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Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished

Thirty years ago, the world was nearly destroyed by the sudden appearance of unknown "invasive alien species."

Humans and these “invasive species” continue to vie for living space, and while humanity’s safety is currently barely secured, the world could be destroyed at any moment. Living in fear of death and destruction, people go about their daily lives as if trying to avert their eyes from danger and disaster.

In this world, the United Nations Hazardous Species Investigation Agency, "EXCEEDS," has begun operations to ward off crises and disasters caused by invasive species.

The story begins on the island nation of "Mizuho" in the Far East. Shina Hisase is a young invasive species extermination hunter living on a remote island. What incident will befall Shina, who wishes only to live quietly with her younger sister Setsuna, her sole remaining family member?

Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Henshin , Drugs , Demons , Post-Apocalyptic , Magic , Super Power , Guns , Found Family , Gore , Tragedy , Urban , CGI , Yuri , Swordplay , Military , Cannibalism , Spearplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coastal , Work , Human Experimentation

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Senki Zesshou Symphogear

Also known as Symphogear.

Studio: Satelight , Encourage Films , Memory-Tech , Dwango , Bushiroad , Studio Pastoral
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Sci-Fi

With the coming of spring, Hibiki Tachibana and Miku Kohinata start their first year in high school school at the prestigious Lydian Music Academy. That their idol, the singer Tsubasa Kazanari, also attends Lydian is just an added bonus. Neither of them know that their lives are about to change forever. Neither of them know that the first, awakening beat is almost upon them.

Tags: Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Conspiracy , Urban , Guns , Yuri , Tsundere , Tragedy , Idol , Mythology , Swordplay , Gore , School , Superhero , Dancing , Orphan , Boarding School , Space , Spearplay , Military , Nudity , Motorcycles

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Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV

Also known as Symphogear XV.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Music , Sci-Fi

Humanity is finally confronted with the threat of the Custodians—the ancient, sentient species held responsible for cursing humanity to speak different languages thousands of years ago. The Symphogear wielders—Hibiki Tachibana, Tsubasa Kazanari, Chris Yukine, Maria Cadenzavna Eve, Kirika Akatsuki, and Shirabe Tsukuyomi—are sent to the Antarctic in order to retrieve an ancient relic. After securing it and rescuing the scientific staff present there from a Coffin, the automated defense mechanism protecting it, the relic is given to American researchers due to international agreements.

The criminal organization Noble Red, a remnant of the previously fought Bavarian Illuminati, starts targeting the relic. Will the Symphogear wielders and their supporting organization S.O.N.G. be able to foil the plans of the organizations conspiring against them?

Tags: Yuri , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Gods , Lost Civilization , Urban , Orphan , Brainwashing , Agender , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Guns , Philosophy , Cyborg , Swordplay , Idol , Aliens , Tragedy , Drugs , Monster Girl , Ninja , Tanned Skin , Dissociative Identities , Kemonomimi , Gore , Motorcycles

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Seven Arcs , A Line , King Records
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Set 10 years after Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's, Nanoha, Fate, Hayate and the rest of the crew are now working full time in the Time-Space Administration Bureau. Nanoha is a combat instructor, Fate is a special investigator, and Hayate is a commanding officer. They must unite once again to save the dimensions. Introducing new characters as well: Subaru, Teana, Caro and Erio. Stand by. Ready. Set up!

Tags: Magic , Military , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cyborg , Adoption , Robots , Yuri , Clone , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Guns , Spearplay , Artificial Intelligence , Swordplay , Animals , Religion , Fairy , Super Power , Nun , Conspiracy , Teacher , Parenthood , Detective , Politics , Henshin , Space , Kemonomimi , Primarily Teen Cast , Kuudere , Dragons , Nudity , Lost Civilization , Work

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's.

Studio: Seven Arcs , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

After the events of the Lost Logia case, Nanoha waits patiently for the day she can reunite with her newfound friend, Fate. Although being an exceptionally powerful mage, Nanoha spends her days normally with her friends on Earth. But peace is once again suddenly shattered, as Nanoha is without warning attacked by a powerful mage. A group of violent mages have been attacking anything with magic power for their own goals. Nanoha and Fate, along with their friends Yuuno, Arf, Chrono and the Space/Time Administration Bureau must once more band together to stop these renegade mages from hurting anyone or anything else. Takes place after the first season of Lyrical Nanoha.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Child Cast , Super Power , Swordplay , Spearplay , Shapeshifting , Disability , Found Family , Kemonomimi , Orphan , Urban , Animals , Artificial Intelligence , Space , Clone , Coastal , Military , Memory Manipulation , Desert , Archery , Tragedy , Nekomimi , Yuri , Nudity , Kaiju , Reincarnation , Ships , Kuudere , Adoption , Ojou-sama , Politics , Heterosexual

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Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Also known as I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day.

Studio: ROLL2 , KADOKAWA , infinite , Ichijinsha , Movic , newgin , WOWOW , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , EVOLROAR
Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

At the mysterious orphanage where Sheena lives, death is nothing new to its residents—girls who no longer have families of their own, who are raised as weapons of war, taught to kill and take the lives of others without batting an eye. Everyone, that is, except Sheena, who wishes for nothing more than the growing conflict around her to end. On the night of her roommate's death, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, who smiles despite the turmoil surrounding them. The next day, the girl appears as a new student in Sheena's class and introduces herself as Mimi. Initially thought to be a school myth, there are now whispers in the orphanage's halls that Mimi is their secret weapon—an immortal who cannot die. When Mimi is later assigned as Sheena's new roommate, Sheena's world grows even more complicated when she begins living with someone who loves and welcomes death, when all Sheena wants to do is stop it…

Tags: Yuri , War , Tragedy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Military , Orphan , Body Horror , Dystopian , Gore , CGI , Nudity , Swordplay

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Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection

Also known as Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection.

Studio: Discotek , Seven Arcs Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A pair of researchers remain on their dying planet of Eltria with their two daughters, Amitie and Kirie, in hopes of finding a way to revive the planet, but it was no use. Against her older sister's wishes, Kirie sets off with her childhood friend Iris to seek help from a distant alternate world. They arrive in Japan on Earth to search for the key to their planet's regeneration.

Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Isekai , Revenge , Urban , Coastal , Spearplay , Kemonomimi , Guns , Swordplay , Nudity , Artificial Intelligence , Clone , Archery , Space , Military , Animals , Post-Apocalyptic , Motorcycles , Kuudere , Eco-Horror , Yuri , Real Robot , LGBTQ+ Themes , Work

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Black★Rock Shooter (OVA)

Studio: Rakuonsha , Ordet
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life

These young girls' hearts are pure, and then violent!

Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye; her classmate Yomi Takanashi. The two meet. The innocent and naive Mato. The mature Yomi. Seemingly opposites, but the time they spend together only strengthens a growing friendship. But as they go into their second year at the school, they get placed in separate classes, and they begin to grow apart.

But somewhere simultaneously... In another world, a young girl, blue fire residing in her eyes, Black Rock Shooter faces another young girl; this one holding a jet-black scythe, Dead Master, and a battle to the death begins to unfold.

Tags: School , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Urban , School Club , Body Swapping , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Spearplay , Volleyball , Basketball

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Toji no Miko

Also known as Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko.

Studio: Studio Gokumi , Genco , KADOKAWA , Square Enix , Crunchyroll , My Theater D.D. , Glovision , Mainichi Broadcasting System , AT-X , Magical Kingdom Anime (HK)
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Since ancient times, shrine maidens who wield swords have been exorcising "aratama," strange existences that threaten the human world. These young women who wear school uniforms and a sword are called "Toji," and they serve as an official unit within the police force as a "special religious service police squad." The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and the government has set up five schools throughout the country for the girls to attend. The girls live ordinary school lives, while occasionally performing their duties, wielding their swords and using various powers to fight and protect the people.

Tags: Swordplay , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Fugitive , Shrine Maiden , Primarily Teen Cast , Samurai , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere

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Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka

Also known as Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , KADOKAWA , Square Enix , AT-X , KLab , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Mahou Shoujo

Legends, myths, magic... Humanity has finally had a chance encounter with a world that had been all but forgotten among all its scientific developments. However, this reunion is not a happy one. Monsters invading from the world of the dead render modern weapons useless, leaving the fate of humanity uncertain. But with help from the Otherworld Trade Agreement, mankind gains a possible means of returning from the brink of death in the form of magical girls. These girls finally lead humanity to victory. However, even this victory proves to be no more than the beginning of a new battle.

Tags: Magic , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , War , Military , Tragedy , School , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Henshin , Torture , Terrorism , Guns , Body Horror , Foreign , Human Pet , Fairy , Drugs , Anthropomorphism , Seinen , Assassins , Nudity , Sadism , CGI , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids , Bondage , Scissoring

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Assault Lily: BOUQUET

Also known as Assault Lily BOUQUET.

Studio: Shaft , TBS , Bushiroad , Azone International , Pokelabo , Bushiroad Music , Marui Group , Bushiroad Creative
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

On Earth in the near future, humanity faced imminent destruction from mysterious giant creatures known as "Huge." The entire world unites against the Huge, and successfully develops weaponry known as "CHARM" (Counter Huge Arms) by combining science and magic. CHARM exhibits high rates of synchronization with teenaged girls, and the girls who use CHARM are viewed as heroes called "Lilies." Throughout the world, "Garden" military academies are established to train Lilies to face the Huge and to serve as bases to protect and guide people. This is a story about fighting girls who aim to become Lilies at one such Garden.

Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Swordplay , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation

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