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1. Monster (2004–2005)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.

Stars: Hidenobu Kiuchi, Liam O'Brien, Mamiko Noto, Karen Strassman

Votes: 44,728

2. Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.

Stars: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Spike Spencer

Votes: 85,412

3. Death Note (2006–2007)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô

Votes: 378,983

4. Cowboy Bebop (1998–1999)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Stars: Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Steve Blum

Votes: 139,067

5. Serial Experiments Lain (1998)

TV-14 | 316 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

Strange things start happening when a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with an interconnected virtual realm known as "The Wired".

Stars: Kaori Shimizu, Bridget Hoffman, Dan Lorge, Randy McPherson

Votes: 17,230

6. Texhnolyze (2003– )

TV-MA | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a man-made underground society, descendants of a banished generation vie for control of the crumbling city of Lux. Ichise, an orphan turned prize fighter, loses a leg and an arm to satisfy an enraged fight promoter.

Stars: Michael Forest, Liam O'Brien, Patrick Seitz, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 3,113

7. Paranoia Agent (2004–2005)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.

Stars: Shôzô Îzuka, Toshihiko Seki, Mamiko Noto, Michael McConnohie

Votes: 14,240

8. Elfen Lied (2004)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Two university students come across a seemingly harmless girl named Lucy, unaware that she's actually a mutant serial killer with a split personality.

Stars: Sanae Kobayashi, Chihiro Suzuki, Mamiko Noto, Sam Saletta

Votes: 36,946

9. FLCL (2000–2001)

TV-14 | 151 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Mysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.

Stars: Jun Mizuki, Mayumi Shintani, Izumi Kasagi, Suzuki Matsuo

Votes: 19,732

10. Ergo Proxy (2006)

TV-14 | 624 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In a post-apocalyptic future humans live in peace with androids in a domed city. However, a strange series of murders has intruded into bored inspector Re-l Mayer's life.

Stars: Kôji Yusa, Akiko Yajima, Liam O'Brien, Rachel Hirschfeld

Votes: 16,424

11. Black Lagoon (2006)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A Japanese businessman, captured by modern-day pirates, is written off and left for dead by his company. Tired of the corporate life, he opts to stick with the mercenaries that kidnapped him, becoming part of their gang.

Stars: Megumi Toyoguchi, Daisuke Namikawa, Brad Swaile, Maryke Hendrikse

Votes: 17,943

12. Kite (1998)

TV-MA | 50 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A young girl, orphaned at an early age, carries out assassinations at the behest of her mentor.

Stars: Konami Yoshida, Kinryû Arimoto, Kôsuke Okano, Tatsuo Matoba

Votes: 5,325

13. Psycho-Pass (2012–2019)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime

Believing in humanity and order, policewoman Akane Tsunemori obeys the ruling, computerized, precognitive Sibyl System. But when she faces a criminal mastermind who can elude this perfect system, she questions both Sibyl and herself.

Stars: Kana Hanazawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Noriko Hidaka, Shizuka Itou

Votes: 22,351

14. Berserk (1997–1998)

TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Guts, a wandering mercenary, joins the Band of the Hawk after being defeated in a duel by Griffith, the group's leader and founder. Together, they dominate every battle, but something menacing lurks in the shadows.

Stars: Marc Diraison, Nobutoshi Canna, Carrie Keranen, Kevin T. Collins

Votes: 53,303

15. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Crime

The futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.

Stars: Shirô Saitô, Atsuko Tanaka, Osamu Saka, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Votes: 20,958

16. Death Parade (2015)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

After death, humans go to either heaven or hell. But for some, at the instant of their death, they arrive at the Quindecim, a bar attended by the mysterious white-haired Decim.

Stars: Jamie Marchi, Alex Organ, Asami Seto, Tomoaki Maeno

Votes: 20,217

17. Mononoke (2007)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror

A mysterious man called the Medicine Seller travels along feudal Japan, uncovering and slaying evil spirits called "Mononoke".

Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Michael C. Pizzuto, Eiji Takemoto, Yukana

Votes: 2,994

18. Bokura no (2007)

Unrated | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi

In a summer vacation, a group of 15 children discovered a mysterious man living in a seashore cave, along with his high-tech gadgets.

Stars: Akira Ishida, Ao Takahashi, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Hiroki Tôchi

Votes: 515

19. Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

This surreal dramedy follows Satou Tatsuhiro as he attempts to escape the evil machinations of the NHK.

Stars: Yutaka Koizumi, Yui Makino, Michael C. Pizzuto, Monica Rial

Votes: 7,951

20. Steins;Gate (2011–2015)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.

Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Asami Imai, Kana Hanazawa, Ashly Burch

Votes: 73,536

21. Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–1997)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama

Various people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.

Stars: Yûsaku Yara, Ryô Horikawa, Katsuji Mori, Nozomu Sasaki

Votes: 4,747

22. Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990–1991)

TV-14 | 120 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In 2808 A.D., three convicts are conscripted by the Cyber Police to fight crime in the hi-tech metropolis of Oedo - while being forced to wear collars that can kill them at any time.

Stars: Hiroya Ishimaru, Kaneto Shiozawa, Tesshô Genda, Norio Wakamoto

Votes: 2,319

23. Charcoal Feather Federation (2002)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A young girl is reborn as an angel-like creature called a haibane, with no memory of who she once was.

Stars: Ryô Hirohashi, Junko Noda, Eri Miyajima, Fumiko Orikasa

Votes: 4,149

24. Now and Then, Here and There (1999–2000)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A young boy named Shuzo rushes to the defense of a stranger who is being attacked for her magic pendant, only to find himself transported into another world where water is a scarce commodity and he is forced to join an army of children.

Stars: Crispin Freeman, Dan Green, Lisa Ortiz, Ted Lewis

Votes: 1,923

25. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004–2005)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

Trying to escape his uneventful life, Albert, the son of a renowned general from Paris, makes a journey with his friend Franz. During his travels, he meets an immensely wealthy nobleman ... See full summary »

Stars: Jôji Nakata, Johnny Yong Bosch, Beau Billingslea, Karen Strassman

Votes: 2,724

26. Seitokai yakuindomo (2010–2020)

307 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Takatoshi Tsuda joins Ousai Academy, a co-ed high school that until recently had been an all-girl school, where he is asked to join the student council as vice-president and a male representative.

Stars: Shintarô Asanuma, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Satô, Sayuri Yahagi

Votes: 716

27. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006–2009)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

The crazy adventures of the SOS Brigade, led by the insane but charismatic Haruhi.

Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Yûko Gotô, Daisuke Ono

Votes: 9,148

28. Bakemonogatari (2009–2010)

TV-14 | 367 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Third-year high school student Koyomi Araragi is human again. Cured of his vampirism, he seeks to help other supernaturals with their problems. Koyomi becomes involved in their lives, revealing secrets in people he once knew.

Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Eri Kitamura, Yuka Iguchi, Chiwa Saitô

Votes: 6,579

29. Ore no imouto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (2010–2013)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Normal 17-year-old Kyosuke isn't close with his 14-year-old sister Kirino. But then her secret otaku hobby gives them a chance to reconnect.

Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Ayana Taketatsu, Kana Hanazawa, Satomi Satô

Votes: 1,717

30. Log Horizon (2013–2021)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

30,000 Japanese players trapped in MMORPG, unable to log out. Veteran gamer Shiroe leads exploration of this new reality, negotiating with NPCs to bring order to the virtual city of Akihabara.

Stars: Jad Saxton, Mike Yager, Jôji Nakata, Andrew Love

Votes: 4,757

31. Golden Time (2013–2014)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

With freshmen law students Banri and Mitsuo, it's friendship at first sight. But trouble gets stirred up with talk of a fiancé.

Stars: Yui Horie, Makoto Furukawa, Mike Haimoto, Ai Kayano

Votes: 4,705



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