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While on a police training exercise in New York Akari Kido gets caught up in an especially violent Christmas prank caused by a mysterious sorceress with the power to bring inanimate objects to life.
An action-comedy with some minor dramatic elements. It’s a stand-alone story taking place within the Monster Strike universe.
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Warned as a child by the Golden Saint Scorpio Milo of the impending rebirth of a dark god and her own cruel fate, Kyouko resolves to become strong enough to defy fate and protect her sister Shouko from all harm. A resolve tested a mere five years later when minions of the dark goddess Eris suddenly appear with the intention of using Shouko’s body as a vessel for their master’s rebirth.
An action-drama with a small amount of comic relief. It’s a spinoff side story to the main Saint Seiya series, taking place at some point after the 73rd episode, which requires having seen that first to understand the references.
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In the future war has spun out of control, causing a massive drop in the population and shifting combat further and further into the realm of what was once considered science fiction: Unmanned drones, combat AI, and orbital weaponry now rule the battlefield. Or at least they did until the sudden appearance of so-called ‘Gun Girls’, ordinary looking girls wielding obsolete firearms with unheard of destructive power. Kerry is supposedly the original Gun Girl on which the others are based… yet she’s unable to remember anything beyond wanting to become a pâtisserie.
A mix of post-apocalyptic action and schoolgirl comedy with minor dramatic elements.
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Though having returned to space after saving the world decades earlier, Ultraman did not leave the planet undefended: An Ultraman Factor was left behind in the body of Shin Hayata, the human who fought with him against the giant monsters attacking Earth, to be passed down through his descendants in case another alien menace ever appeared. That time has arrived, and it now falls to his son Shinjirou to don the Ultraman mantle.
An action series with a moderate level of drama and minor comic relief elements toward the end. While it’s a sequel to the first Ultraman TV series, no familiarity with the franchise is required to watch it.
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With anti-technology protests popping up around the globe tensions are rising between Academy City and the Roman Catholic Church. It’s in the grip of this tense atmosphere that Touma is secretly recruited by Motoharu to destroy a specific religious artifact said to be the source of the discontent, setting him on a collision course with the mages of God’s Right Seat.
A continuation of Toaru Majutsu no Index II. Though it begins with a brief recap, you’ll need to have at least watched both that and Railgun S in order to understand the character relations.
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Due to an accident the award winning pro-player Kaito Aoba was forced to leave the world of Glamorous Heroes behind. Refusing to accept the situation, one of his fans invites him onto their amateur team in the hopes of breaking back into professional level play.
An e-sports themed action series with a small amount of drama. About 3 minutes of each episode is dedicated to live-action commentary.
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Having foiled another of Don Paolo’s schemes, Professor Layton and his assistant Luke reminisce about one of their first adventures together. The time where after having been invited to the opera by one of his former students, they ended up embroiled in a game of life and death related to the lost kingdom of Ambrosia.
A drama-infused mystery with minor comic relief elements and an action-heavy conclusion. Though it begins sometime after the franchise‘s second game, it can be watched as a stand-alone since the majority is a flashback prequel to the first.
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In a universe where an individual’s entire existence is dictated by a personal Book of Fate, only those rare few born with blank Books can stand against the insidious Chaos Tellers who rewrite others’ fate to spread chaos and despair across the land.
A partly episodic action-comedy with a central fairytale theme and small amount of drama.
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The war against the invading otherworldly creatures known as Disas has been over for 3 years, with victory achieved with the help of allied spirits who granted great magical power to select human girls. Scars remain however, and when a magically-backed terrorist organization begins to move these now veteran magical girls are forced into battle once more.
A graphic action-drama focused on PTSD and torture. It also includes a moderate level of both comic relief and ecchi.
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In the grim darkness of the future otaku culture is on the decline due to a mysterious viral epidemic which consumes people’s memories of related media. Even once grand Akiba is now but a shadow of its former self. Yet not all hope is lost, as the girls of the Rabbit Shed Shop café are still putting up a fight against the virus’ spread and restoring memories one franchise at a time.
A magical girl action-comedy with minor ecchi aspects. It’s mostly episodic and parodies a number of different media works.
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