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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Dragon Quest is a Japanese role-playing video game series. The series was created by Yuji Horii and his studio Armor Project and published by Square Enix. The first game was published in 1986 and since then there have been eleven games released in the main series. There have also...

Steins;Gate is a Japanese science fiction and psychological thriller series. It began as a visual novel series created by 5bp. and Nitroplus in 2009. Since then, an anime television series aired in 2011 that was created by the animation studio, White Fox. The anime has been calle...

A series as iconic as Gintama depends on an equally as iconic main character. Gintoki Sakata fits the bill with his lazy demeanor, oddball antics, fiery rage, and fierce devotion to his friends. The former samurai has accumulated a large fanbase in the 17 years since Gintama’s de...

Gintama remains one of the most famous, best-selling series of all time. Its enduring reputation stems from the outlandish, off-the-wall humor in the dialogue and visuals. The manga itself lasted nearly 16 years, setting a standard for comedy manga and anime to follow. With a lar...

The Rising of the Shield Hero has seen a rise in popularity with the anime adaptation in Japan and abroad. Following the ever-popular isekai format, the uniqueness of a folk hero and lovable supporting cast make Shield Hero stand out. The light novel, manga, and anime art style m...

Trigun, though a short-lived series, is representative of the late 1990s space western anime trend. Despite facing a lukewarm reaction in Japan, the series became a smash hit in the early 2000s abroad. Even for non-fans, Vash the Stampede is one of the most iconic main characters...

Angel Beats! is a Japanese anime series written by Jun Maeda and directed by Seiji Kishi. The anime aired in Japan between April 3 and June of 2010 for 13 episodes. There are also other forms of media dedicated to the series, like manga, visual novels, and a light novel. This sto...

Spice and Wolf is a Japanese light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Ju Ayakura. It began publication under Dengeki Bunko imprint in 2006 and has since published 22 novels. A manga adaptation of this series was realized starting November of 2007 and lasted...

Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is a manga series written and illustrated by Coolkyousinnjya. The series began its publication in May of 2013 through Futabasha's Monthly Action Magazine. A few years later, an anime television series of the same name was produced by Kyoto Animati...

Hetalia: Axis Powers is a Japanese webcomic that was later adapted as a manga and anime series. The series, written by Hidekaz Himaruya, is often a satirical allegory of political and historical events and cultural comparisons. Each character is a personification of a country, su...

Emilia is a character in Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World. It was originally a Japanese light novel series that was written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichiro Otsuka. Also, originally published in 2012 on a website called Shousetsuka ni Narou, a website ded...

Ram is a character in the Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World series. Re:Zero began as a Japanese light novel series that was written by Tappei Nagatsuki and illustrated by Shinichiro Otsuka. It entered publication in April of 2012 and since then six volumes have been releas...

SSSS.Gridman is a Japanese anime television series that is an adaptation of Denkou Choujin Gridman. This production is actually a joint collaboration between two different production companies, Tsuburaya Productions, and Trigger. The original run of this anime television series w...

Goblin Slayer is a Japanese light novel series written by Kumo Kagyu and illustrated by Noboru Kannatsuki. The first novel was published in February of 2016 and since then 12 volumes of the story have been released. There is also a manga series, an anime television series as well...

Blue Exorcist is a Japanese manga series both written and illustrated by Kazue Kato. The series began its publication through Shueisha in 2009 and has since released 25 volumes. There is also an anime television series by the same name, which had its original run from April to Oc...

While classic literature may be thought of as boring, the creator of Bungo Stray Dogs has brought the names of famous authors to an exciting new form. The manga, featuring young adult characters modeled after classic Japanese authors, began in 2012. The supernatural mystery eleme...

Despite only airing one full season in 2006, fans are still holding out hope for a second season of Ouran High School Host Club. The manga’s completion in 2010 showed the fate of the beloved Host Club members, but many won’t be satisfied until seeing those endings on screen. Such...

Your Lie in April is well-known among anime fans as a heartbreaking, beautifully composed musical drama. As with most dramas, the characters serve as the heart and soul of the series and no character brings more life to Your Lie in April than the female protagonist, Kaori Miyazon...

Among Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma fans, no girl has a larger following than Erina Nakiri. Erina spends the series going from antagonist to damsel in distress to the unbeatable chef she was always destined to be. And it’s no secret her physical beauty adds to her popularity in th...

During the 2010s, Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma was a staple in the Weekly Shonen Jump lineup. Gourmet manga has been popular for decades, but no one else did it quite like Soma and his friends. Aside from mouth-watering depictions of gourmet dishes, Food Wars! made a name for it...

One of the biggest 80s anime to make it to the west is none other than Saint Seiya. The series began as a manga, running in the well-known Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1986 to 1990. Animation began the same year as serialization by Toei Animation as a television show and a se...

After a mysterious series of disappearances on a seemingly infinitely-long train, Tanjiro Kamado together with sister Nezuko and his friends from the Demon Slayer Corps accompany Kyojuro Rengoku to investigate the train. However, a powerful demon and the last of the Lower Moons n...

A P.O.V. anime in which the viewer is the protagonist, One Room revolves around stories that develop in your one room.

Maitetsu takes place in an alternate reality in Japan, where railroads have become forgotten about and discontinued after a new form of travel emerges. Migita Sotetsu returns to his hometown of Ohitoyo after hearing that an industrial factory is to be built along a landmark river...

Nijigasaki High School is a popular high school in Odaiba, Tokyo, with a free school spirit and a variety of majors. Yu Takasaki, a second-year student at the school, was fascinated by the charms of school idol life and joined the school idol club together with childhood friend A...

Everyone is familiar with the story of Sherlock Holmes - but what about his long-standing rival Moriarty? Moriarty the Patriot tells an equally compelling story with Moriarty as the protagonist, in London during the Golden Age of Britain. Rather than solving mysteries, Moriarty u...

In the near future, Earth is under attack by an alien enemy known as the “Enemies of Humanity.” In order to fight against them, a unique school is set up on a faraway island in order to teach and train children with supernatural abilities known as “Talents.” Nana Hiiragi is a new...

With only a few magic users in Japan, they’re a rare commodity and forced to attend one of nine magic-related schools, each of which focuses on a different aspect. Among these users is Tatsuya Shiba, a user who’s considered magically inept but manages through his unusual technica...

It’s not the destination that matters, it’s the journey. Well, at least for this traveling witch. Elaina is a free-spirited witch who travels the world seeking nothing more than stories to tell. A leaf on the wind, she goes wherever the breeze takes her, meeting new people and fi...

Inumael and Leocadio are two young men living in the Warheit Empire, where a plan is underway to relocate the capital. Inumael is a timid carrier worker and Leocadio is a naive soldier new to the empire. One thinks about his beloved sister, while the other thinks about advancing ...

Syalis is a cute princess. Like, really cute. And she’s been captured by the Demon King and imprisoned in his castle. How boring! In order to pass the time, she decides to partake in her favorite hobby: sleeping! But getting a good night’s sleep inside a demon castle is harder th...

Fubuki Kitakaze, Mafuyu Kogarashi, Rin Araya, and Nayuta Asougi are four 19-year-old girls who are striving to become comedians. Wanting to bring everyone happiness through laughter, the girls spend their days honing their craft while working part-time at a restaurant. Their ulti...

Zenitendo is a mysterious candy shop that only lucky people can find. It is run by a woman named Beniko, who can recommend the perfect candy to cure each person’s troubles and worries. However, there’s something strange about the candy sold there and bad things may happen to thos...