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Kanata no Astra

Also known as ASTRA LOST IN SPACE.

Studio: Lerche , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Itʼs the first day of Planet Camp, and Aries Spring couldnʼt be more excited! She, along with eight other strangers, leave for Planet McPa for a weeklong excursion. Soon after they arrive, however, a mysterious orb appears and transports them into the depths of space, where they find an empty floating spaceship…

Note: The first and last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Space , Clone , Conspiracy , Survival , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Found Family , Travel , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Politics , Crime , Shounen , Heterosexual , Revenge , Tragedy , Tanned Skin , Royal Affairs , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Kuudere , Assassins , Transgender , Aliens , Nudity

Where to watch?

Hulu

Amazon Prime Video

Netflix

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - The Animation

Also known as Danganronpa: The Animation.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , Lerche , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

Tags: Death Game , Battle Royale , Tragedy , Survival , Detective , Dystopian , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , School , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Artificial Intelligence , Tanned Skin , Yandere , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Suicide , Femboy , Gyaru , Meta , CGI , Surreal Comedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Idol

Where to watch?

Hulu

Rokka no Yuusha

Also known as Rokka -Braves of the Six Flowers-.

Studio: Passione
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery

When the Majin awoke from the depths of darkness, the deity of fate chose six heroes and bequeathed them with the power to save the world. Adlet, a boy who proclaims himself the strongest on Earth, was selected among the Rokka no Yuusha (Heroes of the Six Flowers), and he goes to the rendezvous point — but seven have gathered there. The heroes suspect that someone among the seven is the enemy, and the initial suspicion falls on Adlet.

Tags: Survival , Male Protagonist , Magic , Fugitive , Ensemble Cast , Demons , Detective , Monster Girl , Swordplay , Travel , Kemonomimi , Assassins , Kuudere , CGI

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Munou na Nana

Also known as Talentless Nana.

Studio: Bridge , Nippon Columbia
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

It is the year 20XX. Earth has been assaulted by monsters known as 'the Enemy of Humanity'. In order to deal with this threat, special schools comprised of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as 'the Talented', have abilities that defy the rules of reality. Among these superpowered individuals was an outlier, someone who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation.

Tags: Assassins , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Crime , Primarily Teen Cast , Detective , Espionage , Tragedy , School , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Rural , Gore , Survival , Memory Manipulation , Shapeshifting , Necromancy , Kuudere , Revenge , Bullying , Time Manipulation , Zombie , Photography

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Akudama Drive

Also known as Akudama Drive.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Delfi Sound , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama’s way of life and witnesses their criminal drives.

Note: On May 28, 2021, a director's cut of the final episode was released which included approximately 5 minutes of new content.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Urban , Crime , Cyberpunk , Fugitive , Dystopian , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Prison , Gore , Conspiracy , Politics , Tomboy , Yandere , Artificial Intelligence , Found Family , Unrequited Love , CGI , Motorcycles , Trains , Virtual World , Tanned Skin , Kuudere , Space

Where to watch?

Hulu

11-nin Iru!

Also known as They Were 11.

Studio: Kitty Film , Central Park Media , Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, ten space cadets embark on a survival test that sets them adrift in a derelict spacecraft from which they must find their way home. Terror strikes when the cadets discover eleven of themselves aboard the ship. Who is the imposter, and what is his (or her) purpose? Paranoia runs rampant and lives hang in the balance as the cadets scrutinize one another for any wrong move. Can they identify the spy before it’s too late?

Tags: Survival , Space , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Agender , Super Power , Amnesia , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Shoujo , Gender Bending , Transgender , Memory Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Medicine , Eco-Horror

Where to watch?

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Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: Frontier Works , Funimation , Media Factory , Movic , AT-X , WHITE FOX , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Femboy , Amnesia , Seinen , War , Gender Bending , Post-Apocalyptic , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden

Where to watch?

Bilibili TV

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.

Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Curses , Witch , Magic , Cohabitation , Cult , Gore , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Maids , Love Triangle , Politics , Elf , Suicide , Unrequited Love , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Twins , Coming of Age , Femboy , Travel , Butler , Assassins , Seinen , Kemonomimi , Dragons , CGI , Body Swapping , Meta , Kuudere , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Crossdressing

Where to watch?

Netflix

YouTube

Hulu

ID: INVADED

Also known as ID: INVADED.

Studio: NAZ , Funimation , KADOKAWA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Welcome to Kura, an organization that investigates crime using the Mizuhanome system which senses the drive to kill. Sakaido is a brilliant detective and pilot of the Mizuhanome. To solve a case, he enters the world of the killer's unconscious mind: the id well. In the shadows of brutal and puzzling cases lurks John Walker, the Serial Killer Creator. Where will Sakaido's pursuit lead?

Tags: Detective , Virtual World , Crime , Alternate Universe , Police , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Augmented Reality , Urban Fantasy , Prison , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Meta , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Amnesia , Cyberpunk , Gore , CGI , Time Manipulation , Guns , Suicide

Where to watch?

Hulu

Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.

Also known as SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , ABC Animation , Studio DEEN , WOWOW , Culture Entertainment
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Thriller

At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection.

Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Death Game , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Achronological Order , Philosophy , Ojou-sama , Kuudere , Mixed Media , Yuri , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cosmic Horror , Suicide , Maids , Amputation , CGI

Where to watch?

Netflix