Wednesday 30 January 2019

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs ゆらぎ荘の幽奈さん (Yuragi-sō no Yūna-san)



Alternative Name: 搖曳莊的幽奈小姐 (Yáo Yè Zhuāng De Yōu Nài Xiǎo Jiě)


Genre: Comedy, Supernatural, Harem, Romance, Ecchi, Spirits, Youkai,

Description: 

Kogarashi, a high school boy cursed with misfortune to see ghosts since birth, finds a haunted inn offering rent-free room to anyone able to exorcise a ghost. When the ghost turns out to be an innocent young girl, Kogarashi decides to help her move on rather than purify her. While he works on that, Kogarashi is pulled into the paranormal hijinks of the other residents of the inn and even his new schoolmates. 

Episode: 12 + 4 OVA

Original Run
Series: July 14, 2018 – September 29, 2018
OVA: July 4, 2018 – December 4, 2018

Studio: Xebec / Xebec & Signal.MD (OVA)

Saturday 26 January 2019

The Unparalleled Black & White 黑白無雙 (Hēi Bái Wú Shuāng)



Genre: Action, Comedy, Supernatural, Youkai, Demons, 

Description: 

A story about two young demons who are always slacking off at work, a place that happens to be an organization that vows to keep the balance between the worlds of the living and dead by killing humans!

Episode: 12 + 12 + 12

Original Run
Season 1: July 9, 2015 – February 25, 2016
Season 2: August 5, 2017 – October 14, 2017
Season 3: July 19, 2021 – September 27, 2021

Studio: Wa Wa Yu Animation Studio


The Fate of Arad 阿拉德:宿命之門 (Ālā Dé: Sù Mìng Zhī Mén)



Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Superpowers, Comedy, 
               Alternative Version

Description: 

After the aristocracy rebellion in the heavens, the power was reshuffled, and Jürgen succeeded the surviving emperor as the new power. On the Arad continent, the Principality regained its sovereignty and declared independence. The empire was notorious for its conspiracy. The forces tend to balance, and Arad finally returns to peace. It’s just that a woman who has been for a thousand years can’t give up easily, maybe it’s just the silence before the storm.

Episode: 20 + 16 

Original Run
Season 1: April 28, 2017 – September 1, 2017
Season 2: April 23, 2020 – July 30, 2020

Studio: Success Corp. & Dangun Pictures (S1) / LIDENFILMS (S2)

Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan ニル・アドミラリの天秤 帝都幻惑綺譚



Alternative Name: 冷然之天秤: 帝都幻惑绮谭

                                      (Lěng Rán Zhī Tiān Chèng: Dì Dū Huàn Huò Qǐ Tán)


Genre: Romance, Reverse Harem, Magic, Detectives, Library

Description: 

In an alternate timeline, Japan's Taisho era lasted until 1936 instead of ending in 1926. During this time, Tsugumi Kuze agrees to an arranged marriage to save her family's honor, but before following through, her brother commits suicide by fire while holding an old book. Before she can make sense of this tragedy, the Imperial Library Information Assets Management Bureau appears and informs her of books called Maremono, which exert a great influence on those who read it.

Episode: 12

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

Studio: Zero-G

Wednesday 23 January 2019

Tattoon Master タトゥーン・マスター



Alternative Name: 魔印传说 (Mó Yìn Chuán Shuō)


Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Supernatural

Description: 

When Hibio's adventurer mother sets off to research a mysterious tribe, she hits a wall. Frotunately for her, the beautiful young Nima sees a family portrait and decides that she wants her son for her husband and she gets a chance to further her research. She agrees to the arrangement. Of course, she doesn't consult him about his future bride. When Nima shows up in Tokyo to be with her new husband, hilarity and chaos ensues as Hibio and his modern Tokyo background meets Nima's magical heritage.

Episode: 2

Original Run: April 26, 1996 - August 23, 1996

Studio: AIC

Switch スイッチ



Alternative Name: 毒特搜班 (Duó Dú Tè Sōu Bān)


Genre: Action, Mystery, Polices/Detectives, Drama, Crimes

Description: 

Two newbies at the Narcotic Control Department in Japan, Haru and Kai, struggle against: drug dealers, gangs, murderers, psychopaths, mysterious organizations, and mad people in general. The gentle and caring one of the group, Kai, who has problems of his own, has the tendency of turning into a lethal killing machine in certain scenarios. The way he acts changes like that of a "switch". As the two do their job, answers of what is behind Kai's strange behavior and who exactly he is, is revealed.

Episode: 2

Original Run: October 24, 2008 – February 25, 2009

Studio: Actas

Triangle Heart: Sazanami Joshiryō とらいあんぐるハート さざなみ女子寮



Alternative Name: 三角心2 漪女子宿舍 (Sān Jiǎo Xīn 2 Lián Yī Nǚ Zǐ Sù Shè)


Genre: Romance, Erotica, Adventure, Drama, Fighting, Alternative Version

Description: 

Sazanami Joshiryō, as the name suggests, is an all-girl dorm. So only girls live there, but there's one exception: Kousuke, the temporary manager. The story follows the lives of the girls and introduces them one by one.

Episode: 5 + 4

Original Run
Season 1: August 28, 2000 – April 26, 2002
Season 2: July 24, 2003 – December 26, 2003

Studio: Mook Animation (S1) / Seven Arcs (S2)

Sunday 20 January 2019

My Cultivator Girlfriend 我的天劫女友 (Wǒ De Tiān Jié Nǚ Yǒu)



Genre: Romance, Supernatural, Adventure, Superpowers, Fantasy

Description: 

In the modern cultivation world, everywhere is law of the jungle, everyone feels insecure. After saving a cultivatior girl, the security guard Ma Ying Xiong accidentally starts the journey of practicing cultivation.

Episode: 15

Original Run: September 20, 2017 – January 4, 2018

Studio: Big FireBird Animation

The Devil Ring 戒魔人 (Jiè Mó Rén)



Genre: Action, Mystery, Supernatural, Fantasy, Transformation

Description: 

When Freshman Zhou Xiaoan put on a ring of unclear origin, a terrifying devil leaps from his mouth and his life is changed forever. Shocking historical secrets are slowly revealed - a Blood Devil calling itself King Zhou of Shang, a race of heart-eating zombies; a dubious group of Taoist Priests that fight against them; mysterious beings of the supernatural world who can blend in to human society.

Episode: 14

Original Run: April 27, 2016 – July 27, 2016

Studio: Cheng Du Qi Ying Animation Culture Co., Ltd.

Zombie Land Saga ゾンビランドサガ (Zonbi Rando Saga)



Alternative Name: 佐賀偶像是傳奇 (Zuǒ Hè Ǒu Xiàng Shì Chuán Qí)


Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music, Supernatural, Idols, Showbiz

Description: 

In 2008, high school student Sakura Minamoto is on her way to audition for an idol group when she is killed in a traffic accident. Ten years later, she discovers that she, along with six other "legendary" girls from various eras of Japan's history, are resurrected as zombies by Kotaro Tatsumi to save Saga Prefecture as the all-zombie idol group Franchouchou.

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

Original Run
Season 1: October 4, 2018 – December 20, 2018
Special: October 3, 2019
Season 2: April 8, 2021 – June 24, 2021
Movie: TBA

Studio: MAPPA

Soul Buster 侍灵演武:将星乱 (Shì Líng Yǎn Wǔ: Jiāng Xīng Luàn)



Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Isekai, Card Games

Description: 

Keishuu, China.

The history books say that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, this land was a place of never-ending war. A young high school boy, Sonshin, who hates his city's history, is troubled by a certain dream. When he wakes up from the dream, strange things begin to happen one after another, and without understanding what's going on, he suddenly finds himself facing Gien, one of the generals from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who's trying to kill him! Just before Gien's blade strikes home, a mysterious beautiful woman appears in front of Sonshin. What trials await Sonshin, as he witnesses this terrible battle between two generals of the Three Kingdoms?

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 4, 2016 – December 11, 2016

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Tuesday 15 January 2019

Ēldlive エルドライブ



Alternative Name: élDLIVE宇宙警探 (ÉlDLIVE Yǔ Zhòu Jǐng Tàn)


Genre: Sci-Fi, Aliens, Adventure, Crimes, Polices/Detectives, Outer Space

Description: 

"Mumbling" Chuta Kokonose doesn't have many friends. In fact, the only conversations he has anymore are with voices inside his head. Little does he know that this voice doesn't mean he's crazy. It just means he has an alien living inside his body.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 8, 2017 – March 26, 2017

Studio: Studio Pierrot

Wednesday 9 January 2019

My Holy Weapon 我的逆天神器 (Wǒ De Nì Tiān Shén Qì)



Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Supernatural, Magic, Romance, Fantasy, 
               Reincarnation, Spirits, Action

Description: 

One day, while being attacked, Chang Tian unintentionally invokes an artifact called Xiao Bai that protects him from a terrible fate. After this, he finds himself on a battlefield, where he will fight alongside several other people like him, able to invoke artifacts...

Episode: 16

Original Run: April 26, 2018 – August 9, 2018

Studio: Haoliners Animation League & Pb Animation Co. Ltd

Saturday 5 January 2019

Uncharted Walker 迷域行者 (Mí Yù Xíng Zhě)



Genre: Mystery, Psychological, Thriller, Action, Survival, Prison

Description: 

A magician, a female doctor, a gangster, an archaeology professor, a policewoman, a drug dealer, a businessman... Such a random group of people find themselves trapped on a desolate island when they wake up from sleep one day. They are surrounded by primitive tribes, mutant viruses, and countless life and death situations on this mysterious island. What will they do to survive and escape?

Episode: 12

Original Run: February 3, 2018 – April 21, 2018

Studio: Thundray

Tuesday 1 January 2019

Dragon Dentist 龍の歯医者 (Ryuu no Haisha)



Alternative Name: 龍的牙醫 (Lóng De Yá Yī)


Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action

Description: 

Dragons are strong enough to turn the tide in wars among nations, but they have a single weakness: their teeth. If a dragon's tooth is plagued by strong enough cavities, the dragon cannot fight, hence why there are dragon dentists that are in charge of keeping dragon's teeth healthy and free of any additional debris (usually random objects both big and small found between teeth). One day, a fallen soldier is found among the debris by a dentist, Nonoko, and his very existence is a foretelling of disastrous events. So of course the now-revived soldier becomes a dentist-in-training as well, with the help of Nonoko and the other dentists, amidst a war at its climax, and hidden agendas that they are not even aware of it.

Episode: 2

Original Run: February 18, 2017 – February 25, 2017

Studio: Khara

Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace 乱歩奇譚 Game of Laplace (Ranpo Kitan Gēmu Obu Rapurasu)



Alternative Name: 亂步奇譚 Game of Laplace 

                                      (Luàn Bù Qí Tán Game of Laplace)


Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crimes, Polices/Detectives, 
               Psychological

Description: 

The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant.

Episode: 11

Original Run: July 2, 2015 – September 17, 2015

Studio: Lerche

You Don't Know Gunma Yet お前はまだグンマを知らない (Omae wa Mada Gunma o Shiranai)



Alternative Name: 还是不懂群马 (Nǐ Hái Shì Bù Dǒng Qún Mǎ)


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

Description: 

Nori Kamitsuki moves from Chiba Prefecture to a fictionalized version of Gunma Prefecture northwest of Tokyo. Before moving to Gunma, Kamitsuki only sees that the prefecture has a fearsome reputation on the net. Upon moving, he soon makes contact with the people who hold a strong love of Gunma's culture.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 2, 2018 – June 18, 2018

Studio: Asahi Production

Live-Action FilmJuly 22, 2017

Television DramaMarch 6, 207 – March 27, 2017 (4 Episodes)