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It’s the start of Sakura’s first year of middle school and Shaoran has returned. What should be a happy reunion however becomes complicated when the Clow Cards begin to change and Sakura’s dreams take on a sinister cast.
Part school life slice of life and part magical girl action-drama with a liberal amount of comic relief distributed throughout. It continues from where Sakura to Futatsu no Kuma left off following a brief time skip.
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What starts as just another school day for Sakura quickly becomes something more when first Eriol announces that he’s moving back to England and then Shaoran makes a shocking announcement of his own.
A romance-focused bridge between the movie conclusion of the first series and the 2018 continuation. If you haven’t seen those earlier works the character references here won’t make much/any sense.
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Wanting to expand into the idol business, Otoharu Takanashi has scouted seven promising young men to form a new group that will be managed by his daughter Tsumugi. Becoming successful will be an uphill battle however as not only do neither she nor the boys have any experience, but the owner behind the current top idol group has taken an unhealthy interest in them as well.
An idol-centric drama whose character interactions occasionally act as comic relief.
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Trapped in a seemingly endless battle against a hoard of undead, what keeps Shuiyin Lu going are his memories of a girl. A girl he first met as a child and again as a college student… a girl with a mysterious past whom a sinister underground organization will stop at nothing to possess.
An action-comedy primarily set in a virtual world which features a bit of ecchi and romance along with a small amount of drama.
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It’s been over 25 years since we last saw the Matsuno sextuplets and now they’re all grown up. Yet… nothing really seems to have changed. Will they every be able to find a job, move out of their parents’ house, or get a girlfriend?
An episodic gag comedy featuring an assortment of reaction-based, random-style, 4th wall breaking, slapstick, and parody humor. It does not require any familiarity with either of the Osomatsu-kun prequels.
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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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Searching for clues regarding her brother’s disappearance years earlier, Sophie Hennes learns it has something to do with the term ‘El Dorado’ and falls headfirst into the hidden world of the Horrors. There she would have died if it were not for Sword, the current Golden Demon Knight, who is hunting El Dorado for his own reasons and eventually agrees to let her assist in the search.
A partly episodic action-drama with some minor horror, comic relief, and ecchi elements. In regard to the two previous Garo animated series, it includes a few character references to Honoo no Kokuin and has no notable connection to Guren no Tsuki.
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With Shalltear freed from mind control, Ainz now divides his attention between attempting to discover who was capable of controlling her, continuing to expand his fame as the adventurer Momon, and improving Nazarick’s strategic position though conquest. The first target being the nearby tribes of lizard men.
A mix of world building, drama, and action interspersed with romance-based comic relief similar to the prequel. As a direct continuation it requires having seen that first.
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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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Xianming Lin is a crossdressing hitman working to pay off a large debt while Zenji Banba is a private detective with a secret identity. Two men who should be on opposite sides, instead through a twist of fate end up working together alongside a number of other colorful characters from Hakata‘s criminal underworld.
A mixed-genre series with a large amount of comic relief, some action and drama, and a re-occurring baseball subtheme.
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