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BIRTH

Also known as BIRTH.

Studio: ADV Films , Victor Entertainment , Kaname Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Aqualoid was a prosperous planet, but an attack from a mysterious life force, the Inorganics, transforms it into a post-apocalyptic shell of its former self. When Nam finds a mysterious sword, he is suddenly the object of a planet-wide chase. With the Inorganics closing in, will Nam and his friends discover the secret of the sword and save their world? Or will they destroy Aqualoid in favor of a new Birth?


Tags: Aliens , Robots , Ensemble Cast , Lost Civilization , Space , Aviation , Desert , Shounen , Survival , Guns , Reincarnation , Afterlife , Female Protagonist

X Densha de Ikou

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Ishihara Toru is an everyday guy with an on-and-off girlfriend and a position working for a train buff. Things become complicated when a ghostly vehicle dubbed the X Train begins to ride the rails, destroying everything in its path. Somehow, it seems that Toru is connected with the X Train by a strange power, which draws the attention of some very dangerous and power hungry people who would wield it for their own...



Tags: Trains , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Urban , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Body Horror , Meta

serial experiments lain

Also known as Serial Experiments Lain.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Genco , Funimation , Triangle Staff , Pioneer LDC , TV Tokyo Music , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I just abandoned my body. I still live here...

Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?



Tags: Denpa , Virtual World , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Software Development , Cyberpunk , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Conspiracy , Cult , Video Games , Suicide , Religion , Urban , Meta , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Amnesia , Afterlife , Adoption , Orphan , POV , Anti-Hero , Drugs , Trains , Aliens , School , Isekai , Death Game , Age Gap , Bullying , Zombie

Dead Leaves

Also known as Dead Leaves.

Studio: Production I.G , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a devastating crime spree in search of food, clothing and transportation, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves. While incarcerated, they quickly discover that Dead Leaves is also a top-secret cloning facility, occupied by villainous guards and deformed genetic experiments. Ultra-manic chaos and hyper-violent bedlam ensue as they organize a prison break with the aid of their fellow mutant inmates.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Amnesia , Fugitive , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Slapstick , Crime , Space , Nudity , Revenge , Espionage , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Omnibus Promotion , Daybreak
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Even with Tamiko's strong objection, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse.



Tags: Family Life , Acting , Satire , Meta , Tragedy , Fugitive , Surreal Comedy , Incest , Slapstick , Time Manipulation , Crime , Bar , Inseki , Suicide

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 , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Body Horror , Urban , Henshin , Shapeshifting , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Assassins , Found Family , Guns , Anthropomorphism , Age Gap , Cannibalism , CGI , Yandere , Crime , Police , Homeless , POV , Amnesia , Tomboy , Revenge , Angels , Zombie , Nudity

Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A cyber battle sci-fi. In 2022, the technology of quantum computing has greatly advanced and many people have transfered their mind into the cyber space.

Remu's sister-in-law, Shiki, skipped grades and entered a high school in the academic city "Okinotori-island Mega Float City (OMFC)" when she was 14. One day, Shiki confessed to her brother via Skype that she was talking to him directly from the cyber space and her real body had been kept in a water tank filled with a culture medium. It's called "Body pool" and Shiki connected to the network by nanomachines implanted in her brain.

Remu was surprised but he accepted her decision until an accident called "Early Rupture" happened. The network server got overloaded and users' minds were lost in cyber space leaving soulless living bodies in the Body Pools. In order to bring Shiki's mind back, Remu visits her apartment in OMFC and there meets Shiki escaped from the hospital. But the girl tells him that she is not Shiki and she happens to haven taken over Shiki's body.

When Remu tries to figure out the situation, a violent attack strikes the apartment.

Arve Rezzle: Kikaijikake no Yousei-tachi was one of the four films of Anime Mirai 2013 (Young Animator Training Project), a project funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.

It was pre-aired on February 25, 2013 on nicolive.

Tags: Cyberpunk , Police , Fugitive , Nudity

Dream Hunter REM

Studio: Sai Enterprise , Procen Studio , Anime R
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Rem is an ordinary woman in our world, but in the world of dreams, she becomes a dream warrior, defending humanity from the evils there. When dream demons reach the waking world, she fights them with the help of her pets which transform into a tiger and wolf.
Note: This series was originally produced as a single episode OVA, which featured explicit sexual content. After the release of the first episode, the production of the OVA changed and the first episode was re-released with another episode bundled together, while also replacing all the sexual content with new scenes. The second and third episodes followed suite and contains no sexual content either.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Demons , Henshin , Ghost , Super Power , Gore , Guns , Outdoor Activities , Tennis , Swordplay