Genre: All of them Episodes: 11 Studio: Bones In the not too distant future a slightly dystopian Japan is the grips of political unrest trying to right itself after a series of devastating terrorist attacks. Private detective Shinjuurou Yuuki makes his living trying to bring some law and order to these chaotic times with the help…
Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Magical Boy(?) Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base This show recounts the epic adventures of the great and powerful Nyanko-sensei and his young attendant Natsume. Every week the great Nyanko-sensei patiently teaches the young boy about the mysterious spiritual world which coexists with our own but is invisible to most humans, all the…
Genre : Supernatural, adventure Episodes: 1 movie Studio: Science Saru Kai has recently moved from Tokyo to his parent’s childhood town of Hinashi. A sleepy little coastal village, entirely dedicated to the fishing industry which sustains it and trying desperately to reinvent itself as a tourist destination. It doesn’t exactly offer the excitement and stimulation of big…
Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C.Staff As part of her training to become a full-fledged witch, Makoto moves to a rural town to live with her cousins. There she does rural town witchy stuff. Look this show isn’t really about some big overarching plot. Lots of little stuff happens. This series rounded off…
Genre : Romance, supernatural, school, kissing Episodes: 12 Studio: Liden Films Yamada is thug with a heart of gold but unfortunately for him most people don’t really get past the thug part. This has led to some difficulty when trying to make friends, so he gave up. What Yamada doesn’t know though is that his school…
Genre: Shoujo, Magic, Supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C.Staff Honoka keeps running into the school princess, Ayaka. They take the bus together, they’re in the same class, they even share cleanup duty, but he’s never managed to have an actual conversation with her. Despite the completely innocent nature of their relationship, Honoka keeps getting attacked because of…
Reborn Genre: Shonen, Comedy, action, supernatural Episodes: 203 Studio: Artland Tsuna is not having a good day. Not only has his lack of both academic and physical prowess earned him the nickname of loser Tsuna and he is making zero progress with the girl he likes but now, all the sudden, he is apparently…
Genre: Military, Supernatural, Magical Girl Episodes: 12(1) Studio: NUT In a parallel universe, closely resembling our own, a small but powerful Germanic nation has just invaded the neighbouring country in a bid for resources and political dominance of the region. An important part of Empire’s military strategy is the use of Mage units of…
Genre : Comedy, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Moe Episodes: 12 Studio: Doga Kobo Model student angel, Gabriel, has just been sent to Earth to learn about humans as the final step before graduating to official angelhood. This venture turns out about as well as can be expected. Gabriel and her small group of demon and angel…
Genre : Horror, Supernatural, Mystery Episodes: 12 Studio: P.A. Works Koichi is starting to notice something strange about his new high school. Since his father had to take a job overseas, he was sent to live with his grandparents and attend his mother’s old high school but had to start late due to illness. Now it seems…
Genre : Gaslamp , Supernatural, Mystery, Drama Episodes: 25 Studio: Xebec An adorable young boy with completely justifiable daddy issues, finds himself in the Abyss, a hell dimension, due to the machinations of a secret society. In his attempts to return to his own world, he meets a seemingly amnesic demon creature named Alice who agrees to…
Genre : Sports, Supernatural Episodes: 75 Studio: Studio Pierrot A young man with questionable tastes in hair styles gets thrown into the world of professional Go players after getting possessed by the spirit of an Ancient go master that had been bound to his grandfather’s Go board. Go is a sport! Sports anime are a particular…
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 : 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…