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Astra Lost in Space

***Astra Lost in Space*** (彼方のアストラ, *Kanata no Asutora*) is a Japanese manga series by Kenta Shinohara. It was serialized online between May 2016 and December 2017 via Shueisha's *Shōnen Jump+* website/app. It was collected in five *tankōbon* volumes. The manga is published in English by Viz Media. An anime television series adaptation by Lerche aired from July 3 to September 18, 2019.

## Synopsis

In the year 2063, space travel is feasible and commercially available. As the cheerful Aries Spring arrives at the spaceport to attend a camp on the distant planet McPa, her purse is suddenly snatched by a reckless thief. Luckily, the athletic Kanata Hoshijima is able to retrieve it for her, and Aries soon discovers that he is among the group of teenagers who will be travelling with her on the excursion as team B-5.

Upon arriving at their campsite, the group's trip takes a turn for the worse when a strange sphere of black light sucks them into the vast reaches of outer space. Stranded with seemingly no hope, they find an abandoned ship nearby that provides them with the means to return home. However, they soon discover that they are not as close to their campsite as they initially thought, but are in fact thousands of light-years away from home.

With this realization, the nine members must cautiously manage their resources, maintain their strength, and unite as one to conquer the darkness of space together. While the reason behind their trip's sudden obstruction remains unknown, they nevertheless embark on the treacherous voyage back home aboard their new ship, the Astra.

## Mal Info

Score:8.19

Ranked:#306

Popularity:#844

Studios:Lerche

Source:Manga

Duration:28 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13-Teens 13 or older

Producers: AT-X, Docomo Anime Store, Shueisha, Kadokawa Media House, Kadokawa
Samurai Champloo

***Samurai Champloo*** (Japanese: サムライチャンプルー, Hepburn: *Samurai Chanpurū*), stylized as ***SAMURAI CHAMPLOO***, is a Japanese anime series developed by Manglobe. It featured a production team led by director Shinichirō Watanabe, character designer Kazuto Nakazawa and mechanical designer Mahiro Maeda. *Samurai Champloo* was Watanabe's first directorial effort for an anime television series after the critically acclaimed *Cowboy Bebop*. It was first broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV on May 20, 2004, and ran for twenty-six episodes until its conclusion on March 19, 2005.

*Samurai Champloo* is set in an alternate version of Edo-era (1603–1868) Japan with an anachronistic, mainly hip hop, setting. It follows Mugen, an impudent and freedom-loving vagrant swordsman; Jin, a composed and stoic rōnin; and Fuu, a brave girl who asks them to accompany her in her quest across Japan to find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers".

*Samurai Champloo* has many similarities to Shinichirō Watanabe's other work *Cowboy Bebop*. Both series are critically acclaimed, focus on mixing genres, follow an episodic narrative design, and use contemporary music.

## Synopsis

Mugen is a rough-around-the-edges mercenary with a killer technique and nothing left to lose. Jin is a disciplined samurai who's as deadly as he is reserved. Fuu is a young waitress with a good heart and a resourcefulness that emerges when you least expect it. These three unlikely companions are about to begin a journey that will change all of their lives.

It's a dangerous quest for a mysterious samurai that will see our squabbling group of heroes get into and out of trouble more times than they can count (which admittedly, isn't very high). From the cynical gentility of the nobles to the backstabbing of the Japanese underworld, Mugen, Jin and Fuu will face threats from without and within as they hurl insults and throwing stars alike. Ancient Japan is about to get a lethal dose of street justice—Champloo style. And it will never be the same.

## Mal Info

Score:8.50

Ranked:#95

Popularity:#78

Studios:Manglobe

Source:Original

Duration:24 min, per ep

Rating:R- 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Victor Entertainment, Fuji TV, Barnum Studio, Tokuma Shoten, flying DOG
Love Tyrant

***Love Tyrant*** (恋愛暴君, lit. *Ren'ai Bōkun*), also known as ***The Very Lovely Tyrant of Love***, is a Japanese comedy manga series by Megane Mihoshi, was serialized online from May 2012 to January 2019 in Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website. It has been collected in fourteen *tankōbon* volumes. The series follows a high school student named Seiji Aino, who becomes trapped in a polyamorous relationship with four girls: the annoying angel cupid Guri, the violently obsessive Akane Hiyama, the shy but defensive Yuzu Kichougasaki and the sadistic psychopath Shikimi Shiramine. Seiji is tasked with showing Guri how to properly utilize her Kiss Note, which magically brings couples together, and teach her all about true love. An anime adaptation was announced. It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2017.

## Synopsis

A Kiss Note is a powerful notebook that makes anyone who has their name written together will instantly fall in love if they kiss each other regardless of any circumstances. This magical and very familiar item belongs to an angel named Guri whose job as cupid is to create couples. However, she accidentally writes down Aino Seiji, a regular high school student, and unless he kisses someone, Guri will die. She convinces Seiji to go kiss his crush, Hiyama Akane, the school's popular girl who turns out has even stronger feelings for him, bordering on obsessive and psychotic. Eventually Akane and Seiji come together but not before Guri decides that she likes Seiji as well. What seems awesome to most guys becomes hell for Seiji who just wants a normal relationship with girls.

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Snow White with the Red Hair

***Snow White with the Red Hair*** (Japanese: 赤髪の白雪姫, Hepburn: *Akagami no Shirayukihime*) is a Japanese *shōjo* manga written by Sorata Akizuki [ja] (あきづき 空太 *Akizuki Sorata*). It was serialized in Hakusensha's bi-monthly *shōjo* manga magazine, *LaLa DX* but has since moved to monthly *LaLa* and is published in collected volumes by Hakusensha. An anime adaptation produced by Warner Bros., Hakusensha, Showgate, The Klockworx Co. Ltd., Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Docomo Anime Store, BS Fuji and Bones aired the first half of the season in Japan between July 6, 2015 and September 21, 2015. The second half of the season aired in Japan between January 11, 2016 and March 28, 2016.

## Synopsis

In the kingdom of Tanbarun lives Shirayuki, an independent and strong-willed young woman. Her resourceful intelligence has led her become a skilled pharmacist, but her most defining trait is her shock of beautiful apple-red hair. Her dazzling mane gets her noticed by the prince of the kingdom, but instead of romancing her, he demands she be his concubine. Shirayuki refuses, chops off her lovely locks, and runs away to the neighboring kingdom of Clarines. There, she befriends a young man named Zen, who, SURPRISE, is also a prince, although with a much better temperament than the previous one. Watch as Shirayuki finds her place in the new kingdom, and in Zen’s heart.

## MAL Info

Score:(Season 1) 7.80; (season 2) 8.02

Ranked:(Season 1) #809; (Season 2) #505

Popularity:(Season 1) #278; (Season 2) #582

Studios:Bones

Source: Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Hakusensha, Warner Bros. Japan, KlockWorx, Showgate
Twin Star Exorcist

***Twin Star Exorcists*** (双星の陰陽師, *Sōsei no Onmyōji*) is a Japanese *shōnen* manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki Sukeno. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's *Jump Square* magazine since October 2013, with individual chapters collected into twenty-one *tankōbon* volumes as of March 2020. The story revolves around Rokuro Enmado and Benio Adashino, a pair of young and talented exorcists, who (according to a prophecy) are destined to marry and have a child that will be the ultimate exorcist.

The series was adapted into an anime television series by Studio Pierrot, that ran from April 6, 2016 to March 29, 2017. The manga series has been licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, publishing the first volume in July 2015. A video game was developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PS Vita and released on January 26, 2017 in Japan.

As of December 2018, three light novels and two spin-off manga series have also been published and released in Japan.

## Synopsis

Magano, a parallel realm filled with monsters known as "Kegare," is a place where exorcists deal with all impurities. Benio Adashino is a prodigy exorcist who is recognized for her strength and is summoned to Tokyo by the Exorcist Union. On her way, she plummets into the arms of Rokuro Enmadou, a young exorcist with a troubled past.

But the impurities of Magano do not rest. When these two exorcists witness a couple of children stolen by a Kegare, Benio rushes to save them, dragging Rokuro along with her into Magano. Engaged in a fight she is on the verge of being defeated in, Benio is saved by Rokuro, revealing himself capable of being her rival in talent.

*Sousei no Onmyouji* tells the story of two talented exorcists who are destined to become the "Twin Star Exorcists" and the prophesised parents of the Miko—the reincarnation of Abe no Seimei—who will cleanse the world of all impurities.

## Mal info

Score:7.34

Ranked:#2121

Popularity:#339

Studios:Studio Pierrot

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min, per ep

Rating:PG-13-Teens 13 or older

Producers:TV Tokyo, Nihon Ad Systems, TV Tokyo Music, Avex Pictures, Shueisha
Dr. Stone

***Dr. Stone*** (stylized as ***Dr.STONE***) is a Japanese manga series written by Riichiro Inagaki and illustrated by Boichi. It has been serialized in *Weekly Shōnen Jump* since March 2017, with the individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha into seventeen *tankōbon* volumes as of September 2020.

Viz Media licensed the manga in North America. Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus since January 2019.

An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment aired from July to December 2019. A second season of the anime series focused on the "Stone Wars" arc will premiere in January 2021.

In 2019, *Dr. Stone* won the 64th Shogakukan Manga Award for the *shōnen* category

## Synopsis

After five years of harboring unspoken feelings, high-schooler Taiju Ooki is finally ready to confess his love to Yuzuriha Ogawa. Just when Taiju begins his confession however, a blinding green light strikes the Earth and petrifies mankind around the world—turning every single human into stone.

Several millennia later, Taiju awakens to find the modern world completely nonexistent, as nature has flourished in the years humanity stood still. Among a stone world of statues, Taiju encounters one other living human: his science-loving friend Senkuu, who has been active for a few months. Taiju learns that Senkuu has developed a grand scheme—to launch the complete revival of civilization with science. Taiju's brawn and Senkuu's brains combine to forge a formidable partnership, and they soon uncover a method to revive those petrified.

However, Senkuu's master plan is threatened when his ideologies are challenged by those who awaken. All the while, the reason for mankind's petrification remains unknoiwn.

## Mal Info

Score:8.36

Ranked:#170

Popularity:#98

Studios:TMS Entertainment

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13-Teens 13 or older

Producers:TOHO animation,Crunchyroll
The Tatami Galaxy

***The Tatami Galaxy*** (四畳半神話大系, *Yojōhan Shinwa Taikei*, literally "4½ Tatami Mythological Chronicles") is a 2004 Japanese campus novel written by Tomihiko Morimi and published by Ohta Publishing. Its first-person narrator is an unnamed upperclassman at a Kyoto university reminiscing on the misadventures of his previous years of campus life, with each of the four chapters taking place in parallel universes in which he is enrolled in a different university society.

The novel was adapted into an 11-episode anime television series by Madhouse directed by Masaaki Yuasa, which aired on Fuji Television's late-night Noitamina programming block from April to July 2010. The novel received a sequel, *Tatami Time Machine Blues*, in July 2020.

*The Tatami Galaxy* anime won the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in the Animation Division and the 2011 Tokyo Anime Award in the Television Category.

## Synopsis

When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.

## MAL Info:

Score:8.61

Ranked:#64

Popularity:#441

Studios:Madhouse

Source:Novel

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers: Dentsu, Kadokawa Shoten, Fuji TV, Toho, Asmik Ace, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Sony Music Entertainment, Fujipacific Music
Kiss x Sis

***Kiss×sis*** (stylized as ***kiss×sis***; pronounced "kiss sis") is a Japanese *seinen* manga written and illustrated by Bow Ditama. It began serialization in *Bessatsu Young Magazine* (now *Young Magazine*) on December 11, 2005 and has since been compiled into 22 volumes by Kodansha.

It was adapted into two anime series produced by Feel animation studio; a twelve-episode television show aired from April 5 to June 21, 2010 on AT-X, and an original video animation series from December 22, 2008 to April 6, 2015.

## Synopsis

Keita has two older step-sisters, Ako and Riko, but since they aren't related by blood, they love him in a lustful way. After a mishap at school, Ako and Riko finally confess their love to him. Keita dislikes the thought of seeing them other then brother and sister, but as he tries to enter the same school as his sisters, he slowly becomes attracted to them.

## MAL Info

Score:6.72

Ranked:#4771

Popularity:#283

Studios:feel.

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:R+ - Mild Nudity

Producers:Starchild Records
World Trigger

***World Trigger*** (Japanese: ワールドトリガー, Hepburn: *Wārudo Torigā*), also known in short form as ***WorTri*** (Japanese: ワートリ, Hepburn: *Wātori*), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. It was initially serialized in *Weekly Shōnen Jump* from February 2013 to November 2018, and transferred to *Jump Square* in December 2018. Its chapters have been compiled by Shueisha into 22 *tankōbon* volumes as of June 2020.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Toei Animation was broadcast on TV Asahi from October 2014 to April 2016. A second season is set to premiere in January 2021.In North America, the manga has been licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media.

## Synopsis

One day, a gate to another world suddenly opens in Mikado City. Aliens invincible to Earth’s weapons, called “Neighbors”, start coming over. Earth’s only line of defense is a mysterious group called the “Border” who are armed with weapons called “Triggers”.

Four years later, the city has recovered from initial attacks and citizens of Mikado City have started to get use to the Neighbor’s attacks. Yuma Kuga, a transfer student, and his classmate Osamu Mikumo find themselves fighting a Neighbor that suddenly appears. Osamu, who is actually a Border agent, activates his Trigger but is unable to defeat it. This leaves Yuma to activate his own Trigger and defeat the alien. Yuma reveals that he is not part of Border and is actually a Neighbor who has transferred from the other side.

## MAL Info:

Score:7.58

Ranked:#1326

Popularity:#578

Studios:Toei Animation

Source:Manga

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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We Never Learn

***We Never Learn*** (Japanese: ぼくたちは勉強ができない, Hepburn: *Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai*, literally "We Can't Study"), also known as ***Bokuben*** (ぼく勉), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taishi Tsutsui. The series follows the story of Nariyuki Yuiga, a high school student tasked of tutoring three female geniuses as they start to gradually develop romantic feelings for him. It began serialization in *Weekly Shōnen Jump* magazine in February 2017, with its individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha in 19 *tankōbon* volumes as of October 2020.

An anime television series adaptation by Studio Silver and Arvo Animation aired from April to June 2019, and a second season aired from October to December of the same year. The manga also spawned two light novel spin-offs released in 2019. Viz Media licensed the manga in North America and serialized it in their digital *Weekly Shonen Jump* magazine and releases the manga in print since 2018. Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app *Manga Plus* in January 2019. The anime series is licensed by Aniplex of America.

## Synopsis

### Season 1:

His late father always said that a useless man should strive to be useful, so to that end, third-year high school student Nariyuki Yuiga dedicated himself to becoming a high-achieving student in his school, despite his history of poor grades. In order to give his destitute family a better life, his ultimate goal is to obtain the special VIP nomination, a prestigious scholarship covering all future university tuition fees. Although Nariyuki could feasibly be a shoe-in for the nomination, he is constantly overshadowed by classmates Rizu Ogata and Fumino Furuhashi in mathematics and literature, respectively.

To his delight, Nariyuki receives the nomination, but there’s a catch: he has to tutor his two star classmates, who are each hopelessly mediocre at the other’s subject of expertise! To make matters worse, the subjects they are horrible at are the same subjects they want to pursue for their future. As the time to submit university applications draws nearer, Nariyuki must find an effective tutoring method for the girls before it’s too late.

### Season 2:

To get a scholarship, Nariyuki becomes a reluctant tutor to three unteachable girls. He must quickly make an art-lover adore mathematics, turn a literary genius into a bonafide scientist, and transform a top-tier athlete into a passing student.

## MAL Info:

Score:(Season 1) 7.34; (Season 2) 7.37

Ranked:(Season 1) #2146; (Season 2) #2029

Popularity:(Season 1) #578; (Season 2) #937

Studios: Silver, Arvo Animation

Source:Manga

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Aniplex, Movic, Barnum Studio, Magic Capsule, Shueisha, BS11, ADK
WataMote

***No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys' Fault I’m Not Popular!*** (Japanese: 私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い!, Hepburn: *Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!*), commonly referred to as ***WataMote*** (わたモテ), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by two people under the pseudonym Nico Tanigawa. It began serialization on Square Enix's *Gangan Online* service from August 4, 2011 and is published by Yen Press in North America. A 4-panel spin-off manga was serialized in *Gangan Joker* between January 2013 and July 2015. An anime television adaptation by Silver Link aired in Japan between July and September 2013.

The anime adaptation was praised for its portrayal of the main character, but was also controversial in its treatment of social anxiety.

## Synopsis

Kuroki Tomoko is a super popular, high school girl who has had 50 years of dating experience and 100 boys... in the Otome game world. In the real world, she is a 15-year-old shut in who has all of the qualities of a "mojo" (a gloomy or unpopular woman).

However, when school isn't going as she expected, and she isn't as popular as she had thought she was, she takes a look at herself in the mirror for the first time in a few years, and has some shocking revelations.

## MAL Info

Score:7.07

Ranked:#3363

Popularity:#215

Studios: Silver Link.

Source:Web manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:TV Tokyo, Media Factory, MediaNet, AT-X, DAX Production, Sony Music Communications, Bushiroad, Good Smile Company, NichiNare
Natsuyuki Rendezvous

***Natsuyuki Rendezvous*** (夏雪ランデブー, *Natsuyuki Randebū*, lit. *A Summer Snow Rendezvous*) is a Japanese manga series by Haruka Kawachi which serialized in Shodensha's *Feel Young* magazine between July 2009 and January 2012. An anime television series adaptation by Doga Kobo aired in Fuji TV's Noitamina block between July 5, 2012 and September 13, 2012. The anime series has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.

## Synopsis

Hazuki may be near-sighted, but he knows true beauty when he sees it and the delicate form of flower shop owner Rokka draws him in like a bee to honey. So, hoping to cultivate a relationship between them, Hazuki takes a part time job at her shop, only to discover two huge thorns preventing the nurturing of any romance. The first, the fact that Rokka is still grieving for her late husband Shimao, would be enough to snip most men's ardor short, but it's the second that really threatens to make Hazuki's forlorn hopes wilt. Because while Shimao is most definitely deceased, he hasn't yet departed and his spirit is still living in Rokka's apartment! Except only Hazuki can see him, which leads to a very strange romantic triangle indeed. Are Hazuki's chances with Rokka as dead as the man who still lives in her house? Or can he somehow make love blossom even though there's an interloper pushing up the daisies between them?

## MAL Info:

Score:7.29

Ranked:#2386

Popularity:#1817

Studios:Doga Kobo

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Fuji TV, Toho, Sony Music Entertainment
Honey and Clover

***Honey and Clover*** (Japanese: ハチミツとクローバー, Hepburn: *Hachimitsu to Kurōbā*) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Chica Umino. It is also known as *HachiKuro* (ハチクロ) and *H&C*. It is published by Shueisha, initially serialized from June 2000 to July 2006 in the magazines *CUTiEcomic*, *Young YOU*, and *Chorus*, and collected in ten bound volumes. The series depicts the lives and relationships of a group of art school students who live in the same apartment building. In 2003, the manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for *shōjo*.

The series was adapted as an animated television series by J.C.Staff, initially broadcast on Fuji TV in two seasons from April to September 2005 and June to September 2006. The series was also adapted as a live action movie, which was released in theaters in Japan on July 22, 2006, and two separate live-action television dramas in 2008, one broadcast in Japan on Fuji TV from January 8, 2008 to March 18, 2008 and the other broadcast in Taiwan on CTS beginning on May 25, 2008.

## Synopsis

### Season 1:

Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi, and Morita Shinobu are college students who share the small apartment. Even though they live in poverty, the three of them are able to obtain pleasure through small things in life. The story follows these characters' life stories as poor college students, as well as their love lives when a short but talented 18 year old girl called Hanamoto Hagumi appears.

### Season 2:

The sequel and final installment to the highly popular series once again delves into the life stories and love lives of Takemoto Yuuta, Mayama Takumi and Morita Shinobu. The story continues where the first season left off, after Takemoto's self-discovery journey around Japan. Of course, the love triangles and tribulations they face will continue, and eventually decide the paths to their future.

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Guilty Crown

***Guilty Crown*** (Japanese: ギルティクラウン, Hepburn: *Giruti Kuraun*) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Production I.G which aired on Fuji TV's noitamina program block from October 13, 2011. The story revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who comes into possession of an ability called the "Power of the King" allowing him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people. He is then thrown into the conflict between a quasi-governmental organization known as GHQ and a rebel organization called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from the GHQ. In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past.

Two manga adaptations were published by ASCII Media Works and Square Enix. A light novel was published by Nitroplus titled *Guilty Crown: Princess of Deadpool* in April 2012. A spin-off visual novel named *Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas* was also developed by Nitroplus which came bundled with a 15-minute original video animation (OVA) named *Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas*.

## Synopsis

Japan, 2039. Ten years after the outbreak of the "Apocalypse Virus," an event solemnly regarded as "Lost Christmas," the once proud nation has fallen under the rule of the GHQ, an independent military force dedicated to restoring order. Funeral Parlor, a guerilla group led by the infamous Gai Tsutsugami, act as freedom fighters, offering the only resistance to GHQ's cruel despotism.

Inori Yuzuriha, a key member of Funeral Parlor, runs into the weak and unsociable Shuu Ouma during a crucial operation, which results in him obtaining the "Power of Kings"—an ability which allows the wielder to draw out the manifestations of an individual's personality, or "voids." Now an unwilling participant in the struggle against GHQ, Shuu must learn to control his newfound power if he is to help take back Japan once and for all.

*Guilty Crown* follows the action-packed story of a young high school student who is dragged into a war, possessing an ability that will help him uncover the secrets of the GHQ, Funeral Parlor, and Lost Christmas. However, he will soon learn that the truth comes at a far greater price than he could have ever imagined.

## Mal Info

Score:7.55

Ranked:#1413

Popularity:#67

Studios:Production I.G

Source:Original

Duration:24 min per ep

Rating:R-17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Aniplex, Dentsu, Movic, Fuji TV, Fujipacific Music
When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace

***When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace*** (Japanese: 異能バトルは日常系のなかで, Hepburn: *Inō-Batoru wa Nichijō-kei no Naka de*) is a Japanese light novel series written by Kota Nozomi with illustrations by 029. SB Creative has published it in thirteen volumes from 2012 to 2018 under their GA Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Kōsuke Kurose was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's *Comp Ace* from September 2013 to February 2015 and compiled in four volumes. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Trigger aired in Japan between October 6 and December 22, 2014.

## Synopsis

The five members of the literature club awakened with extraordinary powers half a year ago. Although the members expected to be thrown into a world of super-powered battles at their school, their normal daily routine continued. No secret organizations bent on world destruction, no super-powered wars, no brave heroes or demon kings. However, the members still look forward to the possibilities of adventure, and continued to believe that with each day, they were getting ever closer to those days of fantasy. Their days of romantic comedy and battles with extraordinary powers begin!

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Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor

***Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor*** (Japanese: ロクでなし魔術講師と is a Japanese light novel series written by Tarō Hitsuji and illustrated by Kurone Mishima. Fujimi Shobo has published seventeen volumes since July 2014 under their Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with art by Aosa Tsunemi began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's *shōnen* manga magazine *Monthly Shōnen Ace* from March 26, 2015, and has been collected in ten *tankōbon* volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Liden Films aired from April to June 2017.

## Plot/Synapsis:

The Alzano Empire is home to one of the most distinguished magic schools in the world: the Alzano Imperial Magic Academy. Here, ambitious young students undergo training to become competent magicians. Sistine Fibel, a stern noble girl, and her bright-eyed best friend Rumia Tingel attend the Academy, determined to cultivate their magical skills.

However, their world is thrown for a loop when their favorite teacher suddenly retires and the enigmatic Glenn Radars replaces him. His lazy and indifferent attitude toward life and magic quickly puts him at odds with his class. What's more, nefarious forces hidden within the empire's walls start to become active, and Sistine, Rumia, and Glenn find themselves caught up in their schemes.

*Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records* follows Sistine, who is captivated by a mysterious floating Sky Castle; Rumia, who is haunted by a troubled past; and Glenn, who may be more than meets the eye. Though completely different on the surface, they are inexplicably bound together by a thread of fate.

## MAL info:

**Producers:** Media Factory,  AT-X, Kadokawa Pictures Japan,  Ultra Super Pictures,  Tohokushinsha Film Corporation,  Sony Music Communications,  Fujimi Shobo,  Kanetsu Investment

**Licensors:** Funimation

**Studios:** LIDENFILMS

**Source:** Light novel

**Duration:** 24 min. per ep.

**Rating:** R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

**Score:** 7.22

**Ranked:** #2680

**Popularity:** #264

## Official sites:

https://myanimelist.net/anime/32951/Rokudenashi\_Majutsu\_Koushi\_to\_Akashic\_Records?q=Akashic%20Records%20of%20Bastard%20Magical%20Instructor&cat=anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic\_Records\_of\_Bastard\_Magic\_Instructor
Brave 10

***Brave 10*** (Japanese: ブレイブ・テン, Hepburn: *Bureibu Ten*) is a manga series by Kairi Shimotsuki, serialized in Media Factory's *Comic Flapper* from 2006 to 2010. The series was resumed on June 15, 2011 and retitled *Brave 10 Spiral* (ブレイブ・テン・スパイラル, *Bureibu Ten Supairaru*), better known as *Brave 10 S*, serialized in *Monthly Comic Gene*. An anime adaptation by Studio Sakimakura and TMS Entertainment aired from January 2012 to March 2012. The original manga series is licensed by Tokyopop, though no volumes have been released as of 2012.The series had been licensed for streaming on Crunchyroll.

## Synopsis

A young ninja named Saizo Kirigakure is trying to find meaning and direction in his life when he encounters Isanami, who is fleeing from assassins. He manages to save her life, and she then asks him to act as her bodyguard until she reaches her destination. When they arrive in the protected territory of Sanada, Saizo falls into a meeting with Sasuke Sarutobi, leader of the famed ninja group. Sanada has gathered these bold and talented ninjas together in order to bring an end to Japan's era of war. Meanwhile, Isanami's mysterious hidden power comes to light.

## MAL Info:

Score:6.81

Ranked:#4344

Popularity:#1073

Studios:TMS Entertainment

Source:Manga

Duration:24 min. per ep.

Rating:R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Media Factory, Studio Saki Makura
Claymore

A **claymore** (/ˈkleɪmɔːr/; from Scottish Gaelic: *claidheamh-mòr*, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations and was in use from the 15th to 17th centuries.

The word *claymore* was first used in reference to swords in the 18th century in Scotland and parts of England to refer to basket-hilted swords. This description was maybe not used during the 17th century, when basket-hilted swords were the primary military swords across Europe, but these basket-hilted, broad-bladed, swords remained in service with officers of Scottish regiments into the 21st century. After the Acts of Union in 1707 when Scottish and English regiments were integrated together, the swords were seen as a mark of distinction by Scottish officers over the more slender sabres used by their English contemporaries: a symbol of physical strength and prowess, and a link to the historic Highland way of life.

## Synopsis

When a shapeshifting demon with a thirst for human flesh, known as "youma," arrives in Raki's village, a lone woman with silver eyes walks into town with only a sword upon her back. She is a "Claymore," a being manufactured as half-human and half-youma, for the express purpose of exterminating these monsters. After Raki's family is killed, the Claymore saves his life, but he is subsequently banished from his home. With nowhere else to go, Raki finds the Claymore, known as Clare, and decides to follow her on her journeys.

As the pair travel from town to town, defeating youma along the way, more about Clare's organization and her fellow warriors comes to light. With every town cleansed and every demon destroyed, they come closer to the youma on which Clare has sought vengeance ever since she chose to become a Claymore.

## Mal Info

Score:7.79

Ranked:#843

Popularity:#191

Studios:Madhouse

Source:Manga

Duration:23 min. per ep.

Rating:R+ - Mild Nudity

Producers:VAP, Avex Entertainment, Nippon Television Network, D.N.dreampartners
Working!!

Season 3: 13

***Working!!***, released in English territories as ***Wagnaria!!***, is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga series written and illustrated by Karino Takatsu, which follows the activities of the unusual employees at one of the units of the Wagnaria family restaurant chain. The series was serialized in Square Enix's *Young Gangan* seinen manga magazine between January 2005 and November 2014. Square Enix released three drama CDs between 2007 and 2009 with scripts written by Shōgo Mukai. An anime television series was produced by A-1 Pictures and directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike, airing in three seasons in 2010, 2011, and 2015, respectively. In North America, the first two anime seasons are licensed by NIS America while the third is licensed by Aniplex of America.

The series is a spin-off of an earlier webcomic also titled *Working!!*, later published in print form as *Web-ban Working!!*, set in another Wagnaria restaurant and following a different group of characters. It was adapted into an anime series titled *WWW.Working!!* in 2016. It is licensed by Aniplex of America.

## Synopsis

Set in a family restaurant in Hokkaido, the northern prefecture of Japan, 16-year-old high school student Souta Takanashi works part-time along with his strange co-workers: Popura Taneshima, a high school girl who's a year older than Souta, yet easily mistaken for an elementary/middle schooler, and Kyoko Shirafuji, the 28-year-old store manager who doesn't bother to do any work at all.

## MAL Info:

Score:(Season 1) 7.71; (Season 2) 7.89; (Season 3) 8.05

Ranked:(Season 1)#1013; (Season 2)#685; (Season 3)#477

Popularity:(Season 1)#349; (Season 2)#634; (Season 3)#733

Studios:A-1 Pictures

Source: 4-koma manga

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Aniplex, Rakuonsha
Wise Man's Grandchild

***Wise Man's Grandchild*** (賢者の孫, *Kenja no Mago*, lit. "The Sage's Grandson") is a Japanese light novel series written by Tsuyoshi Yoshioka and illustrated by Seiji Kikuchi. It began serialization online in January 2015 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Enterbrain, who have published eleven volumes since July 2015 under their Famitsu Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation with illustration by Shunsuke Ogata began serialization on Kadokawa Shoten's *Young Ace Up* website from March 2016. It has been collected in thirteen *tankōbon* volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Silver Link aired from April 10 to June 26, 2019.

## Synopsis

A young man is reborn in another world where he is adopted as a baby by the hero Merlin Wolford and named Shin. By his 15th birthday, Shin has accumulated all kinds of power by studying under Merlin, but one thing his adoptive grandfather didn't give him was a lick of common sense.

## MAL Info:

Score:6.56

Ranked:#5497

Popularity:#437

Studios: Silver Link.

Source:Light novel

Duration:23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Sotsu, Docomo Anime Store, ABC Animation, Kadokawa
The God of High School

***The God of High School*** (Korean: 갓 오브 하이 스쿨; RR: '**Gat Obeu Hai Seukul'**) is a South Korean webtoon written and illustrated by Yongje Park. It has been serialized in Naver's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since April 2011, with the individual chapters collected and published by Imageframe under their Root label into one volume as of April 2020. *The God of High School* received official English translations by LINE Webtoon in 2014.

It has received a mobile game and an original video animation short attached to the aforementioned game's original soundtrack. An anime television series adaptation by MAPPA aired from July to September 2020.

## Synopsis

When an island half-disappears from the face of the earth, a mysterious organization sends out invitations for a tournament to every skilled fighter in the world. “If you win you can have ANYTHING you want” they claim. They're recruiting only the best to fight the best and claim the title of **The God of High School**.

## Mal Info:

**Producers:** Sola Entertainment,  Naver Webtoons

**Licensors:** Crunchyroll

**Studios:** MAPPA

**Source:** Web manga

**Duration:** 23 min. per ep.

**Rating:** PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

**Score:** 7.26

**Ranked:** #2532

**Popularity:** #340

## Official sites:

https://myanimelist.net/anime/41353/The\_God\_of\_High\_School?q=the%20go&cat=anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_God\_of\_High\_School
Steins;Gate

### Original Run:

Steins;Gate: Apr 6, 2011 to Sept 14, 2011Steins;Gate 0: Apr 12, 2018 to Sept 27, 2018

### Current Anime Episodes #:

2 seasons, 49 episodes, 2 OVAs, 1 Movie

The *Steins;Gate* anime is an adaptation of the visual novel *Steins;Gate*, originally developed by 5pb and Nitroplus. The anime series was produced by White Fox and directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya Satō, with compisition by Jukky Hanada and music by Takeshi Abo and Murakami Jun.

## Synopsis

The self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe rents out a room in a rickety old building in Akihabara, where he indulges himself in his hobby of inventing prospective "future gadgets" with fellow lab members: Mayuri Shiina, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, a perverted hacker nicknamed "Daru." The three pass the time by tinkering with their most promising contraption yet, a machine dubbed the "Phone Microwave," which performs the strange function of morphing bananas into piles of green gel.

Though miraculous in itself, the phenomenon doesn't provide anything concrete in Okabe's search for a scientific breakthrough; that is, until the lab members are spurred into action by a string of mysterious happenings before stumbling upon an unexpected success—the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past, altering the flow of history.

Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, *Steins;Gate* takes Okabe through the depths of scientific theory and practicality. Forced across the diverging threads of past and present, Okabe must shoulder the burdens that come with holding the key to the realm of time.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

## Visual Novel

Steins;Gate not to be confused with the similarly named *Steins Gate* world line, is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, and the second main installment in the *Science Adventure Series*, described as a "hypothetical science adventure".

*Steins;Gate* was originally released on October 15, 2009 for the Xbox 360, and was later ported to Windows, on August 26, 2010; and the PSP, on August 26, 2012.

JAST USA released an official English translation of the visual novel on March 31, 2014, with both standard and limited editions.

A remake, *Steins;Gate Elite*, featuring footage from the anime adaptation, was released on September 20, 2018 on Japan, and February 19, 2019 in the west.

## Music

"Hacking to the Gate" by Kanako Itou Opening Theme

"Toki Tsukasadoru Juuni no Meiyaku (刻司ル十二ノ盟約)" by Yui Sakakibara (eps 1-21) Ending Theme

"Fake Verthandi" by Takeshi Abo (ep 22) Ending Theme

"Sky Clad no Kansokusha (スカイクラッドの観測者)" by Kanako Itou (ep 23) Ending Theme

"Another Heaven" by Kanako Itou (ep 24) Ending Theme

## Characters

* Okabe Rintarou (Main)
* Makise Kurisu (Main)
* Shiina Mayuri (Main)
* Hashida Itaru (Main)
* Amane Suzuha (Supporting)
* Urushibara Ruka (Supporting)
* Akiha Rumiho (Supporting)
* Kiryuu Moeka (Supporting)
Zankyou no Terror

(Terror in Resonace)

***Terror in Resonance*** (残響のテロル, *Zankyō no Teroru*, lit. "Terror of the Echo"), also known as ***Terror in Tokyo***, is a Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA. The anime was created and directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa and music by Yoko Kanno. The anime began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina block on July 10, 2014, and its final episode aired on September 25, 2014. In total, it was made up of 11 episodes. Funimation acquired North American streaming rights and released an English dub on DVD on January 19, 2016. Anime Limited and Madman Entertainment acquired streaming rights for the UK and Australia, respectively. Funimation premiered the series at Anime Expo on July 5, 2014

## Synopsis

Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange video makes its way onto the internet. In it, two teenage boys who identify themselves only as "Sphinx" directly challenge the police, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem across Tokyo. Unable to stop the mass panic quickly spreading through the city and desperate for any leads in their investigation, the police struggle to act effectively against these terrorists, with Detective Kenjirou Shibazaki caught in the middle of it all.

*Zankyou no Terror* tells the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind the masked figures of Sphinx. They should not exist, yet they stand strong in a world of deception and secrets while they make the city fall around them, all in the hopes of burying their own tragic truth.

## Mal Info

Score:8.14

Ranked:#367

Popularity:#92

Studios:MAPPA

Source:Original

Duration:22 min. per ep.

Rating:R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Producers:Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Kyoraku
Industrial Holdings
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

***That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime*** (Japanese: 転生したらスライムだった件, Hepburn: *Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken*) also known as **TenSura** (転スラ) or **Slime Isekai** is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Fuse, and illustrated by Mitz Vah. It was serialized online between 2013 and 2016 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Micro Magazine, who published the first light novel volume in 2014. Sixteen volumes have been released as of March 2020. The light novel has been licensed in North America by Yen Press, who published the first volume in December 2017. It has received a manga adaptation published by Kodansha along with three manga spin-offs published respectively by Micro Magazine and Kodansha and an anime television series adaptation by Eight Bit, which aired from October 2, 2018 to March 19, 2019. A second season of the anime series was slated to premiere in October 2020 but has been pushed to January 2021 due to COVID-19, and an anime adaptation of the second spin-off manga was slated premiere in January 2021, but has been delayed to April 2021 due to the same circumstances

## Synopsis

Thirty-seven-year-old Satoru Mikami is a typical corporate worker, who is perfectly content with his monotonous lifestyle in Tokyo, other than failing to nail down a girlfriend even once throughout his life. In the midst of a casual encounter with his colleague, he falls victim to a random assailant on the streets and is stabbed. However, while succumbing to his injuries, a peculiar voice echoes in his mind, and recites a bunch of commands which the dying man cannot make sense of.

When Satoru regains consciousness, he discovers that he has reincarnated as a goop of slime in an unfamiliar realm. In doing so, he acquires newfound skills—notably, the power to devour anything and mimic its appearance and abilities. He then stumbles upon the sealed Catastrophe-level monster "Storm Dragon" Veldora who had been sealed away for the past 300 years for devastating a town to ashes. Sympathetic to his predicament, Satoru befriends him, promising to assist in destroying the seal. In return, Veldora bestows upon him the name Rimuru Tempest to grant him divine protection.

Now, liberated from the mundanities of his past life, Rimuru embarks on a fresh journey with a distinct goal in mind. As he grows accustomed to his new physique, his gooey antics ripple throughout the world, gradually altering his fate.

## Mal Info

Score:8.08

Ranked:#432

Popularity:#137

Studios: 8bit

Source:Manga

Duration:23 min. per ep.

Rating:PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Producers:Lantis, BS11, Bandai Namco Arts, Micro Magazine Publishing
The Saga of Tanya the Evil

***The Saga of Tanya the Evil***, known in Japan as ***Yōjo Senki*** (幼女戦記, literally "The Military Chronicles of a Little Girl"), is a Japanese light novel series written by Carlo Zen and illustrated by Shinobu Shinotsuki. It began serialization online in 2012 on the user-generated novel publishing website Arcadia. Enterbrain acquired the series and since then has published twelve volumes since October 31, 2013. A manga adaptation with art by Chika Tōjō began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's *Comp Ace* magazine from April 26, 2016. An anime television series adaptation by NUT aired from January 6, 2017 to March 31, 2017. A theatrical film taking place after the events of the TV anime series premiered on February 8, 2019.

## Synopsis

Tanya Degurechaff is a young soldier infamous for predatorial-like ruthlessness and an uncanny tactical aptitude earning her the nickname “The Devil of the Rhine." Underneath her innocuous appearance however, lies the soul of a salaryman who on the verge of death was reincarnated by Being X, a self-proclaimed God. Despite witnessing first hand the power Being X controls he refuses to admit to the existence of God.

Even after being reincarnated as a little girl into a world of magical warfare, Tanya proclaims that she will take down Being X and prove that they are nothing but a phoney God. Hellbent on defiance and with Being X proving to be the strongest obstacle preventing her from living the quiet life away from the front lines, Tanya resolves to ascend the ranks of her country's military as it slowly plunges into world war. With the power granted to her by Being X, along with her perceptive nature and combat initiative she pushes the mighty Empire into becoming one of the most powerful nations in mankind's history.

## MAL Info

Score: 8.03

Ranked: #493

Popularity: #176

Studios: Nut

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating:R-17+ (violence and profanity)

Producers: Media Factory, AT-X, Enterbrain, Sony Music Communications