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Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: Aniplex , Trigger , Dentsu , Kadokawa Shoten , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Ultra Super Pictures , Movic , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Parody , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Dystopian , Tomboy , Super Power , Aliens , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Incest , Military , Anti-Hero , Cult , Psychosexual , Villainess , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Tokusatsu , Delinquents , CGI , Gore , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Orphan , Exhibitionism , Tsundere , Meta , Cosplay , Yandere , Cheerleading

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 , Space , Time Skip , Aliens , Class Struggle , Politics , Desert , Anthropomorphism , Outdoor , Heterosexual , Henshin , Military , Animals , Guns , Alternate Universe , Urban , Nudity , Love Triangle , Cosmic Horror , Suicide , Swordplay , CGI , Boys' Love

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Studio: bones , BS Fuji , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Warner Bros. Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body.



Tags: Super Power , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Philosophy , Satire , Male Protagonist , Parody , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Shounen , Surreal Comedy , Disability , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , School , Slapstick , Demons , Bullying , Delinquents , School Club , Fitness , Cult , Family Life , Gangs , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

Studio: David Production , Funimation , DMM pictures , bilibili , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.



Tags: Firefighters , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Conspiracy , Cult , Demons , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Nudity , Slapstick , Urban , Nun , Swordplay , Lost Civilization , Kemonomimi , Bullying , Nekomimi , Tanned Skin , Chuunibyou , Guns , Time Manipulation , Masochism , Female Harem

Uchuu Patrol Luluco

Also known as Space Patrol Luluco.

Studio: Trigger , Good Smile Company , flying DOG , Crunchyroll , bilibili , AT-X , Ultra Super Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi

The show takes place in Ogikubo, which is the name of the specially designated area in space in the Milky Way where Earthlings and aliens can live together. Luluco is a female middle school student who lives with her father, and no matter where she is, Luluco is a common, "super normal" girl. As she is living her normal life, one day the mysterious transfer student ΑΩ Nova abruptly appears before her. That meeting will change Luluco's fate.



Tags: Space , Parody , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Crossover , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Aliens , Meta , Police , Super Power , Autobiographical , Tokusatsu , Guns , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Work , Pirates , Monster Girl , Estranged Family , School , Philosophy

Megaton-kyuu Musashi

Also known as MEGATON MUSASHI.

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha

The story takes place after 90 percent of humanity wiped out due to an invasion. Survivors live in a shelter where their lives are monitored, and memories of the invasion erased. Three teenagers from the shelter are chosen to pilot three machines that combine to form the Musashi robot, made out of a material named Megatronium alloy. The series will balance robot action with school life.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Super Robot , Aliens , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , School , Kids , Age Gap , Dystopian , Love Triangle , Bullying , Maids

SYNDUALITY Noir

Also known as Synduality Noir.

Studio: Bandai Namco Filmworks , 8-bit , Bandai Namco Entertainment , BANDAI SPIRITS , Bandai Namco Music Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The year is 2222. It has been years since Tears of the New Moon, a mysterious rain, poured and wiped out almost the entire human race. The poisonous rain gave birth to deformed creatures devouring humans, and humanity fled from the danger. As means for survival, the humans then build an underground haven; Amasia. In this newly built dystopian city, in a pursuit of maintaining their existence, they run into an Artificial Intelligence named Magus. Not knowing how things will work between them, the story of how Humans and AI coinciding and trying to find their truths begin.



Tags: Amnesia , Super Robot , Real Robot , Robots , Post-Apocalyptic , Lost Civilization , Artificial Intelligence , Idol , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Cultivation , CGI , Female Harem , Gambling , Survival

FLCL: Grunge

Also known as FLCL: Grunge.

Studio: Adult Swim , MontBlanc Pictures , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The fourth season of FLCL, and sequel to FLCL Alternative. It centers on three teenagers who graduated and have started working. The CGI anime will have a theme of the feeling of being an adult.



Tags: CGI , Dystopian , Coming of Age , Full CGI , Surreal Comedy , Robots , Achronological Order , Philosophy , Aliens , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Urban , Swordplay , Motorcycles , Bullying , Artificial Intelligence , Fishing , Food , Age Gap , Psychosexual