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Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 anime cover
2025MOVIE8 episodes

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

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Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End anime cover
2008MOVIE1 episodes

Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End

This is the story of a man who has yet to realize what destiny holds in store for him…. In the distant future, mankind has lived quietly and...

Gurren Lagann anime cover
2007TV27 episodes

Gurren Lagann

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No Game, No Life Zero anime cover
2017MOVIE1 episodes

No Game, No Life Zero

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind anime cover
1984MOVIE1 episodes

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

A thousand years after a global war, a seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of only a few areas still populated. Led by the...

Trigun anime cover
1998TV26 episodes

Trigun

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NieR:Automata Ver1.1a anime cover
2023TV12 episodes

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

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Casshern Sins anime cover
2008TV24 episodes

Casshern Sins

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Magic Knight Rayearth anime cover
1994TV20 episodes

Magic Knight Rayearth

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Zoids anime cover
1999TV67 episodes

Zoids

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Cosmic Princess Kaguya! anime cover
2026ONA1 episodes

Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

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Dr. STONE anime cover
2019TV24 episodes

Dr. STONE

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Naruto anime cover
2002TV220 episodes

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Naruto Uzumaki, a hyperactive and knuckle-headed ninja, lives in Konohagakure, the Hidden Leaf village. Moments prior to his birth, a huge demon...

Shangri-La Frontier anime cover
2023TV25 episodes

Shangri-La Frontier

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Yona of the Dawn anime cover
2014TV24 episodes

Yona of the Dawn

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Dragon Ball anime cover
1986TV153 episodes

Dragon Ball

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The Boy and the Beast anime cover
2015MOVIE1 episodes

The Boy and the Beast

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Eureka Seven anime cover
2005TV50 episodes

Eureka Seven

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