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The year is 1274. With the Mongols poised to invade Japan and the island of Tsushima needing every available warrior, groups of prisoners from the mainland end up conscripted to serve on the front lines. Jinzaburou Kuchii is one such prisoner, and with just his own previous wartime experience along with a small band of followers he must find a way to triumph against overwhelming odds.
An action-heavy war drama with minor romance elements.
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The eccentric cast of Bakabon is finally back after an 18-year absence. Many things have changed since then, providing a whole new frontier of late night comedy.
A fourth-wall breaking gag comedy. It’s a modern-day update of the Tensai Bakabon franchise and does not require having seen any previous works.
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Inside the human body are trillions of cells, each with their own specialized jobs. Some transport resources, some handle construction, and others seek out and destroy any hostile invaders. Follow the everyday lives of a mismatched pair of red and white blood cells throughout different sections of the body as they encounter all sorts of both friendly cells and dangerous antigens.
A partly episodic educational and graphically violent action-comedy.
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Perennially unpopular, the members of the Ongaku Shoujo idol group have tried just about everything to increase their sales or attract more attention. Their luck finally changes one day after meeting the idol-crazy Hanako Yamadagi, who’s currently visiting Japan with her musician parents: With the help of her advice and practically eidetic memory they suddenly begin to improve by leaps and bounds.
A comedic management-focused idol series with small flashes of relationship drama. Though it includes the characters from the 2015 movie of the same name, in all other respects the two are unrelated.
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After a strange red miasma suddenly appeared in Toyko, putting any living creature it touched into a deep sleep, the city was quarantined from the rest of the country. The sleepers begin to awaken a week later with seemingly no ill effects and with some in possession of strange abilities, triggering a conflict against demonic entities trying to force their way into the world.
An action-drama based off the fourth Lord of Vermilion arcade game. It does not require any familiarity with the franchise to follow.
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Recently having moved to London to study abroad, Ton Baileu is initially exuberant to finally be in a new country. Exuberance however soon gives way to confusion after she’s robbed by a goblin and led to a special café staffed by a quartet of supernatural men, men who happen to have been acquaintances of her great-grandmother. Quickly adapting to the situation they help recover her belongings and send her on her way… but her presence in the city has been noticed, and darker forces have already begun to move.
An action-drama with significant comic relief elements and a minor thread of romance.
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With the long war finally over, those who defined themselves through military service must now find a new path… a task especially difficult for someone who was raised to be nothing more than a weapon. This is the position Violet Evergarden now finds herself in, and with the last words of her cherished someone still echoing in her head she decides to try her hand as a ghostwriter; to give shape to others’ feelings in the hopes of eventually understanding her own.
A post-war character drama with occasional splashes of comic relief, framed with romance elements and peppered with wartime flashbacks.
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Attending the prestigious Seishou Music Academy, Karen Aijou holds a dream of performing on stage in the Starlight Revue with her childhood friend Hikari Kagura. A dream which finally seems within her reach when Hikari returns from overseas to attend Seishou as well… but the path to the Revue is a harsh one, and only a single performer out of a select group can qualify for the honor.
A school-life relationship drama centered on theater performance as combat. It has a large of amount of comic relief and a fondness for symbology.
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Follow the everyday adventures of college students Tapio and Kuehiko as they work together on all manner of odd jobs despite their radically different personalities.
A slightly educational workplace comedy featuring a different type of job each episode. It has picture-drama style visuals and leans toward absurdist comedy.
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Constantly mistaken for a girl due to his shy nature and small stature, Aki Shiina wants to try reinventing himself by attending a middle school in Tokyo. With no family in the area he plans to stay at the Sunohara-sou dorm run by Ayaka Sunohara… who he quickly develops a crush on. Also staying at the dorm are three members of his school’s student council, each of whom is eccentric in their own way, promising a hectic and hormonal time ahead.
An ecchi pseudo-gag comedy with prominent slice of life aspects and minor romantic development.
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