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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 , Alternate Universe , Detective , Snowscape , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , School , Fugitive , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Rehabilitation , Amnesia , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI

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 , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Denpa , Chuunibyou , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Suicide , Ensemble Cast , Amnesia , War , Post-Apocalyptic , Gender Bending , Maids , Trains , Shrine Maiden , Seinen

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 , Witch , Magic , Gore , Cult , Curses , Cohabitation , Medieval , Body Horror , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Maids , Elf , Primarily Female Cast , Suicide , Demons , Politics , Twins , Travel , Butler , Femboy , Unrequited Love , Seinen , Kemonomimi , Assassins , Dragons , CGI , Meta , Body Swapping , Coming of Age , Tomboy , Nekomimi , Kuudere , Crossdressing

Summer Time Render

Also known as Summer Time Rendering.

Studio: OLM , Shueisha , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , MAGES. , Toy's Factory , TOKYO MX , Movic , BANDAI SPIRITS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral. Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die next.

A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day. Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.



Tags: Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Shapeshifting , Reincarnation , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Tragedy , Mythology , Religion , Coastal , Rural , Body Swapping , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Dissociative Identities , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Gods , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Gore , Amnesia , Shounen , Aliens , Ghost , Body Horror , Guns , Unrequited Love , Denpa , Tanned Skin , Love Triangle , Nudity , Clone

WIND BREAKER

Also known as WIND BREAKER.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Kodansha , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Tohan , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Where the average scores are the lowest, but the fights are the strongest. Furin High School is renowned as a super school of delinquents. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student, came from outside the city to fight to the top. However, Furin High School has become a group that protects the town called the “Chime of the Wind Breaker” – Bofurin. The heroic legend of high school delinquent Sakura begins here!



Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Urban , Found Family , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes , Crossdressing

Yuukoku no Moriarty

Also known as Moriarty the Patriot.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Namco Arts , Shueisha , BANDAI SPIRITS , Yomiuri TV Enterprise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

In the late 19th century, the British Empire nobility reigns while its working class suffers at their hands. Sympathetic to their plight, William James Moriarty wants to topple it all. Frustrated by the systemic inequity, Moriarty strategizes to fix the entire nation. Not even consulting detective Sherlock Holmes can stand in his way. It's time for crime to revolutionize the world!



Note: The first episode received an early screening on September 21st, 2020. The regular TV broadcast started on October 11th, 2020.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Class Struggle , Crime , Foreign , Detective , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Primarily Male Cast , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Mafia , Politics , Episodic , Ships , Guns , Gore , Shounen , Adoption

BEASTARS 2

Also known as BEASTARS Season 2.

Studio: Orange , Toho , Fuji TV , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Akita Shoten , Bandai , BANDAI SPIRITS , Movic , BS Fuji , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

"Beastar"—a title awarded to beasts who prove their excellence through fighting inequality to unite carnivores and herbivores in an anthropomorphic animal society. Cherryton Academy has gone five years without one such leader. However, following the murder of an alpaca within the school boundaries, the growing tension between the different species poses a greater need for a Beastar to ensure peace and harmony.

When Louis, the prime candidate for this prestigious role, rejects the offer and leaves the academy, the student council declares to honor any student who captures the culprit of the aforementioned murder as Beastar. Meanwhile, Legoshi's sense of duty as a strong wolf who must protect the weak pushes him to investigate the incident. To further complicate his life, he struggles to manage his complex feelings for the white rabbit, Haru.



Note: The first episode had an early delivery on Netflix Japan on January 5, 2021. The regular TV broadcast started on January 7, 2021.

Tags: Anthropomorphism , Animals , School , Mafia , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Cannibalism , CGI , Psychosexual , Crime , Coming of Age , Noir , Philosophy , Primarily Animal Cast , Adoption , Tragedy , School Club , Gore , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Acting , Urban , Vore , Martial Arts , Guns , Boarding School , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Love Triangle , Revenge , Nudity , Crossdressing

Shounan Bakusouzoku

Studio: Toei Animation , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life

In Japan, the country that inspired the slogan "Born to be Mild," the blood of young men still runs hot. In the old days they'd go off into the country and hack each other up with swords, but these days, what with school, that isn't very practical.

So some of them do something very un-Japanese. They strap on a big bike, roar around annoying people, and pound anyone they consider dishonorable.

Now meet Eguchi Yousuke, leader of a high-school Biker gang AND the school's handicrafts club. Which means he divides his time between fistfights and fancy needlework.

And if you think he's weird, wait until you meet the rest of his gang...



Tags: Motorcycles , Delinquents , Parody , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Gangs , Primarily Male Cast , Slapstick , Heterosexual , School , Chibi , School Club , Martial Arts

WIND BREAKER Season 2

Also known as WIND BREAKER Season 2.

Studio: Aniplex , CloverWorks , Kodansha , Aiming , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Tohan , CloverWorks
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

The second season of WIND BREAKER.

Welcome back to Furin High School, an institution infamous for its population of brawny brutes who solve every conflict with a show of strength. Some of the students even formed a group, Bofurin, which protects the town. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student who moved in from out of town, is only interested in one thing: fighting his way to the top!



Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Shounen , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Bullying , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , CGI

Oemojisangjuui

Also known as Lookism.

Studio: Netflix , Studio Mir
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

In a society that favors good looks, a high school outcast leads a double life switching between his two bodies that are polar opposites in appearance.



Tags: Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Body Swapping , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Martial Arts , Gangs , Work , Coming of Age , Parody , CGI , Fashion , Boxing , Musical Theater