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

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 , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Demons , Conspiracy , Cult , Religion , Male Protagonist , Urban , Post-Apocalyptic , Rescue , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Slapstick , Swordplay , Nun , Primarily Adult Cast , Steampunk , Lost Civilization , Chuunibyou , Nekomimi , Tanned Skin , Guns , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Kemonomimi , Nudity , 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 , Noir , Twins , Memory Manipulation , Revenge , Tragedy , Urban , Conspiracy , Adoption , Foreign , Police , Politics , Male Protagonist , Medicine , Dissociative Identities , Amnesia , Travel , Orphan , Historical , Time Skip , Guns , Suicide , Torture , Primarily Male Cast , Crossdressing , Episodic , Gore , Nudity , Rescue , Bullying ,

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

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 , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Shounen , Military , Work , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Kuudere , Slapstick , Tsundere , Tokusatsu , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Rescue , Swordplay

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

Enen no Shouboutai: San no Shou

Also known as Fire Force Season 3.

Studio: David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The third season of Enen no Shouboutai.

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

Lazarus

Also known as LAZARUS.

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

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 , Episodic , Drugs , Anti-Hero , Environmental , Rescue , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Parkour , Found Family , Cyberpunk , Guns , Espionage , Foreign , Seinen , Assassins , Military , Homeless , Cult , Prison , Artificial Intelligence , LGBTQ+ Themes , Death Game , Dissociative Identities , Circus , Yuri , Bisexual , Transgender

WIND BREAKER Season 2

Also known as WIND BREAKER Season 2.

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

The second season of WIND BREAKER.

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 , Tsundere , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Urban , Crossdressing , Martial Arts , Restaurant , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Chibi , Crime , Criminal Organization , Food , Work , Transgender , CGI , Arranged Marriage , Bar , Class Struggle , Dancing , Drawing , Heterosexual , Rakugo , Rescue , Torture , Twins , Unrequited Love , Video Games

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

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

Boku no Hero Academia FINAL SEASON

Also known as My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON.

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

The eighth and final season of Boku no Hero Academia.

Tags: War , Superhero , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Shounen , Rescue

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 , Episodic , Crime , Tragedy , Police , Rescue , Twins , Suicide

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 , Royal Affairs , Isekai , Arranged Marriage , Work , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Age Regression , Villainess , Rescue , Foreign , Magic , Tanned Skin , Marriage , Swordplay , Anachronism , CGI , Male Harem

Promare: SIDE Galo

Also known as Promare: Galo.

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

Promare theatergoers received, as a bonus, character cards with serial codes that granted access to the advanced streaming of a prequel anime. The events in this prequel take place one day before the events of Promare.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Firefighters , Primarily Adult Cast , Motorcycles , Urban , Rescue

Black Jack

Also known as Black Jack.

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

In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an unlicensed genius physician who can save lives—for a price. His name is Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of medicine, a man who lives by no rules other than his own—and the Hippocratic Oath. A man who would defy the will of God himself in the name of preserving life.



Tags: Medicine , Episodic , Work , War , Foreign , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Drugs , Seinen , Nudity , Rescue , Dissociative Identities

Megumi no Daigo: Kyuukoku no Orange

Also known as Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Thriller

Toake Daigo burns with remarkable talent and unparalleled determination. Onoda Shun struggles against the walls blocking his own path. Nakamura Yuki hopes to become one of the few female members of the special rescue corps known as "Orange." When these three young firefighters who share the goal of becoming members of Orange come together, the story of how Japan will one day be saved begins... and what looms before them is a crisis that endangers the entire country!



Tags: Work , Firefighters , Primarily Adult Cast , Rescue , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Episodic , Bullying , Coming of Age , Natural Disaster

Yomigaeru Sora: Rescue Wings

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

Kazuhiro Uchida is transferred to a rescue centre located in a small town while training to become a fighter pilot. Initially, Kazuhiro thinks negatively about his new occupation, due to the difficult missions and the harsh discipline he receives from his seniors. However, over the course of his training, he begins to accept the job for what it is and becomes a true member of the rescue force.



Tags: Military , Primarily Adult Cast , Aviation , Work , Male Protagonist , Rescue , Tragedy , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Heterosexual

Megumi no Daigo: Kajiba no Baka Yarou

Also known as Daigo of Fire Company.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Daigo Asahina is Medaka Gumi #2's/Me Gumi's new rookie firefighter, and already he's done crazy things, like throwing people off of a rooftop to save them from an explosion. He had good intentions, but his deeds are starting to hurt the company's reputation. At Sengoku City's Concert Hall, a fire breaks, and the some Emergency Rescue Squad needs rescuing. Daigo will do all he can to keep his promise: Not to let anyone die on the job.



Tags: Firefighters , Shounen , Work , Urban , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rescue , Politics

Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha

During the closing days of the Gryps conflict of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, two siblings — Asagi and Takuya — ride aboard a civilian transport bound for Earth. Caught in a battle between the Titans and AEUG, they must somehow guide their ship through atmospheric entry. Luckily, they're not completely alone, as they find aid from a custom-painted Zeta Gundam, whose pilot sounds a lot like One Year War ace Amuro Ray.



Tags: Space , Educational , CGI , Real Robot , Rescue , Survival , Dystopian