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Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensaitachi no Renai Zunousen
TV | 2019 | Finished | 8.3/10 | 12 eps
Known for being both brilliant and powerful, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomiya lead the illustrious Shuchiin Academy as near equals. And everyone thinks they’d make a great couple. Pride and arrogance are in ample supply, so the only logical move is to trick the other into instigating a date! Who will come out on top in this psychological war where the first move is the only one that matters? (Source: Aniplex)
ComedyPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life
Mob Psycho 100 II
モブサイコ100 II
TV | 2019 | Finished | 8.7/10 | 13 eps
The second season of Mob Psycho 100. Kageyama is an ordinary 8th grader who just wants to live a normal life. Although he can disappear in the crowd in a flash, he was actually the most powerful psychic. The lives of those around Mob and his numerous feelings that softly piles up for the eventual explosion. The mysterious group "Claw" stands before him once again. In the midst of his youthful days, where will his roaring heart take him!? (Source: Crunchyroll)
ActionComedyDramaPsychological
Mob Psycho 100 III
モブサイコ100 Ⅲ
TV | 2022 | Finished | 8.7/10 | 12 eps
The third season of Mob Psycho 100. The appearance of a divine tree and new religion turns Mob and Reigen's city upside down! (Source: Crunchyroll)
ActionComedyDramaPsychological
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season
TV | 2024 | Finished | 8.4/10 | 16 eps
A year has passed since Subaru’s victory at the Sanctuary. He savors a life of fulfillment while Emilia’s camp stands united for the royal selection—until a fateful letter arrives. Anastasia, a royal selection candidate, has invited Emilia to the Watergate City of Priestella. But as the party begins its journey, crisis stirs beneath the surface and Subaru meets a cruel fate once again. (Source: Crunchyroll) Note: The first episode has an extended runtime of ~90 minutes, and received an early premiere at Anime Expo on July 5, 2024.
ActionAdventureDramaFantasy
Steins;Gate
シュタインズ・ゲート
TV | 2011 | Finished | 8.9/10 | 24 eps
Self-proclaimed mad scientist Okabe Rintarou lives in a small room in Akihabara, where he invents "future gadgets" with fellow lab members Shiina Mayuri, his air-headed childhood friend, and Hashida Itaru, an otaku hacker. The three pass the time by tinkering with their latest creation, a "Phone Microwave" that can be controlled through text messages. The lab members soon face a string of mysterious incidents that lead to a game-changing discovery: the Phone Microwave can send emails to the past and thus alter history. Adapted from the critically acclaimed visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus, Steins;Gate takes Okabe to the depths of scientific theory and human despair as he faces the dire consequences of changing the past.
DramaPsychologicalSci-FiThriller
Classroom of the Elite
Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e
TV | 2017 | Finished | 7.6/10 | 12 eps
Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment. Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)
DramaPsychological
DARLING in the FRANXX
Darling in the Franxx
TV | 2018 | Finished | 7.0/10 | 24 eps
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.” (Source: Crunchyroll)
ActionDramaMechaPsychological
Akame ga Kill!
アカメが斬る!
TV | 2014 | Finished | 7.3/10 | 24 eps
In a land where corruption rules and a ruthless Prime Minister has turned the puppet Emperor's armies of soldiers, assassins and secret police against the people, only one force dares to stand against them: Night Raid, an elite team of relentless killers, each equipped with an Imperial Arm - legendary weapons with unique and incredible powers created in the distant past. Rescued from a fate worse than death by Night Raid, young Tatsumi is offered the chance to join their lethal ranks… but it's a deadly choice, as few can master an Imperial Arm and even fewer survive when two Arms go against each other in combat. The battle is on, and only the strongest will make it out alive. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
ActionAdventureDramaFantasy
Terror in Resonance
Zankyou no Terror
TV | 2014 | Finished | 7.8/10 | 11 eps
Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange video makes its way onto the internet. In it, two teenage boys who identify themselves only as "Sphinx" directly challenge the police, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem across Tokyo. Unable to stop the mass panic quickly spreading through the city and desperate for any leads in their investigation, the police struggle to act effectively against these terrorists, with Detective Kenjirou Shibazaki caught in the middle of it all. Zankyou no Terror tells the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind the masked figures of Sphinx. They should not exist, yet they stand strong in a world of deception and secrets while they make the city fall around them, all in the hopes of burying their own tragic truth. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
DramaMysteryPsychologicalThriller
Call of the Night
Yofukashi no Uta
TV | 2022 | Finished | 7.9/10 | 13 eps
Wracked by insomnia and wanderlust, Kou Yamori is driven onto the moonlit streets every night in an aimless search for something he can’t seem to name. His nightly ritual is marked by purposeless introspection — until he meets Nazuna, who might just be a vampire! Kou’s new companion could offer him dark gifts and a vampire’s immortality. But there are conditions that must be met before Kou can sink his teeth into vampirism, and he’ll have to discover just how far he’s willing to go to satisfy his desires before he can heed the Call of the Night! (Source: Sentai Filmworks)
ComedyPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life
The Summer Hikaru Died
Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu
TV | 2025 | Finished | 8.1/10 | 12 eps
Two best friends living in a rural Japanese village: Yoshiki and Hikaru. Growing up together, they were inseparable… until the day Hikaru came back from the mountains, and was no longer himself. “Something” has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, feelings… and everything they know begins to unravel. (Source: Netflix)
HorrorMysteryPsychologicalSupernatural
The Future Diary
Mirai Nikki
TV | 2011 | Finished | 6.9/10 | 26 eps
This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space. (Source: FUNimation)