I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Spring time in April and the last of the cherry blossoms are still in bloom. The usually aloof bookworm with no interest in others comes across a...
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Wolf Children
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Chihayafuru
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Planetes
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Paradise Kiss
Hayasaka Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school every day. As she starts to question her way of...
Anne Shirley
A new adaptation of Akage no Anne (Anne of Green Gables). On the beautiful Prince Edward Island in Canada, an orphan named Anne Shirley is...
Her Blue Sky
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NANA
Two twenty-somethings seemingly share nothing in common apart from their first name, but a chance meeting on a train bound for Tokyo sets Nana...
The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity
Chidori High is a boys’ school that takes in the dregs of society with the lowest grades. Next door stands Kikyo Girls’ High, where the wealthy,...
Journal with Witch
Reclusive novelist Makio Koudai has always preferred the company of books—but when her sister and brother-in-law pass away, Makio unexpectedly...
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
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Fruits Basket (2019)
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Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a...
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This country girl is ready for the big city! Well, at least she thought she was. Mitsumi’s dream is to attend a prestigious school and make the...
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Just after Utena's parents died, she was consoled by a prince who gave her a ring with a rose crest on it. Utena was so impressed by the Prince...
Whisper of the Heart
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
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