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1997TV25 episodes

Berserk

Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland....

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Lord of Mysteries

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and...

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 anime cover
2025MOVIE8 episodes

Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26

An anthology series adapting 8 short stories created by manga artist Tatsuki Fujimoto between ages 17 and 26. 1) A Couple Clucking Chickens Were...

xxxHOLiC anime cover
2006TV24 episodes

xxxHOLiC

Watanuki Kimihiro can see spirits and other assorted supernatural creatures, which is quite a bothersome ability he strongly dislikes. On the way...

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2022ONA12 episodes

Fuuto PI

In the ecologically-minded city of Fuuto, mysterious devices resembling USB flash drives called Gaia Memories are used by criminals and other...

Spirited Away anime cover
2001MOVIE1 episodes

Spirited Away

On the way to their new home, 10-year-old Chihiro Ogino's family stumbles upon a deserted theme park. Intrigued, the family investigates the park,...

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2021MOVIE1 episodes

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0

Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't...

Mob Psycho 100 anime cover
2016TV12 episodes

Mob Psycho 100

A quiet psychic kid tries to grow up without letting his powers define him.

Chainsaw Man anime cover
2022TV12 episodes

Chainsaw Man

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life...

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2016MOVIE1 episodes

Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

First season of the Monogatari Series, part 2/6. Contains the arc Koyomi Vamp from the Kizumonogatari light novel. March 25th—just another day...

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2019TV26 episodes

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make...

Dororo anime cover
2019TV24 episodes

Dororo

Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons,...

Fate/Zero anime cover
2011TV13 episodes

Fate/Zero

With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past, each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In...

Initial D 1st Stage anime cover
1998TV26 episodes

Initial D 1st Stage

High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop early in the...

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2014TV24 episodes

Parasyte -the maxim-

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites,...

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2002TV220 episodes

Naruto

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