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- Pokémon (TV series)Pokémon, the Japanese anime television series, has broadcast more than 1,300 episodes and now airs in 192 countries at the same time. It began on TV Tokyo with a simple premise. A ten-year-old trainer and his partner Pikachu would travel a…
- Scott Pilgrim Takes OffScott Pilgrim Takes Off begins by getting rid of its own hero. In the first episode of this Netflix anime miniseries, Scott Pilgrim vanishes, and the show carrying his name has to keep going without him. The series was developed by Bryan…
- The Boy and the HeronThe Boy and the Heron reached Japanese theaters with one poster and no trailer.
- Cyberpunk: EdgerunnersCyberpunk: Edgerunners pulled in 14.88 million hours of viewing during its first week on Netflix, and that was enough to put it in the service's top ten. The animated miniseries premiered on the 13th of September 2022. It follows David…
- The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)The Seven Deadly Sins, the Japanese manga by Nakaba Suzuki, began with a pilot chapter that its author drew more than twenty times. One discarded manuscript, titled Chapter X, reached English readers in 2015 on the website of Kodansha USA.…
- BeastarsBeastars is a Japanese manga by Paru Itagaki, and its story begins with a body. At Cherryton Academy, a student named Tem, an alpaca, is murdered and devoured. The world around Tem is modern and orderly. Animals walk upright, attend…
- Devilman CrybabyDevilman Crybaby, in the words of Newsweek's Emily Gaudette, was "the bloodiest, most profane animated series of the year." Masaaki Yuasa directed the Netflix series, which arrived on the 5th of January 2018. Within days it had become one…
- Sakamoto DaysSakamoto Days, the Japanese manga by Yuto Suzuki, grew out of a chain of small questions that its author asked himself about a strong fighter. In his words: "Why is he fat? Because he retired. Why is that? Maybe because he got married?…
- Baki the GrapplerBaki the Grappler is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki, and it has sold in numbers few comics ever reach. By May 2021, the various Baki series had more than 85 million collected volumes in circulation. By…
- Delicious in DungeonDelicious in Dungeon, a manga by Ryoko Kui, opens with a red dragon swallowing a spellcaster named Falin Touden. Her surviving companions are cut off from most of their supplies, deep underground, with a rescue to attempt. Their answer is…
- Bastard!!Kazushi Hagiwara's manga about a dark wizard names its characters, spells and places after rock and metal bands.
- DorohedoroDorohedoro, a Japanese manga series by Q Hayashida, begins with a man whose head is that of a reptile and who cannot remember who he used to be. His name is Caiman. His only clue to the sorcerer who cursed him is a full-size man living…
- Cosmic Princess Kaguya!Cosmic Princess Kaguya! begins with a baby discovered inside a glowing utility pole. This 2026 Japanese animated musical, the feature directing debut of Shingo Yamashita, builds an entire world around that odd image. Within a few days the…