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The events of this show are not an adaptation of a previously existing work. It may have other attributes, such as character designs, based on one though.
After rescuing the 168th empress of the Raalgon empire from a 2000-year time stasis, the laid-back garbage collector Banjou Tylor decides to accompany her on a journey to the center of the galaxy.
A somewhat random comedy that can be watched without having seen the parent series, as despite the various references it takes place thousands of years after it ended.
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One night D’Artagnyan stumbles upon Lucifer singing alone in the moonlight and becomes overcome by a feeling she can’t explain. At the urging of her friend she attends a concert held by Lucifer’s former bandmates, now a famous idol group, and it’s there she realizes that she wants to sing as well.
While most of the series is a lighthearted take on becoming an idol, episode 0 is nearly a pure drama. Also note that although this is a part of the Monster Strike franchise, watching it does not require having seen any of the related shows.
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At the urging of her aunt, Misaki Shirogane begins to gather suitable girls together to become local heroines in an effort to revitalize their declining town.
A drama with a super sentai theme that focuses on both community/government issues and character relationship troubles. It has periodic bursts of comedy in the form of hyperactive character behavior along with a tiny bit of yuri subtext.
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Haruto Tsukishiro awakes to find himself trapped in a dreamworld. There he meets a mysterious girl who calls him ‘brother’ and finds himself attacked by self-proclaimed witches, the dreamworld incarnation of girls who have rejected reality. Now in order to escape he must help these various girls either move past their trauma or fulfill their desires.
An explicit semi-episodic drama that deals with issues both large and small, ranging from lack of self-esteem to someone witnessing their family’s murder. It’s highly experimental and no two episodes look the same.
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Having been transformed into a cat by a netherworld princess, Nora Handa’s everyday life has just gotten a whole lot more complicated. Will he ever be able to return to his human form?
A completely random gag comedy, featuring characters from the visual novel of the same name, which includes a tiny bit of romance and drama along with two ecchi-centric episodes.
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Nina Drango has journeyed from her small village to the capitol to make money as a bounty hunter. There she finds that the recent surge in human prosperity has been built upon the backs of enslaved demons and becomes tangled up in Azazel’s plan to overthrow the king.
An action-drama with a sizable amount of comic relief in the form of exaggerated character behavior and a small romance subplot. Though this takes place 10 years after Genesis it has many re-occurring characters, so while it’s not necessary to watch that to understand events here it will help.
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The SAO incident, which trapped 10,000 people in a virtual reality game for several years, is in the past and the survivors are now moving on with their lives. Technology is advancing as well and a competitor to the Amusphere soon appears on the market, one which provides a similar experience using augmented reality. Marketed as being safer than the full-immersion required by VR, the Augma quickly amasses a large following… but as Kirito and his friends discover, this AR experience is far more dangerous than it appears.
An action-drama with a romance subplot that takes place after Sword Art Online II. While it provides a brief recap of previous events at the beginning, there isn’t much point in watching it if you haven’t at least seen Sword Art Online.
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In order to prevent the Time Retrograde Army from altering history the spirits of famous weapons have been brought to life in human bodies. Just recently incarnated, Kunihiro Horikawa has been paired with Kanesada Izuminokami and the two are soon joined by three others. Now the five must work as a team to uncover and eliminate a particularly large-scale plot.
An action-heavy series based off of the Touken Ranbu game that switches up the cast at the halfway point. Aside from characters and premise it has no relation to the earlier Touken Ranbu Anime.
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Fresh out of college in Tokyo, Yoshino Koharu is having difficulty finding a job. Desperate for money she accepts a modeling agency’s offer to become the tourism ambassador for a small rural town on what she believes is a part-time basis, not knowing the job is supposed to last a full year. There she discovers that she’s been to the town before and that maybe living in the countryside isn’t so bad after all.
A mostly laid-back daily life show surrounding the activities of a small town tourism board. It features reaction-based comedic elements along with spots of usually low-key drama related to character backgrounds, the methods used to promote the town, and various population-related issues.
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At first glance the girls of Shinjugamine high school seem to be just normal everyday students, but they are in fact elite fighters trained to combat incursions by mysterious creatures called Irous. However, after having won two major battles in the past they’ve since grown complacent and sloppy… so much so that they must now undergo complete retraining.
A schoolgirl show based on a game featuring a mix of action, comedy, idols, daily life events, and minor ecchi content. While the story takes place after certain events in the game, it does not seem to be necessary to play that in order to watch this.
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