Moriarty the Patriot 憂国のモリアーティ(Yuukoku no Moriarty)

Alternative Name: 忧国的莫里亚蒂 (Yōu Guó De Mò Lǐ Yǎ Dì)

 

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Psychological, Thriller, Crimes, Death,

               Espionage,Secret Agents/Spies, Detectives,

 

Description: 

 

James Moriarty is an orphan who assumes the name William James Moriarty when he and his younger brother are adopted into the Moriarty family. As a young man, he seeks to remove the ills caused by England's strict class system.

 

Episode: 12 + 12 + 2 OVA

 

Original Run

Season 1: October 11, 2020 – December 20, 2020

Season 2: April 4, 2021 – June 27, 2021

OVA: Scheduled to be on aired April 27, 2022

Studio: Production I.G

 

Record of Ragnarok 終末のワルキューレ (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie)

Alternative Name: 终末的女武神 (Zhōng Mò De Nǚ Wǔ Shén)

 

Genre: Action, Superpowers, Drama, Supernatural, Tournaments, Death,

               Gods/Goddesses/Deities, Folklore/Mythology, Historical

 

Description: 

 

High above the realm of man, the gods of the world have convened to decide on a single matter: the continued existence of mankind. Under the head of Zeus, the deities of Ancient Greece, Norse mythology, and Hinduism, among others, call assembly every one thousand years to decide the fate of humanity. Because of their unrelenting abuse toward each other and the planet, this time the gods vote unanimously in favor of ending the human race.

But before the mandate passes, Brunhild, one of the 13 demigod Valkyries, puts forth an alternate proposal: rather than anticlimactically annihilating mankind, why not give them a fighting chance and enact Ragnarök, a one-on-one showdown between man and god? Spurred on by the audacity of the challenge, the divine council quickly accepts, fully confident that this contest will display the utter might of the gods. To stand a chance against the mighty heavens, Brunhild will need to assemble history's greatest individuals, otherwise the death knell will surely be sounded for mankind.

 

Episode: 12 + 14 ONA

 

Original Run

Season 1: June 17, 2021

ONA: July 27, 2021 – October 1, 2021

Season 2: TBA

Studio: Graphinica

Darwin's Game ダーウィンズゲーム

Alternative Name: 达尔文游戏 (Dá Ěr Wén Yóu Xì)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Superpowers, Survival, Mobile Apps, 

               Games, Death, Thriller

 

Description: 

 

High school student Kaname Sudou receives an invitation from a classmate to play Darwin's Game, a mobile game he has never heard of. However, as soon as he opens the application, a green snake suddenly pops out from his phone screen and bites his neck, leaving him unconscious. Waking up in the infirmary without any signs of a snake bite, he is told by the school to take the rest of the day off. Although he is puzzled by what has happened, he dismisses the surreal experience as a hallucination and boards the train home.

Unfortunately, his curiosity gets the better of him and he uses the application once again. As the application appears to be just like any other battle game, Kaname breathes out a sigh of relief and decides to start his first match. However, the pleasant surprise is short-lived, as his in-game opponent unexpectedly appears right in front of him and attempts to hunt him down with a knife.

As he desperately runs for his life, Kaname puts two and two together and realizes that Darwin's Game is not an ordinary game, but rather, it's a brutal fight for survival.

 

Episode: 11 + 1 Special

 

Original Run

Series: January 3, 2020 – March 20, 2020

Special: February 1, 2020

Studio: Nexus

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 (Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu)

Alternative Name: Re:从零开始的异世界生活

                                      (Re: Cóng Líng Kāi Shǐ De Yì Shì Jiè Shēng Huó)

Genre: Adventure,Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, 

               Romance, Thriller, Butterfly Effect, Gore, Death, Butlers/Maids,

               Isekai, Tragedy, Alternative Version, Witches

Description: 

Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since.

Episode
Season 1: 25 + 11 Special + 14 Special + 1 Movie + 2 ONA  + 1 Movie
Season 2: 13 + 12 + 25 Special

Season 3:  16 + 

Original Run

Season 1: April 4, 2016 – September 19, 2016

Special: April 8, 2016 – June 21, 2016

Special: June 24, 2016 – September 23, 2016
Movie: October 6, 2018
ONA: September 21, 2018 – December 11, 2018
Movie: November 8, 2019
Season 2: July 8, 2020 – September 30, 2020

Special: July 10, 2020 – March 26, 2021

Season 2b: January 6, 2021 – March 24, 2021

Season 3: October 2, 2024 – Ongoing

Special: October 3, 2024 – Ongoing

Studio: White Fox / Studio PuYUKAI (Special)

Die Now 端脑 (Duān Nǎo)

Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Survival, Puzzles, Death, 

               Human Experimentation

Description: 

The word cerebrum refers to a gigantic system consisting of collision universes, which is called cerebrum universe. The story starts from a series of unknown murders, unravelling the secret hiding beneath the entire universe, ranging from horrifying conspiracies to galaxy wars, from anti-human betrayals to honourable sacrifices. Having realised her weakness and backwardness, mankind takes the last stand.

Episode: 16 

Original Run: November 28, 2014 – July 31, 2015

Studio: Haoliners Animation League

Television Drama: December 6, 2017 – January 31, 2018 (20 Episodes)

Death Note デスノート (Desu Nōto)

Alternative Name: 死亡笔记 (Sǐ Wáng Bǐ Jì)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural, Thriller, Crimes,

               Death, Polices/Detectives, Shinigami

Description: 

Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...

Episode: 37 + 2 Special + 2 Movies

Original Run

Series: October 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007

Special: August 31, 2007 – August 22, 2008

Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God : August 31, 2007

Death Note: Relight 2: L's Successors: August 22, 2008

Studio: Madhouse

Live-Action Film

1. Death Note – June 17, 2006

2. Death Note 2: The Last Name – October 28, 2006

3. L: Change the World – February 9, 2008

4. Death Note: Light Up the New World – October 29, 2016
5. Death Note – August 25, 2017

Television Drama
1. Death Note – July 5, 2015 – September 13, 2015  (11 Episodes)
2. Death Note New Generation – September 16, 2016 – September 30, 

     2016 (3 Episodes)

Black Tomb 黒冢 (Kurozuka)

Genre: Action, Horror, Psychological, Romance, Sci-Fi, Amnesia, Death, 

               Gore, Vampires, Post-Apocalyptic, Dreams

Description: 

Kuro, a 12th-century man, flees into the mountains after losing to his brother, where he meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu. Kuro falls in love with Kuromitsu but realizes she conceals a dark secret. She is unable to die and continues to live for thousands of years as Japan evolves into a future society.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 7, 2008 – December 23, 2008

Studio: Madhouse

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 灰と幻想のグリムガル (Hai to Gensō no Grimgar)

Alternative Name: 灰与幻想的格林姆迦尔 

                                      (Huī Yǔ Huàn Xiǎng De Gé Lín Mǔ Jiā Ěr)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Action, Survival, Virtual Reality, Death

Description: 

When Haruhito awakens, he's in the dark. He doesn't know where he is, why is he here, and where he came from. Around him there are several men and women who have the same circumstances. Haruhito and his companions find themselves in a "game-like world" called Grimgar and must form a party, cooperate, and learn new skills to survive the harsh environment together.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: January 11, 2016 – March 28, 2016

Special: March 16, 2016

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Denpa Teki na Kanajo 電波的な彼女

Alternative Name: 电波系彼女 (Diàn Bō Xì Bǐ Nǚ)

Genre: Drama, Horror, Psychological, Crimes, Death, Yandere, Mystery, 

               Martial Arts, Romance, Action

Description: 

Juuzawa Juu is a delinquent high school boy who just wants to be left alone. One day, he is approached by Ochibana Ame, who claims that she knew him in a previous life, and now wants to serve him as his "knight". At first Juu wants nothing to do with Ame, but after a classmate is murdered, he accepts her help as he looks for the killer.

Episode: 2

Original Run: February 4, 2009 – December 4, 2009

Studio: Brain's Base

Death Parade デス・パレード (Desu Parēdo)

Alternative Name: 死亡遊行 (Sǐ Wáng Yóu Xíng)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Death, Reincarnation, Games,

               Thriller, Skating

Description: 

After death, humans go to either the eternal void or are reincarnated. However, where there's doubt as to where to place some occasional souls, these instead arrive at bar Quindecim, with no memories of having died. Decim, the bartender, challenges them to the Death Game, wherein they wager their "lives" and reveal their true natures. Decim himself is actually an arbiter in charge of deciding the fate of those that arrive at Quindecim - by pulling the darkness from deepest within them, he judges their ultimate fate.

Episode: 12 + 1 Movie

Original Run

Series: January 10, 2015 – March 28, 2015

Movie: March 2, 2013

Studio: Madhouse

Umineko: When They Cry うみねこのなく頃に (Umineko no Naku Koro ni)

Alternative Name: 海猫鸣泣之时 (Hǎi Māo Bēi Míng Qì Zhī Shí)

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Magic, Drama, Romance, Horror, 
               Psychological, Supernatural, Tragedy, Wizards/Witches, 

               Metafiction, Alternative Version, Death, Gore

Description: 

On 4 October 1986, Kinzo Ushiromiya, the head of a wealthy family, who lives on and owns Rokkenjima, a secluded island, is near death, and eight of his family members arrive on the island to discuss how Kinzo's assets will be divided once he is dead. Also on the island are three family members who live there, five of Kinzo's servants, and his personal physician. After the eight family members arrive, a typhoon traps them on the island and shortly after people begin to be mysteriously murdered.

Episode: 26 + 26 Special

Original Run
Series: July 2, 2009 – December 24, 2009
Special : October 23, 2009 –  October 24, 2010

Studio: Studio Deen

Sunday Without God 神さまのいない日曜日 (Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyōbi)

Alternative Name: 神不在的星期天 (Shén Bù Zài De Xīng Qí Tiān)

Genre: Fantasy, Supernatural, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, 
               Psychological, Death, Tragedy, Occult

Description: 

"God created the world on Monday, from a place of nothing into something.

God separated order and chaos on Tuesday, defining freedom and oppression.

God sorted each and every number on Wednesday, giving rise to wonderful and varied things.

God allowed time to flow on Thursday.

God looked at every corner of the world on Friday.

God rested on Saturday.

And God abandoned the world on Sunday."

Since that day fifteen years ago, no more men can bear children nor able to die."

The story is set in a fictional world where fifteen years earlier, people stopped giving birth, and even with their bodies damaged beyond repair, the dead can not find rest, unless they are buried by mysterious individuals known as "gravekeepers".

According to legends, this happened because by that time, God had abandoned the world. Ai Astin, a young gravekeeper, has her life changed forever when an immortal gunslinger named Hampnie Hambart shoots everyone in her village except for her. Having no place left to live, Ai ends up relying on the same man who killed everyone around her as she travels the world to perform her duties as a gravekeeper and to learn more about the reasons why the world had reached such a state.

As she goes along her journey, she meets new people: Hampnie's childhood friend Julie, the gravekeeper Scar, a mysterious boy named Alice and a ghost witch who goes by Dee. When Hampnie leaves her due to circumstances, Ai and her new companions travel the world, with the goal of fulfilling her dream of saving the world.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 6, 2013 – September 21, 2013
Special: February 5, 2014

Studio: Madhouse

Btooom! ブトゥーム! (Butūmu!)

Alternative Name: 惊爆游戏 (Jīng Bào Yóu Xì)

Genre: Action, Psychological, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fanservice, NEET, 
               Online Game/MMORPG, Survival, Ecchi, Drama, Death, 

               Human Experimentation, Prison, War

Description: 

Sakamoto Ryota is an unemployed 22 year old who lives with his mother and spends his days doing nothing but playing video games. In the real world, there may be nothing special about him, but online, he's one of the world's top players of the combat game called Btooom. One day, he awakes on what appears to be a tropical island, though he has no memory of how he got there or why. While exploring the island, Ryota runs into a mysterious being who attacks him by throwing a strange looking bomb at him. Ryota then realizes that both his life is in danger, and that he has somehow become trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game. Ryota and the other "players" must now survive through the nightmare to figure out the reason why they ended up in the game in the first place.

Episode: 12 + 2 ONA

Original Run
Series: October 4, 2012 – December 20, 2012
ONA: November 16, 2012 – December 19, 2012

Studio: Madhouse

Future Diary 未来日記 (Mirai Nikki)

Genre: Action, Drama, Psychological, Thriller, Supernatural, Mystery,
               Survival, Yandere, Romance, Mobile Apps, Death, Gore, 

               Alternative Version

Description: 

Yukiteru Amano (Yuki) is a loner who never really interact with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is not a figment of his imagination but real when Deus makes him a participant in a battle royale with eleven others. Within this "Diary Game", the contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future with each diary having unique features that gives them both advantages and disadvantages.

Episode: 26 + 2 OVA + 10 Special

Original Run 
Series: October 10, 2011 – April 16, 2012
OVA: June 19, 2013
Alternative Version (OVA): December 9, 2010
Special: January 27, 2012 – August 31, 2012

Studio: Asread.

Television Drama: April 21, 2012 – June 30, 2012 (11 episodes)

Black Butler 黒執事 (Kuroshitsuji)

Alternative Name: 黑执事 (Hēi Zhí Shì)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Mystery, Historical, 

               Bishounen, Demons, Detectives, Shinigami, Death, Butlers/Maids,

               Crimes, 

Description: 

In a manor house on the outskirts of Victorian era London, butler Sebastian Michaelis serves Lord Earl Ciel Phantomhive, the orphaned twelve-year-old head of an English noble family and a toy and candy empire, who serves directly under the Queen as her "guard dog". Master Phantomhive's parents were murdered when Ciel was little. As a result, he made a pact with a demon asking for vengeance upon those who had disgraced him and the Phantomhive name, in exchange for his soul. Now, Sebastian carries out any task required by his Master, perfectly solving problems plaguing the Queen of England with ease, due to his demonic lineage and the Faustian contract with Ciel.

Episode

Season 1: 24 episodes + 1 Special + 1 Special + 1 Special

Season 2: 12 episodes + 6 Special
Season 3: 10 episodes
OVA: 2 episodes + 1 Movie

Season 4: 

Original Run
Season 1: October 2, 2008 – March 27, 2009
Special: January 9, 2009 
Special: September 30, 2009
Special: January 31, 2010
Season 2: July 2, 2010 – September 17, 2010
Special: October 27, 2010 – May 25, 2011
Season 3: July 10, 2014 – September 12, 2014
OVA: October 25, 2014 – November 15, 2014
Movie: January 21, 2017

Season 4: April 13, 2024  –  

Studio: A-1 Pictures (Season 1 - Movie) / CloverWorks (Season 4)

Live-Action Film: January 18, 2014

Another アナザー (Anazā)

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Psychological, Death, School

Description: 

When Kōichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center, there is a beautiful girl, Mei Misaki. Kōichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: January 10, 2012 – March 27, 2012
OVA: May 26, 2012

Studio: P.A. Works

Live-Action Film: August 4, 2012

Deadman Wonderland デッドマンワンダーランド (Deddoman Wandārando)

Alternative Name: 死囚乐园 (Sǐ Qiú Lè Yuán)

Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller, Survival, Death, Gore,

               Prison

Description: 

Ganta Igarashi has been convicted of a crime that he hasn't committed, and sent to a new, privately owned and operated prison, where the inmates are the main attraction in a modern day twist to the gladiatorial coliseums of ancient times. Throw in a healthy dose of weird little girl, some new-found super powers, and a little conspiracy theory, and you have Deadman Wonderland.

Episode: 12 + 1 OVA

Original Run
Series: April 17, 2011 – July 3, 2011 
OVA: October 8, 2011

Studio: Manglobe