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Ouran High School Host Club
2006
Ouran High is a school for the extremely wealthy or, in Haruhi's case, the extremely talented. But no amount of talent will help when Haruhi accidentally drops an eight million yen vase in a music room. The vase was the property of Ouran High School Host Club, a group of attractive young men who, for a fee, provide their time and affections for their lovesick clientele: the female students. Fascinated by this strange new specimen, a poor and clumsy commoner, they force Haruhi to work for them until the debt is repaid; but they get a lot more than they bargained for...
Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain
In the chambers of the Edo harem, two newcomers uncover political intrigue, rivalry and a vengeful spirit only one traveling medicine seller can vanquish.
Higurashi: When They Cry
2006
After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem.
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Kotaro Tamura · 2020
With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Vampire Hunter D
Toyoo Ashida · 1985
In a far-future time ruled by the supernatural, a young girl requests the help of a vampire hunter to kill the vampire who has bitten her and thus prevent her from becoming a vampire herself.
Metropolis
Rintaro · 2001
Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.
The Stranger by the Shore
Akiyo Ohashi · 2020
Abandoned after coming out, Shun befriends Mio just before he has to move. Years later, Mio returns with a confession. How will Shun feel?
Children of the Sea
Ayumu Watanabe · 2019
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora''s special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys'' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
Trinity Blood
Trinity Blood
Many centuries ago, man's Armageddon gave birth to the vampires' wrath. As man and immortal clash, a reality-shattering threat looms. Hope resides solely in a new breed of hunter operating under the Vatican's authority. The true battle between holiness and evil has begun.
The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
2023
For Himuro, being a descendant of a snow spirit is tough at the workplace when your emotions can lead to snow blasts with snowmen and igloos. Any emotionally charged incident with coworkers can trigger it—conflict, fun, and in this case, romance. And with his lovely and calm coworker Fuyutsuki, he gets more frozen, literally. Get ready for a snow-white office romance that blows in like a blizzard.
Durarara!!
60 EP 4 SEASONS · 2010
In Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless "Black Rider" who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets. Mikado Ryuugamine has always longed for the excitement of the city life, and an invitation from a childhood friend convinces him to move to Tokyo. Witnessing the Black Rider on his first day in the city, his wishes already seem to have been granted. But as supernatural events begin to occur, ordinary citizens like himself, along with Ikebukuro's most colorful inhabitants, are mixed up in the commotion breaking out in their city.
Bakuman
75 EP 3 SEASONS · 2010
Moritaka Mashiro, a high school student, is persuaded by his classmate, Akito Takagi, to become an aspiring manga artist when the latter realizes his natural talent as an artist. However, Moritaka is reluctant as his uncle, once an artist with his own manga, died from overwork. With Akito's help, Moritaka gets his school crush, Azuki Miho, who is an aspiring voice actress, to act in the anime adaptation of their future manga once it is completed. However, Mashiro also proposes to Azuki, who surprisingly accepts only on the condition she will marry him when both of them have achieved their dreams. With a goal set before him, Mashiro begins a long and struggling path to become a famous manga artist.
Hajime no Ippo
126 EP 3 SEASONS · 2000
Makunouchi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school (the family fishing business grants him a distinct odor), Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning...
Ghost in the Shell
Mamoru Oshii · 1995
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Space Brothers
· 2012
When they were young, the brothers Mutta and Hibito promised each other they would become astronauts. Now, in 2025, Hibito has followed his dream to become the first Japanese on the moon, but Mutta has just been fired from his job. His brother reminds him of their childhood promise, and Mutta decides once again to aim for space.
Terror in Resonance
· 2014
Un día de verano… De repente, un ataque bomba de un grupo terrorista azota Tokio. Los culpables de tal acto que ha despertado a toda una nación complaciente, fueron dos simples muchachos. Ahora a los culpables se les conoce como “Sphinx” y dan comienzo a un juego a gran escala que involucra a todo Japón.
86 EIGHTY-SIX
· 2021
Called “Juggernaut,” these are the unmanned combat drones developed by the Republic of San Magnolia in answer to the attacks by the autonomous unmanned drones of the neighboring Empire of Giad, the “Legion”. But they’re only unmanned in name. In reality, they are piloted by the Eighty-sixers—those considered to be less than human and treated as mere tools. Determined to achieve his own mysterious ends, Shin, the captain of Spearhead Squadron, which is comprised of Eighty-sixers, continues to fight a hopeless war on a battlefield where only death awaits him.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
· 2006
Japan has been invaded and conquered by the Britannian Empire. Japan is now known as Area 11 and its citizens known as Elevens. The Britannian Empire takes away Japan's autonomous power and imposes its rule through the use of Knightmares. The Empire's rule has never faltered, but cracks have begun to show...
Lazarus
Shinichiro Watanabe · 2025
In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of agents—nicknamed "Lazarus"— is assembled to take on the malevolent Skinner.
Cowboy Bebop
· 1998
In 2071, roughly fifty years after an accident with a hyperspace gateway made the Earth almost uninhabitable, humanity has colonized most of the rocky planets and moons of the Solar System. Amid a rising crime rate, the Inter Solar System Police (ISSP) set up a legalized contract system, in which registered bounty hunters, also referred to as "Cowboys", chase criminals and bring them in alive in return for a reward.
Beyond the Boundary
· 2013
The dark fantasy follows a high school sophomore named Akihito Kanbara. Although the boy appears human, he is half Youmu and invulnerable to wounds because he can heal quickly. One day, Akihito meets freshman Mirai Kuriyama when it seems she is about to jump from the school rooftop. Mirai is isolated because of her ability to manipulate blood, which is considered heresy among members of the spirit world. Disturbing events begin to unfold after Akihito saves Mirai.
Break Ups
Sung-dae Kim · 2016
'Break Ups' is a slice of life story about a young couple with an on-and-off relationship. They stumble upon a time machine that takes them back to several periods in their lives as a couple.
After the Rain
· 2018
Akira Tachibana was once the ace of a track club, but an injury forced her to quell her passion for sports. Masami Kondou, a divorced father, had ambitions of being a writer and now manages a restaurant, where Akira works. It is the intersection of Akira and Masami’s seemingly disconnected lives that makes each of them reconsider and redefine everything about themselves.
Paranoia Agent
Satoshi Kon · 2004
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.
Death Parade
· 2015
There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too.
91 Days
岸本卓 · 2016
Su nombre es Avilio, un hombre cuya familia fue asesinada. Para obtener venganza, matará a su amigo. Su nombre es Nero, un hombre que algún día se convertirá en jefe de la mafia. Ahora es el objetivo de una venganza.
Seven Days War
Yuta Murano · 2019
En el pueblo de Saima, cuando el verano está a punto de comenzar, un grupo de seis estudiantes de secundaria pretenden vivir una aventura secreta pasando siete despreocupados días en una ruinosa instalación minera.
The Tatami Galaxy
· 2010
When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”
Tokyo Godfathers
Satoshi Kon · 2003
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among the trash and set out to find its parents.
The Girl from the Other Side
Satomi Maiya · 2019
Touch not the Outsiders, lest ye become an Outsider. But when two creatures belonging to opposite kinds - a lost little girl from the Inside and a demonic beast-looking Outsider - initiate an impossible coexistence on the same side of the forest, their bond seems to transcend their incompatible natures and the unnamed curse that has divided the world.
Housing Complex C
2022
Kimi lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the seaside town of Kurosaki, with horrific incidents starting to occur and trouble seemingly following her wherever she goes. Is an ancient evil stalking the residents of Housing Complex C?
Shiki
Tetsuro Amino · 2010
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn''t even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village''s lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.
The Future Diary
Sakae Esuno · 2011
Reality quickly unravels when antisocial Yukiteru is called into a death match against 11 other mentally scarred individuals. Each player has a prophetic device tuned to their personality, giving them control over their future—and the fate of their foes.
Soul Eater
· 2008
Dans un monde parsemé d'horribles démons se délectant des âmes de leurs innocentes victimes, l'université Shibusen forme des chasseurs de démons, les Meisters. Chaque Meister se voit confier une arme qui a la capacité de prendre forme humaine ; on appelle ces armes des Soul Eaters, car elles se repaissent littéralement des âmes des démons (œufs de Kishin) qu'elles tuent. Une fois qu'un Soul Eater a mangé quatre-vingt-dix-neuf œufs de Kishin, il doit avaler une âme de sorcière afin de prétendre au titre de Death Scythe (« faux de la mort »)… C'est le but que poursuivent la jeune Maka (fille modèle d'une Meister et de son Soul Eater) et sa grande faux Soul, aux apparences de gamin rebelle et dont le but dans la vie est d'être le plus « cool » possible… Ce duo improbable sera bientôt rejoint par d'autres : Blackstar, le ninja égocentrique armé de la pulpeuse Tsubaki (une double-faucille reliée par une longue chaîne), et Death the Kid, le fils du fondateur de l'université Shibusen qui manie les sœurs Thompson lorsque celles-ci prennent la forme de revolvers.
Psycho-Pass
· 2012
En un futuro próximo, es posible medir de forma instantánea el estado mental de una persona, la personalidad y la probabilidad de que dicha persona vaya a cometer delitos gracias a un escáner psico-somático que realiza un escaneo de las funciones del cerebro y de las demás funciones biológicas y químicas del cuerpo, determinando el Psycho-Pass, un número asociado a un color en cada persona. Cuando esta probabilidad, medida como el índice de "Coeficiente de Criminalidad", es demasiado alta, es decir, posee un color muy oscuro y un número muy elevado, los individuos son perseguidos y detenidos con fuerza letal, si es necesario.
Ergo Proxy
村瀬修功 · 2006
Dans un futur post-apocalyptique, une créature difforme s’éveille d’un long sommeil et s’échappe du laboratoire secret de Romdo, une cité-dôme sombre qui abrite humains et AutoReivs (des robots) dans une harmonie apparemment parfaite. Un « paradis » isolé où les résidents sont invités à consommer et à jeter sans modération et où le crime n’existe pas, grâce au contrôle presque absolu des autorités. Étant la petite fille du régent de Romdo, Re-l Mayer n’en semble pas moins hostile à ce système. En tant qu’inspectrice des Renseignements, elle est chargée d’enquêter sur un mystérieux meurtre, perpétré par un AutoReiv infecté par le virus cogito. Elle est également l’agent de probation de Vincent Law, un jeune immigrant engagé au traitement des AutoReivs infectés. Entraînée dans une spirale d’évènements hors du commun, elle va tout faire pour tenter de découvrir la vérité…
A Letter to Momo
2012
A shy 11-year-old''s life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
Banana Fish
2018
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 Iraq 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.
Black Butler
2008
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
Monster
2004
Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.
Paradise Kiss
2005
Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school everyday. As she starts to question her way of life, she encounters a group of fashion design students who has a clothing label known as "Paradise Kiss". The group needs to find a model to showcase their designs in an up-coming fashion show and decides to pick Yukari instead. Initially, Yukari was reluctant to be associated with this seemingly eccentric group, but eventually, she realises that they are really nice people. Furthermore, their passion and enthusiasm to follow their ideals and dreams make Yukari realise that she has not been enjoying her life and this motivated her to pursue her own dreams.
Belladonna of Sadness
Eiichi Yamamoto · 1973
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband''s lives. After she''s eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata · 2013
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
Angel''s Egg
Mamoru Oshii · 1985
In a desolate and dark world full of shadows, lives one little girl who seems to do nothing but collect water in jars and protect a large egg she carries everywhere. A mysterious man enters her life... and they discuss the world around them.
Wicked City
Yoshiaki Kawajiri · 1987
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.
Demon City Shinjuku
川尻善昭 · 1988
Ten Years ago, Genichiro Izayoi died trying to stop the sorcerer Rebi Ra, and as a result Shinjuku became a playground for demons. And now, the day approaches when Rebi Ra will complete his decade-long ritual to plunge the rest of the world into chaos! As Genichiro's son, it falls to Kyoya to venture into the heart of Shinjuku and put an end to the sorcerer his father couldn't beat. Can Kyoya exceed his father's legacy, or will the demons of Shinjuku create Hell on Earth?
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Darker than Black
2007
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as "Heaven's Gate" appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of "Hell's Gate" in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities — called "Contractors" — emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Following the disastrous Heaven's War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed "Hei" as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo.
Eden of the East
2009
When Saki Morimi gets into trouble with the police while in Washington D.C., she is helped by a Japanese man who calls himself, Akira Takizawa. Akira has only two things, a gun and a cell phone loaded with 8.2 billion yen in digital money.
Welcome to the N-H-K
2006
Sato's life – or what's left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He's terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it's not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N.H.K. is out there, and they’re determined to turn society's fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses. Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Sato's last chance to beat-down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She's ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Sato would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game. He’s afraid to face the world. She's strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.
Millennium Actress
Satoshi Kon · 2002
Documentary filmmaker Genya Tachibana has tracked down the legendary actress Chiyoko Fujiwara, who mysteriously vanished at the height of her career. When he presents her with a key she had lost and thought was gone forever, the filmmaker could not have imagined that it would not only unlock the long-held secrets of Chiyoko’s life... but also his own.
Texhnolyze
2003
Denizens of Lux have come to call it "The City" and treat it as a sentient force. Three factions vie for control of the city: the Organo, a strictly professional conglomerate with ties to the criminal underworld in the prosthetics business; the Union, a fanatical populist group interfering with Organo's affairs; and Racan, a marauding group of Texhnolyzed youths.
Great Teacher Onizuka
1999
Onizuka, un ex motociclista duro pero con buen corazón, se convierte en profesor para cambiar su vida y, de paso, conocer chicas. Con métodos poco convencionales, aprende tanto de sus estudiantes como ellos de él en esta divertida historia.
B: The Beginning
2018
Genius investigator Keith Flick rejoins the royal police force just as serial killer "B" emerges. Mysterious youth Koku may be an ally, or a target.
Vassalord.
Kazuto Nakazawa · 2013
Charley, a cyborg vampire who does the Vatican's dirty work, is the thrall of the local vampire playboy Johnny Rayflo. As the two fight crime—and each other—hilarity, violence and sacrilege ensue! But can Charley resist his own desperate cravings for blood? Find out as the devilish duo go up aginst a childlike vampire princess, a mysterious branch of the Unitarian Church...and one another.
Mushi-Shi
2005
Ginko, a Mushi master, travels from place to place researching the Mushi and helping people who are suffering because of it.
