Log Horizon ログ・ホライズン

Alternative Name: 记录的地平线 (Jì Lù De Dì Píng Xiàn)

Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Isekai, Virtual Reality, Magic,

               Online Game/MMORPG, Action 

Description: 

 

Elder Tales is an online fantasy RPG that has become popular worldwide. But when its twelfth expansion package, "Cultivate the Noosphere," is installed, thirty thousand players in Japan are trapped inside. Among them is grad student Shiroe, who isn't very good at interacting with others. But to survive in a world full of monsters, he forms a guild called "Log Horizon" with an eclectic group of other players.

 

Episode

Season 1: 25 + 1 Special

Season 2: 25

Season 3: 12

 

Original Run

Season 1: October 5, 2013 – March 22, 2014

Special: November 11, 2013

Season 2: October 4, 2014 – March 28, 2015

Season 3: January 13, 2021 – March 31, 2021

Studio: Satelight (S1) / Studio Deen (S2 & 3)

Tamako Market たまこまーけっと

Alternative Name: 玉子市场 (Yù Zi Shì Chǎng)

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

Description: 

Tamako is just a normal young girl whose family has been making mochi for generations. As her birthday approaches, she happens to meet a talking bird who claims to be a royal court attendant looking for a bride for his master. After the encounter, Dera the bird decides to stay around her and becomes a part of Tamako's life and the neighborhood that she lives in.

Episode: 12 + 6 Special + 1 Movie

Original Run

Series: January 10, 2013 – March 28, 2013

Special: March 20, 2013 – August 21, 2013

Movie: April 26, 2014

Studio: Kyoto Animation

Sword Gai: The Animation ソードガイ The Animation

Alternative Name: 装刀凯 (Zhuāng Dāo Kǎi)

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Superpowers, Supernatural, Action, Shapeshifting

Description: 

Gai was born beside a woman who met her death in a forest. He was adopted by the swordsmith Amon. A few years later, Gai becomes Amon's apprentice, and during the forging of a sword, he loses his right arm. To help him, Amon crushes the demon sword Shiryū (lit. Death Dragon) to form it into Gai's replacement right arm. Gai then is able to fuse with the weapon on his arm, and fights against his enemies. 

Episode: 24 + 1 ONA

Original Run

Series: March 23, 2018 – July 30, 2018

ONA: October 4, 2013

Studio: Production I.G, DLE & LandQ Studio / Digital Frontier (ONA)

Hetalia - Axis Powers ヘタリア Axis Powers

Alternative Name: 义呆利 Axis Powers (Yì Dāi Lì Axis Powers)

Genre: Comedy, Bishounen, Historical, Moe, Parody, Shounen-Ai, Magic

Description: 

Italy, once home of the strongest empire in the world, has changed. This is the story of Italy, now a cowardly pasta-loving fool, and his friends (other personified countries of the world) as they live through strange moments in world history.

Episode

Season 1-2: 52 Episodes + 1 Movie + 1 OVA

Season 3-4: 48 Episodes + 4 Specials

Season 5: 20 Episodes + 4 Specials + 1 OVA

Season 6: 15 Episodes + 3 Specials + 1 OVA

Season 7:  12 Episodes +  3 Specials 

Original Run

Season 1-2: January 24, 2009 – March 5, 2010

Movie: June 5, 2010

OVA: May 25, 2010

Season 3-4: March 26, 2010 – March 11, 2011

Special: March 25, 2011 – September 24, 2012

Season 5: January 25, 2013 – June 21, 2013

Special: April 24, 2013 – October 30, 2013

OVA: February 26, 2014

Season 6: July 3, 2015 – October 9, 2015

Special: October 28, 2015 – December 25, 2015

OVA: February 24, 2016

Season 7: April 1, 2021 – June 17, 2021

Special: July 28, 2021

Studio: Studio Deen

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)

Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories 闇芝居

Alternative Name: 暗芝居 (Àn Zhī Jū)

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Folklore, Ghosts/Spirits, Youkai/Monsters, 

               Demons, Alternative Version

Description: 

A series of short horror stories based around Japanese myths and urban legends. The series is framed around an old man telling these tales to schoolchildren on a playground using kamishibai, a traditional Japanese storytelling method using paper scrolls.

Episode

Season 1: 13 episodes

Season 2: 13 episodes

Season 3: 13 episodes

Season 4: 13 episodes

Season 5: 13 episodes

Season 6: 13 episodes
Season 7: 13 episodes

Season 8: 13 episodes

Season 9: 13 episodes + 1 Special

Season 10: 13 episodes

Season 11: 13 episodes

Season 12: 13 episodes

Season 13: 13 episodes

Original Run

Season 1: July 15, 2013 – September 30, 2013

Season 2: July 7, 2014 – September 29, 2014

Season 3: January 11, 2016 – April 4, 2016

Season 4: January 16, 2017 – March 27, 2017

Season 5: July 3, 2017 – October 2, 2017

Season 6: July 7, 2018 – September 29, 2018
Season 7: July 8, 2019 – September 30, 2019

Season 8: January 11, 2021 – April 5, 2021

Season 9: July 12, 2021 - September 30, 2021

Special: August 13, 2021

Season 10: January 11, 2022 - April 4, 2022

Season 11: July 10, 2023 - October 2, 2023

Season 12: January 15, 2024 - April 8, 2024

Season 13: July 15, 2024 - October 7, 2024

Studio: ILCA

So Cute It Hurts!! 小林が可愛すぎてツライっ!! (Kobayashi ga Kawai Sugite Tsurai!!)

Alternative Name: 小林可爱到爆!! (Xiǎo Lín Kě Ài Dào Bào!!)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, School, Cross-Dressing

Description: 

Twins Megumu Kobayashi and Mitsuru Kobayashi attend different schools, one for girls and one for boys. One day, bored with being surrounded by others of their own gender, they decide to swap places with one another. While the deception seems to go unnoticed for some time, things get a bit more complicated when the possibility of romance arises.

Kobayashi ga Kawai sugite Tsurai!! begins when a heartfelt confession from Megumu leads to sharing a kiss with the upperclassman Aoi Sanada while disguised as her brother. This leaves Aoi, who was never good with girls to begin with, questioning if he likes guys instead. Likewise, Mitsuru finds the haughty queen of the school, Azusa Tokugawa, in a vulnerable position that leaves her heart racing while in his (her) arms. The two couples are lovey-dovey, but the secret of the twins' switched identities has not been revealed yet...

Episode: 2

Original Run: July 26, 2013 – March 26, 2014

Studio: Unknown

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

Assassination Classroom 暗杀教室 (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu)

Genre: Action, Supernatural, Comedy, School, Drama, Sci-Fi, Aliens,

               Assassins, School Life

Description: 

One day, the moon exploded, leaving it in a perpetual crescent-moon shape. The creature who claims responsibility for the destruction also claims it will destroy the world in March of next year. With powers beyond human comprehension, no military can stand against it. Yet, for some reason, it chooses to take up occupancy as a teacher in the worst class of Kunugigaoka Middle School. The fate of the world rests in the hands of its students, as they have until graduation to figure out how to murder their teacher and collect ten billion yen for saving the world.

Class 3E is about to begin their second semester. And while some things have changed, the class assignment is still the same: kill their teacher before the end of the year. Easier said than done since Koro Sensei's made it clear he won't go down without a fight.

Episode

Season 1: 2 Special + 22 episodes + 1 Movie + 12 ONA

Season 2: 25 episodes + 8 ONA + 1 Movie

Original Run

Special: October 6, 2013
Special: November 9, 2014

Season 1: January 9, 2015 – June 19, 2015
Movie: November 19, 2016
ONA: December 23, 2016 – March 10 , 2017

Season 2: January 7, 2016 – June 30, 2016
ONA: March 11, 2016 – May 20, 2016
Movie: November 19, 2016

Studio: Lerche / Brain's Base (Jump Festa 2013 Special)

Live-Action Film: March 21, 2015 & March 25, 2016

Koitabi ~True Tours Nanto 恋旅~True Tours Nanto

Genre: Romance, Tourism

Description: 

Three short, love stories set in Nanto.

Episode: 6

Original Run: April 28, 2013

Studio: P.A.Works

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet 翠星のガルガンティア (Suisei no Garugantia)

Alternative Name: 翠星之加尔刚蒂亚 (Cuì Xīng Zhī Jiā Ěr Gāng Dì Yà)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Artificial Intelligence, Mecha, 

              Romance, Outer Space

Description: 

While fighting an intense inter-galactic war, a mecha pilot was accidentally warped into a space-time neither he nor the computer of his mecha could recognize. After waking up from a long-time hibernation, he found himself trapped on a planet, with human residents talking in an unknown form of language, using inferior technologies, and -- most shocking to him -- naturally breathable air.

Episode

Series: 13 Episodes + 2 Special +1 Special

ONA: 13 Episodes + 1 Special

OVA: 2 Episodes

Original Run

Series: April 7, 2013 – June 30, 2013

Special: August 28, 2013 – October 25, 2013
Special: September 27, 2014

ONA: April 10, 2013 – July 3, 2013

Special: September 25, 2013

OVA: September 27, 2014 – April 4, 2015

Studio: Production I.G. / Studio PuYUKAI (ONA)

Karneval カーニヴァル (Kānivaru)

Alternative Name: 狂欢节 (Kuáng Huān Jié)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Circus, Bishounen, Sci-Fi, 

               Mutants, Special Abilities, Secret Agents/Spies, Adventure

Description: 

Nai searches for someone important to him, with only an abandoned bracelet as a clue. Gareki steals and pick-pockets to get by from day to day. The two meet in a strange mansion where they are set-up, and soon become wanted criminals by military security operatives. When Nai and Gareki find themselves desperate in a hopeless predicament, they encounter none other than the country's most powerful defense organization, "Circus". The Circus is a Defense organization that works for the government. They perform raids to capture criminals and solve crimes that the Security force otherwise cannot handle. After their raids, they put on shows as an apology for scaring the citizens. Their group consists of the strongest, most capable fighters that use a special type of bracelet, known as Circus I.D., to fight.

Episode: 13 + 11 Special + 1 OVA

Original Run

Series: April 3, 2013 – June 26, 2013

Special: June 21, 2013 – November 22, 2013

OVA: October 25, 2012

Studio: Manglobe

Miss Monochrome ミス・モノクローム (Misu Monokurōmu)

Alternative Name: 單色小姐 -The Animation- 

                                       (Dān Sè Xiǎo Jiě -The Animation-)

Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life, Idols, Moe, Music, Androids, 

               Showbiz, Celebrities

Description: 

In order to be more in the eyes of the public, Miss Monochrome begins working to become a top-selling idol. Spacey Miss Monochrome once again runs around the idol show biz world, being tossed around by others.

Episode

Season 1: 13 Episodes + 1 OVA + 1 ONA

Season 2: 13 Episodes

Season 3: 13 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1: October 1, 2013 – December 24, 2013

OVA: March 25, 2014

ONA: June 17, 2014

Season 2: July 3, 2015 – September 25, 2015

Season 3: October 2, 2015 – December 18, 2015

Studio: SANZIGEN & LIDENFILMS / SANZIGEN (OVA)

Koroshiya-san: The Hired Gun 殺し屋さん The hired gun

Alternative Name: 限制级杀手 (Xiàn Zhì Jí Shā Shǒu)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Assassins

Description: 

The Hired Gun is Japan's #1 hitman who lives by the motto "Whatever the request, I'll kill it." But he's just as likely to be "killing" summer homework or a housewife's chores as it is a human.

Episode: 10

Original Run: October 11, 2013 – December 13, 2013

Studio: Opera House

Joshiraku じょしらく

Alternative Name: 女子落语 (Nǚ Zǐ Luò Yǔ)

Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Parody, Satire, Workplace

Description: 

Marii, Kigurumi, Tetora, Kukuru, and Gankyō are apprentices at a Rakugo theater, a classic form of Japanese comedy. When they're not on the stage, they're making random banter about everyday life, from the reason the kanji for "dog" is the way it is, to the confusing signs that lead to Akihabara.

Episode: 13 + 1 OVA

Original Run

Series: July 5, 2012 – September 28, 2012

OVA: February 8, 2013

Studio: J.C.Staff

Freezing フリージング (Furījingu)

Alternative Name: 零度战姬 (Líng Dù Zhàn Jī)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Ecchi, Fanservice, Harem, Superpowers,

               Tournaments, Transformation

Description: 

Set in a slightly futuristic world where Earth has been invaded and is at war with aliens from another dimension called the Nova, the story follows the adventures of a Japanese boy named Kazuya Aoi who enrolls for training at a special school for genetically modified girls called Pandoras who battle the aliens, and their male partners, called Limiters, who use a special power called "freezing" to limit their opponent's mobility. The protagonist makes the acquaintance of an unusual older girl named Bridgette L. Satellizer who appears to be the most powerful Pandora in her class, but has not yet chosen a male partner to be her Limiter, and in spite of the warnings of all his friends, he decides to be her Limiter.

Episode

Season 1: 12 episodes + 6 Special

Season 2: 12 episodes + 6 Special

Original Run

Season 1: January 8, 2011 – April 7, 2011

Special: March 30, 2011 – August 24, 2011

Season 2: October 4, 2013 – December 20, 2013

Special: December 25, 2013 – May 28, 2014

Studio: A.C.G.T.

Robotics; Notes ロボティクス・ノーツ (Robotikusu Nōtsu)

Alternative Name: 机器人笔记 (Jī Qì Rén Bǐ Jì)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-FI, Artificial Intelligence, 

               Conspiracy, Mecha, School, School Life, Thriller, 

               Alternative Version

Description: 

In 2019, Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya are the sole members of the Robotics Club at Central Tanegashima High School in Kyushu, Japan. Kaito is a laid back student and a skilled gamer who is just trying to help Akiho, his childhood friend. She is an energetic positive-thinking girl who yearns to complete the ongoing project of the club: building a functional replica of Gunvarrel, the main robot of a once popular TV series. As they gather new members and try to assemble the robot, Kaito starts stumbling upon secret reports that might reveal a conspiracy of large proportions. Unaware of what he is actually dealing with, Kaito little by little starts discovering clues laid by the mysterious Ko Kimijima.

Episode: 22

Original Run: October 11, 2012 – March 21, 2013

Studio: Production I.G

Double Circle ダブルサークル (Daburusākuru)

Genre: Sci-Fi, Superpowers, Comedy, Transformation

Description: 

"Double Circle" means the community which evolves infinitely by the energy and ICT in the smart community project.
People who live in Kawasaki become a hero, and beat an enemy who steals near from the time-stopped world to the evolving town Kawasaki.

Episode: 6

Original Run: December 19, 2013 – September 26, 2014

Studio: Unknown