Summer Wars [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
In the future, all facets of society are tied into Oz, a virtual world inhabited by millions of users. Kenji, one of Oz’s moderators, was set to begin another typical summer when the lovely Natsuki asked him to accompany her to her hometown as a job.
1940 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Edward Elric makes a fatal mistake that drags his brother and his own body into an abyss, and they must seek the philosopher's stone to return their bodies to normal. They learn more and more about alchemy along the way during their adventures.
12015 users added this.
Boku No Hero Academia [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
In a world where being born with superpowers called a “Quirk” is the norm, a quirkless regular middle schooler Izuku Midoriya dreams to join the band of heroes that he grew to admire and love, and save the world. Despite being constantly bullied by his schoolmates for having no quirks, he does not give up on his dream and turns his attention into meticulous data gathering about the heroes instead.
21777 users added this.
Spirited Away [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Chihiro and her family are on their way to their new house in the suburbs when her father decides to take a shortcut along a lonely-looking dirt road. After getting out of the car and walking along a path for a while, they discover an open-air restaurant filled with food but with no workers or customers present.
17295 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no Tobira [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
* The mismatched crew of the <i>Bebop</i> are back, and this time they're on the silver screen. The movie takes place between (in the time period of) the <a href="http://anidb.
1079 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
See You Space Cowboy is the titular theme of this space odyssey action show, Cowboy Bebop. Earning bounty rewards is one of the few profitable jobs outside of crime in the solar system - and Spike and Jet are just doing their work as they get mixed up with even more interesting people.
16455 users added this.
Chobits [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
In an alternate version of the present day, we have computers known as Persocoms that can be designed to look like toy figures, animals, and even people. Our story focuses on one such Persocom named Chi and her new owner, Hideki Motosuwa, who is too broke to buy one and yet is lucky enough to have found Chi in the trash.
8275 users added this.
Death Note [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
The story of Death Note revolves around a high school student called Yagami Light. His life changed when he saw a supernatural notebook that fell from the sky.
33324 users added this.
Trigun [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Known for its Space Western theme, Trigun is about a man named "Vash the Stampede" and the two Bernardelli Insurance Society employees who follow him around in order to minimize the damages inevitably caused by his appearance. Most of the damage attributed to Vash is actually caused by bounty hunters in pursuit of the "60,000,000,000$$" (sixty billion "double dollars") bounty on Vash's head for the destruction of the city of July.
10451 users added this.
Lovely Complex [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Risa Koizumi, taller than the average girl, and Atsushi Ootani, shorter than the average guy—their constant bickering and comical love-hate relationship is well-known throughout the school. They act similarly and love the same music, and their friendship is full of laughing, shouting at each other, and of course, lots of jokes about one another’s height.
2310 users added this.
RWBY [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
A web-series anime by Rooster Teeth about four girls who start attending a school for raising Hunters against the Grim and other threats to the fragile peace of the world. Generally considered to be the first "'anime-styled' anime" of the west to go to Japan.
2543 users added this.
ginban kaleidoscope [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal, Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness.
81 users added this.
Fruits Basket [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
They say that you'll never know what a person's real character is until you've started living with him/her/ them under one roof. Well, it definitely is true in the case of a 16 year old female protagonist, Tohru Honda from the series, Fruits Basket.
11169 users added this.
Kino's Journey [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Based on a hit manga by Keiichi Sigsawa, the philosophical Kino's Journey employs the time-honored motif of the road trip as a vehicle for self-discovery and universal truth. Deeply meditative and cooler than zero, the series follows the existential adventures of a goggle-clad hipster Kino along with talking motorcycle Hermes as they travel the world and learn much about themselves in the process.
628 users added this.
No Game No Life [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Sora and Shiro are a pair of siblings, brother and sister, who are well known as brilliant. Yet they are NEETs - useless to society, and (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) - and even worse they are completely house-locked shut-ins (hikikomori!
12115 users added this.
Yu Yu Hakusho [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
YuYu Hakusho follows Yusuke Urameshi, a street-brawling delinquent who, in an uncharacteristic act of altruism, is hit by a car and killed in an attempt to save a young boy by pushing him out of the way. His ghost is greeted by Botan, a woman who introduces herself as the pilot of the River Styx, who ferries souls to the Underworld where they may be judged for the afterlife.
8774 users added this.
The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Nineteen-year-old college student Hana meets a young man who sneaks into her classes for lessons and falls in love with him immediately. They soon start dating.
1138 users added this.
A Silent Voice [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Shōya Ishida walks along a bridge, contemplating suicide. He flashbacks to his elementary school days when his teacher introduces a new student, Shōko Nishimiya, who is deaf.
3951 users added this.
Kimi No Na Wa [Your Name] [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Kimi No Na Wa (2016)
The story is set one month after a comet has fallen for the first time in a thousand years in Japan. Mitsuha, a high school girl living in the countryside, wants to live in the city because she is tired of life in the country.
4601 users added this.
Your Name. [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Mitsuha is the daughter of the mayor of a small mountain town. She's a straightforward high school girl who lives with her sister and her grandmother and has no qualms about letting it be known that she's uninterested in Shinto rituals or helping her father's electoral campaign.
454 users added this.
Inuyasha [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Kagome Higurashi, a normal 15-year-old girl, falls down a dry well--and finds herself in the feudal past, 50 years after her ancestress Kikyo imprisoned the half-human/half-demon Inu-Yasha. As the reincarnation of Kikyo, Kagome possesses a magic jewel that greatly increases the power of demons.
15531 users added this.
Angel Beats! [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Angel Beats! takes place in an afterlife high school, which acts as limbo for teenagers who have died and experienced traumas or hardships during their lifetime.
15733 users added this.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Aliens, Espers, and Time Travelers collide around a young girl with the most ultimate power. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is about a girl known as Haruhi and a boy she meets in school.
9231 users added this.
Azumanga Daioh [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Azumanga Daioh storyline, reviews, and Azumanga Daioh pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Television Series show.
3128 users added this.
DOT HACK SIGN [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the DOT HACK SIGN storyline, reviews, and DOT HACK SIGN pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Television Series show.
72 users added this.
Black Rock Shooter [OVA]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Mato Kuroi just got into junior high school, and on the first day, someone catches her eye; her classmate Yomi Takanashi. The two meet.
1592 users added this.
Serial Experiments Lain [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Lain Iwakura appears to be an ordinary girl, with almost no experience with computers or technology. Yet the sudden suicide of a schoolmate, and a number of strange occurrences, conspire to pull Lain into the world of the Wired, where she gradually learns that nothing is what it seems to be.
1555 users added this.
K-On! [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Hirasawa Yui, a young, carefree girl just entering high school, is captivated the moment she sees a poster advertising the ‘Light Music Club’. Being the carefree girl that she is, she quickly signs up.
4514 users added this.
Read or Die [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Three girls named Anita, Michelle and Maggie are hired to protect Japanese author Nenene Sumiregawa during her stay in Hong Kong. In an incident where the "Paper Sisters" save Nenene from a disgruntled author, Nenene discovers that the sisters have the capability to control paper at their own will - an ability once used by her long-lost friend Yomiko "The Paper" Readman.
1075 users added this.
Toradora! [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
It’s a new school year and Ryuuji Takasu discovers not only is he in the same class as his best friend, Yusaku Kitamura, but also Minori Kukshieda whom he's had an undisclosed crush on for quite some time.
Ryuuji, the main character, runs into Aisaka Taiga who happens to live next door.
14507 users added this.
Great Teacher Onizuka [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Tough on the outside, all heart on the inside, Onizuka turned to the life of a high school teacher for less excitement and action..
6619 users added this.
Ghost Hunt [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Telling ghost stories is a favorite past time of Mai Taniyama and her friends--that is, until she meets 17 year-old Kazuya Shibuya, the man sent by Shibuya Psychic Research Center to investigate paranormal activity at a supposedly haunted school. When Mai gets caught in a dangerous situation, she is rescued by Kazuya's assistant.
1628 users added this.
Howl's Moving Castle [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
The curse of an evil witch turns a plain young hat-maker, Sophie, into an old woman. Sophie runs away to confront the witch and become young again when she rescues a trapped animated scarecrow.
14438 users added this.
Ouran High School Host Club [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
10.
Haruhi Fujioka is searching for nothing more than a quiet place to study in the most elite high school academy in all of Japan when she stumbles across the mysterious third music room. Inside she encounters six beautiful men, the members of the host club.
13793 users added this.
Samurai Champloo [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
9.
After accidentally killing a government official’s son in a fight, Mugen and Jin are seized, and are sentenced for execution. Fuu successfully saves the two warriors, and hires them to accompany her during her search for a samurai “who smells of sunflowers” which may lead to her father.
15080 users added this.
DN Angel [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
9.
Niwa Daisuke is your average teenager, until his fourteenth birthday. He tries to declare his love to the girl of his dreams, but fails.
1257 users added this.
Welcome to the NHK [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
9.
He is the only one in this world who knows the truth. The secret that the N.
3375 users added this.
Darker Than BLACK [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
Ten years ago, an inscrutable and abnormal territory known as Hell's Gate appeared in Tokyo, altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The heavenly bodies disappeared, replaced by false stars.
7204 users added this.
Black Blood Brothers [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
Ten years after the Holy War which happened in Hong Kong, Mochizuki Jirou, aka the Silver Blade, and the lone hero who fought and defeated the Kowloon Children despite the loss of his lover, returns to Japan with his young brother, Mochizuki Kotaro. The two quickly discover that the Kowloon Children who survived the Holy War are seeking to infiltrate the “Special Zone”—a thriving city protected by an invisible barrier that will not allow Kowloon Children entrance—unless they’re invited.
1039 users added this.
Baka and Test [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
A hilarious Slap stick comedy with plenty of transgenders and occasional raunchy themes. Shonen Ai and Hentai~ Who would have thought it was possible?
4360 users added this.
Soul Eater [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
Shibusen, standing for Death Weapon Meister Academy (DWMA) the technical school for Reaper Armsmasters that operates from the deepest recesses of all the corners of the world, in order to prevent the second coming of the so-called Demon God who is feared upon bringing destruction of all humankind and envelop the world with nothing but madness and darkness. The reaper built this agency for weapons and for those who will be trained to wield them.
25795 users added this.
Trinity Blood [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
After the unsustainable growth of the human population on Earth, the United Nations has opted to colonize Mars. During this expedition, the humans discovered two alien technologies: The Bacillus virus and the Crusnik nanomachines.
4235 users added this.
Another [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
In 1972, 26 years ago, a very popular honor student named Misaki died partway through the school year in Yomiyama North Middle School’s class 3-3. The rest of the students, devastated by the unexpected loss, decided to carry on as if their classmate were still alive, going so far as to keep the desk in place and bringing it to the graduation ceremony.
5017 users added this.
Fruit Basket [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
Ani.me's official listing has the Fruit Basket storyline, reviews, and Fruit Basket pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Television Series show.
243 users added this.
Mayo Chiki! [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
8.
Kinjirō Sakamachi has gynophobia (fear of women), due to his violent mother and sister. Subaru Konoe is the butler of his classmate, Kanade Suzutsuki, and has to dress as a male due to butlers having to be men.
1886 users added this.
Konjiki no Gash Bell!! [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
When he holds a mysterious red book and chants a spell, a lightning attack comes forth. When this strange boy Gash arrives at his house, the life of lazy middle-schooler Kiyomaro Takamine is thrown into chaos!
749 users added this.
Trigun Badlands Rumble [Movie]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
Trigun: Badlands Rumble is a 2010 film by Madhouse. It is based on the Trigun manga, written by Yasuhiro Nightow.
2487 users added this.
Air [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
Yukito Kunisaki is on a journey, seeking a girl with wings who flies in the sky, as mentioned in a childhood tale. During this journey, he settles down in a small town, trying to make some money.
1293 users added this.
No. 6 [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
The story takes place in the incredible city No. 6, a future model city in 2013.
823 users added this.
Say "I Love You" [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
Quiet and unassuming Mei Tachibana is 16-years-old, but has spent her high school years without making friends or getting a boyfriend because of a childhood incident that left her believing that people will betray each other sooner or later. When she encounters popular boy Yamato Kurosawa, he becomes interested in her and it is through their tentative friendship and blossoming relationship that Mei ultimately begins to branch out and befriend others.
1666 users added this.
Nanaka 6/17 [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
7.
The story focuses on a cold and distant 17-year-old girl, Nanaka Kirisato, who only cares about studying to get good grades in school and being accepted into a good college. Nenji, her childhood friend, doesn't really care about school and will often get into fights.
244 users added this.
Best Student Council [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
6.
Rino Randou is a young girl with a head full of air and a talking puppet on her hand. She is accepted into the illustrious Gokujou all-girl's school, and is summarily, almost curiously, accepted as part of the even more illustrious Best Student Council, who has more power and business ventures than most large businesses.
124 users added this.
Shaman King [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
6.
Once in every five hundred years, the Shaman Fight Tournament is held, a battle between Shamans where the winner will be crowned Shaman King and granted the power to shape the world.
The story follows Yoh Asakura, a care-free and lazy shaman who is isolated in their town due to his supernatural abilities.
2320 users added this.
Afro Samurai [TV]
jamesmarsden gave it a
5.
This violent saga takes place in a world mixing modern technology with traditional Japanese culture. Afro Samurai seeks nothing more than revenge on the maniacal murderer who beheaded his father in front of his eyes as a child.
7419 users added this.
NANA [TV]
Postponed
Komatsu Nana moves to Tokyo, following after her boyfriend Shouji to gain a life she has always dreamed of. The anime is about two girls named Nana, who are very different.
1967 users added this.