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Digimon Adventure

Also known as Digimon: Digital Monsters.

Studio: Toei Animation , Yomiko Advertising , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Seven kids are transported to the Digital World, a strange place where digital creatures called "Digimon" reside. A group of Digimon soon befriend them and keep the kids out of harm's way. The children then discover they are the Chosen Children, which protect the Digital World from evil Digimon like Devimon and Vamdemon.

Tags: Isekai , Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Proxy Battle , Ensemble Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Coming of Age , Kaiju , Kids , Henshin , Wilderness , Animals , Anthropomorphism , Reverse Isekai , Dinosaurs , Creature Taming , Cosmic Horror , Angels , Primarily Animal Cast , Camping , Survival , Travel , Family Life , Time Skip , Dragons , Demons , Male Protagonist , Urban , Adoption , Desert , Tomboy , Vampire

Pocket Monsters

Also known as Pokémon.

Studio: TV Tokyo , OLM , Viz Media , 4Kids Entertainment , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

A young boy named Satoshi embarks on a journey to become a "Pokémon Master" with his first Pokémon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Takeshi, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Kasumi, a tomboyish Water Pokémon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Satoshi and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokémon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyarth, a trio of Pokémon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Satoshi and his Pokémon.



Tags: Proxy Battle , Travel , Creature Taming , Animals , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Criminal Organization , Slapstick , Slavery , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Rural , Environmental , Tanned Skin , Dragons , Tsundere , Super Robot , Crossdressing , Kaiju , Guns

Heybot!

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

The anime takes place on the screw-shaped island country of Screw Island and follows the "Vocabot" Heybot and his partner, Prince Nejiru as they collect different "Vocab Screws". When the Vocabots wear the Vocab Screws on their heads, they're able to compete in "Vocab Battles," battles for who can think up and tell the best jokes.



Tags: Robots , Time Manipulation , Proxy Battle , Meta , Surreal Comedy , Kids , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Anti-Hero , Gods , Tragedy , Pandemic

Battle Spirits: Shounen Toppa Bashin

Studio: Sunrise , Toei Animation , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Slice of Life

Meet Toppa Bassin, a hero sixth-grader's favorite trading card. Bassin Kadobatora got a special ability. The legend is a rumor at school Reakado X. Bassin actually know that there are rivals with the pyroxene in the same way, the X over the Reakado, intense card battle we protest. Stocked all the time Reakado X, say the battle to achieve the strongest and legendary champion. The ultimate battle and win the world champion's best put to everyone.



Tags: Card Battle , School , Coming of Age , Kids , Idol

Live On CARDLIVER Kakeru

Studio: TMS Entertainment , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Kakeru is a big fan of the Live On card game, like so many kids his age. However he loses every time he plays, no matter how hard he tries. Things change when one day Kakeru saves a small dog-like creature chased by weird people. The “dog” is in fact a Create Monster and gives Kakeru an unusual Live Change card, which in turn allows Kakeru to protect his newfound friend… And gets him involved in something he did not expect…



Tags: Card Battle , Kids , Shapeshifting

Tottemo! Luckyman

Also known as Tottemo! Luckyman.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Yomiko Advertising , TV Tokyo Music , Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi

This gag comedy series focused on the adventures of a bizarre superhero powered by special cooking and fights against various aliens and other enemies threatening the planet Earth.

Tags: Super Power , Superhero , Shounen , Food , Aliens , Surreal Comedy

Kemono Friends

Also known as Kemono Friends.

Studio: Yaoyorozu , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

The anime's story takes place in Japari Park, a "gigantic integrated zoo." In the zoo, due to the mysterious "sand star" substance, the animals start turning into human-shaped creatures called Animal Girls. Japari Park is a place where many people visit and have fun at, but one day a lost child wanders into the park. The lost child starts a journey to return, but because so many Animal Girls join in on the quest it becomes an unexpected grand adventure.



Tags: Kemonomimi , Full CGI , Animals , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Female Cast , Iyashikei , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Wilderness , CGI , Female Protagonist , Educational , Kids , Idol , Travel , Desert , Lost Civilization , Yuri

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children

Studio: Actas
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Due to family circumstances, Setsuna Kai is moving to a new city where he's supposed to live by himself in an apartment. As soon as Setsuna arrives, he witnesses a mysterious rain of rocks and barely escapes being crushed by an enormous boulder. Setsuna's new home wasn't as lucky, being completely destroyed by another giant boulder. Setsuna is distraught, not knowing what to do when he's approached by a scientist named Hiromi Kaname. Dr. Kaname's equipment apparently can tell that Setsuna is a "Devil Child", and so Dr. Kaname decides to take Setsuna to his laboratory.

Tags: Demons , Kids , Proxy Battle , Isekai

Jikuu Tantei Genshi-kun

Also known as Flint the Time Detective.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

It is the 25th century. The dark lord has 'infected' history with time-devices that could damage history beyond repair. Flint and his father lived in the prehistorics when they got turned into fossils. They are discovered and Flint gets turned back to his original state. With the help of his father, a boy Tony and a girl Sara he has to travel through time to bring the time-devices back to the land of time so history will be saved.



Tags: Kids , Detective , Time Manipulation , Slapstick , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist

Digimon Tamers

Studio: Toei Animation , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Takato Matsuda, Ruki Matsuno, and Lee Jenrya are children who have, by fate, received real Digimon, unlike the imaginary ones in the card game they play. Each of the children, or "Digimon Tamers", have their different views on how Digimon should be treated. But when other Digimon begin to appear around Japan, they must put aside their differences to fend off the digital intruders; even though Yamaki, who is the head of a secret organization called Hypnos is trying to eliminate all of the Digimon himself.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Virtual World , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Denpa , Kids , Cosmic Horror , Proxy Battle , Male Protagonist , Kaiju , Dinosaurs , Henshin , Isekai , Animals , Card Battle , Kuudere , Anthropomorphism