Full Metal Alchemist is a popular series that began as a manga in 2001. It follows the Elric brothers in their search for a way to restore their bodies which were damaged and lost after a failed attempt to revive their mother using alchemy. The story is set in a post-European Ind...

Black Rock Shooter is a Japanese media franchise that is based on the characters that were created by Ryohei Fuke. The plot surrounds a girl called Black Rock Shooter with black hair and a blazing blue eye. The original illustration from Fuke inspired a song of the same name by S...

Nearly all anime fans in the late 1990s watched the story of a former assassin on his road to atonement. Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story--or simply Rurouni Kenshin--uniquely centers a show featuring sword fighting on non-violence and growth. The memorable cast of f...

Girls’ Frontline is a mobile strategy game developed by a Taiwanese team MicaTeam. Initially released into the Chinese market in 2016 and expanding into other limited Asian markets throughout 2017, the game did not get an English release until May 2018, with a localized Japanese ...

The afterlife has always been a popular subject for fiction. Anime and manga often feature some of the most creative depictions of what happens after leaving this world. In the Gantz universe that posthumous existence is a kill-based video game. The concept alone made Gantz inter...

GOOD SMILE COMPANY, INC. (株式会社グッドスマイルカンパニー) (usually shortened to GSC and グッスマ, respectively), was founded in May 2001 as GSC, Ltd. (changed to its modern designation in May 2012). It is currently a factory that governs figurine and toy projects, design, production, manufacturing...

The Queen’s Blade series follows in the footsteps of a time-honored anime tradition involving buxom warrior women in skimpy armor. Queen’s Blade, the anime, visual combat novels, and games, centers on the fanservice as its heart and soul. But the series goes beyond simple nudity ...

Haikyu!! is a popular shōnen manga about two unlikely friends who dream big and cooperate in creative ways to win and their high school volleyball team's journey to the top. The story of a short young boy who wishes to become a great volleyball player. He goes through many h...

Despite only airing one season, Seraph of the End, or Owari no Seraph, remains a staple of 2010s anime. It’s a show truly of its time, embracing the trend of dark dystopian fiction with mystical elements popularized among contemporaries like Attack on Titan. The concept is simple...

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The 1980s saw the rise of mecha and plastic model toy lines both in Japan and around the world. While Gundam may still hold the title of the most famous mecha model line, Zoids comes in at a close second. What makes Zoids unique is that the Zoids themselves aren’t simply large pi...

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Naruto is a Japanese manga series that was both written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The manga first began publication in 1987 and has ascended to become the fourth best-selling manga series in history. Its soaring popularity caused the creation of an anime television se...

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Kakashi Hatake is a character in the Naruto series. Naruto began as a manga series that was written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It entered publication in 1987 and, after soaring in popularity, became a long-standing anime series that ran from October 2002 until March 20...

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Sasuke Uchiha is a character in the Naruto series. Naruto started as a manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto was serialized beginning in 1999 by Weekly Shonen Jump until 2014, and also released in book form in 72 volumes. Because of the popularity of t...

Harry Potter is a popular series of books written by J.K. Rowling. It follows the titular Harry Potter as he is accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and his multi-year journey growing up in a world of magic, witches and wizards, and the looming threat of a on...

Hinata Hyuga is a fictional character in both the manga and anime series Naruto. Naruto started as a manga series that entered publication in 1987. It was both written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto and quickly gained popularity all across the world. In 1999 it was permanen...

Hatsune Miku is a character who personifies the Yamaha-created Vocaloid range of voice synthesis software and is a cyber-celebrity. The software and character were created by Crypton Future Media, Inc.

Transformers is one of the most well-known mecha media franchises worldwide. Originally conceived as a joint American-Japanese toy line in the 1980s, the brand includes a massive catalog of print and visual media including a live-action film series starting in 2007. At its heart,...

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For over 50 years, Lupin the Third has ranked as one of the most popular anime franchises in Japan. To avoid copyright issues, the series was released outside of Japan using the name “Rupan” or “Wolf.” However, the response, particularly to the manga’s off-the-wall yet mature exp...

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When Girls und Panzer first aired in 2012 it was the sleeper hit of the Fall anime season. Conceptually, combining cute girls, military history, mechanical tanks, and slice-of-life high school comedy would draw a large audience. However, the nuanced approach to characters and the...

Hetalia started as a historical comedy webcomic produced by Hidekaz Himaruya under the name Hetalia: Axis Powers. The story features personifications of various countries, regions, or other bodies of political power, characterizing each by their stereotypes, and putting together ...

Touken Ranbu is a prime example of the “historical figures as pretty anime characters” genre and the anthropomorphized weapon genre. Both genres boast large fan bases in the anime world, notably among young women. The swords in Touken Ranbu take human form in the bishounen art st...

USA, also known as America or by his human name Alfred F. Jones. is an Allied Powers member in the Hetalia media series. America is a very energetic character who is obsessed with heroes and justice. He wants to be a hero who fights for freedom. Due to his ideals, he often sticks...

Fans of catgirls have found true bliss in the series Nekopara. Since the first game release, Nekopara has seen a passionately involved fanbase with various camps favoring individual catgirls. The cute character designs and romance oriented nature of the visual novels have inspire...

Hunter x Hunter is a popular shōnen manga with over 78 million copies sold as of 2019. The series follows a boy named Gon Freecss, who sets out to become a Hunter in order to reunite with his long-lost father, Gin, who is also a Hunter. Gon goes through many arduous battles fill...

Fans of God Eater love it for the interesting storyline and memorable characters. The game series features a constantly evolving weapons system playing off the unique concept of Aragami. The non-player characters face plot-related growth as well as already having well-developed b...

Hypnosis Mic is a multimedia series created by EVIL LINE RECORDS, Idea Factory, and Otomate. The series so far has mainly been Drama CDs but with the recent release of a rhythm game and an Anime on the horizon, there will be a lot of new content coming for Hypnosis Mic fans!

Clannad remains a nostalgic favorite for fans of sentimental, heart-breaking anime. Originally a visual novel, the storyline of the anime adaptation is the most well-known. The focus on different types of family and growth within and without endears fans to the ensemble cast of f...

Idolish7 is a media franchise created by Bandai Namco, originally starting as a mobile rhythm game on both Android and IOS in 2015. It features 7 different unique male idol characters who perform the songs used throughout the game, the player takes the role of Tsumugi Takanashi, ...

The Idolmaster (stylized Idolm@ster) series created the immensely popular idol genre of games. As a social simulation game, players raise aspiring idols to stardom by training and developing bonds. A major success, the series grew to include numerous anime adaptations, game seque...

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a popular shōnen manga series known for its unique art style. The series is split into 8 parts, with each part featuring the supernatural adventures of a different descendant of the Joestar family who bears the ‘JoJo’ title. The main cast of each part...

Eromanga Sensei is a light novel series written by Tsukasa Fushimi and illustrated by Hiro Kanzaki. It first began publication under Dengeki Bunko imprint in December of 2013 and has since released 10 volumes. There is a manga adaptation of the series that began serialization in ...

Giorno Giovanna is the protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo also known as Golden Wind and is the illegitimate son of Dio. Even though he is the son of Dio, he also contains the blood of the Joestars as Dio Brando had taken over the body of Jonathan Joes...

Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- is a Japanese free-to-play web browser game that was developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM. Kantai Collection is abbreviated as KanColle and subtitled as “Combined Fleet Girls Collection”. The theme of Kantai Collection is the representati...

Kantai Collection (subtitled as "Combined Fleet Girls Collection" and abbreviated as KanColle in both English and Japanese) is a Japanese web browser game developed by Kadokawa Games and published by DMM.com. The game is based on World War II warships that are personifi...

BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! has been one of the most popular music media game franchises since its debut in 2017. The anime had a rocky start, but the game’s deep RPG visual novel elements, music, and character live performances have kept the series thriving. The large cast of ...

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To Love Ru is a classic slapstick harem comedy complete with a hapless protagonist and a bunch of pretty girls who are in love with them. The science fiction twist gives the series greater character flexibility in the spirit of fellow harem series Tenchi Muyo. The ever-growing fe...

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Among the huge cast of Dragon Ball Z characters, Trunks is one of the most popular and critically praised due to his unique story role. Future Trunks takes most of that fame as the first appearance in the series. However, knowing the fate of his timeline makes the slightly spoile...

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Son Gohan may not be the primary protagonist of the Dragon Ball series, but his growth and prominence throughout the series are main character level. From his debut as a child learning to fight, emotional growth from seeing his father, Son Goku and his mentor die, to his transiti...

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