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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Funimation , Kadokawa Shoten , Media Factory , AT-X , TV Tokyo , Magic Capsule
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Medieval , Witch , Magic , Curses , Cohabitation , Cult , Gore , Body Horror , Heterosexual , Maids , Love Triangle , Politics , Elf , Suicide , Unrequited Love , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Coming of Age , Twins , Femboy , Travel , Butler , Assassins , Seinen , Kemonomimi , Dragons , CGI , Body Swapping , Meta , Kuudere , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Crossdressing

Steins;Gate

Also known as Steins;Gate.

Studio: Frontier Works , Funimation , Media Factory , Movic , AT-X , WHITE FOX , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages.

The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Time Loop , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Urban , Dystopian , Primarily Adult Cast , Denpa , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Suicide , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Seinen , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Tragedy , Time Skip , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Detective , Snowscape , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , School , Fugitive , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Also known as When They Cry.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Frontier Works , Sotsu , DAX Production , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.

Tags: Denpa , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Loop , Rural , Conspiracy , Achronological Order , Gore , Chibi , Body Horror , Bullying , Torture , Yandere , Urban Fantasy , Twins , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Pandemic , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Female Protagonist , Shrine Maiden , Primarily Teen Cast , Police , Historical , Crossdressing , Board Game

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu

Also known as The Summer Hikaru Died.

Studio: KADOKAWA , CygamesPictures , Netflix , CyberAgent , CygamesPictures , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel.



Tags: Monster Boy , Tragedy , Rural , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Gods , Unrequited Love , Curses , School , POV , Mixed Media , Boys' Love , Philosophy , Detective , Asexual , Aromantic , CGI

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2.

Studio: WHITE FOX , KADOKAWA , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , Memory-Tech
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Thriller

Even after dying countless times, Subaru finally ended the threat of the White Whale and defeated the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop representing sloth, Petelgeuse Romaneeconti. But only shortly after overcoming a tragic ending and reuniting with his beloved Emilia, Subaru learns that Rem has been erased from this world, having fallen victim to the White Whale's Fog of Elimination in the midst of Subaru's death loop. With the White Whale now gone, Subaru and Emilia are forced to confront a reality they never dreamed would happen.



Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Time Loop , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Gore , Magic , Cult , Hikikomori , Monster Boy , Medieval , Ensemble Cast , Assassins , Primarily Female Cast , Body Horror , Elf , Time Skip , Foreign , Maids , Twins , Yandere , Femboy , Monster Girl , Travel , Kemonomimi , Demons , Age Gap , Tsundere , Kuudere , Tomboy , Seinen

Shiguang Dailiren

Also known as Link Click.

Studio: BeDream , Studio LAN , bilibili , Aniplex , Sony Music Solutions
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a corner of a bustling city, there is a small shop called "Time Photo Studio" operating as usual. Although the entrance looks abandoned, it's actually run by two men with special abilities: Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang. In order to fulfil customers' requests, Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi work together and use their special abilities to enter photos. However, things don't go as planned...



Note: The final episode aired with a runtime of ~31 minutes.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Super Power , Body Swapping , Photography , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Episodic , Suicide , Family Life , Police , College , Office Lady , Office , Basketball , School

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2.

Studio: WHITE FOX , KADOKAWA , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , Memory-Tech
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

After learning more behind the Death Loop and Witches of Sin, Subaru vows to save Emilia and his friends from further doom.



Tags: Isekai , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Heterosexual , Cult , Elf , Gore , Body Horror , Maids , Monster Girl , Assassins , Time Loop , Primarily Female Cast , Hikikomori , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Medieval , Seinen , Time Skip , Demons , Age Gap , Female Harem , Tsundere , Foreign , Vampire

Shiki

Also known as Shiki.

Studio: Aniplex , Daume , Dentsu , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

During a fiercely hot summer in Sotoba, a peaceful and quiet village with a population of 1300 people, a series of bizarre deaths begin to occur. At the same time, a strange family moves into a long abandoned mansion in the region. After supposedly visiting this strange family, the fashionable Shimizu Megumi goes missing and the entire village goes out in search for her.

Tags: Vampire , Survival , Tragedy , Rural , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Denpa , Zombie , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Pandemic , Medicine , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Religion , Achronological Order , Yandere , Writing , Guns , Primarily Teen Cast , Werewolf

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Forecast Communications , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Seinen , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Heterosexual , Crime , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Environmental , Urban , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Military , Coming of Age , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Villainess , Guns , Female Harem , Bullying , Nudity