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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

Devilman

Also known as Devilman.

Studio: Toei Animation , Dynamic Planning , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Following an accident in the Himalayas, Akira Fudou's body has been taken over by none other than the fearsome demon, Devilman. However, upon living with Akira's relatives, Devilman has come to find himself rather fond of humanity - even if it means getting roughed up by his girlfriend, the Most Dangerous Miki Makimura for acting out, much to the Demon Lord Xenon's dismay. Wishing to kill the traitor, Xenon begins unleashing a series of cruel, grotesque demons unto Earth, and only Devilman stands between them and humanity's demise. Can the reluctant hero save his soul while keeping the city and his secret identity safe?



Tags: Demons , Tokusatsu , Kaiju , Slapstick , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , School , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Meta , Heterosexual , Superhero , Motorcycles , Delinquents , Love Triangle , Nudity

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt

Also known as Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Studio: Gainax , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Half H.P Studio , AT-X , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , flying DOG , Kadokawa Contents Gate , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

Panty and Stocking – the Anarchy Sisters – are two nasty-ass angels who got booted from the pearly gates for being foul-mouthed bitches! Now they spend their nights blowing up ghosts in the seedy abyss between Heaven and Earth. Panty likes sex, Stocking likes sweets, their afro-sporting main man Garter Belt has a fetish we can't mention. Together, they're turning the mean streets of Daten City into a buffet of bodily fluids. Ghosts don't stand a chance against their lingerie of mass destruction, and if this debaucherous duo can collect enough Heaven Coins, they just might get their halos back. It's a slim chance in hell, but anything can happen when you're rolling commando, especially with Panty and Stocking!



Tags: Parody , Female Protagonist , Satire , Anti-Hero , Episodic , Angels , Mixed Media , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Twins , Surreal Comedy , Swordplay , Nudity , Henshin , Demons , Ghost , Psychosexual , Monster Girl , Unrequited Love , Heterosexual , Aromantic , Urban , Tokusatsu , Chibi , CGI , Tanned Skin , School , Zombie , Military , Bullying , Robots

Majokko Tickle

Studio: Toei Animation , Sunrise , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo

On Chiiko's 11th birthday, her father gives her a special book. Inside the book is a trapped witch, Majokko Tickle. When Chiiko frees Tickle from the book, she uses her magic to pass off as Chiiko's twin sister.



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Witch

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , TV Tokyo , The Right Stuf International , Central Park Media , Yomiuri Advertising , SoftX
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Just after Utena's parents died, she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later, Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boy's uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago.

After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friend's honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena, where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Fairy Tale , Incest , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Swordplay , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Witch , Bisexual , Time Manipulation , Orphan , Age Gap , Surreal Comedy , School , Memory Manipulation , Cars , Love Triangle , Conspiracy , Fencing , Cheating , Henshin , Ojou-sama , Boarding School , Meta , Crossdressing , Episodic , Unrequited Love , Magic , Bullying , Time Loop , Kuudere , Politics , Twins , Denpa , Suicide , Astronomy , Boys' Love , Athletics , Aliens , Body Swapping , Shoujo

Majokko Megu-chan

Also known as Witch Girl Meg.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Mahou Shoujo

Megu is sent to Earth in her early teens, she is adopted by Mammi Kanzaki, a former witch who gave up her royal ambitions to wed a mortal. Mammi bewitches her husband and their two children, Rabi and Apo, into believing that Megu has always been the eldest child of the family. Under Mammi's tutelage, Megu learns to control both her abilities and impulses in order to prove her worthiness for the crown. This Rite-of-Passage subtext is continued throughout the series.



Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Episodic

Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedding Peach

Also known as Wedding Peach.

Studio: OLM , KSS , ADV Films , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

There are three known worlds--the human world, the angel world, and the devil world. The evil queen Raindevilla yearns to destroy the angel world with help or her many devil minions. The goddess Aphrodite sends an angel to the human world, Limone, to summon three love angels in the form of three school girls, Momoko Hanasaki, Yuri Tanima, and Hinagiku Tamano, who together become Angel Lilly, Angel Daisy, and Wedding Peach. The three girls must fight to overcome the evils of the devils, as well as their own lives, and restore peace to the angel world by gathering all pieces of the Sacred Four Somethings (or Saint Something Four) and defeat the evil queen once and for all.



Tags: Shoujo , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , School , Coming of Age , Demons , Heterosexual , Marriage , Angels , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia

Dororon Enma-kun

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Monsters are coming to the human world from the Hell in order to get human spirits. As people's minds are getting dirty, being attracted by the dirty spirits, the monsters break the rule to go to the human world.

Tsutomu, a boy who goes to Yokai Elementary School, is suddenly assaulted by monsters. Those who save him from the monsters are Enma-kun, the son of Enma, Yukiko, a snow woman, and Kapaeru. They are members of Monster Patrol that are sent to the human world to arrest monsters.



Tags: Youkai , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Episodic

Tokimeki Tonight

Studio: Group TAC , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The main character, Ranze, is a junior high girl with troubles: her father is a vampire and her mother is a werewolf. Ranze has yet to manifest her supernatural powers, and her parents are beginning to get worried she might be normal. So begins the fantasy romantic comedy story.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Vampire , Family Life , Love Triangle , Werewolf , Episodic , Boxing , Shapeshifting , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Gender Bending , School , Yakuza , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Urban Fantasy

Lupin III

Also known as Lupin the 3rd.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy

Hard-boiled, cocky, classy and silly. These words only begin to describe the amazing master thief Lupin the Third. With the help of some quick gunplay by his partner Jigen, Lupin takes on the world in elaborate heists, classic car chases, and nasty explosions. Fujiko, a buxom redhead with a penchant for betrayal, always gets tangled up in Lupin's capers. The stoic but swift swordsman Goemon is just as inclined to kill Lupin as he is to help him. And Lupin can never seem to lose the relentless Tokyo Police Inspector Zenigata. What sort of trouble will this band of misfits get into next?



Tags: Seinen , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Episodic , Crime , Male Protagonist , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Mafia , Detective , Cars , Police , Samurai , Travel , Crossdressing , Football , Yakuza , Prison