Meganebu! メガネブ!

Alternative Name: 眼镜社! (Yǎn Jìng Shè!)

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

Description: 

Akira Souma attends a rural school and has a passion for his glasses. He forms a Glasses Club and makes his various bespectacled classmates join.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 6, 2013 – December 22, 2013

Studio: Studio Deen

Canaan カナン (Kanan)

Alternative Name: 迦南 (Jiā Nán)

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Special Abilities, 

              Terrorism, Tragic Past, Human Experimentation,

              Genetic Modification, Assassins, Gunslingers

Description: 

Two years ago, Shibuya was ravaged by a biological terrorist attack using the deadly Ua virus. Maria Osawa was saved when her father inoculated her against the virus, but is left with partial amnesia from the shock. She works as a cameraman when she reunites with a girl named Canaan in Shanghai, China. A gifted assassin with synesthesia, she is under orders from an unknown organization for a yet unspecified mission.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 14, 2009 – September 26, 2009
Special: February 26, 2010

Studio: P.A.Works

Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective ナイトウォーカー真夜中の探偵 (Mayonaka no Tantei Nightwalker)

Alternative Name:  Night Walker -深夜徘徊者-

                                        (Night Walker -Shēn Yè Pái Huái Zhě-)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Mystery, Supernatural, Demons, Vampires, 

               Horror, Occult, Polices/Detectives, Action

Description: 

Shido Tatsuhiko is not only a private eye…he is also a vampire with no real memory of his past. Joined by Yayoi Matsunaga, a female government agent, Riho Yamazaki, an orphaned teenage girl working as his secretary, and Guni, a little green imp, Shido must face demonic creatures known as Nightbreed. Meanwhile, Cain, the vampire who made him what he is now, is seeking him…

Episode: 12

Original Run: July 8, 1998 – September 23, 1998

Studio: AIC

Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)

Alternative Name:  千与千寻 (Qiān Yǔ Qiān Xún)

Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Ghosts/Spirits, Supernatural, 

               Youkai/Monsters, Dragons, Workplace, Isekai, Witches

Description: 

On their way to their new home, a young girl, Chihiro, and her parents stumble into what appears to be an abandoned theme park. But all is not as it seems, as the theme park is a bath-house for the spirits, and not a place where humans are welcome. Chihiro must fend for herself and rescue her parents, as they have been turned to pigs as punishment for eating the food meant for the gods.

Original Run: July 20, 2001

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Serial Experiments Lain シリアルエクスペリメンツレイン (Shiriaru Ekusuperimentsu Rein)

Alternative Name: 玲音 (Líng Yīn)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, 
               Cyberpunk, Virtual Reality, Dementia

Description: 

Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be... not even Lain herself.

Episode: 13

Original Run: July 5, 1998 – September 28, 1998

Studio: Triangle Staff

Magical Warfare 魔法戦争 (Mahō Sensou)

Alternative Name: 魔法战争 (Mó Fǎ Zhàn Zhēng)

Genre: Action, Magic, Romance, Time Travel,Developing Power, School,

              Supernatural, Fantasy

Description: 

When Nanase Takeshi, a regular high school student, encounters Aiba Miu, a girl from a world of destruction, he winds up getting involved in a grand battle between mages. In order to save Miu, in order to save the world, and in order to change destiny. A real, modern-day magical action story begins now.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 9, 2014 – March 27, 2014

Studio: Madhouse

Black Bullet ブラック・ブレット (Burakku Buretto)

Alternative Name: 黑色子弹 (Hēi Sè Zǐ Dàn)

Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Dystopia

Description: 

In the year 2021, mankind was defeated by Gastrea, a parasitical virus, and is forced to live within a wall made of Varanium Monoliths, a metal that is able to subdue Gastrea. Soon, the "Cursed Children", children born with the Gastrea virus who are able to control it—which gives them superhuman abilities—were discovered. 

Due to the Gastrea virus' intervention, the Cursed Children could only be female. Civil Securities are formed to specialize in fighting against Gastrea, operating with the pair of an Initiator, who are cursed children, and a Promoter, serving to lead the cursed children. Ten years after the war, Rentarō Satomi, a high school student who is also a Promoter in his childhood friend Kisara Tendō's Tendō Civil Security, along with his Initator Enju Aihara, receives a secret mission to prevent the Tokyo Area's destruction.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: April 8, 2014 – July 1, 2014
Special: October 8, 2014

Studio: Kinema Citrus & Orange / Kinema Citrus (Special)

Galilei Donna ガリレイドンナ

Alternative Name: 伽利略少女 (Jiā Lì Lüè Shào Nǚ)

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Romance, Adventure,
               Bounty Hunters, Mecha, Tragedy, Time Travel

Description: 

In 2061, global warming is a thing of the past as a new ice age covers the world. Hozuki, Hazaki, and Kazaki Ferrari, three descendents of Galileo, live in Tuscany. A mysterious organization is searching for the "Galilei Donna," and put out an international arrest warrant for the three sisters. The sisters must put aside their differences to join forces in fighting the organization and learning their true destiny.

Episode: 11

Original Run: October 10, 2013 – December 19, 2013

Studio: A-1 Pictures

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

Masque of the Wolf おおかみかくし (Ōkami Kakushi)

Alternative Name: 神隐之狼 (Shén Yǐn Zhī Láng)

Genre: Horror, Magic, Supernatural, Occult, School, Wolves, Mystery, 

               Drama, Psychological, Thriller, Village

Description: 

Kuzumi Hiroshi moves with his crippled sister and his father to the remote city of Jouga, which is famous for its hassaku citrus and the rumors that a species of enormous wolves once lived in the area. While some of the residents are more than friendly, when people begin to vanish suddenly, it becomes apparent that something sinister is afoot...

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 7, 2010 – March 25, 2010

Studio: AIC

Kamigami no Asobi: Ludere deorum 神々の悪戯 ~Ludere deorum~ (Mischief of the Gods)

Alternative Name: 諸神的惡作劇 (Zhū Shén De È Zuò Jù)

Genre: Romance, Supernatural, Drama, Bishounen, Reverse Harem, 

               Isekai, Gods/Goddesses/Deities, Mythology

Description: 

Yui Kusanagi is ordered by Zeus, a god and the headmaster of a school he created, to teach the meaning of love to young and handsome gods. The reason he has for doing this is to cancel the negative effects of the weakening bond between the world of the divine and the world of the humans.

Episode: 12

Original Run: April 5, 2014 – June 22, 2014

Studio: Brain's Base

A Town Where You Live 君のいる町 (Kimi no Iru Machi)

Alternative Name: 小镇有你 (Xiǎo Zhèn Yǒu Nǐ)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Harem, Love Triangle, Slice of Life

Description: 

Haruto moves to Tokyo to live with his older sister in order to attend highschool there and be closer to his girlfriend, Yuzuki. The two of them have been having a complex long distance relationship ever since she moved away from Hiroshima. However, when he arrives he doesn't get the welcome he expected. Instead he's mistaken for a prowler and assaulted by his new neighbor with a baseball bat and his girlfriend is doing her best to avoid him.

Episode: 12 + 2 OVA + 2 OVA

Original Run

Series: July 13, 2013 – September 28, 2013

OVA: March 16, 2012 – June 15, 2012 
OVA: January 17, 2014 – March 17, 2014

Studio: Gonzo / Tatsunoko Production (Tasogare Kousaten)

No-Rin のうりん (Nourin)

Alternative Name: 农林 (Nóng Lín)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life, Agricultural, Fanservice, 

               Parody, School, School Life

Description: 

The sudden retirement of the famous idol Yuka Kusakabe from the entertainment business shocks the world and devastates her biggest fan, teenager Kosaku Hata. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School manages to get him out of his depression and bring him out of his room to attend his classes. But to everyone's surprise, Yuka Kusakabe--her stage name--comes into their class under the name Ringo Kinoshita as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she came to the agricultural school and become more than just classmates.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 10, 2014 – March 29, 2014

Studio: SILVER LINK.

Outbreak Company: Moeru Shinryakusha アウトブレイク・カンパニー 萌える侵略者 (Autobureiku Kanpanī: Moeru Shinryakusha)

Alternative Name: 萌萌侵略者 OUTBREAK COMPANY 

                                       (Méng Méng Qīn Lüè Zhě OUTBREAK COMPANY)

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life, NEET, Otaku, Isekai, Parody

Description: 

Shinichi Kanou is a young secluded Otaku who is offered a job thanks to his vast knowledge of anime, video games and manga and just after meeting his new employer, he is kidnapped, awakening in an alternate world with a fantasy setup. Shinichi then is informed that he was in fact selected by the Japanese government to help improve his country's relations with this new world by establishing a company to spread the unique products of the Japanese culture to this new, unexplored market.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 3, 2013 – December 19, 2013

Studio: feel.

Pale Cocoon ペイル・コクーン (Peiru Kokūn)

Alternative Name: 苍之茧 (Cāng Zhī Jiǎn)

Genre: Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Drama

Description: 

A future where the continuity of history has broken off, a world of enormous ruins that continues endlessly. Oceans and continents have vanished, existing only within the archives brought up from the remains. Ura works in the Archive Excavation Department, which restores and analyzes the data left behind. One day, he finds a disturbing visual record...

Episode: 1

Original Run: January 18, 2006

Studio: Studio Rikka

Paranoia Agent 妄想代理人 (Mōsō Dairinin)

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

               Satire

Description: 

An elementary school kid dubbed with the title "shounen bat" or "lil slugger" has been going around attacking people with his bent, golden bat. Now, two detectives are investigating so they can stop this kid from making any more attacks, but they will find out soon enough... that this case is much more than they expected.

Episode: 13

Original Run: February 2, 2004 – May 18, 2004

Studio: Madhouse

Holy Knight ホーリーナイト (Hōrī Naito)

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Psychological , Romance, Ecchi, Fanservice, 

               Harem, School, Vampires

Description: 

This story centers around a timid orphan named Mizumura who goes to a missionary school in Tokyo. His seemingly normal life changes when a beautiful half-human Romanian girl named Lilith suddenly transfers into his school. Mizumura discovers that he is actually a vampire hunter and the successor of the Romyuarudo lineage.

Episode: 2

Original Run: March 21, 2012 – May 25, 2012

Studio: Lilix

PES: Peace Eco Smile PES ピースエコスマイル

Genre: Slice of Life, Outer Space

Description: 

A collaborative effort between the Japanese automaker and Japanese anime company Studio 4°C, PES: Peace Eco Smile is a new web promotional anime series that centers around PES, a traveller from space, and NaSuBi, a mysterious life-form who is enamored by the charm of Earth. The car of choice for these strangers in a new world? The Prius, particularly the Prius Liftback and Prius C hatchback. These two hybrids seem to be as much a part of this series as the two main characters are. A Lexus LFA (likely the ride of the antagonist) and the Toyota Camry hybrid also have a role to play.

Each anime short in the campaign will be three to four minutes long and will be posted on Toyota's specially-dedicated website.

Episode: 7 + 1 ONA

Original Run
Series: May 25, 2012 – Aug 17, 2012
ONA: May 23, 2012

Studio: Studio 4°C

Pupa ピューパ (Pyūpa)

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Psychological, Gore, Monsters, 

Description: 

Growing up with an abusive father, Utsutsu is highly protective of his younger sister Yume. One day, Yume sees a red butterfly and contracts the strange Pupa virus. She begins to sprout grotesque wings and to indiscriminately attack both animals and humans. Hoping to find a way to stop the advance of the virus, Utsutsu seeks out Maria, a researcher who knows the secret of Pupa. He decides to sacrifice his own body as live bait for the sake of saving Yume.

Episode: 12

Original Run: January 9, 2014 – March 28, 2014

Studio: Studio Deen

Thermae Romae テルマエ・ロマエ (Terumae Romae)

Alternative Name: 罗马浴场 (Luó Mǎ Yù Chǎng)

Genre: Comedy, Time Travel

Description: 

The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.

Each subsequent chapter follows Lucius facing some sort of a problem, just to be swept to Japan once again. He visits modern bath houses, personal baths, waterparks, fertility festivals, and even zoos. There, he always happens to find the inspiration to solve the exact problem he has been tasked with.

Episode: 3 + 3 special + 11 ONA

Original Run 
Series: January 12, 2012 – January 26, 2012
Special: April 20, 2012

ONA: March 28, 2022

Studio: Gonzo & DLE / DLE (Special)/ NAZ (ONA)

Live-Action Film: April 28, 2012 & April 26, 2014