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FAIRY TAIL

Also known as Fairy Tail.

Studio: Satelight , A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Across the Fiore kingdom, wizards join guilds and make their pay by filling magical needs—but one guild has a reputation as the roughest, rowdiest, most dangerous of all: Fairy Tail!
When four young Fairy Tail members unite, their bond is forged by a power found in neither muscle nor magic and grows stronger with every mission. Whatever you do, don't mess with these friends or you'll get a taste of Natsu's flaming fist or Gray's ice hammer, suffer a painful blow from one of Lucy's celestial spirits or catch the edge of Erza's mighty blade! Whether they're stopping demons from devastating the world or wrestling in the mess hall, this mystical team manages to inflict as much damage to their rivals as they do to the surrounding area!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Fairy Tale , Found Family , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Large Breasts , Anthropomorphism , Dragons , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Super Power , Work , Travel , Demons , Alternate Universe , Lost Civilization , Primarily Teen Cast , Adoption , Nudity , Animals , Astronomy , Tanned Skin , Isekai , Primarily Adult Cast , Medieval

GTO

Also known as GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Onizuka is a reformed biker gang leader who has his sights set on an honorable new ambition: to become the world's greatest teacher... for the purpose of meeting sexy high school girls. Okay, so he's mostly reformed.

However, strict administrators and a class of ruthless delinquents stand between Onizuka and his goal and they will use any means, however illegal or low, to drive the new teacher away. Perfect, because Onizuka's methods won't be found in any teaching manual; he cares about the difference between legal and illegal activities about as much as he cares for the age difference between himself and a high school girl.

So get ready for math that doesn't add up, language you'd be slapped for using, and biology that would make a grown man blush... unless of course, you're the Great Teacher Onizuka.

Note: Episode 1 has an airtime of 48 minutes.

Tags: Teacher , School , Work , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Educational , Satire , Bullying , Suicide , Gangs , Age Gap , Crime , Acting , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Heterosexual , Shounen , Episodic , Revenge , Nudity , Guns , Parody , Agriculture , Real Robot , Crossdressing , Police , Martial Arts , Astronomy

Houseki no Kuni

Also known as Land of the Lustrous.

Studio: Orange
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological

In the mysterious future, crystalline organisms called Gems inhabit a world that has been destroyed by six meteors. Each Gem is assigned a role in order to fight against the Lunarians, a species who attacks them in order to shatter their bodies and use them as decorations.

Phosphophyllite, also known as Phos, is a young and fragile Gem who dreams of helping their friends in the war effort. Instead, they are told to compile an encyclopedia because of their delicate condition. After begrudgingly embarking on this task, Phos meets Cinnabar, an intelligent gem who has been relegated to patrolling the isolated island at night because of the corrosive poison their body creates. After seeing how unhappy Cinnabar is, Phos decides to find a role that both of the rejected Gems can enjoy. Houseki no Kuni follows Phos' efforts to be useful and protect their fellow Gems.

Tags: Coming of Age , Full CGI , Philosophy , Agender , Tragedy , Anthropomorphism , Post-Apocalyptic , Seinen , CGI , Coastal , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Body Horror , Amnesia , Conspiracy , Time Skip , Swordplay , War , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Language Barrier , Astronomy , Snowscape , Twins , Work , Slapstick , Mixed Media

Owarimonogatari (Ge)

Also known as Owarimonogatari Second Season.

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Third and “Final Season” of the Monogatari Series, part 4/5. Contains the arcs Mayoi Hell, Hitagi Rendezvous, and Ougi Dark from the Owarimonogatari light novels.

Koyomi wakes up to see Mayoi Hachikuji before him, the girl who supposedly had gone to the afterlife. She tells Koyomi that they are currently in Avichi, the lowest levels of hell. Koyomi is dubious of how Mayoi knew about the exact timing of his death and which hell he would drop into, when Mayoi tells him that she was there to pick him up by the request of a certain individual.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Afterlife , Vampire , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Ghost , Achronological Order , Meta , Dissociative Identities , Astronomy , School , Tsundere , Achromatic

Dr. STONE: Ryuusui

Also known as Dr. STONE Special Episode – RYUSUI.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

A television special that is set after the second season and centers around Ryuusui Nanami.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Educational , Travel , Outdoor Activities , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Lost Civilization , Economics , Environmental , Episodic , Aviation , Surreal Comedy , Ships , Cosplay , Astronomy , CGI , Fashion

Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia

Also known as Insomniacs After School.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Ganta Nakami is a high school student who suffers from insomnia. One day, he meets Isaki Magari, a girl with the same condition. A strange, but special relationship forms as they share a secret and catch up on their sleep in their school’s abandoned observatory…



Tags: Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Photography , Primarily Teen Cast , Seinen , Heterosexual , Astronomy , School Club , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , School , Rural , Disability , Outdoor Activities , Camping , Animals , Tanned Skin , Tomboy

Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite

Also known as Orb: On the Movements of the Earth.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The setting is 15th-century Europe. It was a time when heretical ideas lead those to who possessed such a mindset to being burned at the stake for their beliefs.

The protagonist, Rafał, a child prodigy, is expected to major in theology, the most important subject at the time, at the university where he plans to skip a grade. One day, however, he comes across a mysterious man, and is now studying a possible "truth" in the midst of heretical thought!



Tags: Astronomy , Philosophy , Religion , Ensemble Cast , Seinen , Foreign , Historical , Tragedy , Fugitive , Time Skip , Meta , Medieval , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Torture , Male Protagonist , Politics , Suicide , Gore , Assassins , Swordplay , Alternate Universe , Family Life

Tonikaku Kawaii Season 2

Also known as TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2.

Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

The sweet story of Nasa and Tsukasa continues! After surviving some awkward first nights together, dealing with doubters, and recovering from their apartment fire, it's clear the fate of these lovers was written in the stars. Now, they're ready to settle back into domestic bliss and finally plan their wedding ceremony! But with plenty of new friends on the way, what will their big day look like?!



Tags: Marriage , Family Life , Iyashikei , Heterosexual , Shounen , Age Gap , Mythology , Adoption , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Historical , Software Development , Aliens , Astronomy , School , Amnesia , VTuber , Meta

Shoujo Kakumei Utena

Also known as Revolutionary Girl Utena.

Studio: J.C.STAFF
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Just after Utena's parents died, she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince that she vowed to become one herself one day. A few years later, Utena is attending Ohtori Academy where she gives all the teachers headaches because she dresses in a boy's uniform so she can be like the prince she met long ago.

After Utena's friend is insulted by a member of the Student Council, Utena fights in a duel for her friend's honor. Utena's rose crest allows her to enter the dueling arena, where Utena wins the duel and becomes engaged to the Rose Bride. Unknowingly, Utena is pulled into a series of duels with other members of the Student Council for the possession of the Rose Bride. As she becomes fond of Anthy, the Rose Bride, she must fight to keep her friend safe and to discover the horrifying secret behind Ohtori Academy.



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Psychosexual , Philosophy , Fairy Tale , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Tomboy , Incest , Yuri , Primarily Teen Cast , Swordplay , Tragedy , Witch , Bisexual , Time Manipulation , Orphan , Shoujo , Surreal Comedy , Age Gap , School , Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Time Loop , Unrequited Love , Ojou-sama , Meta , Henshin , Love Triangle , Fencing , Cheating , Cars , Episodic , Boarding School , Crossdressing , Magic , Bullying , Kuudere , Politics , Twins , Suicide , Boys' Love , Astronomy , Athletics , Body Swapping , Aliens

Gokukoku no Brynhildr

Also known as Brynhildr in the Darkness.

Studio: Arms
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The original manga revolves around high school boy Ryōta Murakami, who cannot forget his female childhood friend whom he let die in an accident. Feeling that he must fulfill their promise of proving the existence of aliens, he has continuously looked up at the sky as a member of the astronomy club. One day, a girl named Neko Kuroha who looks exactly like his childhood friend appears as a transfer student. It turns out that she is a magic-user that has run away from a research lab.



Tags: Magic , Amnesia , Seinen , Gore , Female Harem , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity , Astronomy , School Club , School , Feet

Lord El-Melloi II-sei no Jikenbo: "Rail Zeppelin" Grace note

Also known as Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note.

Studio: TROYCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Ten years after facing defeat in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Waver Velvet, now Lord El Melloi II, teaches classes at the Clock Tower—the center of education for mages. However, his new status as "Lord" comes with a caveat: obey the orders of Reines, the younger sister of the deceased Kayneth El Melloi, until she is old enough to rule the House of El Melloi.

Waver, along with his mysterious apprentice Gray, takes on a series of cases assigned by Reines and the Mages Association. With each case proving to be more complex than the last, could there be more to the Clock Tower than meets the eye, and what secrets does Reines hide?

Tags: Magic , Urban Fantasy , Detective , Trains , Teacher , Necromancy , Ghost , Astronomy , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Religion , Fairy , Ojou-sama , Werewolf , Vampire , Spearplay

Kaijuu no Kodomo

Also known as Children of the Sea.

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

One summer vacation, Ruka meets two boys, "Umi" and "Sora," whose upbringing contains strange and wonderful secrets. Drawn to their beautiful swimming, almost more like flying, Ruka and the adults who know them are intertwined in a complex mesh...
Meanwhile, an unexplained anomaly is occurring all over the world: fish are disappearing. Thus begins a marine adventure of boys and girls to captivate all the senses!

Tags: Philosophy , Primarily Child Cast , Animals , Environmental , Cosmic Horror , Space , Female Protagonist , Swimming , Mythology , Coming of Age , Seinen , CGI , Ships , Bullying , Urban , Monster Boy , Astronomy , Amnesia , Handball , School

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Studio: Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now!



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , School Club , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Meta , Femboy , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Astronomy , Gambling , Military , Agender , Chibi

Uchuu Kyoudai

Also known as Space Brothers.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Mutta's life has hit rock bottom. He's been fired, blackballed from his profession and now he's had to move back in with his parents. Meanwhile, his kid brother Hibito has been literally riding a rocket and training to be an astronaut. The same career Mutta once dreamed of. So, is it ever too late to go after your dreams? Through a little coercing and a bit of covert activity, Mutta's family and friends can get his resume on the right desk, but from that point on it will be up to Mutta himself. Does he have what it takes to turn his life around and put his footprint on the moon? The first step on the highway to the stars is always the hardest, and in a job where crash and burn isn't just a euphemism, it will be the biggest risk Mutta's ever taken. But with the best support team ever, maybe he'll find what he needs to rekindle the spark inside him and light the biggest candle of them all!



Tags: Space , Work , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Aviation , Astronomy , Tragedy , Educational , Age Gap , Foreign , CGI , Robots , Rescue

Top wo Nerae! GunBuster

Also known as Gunbuster.

Studio: Gainax
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the very near future, a race of huge, insect like aliens is discovered traveling the galaxy. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of the human species as it takes its first steps away from the solar system, and they are getting closer and closer to Earth. Humanity has responded by developing spacegoing battleships and giant fighting robots. These robots are piloted by the best and brightest of Earth's youth, picked from training schools around the world.

The story begins in the year 2023, not long after the first battles with the aliens, and centers on young Noriko Takaya. Although Noriko's father was a famous Captain in the space fleet who was killed during one of the first battles of the war, her own talents as a pilot are questionable. Nonetheless, she has entered a training school. Through the series Noriko, joined by the beautiful and talented Kazumi Amano, will fight to overcome the trauma of war, the doubts of her peers, and her own lack of confidence.



Tags: Space , Female Protagonist , Military , Coming of Age , Space Opera , War , Super Robot , Time Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Time Skip , Cosmic Horror , Kaiju , Tragedy , Tomboy , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Bullying , Nudity , Age Gap , Astronomy , Achromatic , School , Travel , Parody , Henshin , Love Triangle

Hetalia Axis Powers

Also known as Hetalia Axis Powers.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

Based on a popular web-released manga series by Hidekazu Himaruya, this has been described as a "cynical gag" story set in Europe in the years between WW1 and WW2 (1918-1939), using exaggerated caricatures of the different nationalities as portrayed by a gaggle of bishōnen. For example, the Italia Veneziano character is into pasta and women. The Deutsche (German) bishi loves potatoes and sausages, and Nippon is an otaku boy. Installments of the manga have jumped back and forth in setting from the ancient times to modern-day geopolitics. The manga's title comes the Japanese words for "useless" (hetare) and Italy (Italia).

Tags: Parody , Historical , Slapstick , Primarily Male Cast , Educational , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Male Protagonist , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Anachronism , Chibi , Maids , Economics , Astronomy

Shugo Chara!

Also known as Shugo Chara!.

Studio: Satelight
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

Amu Hinamori is a 5th grade transfer student who is fashionably cool, tough and independent. Despite this, she is also a girl who seems unapproachable, both at home and at school. In reality, the "Cool and Spicy" role she plays is just a facade that she unconsciously plays. With her guardian characters, she fights the Easter Company who is extracting people's eggs to create X Eggs & X Characters in search of a special egg called the Embryo.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Henshin , School , Chibi , Fairy , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Anti-Hero , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere , School Club , Dissociative Identities , Nekomimi , Male Harem , Heterosexual , Crossdressing , Fashion , Fairy Tale , Estranged Family , Family Life , Astronomy , Slapstick , Tomboy , Teacher , Age Gap , Snowscape , Idol , Incest , Ojou-sama

Saint Seiya

Also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Ages ago, the goddess Athena was served by fighters called Saints who channeled the power of the Cosmos within them. Now a youth named Seiya has trained to become a Saint himself by earning the mystical Cloth of Pegasus. He is joined by other Saints with Cloths of their own to fight for Athena.



Tags: Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Gods , Orphan , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Tragedy , Astronomy , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Henshin , Conspiracy

Koisuru Asteroid

Also known as Asteroid in Love.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

When she was little, Konohata Mira promises a boy she meets at a campsite that they can find an asteroid together. When she enters high school, she joins the astronomy club. But that year, the astronomy club happened to combine with the geology club, making it the astrogeo club?!

Won't you find all kinds of sparkles with the astrogeo girls?



Tags: Astronomy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School Club , Primarily Female Cast , School , Educational , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Outdoor Activities , Primarily Teen Cast , Iyashikei , Seinen , Tsundere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Slapstick

Hokuto no Ken

Also known as Fist of the North Star.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Nuclear war has devastated the planet, turning one fertile ground into a barren, inhospitable landscape on which mankind struggles desperately to stay alive. Society has collapsed and a fight for control wages between vicious dictators, super-powerful mutants, and biker gangs that terrorize the streets.

In a world so cruel and bleak, only the chosen one can restore civilization to its former self. Kenshiro - master of the Hokuto Shinken fighting technique; a martial art so awesomely brutal that only a single being can be entrusted with its full power!



Tags: Martial Arts , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Cultivation , Gangs , Gore , Heterosexual , Henshin , Revenge , Motorcycles , Astronomy , Torture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Cannibalism , Archery , Nudity , Desert