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Kakegurui Twin

Also known as Kakegurui Twin.

Studio: MAPPA , Netflix , Avex Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

As a first-year student of the renowned Hyakkaou Private Academy, Mary Saotome knows her future is set for a one-way cruise to the top...

That is, until an encounter with an old-classmate-turned-housepet throws the newbie princess into the world of gambling! Can a normal girl like Mary make friends and survive debtless through only wit and luck? Find out in this prequel to the mega-popular Kakegurui!



Tags: Gambling , School , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , School Club , Shounen , Maids , Gyaru , Slavery

Death Parade

Also known as Death Parade.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , DAX Production , Nippon Television Network
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

Tomodachi Game

Also known as Tomodachi Game.

Studio: Okuruto Noboru , King Records , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

High school student Katagiri Yuuichi, who values friendship above all else, enjoys a fulfilling life with his close friends Sawagiri Shiho, Mikasa Tenji, Shibe Makoto, and Kokorogi Yutori.

However, after a particular incident, they're dragged into a debt repayment game.

The only way to beat the "Tomodachi Game" is to not doubt their friends. Bound together by solid friendships, the game should've been easy, but– The hugely popular comic that sold over two million copies is finally becoming an anime! Will they trust or betray their precious friends? The true nature of humanity is exposed in the ultimate psychological game!



Note: Premiered on Hulu and d Anime Store at 0:00 on Wednesdays, 1 hour 29 minutes ahead of Nippon TV's broadcast.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Survival , Anti-Hero , Shounen , Crime , Battle Royale , Revenge , Death Game , Torture , Acting , Tragedy , Gambling , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Heterosexual , School , Love Triangle , Gangs , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes

Prison School

Also known as Prison School.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi

Hachimitsu Private Academy was a revered and elite all-girls' boarding school on the outskirts of Tokyo...once upon a time. But with the new school year comes a revision to school policy: Boys are to be admitted into the student body for the first time ever. But on his first day at Hachimitsu, Kiyoshi Fujino discovers that he's one of only five boys enrolled at the school. Their numbers overwhelmed by the thousand girls in the student body, is it heaven or hell that awaits these five (un)fortunates?!.



Tags: School , Surreal Comedy , Prison , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Parody , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Large Breasts , Torture , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Female Cast , CGI

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , AT-X , AKABEiSOFT2 , Bandai Namco Music Live , Sony Music Solutions , Toranoana , Kadokawa Media House , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age , Anti-Hero , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Survival , Battle Royale , Kuudere , Tsundere , Nudity , Seinen , Female Harem , School Club , Female Protagonist , Yandere

Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji: Hakairoku-hen

Also known as Kaiji - Against All Rules.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Thriller

Several months after the events of the first season, Kaiji, with his appendages reattached and his debt now run up to 9.5 million yen, is still desperately seeking the elusive big score that will cancel all of his markers. Unbeknownst to him, Hyodo’s company, the Teiai Corporation, is actively searching for Kaiji, and have sent Kaiji’s old “friend” Endoh, who entered him in the high stakes games in the past, to find him.

The two meet when Kaiji chances to walk in front of Endoh’s car at a stop light, and thinking that he has found the answer to his prayers, Kaiji gets in the car with him. While Kaiji and Endoh are “happy” to see one another, and both want to see Kaiji’s debt repaid, their means to that goal couldn’t be more different.

Instead of leading Kaiji to the big score, Endoh delivers him drugged and docile to the Teiai Corporation’s secret underground labor camp where Kaiji will have an opportunity to repay his debt… with 15 years of hard labor.



Tags: Gambling , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Class Struggle , Philosophy , Survival , Slavery , Card Battle , Crime , Torture , Bullying , Food , Tragedy

Liar Liar

Also known as Liar, Liar.

Studio: GEEKTOYS , CyberAgent , KADOKAWA , Shouchiku , GEEK PICTURES , TOKYO MX , BS Asahi , qooop , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Romance

A mind game of lies and deceit begins! At Academy Island, students battle in Games to win stars, hoping to earn the prestigious title “Seven Star.” Sarasa is last year’s champion and is on track to win again until Hiroto, a new transfer student, hits the scene. Surprisingly, Hiroto defeats her by sheer luck! Now, he must use bluffs and trickery to stay on top.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Gambling , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Tsundere , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Shapeshifting , Maids , Chuunibyou , Love Triangle , Femboy

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Studio: Lerche , Funimation , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Anti-Hero , Episodic , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Guns , Crime , Bullying , Found Family , Artificial Intelligence , School Club , Baseball , Femboy , Tentacles , Suicide , Tragedy , Aliens

Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru.

Also known as Gods' Games We Play.

Studio: KADOKAWA , LIDENFILMS , Ultra Super Pictures , AT-X , Crunchyroll , Sammy , bilibili , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy , Romance

In a world of idle gods, humans are forced into brain challenges with them. With three defeats, gods lose their right to challenge, while 10 victories spell human triumph. Fay, determined to achieve the impossible, enters the ultimate test of wits against the gods. Will he defy divinity or is he just another loss in the making?



Tags: Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Board Game , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Kaiju

BIRDIE WING: Golf Girls' Story

Also known as BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , TV Tokyo , HTC , Bandai , Bandai Namco Music Live , BANDAI SPIRITS , ADK Marketing Solutions , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The story centers on two young women golfers named Eve and Aoi Amawashi. The two come from completely different backgrounds, and have the completely opposite play styles, and together they will shake the world of golf.



Tags: Golf , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Gambling , Mafia , School , Gangs , Super Power , Foreign , Amnesia , Virtual World