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BLUE GENDER

Also known as Blue Gender.

Studio: AIC , Funimation , Youmex , Toshiba EMI
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Horror , Mecha , Psychological , Romance , Sci-Fi

Imagine waking after spending more than two decades in suspended animation. You awaken to a world more terrifying than your worst nightmare. A world where human beings are hunted down by giant insect-like creatures called the Blue. Welcome to Earth in the year 2031...a time when the planet is no longer ours. Earth's very survival now rests in your hands.



Tags: Survival , Military , Dystopian , Kuudere , Post-Apocalyptic , Travel , Heterosexual , Tomboy , Real Robot , Space , Male Protagonist , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity

Muv-Luv Alternative

Also known as Muv-Luv Alternative.

Studio: Fuji TV , Graphinica , Yumeta Company , FLAGSHIP LINE , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Arts , aNCHOR , BS Fuji , Avex Pictures , Dentsu , Tencent
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction…



Tags: Aliens , Military , Real Robot , War , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Politics , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Time Manipulation , Isekai , Alternate Universe , Memory Manipulation , Drugs , Tomboy , Body Horror , Artificial Intelligence , Female Harem

Shingeki no Kyojin

Also known as Attack on Titan.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Pony Canyon , Kodansha , Production I.G , Dentsu , Pony Canyon Enterprise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.



Tags: Revenge , Kaiju , Tragedy , Military , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Steampunk , Henshin , Swordplay , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Dystopian , Ensemble Cast , Orphan , Kuudere , Espionage , Cannibalism , Shounen , Coming of Age , Survival , Time Skip , Amnesia , Rural , Suicide , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Adoption , Medieval

Muv-Luv Alternative 2nd Season

Also known as Muv-Luv Alternative Season 2.

Studio: FLAGSHIP LINE , Graphinica , Yumeta Company , Avex Pictures , Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , Tencent , BS Fuji , Dentsu , Bandai Namco Music Live , aNCHOR
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The second season of Muv-Luv Alternative.

Tags: Aliens , Military , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , War , Alternate Universe , Isekai , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Guns , Swordplay , Drugs , Memory Manipulation

Toshokan Sensou

Also known as Library War.

Studio: Production I.G , Code , Asmik Ace , ASCII Media Works , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance

Toshokan Sensou tells the story of Kasahara Iku, the first woman to join the Library Task Force. In the near future in Japan, the Media Enhancement Law has been forced upon the population censoring all books and media. To counter this, the Library Defense Force was created. To protect themselves against the Media Enhancement Law Commission, all major libraries are fully equipped with a military Task Force, who take it upon themselves to protect the books and freedom of media of the people. This anime follows Iku and her fellow soldiers as they protect various special books and artifacts from the oppression of the Media Enhancement Law Commission. A love story, war story, and comedy all rolled into one.

Tags: Military , Shoujo , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , War , Tomboy

Senjou no Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles

Also known as Valkyria Chronicles.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Sega Games , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance

Valkyria Chronicles is set in a fictitious continent reminiscent of 1930s Europe. The continent, called Europa, is divided into two main powers: The Imperial Empire, a monarchy in the east, and the alliance of democracies called the Federation in the west. In this world, there is a very important resource called ragnite; its uses range from fueling weapons of war to use in medical treatments. Since ragnite is such an important resource, the Federation and the Empire are constantly at war with each other for it.

The story takes place in the neutral country of Gallia, known for its bountiful reserves of ragnite, when the Empire decides to invade and seize the ragnite for themselves. The story follows Welkin, the son of a former war hero; Isara, Welkin's Darcsen adoptive sister; and Alicia, a member of the Bruhl town watch, as they fight the Imperials in the ragtag Gallian militia group, Squad 7.

Squad 7 fights to regain their homes and livelihoods with Welkin as the squad leader and commander of the Edelweiss tank; Alicia as a scout; Isara as the pilot of the Edelweiss, and a variety of colorful individuals.

Tags: Military , War , Guns , Alternate Universe , Tanks , Politics , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Steampunk

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , TV Tokyo , ADV Films , Kadokawa Shoten , NAS , Tatsunoko Production , GKids , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.



Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Denpa , Dystopian , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Psychosexual , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Cosmic Horror , Aliens , Body Horror , Mythology , Religion , Military , Clone , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Politics , Bisexual , Gore , Trains , Espionage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Episodic , Boys' Love

M3: Sono Kuroki Hagane

Studio: Satelight , flying DOG , C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Psychological

There is distorted, deep blackness everywhere. That place, in which blackness swallowed everything and took away everything, has become known as the Avidya Zone. Strange beings assume the very form of the despair and chaos of humanity. They are known by this name: Imashime.

An expedition surveys the Avidya Zone which consumes human spirits. So, in the intricate intersection between the present in impending crisis and the destiny of the past … can eight boys and girls, assembled to confront the Imashime, find the bright future that lies before the Avidya Zone?



Tags: Amnesia , Cultivation , Love Triangle , CGI , Gore , Magic