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Synopsis

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 have his revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's band in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England. (Source: Kodansha USA)

The run

1. Season 1 Vinland Saga 2019 · 24 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Vinland Saga Season 2 2023 · 24 eps Crunchyroll

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WIT STUDIO From the manga #28 highest rated all time #35 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

351970 finished it · 1.9% dropped it

Vikings Foreign Revenge War Male Protagonist Historical Philosophy Coming of Age

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This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist. To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!? The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts! (Source: Crunchyroll) Notes: - Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024. - Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

The run

1. Season 1 DAN DA DAN 2024 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 DAN DA DAN Season 2 2025 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
3. 3rd Season Dandadan 3rd Season Announced

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Science SARU From the manga #145 highest rated all time #86 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

259339 finished it · 2.7% dropped it

Urban Fantasy Youkai Ghost Aliens Primarily Teen Cast Surreal Comedy Henshin Shounen

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The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure… (Source: Crunchyroll)

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1. Season 1 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End 2023 · 28 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 2026 · 10 eps Crunchyroll
3. 3rd Season Sousou no Frieren 3rd Season Announced · 2027

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MADHOUSE From the manga #1 highest rated all time #53 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

292108 finished it · 1.9% dropped it

Travel Magic Elf Female Protagonist Philosophy Medieval Found Family Kuudere

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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 while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita. One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart. (Source: Crunchyroll)

The run

1. Season 1 Chainsaw Man 2022 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
2. Film Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc 2025 · 1 eps Crunchyroll

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MAPPA From the manga #126 highest rated all time #18 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

445949 finished it · 2.0% dropped it

Demons Monster Boy Urban Fantasy Male Protagonist Gore Shapeshifting Body Horror Psychosexual

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In the story, Subaru Natsuki is an ordinary high school student who is lost in an alternate world, where he is rescued by a beautiful, silver-haired girl. He stays near her to return the favor, but the destiny she is burdened with is more than Subaru can imagine. Enemies attack one by one, and both of them are killed. He then finds out he has the power to rewind death, back to the time he first came to this world. But only he remembers what has happened since. (Source: Anime News Network) Notes: - The first episode aired with a runtime of ~50 minutes as opposed to the standard 25 minute long episode. - In the Winter 2020 season, Re:ZERO was rebroadcast and re-edited to fit into an hour time-slot. This edit included the first OVA and added slight modifications to certain scenes throughout. It also added an additional scene at the end of the final episode.

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1. Season 1 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- 2016 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 2020 · 13 eps Crunchyroll
3. Part 2 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Part 2 2021 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
4. Season 3 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 3 2024 · 16 eps Crunchyroll
5. Season 4 Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 2026 · 19 eps Crunchyroll

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WHITE FOX From the light novel #242 highest rated all time #21 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

451750 finished it · 3.1% dropped it

Isekai Time Loop Male Protagonist Curses Seinen Medieval Witch Magic

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Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else. At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations. This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends." "Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another. World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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1. Season 1 SPY x FAMILY 2022 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
2. Cour 2 SPY x FAMILY Cour 2 2022 · 13 eps Crunchyroll
3. Season 2 SPY x FAMILY Season 2 2023 · 12 eps Crunchyroll
4. Season 3 SPY x FAMILY Season 3 2025 · 13 eps Crunchyroll

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CloverWorks, WIT STUDIO From the manga #142 highest rated all time #31 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

407919 finished it · 2.6% dropped it

Family Life Espionage Found Family Fake Relationship Parenthood Assassins Adoption Conspiracy

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In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem... (Source: Kodansha USA) Note: Tongari Boushi no Atelier episode 2 was streamed a week in advance on Crunchyroll, ABEMA, and Netflix, alongside episode 1. Streaming is one week ahead of the TV broadcast.

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1. Season 1 Witch Hat Atelier 2026 · 13 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Witch Hat Atelier Season 2 Announced Crunchyroll

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BUG FILMS From the manga #10 highest rated all time #5 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

86787 finished it · 1.2% dropped it

Magic Witch Female Protagonist Drawing Primarily Female Cast Coming of Age Primarily Child Cast Found Family

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This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone's wrist. As long as one gains enough trust points, an ordinary person can possess superpowers and become a superhero who saves the world. However, the constantly changing trust values make the path of a hero full of uncertainties... (Source: Official To Be Hero X home page)

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Paper Plane Animation Studio, Studio LAN From the original #11 highest rated all time #19 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

47536 finished it · 6.1% dropped it

Superhero Conspiracy Urban Fantasy Super Power Achronological Order Ensemble Cast Mixed Media Anti-Hero

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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 matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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1. Season 1 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019 · 26 eps Crunchyroll
2. Film 1 Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train 2020 · 1 eps Crunchyroll
3. Season 2 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Train Arc 2021 · 7 eps Crunchyroll
4. Season 3 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc 2022 · 11 eps Crunchyroll
5. Season 4 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc 2023 · 11 eps Crunchyroll
6. Season 5 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc 2024 · 8 eps Crunchyroll
7. Film 2 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle 2025 · 1 eps Crunchyroll

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ufotable From the manga #161 highest rated all time #2 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

804994 finished it · 1.8% dropped it

Demons Shounen Swordplay Male Protagonist Vampire Travel Primarily Teen Cast Monster Girl

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They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Seong Jin-U. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jin-U came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them. (Source: Crunchyroll)

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A-1 Pictures From the other #288 highest rated all time #67 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

327580 finished it · 1.8% dropped it

Dungeon Male Protagonist Urban Fantasy Super Power Magic Cultivation Survival Gore

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"In order for something to be obtained, something of equal value must be lost." Alchemy is bound by this Law of Equivalent Exchange—something the young brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric only realize after attempting human transmutation: the one forbidden act of alchemy. They pay a terrible price for their transgression—Edward loses his left leg, Alphonse his physical body. It is only by the desperate sacrifice of Edward's right arm that he is able to affix Alphonse's soul to a suit of armor. Devastated and alone, it is the hope that they would both eventually return to their original bodies that gives Edward the inspiration to obtain metal limbs called "automail" and become a state alchemist, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Three years of searching later, the brothers seek the Philosopher's Stone, a mythical relic that allows an alchemist to overcome the Law of Equivalent Exchange. Even with military allies Colonel Roy Mustang, Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye, and Lieutenant Colonel Maes Hughes on their side, the brothers find themselves caught up in a nationwide conspiracy that leads them not only to the true nature of the elusive Philosopher's Stone, but their country's murky history as well. In between finding a serial killer and racing against time, Edward and Alphonse must ask themselves if what they are doing will make them human again... or take away their humanity. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

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bones From the manga #4 highest rated all time #11 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

477656 finished it · 2.2% dropped it

Alchemy Military War Shounen Politics Male Protagonist Philosophy Ensemble Cast

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"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 as retro. Anything that can't keep up with state-of-the-art VR technology is called a "crap game," and you see a large number of crap games coming out. Those who devote their lives to clearing these games are called "crap-game hunters," and Rakuro Hizutome is one of them. The game he's chosen to tackle next is Shangri-La Frontier, a "god-tier game" that has a total of thirty million players. Online friends... An expansive world... Encounters with rivals... These are changing Rakuro and all the other players' fates! The best game adventure tale by the strongest "crap game" player begins now! (Source: Crunchyroll)

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1. Season 1 Shangri-La Frontier 2023 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 2024 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
3. Season 3 Shangri-La Frontier Season 3 Announced · 2027 Crunchyroll

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C2C From the manga #296 highest rated all time #289 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

110594 finished it · 4.1% dropped it

Video Games Virtual World Male Protagonist Swordplay Anthropomorphism Shounen Travel Slapstick

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What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested extraordinary superpowers called “Quirks” at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Becoming a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? U.A. High's Hero Program of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all gives him a chance to change his destiny… (Source: VIZ Media)

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1. Season 1 My Hero Academia 2016 · 13 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 My Hero Academia Season 2 2017 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
3. Season 3 My Hero Academia Season 3 2018 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
4. Season 4 My Hero Academia Season 4 2019 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
5. Season 5 My Hero Academia Season 5 2021 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
6. Season 6 My Hero Academia Season 6 2022 · 25 eps Crunchyroll
7. Season 7 My Hero Academia Season 7 2024 · 21 eps Crunchyroll
8. Final Season My Hero Academia FINAL SEASON 2025 · 11 eps Crunchyroll

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bones From the manga #5 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

715869 finished it · 2.3% dropped it

Super Power Superhero Shounen Primarily Teen Cast Male Protagonist Crime School Rescue

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Unable to hear, speak, or wield a sword, Prince Bojji doesn’t seem like a typical heir to the throne—and his kingdom agrees. But his fateful encounter with Kage, a shadow on the ground, gives him his first true friend. The two set off on a grand adventure and, together, form a bond that can overcome any obstacle...even being king. (Source: Funimation)

The run

1. Season 1 Ranking of Kings 2021 · 23 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Ranking of Kings: The Treasure Chest of Courage 2023 · 10 eps Crunchyroll

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WIT STUDIO From the manga #125 highest rated all time #226 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

125035 finished it · 3.7% dropped it

Disability Coming of Age Fairy Tale Male Protagonist Language Barrier Ensemble Cast Medieval Swordplay

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Kujo Jotaro is a normal, popular Japanese high-schooler, until he thinks that he is possessed by a spirit, and locks himself in prison. After seeing his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and fighting Joseph's friend Muhammad Abdul, Jotaro learns that the "Spirit" is actually Star Platinum, his Stand, or fighting energy given a semi-solid form. Later, his mother gains a Stand, and becomes sick. Jotaro learns that it is because the vampire Dio Brando has been revived 100 years after his defeat to Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro's great-great-grandfather. Jotaro decides to join Joseph and Abdul in a trip to Egypt to defeat Dio once and for all.

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APPP From the manga #62 most popular all time AniList ↗

23933 finished it · 4.6% dropped it

Shounen Super Power Vampire Primarily Male Cast Body Horror Male Protagonist Urban Fantasy Desert

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A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior… (Source: Kodansha USA)

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1. Season 1 Gachiakuta 2025 · 24 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Gachiakuta Season 2 Announced Crunchyroll

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bones film From the manga #184 highest rated all time #185 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

109861 finished it · 3.8% dropped it

Super Power Urban Fantasy Survival Dystopian Shounen Revenge Post-Apocalyptic Male Protagonist

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The Edo period is nearing its end. Gabimaru, a shinobi formerly known as the strongest in Iwagakure who is now a death row convict, is told that he will be acquitted and set free if he can bring back the Elixir of Life from an island that is rumored to be the Buddhist pure land Sukhavati. In hopes of reuniting with his beloved wife, Gabimaru heads to the island along with the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri. Upon arriving there, they encounter other death row convicts in search of the Elixir of Life... as well as a host of unknown creatures, eerie manmade statues, and the hermits who rule the island. Can Gabimaru find the Elixir of Life on this mysterious island and make it back home alive? (Source: Crunchyroll)

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1. Season 1 Hell’s Paradise 2023 · 13 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Hell’s Paradise Season 2 2026 · 12 eps Crunchyroll

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MAPPA From the manga #321 highest rated all time #97 most popular all time ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

230016 finished it · 3.3% dropped it

Survival Swordplay Body Horror Gore Shounen Ninja Samurai Battle Royale

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Renton is a teenager trapped working as a mechanic in a backwater town. He dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as Gekkostate and following in his father's heroic footsteps. When a mysterious beauty named Eureka shows up asking for a tune-up, Renton soon finds himself drawn into a high-flying mecha dogfight that makes him a target of the military. When the dust settles on the spectacular battle, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, but he soon discovers that even a dream come true has a dark side. (Source: Funimation)

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1. Season 1 Eureka Seven 2005 · 50 eps Crunchyroll
2. Season 2 Eureka Seven AO 2012 · 24 eps Crunchyroll
3. Season 3 Eureka Seven AO Final Episode 2017 · 5 eps

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bones From the original ▶ Watch the trailer AniList ↗

33945 finished it · 7.1% dropped it

Environmental Coming of Age Found Family Politics Super Robot Philosophy Surfing Female Protagonist