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Following a crash landing on Earth, the loss of the Durandal sends Subaru into severe cockpit withdrawal. Can he manage to survive long enough to reunite with the Tiramisu?
Continues from where the first season left off with the same variety of comedy. More plot driven than the prequel it’s best watched after that.
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Far in the future humanity has expanded their dominion throughout space and split into two warring factions: The Earth Federation and the People of Metus. Subaru Ichinose is the ace pilot of the Earth Federation and often relied upon to defeat overwhelming numbers of enemy units, which he doesn’t much mind. Far more of a problem is being forced to interact with other members of the crew when he’d much rather be sitting in his mech’s cockpit.
An absurdist reaction comedy with a few action scenes and minor ecchi elements.
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The battle between ghouls and the CCG continues unabated. It’s been years since Ken Kaneki’s disappearance following the assault on Anteiku and now the CCG has begun fielding a new unit of half-ghouls led by a man named Sasaki Haise, who bears a striking resemblance to Ken and has no memories of his earlier life.
An agency themed action-drama with a small amount of comic relief. It’s a continuation of Tokyo Ghoul √A with a new main cast, but you’ll need to have seen the prequels to recognize the numerous callbacks and extensive number of returning characters.
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Waking up in a strange house, Yuuta Hibiki can’t remember who he is or who the people around him are. Following the sound of what he assumes to be his name leads to a computer where someone calling themselves ‘Gridman’ implores him to realize his identity. Someone apparently only he can see and hear. Initially writing it off as a hallucination, he’s eventually forced to face reality after being sucked into a computer to fight a giant monster that’s suddenly begun attacking the town.
A combination of character drama and tokusatsu action with a large amount of comic relief and minor romance elements. No familiarity with the live-action Gridman or Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad productions is necessary to watch it.
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10 years after the mysterious disappearance of all varieties fish on the planet, the enduring love of fishing leads humanity to create numerous planetoids stocked with giant artificially developed fish. Initially restricted to men only, they have recently been been opened up to women: This is the story of six girls selected to become space fishers.
A schoolgirl comedy with occasional mecha-based action scenes and re-occurring bursts of drama.
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Traveling to the secluded staging grounds of a special festival in the hopes of meeting his friend Atsushi Fujii, whom he hasn’t seen in years, Shouma Mihara gets lost and injures himself falling from a cliff. After being found by another attendee and brought to the village hosting the event he’s eventually informed that while Atsushi is not there, it may be possible to meet him later if he helps out with the festival preparations.
A character drama with minor mystery elements and a few action scenes. Though related to the Monster Strike franchise it’s effectively a stand-alone work.
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Asuka Tsuchimiya and the other members of her school’s Radio Research Society gather one evening to perform a ritual rumored to open the door to a parallel dimension. Unsurprisingly the ritual fails. Or does it? Afterward a strange crystal is found, a crystal which seems to be broadcasting some sort of signal at a specific frequency. Inspired by the discovery they decide to try the ritual again using this new frequency… and suddenly find themselves transported to a world of ebony and gold.
A mix of schoolgirl comedy, sci-fi action, and character drama featuring a yuri-themed romantic subplot.
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Far in the future criminals facing a life in prison are given the chance to instead work for the Cyber Police as special agents of a sort. These are the stories of three such men tasked with stopping some of the most dangerous and violent offenders the city has ever seen.
A set of action-centric short stories featuring both thriller elements and small splashes of comic relief.
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Though James Blood rarely fails a mission for the SSC police force, he plays fast and loose with procedure and tends to cause more than his fair share of collateral damage in the process. Traits which result in constant lectures from others in the department. Traits which may be required in order to get to the heart of a conspiracy involving the creation of biotech soldiers.
A mix of conspiracy thriller and character drama featuring a large number of action scenes.
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Following the shock of his mother’s sudden death, Satoru Fujinuma’s normally limited time jumping ability kicks in and sends him all the way back to elementary school. To a point just before an unsolved kidnapping incident resulted in the deaths of three students.
A character drama with thriller and mystery elements which happens to include a slight romance subplot.
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