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Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo--commander of the secret organization NERV--to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power...



Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Kaiju , Body Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Real Robot , Denpa , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Cosmic Horror , Robots , Tsundere , Super Robot , Angels , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Kuudere , Cyberpunk , Amnesia , Bisexual , Seinen , Espionage , Urban , Guns , School , Nudity , Space , Age Gap , Tokusatsu , Love Triangle , Boys' Love

Bokurano

Also known as Bokurano: Ours.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

One summer, fifteen kids innocently wander into a nearby seaside cave. There they meet a strange man who invites them to play an exciting new video game. This game, he explains, pits a lone giant robot against a horde of alien invaders. To play the game all they have to do is sign a simple contract. The game stops being fun when the kids find out the true purpose of their pact.



The extra story Bokurano: Mou Hitotsu no Bokurano (Yet Another Bokurano) ran after the completion of the main story.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Philosophy , Denpa , Super Robot , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Primarily Child Cast , Alternate Universe , Gore , Anti-Hero , Politics , Military , Dystopian , Bullying , Body Horror , Age Gap

Darling in the Franxx

Also known as DARLING in the FRANXX.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Mecha , Romance , Sci-Fi

In a devastated post-apocalyptic future, Earth is a ruinous wasteland. Humanity’s only remaining strongholds are mobile fortress cities called Plantations. Massive beasts known as klaxosaurs, the planet’s new apex predators, have pushed mankind to the edge of extinction, and within the walls of the Plantations, things are no less dire. Humans no longer love or reproduce–adults live on in sterile immortality while children are regarded as nothing more than parasites, artificially created to pair up and pilot the Plantations’ giant defense robots known as Franxx. Former child whiz kid Hiro fails out of the piloting program after falling out of sync with his co-pilot, and a fateful decision to skip his group’s graduation ceremony puts him on a collision course with a horned girl known as Zero Two, whose co-pilots always end up dead. She claims Hiro as her “darling,” but what can that word even mean in such a loveless world?



Tags: Dystopian , Monster Girl , Super Robot , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Aliens , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Shounen , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Robots

The Moon

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

"The Moon" is a giant robot created by the millionaire Baron, spending 2.5 trillion yen (at that time). Baron stated that the god is dead and created Moon as a replacement, to serve as a new power to bring justice in world of evil. He entrusts the operation to boys with a pure heart, those who can find true justice, as he believes he isn't pure of heart.

Tags: Shounen , Terrorism , Crime , Philosophy , Religion , Suicide