Genre : Slice of life, 4 panel, ho yay, comedy Episodes: 13 Studio: Asahi Production A quiet young man who lives by himself comes across a beached and seemingly injured merman and decides to bring him back to his house and let him recover in his bathtub. Odd couple antics transpire. OK, right off…
Genre: Slice of life, romance, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: Brain’s Base Kae Serinuma is a kind and friendly high school girl with some type of glandular issues and a disarmingly positive attitude. She also happens to be a massive otaku and fujoshi. After suddenly and unexpectedly dropping an alarming amount of weight, she naturally finds herself…
Genre : Sports!, Comedy Episodes: 126 Studio: Madhouse, Production I.G Eijun Sawamura, a young man struggling with undiagnosed hyperactivity disorder, is offered a scholarship at a prestigious baseball high school (?) where he joins the team with the boundless ambition of becoming an Ace pitcher. A lot of you may be surprised to learn that I actually…
Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Episodes: 2 Studio: Wit Studio Chise is a beloved child, living a life of wonder and merriment while studying magic under the ancient Magus Elias, but it wasn’t always so… After receiving an old book as a gift, Chise begins to recount the story of how she had first came into…
Genre : Comedy, slice of life, Japanese Folklore Episodes: 12 Studio: TMS Entertainment A lonely young girl amuses herself by playing the popular Meiji period divination game Kokkuri-san by herself and is soon visited by the incarnations of the traditional Japanese folklore figures believed to inhabit the game: ko 狐, foxes – the divine kitsune spirit, servants of the Shinto deity Inari(link); ku 狗, tengu, the…
Genre : Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Magical Girl Episodes: 24 Studio: Trigger After the murder of her father, teenager Ryuuko Matoi wanders the land in search of his killer, eventually arriving at Honnouji Academy, a high school ruled by elite students wearing special clothes called “Goku Uniforms,” which grant them unique superhuman abilities. Thoroughly beaten in a…
Genre : Historical, comedy, palace intrigue, bishonen brochette Episodes: 12 Studio: Bridge Heine Wittgenstein, a man often mistaken for a small child, has been summoned to the royal palace of Glanzreich by the king to act as the royal tutor to the four younger princes—Kai, Bruno, Leonhard, and Licht– so that he may mold them…
Genre : Sports, Feelings Episodes: 25 Studio: Kyoto Animation, Animation Do An autistic orphan, who swims real good, has to figure out a way to earn a living after he graduates high school. Meanwhile, his old friend and rival – frival – Rin, a mutant shark boy, returns to town after years abroad, stirring up old memories….
Genre : Magical girl; feelings Episodes: 12 Studio: Shaft A reserved but kind-hearted girl is suddenly pulled into the dangerous world of witch hunting after she rescues a sentient stuffed toy for the mysterious new blade-wielding exchange student with social acclimatization issues. For those of us who consider ourselves anime enthusiasts (I am by no means…
Genre : Time travel, Murder mystery, Grade school action Episodes: 12 Studio: A-1 Pictures Satoru is in his late 20s and works at a pizzeria. He is stoic, jaded and disconnected from pretty much everything. He is also definitely not a pedophile. He is just aimlessly drifting through life when his boring little world gets suddenly…
Genre: Sports!!! Episodes: 75 Studio: Production I.G A group of color coded super basketball powered boys go their separate ways after dominating the world in junior high. The shadow sixth member of their alliance decides to join his new high school’s basketball team in the hopes of defeating his past team mates and ends…
Genre : Drama, Romance, School life Episodes: 13 Studio: TMS Entertainment Sad looser Arata Kaizaki decides it’s about time to start making smart choices and get his life back on track! His first step is to accept mysterious drugs from a stranger he meets in a dark deserted street. Best decision ever! I know that there…
Genre : Drama, School life, Sports (hear me out) Episodes: 26 Studio: Kyoto Animation After playing euphonium all through junior high, Kumiko, a sweet but somewhat aimless high school student, finds herself roped into joining her high school’s orchestra club with her new friends. She soon meets up with Reina, an old band mate, and slowly…
Genre : Supernatural, Action, Steampunk, Presumptuous Episodes: 12 Studio Bones All hell is breaking loose as three separate rival groups of superhumans are quickly heading for all-out war while trying to avoid the destruction of the city around them. I liked season 1 but I loved season 2. The arc starts with 4 flashback episodes…
Genre : Supernatural, Action, Steampunk, Presumptuous Episodes: 12 Studio Bones Emo orphan with weird haircut and super powers gets recruited by small group of similarly superpowered eccentrics to fight bad and do general household chores. Ok, short answer, I really like this anime. It’s another of those ones where if you dig too deep for logical…