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BEASTARS

Also known as BEASTARS.

Studio: Orange , Toho , Fuji TV , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Akita Shoten , Bandai , BANDAI SPIRITS , Movic , BS Fuji , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

In a world populated by anthropomorphic animals, herbivores and carnivores coexist with each other. For the adolescents of Cherryton Academy, school life is filled with hope, romance, distrust, and uneasiness.

The main character is Legoshi the wolf, a member of the drama club. Despite his menacing appearance, he has a very gentle heart. Throughout most of his life, he has always been an object of fear and hatred by other animals, and he’s been quite accustomed to that lifestyle. But soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with his fellow classmates who have their own share of insecurities and finds his life in school changing slowly.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Animals , Cannibalism , Primarily Teen Cast , Full CGI , School , Male Protagonist , Boarding School , CGI , Love Triangle , Gangs , Acting , Heterosexual , Philosophy , Crime , Bullying , School Club , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Primarily Animal Cast , Psychosexual , Female Protagonist , Gore , Nudity , Slavery , Unrequited Love , Politics , Mafia , Class Struggle , Urban , Vore

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , TRIGGER , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Dystopian , Super Power , Tomboy , Age Gap , Cosmic Horror , Coming of Age , Aliens , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , School , Anti-Hero , Military , Incest , Orphan , Psychosexual , Exhibitionism , Cult , Villainess , Bullying , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Meta , Tokusatsu , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Yandere , Cosplay , Cheerleading , Space , Butler , Urban Fantasy

Little Witch Academia (TV)

Also known as Little Witch Academia (TV).

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

In a time when magic is on the decline amid society, Atsuko Kagari is a cheerful girl who enters Luna Nova Academy in order to accomplish her dream of becoming a witch like her idol, Shiny Chariot. Shiny is a famous witch who disappeared from public view many years ago. On her way to school, Kagari meets the kind Lotte Yanson and the mischevious Sucy Manbavaran and the three become friends as they share a bedroom in campus. At the academy, Atsuko soon discovers she is in serious disadvantage compared to the other girls since she doesn`t come from a magical family and is required to learn the magical curriculum from scratch. Having found an item that once belonged to Chariot, Atsuko must discover how to activate and properly use the mysterious Shiny Rod as she hopes it might lead to finding out what has truly happened to her vanished idol.



Tags: Magic , Witch , Boarding School , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Urban Fantasy , Ojou-sama , Swordplay , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Super Robot

Promare

Also known as Promare.

Studio: TRIGGER , XFLAG , GKIDS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle between their leader, Lio Fotia, and Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team Burning Rescue, begins.



Tags: Firefighters , Robots , Super Robot , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , CGI , Satire , Politics , Conspiracy , Urban , Terrorism , Class Struggle , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Motorcycles , Dystopian , Alternate Universe , Dragons , Rescue , LGBTQ+ Themes , Artificial Intelligence

Odd Taxi

Also known as ODDTAXI.

Studio: OLM , P.I.C.S. , Pony Canyon , Pony Canyon Enterprise , TV Tokyo , Crunchyroll , Yoshimoto Kogyo , AT-X , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

The taxi driver Odokawa lives a very mundane life. He has no family, doesn't really hang out with others, and he's an oddball who is narrow-minded and doesn't talk much. The only people he can call his friends are his doctor, Gouriki and his classmate from high school, Kakihana.

All of his patrons seem to be slightly odd themselves. The college student who wants the world to notice him online, Kabasawa. A nurse with secrets named Shirakawa. A comedy duo that just can't catch a break named the Homosapiens. A local hoodlum named Dobu. An idol group that's just starting out named Mystery Kiss... All these mundane conversations somehow eventually lead to a girl who's gone missing.



Tags: Crime , Anthropomorphism , Urban , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Revenge , Noir , Satire , Aromantic , Gangs , Yakuza , Mafia , Fugitive , Primarily Animal Cast , Amnesia , Cars , Police , Idol , Tragedy , Philosophy , Bullying , Adoption , Anti-Hero , Twins , Suicide , Martial Arts , Hip-hop Music , Video Games , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Bar , Manzai

BEASTARS 2nd Season

Also known as BEASTARS Season 2.

Studio: Orange , Toho , Fuji TV , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Akita Shoten , Bandai , BANDAI SPIRITS , Movic , BS Fuji , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

"Beastar"—a title awarded to beasts who prove their excellence through fighting inequality to unite carnivores and herbivores in an anthropomorphic animal society. Cherryton Academy has gone five years without one such leader. However, following the murder of an alpaca within the school boundaries, the growing tension between the different species poses a greater need for a Beastar to ensure peace and harmony.

When Louis, the prime candidate for this prestigious role, rejects the offer and leaves the academy, the student council declares to honor any student who captures the culprit of the aforementioned murder as Beastar. Meanwhile, Legoshi's sense of duty as a strong wolf who must protect the weak pushes him to investigate the incident. To further complicate his life, he struggles to manage his complex feelings for the white rabbit, Haru.



Note: The first episode had an early delivery on Netflix Japan on January 5, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on January 7, 2021.

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , School , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Cannibalism , Crime , CGI , Psychosexual , Coming of Age , Adoption , Noir , Philosophy , Boarding School , Primarily Animal Cast , Tragedy , Vore , Gore , School Club , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Acting , Urban , Martial Arts , Guns , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Revenge , Love Triangle , Crossdressing , Nudity

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

BLACKFOX

Studio: Studio 3Hz , infinite , Flying Ship Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Living in a ninja residence tucked away in a corner of a futuristic city is Rikka, the eldest daughter of a Ninja clan, who looks up to her father—a researcher—very much. Carrying on with her life normally, Rikka's home came suddenly under attack one day. Driven into a corner, what would she do to overcome this crisis? Rip darkness to pieces and become "BLACK"!



Tags: Ninja , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Revenge , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Swordplay , Animals , Time Skip , CGI , Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Also known as Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

Studio: TRIGGER , CD PROJEKT RED , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

An original anime series set in in the universe of Cyberpunk 2077.

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner—a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk.



Note: The first episode received a pre-screening at Anime Expo on July 2, 2022. The first 3 dubbed episodes were streamed on Twitch as part of a co-stream promotion on September 12, a day before the show’s premiere.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Crime , Dystopian , Cyborg , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Gangs , Urban , Body Horror , Orphan , Guns , Gore , Heterosexual , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Terrorism , Coming of Age , Nudity , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Time Skip , Time Manipulation , Robots , Software Development , Space , Age Gap , Cars , Tomboy , Bar

Darwin Jihen

Also known as The Darwin Incident.

Studio: Toho , BELLNOX FILMS , Kodansha , TV Tokyo
Status: Releasing
Genres: Sci-Fi , Thriller

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.



Tags: Coming of Age , Terrorism , Criminal Organization , Eco-Horror , Philosophy , Environmental , Politics , Adoption , Anthropomorphism , Animals , Seinen , Male Protagonist , School , Guns