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Death Parade

Also known as Death Parade.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good.

Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white—that is—until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead?



Tags: Death Game , Afterlife , Philosophy , Tragedy , Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , Reincarnation , Bar , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Suicide , Gambling , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Kuudere , CGI , Ice Skating , Revenge , Gyaru , Bowling , Tanned Skin

Yuuri!!! on ICE

Also known as Yuri!!! on ICE.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Yuri Katsuki makes his way to the Grand Prix ice skating competition as Japan’s top representative with his eyes on the prize. However, instead of celebrating, Yuri walks away defeated and ready to retire for good. But a run-in with champion Viktor Nikiforov and rising star Yuri Plisetsky ignites a new fire within him. With the two of them close by his side, Yuri will take to the ice once more.



Tags: Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Rotoscoping , Coming of Age , CGI , Tsundere , Asexual , Tanned Skin

Yuuri!!! on ICE The Movie: ICE ADOLESCENCE

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Cancelled
Genres: Sports

Sequel movie to Yuri!!! on Ice.

Tags: Ice Skating , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , CGI

Yuri Plisetsky GPF in Barcelona EX “Welcome to The Madness”

Also known as Yuri on Ice Side Story: Welcome to The Madness.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

At the GPF exhibition event, Yuri P. performs a skating routine with Otabek.

Note: Short special included in the 6th BD/DVD volume.

Tags: Ice Skating , No Dialogue , Dancing , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist

Hime-sama, "Goumon" no Jikan desu

Also known as 'Tis Time for "Torture," Princess.

Studio: PINE JAM
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

As the war between the Imperial Army and Hellhorde rages on, the Princess, despite being armed with her mythical sword Excalibur, is captured and imprisoned. What kind of torture does she face at the hands of the chief demon interrogator? Fluffy fresh-baked toast! Hot, steaming ramen! Oh, the humanity! Can the Princess withstand these tormenting treats and keep her kingdom’s secrets safe?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Episodic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Food , Demons , Surreal Comedy , Torture , Slapstick , Monster Girl , Prison , Parody , Animals , Vampire , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gyaru , Ice Skating , Shounen , Tanned Skin , Age Regression , Isekai

Skate-Leading☆Stars

Also known as Skate-Leading Stars.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Kensei Maeshima left the world of figure skating after his rival said, “You’ll never beat me.” Years later, he’s using his athleticism to help several high school teams, never focusing on one. But when his adversary publicly announces a shift to a team sport, a kid familiar with Kensei’s past finds and offers him an invitation to lace up his skates and join the world of skate-leading.



Note: The series premiered on Funimation and affiliated streaming services (Wakanim, AnimeLab) on December 27, 2020. The Japanese broadcast started two weeks later on January 10, 2021.

Tags: Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , School Club , Athletics , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

Puraore!: PRIDE OF ORANGE

Also known as PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~.

Studio: C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life , Sports

Manaka’s competitive spirit ignites when she discovers ice hockey! Even though she’s a rookie, she’s got her sights set on Nikko City’s hockey team, where girls aim for the top as they compete in this full-contact sport. After finally convincing her childhood friends and her sister to play, they join a team of girls ready to go for the goal!



Tags: Ice Skating , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Idol , Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Time Skip , Dancing , Volleyball

HUGtto! Precure

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Nono Hana is an 8th grade student who wants to be a stylish and mature big sister like figure. She always puts on a lovely smile and loves to search for exciting things. One day, Hana meets a baby named Hug-tan and her guardian fairy named Harry who had fallen from the sky. At that exact moment, an evil organization called Dark Tomorrow suddenly appeared! They're trying to forcefully take Hug-tan's Mirai Crystal! In order to protect Hug-tan, Hana wishes to do something to help her, and her wish is granted, as she gains a Mirai Crystal and transforms into Cure Yell. The world is overflowed with Tomorrow Powerer, which is the power to create a brilliant tomorrow, which is crystallized into the Mirai Crystals. If it's stolen, everyone's future will not exist. To protect Hug-tan and everyone's future, Cure Yell will do her best!



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Superhero , Coming of Age , Time Manipulation , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Isekai , Super Robot , Parenthood , Family Life , Memory Manipulation , Tokusatsu , Cheerleading , Urban Fantasy , Artificial Intelligence , Urban , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Bullying , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Episodic , Kids , Animals , Adoption , Anthropomorphism , CGI , Robots , Idol , School , Ice Skating , Kuudere , Age Regression , Educational , Crossover , Mermaid , Tragedy , Fairy

Ginban Kaleidoscope

Also known as Skating Rink Kaleidoscope.

Studio: Karaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports , Supernatural

With $10 billion worth of beauty (or so she says), Sakurano Tazusa is a contestant for the selection of the Japanese representative at the winter Olympics' figure skating competition. However, her ability is questionable in the eyes of the media and public, as she constantly falls during critical moments in her competitions. During a particular fall, at the same time, a Canadian teen by the name of Pete Pumps perishes as an accident occurs during an air stunt. Before being allowed to pass on into the after life, Pete possess' Tazusa supposedly for a hundred days, living on in her body. Despite the discontent and anger Tazusa faced having her body and privacy invaded by this Canadian ghost, she moves her focus onto improving herself in hopes to be selected for the Olympics.

Tags: Ice Skating , Ghost , Dissociative Identities , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Aviation , Conspiracy

Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Sports

Prism Stars are performers on the new popular ice show, Prism Show. They are superidols whose techniques, singing and fashion sense are a cut above all others. Aira and Rizumu are two Prism Stars whose goal is to become the best, the Prism Queen. However, the road to success is bumpy.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Ice Skating , Primarily Female Cast , Fashion , Musical Theater , Idol , CGI , Kids , Police , Amnesia , Adoption

Medalist

Studio: ENGI
Status: Not_Yet_Released
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Tsukasa, whose dreams were crushed. Inori, left to fend for herself. These two share a dream...and their tenacity may be the only thing that sees them through. Their destination? The ice...on the world's stage!



Tags: Ice Skating , Work , Musical Theater , Athletics , Seinen , Rehabilitation

Pretty Rhythm: Rainbow Live

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Sports

Naru Ayase is an 8th grader who can see the colors of music when she listens to it. For Naru, who is extremely good at decorating, becoming the owner of a shop like Dear Crown was her dream. One day, she finds out that the manager of a newly-opened shop is recruiting middle school girls who can do Prism Dance, and immediately applies. Naru begins to Prism Dance at the audition, and an aura she's never experienced spreads out in front of her. At that moment, a mysterious girl named Rinne asks her if she can see "rainbow music".



Tags: Female Protagonist , Idol , Ice Skating , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fashion , Coming of Age , CGI , Cars , Love Triangle , School , Aliens , Kids , Amnesia

KING OF PRISM by Pretty Rhythm

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

The unit Over The Rainbow succeeds in its debut. Aiming to become like the boy band, more students enroll in Edel Rose. Hiro and the others begin practice for the Prism King Cup, an event that is held once every four years. However, a rival called "Schwarz Rose" appears... Who will become the Prism King, the one who can make girls' hearts throb the most!?



Tags: Idol , Super Power , Dancing , Boys' Love , Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , CGI

Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Dongwoo Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Sports

Three years after the events of "Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream," Aira, Mion and Rizumu have grown up and tutor a new group of aspiring idols: Karin, Reina, Mia and Ayami, who form the Prizmmy☆. Teenage girls from Korea, named Somin, Shiyoon, Haein, Chaekyung and Jae Eun (who are the PURETTY), appear as a rival group.

Tags: Ice Skating , Idol , Primarily Female Cast , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Police , CGI , Fashion , Love Triangle , Inseki , Kids

KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars-

Also known as KING OF PRISM -Shiny Seven Stars-.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

After appearing in the Prism King Cup representing Edel Rose, and getting a glimpse of what it was like to a be a future Prism Star, Ichijo Shin entered Kakyoin Academy’s High School division in spring and became a first-year high school student. Koji, Hiro, and Kazuki from Over The Rainbow left Edel Rose and established a new agency.

Meanwhile, after having the title of Prism King stolen by Hiro, the leader of Schwarz Rose, Norizuki Jin, proposes PRISM.1, which would decide a new king other than Prism King. He then announces that Schwarz Rose and Edel Rose will be competing with each other.



Tags: Idol , Male Protagonist , Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast

Omoi no Kakera

Studio: Gaina
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

Hina Satou is a 13-year-old who loves figure skating and lives in a port town in Miyagi Prefecture. After losing her mother in the 2011 earthquake, she and her father are currently living in temporary housing. With sad memories of the earthquake and memories of a gentle mother, the cheerful Hina continues to move toward her dreams.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Ice Skating , Family Life , School Club , School , Tragedy , Photography , CGI

Kita e.: Diamond Dust Drops

Also known as Diamond Daydreams.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

If a couple sees the diamond dust together, then they will certainly find eternal happiness. Or so it is said. This is a drama about the romances, friendships and conflicts of six girls from Hokkaido and how the diamond dust affects them and eventually links them together in the search for happiness.




Tags: Coming of Age , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Disability , Ice Skating , Tragedy

KING OF PRISM: PRIDE the HERO

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

Shin Ichijou and seven new students join the Edel Rose training school to follow their dreams of idol singer stardom. They hope to become the next Prism Stars and appear in future Prism Shows. However, Edel Rose is threatened by an evil plot hatched by Jin Norizuki from rival school Schwarz Rose. Over The Rainbow goes on indefinite hiatus to save Edel Rose and the three performers go their separate ways. In order to return a huge debt, Kōji goes to Hollywood to produce film music. Kazuki goes on a quest to rediscover his own origins as a street-style performer. Hiro delves into special training to improve himself. In separate locations, the members come to face themselves as Prism Stars.



Tags: Ice Skating , Primarily Male Cast , Idol , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , POV

Attakai, Fuyu Canada

Also known as Warm, Winter Canada.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

"A Japanese tourism promotion anime inviting Japanese people to visit Canada. The anime is sponsored by the Canada Tourism Bureau (Canada Kankou Kyoku) which celebrates its 150th anniversary."

Tags: Advertisement , Outdoor , Foreign , No Dialogue , Snowscape , Ice Skating

Pretty Rhythm: All Star Selection

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

A selection of the best episodes from the first three series of the Pretty Rhythm franchise: Aurora Dream, Dear My Future and Rainbow Live. In addition, the 5th grader Laala Manaka, a new and upcoming idol, will be making her debut very soon. The main protagonists Aira, Mia, and Naru teach Laala what being an idol is all about.

Tags: Ice Skating , Fashion , Primarily Female Cast , Musical Theater , Idol , CGI , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things