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Utawarerumono (2006, OLM)

Eruruu discovers an unconscious masked man who reminded her of her late father. She takes him back to her home in the rural village of Yamayura to nurse him back to health. He himself has no memories of his past and is unsure why he has a mask he can't remove nor why the local residents have ears and tails. Soon he earns the respect of the...


Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (2015, Whitefox)

Taking place some time after Utawarerumono, a travelling young girl named "Kuon" encounters a lazy, laid back but intelligent young man who was wandering in the winter snow with amnesia. After escaping from a slimy Tatari she decides to become his guardian, giving him the name "Haku" after the Utawarerumono and help him look for...


Vinland Saga (2019, Wit Studio)

After losing the battle against Harald's invading army, the people of Norway were forced either to serve or leave the land. Some of them left and ended up on the cold lands of Iceland. As the harsh cold climate makes it hard for livestock to survive never mind humans, they seek a new warmer and greener fertile land to the West known as...


Violet Evergarden (2018, KyoAni)

A nameless girl who was a victim of war is picked up and brought up in the army to be treated like another expendable soldier in war due to her superior fighting skills. For that reason, she takes everything seriously, has a hard time expressing herself and only does anything when commanded to. The War was now over but she was...


Wonder Egg Priority (2021, Cloverworks)

Ai Ohto with heterochromia (different coloured eyes) has shut herself away, skipping school after bullying lead to the death of her only friend. One night while sneaking out, she finds a dead firefly and buries it. To her surprise she finds it talking to her and is offered a free Wonder Egg. Thinking it was just a dream, Ai wakes up...


Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2021, Sublimation/Signal.MD)

It's summer break. Idol group "Orange Sunshine" member Yuki "Smile" is an influencer that enjoys live streaming but keeps a mask on to hide her buckteeth. Shy poem loving Yui Sakura "Cherry" works part time at a day care while always carrying a Kigo seasonal poem dictionary around with him. When Cherry's friend, alocal...


Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2018, A-1 Pictures)

26 year old Narumi Momose seems like your average optimistic cheery girl but she has a secret. She doesn't want anyone to find out she's an Otaku (geek) because guys always dump her when they find out she's also a "Fujoshi [rotting girl, word play that refers to women/girls]" - a girl who is into "Boys Love (explicitly illustrated...


Xam'd Lost Memories (2008, Bones)

Sentan Island is caught in the middle of a warzone. Akiyuki looks like your everyday student rushing off to school when there is an air raid and the school bus he was on explodes. While trying to help a refugee he helped sneak onto the bus, he finds himself "Xam'd" - when a human is injected with a seed known as "Hiruko" transforming them...


Ya Boy Kongming (2022, PA Works)

The famous tactician Zhuge Kongming (Koumei, Japanese transliteration) dies on the battlefield but finds himself transported 1800 years to modern day Japan, Shibuya. Seeing everyone dressed up for Halloween, he thinks he's been sent to Hell and decides to let the servants drag him around. When he arrives at a club, he meets Eiko...


Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files (1992, Pierrot)

Deliquent 14 year old Yusuke Urameshi dies in a car accident one day while trying to save a little boy. To his surprise he learns he wasn't supposed to die yet and is offered a chance to return to the living. After showing the potential to become a Spirit Realm Detective, he is allowed to be ressurected on the condition he helps the...