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Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2

Also known as Attack on Titan Season 2.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Eren Jaeger swore to wipe out every last Titan, but in a battle for his life he wound up becoming the thing he hates most. With his new powers, he fights for humanity's freedom facing the monsters that threaten his home. After a bittersweet victory against the Female Titan, Eren finds no time to rest—a horde of Titans is approaching Wall Rose and the battle for humanity continues!



Tags: Survival , Shapeshifting , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Espionage , Military , Kaiju , Gore , Dystopian , Primarily Teen Cast , Revenge , Politics , Henshin , Medieval , Anti-Hero , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Cult , Coming of Age , Steampunk , Cannibalism , Kuudere , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Unrequited Love , Matriarchy , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boarding School

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body.



Tags: Super Power , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Ghost , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Satire , Parody , Urban , Shounen , Disability , Exorcism , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , School , Slapstick , Demons , Delinquents , School Club , Bullying , Fitness , Gangs , Cult , Family Life , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Curses

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.



Notes:
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode.
- In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

Tags: Time Manipulation , Isekai , Time Loop , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Curses , Witch , Medieval , Magic , Cult , Gore , Cohabitation , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Seinen , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Maids , Elf , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Twins , Femboy , Travel , Butler , Kemonomimi , Coming of Age , Assassins , Kuudere , CGI , Nekomimi , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Dragons

Black Clover

Also known as Black Clover.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

In a world where magic is everything, Asta and Yuno are both found abandoned at a church on the same day. While Yuno is gifted with exceptional magical powers, Asta is the only one in this world without any. At the age of fifteen, both receive grimoires, magic books that amplify their holder’s magic. Asta’s is a rare Grimoire of Anti-Magic that negates and repels his opponent’s spells. Being opposite but good rivals, Yuno and Asta are ready for the hardest of challenges to achieve their common dream: to be the Wizard King. Giving up is never an option!



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Found Family , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , Medieval , Revenge , Orphan , Demons , Dissociative Identities , Elf , Estranged Family , Love Triangle , Politics , Reincarnation , Adoption , Class Struggle , Conspiracy , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Cult , Bullying , Episodic , War , Lost Civilization , Time Skip , Cultivation , Kuudere , Disability , Curses , Henshin , Tsundere , Food , Travel , Nun , Espionage , Age Regression , Coming of Age , Suicide , Philosophy , Nudity , Dungeon , Tomboy

Enen no Shouboutai

Also known as Fire Force.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Year 198 of the Solar Era in Tokyo, special fire brigades are fighting against a phenomenon called spontaneous human combustion where human beings are turned into living infernos called "Infernals.” While the Infernals are first-generation cases of spontaneous human combustion, later generations possess the ability to manipulate flames while retaining human form. Shinra Kusakabe, a youth who gained the nickname Devil’s Footprints for his ability to ignite his feet at will, joins the Special Fire Force Company 8 which composes of other flames users as they work to extinguish any Infernals they encounter. As a faction that is creating Infernals appears, Shinra begins to uncover the truth behind a mysterious fire that caused the death of his family twelve years ago.



Tags: Firefighters , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Shounen , Conspiracy , Demons , Cult , Urban , Religion , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Rescue , Steampunk , Work , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Slapstick , Nun , Lost Civilization , Chuunibyou , Nekomimi , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Tanned Skin , Guns , Kemonomimi , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Female Harem , Unrequited Love

Cowboy Bebop

Also known as Cowboy Bebop.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Sci-Fi

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an ever struggling effort to win bounty rewards to survive.

While traveling, they meet up with other very interesting people. Could Faye, the beautiful and ridiculously poor gambler, Edward, the computer genius, and Ein, the engineered dog be a good addition to the group?

Tags: Space , Crime , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Tragedy , Travel , Found Family , Noir , Anti-Hero , Guns , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Terrorism , Martial Arts , Cyborg , Tomboy , Cowboys , Amnesia , Work , Gambling , Police , Yakuza , Drugs , Nudity , Cult , Tanned Skin , Circus , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari

Also known as The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!

Note:
- The first episode was pre-aired on December 27th, 2018. Regular broadcast began on January 9th, 2019.
- The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Isekai , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Travel , Medieval , Revenge , Magic , Crime , Politics , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Kemonomimi , Bullying , Henshin , Matriarchy , Spearplay , Swordplay , Cult , Female Harem , Slavery , Ojou-sama , Villainess , Tsundere , Language Barrier , Prison , Fugitive , Cultivation , Medicine , Religion , Economics , Nekomimi , CGI , Heterosexual , Gore , Monster Girl , Found Family , Love Triangle , Afterlife , Cohabitation

Kill la Kill

Also known as Kill la Kill.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

After the murder of her father, Ryuuko Matoi has been wandering the land in search of his killer. Following her only lead—the missing half of his invention, the Scissor Blade—she arrives at the prestigious Honnouji Academy, a high school unlike any other. The academy is ruled by the imposing and cold-hearted student council president Satsuki Kiryuuin alongside her powerful underlings, the Elite Four. In the school's brutally competitive hierarchy, Satsuki bestows upon those at the top special clothes called "Goku Uniforms," which grant the wearer unique superhuman abilities.

Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Nudity , Surreal Comedy , Class Struggle , Parody , Dystopian , Super Power , Tomboy , Aliens , Coming of Age , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Cosmic Horror , Anti-Hero , Cult , Orphan , Incest , Psychosexual , Age Gap , Bullying , Tsundere , Tokusatsu , Villainess , Delinquents , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Meta , Exhibitionism , Urban Fantasy , Found Family , Ojou-sama , Yuri , Tragedy , Gore , CGI , Butler , Cosplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yandere , Cheerleading , Space

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Thriller

Even after dying countless times, Subaru finally ended the threat of the White Whale and defeated the Witch Cult's Sin Archbishop representing sloth, Petelgeuse Romaneeconti. But only shortly after overcoming a tragic ending and reuniting with his beloved Emilia, Subaru learns that Rem has been erased from this world, having fallen victim to the White Whale's Fog of Elimination in the midst of Subaru's death loop. With the White Whale now gone, Subaru and Emilia are forced to confront a reality they never dreamed would happen.



Tags: Isekai , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Time Loop , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Witch , Memory Manipulation , Heterosexual , Monster Boy , Medieval , Magic , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cult , Elf , Body Horror , Assassins , Time Skip , Foreign , Maids , Hikikomori , Twins , Yandere , Tsundere , Monster Girl , Femboy , Travel , Kemonomimi , Age Gap , Primarily Female Cast , Demons , Seinen , Tomboy , Kuudere

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2

Also known as KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

When Kazuma Satou died, he was given two choices: pass on to heaven or be revived in a fantasy world. After choosing the new world, the goddess Aqua tasked him with defeating the Demon King, and let him choose any weapon to aid him. Unfortunately, Kazuma chose to bring Aqua herself and has regretted the decision ever since then.

Not only is he stuck with a useless deity turned party archpriest, the pair also has to make enough money for living expenses. To add to their problems, their group continued to grow as more problematic adventurers joined their ranks. Their token spellcaster, Megumin, is an explosion magic specialist who can only cast one spell once per day and refuses to learn anything else. There is also their stalwart crusader, Lalatina "Darkness" Dustiness Ford, a helpless masochist who makes Kazuma look pure in comparison.

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 continues to follow Kazuma and the rest of his party through countless more adventures as they struggle to earn money and have to deal with one another's problematic personalities. However, things rarely go as planned, and they are often sidetracked by their own idiotic tendencies.

Tags: Isekai , Satire , Parody , Magic , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , Chuunibyou , Gods , Masochism , Afterlife , Super Power , Swordplay , Dungeon , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Medieval , Travel , Religion , Arranged Marriage , Cult , Nudity

Jigokuraku

Also known as Hell’s Paradise.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mystery , Supernatural

The Edo period is nearing its end. Gabimaru, a shinobi formerly known as the strongest in Iwagakure who is now a death row convict, is told that he will be acquitted and set free if he can bring back the Elixir of Life from an island that is rumored to be the Buddhist pure land Sukhavati. In hopes of reuniting with his beloved wife, Gabimaru heads to the island along with the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri. Upon arriving there, they encounter other death row convicts in search of the Elixir of Life... as well as a host of unknown creatures, eerie manmade statues, and the hermits who rule the island. Can Gabimaru find the Elixir of Life on this mysterious island and make it back home alive?



Tags: Survival , Swordplay , Gore , Shounen , Body Horror , Ninja , Samurai , Battle Royale , Religion , Historical , Travel , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Fugitive , Gods , Primarily Adult Cast , Death Game , Super Power , Cultivation , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Nudity , Gender Bending , Martial Arts , Primarily Male Cast , Crime , Cult , Orphan , Bisexual , Cosmic Horror , Amnesia , Cannibalism

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Studio: Nexus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world. Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!



Tags: Isekai , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Parody , Anti-Hero , Magic , Cult , Acting , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Satire , Assassins , Female Harem , Conspiracy , Nudity , Espionage , Politics , Elf , School , Terrorism , Kemonomimi , Gore , Heterosexual , Unrequited Love , Seinen , Medieval , Boarding School , Age Regression , Asexual

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2

Also known as Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Psychological , Romance , Thriller

After learning more behind the Death Loop and Witches of Sin, Subaru vows to save Emilia and his friends from further doom.



Tags: Isekai , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Witch , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Alternate Universe , Cult , Elf , Body Horror , Gore , Heterosexual , Time Loop , Maids , Seinen , Monster Girl , Assassins , Hikikomori , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Medieval , Time Skip , Demons , Age Gap , Tsundere , Foreign , Vampire , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Twins

Enen no Shouboutai: Ni no Shou

Also known as Fire Force Season 2.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Shinra and Company 8 have figured out the Evangelist’s goal: to gather Adolla Bursts from Shinra and Shou. After learning more about his past from Captain Burns, Shinra becomes more motivated to discover the truth about his mother and save Shou again.

But a mysterious girl known as the “First Pillar” reveals the Evangelist’s master plan to start another Great Cataclysm!



Tags: Firefighters , Shounen , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Conspiracy , Post-Apocalyptic , Demons , Religion , Cult , Gods , Lost Civilization , Urban , Dystopian , Rescue , Nun , Military , Slapstick , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Tanned Skin , Nekomimi , Chimera , Guns , Ships , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Female Harem , Kemonomimi

THE GOD OF HIGH SCHOOL

Also known as The God of High School.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

It all began as a fighting tournament to seek out for the best fighter among all high school students in Korea. Mori Jin, a Taekwondo specialist and a high school student, soon learns that there is something much greater beneath the stage of the tournament.



Tags: Martial Arts , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Super Power , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Rotoscoping , Cult , Foreign , Primarily Teen Cast , Magic , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , CGI , Battle Royale , Terrorism , Calligraphy , Kemonomimi , Adoption

MASHLE

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES.

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

This is a world of magic. This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone.

In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is singlemindedly working out. His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic.

All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.

Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world? The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell!



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , School , Fitness , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Aromantic , Adoption , Food , Battle Royale , Asexual , Cult , Bullying , Medieval , Unrequited Love

Golden Time

Also known as Golden Time.

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

Due to a tragic accident, Banri Tada is struck with amnesia, dissolving the memories of his hometown and past. However, after befriending Mitsuo Yanagisawa, he decides to move on and begin a new life at law school in Tokyo. But just as he is beginning to adjust to his college life, the beautiful Kouko Kaga dramatically barges into Banri's life, and their chance meeting marks the beginning of an unforgettable year.

After having a glimpse of college life, Banri learns that he is in a new place and a new world—a place where he can be reborn, to have new friends, fall in love, makes mistakes and grow. And as he begins to discover who he was, the path he has chosen leads him towards a blindingly bright life that he will never want to forget.

Tags: Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , College , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Dissociative Identities , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Ghost , Female Protagonist , Yandere , School Club , Cult , School

Mob Psycho 100 III

Also known as Mob Psycho 100 III.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The third season of Mob Psycho 100.

The appearance of a divine tree and new religion turns Mob and Reigen's city upside down!



Tags: Coming of Age , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Dissociative Identities , Surreal Comedy , Shounen , Cult , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Satire , School , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , School Club , Parody , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Tragedy , Aliens , Rural , Demons

serial experiments lain

Also known as Serial Experiments Lain.

Studio: Triangle Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

We're all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after a classmate commits suicide, Lain, a 14-year-old girl, discovers how closely the two worlds are linked when she receives an e-mail from the dead girl: I just abandoned my body. I still live here...

Has the line between the real world and the wired world begun to blur?



Tags: Denpa , Philosophy , Virtual World , Dissociative Identities , Augmented Reality , Female Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Artificial Intelligence , Cyberpunk , Software Development , Gods , Conspiracy , Cosmic Horror , Cult , Suicide , Religion , Meta , Urban , Tragedy , Video Games , Primarily Female Cast , Orphan , Amnesia , Adoption , Afterlife , POV , Drugs , Trains , Yuri , Aliens , School , Death Game , Zombie , Age Gap , Bullying , Anachronism

Dandadan 2nd Season

Also known as DAN DA DAN Season 2.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

While the mission to exorcise Jin "Jiji" Enjouji's family home is underway, things are not going as expected. Momo Ayase narrowly evades an attempted abduction while Ken "Okarun" Takakura and Jiji are ambushed by the Kitou family—the unsettling landlords of the cursed estate. The trio's efforts threaten the foundation of this enigmatic town shrouded in legends and mysteries.

As Momo, Okarun, and Jiji are drawn deeper into the maze of folklore and supernatural entities, they must each utilize their unique powers if they want to survive and unravel the secrets of the uncanny town.



Note: Worldwide premiere of Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: EVIL EYE before the Japanese premiere was pre-screened in advance in theaters on June 6, 2025 in North America by GKIDS Films and June 7 and 8 in Europe by Piece of Magic Entertainment and Animation Digital Network.

Tags: Super Power , Youkai , Ghost , Shounen , Aliens , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Cult , Exorcism , Tokusatsu , Female Harem , Super Robot , Kaiju , Suicide , Achromatic , Shrine Maiden , Body Horror