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1. Attack on Titan (2013–2023)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After his hometown is destroyed and is traumatized, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
Stars: Jessie James Grelle, Bryce Papenbrook, Trina Nishimura, Yûki Kaji
Votes: 513,228
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen
Votes: 1,195,482 | Gross: $70.10M
3. Naruto: Shippuden (2007–2017)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
Stars: Alexandre Crepet, Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Chie Nakamura
Votes: 169,178
4. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2023– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
An elf and her friends defeat a demon king in a great war. But the war is over, and the elf must search for a new way of life.
Stars: Atsumi Tanezaki, Kana Ichinose, Mallorie Rodak, Jill Harris
Votes: 16,525
5. Dragon Ball Z (1996–2003)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
With the help of the powerful Dragonballs, a team of fighters led by the saiyan warrior Goku defend the planet earth from extraterrestrial enemies.
Stars: Doc Harris, Christopher Sabat, Scott McNeil, Sean Schemmel
Votes: 148,031
6. Berserk (1997–1998)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.
Stars: Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen, Kevin T. Collins
Votes: 53,411
7. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum
Votes: 139,199
8. Erased (2016)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
Stars: Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Tao Tsuchiya, Minami Takayama, Ben Diskin
Votes: 58,358
9. Fruits Basket (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
After Tohru is taken in by the Soma family, she learns that twelve family members transform involuntarily into animals of the Chinese zodiac and helps them deal with the emotional pain caused by the transformations.
Stars: Manaka Iwami, Laura Bailey, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Eric Vale
Votes: 9,096
10. The Promised Neverland (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When three gifted kids at an isolated idyllic orphanage discover the secret and sinister purpose they were raised for, they look for a way to escape from their evil caretaker and lead the other children in a risky escape plan.
Stars: Sumire Morohoshi, Mariya Ise, Shinei Ueki, Lynn
Votes: 46,996
11. Elfen Lied (2004)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Two university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.
Stars: Sanae Kobayashi, Chihiro Suzuki, Mamiko Noto, Sam Saletta
Votes: 36,965
12. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2018)
Not Rated | 109 min | Animation, Drama, Family
A high school student discovers one of his classmates, Sakura Yamauchi, is suffering from a terminal illness. This secret brings the two together, as she lives out her final moments.
Directors: Jun'ichi Fujise, Tomoyuki Itamura, Masaharu Tomoda, Shin'ichirô Ushijima, Daisuke Yoshida, Fumihiro Yoshimura | Stars: Mahiro Takasugi, Lynn, Yukiyo Fujii, Yuma Uchida
Votes: 24,349 | Gross: $0.28M
13. Akame ga Kill! (2014)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A countryside boy named Tatsumi sets out on a journey to The Capital to make a name for himself and met a seemingly dangerous group of Assassins known as Night Raid. Their journey begins.
Stars: Sôma Saitô, Corey Hartzog, Sora Amamiya, Molly Searcy
Votes: 30,031
14. Black Lagoon (2006)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.
Stars: Megumi Toyoguchi, Daisuke Namikawa, Brad Swaile, Maryke Hendrikse
Votes: 17,957
15. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 54,102 | Gross: $1.51M
16. Gurren Lagann (2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two friends, Simon and Kamina, become the symbols of rebellion against the powerful Spiral King, who forced mankind into subterranean villages.
Stars: Tetsuya Kakihara, Shizuka Itou, Yuri Lowenthal, Marina Inoue
Votes: 21,072
17. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–1997)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.
Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Ryô Horikawa, Katsuji Mori, Nozomu Sasaki
Votes: 4,762
18. Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
After being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto | Stars: Aiko Nagayama, Chinatsu Nakayama, Masaya Takahashi, Masakane Yonekura
Votes: 7,781 | Gross: $0.11M
19. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori
Votes: 18,784 | Gross: $0.09M
20. World's End Harem (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
A man wakes from suspended animation to find himself in a world where only a million men survived an epidemic. He is selected for breeding as part of a repopulation program.
Stars: Taichi Ichikawa, Haruka Shiraishi, Natsuko Hara, Ayana Taketatsu
Votes: 1,748
21. The Future Diary (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A young man competes with people around the world for a chance to become the succesor of God, with a diary that is able to tell the future.
Stars: Brina Palencia, Jessie James Grelle, Leah Clark, Emily Neves
Votes: 20,074
22. Deadman Wonderland (2011)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
After being falsely convicted for the murder of his entire class, a young man must learn to survive in a mysterious prison with a perverted take on incarceration while also looking to clear his name.
Stars: Monica Rial, Kana Hanazawa, Greg Ayres, Romi Park
Votes: 12,031
23. Ishura (2024– )
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A host of demigods have inherited the world after the Demon King has died, and a battle to determine the mightiest ensues.
Stars: Yûki Kaji, Jun Fukuyama, Reina Ueda, Yôhei Matsuoka
Votes: 414
24. Rurouni Kenshin (2023– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the era known as Bakumatsu, there was an ishin assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai; eleven years later he returned as a wandering swordsman, Himura Kenshin.
Stars: Sôma Saitô, Rie Takahashi, Shin'ya Takahashi, Shô Okumura
Votes: 1,391
25. Metropolis (2001)
PG-13 | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.
Director: Rintarô | Stars: Toshio Furukawa, Scott Weinger, Yuka Imoto, Kei Kobayashi
Votes: 22,630 | Gross: $0.64M
26. ReLIFE (2016–2018)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A young man, failing at life, is offered a new start as a 10 years younger high-school student.
Stars: Jessie James Grelle, Micah Solusod, Jeannie Tirado, Kristen McGuire
Votes: 6,471
27. Barefoot Gen (1983)
TV-PG | 83 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
A powerful statement against war, Barefoot Gen is a disturbing story about the effect of the atomic bomb on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Director: Mori Masaki | Stars: Issei Miyazaki, Catherine Battistone, Yoshie Shimamura, Iona Morris
Votes: 9,218
28. Wise Man's Grandchild (2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A recently deceased young man is sent to another world and is taught magic by master Merlin. He quickly masters everything he is taught. However he has one fatal weakness, common sense.
Stars: Yûsuke Kobayashi, Yuki Wakai, Rina Honizumi, Shohei Komatsu
Votes: 3,184
29. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Not Rated | 68 min | Animation, Adventure, Music
A continuation of the story told in the Daft Punk music videos "One More Time," "Aerodynamic," "Digital Love," and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
Directors: Daisuke Nishio, Hirotoshi Rissen, Leiji Matsumoto, Kazuhisa Takenouchi | Stars: Romanthony, Thomas Bangalter
Votes: 15,585
30. School Days (2007)
TV-14 | 300 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
Makoto Itou has a crush on Kotonoha Katsura, who rides the same train as him daily. Following urban legend, he sets her photo as his phone wallpaper - a love charm. When classmate Sekai Saionji notices, it seems his luck really does change.
Stars: Daisuke Hirakawa, Shiho Kawaragi, Tae Okajima, Keiko Imoto
Votes: 2,930
31. Guilty Crown (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After the outbreak of the unidentified virus "Lost Christmas" in 2029, Japan has been under the control of a multi-nation organization called GHQ. Ohma Shu is a 17 year old boy who has a ... See full summary »
Stars: Yûki Kaji, Ai Kayano, Kana Hanazawa, Patrick Seitz
Votes: 5,671
32. Plunderer (2020)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Everyone's "Count" is a number based on life choices, but avoid reaching 0 or you'll be sent to the Abyss!.
Stars: Yoshiki Nakajima, Rina Honizumi, Eric Vale, Sarah Wiedenheft
Votes: 1,613
33. Wonder Egg Priority (2021)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
While on a midnight stroll, a girl named Ai picks up an egg. A voice coaxes her: "If you want to change the future, you only need to choose now. Now, believe in yourself and break the egg." What awaits Ai after the breaking of the egg?
Stars: Kanata Aikawa, Yûya Uchida, Hiroki Takahashi, Ian Sinclair
Votes: 4,051
34. The Faraway Paladin (2021–2023)
TV-14 | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A knight raised by three righteous but monstrous guardians sets out on a quest to improve his land.
Stars: Ayumu Murase, Maki Kawase, Nobuo Tobita, Shoya Chiba
Votes: 1,324
35. Mieruko-chan (2021)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
She can see dead people... she just chooses to ignore them. That's Miko's plan anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.
Stars: Sora Amamiya, Kaede Hondo, Ayane Sakura, Yumiri Hanamori
Votes: 2,481
36. Dark Gathering (2023– )
TV-MA | Animation, Fantasy, Horror
A withdrawn college kid with psychic powers teams up with a strange little girl who's searching for her dead mother's abducted soul.
Stars: Yû Sasahara, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Kana Hanazawa, Yoshihiro Nakamura
Votes: 498
37. Arknights: Prelude to Dawn (2022)
Animation, Action, Adventure
In the land of Terra, natural disasters of unknown causes have been occurring irregularly in many areas. Therefore, the majority of the people, in order to escape those natural disasters, ... See full summary »
Stars: Yuki Kaida, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Gui Niang, Hai Fan
Votes: 286
38. Reign of the Seven Spellblades (2023)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Fantasy
Follows Oliver Horn as he enters a prestigious magic school named Kimberly. He discovers that not everything is as it seems, with the emergence of labyrinths, monsters, and other threats that endanger the students.
Stars: Atsushi Tamaru, Yuka Nukui, Misuzu Yamada, Riho Sugiyama
Votes: 552
39. King's Game (2017)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A class of high school students receive a text message welcoming them to a game where they are given tasks they must complete in 24 hours.
Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Comona Lewin, Mao Ichimichi, Yui Horie
Votes: 589
40. Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement (2023)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
One day, Mitsuha falls off a cliff and is transported to a medieval Europe-type world. After a near-death encounter with a pack of wolves, she then realizes that she's able to transport ... See full summary »
Stars: Trina Nishimura, Rika Nagae, Kristian Eros, Sarah Wiedenheft
Votes: 394
41. The Detective Is Already Dead (2021– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A detective's assistant risks opening old wounds when he stumbles into a new case threading murder, global conspiracy, and his dead partner!.
Stars: Arata Nagai, Austin Tindle, Hiroaki Moriyama, Minori Sano
Votes: 1,265
42. Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation (2015)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Shoutarou Tatewaki, a high schooler living in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, meets Sakurako Kujou, a bone-loving ojou-san who has an ability to analyze specimen. Because of meeting her, he has to accompany her to various cases.
Stars: Shizuka Itou, Junya Enoki, Ayaka Imamura, Masako Isobe
Votes: 431
43. Ultramarine Magmell (2019)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Unknown creatures. Deadly pitfalls. With so many reckless adventures out to make fortune, someone's got to rescue them.
Stars: Jonathan Fahn, Mao Ichimichi, Cristina Valenzuela, Toshiyuki Morikawa
Votes: 827
44. Lament of the Lamb (2003 Video)
30 min | Animation, Short, Drama
Kazuna's family is cursed with a disease that makes them thirst for blood. Unaware of this, Kazuna was sent to live with the Eda couple as a child. When Kazuna's teenage hormones begin, he starts to struggle with his blood lust.
Director: Gisaburô Sugii | Stars: Tomokazu Seki, Megumi Hayashibara, Satsuki Yukino, Shin'ichirô Miki
Votes: 98
45. Papa Mama Bye Bye (1984)
75 min | Animation, Drama
Kaori is a dungaree-wearing tomboy who lives next to the brothers Ko and Yasu. One day when she participates in a school competition, a US jet crashes near the boys' house.
Director: Hiroshi Shidara | Stars: Yûko Mita, Hideo Nagai, Takeshi Aono, Tomoe Hiiro
46. The Legend of Glaive (2022 Podcast Series)
Animation
Shion, a young man of the Dying Earth, must travel throughout the eras in search of an ancient artifact. With the powers attributed to the blood of the mysterious warrior race, the Nerubs, ... See full summary »
Stars: Chloë Elmore, Hironori Ogawa, Sean Paulsen, Yuri Takeshima