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ID: INVADED

Also known as ID: INVADED.

Studio: NAZ , Funimation , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Welcome to Kura, an organization that investigates crime using the Mizuhanome system which senses the drive to kill. Sakaido is a brilliant detective and pilot of the Mizuhanome. To solve a case, he enters the world of the killer's unconscious mind: the id well. In the shadows of brutal and puzzling cases lurks John Walker, the Serial Killer Creator. Where will Sakaido's pursuit lead?



Tags: Detective , Virtual World , Crime , Alternate Universe , Police , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Augmented Reality , Primarily Adult Cast , Prison , Meta , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Amnesia , Cyberpunk , Gore , Time Manipulation , CGI , Suicide , Guns

Artiswitch

Also known as Artiswitch.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

There was a rumour among the young people in Harajuku, Tokyo. There is a place called Ura-Harajuku somewhere in Harajuku, and it seems that there is a shop run by a witch. The witch's name is Nina. A young witch with a chameleon and a pig fulfills the secret wishes of her guests. Her method is to invite her to a mysterious space and look into the "real feelings" deep inside her heart. Customers are sometimes excited, sometimes hurt, and make their own choices to fulfill their wishes.

Tags: Witch , Female Protagonist , CGI , Episodic , Fashion , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Musical Theater , Achromatic

Wonder Egg Priority

Also known as WONDER EGG PRIORITY.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , D.N. Dream Partners , NTV Music , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

This is the story of Ai, an introverted girl whose fate is forever changed when she acquires a mysterious “Wonder Egg” from a deserted arcade. That night, her dreams blend into reality, and as other girls obtain their own Wonder Eggs, Ai discovers new friends—and the magic within herself.



Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Bullying , Coming of Age , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Denpa , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Hikikomori , Afterlife , Artificial Intelligence , Body Horror , School , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Age Gap , Kuudere , Episodic , Gore , Isekai , Idol , Guns

pet

Also known as pet.

Studio: Geno Studio , Twin Engine , Fujipacific Music , Ai Addiction , Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

What if someone was able to reach into your mind and change your memories? To alter your perceptions, see things that aren't there, and remember events that never happened? You could drive off a cliff believing that you were still on the road, or commit murder without knowing what you had done. Now imagine being one of the people born with this ability. Knowing how easily our entire world can be taken apart, would you accept orders to manipulate others?

That's the conundrum that Hiroki, Satoru and Tsukasa find themselves in as they're employed as psychic hitmen and enforcers by a mysterious agency. Or, at least, that's what might be happening. Because they themselves are almost certainly being manipulated, and the concepts of truth and reality cease to have meaning when you're one of the terrifying beings known as a pet.



Tags: Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Gangs , Seinen , Tragedy , Triads , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Mafia , Urban , Dissociative Identities , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Language Barrier , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Slavery , Revenge , Rehabilitation , Terrorism , Foreign , Crossdressing

Kara no Kyoukai: Fukan Fuukei

Also known as the Garden of sinners Chapter 1: Thanatos. (Overlooking View).

Studio: Aniplex , ufotable , Kodansha , Aniplex of America , Notes
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

September, 1998: In the city where Shiki lives, something triggers a spate of mysterious schoolgirl suicides. The connection between the girls who've leapt to their deaths is unclear, although all of them have jumped from the Fujou Building, a skyscraper scheduled to be demolished.



Tags: Suicide , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Super Power , Urban , Philosophy , Tragedy , Gore , Achronological Order , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins

Caligula

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The Caligula Effect is set in a virtual reality program known as "Mobius", created so people can escape pain in their lives and live in an idyllic high school setting, forced to live out their 3 years Indefinitely. The main protagonist is one of a group who realize that they are in a virtual world, and form the "Go-Home Club", a group dedicated to escaping from Mobius and its god-like overseer program, a vocal program called "μ". They oppose the "Ostinato Musicians", a group who supports μ and sees the Go-Home Club as traitors.

Tags: Virtual World , Idol , Henshin , Artificial Intelligence , Philosophy , Musical Theater

Princess Connect! Re:Dive

Also known as Princess Connect! Re:Dive.

Studio: CygamesPictures , Cygames , WOWOW , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Nippon Columbia
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Based on an anime RPG smartphone game by Cygames.

Set in the lovely land of Astoria where a gentle wind blows, Princess Connect! Re:Dive follows the adventures of: Yuuki, an amnesiac young man; Kokkoro, a small guide who looks after Yuuki; Pecorine, a beautiful swordswoman who is constantly hungry; and Karyl, a cat-eared magical girl with a somewhat cool personality. These fateful four form a guild entitled "Bishoku-den" ("Epicurean Hall") and embark on delicious adventures together.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Food , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Elf , Amnesia , Ensemble Cast , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Tsundere , Isekai , Animals , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Henshin , Dragons , Female Harem , Ghost , Kuudere , Vampire , CGI , Parody , Fishing , Medieval

Shigofumi

Also known as Shigofumi.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Bandai Visual , Genco , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When someone dies, what should their final words be? Words that couldn't be said while still alive - of love, hate, hope, regret or perhaps words without any importance. These words are sent through letters called "shigofumi" from the recently deceased to the living. Mikawa Fumika is a mail carrier of these shigofumi, delivering them alongside staff and her partner Kanaka. However, there must be something more behind Fumika's silent exterior; shigofumi mail carriers are deceased humans with the same appearance they had just before death. Despite this, Fumika is still aging...

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Suicide , Denpa , Tomboy , Amnesia , Work , Tragedy , Tennis , Afterlife , Conspiracy , School , Magic , Episodic , Gods , Bullying , Kuudere , Disability , Writing , Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Revenge , Crime , Heterosexual , Guns , Office Lady , Family Life , Police , Detective

Paprika

Also known as Paprika.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Techno Sound , Chaos Union , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Prepare to enter the realm of fantasy and imagination where reality and dreams collide in a kaleidoscopic mindscape of sheer visual genius. The magical tale centers on a revolutionary machine that allows scientists to enter and record a subject's dream. After being stolen, a fearless detective and brilliant therapist join forces to recover the device before it falls into the hands of a dream terrorist.



Note: The film received an early premiere at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2006.

Tags: Dissociative Identities , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Meta , Terrorism , Crime , Denpa , Software Development , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Detective , Police , Mythology , Heterosexual , Circus , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Nudity

Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Bushiroad , Nomad
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

In the story, the Great Era of Detectives — when detectives and thieves with a power known as "Toys" compete — has given way to the Great Era of Idols. However, someone starts stealing the idols' songs in Yokohama. When super idol Marine Amagi's hit song "Kiseki no Uta" (Miracle's Song) is stolen, she enlists the detectives of Milky Holmes.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Super Power , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Detective , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Musical Theater , Idol