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Rockman.EXE

Also known as MegaMan NT Warrior.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Xebec , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Viz Media , NAS , Half H.P Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In the year of 20XX, a young boy by the name of Netto Hikari receives a very special gift as he enters the 5th grade. His very own customized net navi, Rockman! Despite Rockman's small size and far more responsible personality, the two boys quickly become the best of friends. A net navi is designed to guide his operator from the inside of his or her PErsonal Terminal, or simply PET for short. Children and adults alike enjoy friendly "Net Battles", where they spar their navis against each other to prove their worth.



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Male Protagonist , E-Sports , School , Terrorism

Youkai Watch

Also known as Yo-kai Watch.

Studio: OLM , TV Tokyo , Dentsu Entertainment USA , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Animated adaptation of Level-5's Nintendo 3DS video game.

While going deeper into the woods one day, primary school student Keita Amano ('Nate' in the English localisation) notices a bizarre capsule toy machine who tells him to insert money which he obeyingly does. But after opening the capsule that came out, a ghostly creature named Whisper materialises. Whisper, who was sealed inside the capsule, rewards his liberator Keita by becoming his Yo-kai butler and gives him a Yo-kai Watch. Whoever wears the watch gains the ability to see supernatural creatures called Yo-kai, each type possessing different kinds of magical abilities, and which are normally invisible to humans. The Yo-kai Watch also allows the wearer to summon any Yo-kai they have befriended, enabling the wearer to make use of the Yo-kai's powers. Using it, Keita and Whisper encounter many mischievous Yo-kai around town, resolving the trouble they're causing and befriending many at the same time.

Tags: Youkai , Kids , Dancing , Surreal Comedy

Future Card Buddyfight

Also known as Future Card Buddyfight.

Studio: Xebec , Dentsu , OLM , Production I.G , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

An adaptation of the Future Card Buddyfight card game.

Future Card Buddyfight takes place in a more futuristic version of today. The card game connects to a parallel universe through special cards (Buddy Rare Cards) that act as portals. They bring monsters to Earth in order for them to become buddies with humans. Through friendship and courage, they take on and fight challenges, known as Buddyfights, where people of all ages have friendly non-hurtful competitions. The main character, Gaou Mikado has just started Buddyfighting. As the story progresses, Buddyfights are seeming to become a little too real...

Tags: Card Battle , Conspiracy , CGI , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Dragons , Magic , Superhero , Dancing

Digimon Ghost Game

Also known as Digimon Ghost Game.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Sightings of mysterious creatures known as "Hologram Ghosts" have been a popular topic on social networks for the past few years. According to the rumors, several people have fallen victim to these specters. Those fortunate to survive their encounters with the paranormal beings claim that they resembled glitched holograms.

Hazakura Academy middle school student Hiro Amanokawa believes these sightings are merely an urban legend. However, as the incidents start to increase in frequency, he is reminded of the day his father suddenly vanished, with strange digital watches serving as the only relics of his disappearance. Much like the other sightings, what happened to Hiro's father cannot be explained by conventional logic.

One day, when a fellow student in the academy is attacked by a Hologram Ghost, Hiro and his friend Kiyoshirou Higashimitarai decide to look into the matter. Little does Hiro know that this investigation will be their first step toward discovering a dangerous world previously unknown to mankind.



Tags: Kids , Artificial Intelligence , Body Horror , Episodic , Youkai , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Child Cast , Ghost , Dinosaurs , Virtual World , Kaiju , Suicide , Zombie , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Vampire , Slavery , Yandere , Dullahan , Proxy Battle , Marriage , Isekai

Net Ghost PIPOPA

Also known as Web Ghosts PiPoPa.

Studio: Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

About a young boy named Akigawa Yuta who gets sucked into a virtual world through his cell phone. He meets three strange creatures that travel with him on Yuta's adventure in this strange new world.

Tags: Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Virtual World , Isekai , Magic , Male Protagonist

Chikyuugai Shounen Shoujo

Also known as The Orbital Children.

Studio: Production +h , Netflix , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sci-Fi

The anime is set in 2045, where the Internet and AI are commonplace even in space, and centers on a group of children stranded in space after a large-scale accident occurs in a space station. By using narrowband, social networking, and a drone that they can manipulate through smartphones and low-intelligence AI, they overcome many crises.



Note: Also released in Japan as a 2-part film series with the same content, the first part showing in theaters simultaneously with the worldwide Netflix release.

Tags: Space , Artificial Intelligence , Survival , Conspiracy , Primarily Child Cast , Software Development , Robots , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Terrorism , Disability , Environmental , Suicide

Yu☆Gi☆Oh! VRAINS

Also known as Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS.

Studio: Studio Gallop , NAS , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The sixth anime series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. VRAINS is an acronym for "Virtual Reality Artificial Intelligence Network System".

In futuristic Den City, people duel using digital cards in the VR space "LINK VRAINS" managed by SOL Technology, Inc. A mysterious organization known as the Knights of Hanoi hacks into LINK VRAINS in search of a runaway AI program, Ignis. One duelist with the username "Playmaker" stands against this threat. His true identity is high school student Yuusaku Fujiki, a skilled hacker with a dark past and a grudge against Hanoi. When he becomes the first to capture Ignis, a struggle between Yuusaku, SOL Technology, and the Knights of Hanoi ensues.

(Written by Edo)

Tags: Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Virtual World , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Dragons , Revenge , Shounen , Amnesia , CGI , Henshin

Digimon Adventure:

Also known as Digimon Adventure:.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiuri Advertising , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there.

Widespread Network difficulties arise, centered around the Tokyo area. Traffic signals blink chaotically, public outdoor TVs display garbled text, and so on. The news reports it as a case of cyberterrorism.

Fifth grader Taichi Yagami stayed home by himself to get ready for a weekend summer camp, but his mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they're aboard a runaway train. Taichi Hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform... a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World! The DigiDestined meet their partner Digimon, and they're faced with an adventure into the unknown...!



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Angels , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Kids , Proxy Battle

Kyoukai Senki

Also known as AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline.

Studio: Sunrise Beyond , Sunrise Music , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In 2061 AD, Japan is dominated. Divided and ruled by the four major economic blocs of the world, the Japanese people spent their days oppressed as subjugated citizens. Japan became the front line of the world where AMAIM, a human-type special mobile weapon deployed by each economic zone, strode about.. One day, Amou Shiiba, a boy who loves machines, meets i-LeS (autonomous thinking AI) named "Gai," and this leads him to throw himself into the battle to reclaim Japan, by piloting the AMAIM "Kenbu" built by himself.



Tags: Real Robot , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Military , Dystopian , Politics , Terrorism , Revenge , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast

MAZICA PARTY

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

The franchise's story centers on wizards who gather mazica in order to save the world. Junior high school student Kezuru wakes up after a strange dream featuring himself as a wizard, a creature called "mazin," and a mysterious girl. The next day, his friend Kuracchi proudly shows off the newly launched Mazica Party card game. To Kezuru's shock, all the characters drawn in the game's cards are just like the ones in his dream.

Meanwhile, Kezuru receives a notification for an event at the major international company Mazica. Intrigued, Kezuru goes to the Mazica Store as directed, only to meet the Mazica CEO himself, Jeff Johns. Johns says, "I have great expectations for you," and hands Kezuru Mazica Gear.

On his way back home, Kezuru is attacked by an airship-like creature. Just when he thinks, "this is it!" to himself, his Mazica Gear erupts and a magic book appears. When he scratches a card, he seals a contract with Barunya, a "mazin" creature that is an odd remixed fusion between an airship and a cat.

The mysterious girl Anya says Kezuru and those of his ilk will be "the true wizards who save the world." Amid all these mysterious revelations, Kezuru enrolls in the Mazica Academy and engages in Mazica Party card battles alongside his partner mazin.

Tags: Kids , Card Battle , Magic , Isekai , Animals