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  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Harem
  5. Isekai
  6. Magic
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Jul 8, 2019 at 10:30am EDT

Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They're treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku's wet dream quickly turns into Hajime's nightmare. While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime's job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith's level of strength?

[Source: J-Novel Club]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Harem
  5. Isekai
  6. Magic
  1. asread.
  2. studio MOTHER
Jan 13, 2022 at 9:30am EST

Transported to another world and left behind by his former friends, Hajime had to make his rise from literal rock bottom. It was in the labyrinth where he strengthened his weak magic and found several beautiful allies.

Now after saving his classmates, he ventures for Erisen to escort Myu and her mother. He’ll fight and defeat anyone he has to in order to find a way home—including a god!

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Gore
  3. High-Stakes Game
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. Supernatural
  7. Survival
  8. Suspense
  1. asread.
Oct 9, 2011 at 10:00am EDT

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]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Harem
  4. Romance
  1. asread.
Jul 14, 2021 at 10:30am EDT

Down-on-his-luck Koushi Nagumo wanders the streets unemployed, homeless and in search of his next meal. His fortunes improve after a chance meeting with a vivacious young woman whose proposition seemingly solves nearly all his problems. Thanks to her, Koushi enters the welcoming halls of a dormitory at a women’s college… only this particular assignment is no stuffy, sleepy affair. The Goddess’ Dormitory is known for housing the college’s most unruly students! If he wants to keep a roof over his head, Koushi must become the “Dormitory Mother” charged with maintaining order and good discipline. But doing his job and keeping his sanity are no small feat with characters as endearingly eccentric and untamable as these!

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. Romance
  1. asread.
Oct 4, 2013 at 12:30pm EDT

Raul’s long-time dream of becoming a hero is crushed when the Demon King is unexpectedly defeated. With a skill set that has been rendered useless and nowhere left to turn, Raul resigns himself to working at a magical electronics store. But when a new employee appears with a very interesting resume, Raul soon finds himself working side-by-side with none other than the Demon Lord’s daughter. Now, not only does Raul have to train his sworn enemy, but he’s stuck cleaning up her messes, too.

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Harem
  5. Isekai
  6. Magic
  1. asread.
  2. studio MOTHER
September 24, 2022 EDT

After the capture, Hajime was worried about the farewell to Miu that would occur when the trip resumed.
Hajime and his friends were talking about "The Seven Great Legends of Elysen" as a memory before they left for the trip, but all of them were missed.
However, in the final seventh adventure, he encounters a mysterious giant creature and is blown into the world of a devastated city!
Hajime, who started to search for the stray Mew, fulfills a miraculous encounter there.

[Source: official website via MyAnimeList]

  1. Action
  2. Super Power
  1. asread.
Apr 15, 2016 at 12:40pm EDT

This is a story that begins after the world ends.

One day, a new student transfers to the school attended by the story's protagonist, Hoshimiya Eiji. She's an attractive girl named Kurenai Rin, and Eiji immediately wants to get closer to her. Then, as Eiji is on his way home from school, who should appear behind him but the new student, Rin?!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Psychological
  3. Supernatural
  1. asread.
June 18, 2013 EDT

The Second is dead and the Gasai Yuno in the third world finally gets to live a happy life with her loving parents and friends from school. But there is still an empty place in her heart — it seems she has forgotten a person really close to her but simply cannot regain her memories...

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Ecchi
  4. Fantasy
  5. Harem
  6. Magic
  7. Romance
  8. School
  1. XEBEC
  2. asread.
Jul 7, 2005 at 11:30am EDT

In present times, Gods and Demons coexist together with Humans after the door between each of these worlds had opened. Tsuchimi Rin is a normal young high school student attending Verbena Academy, spending his days living peacefully with his childhood friend Kaede. Unexpectedly, one day the King of Gods, the King of Demons and their families move into be Rin's next door neighbors. Apparently the daughter of the Gods, Sia, and the daughter of the demons, Nerine, are both deeply in love with Rin after having met him in the past. Along with his playful friendship with upperclassmen Asa and his encounter with the silent but cute Primula, Rin has much on his hands dealing with the affections of each of these girls. Based on the eroge by Navel.

  1. Gore
  2. Horror
  1. asread.
July 23, 2013 EDT

The story is set in Heavenly Host Elementary School, an elementary school that was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students. By the start of the story, another school called Kisaragi Academy has been built over the elementary school site. One night, a group of students from Kisaragi are telling ghost stories when a sudden earthquake transports them to another dimension where Heavenly Host Elementary still exists and is haunted by the ghosts of the school's murdered children. The students of Kisaragi Academy students try to find their way home and survive the other mysterious forces that haunt the school.

[Source: Wikipedia; emended]

  1. Action
  2. Fantasy
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  2. tear-studio
Jul 13, 2018 at 12:05pm EDT

Set in Tokyo, it's January 29, 2030. High-frequency resonance is observed in the vicinity of Tokyo, and the red fog rolls into the city. Those who hear the sound, humans and animals alike, pass out, losing consciousness. Everything shuts down in Tokyo, believing that the fog is carrying an unknown virus that causes an epidemic. However, six days later, after the incident, people wake up as if nothing happened. After that, Tokyo's sealed-off city sections gradually return to normal. However, since the high-frequency resonance, some "bizarre events" start to happen, and people find themselves being pulled deeper into more mysteries. Meanwhile, young people start to become aware of themselves and release their power hidden in their blood, discovering themselves as "vessel of wisdom blood." Together, being led by something unknown, they meet, communicate, and face the unavoidable circle of fate, sacrificing their own lives.

[Source: MyAnimeList News]

  1. Action
  2. Supernatural
  3. Super Power
  4. Suspense
  1. AIC Spirits
  2. asread.
Oct 5, 2008 at 11:00am EDT

※ NOTE: The chronological order of episodes is 3-9, 1-2, and 10-12

Will you kill someone you love because of love?

An elite squadron trained to combat supernatural forces is called in to investigate reports of invisible monsters terrorising Tokyo, but their mission is complicated by the interference of a rogue exorcist. When the mysterious female slaughters the outmatched attack force, her former comrades are ordered to lock down the crime scene — and forever silence their old friend.

[Source: AniDB]

  1. Horror
  2. School
  1. asread.
August 1, 2012 EDT

An original video anime bundled with a limited-number edition of Corpse Party -The Anthology- Sachiko no Renai Yuugi Hysteric Birthday 2U (コープスパーティー -THE ANTHOLOGY- サチコの恋愛遊戯Hysteric Birthday 2U) spinoff game.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. Romance
  1. asread.
March 9, 2014 EDT

Life in the capital is business as usual until Raul’s little sister, Miuri, appears! Convinced that her big brother has become a great hero, she’s come to pay him a visit and see him hard at work. But little does she know that Raul’s career as a hero is out the window and he’s now working as a clerk at a magic store. In an attempt to keep Mirui’s blissful ignorance alive, Raul and the girls hatch a plan to trick his sister into believing that he truly is the hero that she thinks he is!

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Comedy
  2. Drama
  3. Ecchi
  4. Fantasy
  5. Harem
  6. Magic
  7. Romance
  8. School
  1. asread.
Jan 7, 2007 at 10:00am EST

A recap of the Shuffle world, set ten years in the future. Gods, Demons, and Humans freely visit the other worlds as if traveling overseas, and romance is in the air. Demons, Gods, And Humans together have been falling in love and creating new families, breaking down the wall that once seperated them. Past memories are visited by Rin Tsuchimi and the events that occured between him and Lisianthus, Nerine, Kaede, Asa, and Primula.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Action
  2. Super Power
  1. asread.
October 2, 2015 EDT

The story centers on an introverted high school student named Eiji Hoshimiya who has a huge secret — he wished for the destruction of the world when he was younger. After the disaster happens, certain people acquire special powers called Orders, and what Order Users can do with their power depends on their wishes. 10 years after the Great Destruction, Eiji struggles to come to terms with his immense power.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. CGDCT
  2. Comedy
  3. School
  4. Slice of Life
  1. asread.
Jan 4, 2009 at 11:30am EST

A year has passed since Okawari and the three sisters have grown up. Their likings and moods are almost the same. Haruka, the older sister, is a love-giving mother to the younger sisters and a discipline follower. Kana, the middle one, leaves everything to the last possible moment and always gives trouble to the trio. Chiaki, the little one, is the calculating and manipulating one; she likes to be admired and loved by Haruka and always gives trouble to the less blessed Kana. Despite being an unbalanced family, they love each other with all their heart. The family's daily life is as funny as ever; trouble and love are always present. Now it's time to see if they'll survive this age change since Haruka is now a young adult; she has even more responsibilities, having to watch over the young while integrating into the adult life.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Fantasy
  3. Harem
  4. Magic
  5. Romance
  6. School
  1. asread.
May 26, 2005 EDT

Shuffle! Prologue is a short OVA teaser for the Shuffle! anime series based on the visual novel of the same name. While some of the animation was reused for the first episode of the anime series, most of Shuffle! Prologue is unique animation not repeated in the series, although the story itself is retold.

[Source: Wikipedia]

  1. CGDCT
  2. Comedy
  3. Slice of Life
  1. asread.
June 22, 2009 EDT

Valentine's Day is approaching; Hosaka is still trying to express his love to Haruka by cooking, cross-dressing Mako-chan fears to be found out, Kana-"sensei" teaches the other girls how to "win" Valentine's Day, and Fujioka is desperately trying to receive Kana's chocolate.

  1. Action
  2. Military
  1. asread.
December 21, 2011 EST

The story is set in August of 2026 at the Fuji Training Facility. Natori Touko, a third-year middle school student in the Eastern Private Defense Academy, is entrenched in field training with instructor Kamiya. It has been a harsh training regiment, but it is finally the last day. Kamiya proposes a extracurricular class under the name Newest Weapons Research. But then, an incident occurs that rocks all of Japan.

  1. Action
  2. Sci-Fi
  3. Super Power
  1. asread.
May 24, 2007 EDT

ES members Éclair and Lumière once were involved in a battle to decide the fate of the galaxy. They prevailed and peace was restored to the galaxy. Now, several years later, the galaxy once again stands on the brink of chaos. This conflict will see the dawn of two new heroines; Ascoeur and Q-feuille.

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