Overlord オーバーロード (Ōbārōdo)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Online Game, Comedy, Isekai,

               Virtual Reality, Monsters, Demons, Zombies, Kingdom/Village,

               Alternative Version

Description: 

In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.

Episode
Season 1: 13 Episodes + 8 Special + 1 OVA + 2 Movie + 3 Special + 1 ONA
Season 2: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA
Season 3: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA + 3 ONA 

Season 4: 13 Episodes + 13 ONA + 1 Movie

Original Run

Season 1: July 7, 2015 – September 29, 2015

Special: September 25, 2015 – February 24, 2016

OVA: September 30, 2016

Movie: February 25, 2017

Movie: March 11, 2017
Special: September 13, 2017
ONA: January 28, 2014
Season 2: January 9, 2018 – April 3, 2018
ONA: January 9, 2018 – April 3, 2018
Season 3: July 10, 2018 – October 2, 2018
ONA: July 10, 2018 – October 2, 2018
ONA: November 23, 2018

Season 4: July 5, 2022 – September 27, 2022

ONA: July 5, 2022 – September 27, 2022

Movie: September 20, 2024

Studio: Madhouse / Studio PuYUKAI (ONA, OVA & Special)

Youjo Senki 幼女戦記

Genre: Military, Fantasy, Action, Drama, Magic, Alternative Version,  

               Isekai, Reincarnation, War

Description: 

 

Tanya Degurechov used to be one of Japan's elite office workers, but because of a wrathful god, was reborn as a little girl. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and nearly transparent white skin, and she flies through the air and mercilessly strikes down her opponents. She speaks with a young girl's lisp and commands the army. Tanya prioritizes optimization and career advancement above all, and she will become the most dangerous entity among the Imperial Army's sorcerers.

Episode: 12 + 1 ONA + 12 ONA + 1 Special + 1 Movie

 

Original Run

Series: January 6, 2017 – March 31, 2017

ONA: January 6, 2017

ONA: January 10, 2017 – April 3, 2017

Special: February 17, 2017
Movie: February 8, 2019

Season 2: TBA

Studio: Nut / Studio PuYUKAI (ONA)

Myriad Colors Phantom World 無彩限のファントム・ワールド (Musaigen no Phantom World)

Alternative Name: 无彩限的怪灵世界 (Wú Cǎi Xiàn De Guài Líng Shì Jiè)

Genre: Fantasy, Harem, Magic, Ecchi, Comedy, Action, Supernatural, 

               Monsters, Special Abilities

Description: 

In the near future, in a world born of human imagination, what humans would call ghosts or monsters appear, and they come to be called "phantoms." Haruhiko Ichijō, is a first year at Hosea Academy along with his upperclassman Mai Kawakami, who fights phantoms with the ability "Spirit of Five Elements," Reina Izumi, who has the ability "Phantom Eater," and Koito Minase, who fights phantoms in solitude. They experience the ups and downs of high school life before a certain incident leads them to the truth of this world.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special + 7 Special

Original Run

Series: January 7, 2016 – March 31, 2016

Special: October 5, 2016

Special: April 6, 2016 – October 5, 2016

Studio: Kyoto Animation

BLOODIVORES ブラッディヴォーレス

Alternative Name: 时空使徒 (Shí Kōng Shǐ Tú)

Genre: Action, Supernatural, Vampires, Human Experimentation,

               Survival, Prison, Superpowers, Androids

Description: 

60 years ago, a strange case of insomnia struck the population, forcing them to stay awake for more than a full week. The victims, completely sleep deprived, all went mad. To cure this illness, a new medicine was produced, but the side effects turned the patients into vampires. Humanity went to war against this new species and triumphed, but some of the vampires managed to survive. Born from a Human and a Vampire, Mi Liu is the ringleader of a bank robbery, arrested, and transferred to a special prison of the National Defense Agency that monitors Vampires. Trying to break free with Anji, Mi Liu is attacked by strange monsters and he finds out that the prison location corresponds to the birthplace of Vampires, the old capital “Blue Town."

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 1, 2016 – December 17, 2016

Studio: Creators in Pack & Namu Animation

Flowers of Evil 惡の華 (Aku no Hana)

Alternative Name: 惡之華 (È Zhī Huá)

Genre: Drama, Psychological, Romance, School, Thriller

Description: 

Takao worships the class beauty, Nanako, from afar. When he is alone in the classroom one day after school, he notices her bag of gym clothes on the floor. He can't resist picking it up. He plans to return it, but the next day, all the girls are commiserating with Nanako that some pervert has stolen her gym clothes. Worse than that, their classmate Sawa quietly lets him know that she saw him take the clothes and will tell Nanako if he doesn't make a contract with her to do whatever she asks of him. And so their strange, tense relationship begins.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 5, 2013 – June 29, 2013

Studio: Zexcs

Live-Action Film: September 27, 2019

Cheer Boys!! チア男子!! (Cheer Danshi!!)

Alternative Name: 男子啦啦隊!! (Nán Zǐ Lā Lā Duì!!)

Genre: Drama, Sport, Tournaments, Cheerleading

Description: 

Disheartened with judo, college student Haruki Bando was invited by his childhood friend Kazuma Hashimoto to create "BREAKERS", an unprecedented boys' cheerleading team. Those that came to join all were very characteristic in nature: argumentative Mizoguchi, voracious Ton, frivolous Kansai boys Gen and Ichiro, and Sho who has cheerleading experience.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 2 Specials

Original Run

Series: July 5, 2016 - September 27, 2016

Special: August 9, 2016

Special: December 22, 2016

Studio: Brain's Base

Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION ツキウタ。THE ANIMATION

Alternative Name: 月歌 (Yuè Gē)

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Idols, Alternative Version, Music, Workplace

Description: 

Six Gravity and Procellarum are two rival male idol groups who happen to live in the same dorm. Six Gravity is made up of young men who represent the months of December to May, while Procellarum’s members represent June to November. Follow the daily lives of these twelve young men as they deal with the stresses of idol-hood, school, and living together.

Episode: 13+ 13 + 12 ONA

Original Run
Season 1: July 6, 2016 – September 28, 2016
Season 2: October 7, 2020 – December 30, 2020

ONA: October 7, 2020 – December 23, 2020

Studio: Studio Pierrot (S1) / Children's Playground Entertainment (S2)

Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités 聖戦ケルベロス 竜刻のファタリテ (Seisen Keruberosu Ryūkoku no Fatarite)

Alternative Name: 龙心战纪 (Lóng Xīn Zhàn Jì)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Superpowers

Description: 

On a continent ruled by sword and magic called Kunaaan, there are three kingdoms with a fragile power balance that could spell disaster and war at any moment. Another power, the evil dragon Daganzord, also resides on the continent, and no one is powerful enough to stop him from spreading destruction and charred land in his wake. Bairo and Kismitete, and a party of wizards attempted to seal the dragon, but were foiled. This event was known thereafter as the Balbagoa Tragedy. Bairo and Kismitete's son Hiiro is saved by Giiru, and Hiiro swears to avenge his parents' deaths and trains himself with the sword. When Hiiro turns 16, he sets out on a journey to slay the dragon, and Giruu accompanies him, having no choice. Along the way, they meet many types of people, and gain companions on their journey.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 4, 3016 – June 27, 2016

Studio: Bridge

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 甲鉄城のカバネリ (Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri)

Alternative Name: 甲铁城的卡巴内利 (Jiǎ Tiě Chéng De Kǎ Bā Nèi Lì)

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Fighting, Post-Apocalyptic, 
               Superpowers, Tragedy, Steampunk, Supernatural, Zombies

Description: 

On the island country Hinomoto, humans hide themselves in fortresses called "stations" against the threat of zombie-like beings with steel hearts known as "Kabane." Only armored locomotives known as "Hayajiro" go between the stations.

Episode: 12 + 2 Movie + 1 Movie + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: April 8, 2016 – June 30, 2016

Movie: December 31, 2016

Movie: January 7, 2017
Movie: May 10, 2019
Special: September 22, 2018

Studio: Wit Studio

The Qwaser of Stigmata 聖痕のクェイサー (Seikon no Qwaser)

Alternative Name: 聖痕鍊金士 (Shèng Hén Liàn Jīn Shì)

Genre: Action, Drama, Erotica, Romance, Supernatural, Tragic Past, Yuri,

               Ecchi, Fanservice, Fighting, Gothic, Lolita, School, Superpowers, 

Description: 

In St. Mikhailov Academy, Oribe Mafuyu meets a silver-haired boy called Alexander. He is a Qwaser, a being who can manipulate iron and draws his power from breast milk. A mystery surrounding an Icon transforms the academy into the setting for conflict between the various different Qwaser.

Episode

Season 1: 24 Episodes + 1 OVA + 16 Special

Season 2: 12 Episodes + 4 Special

Original Run

Season 1: January 9, 2010 – June 19, 2010

OVA: October 20, 2010

Special: April 21, 2010 – November 24, 2010

Season 2: April 11, 2011 – June 28, 2011

Special: July 6, 2011 – October 5, 2011

Studio: Hoods Entertainment

Erased 僕だけがいない街 (Boku dake ga Inai Machi)

Alternative Name: 只有我不存在的城市 

                                      (Zhǐ Yǒu Wǒ Bù Cún Zài De Chéng Shì)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Thriller, Assassins, 

               Butterfly Effect, Time Travel, Tragedy, Romance

Description: 

Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo

Episode: 12 + 2 ONA

Original Run
Series: January 8, 2016 – March 25, 2016
ONA: February 16, 2016 – March 18, 2016

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Live-Action Film: March 19, 2016

Television Drama: December 15, 2017 (12 Episodes)

Hand Shakers ハンドシェイカー (Handosheikā)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, School, Fighting, Music, Special Abilities, Twins

Description: 

In Osaka in the year "AD20XX," Hand Shakers are partners who can summon "Nimrodes," weapons born from their deep psyche by joining hands. In order to grant the pair's wish, the Hand Shakers compete with and fight other Hand Shaker pairs. The top pair will then meet and challenge "God."

Episode
Season 1: 12 + 1 Special
Season 2: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run

Season 1: January 10, 2017 – March 28, 2017

Special: July 26, 2017
Season 2: January 5, 2019 – March 31, 2019
Special: February 27, 2019

Studio: GoHands

Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon 対魔導学園35試験小隊 (Tai-Madō Gakuen 35 Shiken Shōtai)

Alternative Name: 对魔导学园35试验小队

                                      (Duì Mó Dǎo Xué Yuán 35 Shì Yàn Xiǎo Duì)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Military, Ecchi, Harem, 

               Romance, Supernatural,  

Description: 

People with magic powers are close to being wiped out. Just as the balance of power and military might had once shifted from swords to sorcery, it shifts once again to guns. Takeru Kusanagi goes to "AntiMagic Academy," a training facility for Inquisitors of Heretics who crack down on the dwindling threat posed by magic users. However, Takeru cannot use guns at all and can only fight with a sword. As a result, he is relegated to the 35th Test Platoon, the motley "small fry platoon" for poor students. One day, Ōka Ōtori, the ultra-elite pistol master who already has her qualifications for witch-hunts, joins the platoon.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 7, 2015 – December 23, 2015

Studio: SILVER LINK.

Etotama えとたま

Alternative Name: 干支魂 (Gān Zhī Hún)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Chinese Zodiac

Description: 

Mild-mannered student Takeru manages to rent a house suspiciously cheap. The catch is a hole in one corner of the living room, which turns out to open into the realm of the gods. That leads to various divine spirits eventually showing up and taking residence in his place. Most of them are Eto-Shin, divine spirits which take the animal girl forms of the animals from the Chinese zodiac. The first and most troublesome of the lot, the Cat spirit Nya-tan, is an Eto-Musume, a lower-ranked spirit who can compete for the right to raise herself to Eto-Shin status. And that is exactly what Nya-tan aims to do. Too bad she has amnesia and the Rat Eto-Shin, Chu-tan, is out to get her.

Episode: 12 + 6 Special + 1 ONA + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: April 9, 2015 – June 25, 2015

Special: May 13, 2015 – July 1, 2015

ONA: May 25, 2021

Special: July 28, 2021

Studio: Shirogumi & Encourage Films / Shirogumi (ONA)

Mikagura School Suite ミカグラ学園組曲 (Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku)

Alternative Name: 御神樂學園組曲 (Yù Shén Yuè Xué Yuán Zǔ Qǔ)

Genre: Comedy, School, Action, School Life, Slice of Life, Supernatural, 

               Superpowers, Shoujo-Ai/Yuri, 

Description: 

High school student Eruna Ichinomiya enters the Mikagura Academy dreaming of a boarding school life filled with beauty. However, Eruna finds out that in the culture clubs, there is a rule that battles that are fought with special powers decide a club representative's treatment. Through various circumstances, Eruna becomes a representative of a club, and is thrown into the fray.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 6, 2015 – June 22, 2015

Studio: Doga Kobo

HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun suru ハルチカ ～ハルタとチカは青春する～

Alternative Name: 春&夏推理事件簿 (Chūn & Xià Tuī Lǐ Shì Jiàn Bù)

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Music, School, Slice of Life, 

               School Life, Tournaments

Description: 

Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends, and they spend their days practicing hard while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 7, 2016 – March 24, 2016

Studio: P.A.Works

Live-Action Film: March 4, 2017

Ladies versus Butlers! れでぃ×ばと! (Redi×Bato!)

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Ozmafia!! オズマフィア!!

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Bishounen, School, Folklore

Description: 

Having transferred into Oz Academy, Scarlet finds himself already in trouble. The three boys who save him in his time of need are named Caramia, Kyrie, and Axel.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: July 7, 2016 – September 22, 2016

Special: October 28, 2016

Studio: Creators in Pack

Taboo Tattoo タブー・タトゥー

Alternative Name: 禁忌咒纹 (Jìn Jì Zhòu Wén)

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Martial Arts, Supernatural, 

               Superpowers, Mystery, Magic, Special Abilities, Fighting

Description: 

Justice Akatsuka (nickname Seigi) is a young man who is good at martial arts. Seigi rescues a homeless old man on the street one day from some thugs, and the man gives Seigi an object that imprints a tattoo on his palm. However, it is not an ordinary tattoo, but a special weapon that gives Seigi supernatural powers such as warping space-time. Seigi then meets a female American agent named Easy, whose duty is to recover the tattoos. Seigi decides to help her and gets wrapped up in a cross-national conspiracy. 

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 4, 2016 – September 19, 2016

Studio: J.C.Staff

Yatterman Night 夜ノヤッターマン (Yoru no Yattāman)

Alternative Name: 夜之小双侠 (Yè Zhī Xiǎo Shuāng Xiá)

Genre: Comedy, Action, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Revenge

Description: 

The Yatterman took control of the Dorombo Gang after a long fight, but the Yatterman Kingdom they created is not at peace. The kingdom is impoverished, and the people lament their tyrannical government. Standing against them is Leopard, a descendent of Yatterman's defeated rivals. She inherits the name Doronjo and becomes her successor, entering the Yatterman Kingdom with the intent of taken on the despised Yatterman.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 13, 2015 – March 31, 2015

Studio: Tatsunoko Production

Punch Line パンチライン

Genre: Comedy, Ecchi, Apocalypse, Genetic Modification, Parody, 

               Ghosts/Spirits, Terrorism, Time Travel, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi,

               Supernatural, Body Switching

Description: 

High schooler Yūta Iridatsu has experienced “astral projection” i.e. his spirit has been separated from his body. He woke up in a mansion named Koraikan and met a cat spirit named Chiranosuke, who told him “You must find the Sacred Tome of Koraikan in order to return to your physical body.” While searching through corridors of Koraikan, Yūta bumped into underpants of its female residents, and doing so would, eh, create some big trouble for planet Earth.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 9, 2015 – June 25, 2015

Studio: MAPPA