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Dr. STONE

Also known as Dr. STONE.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world— turning every single human into stone.

Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified.

However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknown.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Lost Civilization , Educational , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Environmental , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Kingdom Management , Spearplay , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Espionage , Tomboy , Medicine

REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Space , Aliens , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Cyborg , Heterosexual , Crime , Military , Gambling , Robots , Mafia , Motorcycles , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Steel Ball Run - 1st STAGE

Also known as STEEL BALL RUN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 1st STAGE.

Studio: Warner Bros. Japan , david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Sports , Supernatural

The beginning of the seventh story arc in the long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.

It’s 1890, in America, the Steel Ball Run — the first horse racing championship across the North American continent — was about to begin. Johnny Joestar, once being hailed as a genius jockey, is now paralysed and lost in despair. He finds hope in the mysterious phenomena caused by Gyro Zeppeli, an outlaw aiming to win the race, and determines to participate in the 4,000 miles of grueling adventure.





Tags: Travel , Super Power , Seinen , Coming of Age , Cowboys , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Disability , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Philosophy , Religion , Desert , Politics , Alternate Universe , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Indigenous Cultures , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Coastal , Torture , Trains , Wilderness

GREAT PRETENDER

Also known as Great Pretender.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Fuji TV , Production I.G , Toho , BS Fuji , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him!



Tags: Crime , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Language Barrier , Mafia , Acting , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Aviation , Guns , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Episodic , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Football , Terrorism

SK∞

Also known as SK8 the Infinity.

Studio: bones , Aniplex of America , ABC Animation , Movic , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters are especially wild about the “beefs,” or heated battles that erupt in the races.

Reki takes Langa, a transfer student returning to Japan after studying abroad, to the mine where the races are held. Langa, who has no skateboarding experience, finds himself pulled into the world of “S”...



Note: On March 13, 2021 a recap episode (9.5) went on air, postponing the broadcast of the regular episodes by one week.

Tags: Skateboarding , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Parkour , Found Family , Urban , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Butler , School , Artificial Intelligence , Gambling , Motorcycles , Restaurant

Dr. STONE: STONE WARS

Also known as Dr. STONE: STONE WARS.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The second season of Dr. STONE

Armed with the power of science and a genius intellect, Senkuu is determined to save humanity. However, Tsukasa’s empire goes on the offensive to halt the progress of science. Bolder choices are made as these two start a war that rocks the Stone World.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Educational , Male Protagonist , War , Lost Civilization , Shounen , Environmental , Espionage , Time Skip , Tanks , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Tomboy , Outdoor Activities , Kingdom Management , Historical , Asexual , Bisexual

Oban Star-Racers

Also known as Oban Star-Racers.

Studio: Hal Film Maker , Sav! The World Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Eva's birthday has just passed, and she hasn't heard from her father. Despising the Boarding School she attends, she escapes using her Rocket Bike that she just completed. Taking on the alias "Molly," Eva sneaks with the Earth team to Alwas for the Great Race because the winner of the race gets any one wish granted. Little does the Earth Team know what danger awaits them...

Tags: Aviation , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Space , Cars , Tragedy , CGI , Conspiracy , Magic , Gods , Mythology , Estranged Family , Robots

Mach GoGoGo

Also known as Speed Racer.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sports

The Mach 5 is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced race cars built by man. Equipped with various gadgets and a powerful engine, it provides a challenge for anyone who would dare race against it. The driver of this amazing vehicle is Gou Mifune, a teenager who dreams of breaking into the world of professional racing.

In spite of this, Gou's father and the creator of the Mach 5, Daisuke Mifune, does not want his son anywhere near a racetrack. Undeterred, his girlfriend Michi, younger brother Kurio, and Kurio's monkey sidekick Sanpei become Gou's biggest fans as he sets out to become the greatest racer of all time.

However, Gou soon learns that becoming a professional racer is not easy. From the underhanded plots of corrupt businessmen to stiff competition in the form of his rival, Racer X, Gou faces many obstacles on the road ahead, and has a lot to prove before he can cross the finish line.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Anti-Hero , Estranged Family , Guns

Oh! Edo Rocket

Also known as Oh! Edo Rocket.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Sunny Side Up , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

In Edo in the mid-1800's, fireworks maker Seikichi Tamaya and his friends struggle to live under the harsh morality laws imposed by the strict city councilor, which ban all luxuries, including fireworks. One day, a strange girl stops by Sekichi's shop with an equally strange request: she wants Sekichi to build a firework that can reach the moon.




Tags: Anachronism , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Historical , Aliens , Ninja , Meta , Samurai

Dr. STONE: NEW WORLD

Also known as Dr. STONE New World.

Studio: Toho , TMS Entertainment , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

The third season of Dr. STONE.

Senkuu and the Kingdom of Science sail to new lands to uncover more scientific secrets!



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Survival , Educational , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Lost Civilization , Ships , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Spearplay , Found Family , Travel , Espionage , Agriculture , Food , Butler , Amnesia , CGI , War , Crossdressing , Aliens , Asexual , Swimming , Chibi , Outdoor Activities