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Hitsugi no Chaika

Also known as Chaika -The Coffin Princess-.

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

Toru Acura is a 20-year-old retired soldier meandering through life now that the war has ended. He encounters Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old sorceress carrying a coffin, and follows her in hopes of finding meaning to his life again. The two travel with Toru's adopted sister, Akari, the employed member of the group and thus Toru's source of income.



Tags: Magic , Fugitive , Memory Manipulation , Female Protagonist , Travel , Guns , Amnesia , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Anti-Hero , Rural , Urban , Steampunk , Military , Foreign , Dragons , Crime , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , Female Harem , Skeleton

Majo no Tabitabi

Also known as Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina.

Studio: C2C , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Movic , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , SB Creative , Kadokawa Media House
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Inspired by her favorite book, Elaina ventures out to see the world she's read so much about. Like a leaf on the wind, she travels from one country to another, looking to sate her inquisitiveness and searching for new experiences. She's confronted by humanity in all its forms, whether strange, bizarre, or emotional. Exploration and curiosity drive her journey. Where to next, Elaina?



Tags: Witch , Episodic , Magic , Female Protagonist , Travel , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Time Skip , Achronological Order , Medieval , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Foreign , Yuri , Gore , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Dragons , Alternate Universe , Body Swapping , Gangs , Slavery , Suicide , Amnesia

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Studio: Toho , MADHOUSE , Shogakukan , Nippon Television Network , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…



Tags: Travel , Magic , Elf , Philosophy , Time Skip , Medieval , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Demons , Foreign , Adoption , Rural , Episodic , Heterosexual , Aromantic , Dungeon , Shounen , Rotoscoping , Religion , Snowscape , Food , Dragons , Clone , Horticulture , CGI

Zero no Tsukaima

Also known as The Familiar of Zero.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Genco , Funimation , Media Factory , Shouchiku , Bushiroad , Happinet Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

Louise is a magician at the Tristein Academy, dubbed with the nickname "Zero Louise" due to her inability to effectively use her magic properly, resulting in zero successes. An upcoming test at her academy requires her to summon a familiar, a servant and partner to support her as a magician. Despite desiring a familiar that would be superior to her constantly mocking classmates, Louise ends up summoning Hiraga Saito, your average Japanese boy. Even with Louise and Saito both unwilling to accept each other, they have no choice. Louise cannot attempt another summoning and Saito cannot return to Japan, and so their life together begins. Based on the novel by Noboru Yamaguchi.

Tags: Isekai , Magic , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Harem , Slapstick , Slavery , School , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Bullying , War , Maids , Dragons , Aviation , Language Barrier , Kuudere , Tanned Skin , Anachronism

Ookami to Koushinryou

Also known as Spice and Wolf.

Studio: Imagin , Funimation , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Victor Entertainment , Pony Canyon , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The peddler Kraft Lawrence travels through the world selling all kinds of things. After visiting a village, he discovers a sleeping girl under the pelts in his cart. She has wolf ears and a tail. The wolf girl explains that she has been called a "god", but that her name is Holo and nothing more. Lawrence teases the girl a little, but after hearing more of her story, he is moved and decides to accompany her further north. On their travels the two have many adventures, often getting into trouble, but the bond between them grows stronger.

Tags: Economics , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Historical , Female Protagonist , Religion , Kemonomimi , Medieval , Travel , Agriculture , Heterosexual , Monster Girl , Politics , Rural , Foreign , Gods , Nudity , Inn

Katanagatari

Also known as Katanagatari.

Studio: Aniplex , Lantis , Kodansha , Movic , Fuji TV , WHITE FOX , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Romance

Yasuri Shichika, seventh successor of the Kyotouryuu (bladeless) sword art, lives on an isolated island with his older sister, Nanami.

One day Shichika is visited by a woman named Togame, who requests his aid in her quest to find and collect the final twelve swords forged by the legendary master swordsmith, Shikizaki Kiki. Shichika and Togame begin their odyssey by leaving the island he called home for over 20 years. They will face twelve individuals who possess and protect Shikizaki's legendary swords.

Join Shichika and Togame on an exciting, epic adventure that defies reality as they discover the true potential of the Kyoutoryuu sword style!



Tags: Swordplay , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Historical , Samurai , Travel , Revenge , Gore , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Ninja , Female Protagonist , Meta , Anachronism , Episodic , Politics , Tsundere , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Rural , Slapstick , Guns , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Body Swapping , Urban , Shrine Maiden , Desert , Ghost , Robots

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

Hitsugi no Chaika: AVENGING BATTLE

Also known as Chaika -The Coffin Princess- AVENGING BATTLE.

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

Chaika, Toru & their companions are still searching for the remains of Emperor Gaz. But now Chaika is beginning to question her own identity as well as her mission. Spurned on by the mysterious acquaintance only known as Guy, Chaika leaves Toru & heads to a hidden island to recover the ‘Emperor’s Fortune’ & learn the secrets of her past. Toru, unable to abandon his duty as a saboteur & realising his growing affection for the mysterious girl, sets off the save Chaika from whatever dangers she may face -even if that danger is the truth of her own being.



Tags: Magic , Amnesia , Fugitive , Guns , Politics , Artificial Intelligence , Assassins , Kuudere , Tragedy

Junketsu no Maria

Also known as Maria the Virgin Witch.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Kodansha , Lantis , I Will
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

The story follows Maria, the most powerful witch who lives during the Hundred Years' War in France. She despises war, so she obstructs battles with her strong magical powers. Her meddling with her succubus Artemis and incubus Priapos has caught the attention of the heavens, and so the Archangel Michael issues an edict. When Maria loses her virginity, she will also lose her magical powers. A beautiful angel named Ezekiel is supposed to watch Maria and make sure the witch does not use magic in front of people, but Maria continues to use magic anyways.



Tags: Religion , Witch , Magic , Female Protagonist , Gods , War , Dragons , Coming of Age , Medieval , Philosophy , Angels , Foreign , Historical , Heterosexual , Succubus , Cult , Seinen , Nudity , Rural

Majo to Yajuu

Also known as The Witch and the Beast.

Studio: Yokohama Animation Lab , TBS , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Kodansha , Crunchyroll , BS11 , MAGNET , Nichion
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

It all started with the 17 "Origins," whose powers were passed down to individuals who still exist around the world today. A man carrying a coffin and a girl with the eyes of a beast appear in a town. The girl was once cursed by a witch and now searches for her in order to undo the curse. Is the witch who appears before them the quarry they've been searching for? And how can the curse be undone? This quest for revenge against an evil witch begins rolling when the beast captures the witch. This magnificent and intense dark fantasy begins now!



Tags: Witch , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Gender Bending , Revenge , Magic , Urban Fantasy , Body Swapping , Female Protagonist , Gore , Male Protagonist , Urban , Necromancy , Zombie , Cult , Vampire , Body Horror , Historical , Agender , Demons , Nudity , Drugs