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URAHARA

Also known as URAHARA.

Studio: Shirogumi , EMT Squared , VAP , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Three high school girls are putting together a limited-time shop called "PARK" in Japan's Harajuku. One day, aliens come to Earth with the intent to steal the famed district's culture. At the same time, a mysterious girl appears. The three girls band together to defeat the alien threat and protect their beloved Harajuku.



Tags: Aliens , Coming of Age , Food , Primarily Female Cast , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Henshin

Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers

Also known as Magical Destroyers.

Studio: Bibury Animation Studios , Mainichi Broadcasting System , King Records , Bit Grooove Promotion , SANKYO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo

Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroy Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero—who loves the culture more than anything—rises up. With the help of three rambunctious magical girls—Anarchy, Blue, and Pink—they’ll team up to create a world free of this oppressive rule. Be part of the rebellion to bring back fandom!



Tags: Otaku Culture , Henshin , Dystopian , Urban , Meta , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Heterosexual , War , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Religion , Swimming , Urban Fantasy , Outdoor Activities , Video Games , Tragedy , Denpa , Drugs , Philosophy , Idol , Survival , Female Harem , Crossdressing , Cars , Gods , Guns , Military , Body Horror , Gore , Amnesia

Rolling☆Girls

Also known as The Rolling Girls.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Dentsu , Shouchiku , Pony Canyon , Movic , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Ten years after the Great Tokyo War, each prefecture in Japan has split up into independent nations. Each nation is ruled by a prophet called "Mosa" and an army called "Mob" as they start to compete to take over other countries. Four "Mob" girls from the Saitama clan, Nozomi, Yukina, Ai, and Chiaya, are ordered by their "Mosa" to travel around Japan riding their motorcycles to mediate multiple battles between nations and clans as they emerge.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Super Power , Surreal Comedy , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Coming of Age , Ensemble Cast , Motorcycles , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Aliens , Superhero , Politics , Mopeds , Rural , Meta , Lost Civilization , Idol , Family Life , Space , Super Robot , Drawing

Acro Trip

Also known as Acro Trip.

Studio: Voil , Happinet Phantom Studios , King Records , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Shueisha , Fuji TV , BS Nittele , TOKYO MX , MBC Anime / TOKYOPOP , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Chizuko is a normal otaku girl in Niigata Prefecture. She’s obsessed with Berry Blossom, a magical heroine who protects the city. But the battles with her inept nemesis, Chroma, have become so lackluster that they’re not even worth watching. Chizuko wants to see Berry’s full power, a desire that quickly leads this seemingly timid girl down a path of evil.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Slapstick , Magic , Parody , Shoujo , Urban , Otaku Culture , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Animals , LGBTQ+ Themes , Found Family , Villainess , Ensemble Cast , Iyashikei , Heterosexual

16bit Sensation: ANOTHER LAYER

Also known as 16bit Sensation: Another Layer.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio Silver , BS11 , TOKYO MX , Contents Seed
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Konoha Akisato is an illustrator that loves beautiful girls and bishojo games. Her dream is to become a super-popular illustrator, so she is working hard at a bishojo game production company, but reality isn't that kind... With the golden age of social network games in full force, Konoha's company isn't doing well, and she works as a sub illustrator, spending her days painting the backs of random background characters.

One day, the owner of a game shop gives her a classic bishojo game. With all her excitement over the golden age of bishojo games, she opens the package to "Dokyusei," and is enveloped by a bright light. Konoha then realizes that she just traveled back in time!

She ends up in the year 1992! It's the dawn of the bishojo game era! Konoha ends up working at a company called Alcohol Soft. Will she be able to think about, draw, and create all the beautiful girls she’s ever wanted?!

A story about a girl and her overwhelming love for beautiful girls—"Now, let's begin!"



Tags: Video Games , Software Development , Time Manipulation , Otaku Culture , Work , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Historical , Anachronism , Aliens , Urban , Dystopian , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Age Gap

Zenshuu.

Also known as ZENSHU.

Studio: MAPPA , MAPPA , Twin Engine , TV Tokyo , Movic , Bushiroad , Rakuten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.



Tags: Magic , Isekai , Female Protagonist , Super Power , Drawing , Primarily Adult Cast , Heterosexual , Food , Anthropomorphism , Meta , Gods , Otaku Culture , Tragedy , Medieval , Work , Office Lady , Robots , Elf , Desert , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Animals , Archery , Office

Mahou Shoujo Ore

Also known as Magical Girl Ore.

Studio: Studio Signpost , AT-X , KLOCKWORX , Crunchyroll , Bandai Namco Arts , My Theater D.D. , Genco
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

This story is about a 15-year-old girl who is a newbie idol in love with her best friend's brother who is also a popular idol. But she runs into a scary yakuza guy and finds out that her mother was an ex-magical girl, and the yakuza was her mascot. Her love interest gets kidnapped by demons that look like burly men with cute squirrel heads. So she contracts the yakuza to become a magical girl, which in this story means she turns into a handsome guy in a magical girl outfit. On top of that, her love interest shows an attraction toward her magical guy form. Her best friend turns out to be in love with her and also becomes a magical cross-dressing guy to save her life.
Thus, their manager, who is a magical girl geek, then decides to turn them into an idol unit.


Tags: Parody , Magic , Gender Bending , Slapstick , Henshin , Meta , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Urban Fantasy , Idol , Fairy , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yakuza , Love Triangle , Demons , Boys' Love , Kaiju