Animated Classics of Japanese Literature 1986

Bleach (2004 - 2023)

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For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2004 - 2023

Director: Noriyuki Abe , Hiroaki Nishimura , Ogura Shirakawa

Producer: Genki Negishi , Ryona Morohashi , Fuka Sasano

Stars: Masakazu Morita , Fumiko Orikasa , Hiroki Yasumoto , Yuki Matsuoka , Noriaki Sugiyama , Makoto Tsumura

Jujutsu Kaisen (2020 - 2023)

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Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2020 - 2023

Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu , Yosuke Takada , Haru

Producer: Tatsuya Omori , Ruruka Matsukawa , Akito Takahashi

Stars: Junya Enoki , Yuma Uchida , Asami Seto , Yuichi Nakamura , Saori Suzumiya , Yasushi Iwaki

Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020 - 2023)

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Kinoshita Kazuya is a 20-year-old failure of a college student. He managed to kiss his girlfriend once, but was dumped after a month. Completely spiteful, Kazuya uses a certain method to date a girl. He goes to their meeting place and a beautiful girl brushing her long, black hair behind her ear was there, smiling at him. Her name was Mizuhara Chizuru. Something real is born after just a single rental! A reckless rom-com filled with love and excitement is about to begin!

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2020 - 2023

Director: Shinya Une , Ken Ando , Taku Yamada

Producer: Toshihiro Maeda , Hiroyuki Aoi

Stars: Shun Horie , Sora Amamiya , Aoi Yuki , Nao Toyama , Rie Takahashi , Yu Serizawa

One Piece (1999 - 2023)

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Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 1999 - 2023

Director: Sumio Watanabe , Takashi Otsuka , Hidehiko Kadota

Stars: Mayumi Tanaka , Kazuya Nakai , Akemi Okamura , Hiroaki Hirata , Kappei Yamaguchi , Yuriko Yamaguchi

Lupin the Third (1971 - 2022)

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Follow the thrilling adventures of master thief Lupin the Third, quite possibly the world's greatest thief. Along with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his on-off love interest Fujiko Mine, he pulls off the greatest heists of all time while always escaping the grasp of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 1971 - 2022

Director: Yuichiro Yano , Hideki Tonokatsu , Ryousuke Senbo

Stars: Kanichi Kurita , Akio Otsuka , Miyuki Sawashiro , Daisuke Namikawa , Koichi Yamadera , Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Mob Psycho 100 (2016 - 2022)

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Shigeo Kageyama, a.k.a. "Mob," is a boy who has trouble expressing himself, but who happens to be a powerful esper. Mob is determined to live a normal life and keeps his ESP suppressed, but when his emotions surge to a level of 100%, something terrible happens to him! As he's surrounded by false espers, evil spirits, and mysterious organizations, what will Mob think? What choices will he make?

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2016 - 2022

Director: Tomoaki Ohta , Hiroshi Takeuchi , Takebumi Anzai

Producer: Akio Matsuda , Miki Imoto , Masahiko Minami

Stars: Setsuo Ito , Takahiro Sakurai , Miyu Irino , Akio Otsuka , Mariko Higashiuchi , Nobuyuki Kobushi

The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (2023)

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When Saku took in a stray black cat, she never expected that he would become the equivalent of a housekeeping life partner. But Yukichi, a giant cat who towers over Saku, is not your ordinary feline. He takes great pride in his culinary skills, and a good sale at the supermarket always gets his whiskers twitching. Saku may not have her act together yet, but at least she has Yukichi!

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2023

Director: Masayuki Tachibana , Susumu Kudou

Stars: Yui Ishikawa , Hiroki Yasumoto , Ai Kakuma , Katsuyuki Konishi , Mao Ichimichi , Miyu Irino

Tokyo Mew Mew New (2022 - 2023)

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The scientists of the μ(Mew) Project use DNA of endangered species to create a team of heroines imbued with amazing abilities. Armed with the skills of an Iriomote cat, Ichigo must band together with other Mew Mew girls to repel an alien incursion.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2022 - 2023

Director: Natsumi Higashida , Tadao Okubo , Takahiro Natori

Producer: Masae Yamato , Rina Nakazawa , Yohei Takami

Stars: Yuuki Temma , Mirai Hinata , Ryouko Jyuni , Rian Toda , Momoka Ishii , Yuma Uchida

Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (2022 - 2023)

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A.S. (Ad Stella) 122― An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry. Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2022 - 2023

Director: Shinnosuke Ito , Terry , Son Seung-hui

Producer: Toshihiro Maeda , Takuya Okamoto , Naohiro Ogata

Stars: Kana Ichinose , Lynn , Yohei Azakami , Natsuki Hanae , Makoto Furukawa , Miyu Tomita

Kamen Rider (1971 - 2023)

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Hongo Takeshi is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organisation planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . Year(s): 1971 - 2023

Director: Katsuhiko Taguchi , Naomi Tamura , 坂本太郎

Producer: Takahiro Ono , Takayuki Taniguchi

Stars: Junsei Motojima , Reiyo Matsumoto , Yasunari Fujibayashi , Oto Abe , Rikiya Tomizono , Kumaki Rikuto

Ace of Diamond (2013 - 2020)

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Eijun Sawamura is a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2013 - 2020

Director: Hiroyoshi Aoyagi , Takeyuki Sadohara , Itsuro Kawasaki

Producer: Mirai Yamauchi

Stars: Ryota Osaka , Nobunaga Shimazaki , Takahiro Sakurai , Natsuki Hanae , Shintaro Asanuma , Daiki Yamashita

REBORN! (2006 - 2010)

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"No Good" Tsunayoshi Sawada is next in line to become boss of the powerful Vongola mafia family. The Vongolas' most powerful hitman, a cursed gun-toting infant named Reborn, is sent to teach Tsuna how to be a boss.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2006 - 2010

Director: Kenichi Imaizumi

Producer: Yoshiro Kataoka

Stars: Takashi Kondo , Toshinobu Iida , Kenjiro Tsuda , Yukari Kokubun , Yuka Terasaki , Junko Takeuchi