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In the years following a terrorist attack that leveled Sarajevo, developed nations the world over drastically increased their security measures while less fortunate countries began to turn into genocidal warzones. Into these areas the USA sends a team of emotionally deadened super-soldiers in search of the man responsible for the outbreaks of insanity.
A dialog-heavy thriller with a strong initial literary theme and bursts of explicit action.
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In a world where text-based communication has begun to dominate discourse, a virus has appeared that causes certain Kanji to run amok. To counter this threat the DEAVA organization has gathered up people with Verbalism abilities to pilot special mecha called Aquarions.
An action series with a large comedic streak and minor romance elements which becomes more of a multi-genre series in the second half. While the OVA that precedes the first episode is a crossover between Aquarion and Evol, the series proper has no connection to those shows beyond a few setting details.
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Far in the future a mysterious disease eliminates the planet Altair’s female population. Not wanting their race to go extinct they decide to abduct women from the planet Vega, which responds by forming a gender-segregated defense force to repel the increasingly brazen attacks. However, only by coming together can the pilots harness the true power of the Aquaria mecha.
A relationship focused action series that’s set thousands of years after the events of Sousei no Aquarion. The connection between the two is mostly limited to the character reincarnation theme and having seen that isn’t necessary to follow along here.
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Following World War III the Japanese military began to shift its focus toward training magicians, and to facilitate this nine specialized schools were created with the focus of producing both new magical technology and soldiers. Two uncommonly talented siblings have just been accepted to the most prestigious of these schools… only to find themselves drawn into a variety of conspiracies hatched by foreign powers.
An exposition-heavy action drama with minor spots of ecchi which uses reaction humor for comic relief. While it does revolve around a school, the focus ends up more on the military and the two protagonists’ personal lives.
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At the end of the 19th century the Kingdom of Albion has been split into two powers, the Empire and the Republic, separated by a giant wall. This is the story of five girls of different backgrounds who have come together to work as spies for the Republic through the prestigious Queen’s Mayfaire highschool.
An alternate history action-drama that uses ‘cute girls doing cute things’ as its source of comic relief. Note that the show has several time-gaps and is not aired chronologically; chronological order is 2-3, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7, 6, 8, 10-12.
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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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Sent to recover information on the Psycho Frame technology from the abandoned AXIS asteroid base, Arlette Almage and Danton Hyleg find themselves in a desperate fight for survival after discovering that it’s been occupied by an unknown group of mobile suits.
The action-heavy part of the series focuses on a new conflict at the asteroid while much of the drama comes from Arlette’s memories of Lalah/Char and events that occurred in the first Gundam series & Gyakushuu no Char movie.
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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 an alternate timeline evolution produced four varieties of humans; animal-morphs, centaurs, merpeople, and angels/draconids. Their differences lead to the creation of strict equality laws in order to prevent discrimination and war, resulting in a similar quality of life with certain unique challenges to address.
A daily life schoolgirl comedy with a strong educational bent and intensely politically correct setting. The life lessons primarily highlight biological and sociological issues while the comedy is mostly situational or reaction-based with some ecchi periodically thrown in.
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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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