Samurai X [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Himura Kenshin is a wanderer with a dark past and sunny disposition. Kenshin never was a lord's samurai, but instead the fiercest assassin of the Meiji restoration.
2755 users added this.
Full Metal Alchemist (Original) [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy infooo carries a heavy price.
4996 users added this.
Full Metal Alchemist [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
After losing their mother, Alphonse and Edward Elric attempt to bring her back using the forbidden science of human alchemy. However, alchemy operates on the theory of equivalent trade, and breaking the human alchemy taboo carries a heavy price.
7474 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Movie Conqueror of Shamballa [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The brothers Elric will consider the answers that are left once the Philosopher's Stone has guided their saga to and end. True sacrifice, the deep love of family, the cruel truths of life and death.
4685 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
A fugitive alchemist with mysterious abilities leads the Elric brothers to a distant valley of slums inhabited by the Milos, a proud people struggling against bureaucratic exploitation. Ed and Al quickly find themselves in the middle of a rising rebellion, as the exiled Milos lash out against their oppressors.
1062 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, commonly referred to as FMAB is the second adaptation of the hit manga series Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. In 2003, shortly after the manga began its run, the first adaptation titled Fullmetal Alchemist was made.
27323 users added this.
The Cat Returns [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of My Neighbor Totoro and the Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away, comes a charming and magical adventure that will delight the entire family.
Haru is walking home after a dreary day of school when she spies a cat with a small gift box in its mouth crossing a busy street, and she jumps in front of traffic to save the cat from an oncoming truck.
1639 users added this.
Howl's Moving Castle [Movie]
yume131 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.
14481 users added this.
Eden of the East [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
On November 22, 2010 ten missiles strike Japan. However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be known as "Careless Monday," does not result in any apparent victims, and is soon forgotten by almost everyone.
3637 users added this.
Eden Of The East: Paradise Lost [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The story of political and subversive intrigue in the series finally reaches endgame. Even as the law enforcement net tightens around Saki and her fellow Eden of the East associates over alleged terrorist activities, the complex web surrounding the mysterious Mr.
296 users added this.
Higashi no Eden Movie I: The King of Eden [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The intrigue goes international in The King of Eden, a feature-length conspiracy thriller that continues the action of Eden of the East. The deadly game that began in Japan now intensifies on the streets of New York City.
245 users added this.
Terror in Resonance [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been stricken by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population.
225 users added this.
Steins;Gate [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Rintaro Okabe is a self-proclaimed "mad scientist" who believes that an international scientific organization named SERN is conspiring to reshape the world according to its own interests. He and his friend Itaru Hashida inadvertently create a gadget able to send messages to the past.
7967 users added this.
Jigoku Shoujo [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
There is a certain site that can be accessed at midnight. It is said that you will meet Hell Girl once you do.
2121 users added this.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Special: Nekogoroshi-Hen [Special]
yume131 gave it a
10.
After losing a bet, Keichi, Mion, Rena, Satoko and Rika parade around the town in costumes. When they come to a fork in the road, they decide to go to Yagouchi, a nearby abandoned village.
902 users added this.
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei [OVA]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The endless cycle of murders has been broken and Rika is finally able to settle down for a normal life with her friends. However, she is involved in a traffic accident and wakes up in a world where everything is different.
2056 users added this.
Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The world is beginning to get back on it's feet and rebuild after the destruction that lied in Sephiroth's wake. Not all is going well, however, as a new disease known as Geostigma threatens the world.
6666 users added this.
death parade [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
After death, humans are either sent to the void or reincarnated. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at Quindecim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim.
3284 users added this.
Bleach [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Kurosaki Ichigo is not your average, everyday 15-year-old high school student. He has from as far he can remember always had the ability to see ghosts and spirits.
25152 users added this.
Hellsing [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Alucard is not just any immortal, but probably one of the oldest and strongest beings known to exist. This vampire, however, is duty bound to the Hellsing family, who acts as the dogs of England's queen, protecting the country from the most dangerous parts of the underground, namely other vampires.
9579 users added this.
Another [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
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.
5033 users added this.
Elfen Lied [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Mutated homo sapiens that have a dangerous telekinetic power is being captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. One of the sixth-sense-possessing humanoids escapes loses her memories and winds up living with a boy from her past.
14683 users added this.
PARASYTE [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Parasyte centers on a 17-year-old teen named Shinichi Izumi, who lives with his mother and father in a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo. One night, worm-like creatures called Parasites appear on Earth, taking over the brains of human hosts by entering through their ears or noses.
7048 users added this.
God Eater [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Set in a Japan after the apocalypse in the future in 2071, the world has been almost entirely destroyed by these mysterious monsters known as the Aragami. An organization calling itself Fenrir was established to exterminate Aragami using 'God Arcs', weapons specially made from Aragami cells.
1967 users added this.
Samurai Champloo [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
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.
15116 users added this.
Blue Exorcist [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager possessing abnormal strength and endurance who, along with his younger twin brother Yukio, was raised by Father Shiro Fujimoto. Soon after Yukio departs to study at the prestigious True Cross Academy, Rin learns that he is the son of Satan, the strongest of all demons.
13214 users added this.
Future Diary [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Yukiteru "Yuki" Amano is a loner who spends most of his time writing a diary on his cell phone or talking with his imaginary friends Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space; and Murmur, Deus' servant. One day, Deus gives Yuki a special diary, mentioning something about a game.
5473 users added this.
Tokyo Ghoul [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery.
19997 users added this.
Spirited Away [Movie]
yume131 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.
17374 users added this.
Zero no Tsukaima [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Louise is a magician at the Tristein Academy, dubbed with the nickname "Zero Louise" due to her inability to effectively use her magic properly, resulting in zero successes. An upcoming test at her academy requires her to summon a familiar, a servant and partner to support her as a magician.
3776 users added this.
Trigun [TV]
yume131 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.
10476 users added this.
Yu Yu Hakusho [TV]
yume131 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.
8801 users added this.
Rurouni Kenshin [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away.
4613 users added this.
No Game No Life [TV]
yume131 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!
12161 users added this.
Death Note [TV]
yume131 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.
33478 users added this.
The Devil is a Part-Timer! [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Devil King Sadao is only one step away from conquering the world when he is beaten by Hero Emilia and forced to drift to the other world: modern-day Tokyo. As "conquering the world" are the only skills the Devil King possesses—and are obviously unnecessary in his new situation—he must work as a freeter to pay for his living expenses!
3987 users added this.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, commonly referred to as FMAB is the second adaptation of the hit manga series Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa. In 2003, shortly after the manga began its run, the first adaptation titled Fullmetal Alchemist was made.
27323 users added this.
Psycho-Pass [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The series takes place in the near future, when it is possible to instantaneously measure and quantify a person's state of mind and personality. This information is recorded and processed, and the term "Psycho-Pass" refers to a standard used to measure an individual's being.
5220 users added this.
Shugo Chara! [Manga]
yume131 gave it a
10.
T'was very good. c:
12 Volumes, PLUS the comic strips of "Shugo Chara Chan!
111 users added this.
Ghost Hunt [TV]
yume131 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.
1630 users added this.
Inuyasha movie 4 Fire on the mystic island [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Inuyasha movie 4 Fire on the mystic island storyline, reviews, and Inuyasha movie 4 Fire on the mystic island pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Movie show.
801 users added this.
Magic Kaito 1412 [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Magic Kaito 1412 storyline, reviews, and Magic Kaito 1412 pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Television Series show.
65 users added this.
Darker than BLACK - Episode 26 [OVA]
yume131 gave it a
10.
A side story of Darker than BLACK, also known as Episode 26. A Contractor was killed and it was rumored that his corpse and possessions were buried under a Sakura tree.
2372 users added this.
Durarara [Manga]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Durarara storyline, reviews, and Durarara pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Manga show.
72 users added this.
Durarara!! [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ikebukuro, Tokyo.
Mikado Ryugamine is a young man who yearns for the city like no other.
7410 users added this.
Black Cat [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ruthless and an unstoppable mercenary, Train Heartnet completes his jobs with deadly accuracy. Donning the nickname “Black Cat”, he works for a powerful underground secret organization called Chronos.
3335 users added this.
Fruits Basket [TV]
yume131 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.
11193 users added this.
Black Cat [Manga]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Train Heartnet, also known as "Black Cat," was an infamous assassin for a secret organization called Chronos..
660 users added this.
Inuyasha movie 3 Swords of an honorable ruler [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Inuyasha movie 3 Swords of an honorable ruler storyline, reviews, and Inuyasha movie 3 Swords of an honorable ruler pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Movie show.
845 users added this.
Inuyasha movie 2 The castle beyond the looking glass [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Inuyasha movie 2 The castle beyond the looking glass storyline, reviews, and Inuyasha movie 2 The castle beyond the looking glass pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Movie show.
891 users added this.
Shugo Chara [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Amu Hinamori is a student at Seiyo Elementary, where she has a reputation for being "cool and spicy"; however, her real personality is that of an extremely shy and easily intimidated girl. One night Amu makes a wish that she would have the courage to be reborn as her "would-be" self.
2358 users added this.
Shugo Chara Doki [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Now Utau has left Easter and restarted her singing career, while Ikuto still remains at Easter. To replace Utau Easter hires a new character, Lulu.
1120 users added this.
Black Butler: Book of Circus [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
The TV series will adapt the Noah's Ark Circus Arc, picking the manga story back up from the point at which they diverged. This arc immediately follows the Curry Contest Arc in the manga, which ended at episode 15 in the first season of the anime.
1448 users added this.
InuYasha: The Final Act [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Sequel to InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale..
7731 users added this.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Set on the fictional year of 2010, the world has been split into 3 superpowers: The Holy Britannian Empire (the Americas; also called Britannia), the Chinese Federation (Asia), and the European Union (Europe and Africa; previously known as the Euro-Universe. Also known as Europa United in Akito the Exiled).
17195 users added this.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni [TV]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Set in the year of 1986, Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Translated as Umineko: When they cry in English) tells the tale of the affluent Ushiromiya family during their yearly tradition to gather in the island of Rokkenjima. But during this time in the island, family bonds are not strengthened.
1128 users added this.
Inuyasha movie 1 Affections touching across time [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
10.
Ani.me's official listing has the Inuyasha movie 1 Affections touching across time storyline, reviews, and Inuyasha movie 1 Affections touching across time pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Movie show.
922 users added this.
Inuyasha [TV]
yume131 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.
15571 users added this.
Psychic Detective Yakumo [TV]
yume131 gave it a
9.
In order to help a friend possessed by a spirit, Ozawa Haruka knocks on the door of her university's movie research association. There she meets Saitou Yakumo, a rude, unkempt young man with a red left eye, who is said to have spiritual powers.
39 users added this.
Baccano! [TV]
yume131 gave it a
9.
During the late 1930s in Chicago, the transcontinental train, Flying Pussyfoot, is starting its legendary journey that will leave a trail of blood all over the country. At the same time in New York, the ambitious scientist Szilard and his unwilling aide Ennis, are looking for missing bottles of the immortality elixir.
3611 users added this.
Soul Eater [TV]
yume131 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.
25874 users added this.
Ranma 1/2 [Manga]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Ranma Saotome (and others) is cursed to turn into a girl (or other animals, depending which cursed pool they fell in) when splashed with cold water. The only way to temporarily reverse the curse is to get splashed with hot water.
333 users added this.
Darker Than BLACK: Gemini of the Meteor [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Hei and Yin are now on the run after betraying the Syndicate in the previous season. After leaving Japan, Hei encounters Suou Pavlichenko, a 13-year-old Eurasian girl who becomes embroiled in the war and politics of the various factions and Contractors vying for power.
2435 users added this.
Ranma 1/2 [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Saotome Ranma, a teenage martial artist, and his father Genma travel to the 'cursed training ground' of Jusenkyo in China. There, despite the warnings of the Chinese guard, they fall into the cursed springs.
2232 users added this.
Zombie-Loan [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
By judging the darkness of a ring around a person’s neck which only she can see, Michiru Kita knows how close a person is to their death. She notices that two of her classmates: Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana, that both already have gravely dark rings around their necks.
861 users added this.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney [Manga]
yume131 gave it a
8.
This manga focussed on Phoenix Wright and unlike the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Official Casebooks previously published in English, this series is episodic and features extra cases set in an indeterminate point in the games timeline. Although, presumably sometime after Phoenix Wright: Justice For All as Franziska features in some of the later volumes.
97 users added this.
Psycho Pass 2 [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Sequel to the Psycho-Pass series, taking place one-and-a-half years later.
Having learned the true nature of the Sibyl System, Akane Tsunemori chose to obey the system, believing in both humanity and the legal order.
742 users added this.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
8.
After the second impact, all that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that's being attacked by giant creatures that seek to eradicate the human kind, called Angels. After not seeing his father for more than eight years, Shinji Ikari receives a phone call, in which he is told to urgently come to the NERV Headquarters, an organization that deals with the destruction of the Angels through the use of giant mechs called Evas.
4305 users added this.
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance [Movie]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Under constant attack by Angels, NERV introduces two new pilots: the mysterious Makinami Mari Illustrous and the intense Asuka Langley Shikinami. Parallel to the incursion, Gendo Ikari and SEELE proceed the secret project that involves both Rei and Shinji.
3738 users added this.
Tokyo Ghoul [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery.
19997 users added this.
Fushigi Yuugi Eikoden [OVA]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Taka and Miaka are now happily married and only six months before their new family would be born, but an obessed girl named Mayo would do anything to make Taka hers. She enters the world of the Four Gods, determined to win Taka's heart and be the new priestess.
142 users added this.
Afro Samurai [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
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.
7433 users added this.
Zombie Loan [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Michiru Kita is a special girl who possesses Shinigami Eyes, a power which allows her to see a person's proximity to their destined death by seeing a ring, invisible to normal people, around the person's neck. When a person is marked to die, a gray ring appears, which darkens over time.
403 users added this.
Persona 4 The Animation [TV]
yume131 gave it a
8.
Persona 4 takes place in the same universe as Persona 3 in a rural town named Inaba. There have been mysterious murders occurring whenever there was fog after heavy rain.
1650 users added this.
Fushigi Yuugi OVA [OVA]
yume131 gave it a
7.
This OAV (original animation video) adventure brings back all the characters from the sprawling broadcast series--even ones who were killed. When Miaka, Tomahome (who now lives in the real world), Keisuke, and Tetsuya go visit the grave of Takikio, the one-time priestess of Genbu, Tomahome mysteriously vanishes back into Universe of the Four Gods.
217 users added this.
Fushigi Yuugi (TV Series) [TV]
yume131 gave it a
7.
Middle school student Miaka Y?ki is under a lot of pressure to pass the entrance exam for the competitive Jonan Academy.
530 users added this.
Assassination Classroom [TV]
In Progress
Assassination Classroom is all about one thing - Assasination! Based on a Japanese manga science fiction comedy series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui.
7324 users added this.
Durarara!! [Novel]
In Progress
Ani.me's official listing has the Durarara!! storyline, reviews, and Durarara!! pictures that you need. Get to know everything about this Novel show.
75 users added this.
Black Butler [TV]
In Progress
Thee story of Black Butler follows one wealthy young aristocrat, Ciel Phantomhive, and his demond butler Sebastian, who is known as One Hell of a Butler. Just a stone's throw away from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its young master, Ciel Phantomhive.
11976 users added this.
Cowboy Bebop [TV]
In Progress
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.
16523 users added this.
Detective Conan [TV]
In Progress
Case Closed, also known as Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan), is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama and is serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday since 1994. The name "Case Closed" for the English language release results from "unspecified legal considerations" of the name Detective Conan.
2803 users added this.
Psycho-Pass: The Movie [Movie]
Planned
Due to the incredible success of the Sibyl System, Japan has begun exporting the technology to other countries with the hope that it will one day be used all around the world. In order to test its effectiveness in a foreign location, the war-torn state of the South East Asian Union (SEAUn) decides to implement the system, hoping to bring peace and stability to the town of Shambala Float and keep the population in check.
310 users added this.
Angel Beats! [TV]
Postponed
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.
15784 users added this.
Hikaru no Go [TV]
Postponed
While exploring his grandfather's shed, Hikaru stumbles across a Go board haunted by the spirit of Fujiwara-no-Sai, a fictional Go player from the Heian era. Sai wishes to play Go again, having not been able to since the late Edo period, when his ghost appeared to Honinb?
1201 users added this.
The Big O [TV]
Postponed
Set in a post-apocalyptic city called Paradigm City, where all of its inhabitants appear to have lost all their memories after a tragedy known as “The Event”. The city is governed by the Paradigm Corporation, and class inequity is evident.
3281 users added this.