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Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!

Also known as WataMote: No Matter How I Look At It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!.

Studio: Square Enix , SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

At the tender age of 15, Tomoko Kuroki has already dated hundreds of boys — or at least in dating games she has. The sad truth is that she gets tongue-tied just talking to people, which makes her entrance into the social pressure cooker of high school especially odious and riddled with anxiety. Can Tomoko overcome her crippling social anxiety and finally have the popular high school life she’s always dreamed of? Or will she merely get caught in the downward spiral that is her awkward life?



Tags: Hikikomori , Bisexual , Female Protagonist , School , Satire , Otaku Culture , Parody , Meta , Disability , Slapstick , Achronological Order , Psychosexual , Chuunibyou , Episodic , Shounen , Video Games , Rehabilitation , Yuri

Godzilla: Singular Point

Also known as Godzilla Singular Point.

Studio: Orange , bones , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Mystery , Sci-Fi

This series features an original story, which depicts the young geniuses Mei Kamino, a female researcher, and Yun Arikawa, a male engineer, as they take on an unprecedented threat with their companions. When danger comes up from the depths, only young geniuses Mei, Yun, and their team can face the threat in Godzilla Singular Point!



Tags: Kaiju , Time Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , CGI , Robots , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Urban , Military , Tokusatsu

Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterun da.

Also known as The Anthem of the Heart.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a very happy girl, but because of a certain thing she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...



Tags: Rehabilitation , School , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Musical Theater , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Hikikomori , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Family Life , Chuunibyou , Baseball , Time Skip

GAMERA: Rebirth

Also known as GAMERA -Rebirth-.

Studio: KADOKAWA , ENGI
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Last summer. Friends. And Kaiju.

In the summer of 1989, sixth graders Boko, Joe, and Junichi are on their last summer vacation as elementary school students. As if to cut through their daily routine, a monster named Gyaos suddenly attacks Tokyo. The four are petrified in midst of a town turned to ruins. As Gyaos sets its sight on them, a huge turtle-shaped kaiju appears in front of the boys. Its name is Gamera. Despite its injuries, Gamera fights Gyaos with all its might. This would only mark the beginning of the boys' "Summer of Kaiju".



Tags: CGI , Kaiju , Gore , Military , Travel , Tokusatsu , Coming of Age , Ships , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Tomboy , Heterosexual , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Reincarnation , Tanks , Coastal , Urban , Guns , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bullying , Space , Villainess

Saishuu Heiki Kanojo

Also known as She, The Ultimate Weapon.

Studio: GONZO , Touhouku Shinsha , Doga Kobo , Viz Media , Toei Video , Toshiba EMI , Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Shuuji and Chise are third year students at a high school in Hokkaido. The shy Chise is finally confessing to Shuuji, and finally the two of them are starting to exchange diary awkwardly. One day, Shuuji tries to escape from a sudden enemy air raid on Sapporo. While desperately escaping from the air raid, Shuuji sees a scene that he could not forget for his life. He sees Chise, with a huge weapon looking as if it was part of her hand, shooting the enemy fighters down one by one. Apparently, Chise is the ultimate weapon with destructive power which is important for the war.



Tags: Cyborg , Coming of Age , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , School , Military , War , Tragedy , Robots , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Seinen , Anti-Hero , Guns , Love Triangle , Tomboy , Primarily Adult Cast , Psychosexual , Age Gap , Nudity , Motorcycles , Natural Disaster , Work , Unrequited Love , Slapstick ,

Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon

Also known as Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , ABC Animation , Futabasha
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

What happens when a drunken promise leads to living with a dragon? That’s Miss Kobayashi’s new reality when Tohru appears in her life. With a maid-slash-dragon in her home, she’s experiencing a whole new level of domestic bliss! But the dragons don’t stop there. On a mission to find Tohru appears Kanna, a little dragon with a big attitude. Before she knows it, Kobayashi’s got a house full of dragons—one serving tail and the other serving serious moe! Together, they live side by side with only the occasional disaster…well, maybe. But nothing beats coming home to the warm welcome of a dragon maid!



Tags: Found Family , Dragons , Monster Girl , Family Life , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Maids , Episodic , Magic , Urban , Anthropomorphism , Reverse Isekai , Yuri , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Large Breasts , Office Lady , Primarily Adult Cast , Otaku Culture , Surreal Comedy , Iyashikei , Cohabitation , Kuudere , Software Development , Bisexual , Nudity

Kaijuu Girls: Ultra Kaijuu Gijinka Keikaku

Studio: Studio PuYUKAI
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

The Ultra Kaijuu Gijinka Keikaku project transforms kaijuu (monsters) from the Ultraman live-action special-effects series into cute, female anthropomorphised monsters.



Tags: Parody , Henshin , Flash , Monster Girl , Chibi , Kaiju , Tokusatsu , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist

SANDA

Also known as SANDA.

Studio: Science SARU , Dentsu , Science SARU , Akita Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

In a future where children are few and regarded as Japan's most valuable assets, Christmas has become a mere legend of the past. For the students of Daikoku Welfare Academy—a boarding school where they are educated, protected, and monitored—the mythical Santa Claus is a forgotten character of fiction. For the adults, Santa Claus is a very real menace that needs to be neutralized by the Saint Nick Pursuit Unit in case he makes an appearance.

Shiori Fuyumura, a student of Daikoku Welfare Academy, is determined to find her best friend, Ichie Ono, who has been declared dead after being missing for six months. One morning, Fuyumura summons her fellow class representative, Kazushige Sanda, only to attack the unknowing boy. She is convinced that Sanda is the descendant of the infamous Santa Claus—the only person who can make her wish of finding Ono come true—and is determined to force out his dormant true self by any means necessary.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Dystopian , Body Image , Shapeshifting , Shounen , Super Power , Unrequited Love , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Guns , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Mythology , Boarding School , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gore , Snowscape , Tragedy , Yuri , Nudity , Tomboy , Bisexual , Swordplay , Surreal Comedy

Kaijuu 8-gou

Also known as Kaiju No. 8.

Studio: Toho , Shueisha , Production I.G , Production I.G , Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!



Tags: Kaiju , Monster Boy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Rescue , Military , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Gore , Tokusatsu , Kuudere , Body Horror , Slapstick , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Aviation

Busu ni Hanataba wo.

Also known as April Showers Bring May Flowers.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Mainichi Broadcasting System , VAP , Marvelous , SILVER LINK. , BS Nittele , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Hana Tabata is a lonely and unpopular high school girl with negative thoughts. Early morning in the classroom when she was pretending to be a manga heroine, the class's good looking Yosuke accidentally saw her...!? This love, you will definitely want to support it! Masochistic system unpopular girl comedy!

Tags: Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Image , Seinen , School , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Table Tennis , Gyaru