Animated shows, a list by Mark Gauci

8.0

/9420/

78

/580/

85

/180/

8.2

/143334/

age 15+

Accused of murder and thrown into the Pit, a young orphan joins a group of monster fighters with special powers to uncover the truth and seek vengeance.

86

8.7

/23138/

83

/538/

89

/127/

4.3

/22855/

8.7

/145278/

A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.

84

81

8.5

/13967/

82

/353/

87

/96/

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.

85

82

8.6

/9061/

81

/373/

87

/92/

8.7

/93344/

In a world full of brilliant heroes, it’s the trust of fans that turns heroes into superheroes. If a hero loses the people’s trust, they lose their special abilities. Trust value is collected, quantified, and used to determine a hero’s ranking, displayed on their wrist. Every two years, the top heroes go to a tournament to fight, determine new trust values, and earn their rankings.

75

7.5

/17473/

75

/1102/

77

/233/

76

/11/

age 8+

Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, but his path to get there is anything but ordinary.

77

7.5

/14713/

79

/1399/

80

/283/

7.5

/214951/

age 16+

Once the greatest hitman of all, Taro Sakamoto retired in the name of love. But when his past catches up, he must fight to protect his beloved family.

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7.7

/6422/

7.9

/13179/

After a two-year break, the Straw Hat pirates reunite at Sabaody Archipelago, stronger than ever. As they prepare for new adventures in treacherous waters, their ship Thousand Sunny takes them toward Fish-Man Island's mysterious depths.

81

7.8

/18619/

75

/855/

81

/553/

3.5

/1189/

100

/6/

79

7.5

/59531/

age 14+

Mysteriously transformed into mini versions of themselves, Goku and his friends travel to the Demon Realm to uncover the truth and find a cure.

82

81

8.4

/5751/

79

/398/

80

/62/

4.3

/5506/

8.7

/103639/

age 15+

After learning heretical teachings about the Earth and the Sun, a child prodigy searches for his master's hidden research while evading the Inquisition.

87

8.3

/49654/

84

/3247/

86

/741/

100

/24/

92

83

/5/

8.4

/547195/

age 15+

In a bet to prove whether ghosts or aliens exist, two high schoolers face terrifying paranormal threats, gain superpowers and maybe even fall in love?!

79

77

8.0

/6645/

78

/359/

79

/66/

8.1

/137165/

age 10+

Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!

87

8.2

/29421/

82

/2036/

84

/703/

100

/10/

91

8.2

/398655/

In a world plagued by creatures known as Kaiju, Kafka Hibino aspired to enlist in The Defense Force. He makes a promise to enlist with his childhood friend, Mina Ashiro. Soon, life takes them in separate ways. While employed cleaning up after Kaiju battles, Kafka meets Reno Ichikawa. Reno's determination to join The Defense Force reawakens Kafka's promise to join Mina and protect humanity.

88

8.7

/50478/

84

/2372/

85

/616/

99

/76/

91

82

/14/

age 14+

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

79

7.6

/35157/

78

/2099/

86

/1494/

3.3

/30755/

84

/42/

82

73

/12/

age 17+

In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.

86

8.5

/101166/

86

/4927/

86

/1496/

100

/14/

79

8.2

/666537/

age 14+

They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo 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.

NEW

88

8.0

/13326/

82

/1757/

84

/279/

100

/6/

93

8.5

/280819/

age 14+

Dungeons, dragons... and delicious monster stew!? Adventurers foray into a cursed buried kingdom to save their friend, cooking up a storm along the way.

82

7.7

/22503/

77

/2003/

79

/369/

4.1

/138446/

96

/54/

85

82

/20/

age 13+

Scott Pilgrim meets the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers, only to find out her seven evil exes stand in the way of their love.

86

8.1

/19250/

79

/1341/

79

/216/

4.3

/30376/

100

/7/

94

86

/4/

8.4

/104914/

age 14+

When the world's seven most advanced robots and their human allies are murdered one by one, Inspector Gesicht soon discovers that he's also in danger.

86

8.6

/21333/

86

/1497/

86

/495/

4.3

/25328/

8.8

/431519/

age 14+

Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!

81

78

8.2

/10245/

79

/351/

84

/137/

age 11+

A woman is caught in a bizarre virtual reality where she and other trapped humans become bound to the whims of an unhinged AI ringmaster.

78

7.6

/6286/

78

/795/

81

/190/

3.7

/1171/

8.1

/225692/

Rakuro Hizutome only cares about one thing: beating crappy VR games. He devotes his entire life to these buggy games and could clear them all in his sleep. One day, he decides to challenge himself and play a popular god-tier game called Shangri-La Frontier. But he quickly learns just how difficult it is. Will his expert skills be enough to uncover its hidden secrets?

92

8.9

/62260/

90

/3217/

87

/617/

4.6

/49951/

100

/5/

95

9.2

/781782/

age 14+

Decades after her party defeated the Demon King, an old friend's funeral launches the elf wizard Frieren on a journey of self-discovery.

79

7.5

/23335/

77

/1618/

78

/246/

98

/42/

69

77

/9/

age 16+

As revolution sweeps France, Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire ruler.

86

8.7

/10982/

84

/801/

87

/293/

4.4

/27141/

100

/10/

83

78

/5/

age 14+

Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.

82

7.7

/8910/

75

/738/

81

/192/

100

/32/

80

80

/8/

age 8+

Twenty-somethings Clark Kent, the bright and driven Lois Lane, and their best friend Jimmy Olsen begin to discover who they are and everything they can accomplish together as an investigative reporting team at the Daily Planet.

77

7.6

/8291/

75

/662/

83

/200/

3.4

/8100/

7.6

/188451/

age 14+

Miyo's abusive family deems her worthless – but together with her powerful husband-to-be, her true self and hidden powers slowly begin to shine.

85

83

8.4

/7074/

84

/375/

89

/172/

4.2

/24369/

age 15+

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

82

8.2

/14162/

81

/998/

83

/287/

3.7

/5825/

8.5

/594562/

age 14+

A small-town doctor gets sucked into the ruthless world of show business when he crosses paths with a popular teen idol who holds a secret.

77

7.5

/15306/

76

/1427/

83

/598/

7.6

/427033/

age 14+

This is a world of magic where magic is used for everything. But deep in the forest exists a young man who spends his time training and bulking up. He can't use magic, but he enjoys a peaceful life with his father. But one day, his life is put in danger! Will his muscular body protect him from the magic users who are out to get him? Powerfully trained muscles crush magic as this abnormal magical fantasy begins!

82

8.1

/5836/

82

/466/

85

/209/

3.9

/2241/

8.2

/217581/

Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful lives and pining after Anna Yamada, the class idol. But Kyotaro's not nearly the troubled teen he pretends to be…and it turns out Anna's a bit odd herself!

76

7.6

/5763/

73

/548/

80

/162/

3.7

/8960/

7.7

/276285/

Recently dumped, Akane is just about to quit the game she used to play with her boyfriend, when she meets Yamada in the same RPG. Yamada in real life turns out to be somewhat of a legend. The only problem is - he is ONLY interested in the game. As Akane's feelings grow, will Yamada's focus stay on the game?

79

7.9

/10443/

78

/1017/

79

/240/

4.0

/6629/

8.2

/282235/

In the year 2024, the world has collapsed. Grotesque monsters lurk amongst the ruins of Japan, while remaining people scrape together what they can to survive. Kiruko, an odd-job girl in Nakano, accepts a mysterious woman's dying wish to take a boy named Maru to a place called Heaven. Maru is convinced that there will be a boy there who looks exactly like him.

80

8.1

/25144/

79

/1606/

81

/361/

3.8

/9766/

8.0

/484396/

For a chance at a pardon, a ninja assassin joins other condemned criminals on a journey to a mysterious island to retrieve an elixir of immortality.

77

74

7.8

/5881/

75

/335/

77

/85/

3.5

/2049/

7.8

/225033/

Amane lives alone in an apartment, and the most beautiful girl in school, Mahiru, lives just next door. They've almost never spoken—until the day he sees her in distress on a rainy day and lends her his umbrella. To return the favour, she offers him help around the house, and a relationship slowly begins to blossom as the distance between them closes…

75

7.6

/8251/

71

/423/

83

/283/

3.3

/5579/

7.3

/70657/

age 15+

In a society that favors good looks, a high school outcast leads a double life switching between his two bodies that are polar opposites in appearance.

84

8.1

/43236/

77

/2090/

79

/446/

3.9

/38783/

100

/22/

92

78

/6/

age 10+

Journey into the lives of two distinctly different Jedi from the prequel era – Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku. Each will be put to the test as they make choices that will define their destinies.

87

8.3

/93702/

81

/4595/

85

/2003/

4.1

/91368/

97

/6/

92

8.4

/1084400/

age 16+

Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

NEW

85

31

9.0

/72023/

66

/6/

100

/1/

8.9

/363768/

The peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a darkness is approaching Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town.

86

63

Trakt

80

/4/

8.9

/364247/

Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen adapts volume 55 to volume 74 of the original manga.

75

73

7.6

/5986/

74

/379/

76

/84/

3.4

/2278/

7.5

/222085/

The story centers on third-year high school student Jiro Yakuin, who gets saddled with his gyaru classmate Akari Watanabe for the class's "marriage training" project about practicing to be a married couple. Jiro is the complete opposite of Akari, but the two know that if they do well they will be able to switch partners to end up with their respective crushes, and so they force themselves to act like the perfect married couple.

83

8.3

/7966/

82

/819/

83

/198/

4.3

/14097/

8.7

/455681/

age 14+

Hitori Gotoh, a shy, awkward, and lonely high school student dreams of being in a band despite her doubts and worries, but when she is recruited to be the guitarist of a group looking to make it big, she realises her dream may be able to be fulfilled and come true.

80

8.1

/29641/

79

/1287/

82

/543/

3.8

/18269/

8.1

/477012/

High school soccer players from across Japan gather for a controversial project designed to create the best — and most egoistic — striker in the world.

81

7.8

/13507/

79

/1158/

80

/230/

3.6

/2096/

100

/5/

67

8.2

/450251/

age 14+

Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people, when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be someone just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn’t going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power—only to be denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill (yet deadly) traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he’ll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!

83

79

8.7

/6759/

82

/326/

82

/63/

3.9

/472/

Join Red Guy, Yellow Guy and Duck as they learn everything there is to know with the help of some friendly talking objects, in this comedy-horror puppet show based off the popular YouTube web series.

88

8.3

/118966/

83

/6838/

84

/1656/

4.3

/168957/

100

/16/

95

8.6

/676675/

age 17+

In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.

86

8.5

/20115/

85

/1909/

80

/211/

100

/17/

94