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Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Gore , Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Body Horror , Urban , Henshin , Psychosexual , Shounen , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Found Family , Yakuza , Guns , Assassins , Crime , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Homeless , Police , Revenge , Amnesia , POV , Nudity , Zombie , Angels

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Forecast Communications , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Aliens , Super Power , Eco-Horror , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Crime , Urban , Environmental , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Guns , Rural , Detective , Female Harem , Bullying , Nudity , Parenthood , CGI , Delinquents , Pregnancy

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , TV Tokyo , ADV Films , Kadokawa Shoten , NAS , Tatsunoko Production , GKIDS , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.



Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Denpa , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Psychosexual , Cosmic Horror , Kaiju , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Meta , Aliens , Mythology , Body Horror , Suicide , Military , Religion , Clone , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Politics , Gore , Found Family , Trains , Espionage , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Episodic , Boys' Love

Kenpuu Denki Berserk

Also known as Berserk.

Studio: OLM , VAP , Media Blasters , NYAV Post , Nippon Television Network , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland. Recently, the town has seen the rise of a wicked king, who uses demonic minions to control and victimise his subjects.

However, when a lone soldier enters the town calling himself the Black Swordsman and armed to the teeth, many sense that the king's days of unchecked oppression are over. Soon, the Black Swordsman is plying his trade by hunting down the king's evil servants, giving no quarter, and preparing to exact his vengeance on the king.



Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Swordplay , War , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Medieval , Military , Anti-Hero , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Demons , Revenge , Politics , Heterosexual , Torture , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Tsundere , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , Coming of Age , Nudity , Archery , Fugitive , Survival , Class Struggle , Curses , Female Protagonist , Skeleton , Rural

Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , TV Tokyo , Toei Animation , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Sega Games , TV Tokyo Music , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

NERV faces a brutal attack from SEELE, but with Asuka in a coma, and Shinji in a nervous breakdown, things soon turn into the surreal. This movie provides a concurrent ending to the final two episodes of the show Neon Genesis Evangelion.



Tags: Philosophy , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Denpa , Dystopian , Meta , Gods , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Gore , Psychosexual , Super Robot , Afterlife , Cosmic Horror , Kaiju , Mythology , Primarily Teen Cast , Robots , Religion , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Clone , Masturbation , Guns , Mixed Media , Tsundere , Politics , Space , Kuudere

AKIRA

Also known as Akira.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha , Funimation , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Kodansha , Bandai Entertainment , Toho , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

It's the year 2019, thirty-one years have passed since the start of World War III. A top-secret child with amazing powers of the mind breaks free from custody and accidentally gets a motorcycle gang involved in the project. This incident triggers psychic powers within one of the gang members, Tetsuo, and he is taken by the army to be experimented on. His mind has been altered and is now on the path of war, seeking revenge on the society that once called him weak.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Super Power , Urban , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Motorcycles , Anti-Hero , Conspiracy , Gangs , Gore , Military , Philosophy , Crime , Orphan , Guns , Politics , Mythology , Aliens , Nudity

HELLSING OVA

Also known as Hellsing Ultimate.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Satelight , Funimation , StudioRF Inc. , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Tags: Vampire , Gore , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , War , Foreign , Religion , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Urban , Monster Girl , Guns , Cannibalism , Body Horror , Butler , Male Protagonist , Noir , Monster Boy , Primarily Male Cast , Female Protagonist , Demons , Tomboy , Age Regression , Slapstick , Gender Bending , Kemonomimi , CGI , Werewolf , Nekomimi , Chibi , Time Skip , Nudity , Bisexual , Super Power , Philosophy

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 , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , 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

Dorohedoro

Also known as Dorohedoro.

Studio: MAPPA , Netflix , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Magic Users in "The Hole" and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Kaiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all a question... "What did the guy inside my head say?"

Tags: Monster Boy , Dystopian , Magic , Amnesia , CGI , Full CGI , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Anthropomorphism , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Adult Cast , Curses , Male Protagonist , Demons , Revenge , Found Family , Restaurant , Henshin , Body Swapping , Food , Vore , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Drugs , Zombie , Nudity , Baseball , Gangs , Tomboy

Chainsaw Man: Reze-hen

Also known as Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

Theatrical follow-up to Chainsaw Man.

Denji became “Chainsaw Man”, a boy with a devil’s heart, and is now part of Special Division 4’s devil hunters. After a date with Makima, the woman of his dreams, Denji takes shelter from the rain. There he meets Reze, a girl who works in a café.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Monster Girl , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Urban , Heterosexual , Henshin , Gore , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Assassins , Anti-Hero , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Fake Relationship , POV , Coming of Age , Work , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Love Triangle , Surreal Comedy , School , Swimming , Angels , Coastal , CGI , Femboy