My Top 50 Anime

Episodes: 11
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Source: Original
Release Date: April 11th, 2011
Genres: Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Five childhood friends grow apart after the death of Meiko Honma, close playmate of them all. Jinta Yadomi, leader of the group when they were kids, neglects high school and lives as a shut-in when he unexpectedly starts seeing the ghost of Meiko, who can only interact with him and no one else. She has returned to ask Jinta to fulfill the forgotten wish she made as a kid.

Episodes: 12
Studio: Shaft
Source: Original
Release Date: January 6th, 2011
Genres: Action, Drama, Psychological,

After experiencing a bizarre dream, Madoka Kaname, a kind 14-year-old girl, encounters a magical creature named Kyube. Madoka and her friend Sayaka Miki are offered the opportunity of gaining magical powers if they agree to make a contract with the strange little being. He will also grant them one wish, but in exchange they shall risk their lives by accepting the responsibility of fighting witches. Invisible to human eyes, witches are catalysts of despair in the areas they inhabit. An ally of Kyube, a magical girl named Mami Tomoe, befriends and encourages the two girls to accept the contract. For an unknown reason, another magical girl named Homura Akemi is determined to prevent Madoka from accepting the deal.

Episodes: 64
Studio: Bones
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 5th, 2009
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Two brothers lose their mother to an incurable disease. With the power of "alchemy", they use taboo knowledge to resurrect her. The process fails, and as a toll for using this type of alchemy, the older brother, Edward Elric loses his left leg while the younger brother, Alphonse Elric loses his entire body. To save his brother, Edward sacrifices his right arm and is able to affix his brother's soul to a suit of armor. With the help of a family friend, Edward receives metal limbs - "automail" - to replace his lost ones. With that, Edward vows to search for the Philosopher's Stone to return the brothers to their original bodies, even if it means becoming a "State Alchemist", one who uses his/her alchemy for the military.

Episodes: 25
Studio: White Fox
Source: Visual Novel
Release Date: April 5th, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi

Rintaro Okabe is a self-proclaimed "mad scientist" who believes that an international scientific organization named SERN is conspiring to reshape the world according to its own interests. He and his friend Itaru Hashida inadvertently create a gadget able to send messages to the past. The discovery and experimentation of this instrument become the catalyst of fundamental alterations to the present. Okabe is the only one aware of these changes because he possesses a Reading Steiner, the ability to retain the memories from previous experienced timelines. Oblivious of the consequences of their actions, Rintaro and his friends end up creating modifications of grievous proportions. He must then try to find a way to return as close as possible to the original timeline in order to save his precious lab partners.

Episodes: 26
Studio: J.C. Staff
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: October 1st, 2008
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Despite Ryuji Takasu's gentle personality, his eyes make him look like an intimidating delinquent. Class rearrangements on his second high school year put him together with his best friend, Yusaku Kitamura, and his hidden crush, Minori Kushieda. Along with these two comes Kushieda's best friend, Taiga Aisaka. Her delicate appearance contrasts with her brutal personality. Secretly in love with Kitamura, Taiga agrees to help Ryuji with his love interest as long as he helps her get closer to hers.

Episodes: 25
Studio: ufotable
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: April 7th, 2012
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Psychological

Taking place 10 years prior to the events of Fate/stay night, detailing the events of the 4th Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City. The War of the Holy Grail is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete to obtain the power of the "Holy Grail," which grants a miracle. After three inconclusive wars for the elusive Holy Grail, the Fourth War commences.

Episodes: 17
Studio: Silver Link
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: July 7th, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Kokoro Connect revolves around the daily, not so normal lives of Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi and Yui and their encounters in the Cultural Research Club. Up until recently they thought that they and their friends lived normal happy lives, but now the Heartseed is pulling their lives apart and exposing their inner secrets through body switching, urges and age regression.

Episodes: 15
Studio: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Release Date: April 2nd, 2010
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural

In a world after death, angels fight for their fate and their future. Yuri, the leader of the Shinda Sekai Sensen, rebels against the god who destined her to have an unreasonable life. On the otherhand, Tenshi, the chairperson of the student council for the world after death, battles against the SSS members. SSS members utilize armed weaponry to battle it out against the angels harnessing supernatural powers.

Episodes: 24
Studio: Daume
Source: Novel
Release Date: July 8th, 2010
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.

Episodes: 11
Studio: Shaft
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: January 7th, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Psychological, Supernatural

In Bakemonogatari, the story centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third-year high school student who has recently survived a vampire attack, and finds himself mixed up with all kinds of apparitions: gods, ghosts, myths, and spirits. However, in Nisemonogatari, we pick up right where we left off and follow Koyomi as the psychological twists delve deeper and deeper…

Episodes: 8
Studio: Ordet
Source: OVA
Release Date: February 2nd, 2012
Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Psychological

In spring, two girls meet: Mato and Yomi. They each sense something in the other that they lack in themselves, and are drawn to each other in spite of their contrasting personalities. Though initially hesitant, they form a strong connection. But they both have secrets - and in an empty world, two girls fight: Black Rock Shooter and Deadmaster. A strange being, Black Gold Saw, watches their mysterious battle, laughing. This is the story of two girls, in two worlds, entangled by the threads of fate.

Episodes: 26
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 2nd, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

While the title suggests a story of simple, everyday school life, the contents are more the opposite. The setting is a strange school where you may see the principal wrestle a deer or a robot's arm hide a rollcake. However there are still normal stories, like making a card castle or taking a test you didn't study for.

Episodes: 51
Studio: Bones
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 7th, 2008
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Set in the Shinigami technical school for weapon meisters, the series revolves around 3 groups of each a weapon meister and a human weapon. Trying to make the latter a "Death Scythe" and thus fit for use by the Shinigami, they must collect the souls of 99 evil humans and 1 witch.

Episodes: 12
Studio: Madhouse
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: April 9th, 2014
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Genius gamer siblings (plus being NEET & hikikomori) Sora and Shiro are known as the undefeatable “__” (blank). Their talents and skills are so good they are considered as urban legend. One day, a young boy named Teto appears before them, claiming to be the “God” of another dimension where Sora and Shiro are summoned to, in which no violence is allowed and everything is decided by a game. Of the 16 different races residing in this world, “Humanity” is the weakest. After having the vast majority of their lands captured by the other races and being driven to the brink of extinction, Sora and Shiro challenge these one-of-a-kind battles of the intellectual powers in order to save Humanity.

Episodes: 22
Studio: Production I.G.
Source: Original
Release Date: October 11th, 2012
Genres: Action, Drama, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho-Pass" in the anime's title refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being. The story centers around the "enforcement officer" Shinya Kōgami, who is tasked with managing crime in such a world.

K-ON!!

Episodes: 27
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 7th, 2010
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

It's Yui Hirasawa's first year in high school, and she's eagerly searching for a club to join. At the same time, Ritsu Tainaka, a drummer, and her friend Mio Akiyama, a bassist, are desperately trying to save the school's light music club, which is about to be disbanded due to lack of members. They manage to recruit Tsumugi Kotobuki to play the keyboard, meaning they only need one more member to get the club running again. Yui joins, thinking it will be an easy experience for her to play the castanets, the only instrument she knows. However, the other members think their new addition is actually a guitar prodigy...

Episodes: 13
Studio: Imagin
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: January 8th, 2008
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Kraft Lawrence, a 25 year old peddler travelling from town to town selling and buying various things to make a living during a period much like Europe in the Middle Ages. One night when stopped at the town of Pasroe, he finds in his wagon a 250 year old pagan wolf deity girl named Holo. She appears to be that of a 15 year old girl, except for a wolf tail and ears. She introduces herself as the town's goddess of harvest who has kept it blessed with good harvests of wheat for many years. Despite having the responsibility to watch over the town, she wants to go back to her homeland in the north called Yoitsu, she believes the people have already forsaken her anyway and that she has kept her promise to maintain the good harvests. She manages to bargain her way out of the village by making a deal with Lawrence to take her with him. As they travel, her wisdom helps increase his profits, but at the same time, her true nature draws unwanted attention from the church.

Episodes: 16
Studio: Brain's Base
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: July 26th, 2007
Genres: Action, Comedy, Supernatural

During the early 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir. In addition, a war between the mafia groups is getting worse. On board the Advena Avis, in 1711, alchemists are about to learn the price of immortality.

Episodes: 26
Studio: Studio Deen
Source: Visual Novel
Release Date: April 4th, 2006
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

On one hot summer day in 1983, a transfer student named Maebara Keiichi comes to a peaceful rural village in Hinamizawa. There, he befriends his classmates Rena, Mion, Rika, and Satoko. Accepted as a full-fledged member of the "club," Keiichi and the gang plays all sorts of activities ranging from card and board games to hide-and-seek. But just as Keiichi was beginning to be assimilated in simple rural life, he stumbles upon the dark history of Hinamizawa. As Keiichi dives deeper into the mystery, he finds that his new found friends may not be all what they claim to be.

Episodes: 13
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: Novel
Release Date: April 7th, 2015
Genres: Drama, Slice of Life

Kumiko Oumae is looking for a new beginning at Kitauji High School, distant from most of her middle school peers. She befriends Hazuki Katou and Saphire "Midori" Kawashima and joins the Music Club with them, a past-time from her junior high days. There she continues to play euphonium and encounters Reina Kousaka, a figure from her past she didn't expect to meet again. As the club works tirelessly to achieve it's goals, the two girls awkwardly dance around each other, each wanting to know the other more.

Episodes: 27
Studio: Gainax
Source: Original
Release Date: April 1st, 2007
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a bleak future where humanity is oppressed by an army of mutants and forced to live underground, a young orphan unearths a powerful robot. Together with a boisterous man named Kamina, a beautiful sharpshooter named Yoko and many other friends, they use the robots power to fight against their oppressors and take back the surface.

Episodes: 26
Studio: Bones
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 4th, 2006
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Slice of Life

Fujioka Haruhi wins a scholarship to attend Ouran Academy, a school reserved for only the most rich and prestigious. Despite what other students may think of her, she cares little for physical appearances or the fact that she is a commoner. Unfortunately for Haruhi, her high school days take a sudden turn when she stumbles upon the Host Club, an elite club filled with super rich and beautiful boys who use their specific traits and charms to entertain young ladies. Even worse, Haruhi accidentally breaks an 8-million yen vase in the club. Since she is unable to repay her debt with money, Haruhi finds herself with no choice but to work for the Host Club, becoming a male host herself.

Episodes: 11
Studio: Brain's Base
Source: Manga
Release Date: October 14th, 2010
Genres: Comedy, Romance

Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own. Their peaceful lives gradually start to change when a beautiful woman helps Tsukimi out of a pinch. She stays overnight at the apartments—but it turns out "she" is really a "he".

Episodes: 12
Studio: White Fox
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: January 25th, 2010
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

This story teakes place in the Edo era where Yasuri Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotou school of Japanese sword martial arts living in Fushou Island with his sister Nanami. With the order from a female samurai general Togame, he sets out for a trip to collect the twelve treasured swords created by a legendary swordsmith Shikizaki Kiki.

Episodes: 13
Studio: P.A. Works
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: January 9th, 2012
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Supernatural

When Koichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Koichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.

Episodes: 12
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Source: Original
Release Date: April 12th, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Slice of Life

In Enoshima, Yuki is a high school student who's never been good at making real friends thanks to his abnormally poor communication skills. Haru is the self-styled alien who decides to teach Yuki to fish. Natsuki is an irritable born-and-raised local. Akira is the mysterious Indian who watches them all from a distance. These four meet, fish, and find big adventures on their little island.

Episodes: 12
Studio: Madhouse
Source: OVA
Release Date: January 9th, 2015
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Psychological

After death, humans go to either the eternal void or are reincarnated. However, where there's doubt as to were to place some occasional souls, these instead arrive at bar Quindecim, with no memories of having died. Decim, the bartender, challenges them to the Death Game, wherein they wager their "lives" and reveal their true natures. Decim himself is actually an arbiter in charge of deciding the fate of those that arrive at Quindecim - by pulling the darkness from deepest within them, he judges their ultimate fate.

Episodes: 26
Studio: Bones
Source: Original
Release Date: April 5th, 2007
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged. Hei is one of the most powerful of these psychic agents, and along with his blind associate, Yin, works for one of the many rival agencies vying to unlock the mysteries of Hell's Gate.

Episodes: 12
Studio: J.C. Staff
Source: Original
Release Date: January 9th, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

While testing his 8mm camera at night, Kaito Kirishima is caught amid a mysterious explosion in his small town. Strangely, Kaito wakes up the next day perfectly fine, but with no recollection of what exactly happened the day before. Unfazed by what seems to have been just a dream, he heads to school not giving much thought to the incident. Discussing with his friends about the camera, they decide to make a movie during summer break. They invite two upperclass students to participate in the project: recently arrived Ichika Takatsuki and the odd Remon Yamano. In a strange twist of fate, Ichika starts living with Kaito as his sister has to work overseas. Summer days are about to get exciting for the small film crew.

Episodes: 12
Studio: AIC A.S.T.A.
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: July 1st, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy

It has been several centuries since human population has declined. Food has become harder to find and what little sources the humans have are considered highly valuable. The most prosperous species on the Earth are "Fairies", 10 cm tall creatures with high intelligence and a great love for sweets. A nameless girl, the main character, became a UN arbitrator between the humans and the fairies and had returned to her hometown to help her grandfather. One day, the village is sent some strange products made by a company called FairyCo. Since the villagers are wary of using the products, the girl, her grandfather, and a nameless boy decide to go to the factory to find out about the mysterious products and who is behind making them.

Episodes: 24
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: Visual Novel
Release Date: October 4th, 2007
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Tomoya Okazaki is tired. Tired of living the same old days over and over in the same old place. He's drifting through the last years of high school—not caring, not looking to the future, not getting too close to anyone, not even his screwy best friend Sunohara. His family life is a wreck and his reputation at school a shambles. Then he meets Nagisa Furukawa. Nagisa is older than him, but in the same grade thanks to ill health and extensive absences. She wants very desperately to start a Drama Club, and Tomoya can't seem to help wanting to help her. As she draws him out, they learn and more about each other, about their lives, and the lives of those around them: starfish-obsessed freshman Fuko, spacey genius Kotome, sweet-and-sour twins Kyou and Ryou, presidential candidate and martial-arts goddess Tomoyo. It'll be a transformational year for them all, perhaps for Tomoya most of all.

The World God Only Knows II

Episodes: 12
Studio: Manglobe
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 11th, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural

Dating sim master Keima Katsuragi wants nothing more than to immerse himself in the 2D world, chasing digital girlfriends. But when the so-called "Capturing God" answers a mysterious email from an unknown sender, Keima finds himself chasing down real-life ladies in an attempt to help the peppy demon Elsie de Lute Irma capture "lost souls" escaped from the depths of hell. Now, lest the explosive collar around his neck detonate, Keima must convince various girls to fall in love with him in order to scare out the souls hiding in their hearts.

Episodes: 13
Studio: Studio Wombat
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: April 8th, 2003
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Psychological

Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series follows the existential adventures of the apt marksman Kino along with talking motorcycle Hermes as they travel the world and learn much about themselves in the process. Imaginative, thought-provoking, and sometimes disturbing, Kino's journey is documented in an episodic style with an emphasis on atmosphere rather than action or plot.

Episodes: 25
Studio: Production I.G.
Source: Manga
Release Date: October 6th, 2009
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sawako Kuronuma's one wish in life is to make friends. That's a difficult proposition when everyone who meets her cowers in terror, due to her resemblance to Sadako (after whom they nickname her) from the Japanese horror movie series The Ring. Shunned by her classmates, her life starts to change after she befriends her classmate, Shōta Kazehaya, a popular, easygoing and 100% refreshing guy who is nice with everyone, even with her.

Episodes: 12
Studio: Dogakobo
Source: Manga
Release Date: July 7th, 2014
Genres: Comedy, Romance

Sakura Chiyo confesses her feelings to her schoolmate Nozaki. Due to a misunderstanding, Nozaki thinks Sakura is just a fan. She then discovers Nozaki's other identity; a shōjo manga artist. As she gets closer to Nozaki, she befriends Nozaki's quirky acquaintances who assist him and serve as inspirations for his manga.

Episodes: 25
Studio: Oriental Light and Magic
Source: Manga
Release Date: October 7th, 1997
Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman" looks upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries, the Band of the Hawk, nicknamed "the Grim Reaper of the Battlefield." Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and intelligent man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that may change their entire lives.

Episodes: 13
Studio: Sunrise
Source: Manga
Release Date: July 4th, 2012
Genres: Comedy, Supernatural

Pretty, busty rich girl Sakura Ichiko has been blessed with an inordinate amount of good fortune, so much so that she's actually sucking the fortune from those around her. To correct that massive imbalance, Momiji, a God of Misfortune, has come to Earth to "treat" Sakura—only Sakura isn't so willing to cooperate. As part of an ongoing effort to remedy the problem, Momiji starts living with Sakura.

Baka and Test: Summon the Beast 2

Episodes: 13
Studio: Silver Link
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: July 7th, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural

Akihisa Yoshii, now in his third year in Highschool, continues his misadventures with Yūji, his best friend, Mizuki, his childhood friend, and other highschool friends. Akihisa, however, is enrolled in a rather unique highschool. In Fumizuki Academy, all of the students are given avatars with fighting abilities whose power reflects the student's academic success. With their avatars by their side, our characters explore deeper into what it means to be a friend and how they treat each other and why. While Shoko, the school's #1 student, endlessly tries to woo Yūji, Minami and Mizuki try to capture the romantic attention of the oblivious Akihisa.

Episodes: 11
Studio: Madhouse
Source: Novel
Release Date: April 22nd, 2010
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Psychological

A second year student from the Kyoto University finds himself entrapped amid a plethora of unsatisfying possibilities to change his life. Accompanied by Ozu, his mischievous best friend, and Akashi, a stern engineering student, the nameless protagonist trudges through each path as he tries to grab the opportunity that seems to dangle right in front of his eyes.

Episodes: 24
Studio: Kyoto Animation
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 8th, 2007
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

Having fun in school, doing homework together, cooking and eating, playing videogames, watching anime. All those little things make up the daily life of the anime—and chocolate-loving—Izumi Konata and her friends. Sometimes relaxing but more than often simply funny!

Episodes: 24
Studio: Trigger
Source: Original
Release Date: October 3rd, 2013
Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Ryuuko Matoi carries a large weapon shaped like half of a pair of scissors. She's looking for the woman with the other half, who killed her father. Satsuki Kiryuuin, student council president of Honnouji Academy, is said to know the woman's identity, so Ryuuko transfers there. Those who arrive at the school receive a special "goku uniform," and Satsuki has used that power to rule the school in fear.

Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG

Episodes: 26
Studio: Production I.G
Source: Manga
Release Date: January 1st, 2004
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In a futuristic world where the internet and cybernetics has blurred the borders between societies; the members of Public Security Section 9 are reinstated to assist in solving numerous cases of cyber crime. A spate of similar crimes committed by separate suicidal groups known as "The Individual Eleven" becomes the core focus for Section 9 as war approaches in the form of refugees flooding into the country.

Episodes: 26
Studio: Brain's Base
Source: Light Novel
Release Date: January 7th, 2010
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery, Supernatural

Ryugamine Mikado is a boy who longs for the exciting life of the big city. At the invitation of his childhood friend Masaomi, he transfers to a school in Ikebukuro. Masaomi has warned him about people he doesn't want to cross in the city: a champion fighter, an informant, and a mysterious gang called "Dollars." Nervous from Masaomi's stories, Mikado witnesses an urban legend on his first day in the city, the Headless Rider astride a black motorcycle. From then on, the existence of supernatural cases and a gang called the Yellow Scarves will rise to the surface, and Ikebukuro will pushed to the breaking point.

Episodes: 50
Studio: Bones
Source: Original
Release Date: April 17th, 2005
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Renton Thurston is a 14-year-old boy who lived with his mechanic grandfather in a backwater town. Every day he dreamed of being with the mercenary "Light Finding Operation (LFO)" aircraft pilot group "Gekkostate" and riding "Trapar" particle waves-- a sport called "reffing"-- with their charismatic leader Holland, especially when faced with his father's acclaimed past or his grandfather's desire to protect him. When a young girl named Eureka riding the original LFO, the "Nirvash typeZERO", asks his grandfather for a tune-up, she inadvertently brings the attention of the military to the garage; as a result, the garage is destroyed and Renton is forced to deliver a new type of interface-- the "Amita Drive"-- to the Nirvash. After a heated fight in which the Nirvash destroys the military LFOs by unleashing an immense amount of power, Renton is invited into Gekkostate. However, he quickly realizes that behind the facade of a traveling group of mercenaries is a very bitter reality.

Episodes: 22
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Source: Manga
Release Date: October 9th, 2014
Genres: Drama, Romance

Kousei Arima was a piano prodigy until his mother died when he was eleven years old. The shock of losing her made him lose any interest in piano, and his life has felt monotonous ever since. Then, when he's fourteen, his childhood friend Tsubaki introduces him to her classmate Kaori, a free-spirited violinist. Her enthusiasm reignites his interest in music and in life.

Episodes: 26
Studio: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Release Date: April 3rd, 2011
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

When her mother runs off with her latest boyfriend, Ohana Matsumae is sent to live with her grandmother, who she has never met nor spoken to. Her grandmother is not pleased to find Ohana on her doorstep, and sets her to work at her Taisho-era (1920s) hot springs inn. It's not a lifestyle that Ohana would have chosen, but she decides not to be discouraged and to make the most of her difficult circumstances.

Episodes: 12
Studio: Kinema Citrus
Source: Manga
Release Date: July 6th, 2014
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life

After punching a famous curator in the face for criticizing his work as "textbook and lifeless," Handa Seishuu is sent to Gotō Island to calm his nerves and find new inspiration for his calligraphy. Growing up in the city all his life, though, Handa must adapt to country life while meeting an assortment of quirky people during his tenure.

A Certain Scientific Railgun S

Episodes: 24
Studio: J.C. Staff
Source: Manga
Release Date: April 12th, 2013
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Mikoto Misaka, one of the strongest Level 5 espers in Academy City, gave her DNA map to a certain doctor when she was young, believing that it may be used for greater good. Unfortunately for her, it ended up being used to create countless clones of herself; forming the Misaka network, in order to create the strongest esper by sacrificing these clones whom she considers as her own sisters.