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Sentou Yousei Yukikaze

Also known as Yukikaze.

Studio: GONZO , Bandai Visual , Bandai Entertainment , Madman Entertainment , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

This full 3DCG digital animation has story takes place in the far future after a pillar of huge fog appeared suddenly in the South Pole. This pillar, known as Jam, is actually a passage for an earth invasion.

In order to oppose the threat, the United Nations established an earth defense mechanism. Fukai Zero is a hero registered to the main force of earth defense and the special 5th flight squadron. His reconnaissance plane, Yukikaze (windblown snow) is the best tactical reconnaissance plane. His job is to collect battle information return safely to the base with the information. But one day when he was about to finish his duty, an unidentified machine attacked him...



Tags: Aviation , Military , Full CGI , CGI , War , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Artificial Intelligence , Space

Kannazuki no Miko

Also known as Destiny of the Shrine Maiden.

Studio: Studio Fantasia , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Remic , Front Line , TNK , Kodansha , Rondo Robe , Sentai Filmworks , Memory-Tech , Toshiba Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Romance

The highborn Himemiya Chikane is cool and aloof, the perfect young lady of good breeding. Kurusegawa Himeko is devoted to her, and secretly her friend. Their lives are undisturbed in their school, until an ancient evil suddenly rears its head. To combat it, Chikane and Himeko must take on the roles of shrine maidens of the Moon and Sun.

Tags: Yuri , Super Robot , Shrine Maiden , Love Triangle , Magic , Mythology , Gods , Female Protagonist , Yandere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Swordplay , Nudity , Nun , Bisexual

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Tekketsu no Orphans 2

Also known as Mobile Suit GUNDAM Iron Blooded Orphans 2.

Studio: Sunrise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Second season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

Learning about the world from her journey to Earth, Kudelia founded Admoss Company to strive for the financial independence of Mars. While inspecting a mining site of halfmetal, Orga Itsuka, leader of Tekkadan hired by Admoss as guards, senses an attack from a new enemy and heads out to confront them, along with Mikazuki in the mobile suit Gundam Barbatos Lupus.



Tags: Military , War , Tragedy , Real Robot , Anti-Hero , Orphan , Politics , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Kuudere , Space , Dystopian , Boys' Love , Crime , Disability , Yakuza , Space Opera , Desert , Bisexual , Agriculture , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes

Soukyuu no Fafner

Also known as Fafner.

Studio: Xebec , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Tatsumiyajima is the central island in the middle of a small cluster of islands, in a sleepy backwater of the Japanese isles. Not much happens there, and the island's young people go to school knowing that their lives are likely to remain peaceful and undisturbed. Or so they have been taught... but the truth is different. The fate of mankind is on the line, and Tatsumiyajima is the last line of defense against a hostile and incomprehensible enemy. At the center of it all, fighting for Humanity's continued existence, is the giant robot Fafner, the dragon that guards this final treasure of mankind.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~48 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode. In the DVD release and subsequent home video releases of the series, the final episode was split into two separate ~24 minute long episodes.

Tags: Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Post-Apocalyptic , Real Robot , Tragedy , Aliens , War , Male Protagonist , Robots , Cosmic Horror , Military , Kuudere , Dystopian

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Sotsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

A.S. (Ad Stella) 122

An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.

Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.



Tags: Real Robot , Female Protagonist , Space , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Yuri , Politics , Revenge , Clone , Artificial Intelligence , Class Struggle , Super Robot , Cyborg , Guns , Conspiracy , Terrorism , Tsundere , Boarding School , Love Triangle , Mixed Gender Harem , Cyberpunk , Bisexual , Kuudere , Witch , Bullying , LGBTQ+ Themes

Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo

Also known as Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

Betrayed, stripped of her birthright, and declared less than human. Everything that Princess Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi of the Misurugi Empire thought she knew about her world was a lie. Now, for the crime of not being able to use magic, she’s been sentenced to certain death as a slave-soldier. The girl now known as Ange is no longer an innocent Princess: she’s learning how to kill draconic invaders, defending the same traitors who stole her life. However, they made a fatal mistake: they gave her access to an incredible weapon.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Dragons , Dystopian , War , Military , Super Robot , Meta , Nudity , Guns , Alternate Universe , Philosophy , Real Robot , Isekai , Bisexual , Heterosexual , CGI , Love Triangle , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Magic , Gore , Swordplay , Bullying , Tragedy , Tsundere , Kuudere , Female Harem , Lacrosse , Polyamorous , Shounen

Tatakae!! Iczer-1

Also known as Fight!! Iczer-1.

Studio: AIC , Toshiba EMI , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Horror , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Nagisa is a schoolgirl with schoolgirl tendencies, waking up late, rushing off to school and meeting up with friends upon the way. One morning Nagisa comes across a woman dressed in a strange uniform who seems to stare at her, unnerving Nagisa. Later that day, whilst staring out the window, Nagisa becomes aware of a ball bouncing by itself which flings itself towards her window seat, shattering the glass yet not harming her... Turning back to the front she finds a gaping mouth bristling with teeth inches from her face and no-one else about. She screams and the world returns to normal with her standing and the centre of curiosity of her class... why did she scream?

Tags: Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Yuri , Space , Robots , Aliens , Gore , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Military , Time Manipulation , Revenge , Cyberpunk , Tentacles , School , Urban Fantasy

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , TV Tokyo , ADV Films , Kadokawa Shoten , NAS , Tatsunoko Production , GKIDS , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.



Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Denpa , Dystopian , Cosmic Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Psychosexual , Suicide , Kaiju , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Body Horror , Mythology , Military , Religion , Clone , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Politics , Bisexual , Gore , Trains , Espionage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Nudity , Episodic

MOONRISE

Also known as Moonrise.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions. However, Sapientia’s lunar development project, which sends criminals and pollutants to the Moon to maintain Earth’s peace, creates disparity and poverty on the Moon, sparking a catalyst for war. Jacob "Jack" Shadow gets caught up in this conflict after losing his family to a terrorist bombing by the Moon's rebel army. Vowing revenge, Jack joins the Earth army as a scout on the Moon, only to discover an unexpected leader among the resistance forces.



Tags: Space , Dystopian , Urban Fantasy , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , CGI , War , Orphan , Military , Guns , Time Skip , Shounen , Love Triangle

Glass no Hana to Kowasu Sekai

Also known as Garakowa -Restore the World-.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Sci-Fi

A floating space without gravity where an infinite number of lights shine in different colors: The "Box of Wisdom." Inside of this box, there are multiple worlds, multiple timelines, and there used to be many different people. This is where Dual and Dorothy were fighting with enemies called "Viruses." Worlds infected by viruses must be erased. That is the duty, the job of these girls. However, one day, Dual and Dorothy feel the presence of a new Virus. Arriving at the scene, they see a girl being attacked by Viruses. After saving the girl, the duo wait for her to awaken so they can ask who she is, where she came from, and where she is going. Finally, when the girl opened her eyes, she gave her name, Rimo, and whispered only one sentence... "I must return to the flower patch..."



Tags: Artificial Intelligence , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Virtual World , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Henshin , Philosophy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things