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SPY×FAMILY

Also known as SPY x FAMILY.

Studio: CloverWorks , WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else.

At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations.

This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends."

"Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another.
World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises.



Tags: Espionage , Family Life , Found Family , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , Assassins , Adoption , Conspiracy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Urban , Slapstick , Crime , Super Power , Shounen , School , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Surreal Comedy , Episodic , Parody , Politics , Unrequited Love , Cohabitation , Guns , Urban Fantasy , Orphan , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Bullying

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Aliens , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Urban , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Crime , Coming of Age , Environmental , Eco-Horror , Cannibalism , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Love Triangle , Unrequited Love , Guns , Detective , Female Harem , Bullying , Rural , Delinquents , Pregnancy , Parenthood , CGI , Denpa

Dororo

Also known as Dororo.

Studio: MAPPA , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Supernatural

Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons, offering his yet-unborn son's body parts in exchange for great power. Thus, Hyakkimaru - who was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose or a mouth - was abandoned in a river as a baby. Rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who equips him with artificial limbs and teaches him sword-fighting techniques, Hyakkimaru discovers that each time he slays a demon, a piece of his body is restored. Now, he roams the war-torn countryside in search of demons.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Disability , Curses , Swordplay , Tragedy , Samurai , Estranged Family , Youkai , Anti-Hero , Orphan , War , Male Protagonist , Parenthood , Historical , Travel , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Body Horror , Episodic , Kuudere , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Primarily Male Cast , Cannibalism , Prostitution , Heterosexual , Nun , Body Image , Martial Arts

SPY×FAMILY Part 2

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Cour 2.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

With Anya Forger successfully enrolled at the renowned Eden Academy, Operation Strix advances to its second phase. To investigate Ostanian politician Donovan Desmond, Anya must either befriend his son Damian or collect eight Stella Stars to become an Imperial Scholar. Fortunately, Anya has already acquired her first star. In celebration, her adoptive father, Loid, decides to fulfill her wish to adopt a dog.

During their canine search, Loid receives new orders from his superiors, who have found that a band of Berlint University students is plotting to assassinate Westalis' Minister Brantz using bombs worn by trained dogs. While Loid tries to stop their plans, Anya stumbles upon the terrorists' base of operations. There, she befriends a kindhearted, clairvoyant dog who the family later names Bond.

Although the Forgers continue to lead their individual lives in secrecy, the family—with a new fluffy addition—remains united through all of the unusual obstacles thrown their way.



Tags: Family Life , Episodic , Found Family , Espionage , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Assassins , Foreign , Adoption , Female Protagonist , School , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Politics , Martial Arts , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , Shounen , Parody , Unrequited Love , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Cohabitation , Love Triangle , Orphan , Surreal Comedy , Animals , Tsundere , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Tennis , Yandere , Female Harem , Ojou-sama

SPY×FAMILY Season 2

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Season 2.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The Forger family will face a new familial mission as Yor heads on a cruise ship expedition!



Tags: Family Life , Espionage , Found Family , Assassins , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Adoption , Fake Relationship , Urban , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , School , Politics , Shounen , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Ships , Office Lady , Animals , Super Power , Slapstick , Parenthood , Episodic , Tsundere , Guns , Surreal Comedy , Yandere , Cohabitation , Kuudere , Unrequited Love , Surfing , Amnesia , Gore , Goblin

CLANNAD: After Story

Also known as Clannad: After Story.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A few months have passed since Tomoya declared his love to Nagisa, and his life keeps moving forward as he continues to meet a variety of new people, expanding his world in the process. While Tomoya's world continues to expand, his and Nagisa's relationship is entering a new phase, and neither of them is quite sure where it will take them. Through his relationship with Nagisa, Tomoya begins to understand the meaning and importance of family.

But as Tomoya and Nagisa begin a family of their own, they are faced with many hardships along the way in Clannad: After Story



Note: Includes 2 un-numbered 'extra' and 'summary' episodes that aired at the end of the series.

Tags: Family Life , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Parenthood , Urban Fantasy , Marriage , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Female Protagonist , Gangs , Pregnancy , Time Skip , Primarily Adult Cast , Afterlife , Rehabilitation , Time Manipulation , Work , Slapstick , Primarily Female Cast , School , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Trains , Fairy Tale , Baseball , Crossdressing

Mushoku Tensei II: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu Part 2

Also known as Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2 Part 2.

Studio: Studio Bind
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Ecchi , Fantasy

Following the faceless god Hitogami's advice seems to have worked wonders for Rudeus Greyrat. After enrolling into the University of Magic as he was told, Rudeus reunites with his childhood friend Sylphiette, who put a valiant effort into curing his condition. The two grow ever closer together and decide to host a wedding party, inviting the friends they have made over the years to announce and formalize their relationship.

For all his recent blessings, however, Rudeus' troubles are far from over. The research he is helping Shizuka Nanahoshi conduct hits a bottleneck, sending her into a deep slump much like he experienced in his previous life. Furthermore, a letter from his father, Paul, brings complications to Rudeus' relationships, and Sylphiette still knows next to nothing about his real background. In the face of these issues, Rudeus will have to apply the lessons he has learned in this new world to navigate through the challenges that come with living a life to its fullest.



Tags: Reincarnation , Isekai , Magic , Coming of Age , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Marriage , Medieval , Cheating , Female Harem , Heterosexual , Elf , Polyamorous , Dungeon , Parenthood , Travel , Swordplay , Hikikomori , Love Triangle , College , Age Gap , Maids , Pregnancy , Demons , Desert , Gods , Survival , Kemonomimi , Disability , Super Power , School , Language Barrier , Curses , Body Horror , Delinquents , Boarding School , Amnesia , Gore , Interspecies

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Slice of Life

“LycoReco” is a café with a traditional Japanese twist located in downtown Tokyo. But the delicious coffee and sugary sweets are not the only orders this café takes! From delivering packages short distances, to pick-ups and drop-offs on the lonely streets at night, to zombies and giant monster extermination…?! Whatever your problem, we're here to help! We will solve any kind of "trouble" you may have!

Waiting for you are the ever-smiling poster-girl and the cool, serious newcomer. A petite girl who never wants to work and a young woman approaching thirty who wants to get married. And the manager is a nice guy who’s obsessed with Japan!

Whatever your order is, leave it all up to us♪



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Guns , Assassins , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Urban , Found Family , Work , Kuudere , Espionage , Orphan , Restaurant , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parenthood , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Bar , Philosophy , Boys' Love

Suzume no Tojimari

Also known as Suzume.

Studio: CoMix Wave
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story follows Suzume, a 17-year-old girl from a quiet Kyushu town who meets a young man looking for a door. They find a door within ruins in the mountain, and Suzume opens it. Soon, more doors begin to open around Japan, bringing disasters from the other side. The film depicts Suzume's liberation and growth, as she closes the doors that are causing disaster.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Travel , Coming of Age , Magic , Shapeshifting , Orphan , Natural Disaster , Gods , Family Life , Kaiju , Animals , Age Gap , Environmental , Time Manipulation , Found Family , Tragedy , Parenthood , Heterosexual , CGI

Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki

Also known as Wolf Children.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Studio Chizu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The theme of the film is the love between parents and children. The story covers 13 years and begins with a 19-year-old college student named Hana who encounters and falls in "fairy tale-like" love with a "wolf man." After marrying the wolf man, Hana gives birth and raises two wolf children—an older sister named Yuki who was born on a snowy day, and a younger brother named Ame who was born on a rainy day. The four quietly lived in a corner of a city to conceal the existence of the "wolf children," but when the wolf man suddenly dies, Hana decides to move to a rural town far removed from the city.



Tags: Parenthood , Family Life , Werewolf , Coming of Age , Shapeshifting , Female Protagonist , Rural , Environmental , Philosophy , Kemonomimi , Animals , Mythology , Tragedy , Snowscape , Urban , Agriculture , Urban Fantasy , School , Heterosexual , Interspecies , Male Protagonist

Hataraku Maou-sama!!

Also known as The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2.

Studio: Studio 3Hz
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

MgRonald’s best demon lord worker is back, climbing the corporate ladder to become ruler of Earth. But Maou’s plans of domination might need to be put on hold when a small girl claims to be his and Emi’s child!



Tags: Reverse Isekai , Demons , Isekai , Work , Magic , Male Protagonist , Angels , Satire , Tsundere , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Urban Fantasy , Family Life , Food , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Parenthood , Hikikomori

Hinamatsuri

Also known as HINAMATSURI.

Studio: feel.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The comedy manga centers around a super-powered girl named Hina and Nitta, a young member of the yakuza. Hina suddenly appears in Nitta's room and threatens him with her extraordinary powers. However, they end up living together.



Tags: Family Life , Found Family , Adoption , Ensemble Cast , Parenthood , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Slapstick , Super Power , Kuudere , Yakuza , Urban , Female Protagonist , Homeless , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Time Skip , Bar , Nudity , Episodic , School , Isekai , Foreign , Reverse Isekai

Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana wo Kazarou

Also known as Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Psychological

The people of Iorph live far away from the lands of men, weaving the happenings of each day into a fabric called Hibiol. They live for centuries while maintaining their youthful appearance. Maquia, an orphaned Iorph girl, lives her life in an oasis surrounded by friends, yet somehow feels “alone”. But the tranquil lives of the Iorph are shattered in an instant when the Mezarte army invades their territory on a dragon fleet, seeking the blood that grants the Iorph long life. Maquia manages to escape, but loses her friends and her home in the chaos. She then encounters an orphaned baby who is “alone”. Maquia raises this boy "Ariel", with the help of some new friends. But as the era changes, the bond between Maquia and Ariel changes too, amidst a backdrop of racial tensions between the Iorph and the Mezarte. This is a story of irreplaceable time, woven by two lonely people who can only find solace in each other.



Tags: Parenthood , Family Life , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Adoption , Orphan , Tragedy , Time Skip , Medieval , Work , Foreign , Found Family , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Fugitive , Rural , Urban , War , Dragons , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Arranged Marriage , Royal Affairs , Pregnancy , Espionage , Photography , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes

Takopii no Genzai

Also known as Takopi's Original Sin.

Studio: ENISHIYA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.



Tags: Tragedy , Denpa , Bullying , Primarily Child Cast , Parenthood , Estranged Family , Time Manipulation , Suicide , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Crime , Philosophy , School , Time Skip , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Rural , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Achronological Order , Heterosexual , Gore , Shounen , Clone

Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level MAX ni Nattemashita

Also known as I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level.

Studio: REVOROOT
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

An at-home comedy about a powerful girl who doesn’t work too hard!(⋈◍ ˃ᴗ˂ ◍)。✧♡

After dying of overwork in the real world, I’m reincarnated as an immortal witch, and I spend 300 years enjoying a relaxing life. At some point, though, I end up at level 99! All those years spent killing slimes to make the money to pay the bills gave me a ton of experience points… Rumors of the level 99 witch spread, and soon I’m up to my ears in curious adventurers, duelist dragons, and even a monster girl calling me her mom! “This isn’t a dojo, so don’t come here to fight me…!”

I’ve never been on an adventure, but I’m the strongest in the world… What’s going to happen to my relaxing life?!



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Family Life , Witch , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Rural , Reincarnation , Isekai , Anthropomorphism , Kemonomimi , Dragons , Medieval , Magic , Demons , Elf , Monster Girl , Parenthood , Episodic , Slapstick , Time Skip , Ghost , Work , Female Harem , Yuri , Tanned Skin , Age Regression , Medicine , Dungeon , Restaurant , Nudity

SPY×FAMILY Season 3

Also known as SPY x FAMILY Season 3.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving husband and father, he’ll infiltrate an elite school to get close to a high-profile politician. He has the perfect cover, except his wife’s a deadly assassin and neither knows each other’s identity. But someone does, his adopted daughter who’s a telepath!



Tags: Espionage , Urban , Assassins , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Shounen , Fake Relationship , Parenthood , War , Terrorism , Female Protagonist , School , Politics , Cohabitation , Military , Guns , Tragedy , Food , Dissociative Identities , Volleyball , Primarily Child Cast

Buddy Daddies

Also known as Buddy Daddies.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life

Assassins Kazuki Kurusu and Rei Suwa meet Miri, a girl looking for her father on Christmas Day. Kazuki, Rei, and Miri unexpectedly end up living together.

Follows Kazuki Kurusu, a criminal contractor/coordinator who lives with his best friend, Rei Suwa, a professional assassin who has been raised from childhood to be a contract killer. Kazuki is outgoing and loves gambling and women, while Rei is a man of few words who spends his off time playing video games. One day, the two buddies end up caring for Miri Unasaka, a four year old girl whose father is a mafia boss, after Miri accidentally wanders into a firefight in a hotel while looking for her father.

Tags: Family Life , Found Family , Parenthood , Adoption , Assassins , Crime , Kuudere , Male Protagonist , Guns , Work , Urban , Female Protagonist , School , Espionage , Mafia , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Time Skip , Video Games , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?

Also known as WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?.

Studio: Satelight , C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Five hundred years have passed since the humans went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious ‘Beasts’. The surviving races now make their homes up on floating islands in the sky, out of reach of all but the most mobile of Beasts.

Only a small group of young girls, the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient weapons needed to fend off invasions from these creatures. Into the girls’ unstable and fleeting lives, where a call to certain death could come at any moment, enters an unlikely character: a young man who lost everything in his final battle five hundred years ago, the last living human awakened from a long, icy slumber.

Unable to fight any longer, Willem becomes the father that the girls never had, caring for and nurturing them even as he struggles to come to terms with his new life, in which he feels the pain of helplessly waiting for his loved ones to return home from battle that his ‘Daughter’ once felt for him so long ago. Together, Willem and the girls gradually come to understand what family means and what is truly worth protecting.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Fairy , Tragedy , Found Family , Age Gap , Memory Manipulation , Parenthood , Heterosexual , Magic , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Military , Swordplay , Cosmic Horror , Kemonomimi , Ghost , Kuudere

Isekai Nonbiri Nouka

Also known as Farming Life in Another World.

Studio: Zero-G
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Slice of Life

Life cut short by illness at just 39 years old, Machio Hiraku knows not to take simple blessings for granted. When a godlike figure gives him given a chance to live again, Hiraku has only the simplest of wishes for his new life: to be healthy, to live peacefully, to speak the local language, and to spend his days on an idyllic farm. Fresh air, sunshine, honest work, and good company combine to form the happy, peaceful existence Hiraku has always dreamed of.



Tags: Agriculture , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Iyashikei , Found Family , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , Magic , Monster Girl , Kingdom Management , Polyamorous , Maids , Vampire , Elf , Angels , Horticulture , Creature Taming , Shapeshifting , Dragons , Demons , Kemonomimi , Chibi , Food , Tsundere , Pregnancy , Parenthood , Mahjong , Shogi , Gods , Monster Boy , Cohabitation , Rural

Beelzebub

Also known as Beelzebub.

Studio: Studio Signpost
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

Oga Tatsumi is a first year student in Ishiyama High, a notorious school for delinquents. One day he sees a man floating by, and the man suddenly splits in half to reveal a baby boy inside!



Tags: Demons , Delinquents , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Family Life , Parenthood , Anti-Hero , Crossdressing , Super Power , Volleyball , LGBTQ+ Themes , Mahjong