becomes a babysitter for one episode. Fire Emblem is stereotypical.
Toaru Kagaku no Railgun: Saten's skirt-flip and Kuroko's antics. The clones just happen to be of the main female character, plus she seems set up for failure at several points. The most powerful characters are all male, and Touma saves the day. Fanservice, swimsuit episode, shower scene. Fanservice OVA.
True Tears: Conventional gender roles in the Shin'ichirou-Hiromi backstory. Ai-chan is a bit aggressive. Noe is archetypal. After-bath scene.
Uchuu Kyoudai: Highly conventional gender roles despite the significant proportion of female astronauts. Too much focus on Mutta's lust and the external appearance of female characters.
Usagi Drop: The focus on the family unit implies that women need to have families in order to have worth (cf. Haruko and Masako).
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