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Boku no Hero Academia

Also known as My Hero Academia.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested extraordinary superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Becoming a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? U.A. High's Hero Program of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless?

Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all gives him a chance to change his destiny…



Tags: Super Power , Superhero , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Crime , School , Rescue , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Bullying , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation

Sword Art Online

Also known as Sword Art Online.

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

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...



Tags: Virtual World , Death Game , Video Games , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Isekai , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Female Cast , Rescue , Unrequited Love , Fairy , Artificial Intelligence , Found Family , Prison , Time Skip , Tragedy , Travel , Fishing , Amnesia , Medieval , Inseki

BLEACH

Also known as Bleach.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Ichigo Kurosaki is a rather normal high school student apart from the fact he has the ability to see ghosts. This ability never impacted his life in a major way until the day he encounters the Shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family's lives from a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that devours human souls.

Wounded during the fight against the Hollow, Rukia chooses the only option available to defeat the monster and passes her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. Now forced to act as a substitute until Rukia recovers, Ichigo hunts down the Hollows that plague his town.

Tags: Swordplay , Shounen , Super Power , Afterlife , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Exorcism , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Achronological Order , School , Kuudere , Time Skip , Disability , Language Barrier , Ninja , Memory Manipulation , Cannibalism , Royal Affairs , Anthropomorphism , Tanned Skin , Rescue , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Centaur , Tomboy , Reincarnation , Kaiju , Spearplay , Dissociative Identities , Isekai , Fugitive , Clone , Vampire , Ojou-sama , Age Regression , Amnesia , Body Horror , Guns , Reverse Isekai

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

MONSTER

Also known as Monster.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a renowned Japanese brain surgeon working at a leading hospital in Germany. One night, Dr. Tenma risks his reputation and career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy over that of the town mayor who had been planning to support the hospital financially. A string of mysterious murders begin to occur soon after the operation, and Dr. Tenma emerges as the primary suspect despite no incriminating evidence.

A doctor is taught to believe that all life is equal; however, when another series of murders occur in the surgeon's vicinity, Dr. Tenma's beliefs are shaken as his actions that night are shown to have much broader consequences than he could have imagined. Leaving behind his life as a surgeon he embarks on a journey across the country to unravel the mystery of the boy he saved.

Tags: Crime , Seinen , Detective , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Noir , Conspiracy , Twins , Revenge , Urban , Adoption , Police , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Medicine , Politics , Travel , Historical , Suicide , Time Skip , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , Torture , Episodic , Crossdressing , Gore , Rescue , Trains

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Criminal Organization , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , LGBTQ+ Themes , Guns , Rescue , Foreign , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Boys' Love , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Motorcycles , Cars , Tanned Skin , Bullying

Goblin Slayer

Also known as GOBLIN SLAYER.

Studio: WHITE FOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It's the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue--a man who's dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there's no telling who might come calling next...



Tags: Goblin , Revenge , Gore , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Rehabilitation , Rescue , Nudity , Primarily Adult Cast , Magic , Dungeon , Medieval , Elf , Found Family , Survival , Female Harem , CGI , Swordplay , Rural , Gods , Torture

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 , Nekomimi , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Harem , Tanned Skin , Chimera , Guns , Ships , Tragedy , Unrequited Love , Kemonomimi

Kaijuu 8-gou

Also known as Kaiju No. 8.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

With the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation. How can he fight kaiju now that he’s become one himself?!



Tags: Kaiju , Monster Boy , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Military , Rescue , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Gore , Tokusatsu , Kuudere , Body Horror , Slapstick , Tsundere , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Swordplay , Aviation

Kaijuu 8-gou 2nd Season

Also known as Kaiju No. 8 Season 2.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Following the massive operation that led to the confinement of recent recruit Kafka Hibino, otherwise known as Kaiju No. 8, the Defense Force has been puzzled by how to deal with him. Kafka is the first kaiju to side with humans, and after careful consideration, he is eventually transferred to the Defense Force's First Division in the hope of adding his power to the strongest division, capable of handling any threat. However, some people are still doubtful about Kafka, and he must prove his worth in the next mission.

Kafka and the First Division are soon dispatched when a massive horde of ant-like kaiju begins wreaking havoc. Thanks to the combined strength of Kafka's friend Kikoru Shinomiya and their captain, Gen Narumi, the mission seems to progress as it should. However, when Kafka fails to transform into his kaiju form, the dreadful Kaiju No. 9 joins the battle with only one goal—to eliminate him and steal his power. Although the situation is looking grim, Kafka must overcome his most difficult trial yet with the others if he wants to keep pursuing his dream: fighting side by side with his childhood friend and Third Division captain, Mina Ashiro.



Tags: Kaiju , Urban , Monster Boy , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Military , Rescue , Primarily Adult Cast , Guns , Gore , Body Horror , Super Power , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Urban Fantasy , Work , Swordplay , Slapstick , Spearplay , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama

Boku no Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Also known as My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON.

Studio: bones film
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Deku and the heroes are plunged into a final battle against villains across Japan. Deku, by fully unleashing One For All Quirks, faces off against Shigaraki. A young and refreshed All For One faces Armored All Might, Quirkless in his powered armor suit. Will Deku be able to bring the story of how they all became the greatest heroes to its finale? Or will everything be destroyed?!



Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Shounen , War , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Teacher , Age Regression , Rescue , Time Skip , Gore , Ghost , Body Swapping , LGBTQ+ Themes

Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou

Also known as Fire Force Season 3.

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

Shinra and the team are about to uncover the world’s greatest secret. But just as the other Special Fire Force Companies unite to face the looming disaster, Obi is captured by the Tokyo Imperial Army, and Company 8 is branded as traitors. Hunted by the Empire, they must fight alone to rescue Obi and stop the Evangelist—all while a new assassin and the corrupt Captain Burns block their path.



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Cult , Dystopian , Conspiracy , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Demons , Firefighters , Urban , Anti-Hero , Religion , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Kaiju , Rescue , Gods , Lost Civilization , Cosmic Horror , Kemonomimi , Mythology , Nun , Primarily Adult Cast , Nekomimi , Swordplay , Philosophy , Time Manipulation , Archery , Dragons , Guns , Tanned Skin , Mixed Media

Lazarus

Also known as LAZARUS.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Thriller

The year is 2052 — an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.

Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned — this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world — and coming soon.

As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?



Tags: Ensemble Cast , Crime , Medicine , Urban , Fugitive , Environmental , Drugs , Found Family , Anti-Hero , Parkour , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Philosophy , Cyberpunk , Espionage , Guns , Foreign , Homeless , LGBTQ+ Themes , Assassins , Military , Rescue , Death Game , Prison , Cult , Artificial Intelligence , Circus , Dissociative Identities , Bisexual , Gore , Yuri , Crossdressing

Promare

Also known as Promare.

Studio: TRIGGER
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Thirty years have passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When a new group of aggressive mutants calling themselves Mad Burnish appears, the epic battle between their leader, Lio Fotia, and Galo Thymos, a new member of the anti-Burnish rescue team Burning Rescue, begins.



Tags: Firefighters , Robots , Super Robot , Male Protagonist , Environmental , Super Power , Aliens , Primarily Adult Cast , CGI , Satire , Politics , Conspiracy , Urban , Class Struggle , Terrorism , Post-Apocalyptic , Philosophy , Motorcycles , Dystopian , LGBTQ+ Themes , Alternate Universe , Rescue , Artificial Intelligence , Dragons , Boys' Love

WIND BREAKER Season 2

Also known as WIND BREAKER Season 2.

Studio: CloverWorks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama

Welcome back to Furin High School, an institution infamous for its population of brawny brutes who solve every conflict with a show of strength. Some of the students even formed a group, Bofurin, which protects the town. Haruka Sakura, a first-year student who moved in from out of town, is only interested in one thing: fighting his way to the top!



Tags: Delinquents , Gangs , Shounen , Found Family , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Criminal Organization , Urban , Crossdressing , School , Femboy , Crime , Bullying , Martial Arts , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rescue , Boys' Love , Bar , Class Struggle , Food , Restaurant , Work , Heterosexual , Twins , CGI , Arranged Marriage , Chibi , Unrequited Love , Rakugo

Black Clover 2nd Season

Also known as Black Clover Season 2.

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

As tyranny engulfs the Clover Kingdom, Asta and the Magic Knights launch a desperate raid on the Spade Kingdom to rescue their squad captains from the Dark Triad. But their mission leads them into a brutal battle against forces beyond anything they’ve ever faced. Now, Asta must rise above impossible odds to protect his friends and honor the promise he made to Yuno.



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Demons , Rescue , War , Medieval , Time Manipulation

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Also known as Tokyo Magnitude 8.0.

Studio: bones , Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The premise of the project is the 70% possibility that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake will occur in Tokyo in the next 30 years. The anime depicts what would happen if an 8.0 earthquake took place.

The story centers on Mirai, a middle school freshman girl who goes to Tokyo’s artificial Odaiba Island for a robot exhibition with her brother Yuuki at the start of summer vacation. A powerful tremor emanates from an ocean trench, the famed Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge crumble and fall, and the landscape of Tokyo changes in an instant. With the help of a motorcycle delivery woman named Mari who they meet on Odaiba, Mirai and Yuuki strive to head back to their Setagaya home in western Tokyo.

Tags: Urban , Survival , Female Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Tragedy , Natural Disaster , Family Life , Rescue , Ghost , Post-Apocalyptic , Coming of Age , Eco-Horror , CGI , Military , Robots , School , Motorcycles

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

Gekai Elise

Also known as Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp.

Studio: Maho Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance

Making up for her sins in a past life as the evil princess Elise, Aoi Takamoto dedicates her life to saving people as a doctor. But a fatal accident cuts her atonement short and suddenly she’s back to her previous life, 10 years before her death! Will her foresight and medical brilliance help her change her past ways and heal an ailing empire, or is fate doomed to repeat itself?



Tags: Reincarnation , Medicine , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Arranged Marriage , Rescue , Royal Affairs , Isekai , Work , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Foreign , Age Regression , Marriage , Magic , Tanned Skin , Anachronism , Swordplay , Villainess , CGI , Male Harem

Ameku Takao no Suiri Karte

Also known as Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective.

Studio: project No.9
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Slice of Life

Ten’ikai General Hospital’s Supervisory Department of Diagnostic Pathology handles cases other physicians deem too difficult to treat. It’s also where bizarre mysteries surface, from unexplained illnesses to strange murders even the police can’t solve. At the center of it all is Takao Ameku, a brilliant doctor determined to reveal the shocking truth behind these anomalies.



Tags: Medicine , Detective , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Crime , Episodic , Tragedy , Rescue , Police , Suicide , Twins