Ouran High School Host Club 桜蘭高校ホスト部 (Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu)

Alternative Name: 樱兰高校男公关部 (Yīng Lán Gāo Xiào Nán Gōng Guān Bù)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life, Bishounen, Cross-Dressing, 
              Host Club, Reverse Harem, Parody, School, Twins, Moe

Description: 

Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at the prestigious Ouran Academy, a fictional high school located in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Looking for a quiet place to study, Haruhi stumbles upon the Third Music Room, a place where the Ouran Academy Host Club, a group of six male students, gathers to entertain female "clients". During their first meeting, Haruhi accidentally knocks over and breaks an antique vase valued at ¥8,000,000 and is told to repay the cost in service to the club. Haruhi's short hair, slouching attire and gender-ambiguous look cause her to be mistaken by the hosts for a male student. The hosts all agree that Haruhi would be a good host, thus making her join the host club. Ultimately she agrees to join the Club as a host herself (dressed as a male) in order to pay off her debt. She agrees to join since she does not mind hosting as long as she can pay the debt off faster.

The hosts do later find out that she is, in fact, a girl. They keep this a secret, so no one will be able to tell. The Ouran Private Academy encompasses kindergarten to twelfth grade (along with a university). Most students come from wealthy families, but in special cases, merit scholarships are granted to exceptional students from a lower income bracket. The school's unofficial motto is "Lineage counts first, wealth a close second," meaning students with stellar family backgrounds but low socioeconomic status may be given top priority over those from rich families with lesser pedigrees.

Episode: 26 

Original Run: April 4, 2006 – September 26, 2006

Studio: Bones

Television Drama: July 22, 2011 – September 30, 2011 (11 episodes)

Live-Action Film: March 17, 2012

Romeo X Juliet ロミオ×ジュリエット (Romio to Jurietto)

Alternative Name: 罗密欧与朱丽叶 (Luō Mì Ōu Yǔ Zhū Lì Yè)

Genre: Romance, Drama, Fantasy, Revenge, Tragedy, Historical

Description: 

This is a story of a young and tragic love, set in the aerial city of Neo Verona. Tyranny rules this island in the sky after the Montague family took control 14 years prior. The disparity among the wealthy and poor is apparent in the present state, the earth dries and water stagnates. The sky itself is wrapped in a deep dense fog. Both Romeo and Juliet's lineages are of present and past ruling families of Neo Verona. Romeo is the son of the current Montague dictator, Juliet (a beautiful woman) masquerades as a man (Odin), she's the last descendent of Capulet the previous rulers who were killed by an assassin’s dagger 14 years ago. Her true background is not to be revealed to her until her 16th birthday. The cruel hands of fate introduce 2 people who will become "Star Crossed Lovers".

Episode:  24 

Original Run: April 4, 2007 – September 26, 2007

Studio: Gonzo

D.Gray-man ディー・グレイマン (Dī Gureiman)

Alternative Name: 驱魔少年 (Qū Mó Shào Nián)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Magic, Developing Power, 
              Demons, Exorcists, Dark Fantasy, Supernatural, Monsters

Description: 

The adventures of 15-year-old Allen Walker, who’s left arm, can transform into a monstrous claw and destroy Akuma, evolving machines created by the Millennium Earl to help him destroy humanity. As ordered by his master General Cross Marian, Allen becomes an Exorcist, people who can destroy Akuma, for the Black Order, an organization attempting to stop the Earl. He becomes a powerful asset for the Order because he can detect disguised Akuma with his left eye. Allen is sent to recover pieces of Innocence, a substance that gives the Exorcists the ability to destroy Akuma. The Earl decides to call together the Noah Family, superhuman descendants of Noah who can destroy Innocence. Both sides start the search for the Heart, the most powerful piece of Innocence that will ensure victory to the side that finds it.

During his search, the Earl begins killing the Generals, the Order's most powerful Exorcists. To protect them, the Order attempts to bring the Generals back to headquarters, and Allen and three other Exorcists are sent to search for the missing General Cross. During the search, Allen and Lenalee Lee are nearly killed, but they are saved by their Innocence, leading the Earl and Bookman and his apprentice Lavi, who are chronicling the war, to believe one of them possesses the Great Heart. Meanwhile, the Order learns that Allen is to succeed Nea Walker, a Noah that betrayed and was killed by the Earl, as the 14th Noah. This leads the Order to suspect that Allen might betray them, and he is eventually confined. The Noah frees him to rescue Allen from the Apocryphos, a sentient Innocence that guards the Heart, causing the Order to revoke Allen's rights as an Exorcist and treat him as a Noah.

Episode
Season 1: 103 Episodes
Season 2: 13 Episodes

Original Run
Season 1: October 3, 2006 – September 30, 2008
Season 2: July 4, 2016 – September 26, 2016 

Studio: TMS Entertainment

Tactics タクティクス (Takutikusi)

Alternative Name: 捉鬼天狗帮 (Zhuō Guǐ Tiān Gǒu Bāng)

Genre: Occult, Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Detectives, Onmyouji,

               Supernatural, Bishounen, Demons, Historical, Ghosts/Spirits,

               Youkai

Description: 

 

Set in Japan during the Taishō period, Tactics is the story of Kantarou Ichinomiya, a young man with the ability to see youkai and other mythical beasts. When he was a child, this ability resulted in him being ostracized by humans. His youkai friends told him that in order to be stronger; he must find the oni-eating tengu. The young Kantarou then vows to find it and name it. By naming one, a human becomes master and the name contract is only broken if the master chooses. As Kantarou grows up, he finds a career as a folklorist and a part-time exorcist, alongside his youkai friend Yoko. An assignment leads Kantarou to a mountain where a shrine marks the place where the tengu had been sealed away. Calling upon the tengu by the name Haruka, Kantarou breaks the seal and becomes Haruka's master. As time goes on, Kantarou, Yoko, and Haruka develop a close friendship. However, this relationship is threatened by Haruka's returning memories and his yearning to know more about his past.

Episode: 25 

 

Original Run: October 5, 2004 – March 29, 2005

Studio: Studio Deen

UTAPRI: Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% うたの☆プリンスさまっ♪ マジLOVE1000%

Alternative Name: 歌之☆王子殿下♪ 真爱1000% 

                                      (Gē Zhī☆Wáng Zǐ Diàn Xià♪ Zhēn Ài 1000%)

Genre: Bishounen, Music, School, Drama, Romance, Reverse Harem,
               Comedy, Tournaments, Idols

Description: 

Nanami Haruka wants to be a song writer, so she attends an idol training school filled with beautiful bishounen. The school pairs each aspiring songwriter with an aspiring idol, but Haruka finds herself paired with 6 bishounen idols. To make things more difficult, Nanami is also not allowed to date any of her beautiful partners.

Episode
Season 1: 13 episodes
Season 2: 13 episodes + 1 Special
Season 3: 13 episodes
Season 4: 13 episodes + 3 Movies + 1 Special

Original Run
Season 1: July 3, 2011 – September 24, 2011
Season 2: April 3, 2013 – June 26, 2013
Special: December 25, 2013
Season 3: April 5, 2014 – June 28, 2015
Season 4: October 1, 2016 – December 24, 2016
Movie: June 14, 2019 

Special: July 31, 2022

Movie: September 2, 2022

Movie: TBA

Studio: A-1 Pictures

Zombie Loan ゾンビローン (Zonbi Rōn)

Alternative Name: 僵尸借贷 (Jiāng Shī Jiè Dài)

Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Supernatural, Bishounen, Zombies, 
              Comedy, Romance, Life After Death

Description: 

Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, which allows her to see a dark ring around a person's neck. This ring symbolizes the person's impending death; once they are marked to die, a gray line, which is invisible to normal people, appears on their neck, and once the ring turns completely black, the person dies. Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana, two boys in her class, both have black rings around their necks, but to her surprise, they are not yet dead. It is revealed that after a tragic accident that was supposed to kill them both, the two boys made a deal with a secret loan office called the Zombie-Loan. In return for keeping them alive, the two have to hunt zombies for the loan office. When Michiru gets involved with them, she finds that her life has just become more complicated.

Episode: 11 + 2 Special 

Original Run: 
Series: July 3, 2007 – September 12, 2007
Special: April 25, 2008

Studio: Xebec M2

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

Kyo Kara Maoh! 今日から㋮王! (Kyō Kara Maō!)

Alternative Name: 今天开始做魔王 (Jīn Tiān Kāi Shǐ Zuò Mó Wáng)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Bishounen, Fantasy, Demons, Shounen-Ai,
               Male-Harem, Magic, Reincarnation, Isekai

Description: 

Yuri Shibuya was living a pretty normal life. Until one day, he was dunked into a toilet after an attempt to save a classmate from a gang of bullies. Instead of just getting a good soaking, he's being pulled in. The next thing he knows, he's in a world that vaguely resembles medieval Europe. If that's not odd enough, he's told that he is to be the next Maoh, just because he has black hair and black eyes. The Maoh is the King of the Mazoku, who are coexisting not-so-peacefully with the humans in this world. Much to his subjects' dismay, he's totally different from the rulers they're accustomed to. He's kind, considerate, a believer in justice, and not willing to use violence to solve conflicts. Not exactly someone they want running a country on the very brink of war. Now, Yuri has to deal with trying to become a good Maoh, while at the same time attempting to adapt to this lands' customs and culture, all in a world where the tension between the humans and Mazoku is reaching its peak.

Episode
Season 1-2: 78 Episodes + 1 Special + 9 Special
OVA: 5 Episodes
Season 3: 39 Episodes

Original Run

Season 1-2: April 3, 2004 – February 25, 2006
Special: December 16, 2005

Special: February 19, 2005 – August 20, 2005

OVA: October 26, 2007 – March 3, 2008
Season 3: April 3, 2008 – February 19, 2009

Studio: Studio Dean

Sacred Seven セイクリッドセブン (Seikuriddo Sebun)

Alternative Name: 七合圣石战记 (Qī Hé Shèng Shí Zhàn Jì)

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Tragedy, Monsters, School, Superpowers

Description: 

Seventeen years ago, several meteorites carrying seven types of alien crystals landed on Earth. Given the name of Sacred Seven, these crystals withhold the power to alter DNA and cause mutations. Inheritor of overwhelming abilities from this enigmatic legacy, Alma Tandoji is an unsociable 17-year-old student feared by his schoolmates due to several rumors of his violent behavior. He is contacted by Ruri Aiba, a rich teenage girl and CEO of the powerful Aiba Foundation, who pleads him to help her fight a mysterious enemy that very recently started causing massive havoc through the land.

Episode: 12 + 1 Movie + 2 Special

Original Run
Series: July 3, 2011 – September 18, 2011
Movie: January 7, 2012
Special: April 20, 2012

Studio: Sunrise

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

Baka and Test: Summon the Beasts バカとテストと召喚獣 (Baka to Test to Shōkanjū)

Alternative Name: 笨蛋测试召唤兽 (Bèn Dàn Cè Shì Zhào Huàn Shòu)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, Parody, Slice of LIfe,
              School Life, Harem, Ecchi, School, War, Superpowers

Description: 

Advanced placement into a school of higher grade proof-reading is determined by the results of the Promotion Test strictly for class type. Ranging from A class with the best facilities anyone can offer all the way down to F Class which is composed of low dining tables, rotten tatami mats and other worn out facilities. Students can change classes by competing using the Examination Summons Battle system or ESB. Students summon characters with their equivalent test mark scores and use them to compete with other classes.

Episode

Season 1: 13 episodes + 2 ONA + 6 Special
OVA: 2 episodes + 6 Special
Season 2: 13 episodes + 6 Special + 1 Special + 1 Special

Original Run

Season 1: January 7, 2010 – March 31, 2010
Special: April 23, 2010 – September 22, 2010
ONA: December 24, 2009
ONA: August 29, 2010
OVA: February 23, 2011 – March 23, 2011
Special: February 23, 2011 – March 30, 2011

Season 2: July 8, 2011 – September 30, 2011
Special: September 21, 2011 – February 22, 2012
Special: October 26, 2011
Special: November 29, 2017

Studio: SILVER LINK.

D.N.Angel ディー・エヌ・エンジェル (Deī.Enu.Enjieru)

Alternative Name: 天使怪盗 (Tiān Shǐ Guài Dào)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Supernatural, Kaitou/Thief, 

              Twins, Bishounen, Body Switching, Multiple Personality, Action,
              Magic, School

Description: 

Niwa Daisuke is your average teenager, until his fourteenth birthday. He tries to declare his love to the girl of his dreams, but fails. Suddenly, whenever he thinks about this girl he turns into the legendary phantom thief known as Dark Mousy. Daisuke's mother, very much aware of this, makes him turn into Dark and steal valuable works of art for a purpose unknown to Daisuke. As the story unfolds, he learns why, and about his classmate who seems to have the same ability.

Episode: 26 

Original Run: April 3, 2003 – September 25, 2003

Studio: Xebec

Guilty Crown ギルティクラウン (Giruti Kuraun)

Alternative Name: 罪恶王冠 (Zuì È Wáng Guàn)

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Drama, Mecha, Post-Apocalyptic, Romance, 

               Sci-Fi, Superpowers

Description:  

Japan gave up its independence in order to avoid total collapse after the outbreak of an alien virus. 10 years later Japan is still a dependent nation under a not-so-friendly provisional government called GHQ. At the same time a boy named Shu has lost his past and himself. By chance Shu comes in contact with the beautiful and stoic Inori and the resourceful and charismatic Gai, both members of a militant resistance group called Funeral Parlor. Through his interaction with the members of Funeral Parlor and his acquisition of a genetically based power, the conflicted and withdrawn Shu slowly learns how to connect with others and reclaim himself. When the GHQ falls into the hands of a man who intends to use the virus to 'reset' earth's population, Shu and Funeral Parlor fight to stop him and reclaim Japan.

Episode: 22 + 1 Special + 1 OVA + 11 Special

Original Run
Series: October 14, 2011 – March 22, 2012
Special: January 3, 2012
OVA: July 26, 2012
Special: January 25, 2012 – November 21, 2012

Studio: Production I.G

Phi Brain: Puzzle of God ファイ・ブレイン 神のパズル (Fai Burein Kami no Pazuru)

Alternative Name: Phi·Brain 神之谜题  (Phi·Brain Shén Zhī Mí Tí)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Puzzles, School, Tournaments, Psychological,

               Games, Board Games, Survival

Description:  

Kaito Daimon is a brilliant 16-year-old teenager who loves to solve puzzles. He acquires an enigmatic item called the Armband of Orpheus that allows him to fully utilize his brain, but that consequentially drains him completely. Currently attending Root Academy as an honor student, he is invited by the school principal to confront a secret organization named Puzzle of God (POG) that creates deadly Sage Puzzles to protect invaluable treasures and challenge the select few individuals capable of facing them. Given the title of Einstein, Kaito battles against the mysterious group in order to keep a promise he made as a kid while at the same time he heads towards the ultimate test: the Divine Puzzle.

Episode

Season 1: 25 episodes
Season 2: 25 episodes
Season 3: 25 episodes

Original Run

Season 1: October 2, 2011 – April 1, 2012
Season 2: April 8, 2012 – September 23, 2012
Season 3: October 6, 2013 – March 23, 2014

Studio: Sunrise 

Un-Go アンゴ (Ango)

Alternative Name: UN-GO因果论 (UN-GO Yīn Guǒ Lùn)

Genre: Mystery, Supernatural, Drama, Post-War, Detectives, Crimes,

              Psychological, Fantasy, Cyberpunk, Transformation

Description: 

With the help of his strange assistant Inga, "defeated detective" Shinjūrō Yūki solves crimes in a near future Japan still suffering from the ravages of war. Problem is, the credit always ends up going to super detective Rinroku Kaishō.

Episode: 11 + 1 Movie + 10 ONA

Original Run
Series & ONA: October 14, 2011 – December 23, 2011
Movie: November 19, 2011

Studio: Bones

Angel Beats! エンジェルビーツ! (Enjeru Bītsu!)

Alternative Name: 天使的脉动 (Tiān Shǐ De Mài Dòng)

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, School Life, 
               Life After Death, Action, School, Supernatural, War, 

               Alternative Version 

Description: 

 

In a world after death, angels fight for their fate and their future. Yuri, the leader of the Shinda Sekai Sensen, rebels against the god who destined her to have an unreasonable life. On the other hand, Tenshi, the chairperson of the student council for the world after death, battles against the SSS members. SSS members utilize armed weaponry to battle it out against the angels harnessing supernatural powers.

Episode: 13 + 3 Specials 

 

Original Run
Series: April 3, 2010 – June 26, 2010
Special: December 22, 2010 – June 24, 2015 

Studio: P.A. Works