@ADHDefy for well-written leading women, I might recommend

#RevolutionaryGirlUtena
#LupinTheThirdTheWomanCalledFujikoMine
#IriaZeiramTheAnimation
#PrincessTutu
#RoseOfVersailles
#KeepYourHandsOffEizouken
#HisAndHerCircumstances
#FortuneFavorsLadyNikuko
#MaquiaWhenThePromisedFlowerBlooms
#MillenniumActress (and many other Satoshi Kon works)
#Chihayafuru
#RideYourWave
#BloomIntoYou
#PrincessArete
#TheCaseOfHanaAndAlice
#CrestOfTheStars
#SkipBeat
#WhenMarnieWasThere
#DennouCoil
#Watamote (a very strong if often hard to watch depiction of social anxiety)