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Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi

Also known as Dragon Slayer.

Studio: Nihon Falcom , King Records , Amuse
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Faaren is a peaceful and happy realm, ruled by a wise King... until the Demon Lord Ackdam overruns the kingdom with his black legions and terrifying dragon, killing the King and capturing the Queen. But the King's young son, Sirius, is swept away to safety and grows to be a powerful young warrior, tutored in the ways of swordsmanship and chivalry by his father's loyal minion, Rias.

Tags: Magic , Dragons , Male Protagonist

Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki THE ANIMATION

Also known as Legend of the Heroes: Trails in the Sky.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Sentai Filmworks , Nihon Falcom , Bushiroad , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Ten years ago, a massive invasion by the Erebonian Empire almost shattered the Kingdom of Liberl, piercing to the heart of Capital City before being driven back by a determined counteroffensive led by Cassius Bright. Now, as the invaders pace behind the northern borders, coveting the small kingdom's magic and high technology, Liberl slowly rebuilds with the aid of the Bracer's Guild, whose mystical use of "Craft" is even more intrinsic to the nation's defense than its own army. For young Estelle Bright, daughter of Cassius, this is all just ancient history that she and her adopted brother Joshua learned as kids. But history has a way of repeating itself, and as they prepare to join the Bracers Guild themselves, sinister forces are preparing to thrust them into the familiar family situation of being in the worst possible place when mayhem breaks out. Because when their father's airship goes suddenly missing, of course it only makes sense for two green, but extraordinarily capable, young teenagers to strike out on a rescue mission of their own!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Memory Manipulation , Magic , Guns , Swordplay , Martial Arts , Incest

Arc the Lad

Studio: Bee Train , Sony Pictures Entertainment , Aniplex , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi

The story follows Elk, a bounty hunter in some strange futuristic world. On this world archaic but advanced technology exists side by side with primitive attitudes, beasts and magic. In other words it's got a bit of everything. It also has an evil conspiracy who are able to produce powerful monsters called chimera, who can also appear as human. Naturally it is not long before Elk has rescued a young female beast-master and gained himself some serious enemies.



Tags: Revenge , Male Protagonist , Magic , Gore , Military , Body Horror , Nudity , Chimera , Conspiracy , Anachronism

Fire Emblem: Monshou no Nazo

Also known as Fire Emblem.

Studio: KSS , Studio Fantasia
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Prince Mars, heir to the throne of Aritia, has fled his homeland and the invaders bent on conquering the entire continent. Together with the Aritian Knights he hides and bides his time in the friendly island kingdom of Talus. Though criticized for constantly daydreaming or being in a bad mood, he has found a friend in Sheida, the princess of Talus. Together they indulge in hayrides and shopping trips, or just standing upon the parapet and looking out over the land. However, despite how pleasant life is, he cannot forget the circumstances that separated him from his land and forced his beloved sister to sacrifice herself for him.



Tags: War , Historical , Swordplay , Magic , Archery

Arslan Senki (TV)

Also known as The Heroic Legend of Arslan.

Studio: LIDENFILMS , SANZIGEN , Magic Capsule , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The manga’s story: In the prosperous kingdom of Pars lies the Royal Capital of Ecbatana, a city of splendor and wonder, ruled by the undefeated and fearsome King Andragoras. Arslan is the young and curious prince of Pars who, despite his best efforts, doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a proper king like his father.

At the age of 14, Arslan goes to his first battle and loses everything as the blood-soaked mist of war gives way to scorching flames, bringing him to face the demise of his once glorious kingdom. However, it is Arslan's destiny to be a ruler, and despite the trials that face him, he must now embark on a journey to reclaim his fallen kingdom.



Tags: Military , War , Politics , Royal Affairs , Swordplay , Historical , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Spearplay , Orphan , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Desert , Tomboy , Crossdressing , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Archery

Grancrest Senki

Also known as Record of Grancrest War.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

The series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "Crest" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos, and instead start to fight each other for each others' Crests and to gain dominion over one another. Siluca, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown, which is under tyrannical rule, make an everlasting oath to each other as master and servant and work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos.



Tags: War , Heterosexual , Politics , Tragedy , Swordplay , Magic , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tsundere , Demons , Netorare , Marriage , Nudity , Acting ,

BASTARD!!: Ankoku no Hakaishin

Also known as Bastard!!.

Studio: AIC , Geneon Entertainment , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

The characters in BASTARD!! have forsaken technology and have traded it in for magic and the occult arts. The story revolves around a group of five magicians who set out to rebuild their world after a rampaging God destroys it and tips it into chaos. Driven by their leader Dark Schneider, Gara, Arshes Nei, Abigail and Kall Su set out to conquer kingdoms in the hope of rebuilding them into utopias, with each of the magicians having their own personal agenda in doing so. However, Dark Schneiders often reckless manner and short temper leads him to wreak havoc where ever he goes. He is trapped by a group of clerics in a baby boy, leaving the four without a leader.<br><br> Fifteen years later, the four still continue their quest but their motives have changed to despotic world domination, and it is up to Dark Schneider to show them the "error of their ways", when he is freed by the clerics who once imprisoned him, so that he may defend them against his former comrades. It has now become Dark Schneiders responsibility to track down each one of his companions and set them on the right path again, but what seems to be the once reckless and amoral Dark Schneider has changed over his fifteen year imprisonment within the boy, Lucien Renlen.



Tags: Anti-Hero , Magic , Gore , Dragons , Vampire , Nudity , Elf , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Tanned Skin , Meta , Gods , Shounen , Goblin , Ninja , Werewolf , Swordplay , Incest , Age Gap

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Studio: Toho , MADHOUSE , Shogakukan , Nippon Television Network , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure…



Tags: Travel , Magic , Elf , Philosophy , Time Skip , Found Family , Medieval , Female Protagonist , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Foreign , Demons , Adoption , Rural , Heterosexual , Episodic , Rotoscoping , Asexual , Aromantic , Dungeon , Shounen , Dragons , Religion , Clone , Snowscape , Food

Fumetsu no Anata e

Also known as To Your Eternity.

Studio: Brain's Base , NHK Enterprises , NHK
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Supernatural

In the beginning, an "orb" is cast unto Earth. "It" can do two things: change into the form of the thing that stimulates "it"; and come back to life after death. "It" morphs from orb to rock, then to wolf, and finally to boy, but roams about like a newborn who knows nothing. As a boy, "it" becomes Fushi.

Through encounters with human kindness, Fushi not only gains survival skills but grows as a "person". But his journey is darkened by the inexplicable and destructive enemy Nokker and cruel partings with the people he loves.



Tags: Shapeshifting , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Rural , Philosophy , Travel , Ensemble Cast , Survival , Body Horror , Agender , Foreign , Shounen , Animals , Gore , CGI , Medieval , Indigenous Cultures , Time Skip , Afterlife , Orphan , Adoption , Historical , Primarily Female Cast , Prison , Language Barrier , Memory Manipulation , Snowscape , Zombie , Demons , Battle Royale , Yandere

Eien no Filena

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

The story is centered around Filena, a princess who was raised as a boy after her kingdom was conquered.

Tags: Battle Royale , Crossdressing , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Slavery , Anachronism , Disability , Marriage , Dragons , Orphan , Bisexual