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Kurau Phantom Memory

Also known as Kurau Phantom Memory.

Studio: bones , ADV Films , Funimation , Media Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

In a world of mercenary agents, Kurau is a martial arts master and elite thief—but she has a secret. Her body has been fused with a binary alien life form called the Rynax. Every moment Kurau lives is lived twice, one alien sharing her consciousness, the other still waiting to be born. The truth about Kurau has begun to spread, and now the ultimate agent is the ultimate target.



Tags: Fugitive , Space , Super Power , Philosophy , Aliens , Crime , Foreign , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Coming of Age , Episodic , Shapeshifting , Dissociative Identities , Kuudere , Nudity

Fantastic Children

Also known as Fantastic Children.

Studio: Nippon Animation , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

A group of enigmatic white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the appearance of 11-year-olds, they behave far more mature than they should be, never grow old, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have been seeking is a girl, and the only clue they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.



Tags: Foreign , Reincarnation , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Lost Civilization , Historical , Philosophy , Detective , Urban Fantasy , Space , Rural , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Amnesia , Orphan , Age Regression , Astronomy , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Guns , Robots , Torture

Bounen no Xamdou

Also known as Xam'd: Lost Memories.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Half H.P Studio , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Sentan Island is a small island surrounded by the Yuden Sea. It exists in a state of dreamlike tranquility, cut off from the war between the Northern Government and the Southern Continent Free Zone. Our hero, Akiyuki Takehara, lives on Sentan Island along with his mother Fusa. He is currently separated from his father, the town doctor Ryuzo, but the bond between father and son remains. One day, after taking Ryuzo the lunch that Fusa has made for him as usual, Akiyuki arrives at school, where he is caught up in an explosion along with his friends, Haru and Furuichi. The explosion produces a mysterious light, which enters Akiyuki's arm, causing him excruciating pain. He's given no time to understand it, however, as the white-haired girl who rode on the bus with him guides him to a power unlike anything he's ever known.

Tags: Ensemble Cast , Military , War , Super Power , Love Triangle , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Vore , Kuudere , Amnesia , Disability

Brigadoon: Marin to Melan

Also known as Brigadoon.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual , TOKYOPOP
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Marin is a typical junior high school girl with a sunny disposition and a loving adoptive family. Her life takes a drastic change when a mysterious mirage is seen in the sky above the entire earth. Killer androids called Monomakia descend to earth from the formation in the sky called Brigadoon and begin to hunt down little Marin. She discovers a blue bottle in a shrine as she seeks escape and from the bottle comes a protector, a sword carrying gun slinging alien called Melan Blue, together they must save the earth and deal with family crisis, school prejudice and the police and come to an understanding of Marins past and Melans unexplained mission, as well as learn to trust each other. Set in 1969 Japan with a colorful cast of friends and enemies.



Tags: Super Robot , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Historical , Robots , Aliens , Conspiracy , Slapstick , Time Manipulation , School , Bullying , Adoption , Disability , Post-Apocalyptic , Orphan , Isekai , Guns , Twins , Primarily Child Cast , Age Gap , Nudity , Delinquents , Food , Revenge , Fugitive

Ou Dorobou JING

Also known as Jing: King of Bandits.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio DEEN , ADV Films , SME Visual Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Jing may appear to be a young boy, but his remarkable skills make him one of the most feared thieves on the planet. Along with his feathered partner Kir, Jing travels from town to town, stealing anything of value regardless of the amount of security. But when he's in a pinch, he has one more trick up his sleeve: Kir bonds with Jing's right arm to perform the effectively deadly "Kir Royale" attack. And because of all this, Jing is infamously known by many as the "King of Bandits."


Tags: Shounen , Episodic , Male Protagonist

Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Studio: Bandai Visual , OLM , Genco , MediaNet , Media Blasters , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Tsubasa Shiina is a 10-year-old girl who recently moved to Hokkaido to live with her father. In school, she is very quiet and unsociable with her classmates. Then one night, she witnesses a UFO crash in the forest near her home. She rushes to the scene and finds the pilot, codenamed "D.D.", in a barely stable condition. Also in the scene is a Maguar, a hideous alien that hatched aboard D.D.'s ship. As the Maguar is close to taking Tsubasa's life, an alien lifeform fuses with her body to form the Riberus battle armor Figure 17, which shortly destroys the alien threat. The life form takes the name Hikaru and turns into an identical twin of Tsubasa. As time passes, Tsubasa becomes more open to everyone around her, thanks to her new twin sister Hikaru. However, with Maguar eggs scattered all over Hokkaido, their ability to form Figure 17 is needed to eliminate all hatched Maguars until backup from D.D.'s home planet arrives on Earth.



Tags: Clone , Aliens , Found Family , School , Rural , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Superhero , Tragedy

Zettai Karen Children

Also known as Psychic Squad.

Studio: TV Tokyo , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , SynergySP , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

In a world where ESP is common, only three people have them at the highest possible level. Those three are the special ESP team, The Children. The Children work for BABEL, a special ESPer organization committed to stopping crimes before they happen. Kouichi Minamoto is assigned to watch over them, and he'll need to, because three superpowered ten-year-olds are a problem on their own.



Tags: Super Power , Tomboy , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast , Coming of Age , Parody , Criminal Organization , Female Harem , Episodic , Henshin , Kemonomimi , Monster Girl , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Age Gap , Tsundere , Found Family , Cohabitation

Noein: Mou Hitori no Kimi e

Also known as Noein: To Your Other Self.

Studio: Satelight , Lantis , Ashi Productions , Rikuentai , Toshiba Entertainment , Funimation , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

In the near future, a violent battle takes place between the dimension La'cryma (protector of humanity) and the dimension Shangri-La, bent on the annihilation of all space-time. A group known as the Dragon Calvary is dispatched through space and time, searching for the only thing that can stop the invasion: the Dragon's Torque.

In the present, twelve-year old Haruka and her friend Yuu, are contemplating running away from home when they meet a member of the Dragon Calvary named Karasu (Crow). He believes that Haruka possesses the Dragon's Torque and claims to be Yuu from fifteen years in the future...



Tags: Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Lost Civilization , CGI , Gore , Heterosexual , Denpa , Bullying

Gakuen Senki Muryou

Also known as Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Starchild Records , The Right Stuf International
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The world is about to be turned upside down for Hajime Murata. First, a strange alien ship appears over Tokyo, and then a mysterious new transfer student arrives at his school wearing an ancient school uniform. His name is Muryou, and with his arrival, everything begins to change. Students suddenly begin to display amazing psychic powers, a giant white guardian keeps appearing in the skies over the city to fight off gigantic alien creatures, and men with threatening weapons are haunting the shadows of the school grounds.

With all these strange events taking place around him, Hajime is determined to figure out the truth about a world he thought he already knew. This is his story: a tale of aliens and humans, starships and spies, and friends who are often more than they appear. Join Hajime as he uncovers the mystery of Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars!



Tags: Space , Aliens , Politics , Cult

Final Fantasy

Also known as Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Planet R's luminous existence is maintained by four magical Crystals, each regulating a different essential element: Earth, Water, Fire and Wind. Long ago, sinister dark forces stole the Crystals and threatened to destroy the Planet. But, the courageous heroes fought desperately and defeated the dark forces to restore the planet to its peaceful state.

Two hundred years later - the great fight has been long forgotten and again, three Crystals have been stolen. The young descendants of the ancient heroes, Linaly and Prettz, are all that remain to protect the Crystal of Wind from the evil forces. If the two can managae to escape from Rouge - the leader of a leather-bound army of female pirates, they must still pass through the many dangerous obstacles that protect the magical crystal. Only the chosen one will survive the passage.



Tags: Magic , Dungeon , Medieval , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Travel , Swordplay , Motorcycles , Dragons , Ghost , Pirates , Guns , Gore , Space , Robots