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What happens to a hero who’s outlived their usefulness? Unfortunately, in many cases they end up either abandoned or sentenced to death. The Hero Retirement Agency seeks to change that harsh reality by transporting them to Earth and teaching them how to live as normal people.
A character drama with a large amount of comic relief and minor ecchi aspects.
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Caught up in a terrorist attack, Shintarou Kisaragi and the various members of the Mekakushi-Dan have to come up with a plan to both incapacitate the attackers and protect the other hostages from harm.
An alternate version of the events shown in Mekakucity Actors‘ 1st and 3rd episodes. There’s not much point in watching it as a stand-alone.
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The girls working in Edo‘s red light district are expected to be able to like, or at least pretend to like, every type of man. For those who can’t manage it however there exists a certain incense which will cause anyone who breathes it in to instantly fall in love with the next person they see… a substance which is both easy to abuse and can lead to all manner of awkward situations.
A Gintama° side-story focused on romantic comedy and dirty jokes.
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The sudden death of Zeon Zum Deikun from a suspiciously-timed heart attack triggers violent riots throughout the space colonies, leading directly to the formation of a new power which stands opposed to the Earth-based Federation government. Deikun’s two surviving children find themselves targets and are forced into hiding, eventually taking drastically different paths through life to end up on opposing sides of the conflict between the Federation and newly minted Zeon forces.
A character-focused war drama laced with action scenes and reaction-based comic relief. It’s a prequel to the first Gundam series and can be watched without having seen anything else in the franchise.
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Content with his normal everyday life, Tenchi Masaki receives a nasty shock one morning after accidentally awakening the infamous space pirate who had been sealed within the depths of his family’s shrine. It turns out he’s in fact alien royalty, and soon two princesses, an accident-prone galaxy police officer, and a mad scientist show up to complicate things even further. With the number of Tenchi’s houseguests now constantly on the rise it seems his life will never be normal again.
A slapstick-focused harem comedy featuring occasional nudity which periodically adopts space opera aspects. Note that the GXP series takes place around the same time as episode 21 and becomes heavily referenced from that point on.
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Witness the daily routine of Kusuo Saiki, a psychic with godlike power who just wants to live a calm ordinary life. A desire constantly thwarted by the ensemble of hyperactive characters who seem drawn to him like a magnet.
A segmented semi-random absurdist gag comedy. Note that it includes a remade version of the earlier web special.
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Lute and his friends live in the isolated Hakum Village, which has a tradition of secretly taming and riding the monsters that the rest of the world constantly hunts. A practice which is put to the test when an old threat re-emerges to infect the nearby monster population with heightened aggression, forcing the riders to come up with a way to subdue the infected creatures without killing them.
A comedic action adventure series with occasional spots of light drama. The first 48 episodes are an adaptation of the related game, while the remaining 27 feature an original story.
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Retsuko is a 25-year old accountant who constantly has to put up with all sorts of unreasonable and annoying behavior from her superiors and co-workers. She can never express her feelings directly however and so instead vents her frustrations through death metal fantasies and karaoke sessions.
A short-episode workplace comedy with a chibi artstyle.
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Race day is coming up and the Matsuno sextuplets have become obsessed with the sport.
A collection of gag segments centered on horse racing which doubles as an advertisement for the JRA. It won’t make much sense if you haven’t already seen the parent series.
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Having both become a professional shougi player and lost his family in an accident at a young age, at 17 Rei Kiriyama finds himself adrift in life. A situation which slowly starts to change through his interactions with the three Kawamoto sisters.
A character drama with a central shougi theme, moderate number of slice of life and school life segments, a few romance elements, and a large amount of comic relief in the form of exaggerated character behavior.
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