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Moving from the countryside to Tokyo in an effort to get over her crippling shyness, Hinako Sakuragi meets many new friends and discovers that while acting in the theater she can be as outgoing as she wishes.
A slowish slice of life comedy with an acting theme featuring cute girls doing cute things.
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A gigantic cube appears in the air one morning above an airport and proceeds to absorb a passenger plane carrying 252 passengers. From within the cube emerges a being calling itself Yaha-kui zaShunina, an ambassador of sorts that wishes to communicate with and advance humanity.
Starting out as something like a mystery thriller heavy on technobabble, it eventually develops a few slice of life aspects before ultimately transforming into an action-tinged romance. Be aware that while in the prequel episode the characters are drawn in a 2D style, the majority of the show uses 3DCG.
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Following a series of unfortunate events, Seiji Aino finds himself caught up in a love polygon between a fujoshi angel, a jealous yandere classmate, and her incestuous half-sister. Worse, he now has to work as a matchmaker for other couples or his soul will be sent to hell. So begins his new daily life as a cupid’s helper.
A romantic slapstick comedy with some dramatic subplots regarding the girls’ backgrounds. While it does contain heavy ecchi scenes, they’re very rare and tend to be brief.
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Seeking out the dejected and downtrodden, the traveling salesman Fukuzou Moguro offers them a chance at happiness… with a catch.
A remake of a long-running series from the early 1990’s dealing primarily in dark comedy. Each episode is split into two parts, with the first adapting a story from the manga version and the second being Anime-original.
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Roped into becoming a substitute teacher at the prestigious Alzano Imperial Magic Academy, to all appearances Glenn Radars is a lazy, incompetent slacker. In truth he’s a highly specialized mage with a very specific skill set… skills which make him the perfect instructor once properly motivated.
A multi-genre school life series with a moderate focus on ecchi and a much greater fondness for comedic misunderstandings.
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Known as the “God of Fighting” in the hugely popular MMO Glory, Xiu Ye ends up screwed over by the manager of the pro-player club he leads and forced into early retirement. Contractually barred from re-joining the professional scene for the next year, he decides to work his way up from nothing on a new game server with the intent of eventually taking back the top spot.
Half set in a fantasy gameworld where all the action takes place, and half set in the real-world where the tone is more serious/reflective. Both parts are peppered with comic relief.
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Far in the future humans are forced to live in scattered pockets of a city they’ve lost their connection with, hiding from the autonomous machines which seek to eliminate them. A group from one such hidden village stumbles across a mysterious lone wanderer while out scavenging for food: His name is Killy, and he’s searching for someone with the net terminal gene in order to restore the city to human control.
A fully self-contained action movie that uses cell-shaded CGI.
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Short stories taking place both before and during the main Ajin series.
The first is a prequel focused on drama featuring Shinya, a university student who discovers that he’s an Ajin following a fatal motorcycle accident. The second is a collection of comedic ‘behind-the-scenes’ character-based segments, each of which takes place at a different part of the parent series. The third is an action-centric prequel centering on the event that triggered Satou’s transformation from soldier to terrorist.
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A thief has stolen the Left Eye of the Impure King, a piece of a powerful demon that had been safely sealed away. Yukio and Shura are sent to investigate while Rin accompanies them due to not being able to leave Shura’s supervision.
A continuation of the 2011 Ao no Exorcist series that acts as though the Anime original content of episodes 18-25 never happened. Unlike there, here the protagonist is treated with suspicion and fear because of his powers. Note that the series’ 13th and 14th episodes are mostly self-contained stories and were released separately in OVA format.
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