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Yona of the Dawn anime cover
2014TV24 episodes

Yona of the Dawn

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off anime cover
2023ONA8 episodes

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

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Ninja Scroll anime cover
1993MOVIE1 episodes

Ninja Scroll

Jubei Kibagami has always been the master dealer of death, but in rescuing a ninja woman from a monster he sets loose a chain of events that puts...

The Story of Saiunkoku anime cover
2006TV39 episodes

The Story of Saiunkoku

Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained a reputation for...

MASTER Keaton anime cover
1998TV24 episodes

MASTER Keaton

Taichi Keaton is a half-British half-Japanese archeologist and SAS veteran of the Falklands War. He solves mysteries and investigates insurance...

Basilisk anime cover
2005TV24 episodes

Basilisk

The heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans, Gennosuke and Oboro, hoped the unsteady truce between their tribes would last—but fate denies the...

Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play anime cover
1995TV52 episodes

Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play

While visiting the National Library, junior-high students Miaka Yuuki and Yui Hongo are transported into the world of a mysterious book set in...

Cinderella Chef anime cover
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Cinderella Chef

Ye Jiayao finds herself back in time in the body of Ye Jinxuan. After many twists, she thought that she would finally be able to lead a simple...

Cowboy Bebop anime cover
1998TV26 episodes

Cowboy Bebop

Enter a world in the distant future, where Bounty Hunters roam the solar system. Spike and Jet, bounty hunting partners, set out on journeys in an...

Vinland Saga anime cover
2019TV24 episodes

Vinland Saga

Thorfinn is son to one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears to...

Samurai Champloo anime cover
2004TV26 episodes

Samurai Champloo

Let's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want...

Great Pretender anime cover
2020ONA23 episodes

Great Pretender

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to...

Katanagatari anime cover
2010TV12 episodes

Katanagatari

Yasuri Shichika, seventh successor of the Kyotouryuu (bladeless) sword art, lives on an isolated island with his older sister, Nanami. One day...

Love Through A Prism anime cover
2026ONA20 episodes

Love Through A Prism

Yoko Kamio, whose manga "Boys Over Flowers" enraptured readers around the globe, brings a brand-new classic to viewers worldwide. Set at a London...

Shangri-La Frontier anime cover
2023TV25 episodes

Shangri-La Frontier

"When was the last time I played a game that wasn't crap?" This is a world in the near future where games that use display screens are classified...

Trigun anime cover
1998TV26 episodes

Trigun

Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a fortune, and his path of...

Black Lagoon anime cover
2006TV12 episodes

Black Lagoon

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman in a town full of Japanese businessmen. His normal day consists of social drinking with clients and being...