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

Zero In

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Kou Shiraishi was your standard high school boy with lots of problems, mostly bullies, until the day that he meets Mikuru Nazume during a bank heist. Not only is Mikuru the school idol, but she's also an agent for Minkei, a covert paramilitary section of the National Police Agency. They team up as Kou and Mikuru journey to become stronger, both in their own way

Tags: Police , Seinen , Guns , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Crime , Bullying , School , Revenge , Heterosexual , Gore , Female Harem , Amnesia , Time Skip

Dominion

Also known as Dominion.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Set in the fictional city of Newport, Japan, in a future in which bacterial air pollution has become so severe that people must wear gas masks when outdoors, the series follows a police squadron that uses tanks.



Tags: Tanks , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Police , Cyberpunk , Twins , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Episodic

Koukaku Kidoutai

Also known as The Ghost in the Shell.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including "ghost hackers" who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers' criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Artificial Intelligence , Politics , Cyborg , Robots , Philosophy , Dystopian , Urban , Police , Seinen , Crime , Guns , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , Nudity , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Heterosexual

Sousou no Frieren

Also known as Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Status: Releasing
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. With the great struggle over, they all go their separate ways to live a quiet life. But as an elf, Frieren, nearly immortal, will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to terms with the mortality of her friends? How can she find fulfillment in her own life, and can she learn to understand what life means to the humans around her? Frieren begins a new journey to find the answer.



Notes:
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 14th Manga Taisho Awards.
Nominated for the 25th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Placed 3rd at the 7th Annual Next Manga Award.

Tags: Magic , Elf , Travel , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Episodic , Demons , Iyashikei , Kuudere , Tragedy , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Medieval , Dungeon , Time Manipulation , Food

Silent Möbius

Also known as Silent Möbius.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

In the 21st century, just when the human race needs new heroes, the Lucifer Hawks enter Earth's dimension. The members of the A.M.P., six young women with incredible powers, are set to defend the human rece against these monstrous entities from another world.



Tags: Police , Nudity , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Female Cast , Magic

Tetsuwan Birdy

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

A remake of Tetsuwan Birdy.

While pursuing a criminal, the pretty but reckless interplanetary police officer Birdy Cephon Altirra accidentally kills Tsutomu, an earthling high school student. To make amends, Birdy is forced to share her own body with Tsutomu's spirit so that he can continue his own life. At first, Tsutomu knows nothing about his situation but soon discovers that his body is starting to take certain actions without his mind ordering it. In times of action, Birdy takes full control of their shared body, transforming it back into her original female form.

Tags: Aliens , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Gender Bending , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist

Seigi Keikan Monju

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

Monju, the last representative of the Japanese police force, can not believe his circuits! He has been assigned to a police station in a rural area. Aside of being forced to team up with Junpei Yamagashi, a young police officer obsessed with women and whether or not he's balding, he also needs to defend himself against hostility towards him. When a perverted voyeur gets reported the robot places his suspicions immediately on his partner. But Junpei won't stand for the accusations and is determined to restore his honor!

Tags: Seinen

Hakaima Sadamitsu

Also known as Sadamitsu the Destroyer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Mecha , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Tsubaki Sadamitsu is a young punk and Leader of the Corpse Gang who, after a chance encounter with an alien robot, is forced to take up the task of capturing rukeitai (intergalactic criminals). His job is made harder with the appearance of the Vulture, a last ditch effort to keep the rukeitai under control.

Tags: Seinen , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Alternate Universe , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Tokusatsu

Sultan Boueitai

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

A collection of 3 "hard boiled type" stories drawn by Akihiko Takadera published between 1982 and 1984.

DOG★AFTERNOON (Part 1-2) (Written by: Katsuhiro Otomo); (09.13.1982 - 10.11.1982)
Lolita Sanjou! [ 髏璃威堕参上! ] (Written by: Haruka Takachiho); (10.10.1983)
Sultan Boueitai [ サルタン防衛隊 ] (Written by: Haruka Takachiho); (07.16.1984 - 08.08.1984)


Tags: Anthology , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Police , Yakuza , Guns , Motorcycles , Urban , Foreign , Terrorism , Gore , Delinquents , Surreal Comedy , Military , Nudity