Critic and Review
Anime 9 / 10
Assassination Classroom
A mysterious tentacled superbeing destroys 70% of the Moon and announces he will destroy Earth within a year, yet somehow chooses to teach Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High. World leaders assign the desperate task of assassination to the students of Class 3-E, offering a bounty of ten billion yen if they can eliminate their teacher before graduation...
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Anime 8 / 10
YURI on Ice
Yuri Katsuki is a 24-year-old figure skater who, despite his talent, suffered a crushing defeat at the Grand Prix Final due to mental fragility, followed by another loss at the Japanese Nationals. Contemplating retirement as the season ends, he returns to his hometown of Hasetsu in Kyushu...
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Anime 8 / 10
Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World
Subaru Natsuki, a reclusive shut-in, is suddenly transported to a fantasy world on his walk home from a convenience store. Without any special powers, he is brutally killed alongside a mysterious girl—only to awaken in the past. Realizing he has acquired 'Return by Death,' he endures despair and repeated deaths to save the people he cares about.
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Anime 8 / 10
ReLIFE
Arata Kaizaki, a 27-year-old unemployed NEET, quit his first job after just three months due to conflict with his supervisor and has since struggled to find work. One night, he meets Ryo Yoake of the ReLIFE Research Institute, who offers him the chance to participate in a one-year experiment: take a drug that restores his youth and re-experience his third year of high school...
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Anime 8 / 10
Poco's Udon World
Souta Tawara, a Tokyo web designer visiting his family's rural udon restaurant in Kagawa, discovers a strange child sleeping in a pot. The child turns out to be a shape-shifting tanuki whom Souta names Poco, beginning their heartwarming life together in Kagawa Prefecture.
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Anime 9 / 10
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
A group of strangers awaken from a dark underground with no memories other than their own names, thrust into the unforgiving, game-like world of Grimgar. Having no other choice, they enlist as trainee volunteer soldiers in the fortress city of Ortana, struggling desperately to survive on the perilous frontier of the Arabakia Kingdom.
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Anime 8 / 10
Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun
High schooler Chiyo Sakura gathers her courage to confess to her crush, Umetaro Nozaki, only for him to mistake her for a fan and give her an autograph. Discovering that Nozaki is actually a famous shojo manga artist, Chiyo ends up recruited as his manga assistant, kicking off an uproarious romantic comedy.
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Anime 6 / 10
DRAMAtical Murder
Set on Midorijima, an island near Japan, where the powerful Toue Corporation bought up vast tracts of land to construct the lavish resort 'Platinum Jail,' forcing local residents into the Old Residential District. Aoba Seragaki works at a junk shop, living a quiet life until strange incidents, mysterious individuals, and agonizing headaches drag him into a dangerous mystery.
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Anime 9 / 10
Your Lie in April
Piano prodigy Kosei Arima dominated competitions under his mother's strict tutelage until her sudden death leaves him emotionally shattered and unable to hear the sound of his own piano. Years later, his monotone life is turned upside down when he meets Kaori Miyazono, an eccentric, free-spirited violinist who drags him back toward the stage.
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Anime 6 / 10
Samurai Flamenco
Samurai Flamenco follows male model Masayoshi Hazama, who decides to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a superhero despite having no special powers, teaming up with police officer Hidenori Goto.
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Anime 6 / 10
Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?
Three problem children with psychic abilities are transported from Earth to Little Garden, an alternate reality governed by 'Gift Games' run by various communities and overseen by the rabbit girl Black Rabbit.
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Anime 8 / 10
Karneval
Holding only an abandoned bracelet as a clue, Nai sets out on a journey to find someone important to him. He crosses paths with Gareki, a thief who robs criminals. Wrongfully framed for a crime, the two find themselves on the run from security forces, eventually encountering Circus, a shadowy defense agency.
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Anime 8 / 10
Beyond the Boundary
Akihito Kanbara, a high schooler who is half-human and half-youmu with immortality, encounters Mirai Kuriyama, an eccentric spirit hunter wielding blood-manipulating abilities, embroiling them in conflicts involving the powerful Nase clan.
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Anime 9 / 10
Hyouka: Classic Literature Club series
Energy-conserving high schooler Hotaro Oreki lives by the motto 'If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.' At his sister's behest, he joins the Classic Literature Club, where he meets the endlessly curious Eru Chitanda and begins untangling everyday mysteries.
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Anime 9 / 10
Wolf Children
College student Hana falls in love with a wolf-man and gives birth to two half-wolf children, Yuki and Ame. After her partner tragically dies, Hana moves to a secluded countryside house to raise her wild children in peace as they struggle to choose between living as humans or wolves.
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Anime 9 / 10
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Years after childhood tragedy and the accidental death of Meiko 'Menma' Honma shattered their close-knit group 'Super Peace Busters,' Jinta Yadomi is visited by Menma's ghost, bringing the estranged friends back together to fulfill her forgotten wish.
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Anime 9 / 10
×××HOLiC
Kimihiro Watanuki, plagued by the ability to see spirits, stumbles into a mysterious wish-granting shop owned by dimensional witch Yuko Ichihara. In exchange for granting his wish to be rid of the spirits, Yuko requires Watanuki to work as her shop assistant until the debt is paid.
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Anime 7 / 10
Penguindrum
Twin brothers Kanba and Shoma Takakura take their terminally ill sister Himari on a trip to the aquarium, where she collapses. Revived by a mysterious penguin-shaped hat, Himari becomes possessed by an enigmatic entity demanding the brothers locate the elusive 'Penguindrum' to save her life.
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Anime 9 / 10
Big Windup!
Ren Mihashi is a timid boy who longs to be his team's ace pitcher. In middle school, teammates resented him, believing he was only given the ace jersey due to his grandfather owning Mihoshi Academy. The catcher refused to guide him and teammates slacked on defense, leaving him isolated on the mound. Entering Nishiura High School, Mihashi aims to restart his baseball journey alongside dedicated teammates.
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Anime 8 / 10
Angel Beats!
Set in a high school situated in the afterlife realm populated by departed souls and NPCs. The purgatory exists to allow deceased youths who missed out on a happy adolescence to overcome their lingering regrets and find peace before moving on to reincarnation, by reliving high school life.
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Anime 6 / 10
Psychic Detective Yakumo
Seeking help for a friend who claims to be possessed, college student Haruka Ozawa knocks on the door of the campus Film Research Society, where a young man rumored to possess psychic powers resides. Yakumo Saito is untidy, reserved, and aloof, but his crimson-red left eye can see the spirits of the deceased...
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Anime 8 / 10
07-GHOST
Teito Klein and his close friend Mikage are star students at the Barsburg Empire's military academy. Preparing for graduation, Teito's suppressed memories of his destroyed homeland violently resurface upon seeing Chief of Staff Ayanami, forcing him on the run.
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Anime 8 / 10
Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE
To save the life of Princess Sakura whose memories were scattered across dimensions as feathers, Syaoran, Kurogane, and Fai set out on an interdimensional quest across alternate worlds, accompanied by the creature Mokona.
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Anime 8 / 10
Summer Wars
Kenji Koiso, a timid 17-year-old math prodigy, is invited by his crush Natsuki Shinohara to her family's ancestral home in Ueda to celebrate her great-grandmother's 90th birthday, only to be falsely accused of hacking OZ, a vital worldwide virtual infrastructure.
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