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Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished

Third and “Final Season” of the Monogatari Series, part 3/5. Contains the arcs Ougi Formula, Sodachi Riddle, Sodachi Lost and Shinobu Mail from the Owarimonogatari light novels.

During the month of October of his third year in high school, Koyomi Araragi is introduced to a transfer student named Ougi Oshino by his underclassman Suruga Kanbaru. Ougi tells Koyomi that she has something she wishes to consult with him. When she draws the map of Naoetsu High School, she finds something peculiar on there. This discovery reveals a tale that wasn’t meant to be told, and this makes Koyomi’s high school life totally different. This is the story that brings to light “what” makes Koyomi Araragi. This is the story that reveals the “beginning” of everything.



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

Tags: Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Vampire , Tragedy , Detective , Achronological Order , Suicide , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Love Triangle

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Owarimonogatari Second Season

Owarimonogatari (Ge)

Also known as Owarimonogatari Second Season.

Studio: Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Third and “Final Season” of the Monogatari Series, part 4/5. Contains the arcs Mayoi Hell, Hitagi Rendezvous, and Ougi Dark from the Owarimonogatari light novels.

Koyomi wakes up to see Mayoi Hachikuji before him, the girl who supposedly had gone to the afterlife. She tells Koyomi that they are currently in Avichi, the lowest levels of hell. Koyomi is dubious of how Mayoi knew about the exact timing of his death and which hell he would drop into, when Mayoi tells him that she was there to pick him up by the request of a certain individual.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Afterlife , Vampire , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , Achronological Order , Meta , Dissociative Identities , Astronomy , School , Tsundere , Achromatic
Pretty Boy Detective Club

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Studio: Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now!



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , School Club , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Meta , Femboy , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Astronomy , Gambling , Military , Agender , Chibi
Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl

Seishun Buta Yarou wa Yumemiru Shoujo no Yume wo Minai

Also known as Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

In Fujisawa, where the skies are bright and the seas glisten, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. His blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted with the appearance of his first crush, Shouko Makinohara. For reasons unknown, he encounters two Shouko's: one in middle school and another who has become an adult.

As Sakuta finds himself helplessly living with the Shouko's, the adult Shouko leads him around by the nose, causing a huge rift in his relationship with Mai.

In the midst of all of this, he discovers that the middle school Shouko is suffering from a grave illness and his scar begins to throb...



Tags: Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Age Regression , Urban , Magic , Afterlife , Ensemble Cast , Love Triangle , School , Amnesia
MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season

Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season

Also known as MONOGATARI Series: OFF & MONSTER Season.

Studio: Shaft , Aniplex , Kodansha , Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The sequel to the 'Final Season' story arc of the Monogatari series.

From the past to the future, their story continues.

Now that he has graduated from high school, Koyomi Araragi’s story ends here. His story is truly over now, but the stories of the girls Koyomi saved - their stories - are not over yet.

This is the prequel or sequel to their stories and their struggles.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Youkai , Primarily Female Cast , Vampire , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Meta , Urban , Coming of Age , Medieval , Gods , Drawing , Clone , College , Detective , Gore , Rakugo , Fishing , Hikikomori , Afterlife , Crossdressing , Zombie , Fairy Tale
Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Urban , Henshin , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Psychosexual , Heterosexual , Anthropomorphism , Guns , Assassins , Found Family , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Revenge , Yandere , POV , Homeless , Police , Amnesia , Crime , Nudity , Zombie , Angels , Yakuza
Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -

BanG Dream! Ave Mujica

Also known as Ave Mujica - The Die is Cast -.

Studio: Bushiroad , SANZIGEN , TOKYO MX , Good Smile Company , Horipro International , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Psychological

"Will you give me the rest of your life?"

After losing everything in a single night, Sakiko Togawa reaches out toward an even deeper abyss, one that will drag everyone around her down as well. Gathering the lives of girls burdened with their own troubles and desires, Sakiko raises the curtain on a perfect masquerade.

"Welcome to the world of Ave Mujica."

On a stage where sorrow, death, fear, love—even the solace of forgetting—are stripped away, will their masks be torn off and shatter into oblivion, or will they….



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Band , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Estranged Family , Acting , Full CGI , Yuri , Metal Music , Musical Theater , Rock Music , Disability , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Urban , Orphan , Ojou-sama , Adoption , Yandere , Anti-Hero
Shakugan no Shana: Season III

Shakugan no Shana III (Final)

Also known as Shakugan no Shana: Season III.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , Warner Bros. Japan , ASCII Media Works , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

Continuing from the events of the last series (Shakugan no Shana II), both Shana and Kazumi stand at their respective locations waiting for Yuji to meet with one of them, only to discover that Yuji has disappeared, with not even the slightest evidence of his existence left behind. All is not lost however, as the letters the two of them sent to him still give hope of Yuji's continued existence. As Shana and company search for answers on Yuji's whereabouts, they soon find the truth staring back at them when Yuji reappears in front of them as the leader of Bal Masqué. Left with little choice, Shana must now confront her most unlikely adversary on the battlefield in her toughest challenge yet.



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , War , Female Protagonist , Religion , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Kaiju

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