Weekly Yoko Maki 2008

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: Yoshitsugu Kimura , Taiki Nishimura , Hidehiko Kadota

Producer: Hiroyuki Aoi , Toshihiro Maeda

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: Megumi Ishitani , Nanami Michibata , Tetsuya Endo

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

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: Yoko Kanamori , Yohei Shindo , Kenichi Fujisawa

Producer: Sohei Suzuki , Hirotsugu Ogisu , Ryuichi Mao

Stars: Setsuo Ito , Takahiro Sakurai , Miyu Irino , Akio Otsuka , Naho Oketani , Takashi Onozuka

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: Susumu Kudou , Masayuki Tachibana

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: Tadao Okubo , Takahiro Natori , Natsumi Higashida

Producer: Eimi Shimizu , Sakura Shimizu , Makoto Furukawa

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

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (1989 - 2022)

0 /10

A Japanese variety show hosted by popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown, with comedian Hōsei Tsukitei (formerly known as Hōsei Yamasaki) and owarai duo Cocorico co-hosting.

Average Episode Run Time: 30` . Year(s): 1989 - 2022

Director: Kenji Suga , Toshio Tsuchiya

Stars: Masatoshi Hamada , Hitoshi Matsumoto , Hōsei Tsukitei , Naoki Tanaka , Shôzô Endô

Nintama Rantarō (1993 - 2008)

5.8 /10

Rantarō, Shinbei and Kirimaru are ninja apprentices in the Ninja Gakuen, where first grade ones are called "Nintamas". They must learn everything a ninja must know, but as for our heroes, money, food or playing are more interesting. The series show the everyday adventures of our heroes.

Average Episode Run Time: 27` . Year(s): 1993 - 2008

Director: Tsutomu Shibayama , Soubee Amako

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: 坂本太郎 , Itaru Orita , Shojiro Nakazawa

Producer: Takayuki Taniguchi , Takahiro Ono

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

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

Alice in Borderland (2020 - 2022)

0 /10

With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to win.

Average Episode Run Time: 56` . Year(s): 2020 - 2022

Director: Shinsuke Sato , Yoshiki Watanabe , Yasuko Kuramitsu

Producer: Kaata Sakamoto

Stars: Kento Yamazaki , Tao Tsuchiya , Nijiro Murakami , Aya Asahina , Ayaka Miyoshi , Dori Sakurada

Tokyo Revengers (2021 - 2023)

0 /10

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang. The day after hearing about her death, he’s standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he’s about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years. Now that he’s back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life.

Average Episode Run Time: 24` . Year(s): 2021 - 2023

Director: Fumihiro Ueno , Kenji Kuroda , Rion Kujo

Producer: Yoshio Kaneko , Hiroo Maruyama , Haruki Satomi

Stars: Yuuki Shin , Azumi Waki , Ryota Osaka , Yuu Hayashi , Tatsuhisa Suzuki , Takuma Terashima

Shakugan no Shana (2005 - 2012)

7 /10

The world has become a slaughtering ground for the Crimson Denizens, mysterious beings from a parallel universe who thrive on the life energy of humans. These merciless murderers only leave behind scant remainders of souls called "Torches," which are mere residues that will eventually be destroyed, along with the very fact of the victims' existence from the minds of the living. In an ambitious endeavor to put an end to this invisible, hungry massacre, warriors called Flame Hazes relentlessly fight these monsters. One fateful day, Yuuji Sakai ceases to be a regular high schooler—he becomes trapped in a crevice of time and is suddenly attacked by a Denizen. Coming to his rescue just in the nick of time is a nameless hunter who seems no different from an ordinary young girl except for her blazing eyes and burning crimson hair. However, before Yuuji can learn anything more about his situation, he discovers that he has already been reduced to a Torch—merely a scrap of memory waiting to be extinguished.

Average Episode Run Time: 25` . Year(s): 2005 - 2012

Director: Youhei Suzuki , Noriaki Akitaya , Takashi Watanabe

Stars: Satoshi Hino , Rie Kugimiya , Masashi Ebara , Hitomi Nabatame , Mitsuo Iwata , Mamiko Noto