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  1. Lerche
Jul 1, 2017 at 9:00am EDT

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji has just enrolled at Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School, where it's said that 100% of students go on to college or find employment. But he ends up in Class 1-D, which is full of all the school's problem children.

What's more, every month, the school awards students points with a cash value of 100,000 yen, and the classes employ a laissez-faire policy in which talking, sleeping, and even sabotage are permitted during class.

One month later, Ayanokoji, Horikita, and the students of Class D learn the truth of the system in place within their school...

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
Jan 9, 2015 at 11:20am EST

A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying to kill their new teacher – an alien octopus with bizarre powers and super strength! The teacher has just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth – unless his students can destroy him first. What makes things more complicated is that he's the best teacher they've ever had!

[Source: VIZ]

  1. Drama
  2. Psychological
  3. School
  4. Suspense
  1. Lerche
Jan 3, 2024 at 8:30am EST

Kiyotaka Ayanokoji and his classmates have finally advanced to Class C, but a tumultuous third term lies ahead. They face an exam known as the “mixed training camp,” a co-ed test in which all classes must work together to achieve high scores.

Not only are students forced into unpredictable groups with former enemies, but those who fail to reach the benchmark will be expelled!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
Jan 7, 2016 at 11:25am EST

A humorous and action-packed story about a class of misfits who are trying to kill their new teacher – an alien octopus with bizarre powers and super strength! The teacher has just destroyed the moon and is threatening to destroy the earth – unless his students can destroy him first. What makes things more complicated is that he's the best teacher they've ever had!

[Source: Viz]

  1. Drama
  2. Psychological
  3. School
  4. Suspense
  1. Lerche
Jul 4, 2022 at 8:00am EDT

Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School seems like a paradise, but in reality, it is an extreme meritocracy. In the class of underachievers, Kiyotaka has begun working with Suzune, who seeks to ascend higher. After a survival test on an uninhabited island, they get to enjoy a luxury liner, but a new class-scrambling test will begin! Will you work for your class, your group, or yourself?

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Anthropomorphic
  2. Comedy
  3. Ecchi
  4. Fantasy
  5. Harem
  6. Romance
  1. Lerche
  2. Seva
Jul 7, 2015 at 11:30am EDT

Monsters—they're real, and they want to date us! Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; they are flesh and blood—not to mention scale, feather, horn, and fang. Thanks to the "Cultural Exchange Between Species Act," these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society, or at least, they're trying.

When a hapless human named Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a "volunteer" into the government exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu's job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life. Unfortunately for Kurusu, Miia is undeniably sexy, and the law against interspecies breeding is very strict. Even worse, when a ravishing centaur girl and a flirtatious harpy move in, what's a full-blooded young man with raging hormones to do?!

[Source: Seven Seas Entertainment]

  1. Action
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. Harem
  5. Romance
  6. School
  7. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
Jan 11, 2016 at 8:30am EST

From the broken, charred pieces of the Arcadia Empire, a new kingdom arose. To protect itself from future foes, the new Kingdom of Atismata began training Drag-Knights to wield ancient mechanical dragons known as Drag-Rides. When Lux Arcadia, former prince of the ruined Empire, sights the new kingdom’s princess, Lisesharte Atismata, naked, she challenges him to a Drag-Ride duel, beginning an odd chain reaction that will expose the dark secrets of both royal families.

[Source: Sentai]

  1. High-Stakes Game
  2. Horror
  3. Mystery
  4. Psychological
  5. School
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 4, 2013 at 12:35pm EDT

Makoto is an average student about to take the ultimate final exam.

Hope’s Peak High School is an exclusive private school that only accepts the best of the best. Graduates of this elite – yet enigmatic – institution have the world at their fingertips, but getting a cap and gown is easier said than done. The hallowed halls are ruled by the sadistic administrator Monobear, who declares that the only way to pass the class is by sending a fellow student home in a body bag.

If you can get away with murder, you’ll get your diploma. But if you’re caught red handed, you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a deadly detention slip!

When your principal is psychotic and your finals are fatal, high school goes from being the best years of your life – to your last.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Drama
  2. Ecchi
  3. Love Polygon
  4. Romance
  5. School
  1. Lerche
Jan 12, 2017 at 11:10am EST

17-year-old Awaya Mugi and Yasuraoka Hanabi appear to be the ideal couple. They are both pretty popular, and they seem to suit each other well. However, outsiders don't know of the secret they share. Both Mugi and Hanabi have hopeless crushes on someone else, and they are only dating each other to soothe their loneliness. Mugi is in love with Minagawa Akane, a young teacher who used to be his home tutor. Hanabi is also in love with a teacher, a young man who has been a family friend since she was little. In each other, they find a place where they can grieve for the ones they cannot have, and they share a loneliness-driven physical intimacy. Will things stay like this for them forever?

[Source: MangaHelpers]

  1. Mythology
  2. School
  3. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
Jan 9, 2020 at 11:58am EST

Kamome Academy is rumored to have many mysteries, the strangest of which involves the mischievous ghost of Hanako-kun. When occult-loving high schooler Nene Yashiro accidentally becomes bonded to him, she uncovers a hidden world of supernatural beings. Now the two of them are conspiring to keep the peace between student and supernatural—that is, if they can only stay out of trouble themselves.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Adventure
  2. Sci-Fi
  3. Space
  4. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 3, 2019 at 8:00am EDT

※ NOTE: First and last episodes were double-length

In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days. But shortly after arriving, an ominous glowing orb warps them to an unknown quadrant of space, nearly 5,012 light years away. Now, the only way back home is a slow, dangerous trek across the universe—a journey that’ll test them in ways Planet Camp never could.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. School
  1. Lerche
Oct 7, 2013 at 7:30am EDT

In the mechanized city of Liverpool, a Japanese student and his beautiful female companion enter the most prestigious magic academy in the world—the place all puppeteers dream of going. There, students use automatons and living dolls to fight against each other in the quest to become the world's best puppeteer.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Comedy
  2. Gag Humor
  3. School
  1. Lerche
Jul 8, 2018 at 8:00am EDT

Olivia is a blonde-haired beauty who was born and raised in Japan, but can’t speak any English. Despite always acting serious and as an intellectual, Kasumi is a bespectacled girl with short hair, who also can’t speak English. Finally, there’s the pig-tailed Hanako, who’s cheerful but can’t seem to become a normie. The three middle schoolers end up making a “Players’ Club”?! The ultimately cute, ultimately fun and hilarious teenage girls’ comedy is about to begin!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Comedy
  2. Ecchi
  3. Harem
  4. Martial Arts
  5. Romance
  6. School
  7. Super Power
  1. Lerche
Oct 1, 2011 at 12:00pm EDT

It's one thing to honor your ancestors and keep old traditions alive, but there IS such a thing as taking it to a ridiculous extreme. In Kawakami City, having a samurai ancestor and enormous 'fighting spirit' isn't just an interesting fact, it's a huge part of how you end up being ranked on the social totem pole. That, in turn, rolls over into the school curriculum. Fortunately, that's something the local kids like Yamato Naoe have learned to deal with by forming into small 'bands,' (that's the samurai type, NOT music). However, while the delicate sexual balance of Yamato's group seemed fine when there were three girls and four boys, the sudden addition of two MORE girls starts to send everything spinning out of control!

[Source: Sentai Filmworks]

  1. Action
  2. Fantasy
  3. Sci-Fi
  4. Video Game
  1. Lerche
Jul 5, 2018 at 1:03pm EDT

There was once a legendary party named Subaru in the globally popular MMORPG "Union." The group was made of elementary school friends. They earned fame in the blink of an eye for their unparalleled abilities in the Sense system at the core of the game. However, there was an incident where a player passed away inside the game. As a result of the death, Union ended service.

Six years pass. Haruto Amou, who was a key member of Subaru, has become a hopeless high school student. His personality has changed, and he has no friends or ambition. A classmate gets him to log in to the new Re'Union game, and he ends up having a "reunion" that is hard to believe. He meets his former in-game partner and real-world childhood friend Asahi Kuga. The girl who was supposed to have died six years ago was there.

Haruto can't believe his eyes. He thinks he must be ill or Asahi must be a system error or bug. Yet, she really seems to be there in the game. A new legend begins after the pair's reunion.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Horror
  2. Mystery
  3. School
  4. Slice of Life
  5. Supernatural
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 9, 2015 at 8:30am EDT

Yuki’s high school has everything: solar power, a well-stocked school store, an amazing library, a garden on the roof, and the best friends she could ask for. She’s the most energetic member of the School Living Club, an exclusive club dedicated to fully integrating themselves within the school. They even live in it! Life couldn’t be more exciting for Yuki and her friends… except that their club holds a dark secret.

[Source: Sentai]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Fantasy
  4. Magic
  1. Lerche
Oct 6, 2018 at 4:35am EDT

Seth, a sorcerer destined to find Radiant, sets his sights on Caislean Merlin for answers. He’s desperate to find out what the Knight Sorcerers know, but can he trust them? In the wake of all that is unknown, he digs deep within himself for the wisdom and confidence to control his powers. And as the world around him continues to grow with more magic and power, he gains strong new allies.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. Adventure
  3. Slice of Life
  1. Lerche
Oct 6, 2017 at 9:00am EDT

"The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."

A story about Kino, who travels around the world with nothing but guns for protection and the talking motorcycle Hermes. Kino travels to many mystical worlds, each with its unique customs and people, and learns about the world through their stories, at times conjuring humor and inspiration or other times piercing cynicism.

However, Kino's own custom is to stay no longer than three days in every town without exception, as it is enough time to learn almost everything important about the place while still leaving time to explore new lands.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Comedy
  3. School
  1. Lerche
November 18, 2016 EST

The killer class is back in session—sort of. Relive every moment that made you laugh, cry, and kept you on the edge through the eyes of the top two students: Nagisa and Karma. Reminisce with them about the time spent in Class 3-E from the moment Koro Sensei appeared to his final moments. This is a look back at the adventures of being assassins in training!

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Horror
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 11, 2016 at 10:00am EDT

Despair’s the game, and hope has the losing card.

Makoto Naegi survived one death game…but does he have it in him for one more? Suspected of treason, he’s taken in by the Future Foundation—a group founded to save the world from the Remnants of Despair—and is about to be put on trial when suddenly everything goes dark. Everyone wakes up, confused and distraught, with brand-new bangles and a familiar face on the screen. As Monokuma’s grizzly grin greets them, they learn they’re in for a whole new death game where one among them is the killer. Same deranged Monokuma mutual-killing game, new deadly location. But the biggest twist? They each have a forbidden action displayed on their bangles, and once triggered—it’s instant death. As if surviving murder wasn’t hard enough!

With all hope depending on them, it’s up to Naegi, his former classmates, and a few new faces to uncover the truth behind this gruesome game. A tale of despair in which hope kills hope begins.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Action
  2. High-Stakes Game
  3. Horror
  4. Mystery
  5. Psychological
  6. School
  7. Survival
  1. Lerche
Jul 14, 2016 at 10:30am EDT

At Hope's Peak, the reign of despair is about to begin. Being top of the class isn't enough to cut it at Hope's Peak High School. To make the ranks, you've got to have an ultimate talent and be the best of the best! But for those desperate for the fame of attending this prestigious school, they fill the reserve class for talentless nobodies, just like Hajime Hinata. Desperate to join the main class, Hajime would kill to be special, to be unique. And even more so when he meets Super-High-School-Level Gamer Chiaki Nanami and gets a peek into what life's like for Hope's Peak elites. But his hope to become something more will lead him to make a deadly decision. A decision that will drag Hope's Peak High School down into the depths of despair and change everything for Chiaki and her classmates. In a world of hope, despair awaits to destroy all.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Boys' Love
  2. Drama
  3. Music
  4. Romance
  5. Slice of Life
  1. Lerche
Jul 11, 2019 at 12:10pm EDT

Somehow, the guitar that he used to love to play and the basketball games that he found so fun just lost their appeal...

That was until Ritsuka Uenoyama randomly met Mafuyu Sato. Ritsuka had started losing his passion for music in his everyday life, but then he hears Mafuyu sing for the first time. The song resonates with his heart and the distance between them starts to change.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Anthropomorphic
  2. CGDCT
  3. Fantasy
  4. Girls' Love
  5. Iyashikei
  6. Mythology
  7. Slice of Life
  8. Workplace
  1. Lerche
Oct 4, 2017 at 7:00am EDT

Tucked away in a village inhabited by yokai is a beautiful hot spring inn waiting to greet travelers from all around. Working here are several cute fox mononoke, including their newest employee, Yuzu. Clumsy and a little oblivious, Yuzu charms everyone around her while learning what it takes to work in this high-class inn!

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Comedy
  2. Parody
  3. School
  4. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
Oct 10, 2023 at 2:00pm EDT

※ NOTE: First installment of the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun new anime project.

The spirit Hanako-kun and his human assistant, first-year student Nene Yashiro, keep the peace between supernatural forces and the students of Kamome Academy. When they’re not fighting to maintain balance between the living and spirit worlds, how do they spend their time? Join Hanako-kun and Nene on their adventures after school!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Comedy
  2. Detective
  3. Drama
  4. Mystery
  5. Super Power
  1. Lerche
Jul 7, 2014 at 1:05pm EDT

It has been three months since the incident at Yokohama. Things have been settling down at Cafe Nowhere. Murasaki and Hajime have teamed up and started investigating again. After an unforeseen reunion, Art holds Nice at gunpoint. What are his real intentions? What will become of the connection between Art and Hamatora?

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Boys' Love
  2. Drama
  3. Music
  4. Romance
  5. Slice of Life
  1. Lerche
August 21, 2020 EDT

High school student Ritsuka Uenoyama is shocked when he hears Mafuyu Sato’s singing voice. He and his other bandmates, Haruki Nakayama and Akihiko Kaji, then welcome him into their band as a vocalist. After Mafuyu joins, their first live performance is a huge success, and they make their official debut as the band “Given.” In the midst of all this, Ritsuka realizes that he has feelings for Mafuyu and they start seeing each other. Meanwhile, Haruki secretly has had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu’s love clashes on the big screen and starts to move forward.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Action
  2. Fantasy
  3. Mahou Shoujo
  4. Survival
  5. Suspense
  1. Lerche
Oct 1, 2016 at 11:00am EDT

Magical Girl Raising Project is a popular social game that has an ability to grant players a 1 in 10,000 chance to become a real life Magical Girl with unique magical abilities to help people. However, at some point, Fav, the magical administrator fairy, decides to cut the population of Magical Girls in half. The game quickly changes into a twisted, wicked battlefield as the 16 magical girls get dragged into a battle for survival against each other.

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Detective
  2. Gore
  3. Mystery
  1. Lerche
Jul 2, 2015 at 11:55am EDT

The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant.

[Source: Anime News Network]

  1. Comedy
  2. Parody
  3. Supernatural
  1. Lerche
August 11, 2011 EDT

How do you resolve a conflict between powerful spirits of famous heroes for a prize capable of granting any wish? Wage a war that will cost your blood, sweat, and tears? Too much work—how about a game-show competition instead?

Carnival Phantasm takes a number of characters from Type-Moon's original works, and puts them in a variety of light-hearted scenarios which parody their respective series. Watch Lancer suffering due to his low luck stat, or watch the egotistical King of Heroes gladly kneel to a dominatrix King of Knights. Just remember to leave your sanity at the door.

  1. Comedy
Koro-sensei Quest!
Streaming (JP)
Released
Short-form
7.51
  1. Lerche
December 22, 2016 EST

Get ready for a strange but fun-filled adventure with your favorite group of assassins. The killer class is back but this time they’ve got…magic?! In this brand new spin-off series, follow the chibis of Class 3-E as they learn swordsmanship and sorcery at Kunugigaoka Magic School. Their mission? Defeat the evil Demon King Koro Sensei and face the trials and perils of their magical school!

[Source: Crunchyroll]

  1. Fantasy
  2. Iyashikei
  3. Slice of Life
  1. Lerche
Jan 12, 2018 at 7:00am EST

While Hakumei is cheerful, outgoing and prefers to be outside, Mikochi is more introverted and prefers to stay indoors. These differences will set the tone for their friendship. They are just 9 centimeters tall, but these little fairies will have adventures riding on insects and birds, creating tools from the forest and living their normal lives. They’ll show us how day to day chores can be the biggest adventure in a small world full of wonders.

[Source: Sentai]

  1. Comedy
  1. Lerche
Dec 31, 2020 at 9:10am EST

※ NOTE: Previewed in Fate Project New Year's Eve TV Special 2020

Episode 1: The First Singularity Party

As more and more Servants join Chaldea, maintaining resources for so many is becoming a problem. And so, a cruel order has been given...

Episode 2: The Second Singularity Party

Jeanne d’Arc Alter needs a serious amount of QP because of reasons, so she heads to the Kabukicho Singularity, the glittering gem of the nightlife scene, where she begins working at CLUB M. There, she hopes to become the best in town! However, she must first contend with a slew of troublesome customers, as well as the Four Elite hosts.

Episode 3: The Third Singularity Party

"The Security Organization for the Preservation of Humanity, Fenis Chaldea."
Here, a large number of Servants gather, proudly spending their days under the command of their Master.

However, the Servants face a secret problem...
They are divided by a sense of inequality.

Longer waits between deployment, levels never being raised...
Reality hits the Servants hard, and frustrations gradually build up.

In order to correct such disparities, one Servant steps up...

Episode 4: The Fourth Singularity Party, MAX Bond Channel

"I feel like Master's been more cold to me recently."

Ereshkigal feels some distance building between herself and Master. In order to increase her appeal, Dumuzid suggests something out of the ordinary: to use a video sharing platform called "ServantTube"!

Will Ereshkigal become a famous streamer and grab Master's attention?

[Source: Aniplex of America]

  1. Action
  2. Ecchi
  3. Fantasy
  4. School
  1. Lerche
December 24, 2013 EST

OVAs bundled with each of the six Blu-ray/DVD volumes.

Volume 1: "Soshite Futari wa Manabisha e (And So They Arrive at School)"
Volume 2: "Irori, Rotenburo de Sosou suru (Irori Has an Accident at the Open-Air Bath)"
Volume 3: "Char and Frey, Senritsu no Bathroom (Charl, Frey, and the Bathroom of Terror)"
Volume 4: "Akabane Nadeshiko, Natsu no Yo no Yume (Nadeshiko Akabane, Midsummer Night's Dream)"
Volume 5: "Kojin Jugyou: Imishitsu de Bijo Futari to~ (Private Lesson - Two Beauties in an Infirmary)"
Volume 6: "Bishoujo Shuugou! Mizugi Darake no Daisoudou (Pretty Girls Gather! Swimsuit-Stubbed Pandemonium)"

  1. Idols (Female)
  2. Music
  1. Lerche
Jan 10, 2021 at 9:00am EST

After a successful audition, high school student Kotono Nagase and her best friend move into a dorm with eight other aspiring idols. They quickly realize it takes more than cute choreography and cute outfits to reach the top—it will take blood, sweat, and tears to advance in the idol-ranking VENUS program, where the top spot is held by superstar Mana Nagase…who happens to be Kotono’s older sister.

[Source: Funimation]

  1. Mecha
  2. Sci-Fi
  1. Lerche
Oct 11, 2021 at 10:00am EDT

The story begins in 2019, just before the change in historical eras for Japan. A rift to another dimension suddenly opens in the skies above, revealing a "turnabout" alternate world called "Shinkoku Nippon." This parallel version of Japan maintained its militarism and remains stuck in the Showa era. Shinkoku Nippon invades our Japan with its "Genmu" gas weapons (on which our own modern weapons have no effect) and giant humanoid "Garran" weapons. The invaders immediately take over our government and all but conquer Japan. As a result, our Japan never ushers in the Reiwa era.

A decade later, our Japan has been revamped as Genkoku Nippon, a puppet state of Shinkoku Nippon. Under harsh censorship, the once thriving manga, anime, idol, and similar sub-cultures have completely died off ... or so it seemed.

[Source: Anime News Network]

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