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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 , Aliens , Magic , Gods , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Space , Tragedy , Cars , CGI , Conspiracy , Estranged Family

BUZZER BEATER

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

Hideyoshi is a homeless boy living in New York in the near future, who survives by hustling other kids in basketball games. But now he's been drafted into a pro team with a very unique goal. There once was a time when humans dominated the game of basketball. But times have changed, and now the physically superior alien players have taken over the game, and there are barely any human players left. But Hideyoshi's team-the first all-human team to compete in the Space League-intends to change all that, and bring the championship back home to Earth.



Tags: Basketball , Aliens , Shounen

IGPX Immortal Grand Prix

Also known as IGPX.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Entertainment , Bee Train
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Sports

In the year 2048, people are raving about a fighting race called “Immortal Grand Prix”, or IGPX in short, which is faster and more exciting than any of the existing motor sports. The phenomenon is so big that an entire city was built for the racing industry where competitions take place on a huge track. In the “Immortal Grand Prix,” two teams of three IG machines, high-tech humanoid mechs driven by humans, race at speeds greater than 400km/h. The teams make three laps of a 60 km course while intercepting the opponent as they vie for a first place finish. The best machine performance, the best pilots and the best teamwork are the only factors that can make them the winners.



Tags: Cars , Super Robot , Shounen , Robots , Delinquents , Office Lady , Tsundere

Vandread

Also known as Vandread.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Dentsu , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Life sucks for Hibiki. Intergalactic society has broken into civil war between males and females; he's stuck on the assembly line for war mecha, relentlessly teased by his co-workers and unable to pursue his dreams of building his own mecha one day. He finally decides he's had enough though, and attempts to break in and steal a mech for his own purposes; this turns out to be a bad idea, thrusting him into the middle of a fever-pitch space battle that brings him face to face with the enemy and launches him into an adventure that will change his mundane life forever.



Tags: Space , Primarily Female Cast , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , CGI , Space Opera , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Harem , Tanned Skin , Artificial Intelligence , Travel , Military , Tsundere , Unrequited Love , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Nudity , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Gender Bending , Tragedy

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Also known as Gurren Lagann.

Studio: Gainax , Aniplex , Konami , Half H.P Studio , Bandai , Bandai Entertainment , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars.

In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.

The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.

The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

Tags: Super Robot , Coming of Age , Dystopian , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Space Opera , Tragedy , Travel , War , Space , Class Struggle , Time Skip , Aliens , Politics , Desert , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Outdoor Activities , Henshin , Military , Mixed Media , Animals , Guns , Alternate Universe , Urban , Nudity , Love Triangle , Cosmic Horror , Suicide , Swordplay , Boys' Love , CGI , Philosophy

Air Gear

Also known as Air Gear.

Studio: Toei Animation , Marvelous Entertainment , Funimation , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

Minami Itsuki never thought about seriously riding Air Treck motorized roller blades, until he got his butt handed to him by a street gang of Storm Riders. That day, he discovered in a locked up room, a pair of AT's and a box of stickers belonging to the Sleeping Forest street gang. One thing leads to another, and Ikki dons the wheels and begins to ride. As his reputation builds in the AT street fighting/racing world, he begins to develop his own gang and participate in more fights, gaining more and more territory.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Shounen , Nudity , Urban , Delinquents , Kuudere , Dissociative Identities , Gangs , Parkour , Coming of Age , School

TIGER & BUNNY

Also known as Tiger & Bunny.

Studio: Sunrise , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Mystery

Sternbild City is home to people called "Next," who use their special abilities to protect the people as superheroes. These heroes solve cases and save lives so they can wear sponsor logos or acquire "hero points." Their activities are documented on the popular program "Hero TV," which picks the "King of Heroes" in a yearly ranking. The veteran hero Wild Tiger has always preferred to work alone, but now he's been assigned the rookie Barnaby Brooks Jr., who has a different perspective on being a superhero.



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Revenge , Ensemble Cast , Work , Memory Manipulation , Acting , CGI , Conspiracy , Robots , Super Robot , Family Life , Motorcycles

Michiko to Hatchin

Also known as Michiko & Hatchin.

Studio: Manglobe , Media Factory , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Shouchiku , Fuji TV , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

After escaping from prison, the criminal Michiko rescues an abused girl known as Hatchin. The two are about as opposite as they come, but their fates become intertwined through the connection of a man from both their pasts. On the run from the police and Hatchin's abusive foster parents, the unlikely duo set out to find this man and ultimately discover their freedom.



Tags: Crime , Fugitive , Tanned Skin , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Foreign , Travel , Anti-Hero , Urban , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Police , Found Family , Tomboy , Mopeds , Parenthood , Coming of Age , Episodic , Drugs , Nudity , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Circus , Crossdressing , Time Skip , Femboy

Megalo Box

Also known as Megalobox.

Studio: TMS Entertainment , 3xCube , Kodansha , TBS , Bandai Namco Arts , TMS Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Sports

"To be quiet and do as you're told, that's the cowardly choice." These are the words of Junk Dog, an underground fighter of Megalo Box, an evolution of boxing that utilizes mechanical limbs known as Gear to enhance the speed and power of its users. Despite the young man's brimming potential as a boxer, the illegal nature of his participation forces him to make a living off of throwing matches as dictated by his boss Gansaku Nanbu. However, this all changes when the Megalo Box champion Yuuri enters his shabby ring under the guise of just another challenger. Taken out in a single round, Junk Dog is left with a challenge: "If you're serious about fighting me again, then fight your way up to me and my ring."

Filled with overwhelming excitement and backed by the criminal syndicate responsible for his thrown matches, Junk Dog enters Megalonia: a world-spanning tournament that will decide the strongest Megalo Boxer of them all. Having no name of his own, he takes on the moniker of "Joe" as he begins his climb from the very bottom of the ranked list of fighters. With only three months left to qualify, Joe must face off against opponents the likes of which he has never fought in order to meet the challenge of his rival.



Tags: Boxing , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Primarily Adult Cast , Cyberpunk , Disability , Dystopian , Yakuza , Artificial Intelligence , Tanned Skin , Delinquents , Time Skip , Motorcycles , Drugs

Macross Frontier

Also known as Macross Frontier.

Studio: Satelight , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Music , Romance , Sci-Fi

After being threatened by extinction at the hands of alien invaders called the Zentradi, humanity undertook the task of guaranteeing itself a future by launching fleets of colony ships into space. On Macross Frontier, one such fleet, high school student Saotome Alto's life is changed forever: the fleet is suddenly attacked by unidentified creatures while he is performing aerial stunts for a concert by the wildly popular idol Sheryl.

Alto quickly finds himself in the cockpit of a new-model fighter struggling to protect Ranka Lee, a young girl he met only hours earlier, from the invaders' swath of destruction. Noting his performance during this incident, the S.M.S. Skull Squadron private military company invites Alto to join their organization, where he continues protecting his friends and Macross Frontier.



Tags: Space Opera , Love Triangle , Idol , Military , Real Robot , Space , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Amnesia , Cosmic Horror , Estranged Family , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , War , CGI , Cyborg , Body Horror , Female Protagonist