Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori 鹿楓堂よついろ日和

Alternative Name: 鹿枫堂四色日和 (Lù Fēng Táng Sì Sè Rì Hé)

Genre: Slice of Life, Cafe/Restaurant, Bishounen, Culinary

Description: 

 

Four specialists work at a popular Japanese-style tea house called Rokuhōdō. Sui makes the tea, Gure creates latte art, Tsubaki makes the sweets, and Tokitaka cooks. In addition to serving their customers, they sometimes help them solve their problems.

Episode: 12

 

Original Run: April 10, 2018 – June 26, 2018

Studio: Zexcs

Television Drama: January 15, 2022 - March 19, 2022 (10 Episodes)

Tightrope タイトロープ

Alternative Name: 钢索危情 (Gāng Suǒ Wēi Qíng)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Yaoi, 

Description: 

 

Tightrope tells the tale of the reluctant heir of a yakuza family and his childhood friend, and follows their love relationship that started budding in their school days and keeps developing slowly but surely.

Episode: 2

 

Original Run: May 30, 2012 – June 27, 2012

Studio: PrimeTime

Eight Clouds Rising 八雲立つ (Yakumo Tatsu)

  

Alternative Name: 出云传奇 (Chū Yún Chuán Qí)

Genre: Adventure, Horror, Supernatural, Historical, Fantasy, Martial Arts,

               Ghosts/Spirits, Demons, Occult, Onmyouji

Description: 

Kuraki Fuzuchi is a quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He later meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar latent powers. The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains for a festival that only occurs every 49 years in order to purify his (now deceased) grandfather’s sword. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter various ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author also provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life.

Episode: 2

Original Run: October 25, 1997 – November 25, 1997

Studio: Studio Pierrot

RIN - Daughters of Mnemosyne MNEMOSYNE-ムネモシュネの娘たち- (Mnemosyne - Mnemosyne no Musume-tachi)

Alternative Name: Mnemosyne -记忆女神的女儿们- 

                                       (Mnemosyne -Jì Yì Nǚ Shén De Nǚ Er Men-)

Genre: Drama, Erotica, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Action, 

               Ecchi, Gore, Yuri

Description: 

Rin Asōgi may look like an ordinary office lady on the outside but she is actually a private investigator taking on any jobs, from finding a stray cat to infiltrating a high-security corporate lab. What's more, she appears literally indestructible, supernaturally healing any injuries and mutilations. Together with her partner Mimi, Rin delves into the darkest secrets of the society but the ones she hides herself are by far more sinister...

Episode: 6

Original Run: February 2008 – July 6, 2008

Studio: Xebec

Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu 活撃／刀剣乱舞

Alternative Name: 活击/刀剑乱舞 (Huó Jī/Dāo Jiàn Luàn Wǔ)

Genre: Action, Historical, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, 

               Alternative Version, Time Travel

Description: 

The year is 1863 as the tumultuous samurai era is coming to an end, Japan is split between the pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions. The fate of the world is threatened as an army of historical revisionists are sent from the future to alter the course of history. In order to bring these forces down and protect the real history, two sword warriors, spirits who are swords brought to life by Saniwa (sage), rush to Edo. The polite and thoughtful Horikawa Kunihiro and the short tempered yet skillful Izuminokami Kanesada, who served the same master, confront the invading army along with a lively gang of other warriors including Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Yagen Toushirou, Tombokiri, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga. As the fate of history lies in these hero's hands, what meets the blade is yet to be uncovered...

Episode: 13 + 1 Movie

Original Run

Series: July 1, 2017 – September 23, 2017

Movie: TBA

Studio: ufotable

Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru 刀剣乱舞-花丸-

Alternative Name: 刀剑乱舞-花丸- (Dāo Jiàn Luàn Wǔ-Huā Wán-)

Genre: Action, Historical, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Slice of Life, 

               Alternative Version I, Time Travel, Alternative Version 2

Description: 

The year is 2205. The "historical revisionists" have begun attacks on the past in their plot to change history. The Saniwa, who have been charged with protecting history, can imbue life into objects. Strongest among these are the Tōken Danshi. The story centers around their cheerful lives.

Episode

Season 1: 12 Episodes + 3 Movie 

Season 2: 12 Episodes + 3 Movie 

Original Run

Season 1: October 3, 2016 – December 19, 2016

Movie: December 1, 2017 – December 8, 2017

Season 2: January 7, 2018 – March 25, 2018

Movie: May 20, 2022 – September 1, 2022

Studio: Doga Kobo

Live-Action Film: January 18, 2019

The Skullman スカルマンSKULL MAN

Alternative Name: 骷髅人 (Kū Lóu Rén)

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural

Description: 

Set in an alternate history of Japan, freelance journalist Hayato Mitogami returns to his hometown of Ootomo to investigate rumors of a man wearing a skull mask committing murders there. Once in the city, he discovers connections between the victims and a local pharmaceutical company, a new religious sect, and strange half human, half animal creatures. Along with a young photographer, Kiriko Mamiya, he decides to find out who the Skull Man really is.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 28, 2007 – July 22, 2007 

Studio: Bones

Live-Action Film: April 21, 2007

Whited Nighttime 白夜玲珑 (Bái Yè Líng Lóng)

Genre: Magic, Romance, Supernatural, School

Description: 

A cute girl with severe social phobia, Ling Long only make a wish to God that she can make a few friends. However, the new development seems a bit beyond her imagination – gaining the ability to see spirits & ghosts have caught Ling Long unprepared and some transfer students who appear next to her are all not human had broke her calm campus life.

Episode: 25

Original Run: June 6, 2018 – November 21, 2018

Studio: Seven Stone Entertainment

Eyeshield 21 アイシールド21 (Aishīrudo Nijūichi)

Alternative Name: 光速跑者21号 (Guāng Sù Pǎo Zhě 21 Hào)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Tournaments, Football, School, Sport

Description: 

Kobayakawa Sena is a little guy who always get picked on by the bullies in school. Since elementary school, he always play the role of the 'errand boy' to the extent that he has become swift and fast in his movements. Coincidentally, Hiruma Youichi and Kurita Ryukan are looking for a fast running back for their American Football team (Amefuto) and want to put Sena in the team. To hide their new 'star' player from the eyes of other High Schools, Hiruma encases Sena in a Amefuto helmet with a dark visor and name him Eyeshield #21.

Episode: 145 + 1 OVA + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: April 5, 2005 – March 19, 2008

OVA: 2005

Special: August 6, 2004

Studio: Gallop / Production I.G (Special)

M3: The Dark Metal M3〜ソノ黒キ鋼〜 (Emu Surī: Sono Kuroki Hagane)

Alternative Name: M3~黑钢~ (M3~Hēi Gāng~)

Genre: Drama, Horror, Magic, Mystery, Psychological, Mecha

Description: 

There is distorted, deep blackness everywhere. That place, in which blackness swallowed everything and took away everything, has become known as the Avidya Zone. Strange beings assume the very form of the despair and chaos of humanity. They are known by this name: Imashime. An expedition surveys the Avidya Zone which consumes human spirits. So, in the intricate intersection between the present in impending crisis and the destiny of the past... eight boys and girls, assembled to confront the Imashime, find the bright future that lies before the Avidya Zone.

Episode: 24 + 1 ONA

Original Run

Series: April 21, 2014 – October 1, 2014

ONA: July 22, 2014

Studio: Satelight / Satelight & C2C (ONA)

The Great Passage 舟を編む (Fune no Amu)

Alternative Name: 编舟记 (Biān Zhōu Jì)

Genre: Drama, Editor, Dictionary, Workplace

Description: 

Araki is a veteran editor for the dictionary department at the Genbu Shobō publishing company. He is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya — a salesman who's a poor talker — meets Masashi Nishioka — Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The "odd couple" work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai)

Episode: 11 + 10 ONA

Original Run

Series: October 14, 2016 – December 23, 2016

ONA: October 13, 2016 – December 18, 2016

Studio: Xexcs

Live-Action Film: April 13, 2013

Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens かんなぎ

Alternative Name: 神薙 (Shén Tì)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Ghosts/Spirits, 

               Split Personality, Gods/Goddesses/Deities,

Description: 

An art student named Jin Mikuriya carves a statue from the wood of the Kannagi tree only to have the statue come to life in the form of a goddess, who has now taken over the statue. He and "Nagi" work together to destroy the impurities that are gathering in the town.

Episode: 13 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: October 4, 2008 – December 27, 2008

Special: May 27, 2009

Studio: A-1 Pictures & Ordet

Evil or Live イーブル オア ライブ

Alternative Name: 理想禁区 (Lǐ Xiǎng Jìn Qū)

Genre: Psychological, School, Prison, Survival

Description: 

Severe internet addiction has become an epidemic infecting the nation's youth, ultimately resulting in their extreme dependence on the world wide web. Those who are too far gone are enrolled at Elite Reeducation Academy in order to help them grow into successful adults. Hibiki is one such teenager who awakens in the facility unaware of how he came to be there. He learns from the head instructor that he was knocked out and brought to the school at his mother's behest, concerned with how belligerent her son was becoming as a result of his internet addiction.

Stuck in a place more akin to a prison than an academy, and with no escape from the abuses of the instructors, Hibiki decides to end his life by jumping from the roof. But as fate would have it, he meets a mysterious man named Shin who promises to give his life meaning...

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run

Series: October 10, 2017 -  January 2 2018

Special: December 13, 2017

Studio: Haoliners Animation League

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

B-Project: Kodou*Ambitious B-PROJECT～鼓動＊アンビシャス～

Alternative Name: B-PROJECT～鼓动*Ambitious～ 

                                      (B-PROJECT~Gǔ Dòng*Ambitious~)

Genre: Idols, Music, Bishounen, Showbiz

Description: 

Tsubasa is a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubasa is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, Thrive, and MooNs. This is Tsubasa's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.

Episode: 12 + 12 + 12

Original Run 
Season 1: July 3, 2016 – September 24, 2016
Season 2: January 12, 2019 – March 30, 2019

Season 3: October 2, 2023 – December 18, 2023

Studio: A-1 Pictures (S1) / Bandai Namco Pictures (S2) / 

               Asahi Production (S3)

The Big O THE ビッグオー

Genre: Action, Mystery, Psychological, Androids, Sci-Fi, Mecha, Noir

Description: 

Paradigm City is a place without a past. 40 years ago, something happened that wiped the memories of everyone in it. Unfortunately, the people of Paradigm City were very busy before then, making Megadueses (giant robots) and monsters. People who were born after the memory wipe are gaining/recovering memories of the past and using them to build newer threats. Roger Smith keeps Paradigm City safe with the help of The Big O (a faithful giant robot), his butler Norman and the android Dorothy, Roger keeps Paradigm City safe. As problems mount and more memories surface, Roger's past and Paradigm's future begin to become suspect...

Episode: 26

Original Run: October 13, 1999 – March 23, 2003

Studio: Sunrise

The Leader 领风者 (Lǐng Fēng Zhě)

Genre: Historical, Slice of Life, Drama, Romance

Description: 

The Leader will talk about how Marx met his wife Jenny and their thwarted love story, as well as his friendship with Friedrich Engels, his close companion and co-author of the Communist Manifesto.

Episode: 7

Original Run: January 28, 2019 – March 4, 2019

Studio: Wawayu Animation

Sekai no Yami Zukan 世界の闇図鑑

Alternative Name: 世界暗图鉴 (Shì Jiè Àn Tú Jiàn)

Genre: Horror, Supernatural, Folklore

Description: 

Tucked away in the darkest depths of this world, tales of the bizarre and the supernatural quietly unfold. These inexplicable stories are chronicled throughout the pages of a certain strange encyclopedia, sheltered within a crumbling, decrepit building. Do you dare to open its cover and experience the horrors firsthand?

Each of the macabre tales held within the book's pages details some unusual, surreal experiences that often come to a gruesome end. A man searches for his adulterous wife, only to find himself at the mercy of otherworldly visitors; a boy befriends a snowman who harbors a sinister secret; crop circles suddenly form on a family farm, created by some unexpected visitors; hidden in plain sight, menacing mechanical beings continue on undetected. In all of these horrifying stories, nothing is as simple as it seems, revealing a terrifying darkness that perhaps might have been best left alone.

Episode: 13

Original Run: April 3, 2017 – June 26, 2017

Studio: ILCA

Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? 六畳間の侵略者!? (Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?)

Alternative Name: 三坪房间的侵略者!? 

                                      (Sān Píng Fáng Jiān De Qīn Lüè Zhě!?)

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Magic, Supernatural, School, School Life, 

               Harem, Fanservice

Description: 

High School freshman Kōtarō Satomi wants to start a new life living alone in the tiny Room 106. That lonesome life is immediately broken by the invasion of a group of mysterious girls who all claim Room 106 belongs to them one way or another.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special

Original Run
Series: July 11, 2014 – September 26, 2014 
Special: June 2010

Studio: SILVER LINK

Inuyashiki いぬやしき

Alternative Name: 犬屋敷 (Quǎn Wū Fū)

Genre: Action, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mecha

Description: 

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands.

Episode: 11

Original Run: October 12, 2017 – December 22, 2017

Studio: MAPPA

Live Action Film: April 20, 2018