Curated playlist
TV Asahi original programming
- DevilmanDevilman was a dark manga born from a TV studio's request for something softer.
- Jinki: ExtendIn the manga Jinki: Extend, a robot unit commander ordered her own daughter kidnapped.
- Sailor Moon (TV series)A fan petition with over 12,500 signatures brought Sailor Moon back to American TV.
- Captain Harlock (manga)Captain Harlock is a space pirate who refuses to accept his civilization's slow collapse.
- Mob Psycho 100Mob Psycho 100 follows a middle school boy named Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed Mob, who carries immense psychic power and works constantly to keep his feelings down. The two facts are linked. His power threatens to break past its limits as…
- Slam Dunk (manga)Slam Dunk, the Japanese sports manga by Takehiko Inoue, had over 185 million copies in circulation by 2024. That figure places it among the best-selling manga series in history. Its hero is neither a prodigy nor a champion. He is a…
- Mobile Suit Gundam WingMobile Suit Gundam Wing, a Japanese mecha anime series from 1995, gives its lead pilot a borrowed name. The boy called Heero Yuy shares that name with a pacifist leader of the colonies, yet his own name is only an alias. In Japan the…
- Crayon Shin-chanWhen Crayon Shin-chan creator Yoshito Usui died in 2009, the manga did not end. His team began a new manga.
- Aim for the Ace!Hiromi Oka's toughest opponent in this 1970s tennis manga is her own fragile confidence.
- Yuri on IceDuring the autumn 2016 anime season, Yuri on Ice collected 1,440,596 tweets, according to the trend-analytics company Kadokawa Ascii Research Laboratories. Its closest rival, the volleyball series Haikyu!!, drew 348,109. That gap of more…
- Blue LockThe Japanese manga series Blue Lock opens with a humbling result. At the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the Japan national team finished 16th. In the story, that placing sets off a drastic response. Officials create a program with one harsh rule:…