Alternative title:
Getbackers -Dakkanya- (Japanese)
Агентство по возврату утраченного (Russian)
ゲットバッカーズ -奪還屋- (Japanese)
閃靈2人組 (Chinese (Taiwan))
겟 백커스 (Korean)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, mystery, supernatural
Themes: friendship, martial arts, supernatural abilities
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Ban Mido and Ginji Amano are a recovery duo infamously known as "GetBackers." Ban possesses two special powers: the "Snake Bite" (his hands have a gripping power of 200kg) and the "Evil Eye" (anyone who looks into his eyes will be locked into a powerful and nightmarish hallucination). Ginji, on the other hand, has the ability to generate thousands of volts of electricity from his body. Together, they run a freelance business of recovering anything lost or stolen from a client - and they claim a 100% success rate at their job.
SOUL LINK
Genres: adventure, comedy, drama, romance, science fiction
Themes: Military
Plot Summary: Aizawa Ryota was in the 3rd grade of the preparatory course of Central Military Academy. AD 2045, he went to a space station, Aries, for the training with his classmates including Nagase Saka and Nittak Kazuhiko. However, the station was attacked by a terrorist group, Hallarax. *Sarara*
ELFEN LIED
Alternative title:
Cancion Elfica (Spanish)
Erufen rîto
Эльфийская песнь (Russian)
إلفن ليد (Arabic)
エルフェンリート (Japanese)
엘펜리트 (Korean)
Genres: drama, horror, psychological, romance, science fiction
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...
ZERO NO TSUKAIMA
Alternative title:
Zero no Tsukaima (Japanese)
Подручный Луизы-Нулизы (Russian)
ゼロの使い魔 (Japanese)
제로의 사역마 (Korean)
Genres: adventure, comedy, magic, romance
Themes: Magical girl
Plot Summary: Meet Louise, a budding magician. The students at the Tristein Academy call her "Zero Louise", due to her current record of zero successes with magic. In fact, her magic tends to go spectacularly wrong. Now, as an important test of her aptitude for magic, she must summon a familiar to be her servant. At this critical moment, she summons up all her magic and wishes for a familiar that is "devoted, beautiful and powerful", and gets... Hiraga Saito, an ordinary Japanese boy. It's difficult to say who is more surprised and dismayed, but the rules don't allow for second attempts. Louise is stuck with her strange familiar, and he with her.
UMISHO
Alternative title:
Umisho (Japanese)
ウミショー (Japanese)
ケンコー全裸系水泳部 ウミショー (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, romance, tournament
Themes: Ecchi, Sports, Swiming
Plot Summary: Kaname Okimura, a student of Prefectoral Umineko Shougyou High ("Umisho" for short), joined the school's swimming club in order to learn how to swim, but the club is filled with weirdos, let alone teaches him swimming. Then, a sunny, happy-go-lucky girl named Amuro Ninagawa who was transferred from Okinawa joined the club. Her extraordinary underwater speed and unorthodox swimming style (plus her personal habit of nude swimming—a powerful magnet to teenage boys) surprised every club member, especially Okimura, because she reminds him of a mermaid-like creature he saw only once in his early childhood.
IKKITOUSEN DRAGON DESTINY
Alternative title:
一騎当千 Dragon Destiny (Japanese)
一騎當千Dragon Destiny (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, comedy, supernatural, tournament
Themes: Ecchi, Historical, Hot Girls, Martial Arts, School War
Plot Summary: Loosely based on the novel 'Romance of the three kingdoms', modern day Japan sees a similar struggle for power between different rival schools with the three strongest being; Kyosho Academy led by Sousou Moutoku, Nanyo Academy by Sonsaku Hakufu and Ryuubi Gentoku from Seito High School. Together these three tousei, each with their own mangatama, fight for the honour of becoming ikki tousen and fulfilling their fated destiny through battle and conquest.
Ikki Tousen
Alternative title:
"Bakunyu" Hyper-Battle Ikki Tousen
Angeles Guerreros (Spanish)
Anjos Guerreiros (Portuguese)
Dragon Girls: Ikki Tousen (German)
Greatest Fighter
Ikki Tousen - La Battaglia delle Supermaggiorate (Italian)
Strength of a Thousand
Школьные войны (Russian)
一騎当千 (Japanese)
一騎當千 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, tournament
Themes: Bishoujo, ecchi, Historical, Martial Arts, School, War
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Seven schools are constantly 'at war' with each other, and the students within - both male and female - have become skilled fighters and constantly battle with rival schools. Their lives and fates are guided by strange jewels that contain the spirits and destinies of warriors from the Sangokushi period. One girl, Sonsaku Hakufu, has recently moved to Japan and is apparently destined to unite the schools as her counterpart united seven countries long ago. But, like all heroes, there is a darker side to her fate, and as always there is a constant struggle by those around her to break the chains of their own destinies and make their own lives.
ZOMBIE LOAN
Alternative title:
El Prestamo Del Zombie (Spanish)
Zonbi Rōn (Japanese)
ゾンビローン (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy, drama, horror, supernatural
Plot Summary: Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, which allows her to see a dark ring around a person's neck. This ring symbolizes the person's impending death; once they are marked to die, a gray line, which is invisible to normal people, appears on their neck, and once the ring turns completely black, the person dies. Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana, two boys in her class, both have black rings around their necks, but to her surprise, they are not yet dead. It is revealed that after a tragic accident that was supposed to kill them both, the two boys made a deal with a secret loan office called the Zombie-Loan. In return for keeping them alive, the two have to hunt zombies for the loan office. When Michiru gets involved with them, she finds that her life has just become more complicated.
School Days
Alternative title:
Школьные дни (Russian)
スクールデイズ (Japanese)
在校時光 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: comedy, drama, horror, psychological, romance, slice of life
Themes: ecchi, Ecchi (nudity), Harem, School
Plot Summary: Makoto Ito rides the train to and from school every day. However, at the beginning of his second term, he falls in love with a beautiful girl that also rides the train. Unfortunately, she barely knows of his existence. Her name is Kotonoha Katsura, and though they attend the same school, they are not in the same class. In an attempt to catch her eye, Makoto enlists the aid of a close female friend of his: Sekai Saionji. She helps him, despite the fact that she--unbeknownst to Makoto--is in love with him. Thus the three are bound in a love triangle of life changing proportions.
KANON
Alternative title:
カノン (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, supernatural
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Changing schools is something Yuuchi is accustomed to, due to his parent’s profession, and with their recent venture to Africa, he is returning to his aunt’s home after 7 years. The time that has passed since his last visit has faded his memories of the people he knew, and the ties that bonded them to him, including his cousin Nayuki. Slowly those people, coincidently all being girls, find their way back to him. However, time has passed and things have happened in their own lives that sets the tone for the series. Secrets that are coming to surface, and memories that are returning to not only Yuuichi, but to those surrounding him.
NARUTO
Alternative title:
Наруто (Russian)
ناروتو (Arabic)
ナルト (Japanese)
火影忍者 (Chinese (Taiwan))
나루토 (Korean)
Genres: action, comedy, drama, fantasy
Themes: ninja
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Naruto closely follows the life of a boy who is feared and detested by the villagers of the hidden leaf village of Konoha. The distrust of the boy has little to do with the boy himself, but it’s what’s inside him that causes anxiety. Long before Naruto came to be, a Kyuubi (demon fox) with great fury and power waged war taking many lives. The battle ensued for a long time until a man known as the Fourth Hokage, Yondaime, the strongest ninja in Konoha, fiercely fought the Kyuubi. The fight was soon won by Yondaime as he sealed the evil demon in a human body. Thus the boy, Naruto, was born. As Naruto grows he decides to become the strongest ninja in Konoha in an effort to show everyone that he is not as they perceive him to be, but is a human being worthy of love and admiration. But the road to becoming Hokage, the title for the strongest ninja in Konoha, is a long and arduous one. It is a path filled with betrayal, pain, and loss; but with hard work, Naruto may achieve Hokage.
AFRO SAMURAI
Alternative title:
Afrosamuraj (Polish)
Афросамурай (Russian)
アフロサムライ (Japanese)
Genres: adventure, fantasy, science fiction
Themes: Samurai
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary:
On the dark path of swordsmanship in a "Futuristic" yet Feudal Japan, it is said that the one who becomes No.1 will rule the world. But the only rule in this world is that only the No. 2 is allowed to fight the No. 1. The No. 2, the Afro Samurai, travels the road looking for revenge on the man who murdered his father in front of him when he was just a boy, a three-armed gunman who is the lord of the dark swordsman's road and the current No. 1.
On the dark path of swordsmanship in a "futuristic" yet feudal Japan, it is said that the one who becomes the No. 1 warrior will rule the world with powers akin to a god. Only the No. 2 warrior is allowed to challenge the No. 1, but anyone can challenge the No. 2. The current No. 2, the Afro Samurai, travels the road looking for revenge on Justice, the man who murdered his father (who was then the No. 1) in front of him when he was just a boy, a skilled gunman who became the current No. 1 after defeating Afro's father.
TOKYO MAJIN GAKUEN KENPUCHOU
Alternative title:
Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: Tou (Japanese)
東京魔人學園剣風帖 龖 (Japanese)
Genres: action, drama, horror, psychological, supernatural
Plot Summary: In the night of Tokyo, mysterious deaths involving the 'Reborn Dead' occur. Mysterious transfer student, Tatsuma Hiyuu, and delinquent student, Kyouichi Houraiji, fight these undead every night. They, along with the rest of their group, soon realize that a greater threat, that involves even more powerful demons, is near.
RAIDEEN
Alternative title:
Brave Raideen
Reideen the Brave (Spanish)
勇者ライディーン (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, science fiction
Themes: mecha, Super Robot
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
CLAYMORE
Alternative title:
Клеймор (Russian)
クレイモア (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, drama, fantasy
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: In a world rife with deadly creatures called "youma", a young silver eyed woman, Clare, works on behalf of an organisation that trains female youma halfbreeds into warriors with the ability to destroy these creatures. Considered a rogue for picking up a stray child & almost losing herself to her youma side by "Awakening", she is constantly assigned rather dangerous missions...
YAKITATE JAPAN
Alternative title:
Baked Fresh!! Ja-Pan
Fresh Made Japan
Un pain c'est tout (French)
¡¡Amasando!! JA-PAN (Spanish)
Прямо из печки!! Джапан (Russian)
焼きたて!!ジャぱん (Japanese)
Genres: action, comedy, drama
Themes: Cooking
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal. But plots abound...
