Sunday 30 December 2018

Time Travel Girl: Mari, Waka, and the Eight Scientists タイムトラベル少女~マリ・ワカと8人の科学者たち~ (Taimu Toraberu Shōjo: Mari Waka to Hachi-nin no Kagakusha-tachi)



Alternative Name: 時間旅行少女~真理、和花與8名科學家~

                                       (Shí Jiān Lǚ Xíng Shào Nǚ ~Zhēn Lǐ, 

                                       Hé Huā Yǔ 8 Míng Kē Xué Jiā~)


Genre: Sci-Fi, Time Travel, Historical

Description: 

Mari Hayase is on a mission to go back in time and meet eight of the most prominent scientists and inventors in history. With the help of her two friends Waka Mizuki and Jun Mizuki she'll find herself up close and personal with famous figures like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and so many more.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 9, 2016 – September 24, 2016

Studio: WAO World

Daughter of Twenty Faces 二十面相の娘 (Nijū Mensō no Musume)



Alternative Name: 二十面相少女 (Èr Shí Miàn Xiàng Shào Nǚ)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Polices/Detectives, Kaitou/Thief, 
               Action, Crimes

Description: 

Chiko, who had been leading a lonely life because of her parents death. Together with the Phantom Thief Nijū-Mensō (20-Faces), she sets out on a journey into the real world. She gradually changes as she encounters new friends and places. But strange events start happening revolving around the mystery of "Legacy of the 20-Faces". So Chiko has to move forward, regardless on how checkered her life will become.

Episode: 22

Original Run: April 12, 2008 – September 27, 2008

Studio: Bones & Telecom Animation Film

Super Lovers スーパーラヴァーズ



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Shounen-Ai/Yaoi, Incest

Description: 

Upon hearing news that his mother was on verge of death, Haru Kaidou—the eldest son of the family—flies all the way to Canada. The moment he arrives, he learns that not only did his mother fool him, but he is also supposed to take care of his adoptive brother, Ren Kaidou, an antisocial kid who feels more comfortable around dogs than people.

Due to his new brother's distrustful nature, Haru initially has a hard time reaching out to Ren but their relationship eventually grows. He makes a promise to Ren: they will live together in Japan after Haru graduates from high school. However, due to an unfortunate accident, Haru loses all memories of the summer they spent together, including the promise he made. Five years later, expecting Haru to keep his promise, Ren arrives in Tokyo; but to Haru, Ren is just a random boy claiming to be his brother.

Episode: 10 + 2 OVA + 10

Original Run
Season 1: April 6, 2016 – June 8, 2016
OVA:  January 1, 2017 – September 1, 2017
Season 2: January 12, 2017 – March 16, 2017

Studio: Studio Deen

Urawa no Usagi-chan 浦和の調ちゃん



Alternative Name: 浦和的小調 (Pǔ Hé De Xiǎo Diào)


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

Description: 

The happy-go-lucky daily campus lives of eight high school girls: Usagi, Tokiwa, Minami, Sakura, Midori, Kojika, Saiko, and Misono, in the Urawa-ku, Saitama Prefecture.

Episode: 12 + 2 Special

Original Run
Season 1: April 9, 2015 – June 25, 2015
Special: October 16, 2015
Season 2: TBA

Studio: A-Real

Saturday 29 December 2018

Angel's 3Piece 天使の3P! (Tenshi no 3P!)



Alternative Name: 天使的3P! (Tiān Shǐ De 3P!)


Genre: Comedy, Drama, School Life, Music, Moe, Slice of Life, School,
               Idols

Description: 

Kyō Mekui is a high school student who tends to skip school due to a trauma in his past. Kyō secretly creates songs using vocal song synthesis software as his hobby. Three girls who just entered fifth grade — the crybaby Jun "Jun-tan" Gotō, the strong-willed Nozomi "Zomi" Momijidani, and the somewhat sleepy Sora "Kū" Kaneshiro who takes life at her own pace — email Kyō. These three girls, who were raised together like sisters since childhood, want Kyō to help them break into music.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 10, 2017 – September 25, 2017

Studio: Project No.9

Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth Code: Realize ~創世の姫君~ (Code: Realize ~Sōsei no Himegimi~)



Alternative Name: Code:Realize ~世的公主

                                       (Code:Realize ~Chuàng Shì De Gōng Zhǔ~)


Genre: Mystery, Romance, Reverse Harem, Steampunk, Military, 
               Historical, Fantasy

Description: 

Restricted to an abandoned mansion on the outskirts of London in fulfillment of a promise to her father, lonely Cardia lives day to day isolated from the world. Her body carries a deadly poison that rots or melts anything her skin touches, prompting the locals to call her a “monster.” Her last conversation with her father two years ago, telling her to stay out of sight and never fall in love, is the furthest back she can remember. One day, her quiet solitude is interrupted as the Royal Guards break in to capture her. It is then that Cardia meets Arsène Lupin, a chivalrous thief, who helps her escape the soldiers' clutches. She soon finds herself on a journey with Lupin to locate her father, who holds the answers to her mysterious condition.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: October 7, 2017 – December 23, 2017
OVA:  May 17, 2018

Studio: M.S.C

Strange+ ストレンジ・プラス



Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Detectives, Cross-Dressing

Description: 

Kou is searching for his older brother Takumi, who left home and has gone missing in the city. Worried that he's in trouble, Kou decides not to go home until he's found him, only to find him all too easily. Takumi, it turns out, has become head of the Mikuni Detective Agency, and has no intention of going back home. Kou decides that if he can't make Takumi return, then he'll join the agency himself.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Season 1: January 9, 2014 – March 27, 2014
Special: April 18, 2014
Season 2: July 11, 2014 – September 26, 2014
Special: October 19, 2014

Studio: Seven

Sunday 23 December 2018

Texhnolyze テクノライズ



Alternative Name: 机魂末世 (Jī Hún Mò Shì Lù)


Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, 
               Post- Apocalyptic

Description: 

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter. On the brink of death he is taken in by a young woman doctor and used as a guinea pig for the next evolution of Texhnolyze. With his new limbs, Ichise is taken under the wing of Oonishi, a powerful leader of Organ, an organization with some hold on Lux. As Ichise is drawn deeper into a war for territorial control of the city, he learns of his possible future from the young girl prophet Ran, who guides him from the shadows in his darkest times. With the explosion of the warfare, Ichise must uncover the truth about Lux and fight for his survival as he realizes his destiny.

Episode: 22 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: April 16, 2003 – September 24, 2003
Special: 2004

Studio: Madhouse

Saturday 22 December 2018

Caligula カリギュラ



Alternative Name: 卡里古拉 (Kǎ Lǐ Gǔ Lā)


Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Music, Transformation

Description: 

Tadashi Satomi is a virtual idol known as μ who performs user-inputted songs and gains self-awareness through exposure to users' bitter feelings and dissatisfaction toward reality. Wanting to save humanity — which she believes is continuously suffering — she lures people to a virtual reality world called Mobius with her songs. She then imprisons them in Mobius, thinking they will be free from the suffering of reality and that all their wishes will come true. Nine members of the "Going Home Club," a club that was formed because the characters want to escape from Mobius and go home, try to find a way out.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 8, 2018 – June 24, 2018

Studio: Satelight

Wednesday 19 December 2018

Venus Project -Climax- ヴィーナス プロジェクト-CLIMAX-



Genre: Sci-Fi, Tournaments, Action, Music, Idols

Description: 

In a not too distant future, Japan's data devices and video technology have been progressing to new heights, and people are abuzz about a new form of entertainment — Formula Venus. In Formula Venus or "F-V," the chosen top idols battle in live performances with their willpower, skills, and all their experience gained.

Episode: 6

Original Run: July 12, 2015 – September 20, 2015

Studio: Nomad

Sunday 16 December 2018

Tsuredure Children 徒然チルドレン



Alternative Name: 徒然喜 (Tú Rán Xǐ Huān Nǐ)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, School

Description: 

Young love—it takes many unique and fascinating forms that flourish as children begin to mature into adults. From being unable to confess to not knowing what real love actually feels like, various obstacles can arise when learning about romantic attraction for the first time. But underneath all that, young love is something truly beautiful to behold, leading to brand new experiences for those young and in love.

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 4, 2017 – September 19, 2017

Studio: Studio Gokumi

Nana Maru San Batsu ナナマル サンバツ



Alternative Name: 猜謎王 (Cāi Mí Wáng)


Genre: Comedy, Tournaments, School, Games

Description: 

As soon as he entered high school, the first year student Koshiyama Shiki was invited to the mysterious Quiz Study Group led by his senpai. What will Shiki run into when being dragged along by his class mate Mari into the dazzling world of competitive quizzes?!

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 4, 2017 – September 19, 2017

Thursday 6 December 2018

Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches 山田くんと7人の魔女 (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo)



Alternative Name: 山田君與7人魔女 (Shān Tián Jūn Yǔ 7 Rén Mó Nǚ)


Genre: Comedy, Magic, Romance, Body Switching, School, Harem, 
               Mystery, Supernatural, Wizards/Witches

Description: 

One day, high school boy Yamada bumps into the beautiful female honor student Shiraishi on the stairs (literally), and their lips touch as they fall. When they regain their wits, they realize that they have swapped bodies. As time progresses, the two realize that this is not the only mysterious happening in the school.

Episode: 12 + 2 OVA + 1 ONA + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: April 12, 2015 – June 28, 2015
OVA: December 17, 2014 – May 15, 2015
ONA: August 25, 2013
Special: August 16, 2015

Studio: LIDENFILMS

Television Drama: August 10 2013 - September 28, 2013 (8 Episodes)

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Trickster: From Edogawa Ranpo's "The Boy Detectives Club" TRICKSTER -江戸川乱歩「少年探偵団」より- (Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo 'Shōnen Tantei-dan' Yori)



Alternative Name: Tricksters~来自江户川乱步 [少年]

                                      (Tricksters ~Lái Zì Jiāng Hù Chuān Luàn Bù 

                                      [Shào Nián Zhēn Tàn Tuán])


Genre: Mystery, Detectives, Action, Crimes

Description: 

It is the 2030s. The Boy Detectives Club gathers under Kogorō Akechi, the mysterious detective. The group solves cases great and small using their unique skills. One day, a member of the club, Kensuke Hanazaki, meets the boy Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi's body cannot die due to the effects of the "Unidentifiable Mist," but he yearns for death, and shirks from contact with other people. Taking an interest in him, Hanazaki invites him to join the Boy Detectives Club. Their meeting is connected to the fate tying together Kogorō Akechi, and the era's greatest villain, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.

Episode: 24 + 2 OVA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2016 – March 27, 2017
OVA: December 22, 2016

Studio: TMS Entertainment & Shin-Ei Animation

Tuesday 20 November 2018

Bungou Stray Dogs 文豪ストレイドッグス



Alternative Name: 文豪野犬 (Wén Háo Yě Quǎn)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural, Conspiracy, 
              Crimes, Historical, Literature, Mafia, Superpowers, 
              Alternative Version, Detectives

Description: 

For weeks, Atsushi Nakajima's orphanage has been plagued by a mystical tiger that only he seems to be aware of. Suspected to be behind the strange incidents, the 18-year-old is abruptly kicked out of the orphanage and left hungry, homeless, and wandering through the city.

While starving on a riverbank, Atsushi saves a rather eccentric man named Osamu Dazai from drowning. Whimsical suicide enthusiast and supernatural detective, Dazai has been investigating the same tiger that has been terrorizing the boy. Together with Dazai's partner Doppo Kunikida, they solve the mystery, but its resolution leaves Atsushi in a tight spot. As various odd events take place, Atsushi is coerced into joining their firm of supernatural investigators, taking on unusual cases the police cannot handle, alongside his numerous enigmatic co-workers.

Episode
Season 1: 12 Episodes
Season 2: 12 Episodes + 1 OVA + 1 Movie
Season 3: 12 Episodes + 1 Movie
Alternative Version: 12 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: April 7, 2016 – June 23, 2016
Season 2: October 6, 2016 – December 16, 2016
OVA: August 4, 2017
Movie: March 3, 2018
Season 3: April 12, 2019  June 28, 2019 
Alternative Version: January 13, 2021  March 31, 2021
Season 4: TBA

Studio: Bones / Bones & Nomad (Alternative Version)

Live-Action Film: January 7, 2022

Thursday 15 November 2018

Monochrome Factor モノクローム·ファクター



Alternative Name: 幻影少年 (Huàn Yǐng Shào Nián)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Shounen-Ai, Supernatural, Isekai,    
               School, Delinquents

Description: 

The story revolves around high school student Akira Nikaido, a typical slacker living a normal life. That is, until he meets the mysterious Shirogane, a man who suddenly appears and tells him to meet him at the school that night. Though he is skeptical, he goes anyway, and subsequently gets attacked by a shadow monster. Shirogane convinces him that the balance between the human world and the shadow world has been distorted, and that Akira must become a "shin", which is a creature of the shadow world, in order to help restore the balance.

Episode: 24

Original Run: April 7, 2008 – September 29, 2008

Studio: A.C.G.T

Monday 12 November 2018

Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut 最弱無敗の神装機竜



Alternative Name: 最弱無敗神裝機龍 (Zuì Ruò Wú Bài Shén Zhuāng Jī Lóng)


Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Harem, Mecha, School Life, Supernatural, 
               Ecchi, Action, School

Description: 

Lux is a former prince of an empire named Arcadia that was overthrown via a rebellion five years earlier. Lux accidentally trespasses in a female dormitory's bathing area, sees the kingdom's new princess Lisesharte naked, and incurs her wrath. Lisesharte then challenges Lux to a Drag-Ride duel. Drag-Rides are ancient armored mechanical weapons that have been excavated from ruins all around the world. Lux used to be called the strongest Drag-Knight, but now he's known as the "undefeated weakest" Drag-Knight because he will absolutely not attack in battle. After his duel with Lisesharte, Lux ends up attending the female-only academy that trains royals to be Drag-Knights.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 11, 2016 – March 28, 2016

Studio: Lerche

Wednesday 7 November 2018

Wild Adapter ワイルドアダプター (Wairudo Adaputā)



Alternative Name: 疾暴行部 (Jí Bào Zhí Xíng Bù)


Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Crimes, 
              Shounen-Ai, Tragedy, Yakuza, Alternative Version

Description: 

Makoto, a gang leader, takes in Minoru Tokito. Minoru has a mysterious past that includes the usage of a drug called W.A. This drug has caused Minoru to have his right arm as a monstrous limb. The two begin their journey by investigating this drug that is tearing up the city's "underground".

Episode: 2

Original Run: March 26, 2014 – September 30, 2015

Studio: Anpro

Araiso Private School Student Council Executive Committee 私立荒磯高等学校生徒会執行部 (Shiritsu Araiso Koutou Gakkou Seitokai Shikkoubu)



Alternative Name: 私立荒矶高中生徒会执行部

                                      (Sī Lì Huāng Jī Gāo Zhōng Shēng Tú Huì Zhí Xíng Bù)


Genre: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural, Tournaments, School, 
               Shounen-Ai, Sport, Alternative Version

Description: 

Kubota Makoto and Tokitoh Minoru (characters from Kazuya Minekura's manga Wild Adaptor -- though no reference is made to the darker storyline of WA in this light-hearted anime) are the muscle of their high school's all-powerful student council. They defend the student body from disorder -- generated by both humans and demons -- while avoiding their classes.

Episode: 2

Original Run: March 29, 2002 – July 26, 2002

Studio: Nippon Animation

Saturday 3 November 2018

The King's Avatar 全职高手 (Quán Zhí Gāo Shǒu)



Genre: Action, Online Game/MMORPG, Tournaments, Internet Cafe,

Description: 

Widely regarded as a trailblazer and top-tier professional player in the online multiplayer game Glory, Ye Xiu is dubbed the "Battle God" for his skills and contributions to the game over the years. However, when forced to retire from the team and to leave his gaming career behind, he finds work at a nearby internet café. There, when Glory launches its tenth server, he throws himself into the game once more using a new character named "Lord Grim."

Ye Xiu's early achievements on the new server immediately catch the attention of many players, as well as the big guilds, leaving them to wonder about the identity of this exceptional player. However, while he possesses ten years of experience and in-depth knowledge, starting afresh with neither sponsors nor a team in a game that has changed over the years presents numerous challenges. Along with talented new comrades, Ye Xiu once again dedicates himself to traversing the path to Glory's summit!

Episode
Season 1: 12 episodes + 3 ONA + 1 Movie
Season 2: 12 episodes 

Original Run
Season 1: April 7, 2017 – June 16, 2017
ONA: April 27, 2018 – May 11, 2018
Movie: August 16, 2019
Season 2:  September 25, 2020 – December 4, 2020
Season 3: TBA

Studio: B.C MAY PICTURES (S1) / Tencent Animation & Comics, China Literature Limited & Colored Pencil Animation (ONA) / Colored Pencil Animation (S2 & S3)

Television Drama: 
Season 1: July 24, 2019   August 30, 2019 (40 Episodes)

Monday 29 October 2018

Urara Meirochou うらら迷路帖



Alternative Name: Urara迷路帖 (Urara Mí Lù Tiē)


Genre: Comedy, Supernatural, Shoujo-Ai, Slice of Life, Fantasy,
               Goddesses

Description: 

Meiro-chō is a town where all-female diviners (uranaishi) live and where girls from all over the country yearn to become the top diviner — "Urara." Today, a solitary girl named Chiya enters the town's gates. However, she has another purpose coming here, besides becoming the Urara. Chiya's days as an apprentice diviner begin as she meets three friends — the earnest Kon, Kōme who is a fan of Western culture, and the shy Nono.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 5, 2017 – March 23, 2017

Studio: J.C.Staff