ARP Backstage Pass 2020

Bleach (2004 - 2023)

0 /10

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: Yoshinori Odaka , Eiko Nishi , Geisei Morita

Producer: Yusaku Kikuchi , Yoshihiko Tominaga , Genki Negishi

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

Jujutsu Kaisen (2020 - 2023)

0 /10

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: Arifumi Imai , Youichirou Aoki , Ken Takahashi

Producer: Yoshihisa Heishi , Kiri Kakazu , Mirai Higuchi

Stars: Junya Enoki , Yuma Uchida , Asami Seto , Yuichi Nakamura , Akira Harada , Akina Abe

Rent-a-Girlfriend (2020 - 2023)

0 /10

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: Akira Mano , Shinya Une , Ken Ando

Producer: Toshihiro Maeda , Hiroyuki Aoi

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

One Piece (1999 - 2023)

0 /10

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: Kohei Kureta , Sumio Watanabe , Takashi Otsuka

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

Lupin the Third (1971 - 2022)

0 /10

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: Osamu Kobayashi , Yuichiro Yano , Hideki Tonokatsu

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

Mob Psycho 100 (2016 - 2022)

0 /10

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: Toshiyuki Sone , Tomoaki Ohta , Hiroshi Takeuchi

Producer: Akio Matsuda , Miki Imoto , Masahiko Minami

Stars: Setsuo Ito , Takahiro Sakurai , Miyu Irino , Akio Otsuka , Kenta Miyake , Ikuji Nose

The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today (2023)

0 /10

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)

0 /10

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)

0 /10

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: Masatoshi Hakata , Shinnosuke Ito , Terry

Producer: Retsu Tamura , Yuya Takashima , Toshihiro Maeda

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

Ace of Diamond (2013 - 2020)

8.2 /10

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: Park Jae-ik , Junpei Nakagawa , Mitsuko Ohya

Producer: Mirai Yamauchi

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

REBORN! (2006 - 2010)

2.5 /10

"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

Sword Art Online (2012 - 2020)

7.5 /10

In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2012 - 2020

Director: Tsuyoshi Tobita , Daige Tokuda , Hideya Takahashi

Stars: Ai Kayano , Rina Hidaka , Hiroaki Hirata , Hiroki Yasumoto , Kaori Maeda , Isshin Chiba