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Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Forecast Communications , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Seinen , Heterosexual , Crime , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Environmental , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Military , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Villainess , Guns , Bullying , Female Harem , Unrequited Love , Nudity

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network , Konami , Ashi Productions , Shueisha , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power?

The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Police , Philosophy , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Kuudere , Fugitive , Memory Manipulation , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Unrequited Love , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Yandere , Amnesia , Espionage , Shounen , Suicide , Tennis , Acting , Time Skip , Assassins , Feet , Achronological Order , Asexual

Boogiepop wa Warawanai

Also known as Boogiepop and Others.

Studio: MADHOUSE , KADOKAWA , Sound Team Don Juan
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological

There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Denpa , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Super Power , Crime , Conspiracy , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Body Swapping , Agender , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Suicide , Gore , Aliens , Drugs , Kaiju , Archery

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 , Bowling , Gyaru , Tanned Skin

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Time Loop , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Super Power , Tragedy , Mythology , Alternate Universe , Rural , Religion , Primarily Teen Cast , Body Swapping , Coastal , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Amnesia , Aliens , Ghost , Guns , Shounen , Nudity , Denpa , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love

Ajin

Also known as AJIN: Demi-Human.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kei Nagai’s body should have died when a truck slams into his body, but instead, he finds himself resurrected with all of his wounds healed. Now revealed to be an Ajin, one of a mysterious new breed of immortal demi-human, he’s been marked with an international bounty, and in the eyes of the world, Kei is a specimen to be taken by any means possible. Now he’s on the run, and his only hope is to discover the terrifying secrets behind his new abilities before he’s forced to use them in battle!



Tags: Super Power , Anti-Hero , Crime , Terrorism , Fugitive , Full CGI , Police , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Body Horror , Dystopian , Torture , Cosmic Horror , Video Games

pet

Also known as pet.

Studio: Geno Studio , Twin Engine , Fujipacific Music , Ai Addiction , Asahi Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

What if someone was able to reach into your mind and change your memories? To alter your perceptions, see things that aren't there, and remember events that never happened? You could drive off a cliff believing that you were still on the road, or commit murder without knowing what you had done. Now imagine being one of the people born with this ability. Knowing how easily our entire world can be taken apart, would you accept orders to manipulate others?

That's the conundrum that Hiroki, Satoru and Tsukasa find themselves in as they're employed as psychic hitmen and enforcers by a mysterious agency. Or, at least, that's what might be happening. Because they themselves are almost certainly being manipulated, and the concepts of truth and reality cease to have meaning when you're one of the terrifying beings known as a pet.



Tags: Memory Manipulation , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Gangs , Seinen , Tragedy , Triads , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Mafia , Urban , Dissociative Identities , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Language Barrier , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Slavery , Revenge , Rehabilitation , Terrorism , Foreign , Crossdressing

Ura Sekai Picnic

Also known as Otherside Picnic.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , Felix Film , Square Enix , BS11 , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Frontier Works , Sony Pictures Entertainment , AT-X , Amusement Media Academy , Hayakawa Shobou , Good Smile Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the Otherside. Attracted to its beauty, she soon discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary. Joining with Toriko in her search for a missing friend, they set out to explore this nightmare-realm and maybe make a little money. What they encounter could bring enlightenment—or drive them mad!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Female Cast , Survival , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Guns , Episodic , Isekai , CGI , Military , College , Body Horror , Crime , Rehabilitation

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: Frontier Works , Funimation , Media Factory , Movic , AT-X , White Fox , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Suicide , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , Transgender , War , Denpa , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Maids , Shrine Maiden , Trains

My Home Hero

Also known as My Home Hero.

Studio: Kodansha , Tezuka Productions , Nippon Columbia , Crunchyroll , Dentsu , 81 Produce , BS Nittele , KLOCKWORX , AQUA ARIS , DR Movie
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

After killing his daughter’s abusive yakuza boyfriend to save her, ordinary salaryman Tetsuo Tosu becomes embroiled in the dark criminal underworld. The wish for a simple life he and his wife Kasen had for their daughter has been reduced to a wish for survival. Though middle-aged and weak, he’ll put his life on the line using only his wits in order to protect his family.



Tags: Crime , Yakuza , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Mafia , Urban , Fugitive , Gangs , Family Life , Torture , CGI , Criminal Organization , Anti-Hero , Marriage , Denpa