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Gintama

Also known as Gintama.

Studio: Sunrise , TV Tokyo , Aniplex , Dentsu , Trinity Sound , Audio Highs , Miracle Robo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Life isn't easy in feudal Japan... especially since the aliens landed and conquered everything! Oh sure, the new health care is great, but the public ban on the use of swords has left a lot of defeated samurai with a difficult decision to make concerning their future career paths! This is especially true if, as in the case of Gintoki Sakata, they're not particularly inclined towards holding a day job, which is why Gintoki's opted for the freelance route, taking any job that's offered to him as long as the financial remuneration sounds right. Unfortunately, in a brave new world filled with stray bug-eyed monsters, upwardly mobile Yakuza and overly ambitious E.T. entrepreneurs, those jobs usually don't pay as well as they should for the pain, suffering and indignities endured!



Tags: Parody , Ensemble Cast , Samurai , Found Family , Meta , Slapstick , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Anachronism , Aliens , Episodic , Swordplay , Shounen , Police , Satire , Terrorism , Historical , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Space , Ninja , Mopeds , Sadism , Crime , Masochism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Homeless , Robots , Oiran , Gore , Mafia , Crossdressing , Ghost , Philosophy , Nekomimi , Fishing , Boxing , Yakuza , Pirates , Educational , Dissociative Identities , CGI , Kuudere , Body Swapping , Unrequited Love , Death Game , Mixed Gender Harem , Female Harem

Bakemonogatari

Also known as Bakemonogatari.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex of America , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 1/6. Contains the arcs Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, Suruga Monkey, Nadeko Snake, and Tsubasa Cat from the Bakemonogatari light novels.

Thanks to Meme Oshino, Koyomi Araragi, a high school student, is able to remain a human after coming across a female vampire... However, since the incident, Koyomi seems to meet girls who have an apparition-related issue. Hitagi Senjougahara doesn’t weigh anything, Suruga Kanbaru’s right arm becomes like that of a monkey’s, and a young girl, Mayoi, cannot find her way home no matter how many times she tries. Koyomi, a Mr. Nice Guy, ends up helping each and every girl solve her problem with the help of Meme Oshino.



Note: Only the first 12 episodes were broadcast on television; the remaining three episodes were distributed on the anime's website between November 3, 2009, and June 25, 2010.

Tags: Youkai , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Kuudere , Coming of Age , Vampire , Ghost , Satire , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Heterosexual , Dissociative Identities , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Psychosexual , Curses , Exorcism , Monster Girl , Gore , Rotoscoping , Gods , Yandere , Love Triangle , Mixed Media , Parody , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Female Harem , Nudity , Tsundere , CGI , School , Amnesia , Rehabilitation

Baban Baban Ban Vampire

Also known as Babanba Banban Vampire.

Studio: Gaina , TV Asahi , Shouchiku , Movic , Akita Shoten , BS Asahi , TV Asahi Music , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , LINE Yahoo! , Lawson Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Supernatural

When 15-year-old Rihito falls in love, an ancient vampire who craves 18-year-old virgin blood must protect the teen's virginity at all costs.



Tags: Virginity , Vampire , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , Mixed Gender Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Age Gap , Boys' Love , Unrequited Love , Nudity , Shounen , Urban , Heterosexual , School , Delinquents , Acting , Work , Teacher , Historical , Samurai , Gyaru , Surreal Comedy , Revenge

Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu

Also known as The Vampire Dies in No Time.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Pony Canyon , APDREAM , BS11 , Frontier Works , Akita Shoten , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Marvelous , Studio Mausu , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Legendary vampire hunter Ronaldo finds an unlikely (and unwilling) ally in Draluc, the world’s weakest vampire who turns to dust at the slightest attack. Together they’re in for more hilarious misadventures than you can shake a stake at, including enemy vampires, axe-wielding editors, and other pains in the neck.



Tags: Episodic , Vampire , Slapstick , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Animals , Police , Parody , Shounen , Video Games , Nun