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Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven

Also known as Eureka Seven.

Studio: bones , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ashi Productions , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Renton is a teenager trapped working as a mechanic in a backwater town. He dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as Gekkostate and following in his father's heroic footsteps.

When a mysterious beauty named Eureka shows up asking for a tune-up, Renton soon finds himself drawn into a high-flying mecha dogfight that makes him a target of the military. When the dust settles on the spectacular battle, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, but he soon discovers that even a dream come true has a dark side.



Tags: Environmental , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , Politics , Super Robot , Philosophy , Surfing , Found Family , Tragedy , Real Robot , War , Military , Ensemble Cast , Terrorism , Kuudere , Aviation , Anti-Hero , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Aliens , Guns , Bullying , Clone , Ships , Tanned Skin , Unrequited Love , Parenthood , Football , Nudity , Episodic , Suicide

Appare-Ranman!

Also known as APPARE-RANMAN!.

Studio: P.A. Works , AT-X , KADOKAWA , Docomo Anime Store , Sammy , Bit Grooove Promotion , Kadokawa Media House , Bandai Namco Arts
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

After a certain mishap, the brilliant but socially inept engineer Apare Sorano and the shrewd but cowardly samurai Kosame Isshiki find themselves drifting on a boat from Japan to America. Broke, the two decide to compete in the Trans-America Wild Race to win the prize and return to Japan. The two battle crazy rivals, outlaws, and the great outdoors itself as they race through the wild West from the starting line in Los Angeles to the finish line in New York - in the steam-powered car they built.



The first two episodes pre-aired on select platforms starting from March 21st. Regular broadcast started on April 10.

Tags: Cars , Historical , Foreign , Steampunk , Primarily Male Cast , Travel , Male Protagonist , Guns , Anachronism , Swordplay , Samurai , Martial Arts , Tanned Skin

Last Exile

Also known as Last Exile.

Studio: GONZO , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , GDH , Funimation , TV Tokyo Music , Victor Entertainment , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

It's the dawn of the Golden Age of Aviation on planet Prester, and retro-futuristic sky vehicles known as vanships dominate the horizon. Claus Valca – a flyboy born with the right stuff – and his fiery navigator Lavie are fearless racers obsessed with becoming the first sky couriers to cross the Grand Stream in a vanship. But when the high-flying duo encounters a mysterious girl named Alvis, they are thrust into the middle of an endless battle between Anatoray and Disith – two countries systematically destroying each other according to the code of chivalric warfare. Lives will be lost and legacies determined as Claus and Lavie attempt to bring peace to their world by solving the riddle of its chaotic core.



Tags: Aviation , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Steampunk , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Lost Civilization , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Cult

Basquash!

Also known as BASQUASH!.

Studio: Satelight , Maiden Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi , Sports

On the planet Earthdash, its inhabitants gaze on its moon and the technologically advanced lunar city of Mooneyes with awe. Dan JD, a boy living in Rollingtown on Earthdash’s surface, gets caught up in Bigfoot Basketball — a fast-paced sport played with giant Bigfoot robots.



Tags: Basketball , Tanned Skin , Cyberpunk , Robots , Urban , Crime , Real Robot , Disability , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , CGI , Desert , Ensemble Cast , Idol , Dystopian , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Aliens , Rural , Memory Manipulation , Cyborg , Kaiju

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Also known as Gurren Lagann.

Studio: Gainax , Aniplex , Konami , Half H.P Studio , Bandai , Bandai Entertainment , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a far away future, mankind lives underground in huge caves, unknowing of a world above with a sky and stars.

In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.

The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.

The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

Tags: Super Robot , Coming of Age , Dystopian , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Adult Cast , Space Opera , Tragedy , Travel , War , Shounen , Space , Time Skip , Aliens , Class Struggle , Politics , Desert , Anthropomorphism , Outdoor , Heterosexual , Henshin , Military , Animals , Guns , Alternate Universe , Urban , Nudity , Love Triangle , Cosmic Horror , Swordplay , Suicide , CGI , Boys' Love

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano.

Studio: GONZO , diomedéa
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

During a summer camp, 15 children, 8 males and 7 females, find a grotto by the sea. Deep within they discover working computers and some electronic equipment, and later the owner, a man called Kokopelli. Kokopelli claimed to be a programmer working on a brand new game, in which a large robot has to defend the Earth against alien invasions. He persuades the children to test the game and sign a contract. All but one of them signs, barely a moment later they mysteriously awaken on the shore believing what happened was just a dream.



Tags: Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Super Robot , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Denpa , Military , Death Game , Aliens , Politics , Seinen , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Tomboy , Nudity , Love Triangle

Astro Boy Tetsuwan Atom

Also known as Astro Boy (2003).

Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment , Dentsu , Tezuka Productions , Fuji TV , Animax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Atom is a robotic boy that posses super human powers and an artificial intelligence system that is unparalleled to any robot. His creator, Dr. Tenma, created him to replace his late son, Tobio. Dr. Tenma soon destroys his laboratory, after the creation of Atom, and shuts down Atom. Soon after, Dr. Ochanomizu, the head of the Ministry of Science revives Atom, and tries to give him a normal life as a 6th grade student that helps the police agency keep renegade robots and bigot humans from causing harm. Atom faces extreme racism for being a robot, and he must discover the truth about his creator Dr. Tenma.



Tags: Robots , Shounen , Adoption , Artificial Intelligence , Found Family , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Kids , Detective , Suicide