Narukami's Anime Recommendation List!

[Yu_Narukami 2]

So for the past summer I have been watching through a lot of anime's and decided I would make a list of anime's people should watch.

This list will have genre info, Date of release/First Japanese air date, number of episodes, Studio, Director, Writer and Buy/Download information.

If you don't see an anime on this list that you may like, it is because I haven't seen it, or because I didn't like it. You are free to add more recommendations in your reply's.

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Suisei No Gargantia - Gargantia on the Verdorous Planet - 翠星のガルガンティア

Status: Season 2 Announced

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, Mecha

Original Run: Season 1 - April 7 – June 30, 2013 / Season 2 - NA

Number of Episodes: 13 and 2 OVA / Season 2 has no annouced episode count

Directed by: Kazuya Murata

Written by: Gen Urubuchi and Kazuya Murata

Studio: Production I.G

 

Plot:

In the distant future, mankind has taken to the stars and formed the Galactic Alliance of Humankind. The Alliance is engaged in a perpetual war with a tentacled alien species known as the Hideauze. 16-year-old Ensign Ledo is a soldier in the Galactic Alliance, piloting a Machine Caliber, an AI-automated, humanoid-shaped battle suit, which he refers to as 'Chamber'. After a failed attempt by the Alliance forces to destroy an enemy super-weapon, Ledo is knocked into a wormhole and loses consciousness. When he awakens, he learns from Chamber that he has been in cyro-stasis for 6 months while his wounds were healing. Ledo learns that he and Chamber have been 'found' by a rag-tag band of 'primitive' human scavengers. Ledo quickly discovers that he is on board a massive fleet of ships on an ocean-covered planet. Chamber tells him that local star charts reveal the planet is Earth, the birthplace of humanity, a place that members of the Alliance were only familiar with from stories and believed was a myth.

 

Buy: DVD Complete Set (Japanese Dub with NO English Subs)

Download: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 - END, 14 - OVA (Japanese Dub with English Subs, 720p, requires a Torrent Program)

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Nichijou - Ordinary Life - 日常

Status: Finished

Genre: Slapstick comedy, Slice of Life, Random

Original Run: April 3, 2011 –September 25, 2011

Number of episodes: 26 and 1 OVA

Directed by: Tatsuya Isihara

Written by: Keiichi Awari

Studio: Kyoto Animation

 

Plot:

The series follows the lives of a group of high school students and their school. Various oddities and absurdities abound, such as a robotic girl made by a scientist who is an eight-year-old girl, a boy who rides a goat to school with his butler, a girl who can procure various guns out of thin air, a cat that can speak and a principal who has wrestled a deer. Despite its bizarre settings and characters, the students still lead normal lives.

 

Buy: TV + OVA DVD Complete Box Set (Japanese Audio with English Subs)

Download: Episode 1 - 26 (Japanese Dub with English Subs, 720p, Requires Torrent Program)

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Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! - Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions - 中二病でも恋がしたい!

Status: Season 2 begins in January 2014

Genre: Romantic Comedy

Original Run: Season 1 - October 4, 2012 –December 19, 2012 / Season 2 - January 2014

Number of episodes: 12 and 1 OVA / Season 2 has no announced episode count

Directed by: Tatsuya Isihara

Written by: Jukki Hanada (Original Novel written by Torako)

Studio: Kyoto Animation

 

Plot:

Yūta Togashi is a boy who, during junior high school, had 'adolescent delusions', believing that he possesses supernatural powers and dubbing himself the 'Dark Flame Master,' therefore alienating himself from his classmates. Finding his past embarrassing, Yūta attempts to start off high school where he does not know anyone, free from his old delusions. This proves to be difficult, however, as a delusional girl in his class, Rikka Takanashi, learns of Yūta's past and becomes interested in him.

 

Buy: Complete DVD Box-set Includes 6 ONAS

Download: Episodes 1 - 12 + 6 ONAs (Japanese Dub with English Subs, 720p, Requires Torrent Program, UTW and gg Subs)

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Shingeki No Kyojin - Attack on Titan - 進撃の巨人

Statues: Finished

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Dystopian, Tragedy

Original Run: April 6, 2013 –September 28, 2013

Number of Episodes: 25, 3 special episodes and 1 OVA

Directed by: Tetsurö Araki

Written by: Yasuko Kobayashi (Manga written by Hajime Isayama

Studio: Production I.G and Wit Studio

 

Plot:

The series follows the story of Eren Yeager, his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman, and their friend Armin Arlert. After the outermost Wall is breached by Titans, including the 60-meter tall skinless Colossus Titan and the abnormally intelligent Armored Titan, and his mother dying in the resulting destruction, Eren vows revenge against the Titans and later enlists in the military, accompanied by Mikasa and Armin. Years later during his first battle against the Titans, Eren discovers that he has the ability to transform into a Titan at will. Seen as a threat to mankind by some, and as a ray of hope by others, Eren joins his companions in a desperate fight to protect what remains of their society while looking for answers to the mysteries surrounding the Titans, the Walls, and his own existence as well.

 

Buy: Not released on DVD/Blu-Ray Yet.

Download: Season 1 + 2 Complete Batch [1080p] (Japanese Dub with English Subs, requires a Torrent program)

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Kakumeiki Varuvureivu - Valvrave the Liberator - 革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ

Status: Season 1 finished, Season 2 Ongoing

Genre: Mecha, Science Fiction, Drama

Original Run: Season 1 - April 12, 2013 – June 28, 2013, Season 2 - October 10, 2013 – ongoing

Number of Episodes: 24 (Season 1 and 2, 16 so far)

Directed by: Kō Matsuo

Written by: Ichirö Ökouchi

Studio: Sunrise

 

Plot:

Haruto Tokishima, a student from Sakimori High School living on the sphere's "Module 77", discovers a mysterious and powerful mecha called Valvrave and uses it to defend the module from a Dorssian invasion that takes over the rest of JIOR. Once they learn that both Dorssia and the ARUS intend to claim the Valvrave for themselves, with no concern with their lives, the students of Sakimori High declare Module 77 an independent state and abandon JIOR territory. Soon after, several other Valvraves are found inside the school and some of them are claimed by other students who join Haruto's fight to protect it. Once Haruto is approached by L-elf Karlstein, a Dorssian spy who claims to have the intentions to one day stage a revolution in his own country, both join forces in an unlikely alliance to secure the sovereignty of their newfound nation declared and officially recognized as New JIOR.

 

Buy: Complete Season 1 DVD set (Japanese Dub with English Subs)

Download: (Season 1) = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Download: (Season 2) = 13, 14, 15, 16, (17 will be posted on Thursday/Friday)

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Angel Beats! - エンジェルビーツ!

Status: Finished

Genre:Action, Comedy-Drama, Fantasy, Tragedy

Original Run: April 3, 2010 – June 26, 2010

Number of Episodes: 13, 1 special episode and 1 OVA

Directed by: Seiji Kishi

Written by: Jun Meada and Na-Ga

Studio: P.A. Works

 

Plot:

Angel Beats! takes place at a high school acting as a limbo for those who have died, where students learn to give up any lingering attachments they still have from life before passing on. Those in the afterlife school can still feel pain as they did when they were alive, as well as dying again, only to awaken later with no injuries. The story follows the main protagonist Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He meets Yuri, a girl who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront (Shinda Sekai Sensen), an organization she founded and leads which fights against God for the cruel fates the SSS members experienced in life. In the SSS, there is a four-girl band named Girls Dead Monster that acts as a diversion during missions, and an organization called the Guild that mass-produce weapons out of dirt and supplies them to the SSS. Their only enemy is Angel, a girl who has supernatural powers and fights against the SSS. Angel creates her powers with the aid of a computer program called Angel Player. The rest of the afterlife school is populated by a large number of "normal" students and teachers Yuri deems "Non-Player Characters" (NPCs) as they are not human, but look and act the part.

 

Buy: Complete Blu-Ray Collection [Dual Audio], Complete DVD Collection [Dual Audio], Complete Series Streamed on Amazon Direct

Download: Complete Series [1080p]

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Kill la Kill - キルラキル

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Comedy, Action, Fantasy

Original Run: October 3, 2013 – ongoing

Number of Episodes: Ongoing (Currently at 12)

Directed by: Hiroyuki Imaishi (Of Gurren Lagann fame)

Written by: Kazuki Nakashima (Of Gurren Lagann fame)

Studio: Trigger

 

Plot:

Kill la Kill is set at Honnouji Academy, a fictional high school in Tokyo Bay set in post-apocalyptic Japan that is dominated by its fearsome student council, led by Satsuki Kiryuin. The council members wear special uniforms called Goku Uniforms that grant them superhuman abilities, which they use to oppress the rest of the school's students and staff. Ryuko Matoi, a student wielding half a scissor-shaped longsword, transfers to Honnouji Academy in search of the owner of the other half of the scissor blade, the person who killed her father. Defeated by the council after interrogating Satsuki over the killer's identity and whereabouts, Ryuko comes across a sentient sailor uniform she names Senketsu, who puts himself on Ryuko. Using Senketsu's special abilities, Ryuko stands up against Satsuki and her henchmen, the Four Elites, to liberate Honnouji Academy from their iron grip and find out the truth behind her father's murder.

 

Buy: Not Available yet!

Download: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,

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Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club

Status: Finished

Genre: Sports, Drama

Original Run: July 4, 2013 –September 26, 2013

Number of Episodes: 12

Directed by: Hiroko Utsumi

Written by: Masahiro Yokotani

Studio: Kyoto Animation, Animation Do

 

Plot:

Free! starts with four boys—Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and Rin—before graduating from elementary school. They had all participated in a swimming tournament and gained victory but later parted ways. Years later, Haruka, Makoto and Nagisa reunite when they enroll into high school. Not long after, Rin, who was thought to be in Australia, turns up and challenges Haruka to a race and wins. Afterward, Nagisa mentions creating a swimming club and cleaning up the run-down outdoor pool to use. Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa and, later on, Rei, form the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club and work together in making the club a success. Rin's victory over Haruka means nothing to him as he realizes that Haruka has stopped swimming competitively and is not in top shape. He claims that he cannot get over the fact until Haruka competes against him for real. The members of the revived Iwatobi Swim Club later enter a swimming competition against Rin.

 

Buy: No US Release, must be imported from Japan

Download: (LOL CAN'T FIND IT!)

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Gatchaman Kurauzu - Gatchaman Crowds - ガッチャマンクラウズ

Status: Season 1 Finished, Season 2 confirmed for 2014

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Superhero

Original Run: Season 1 - July 12, 2013 –September 27, 2013 / Season 2 - TBA 2014

Number of Episodes: 12

Directed by: Kenji Nakamura

Written by: Toshiya Ono

Studio: Tatsunoko Production

 

Plot:

The series takes place in the early summer of 2015 and is set in the city of Tachikawa, Japan. A "second metropolis" of Tokyo, Tachikawa is protected by the Gatchaman,, warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by the manifestation of their spiritual powers called NOTE. Following the introduction of their newest member, the energetic and cheerful Hajime Ichinose, the Gatchaman must deal with their greatest threat, an enigmatic alien creature bent on destroying Earth just like it did with several other planets in the past.

Buy: Season 1 Blu-Ray Box (Japanese Dub with NO English Subs)

Download: (Season 1) = Complete Season 1 Downloads (480p, 720p and 1080p) (Japanese Dub with English Subs, requires a BitTorrent program)

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Another - アナザー

Status: Finished

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Original Run: January 10, 2012 –March 27, 2012

Number of Episodes: 12 and 1 OVA

Directed by: Tsutomu Mizushima

Written by: Yukito Ayatsuji (Anime Writer is Ryō Higaki)

Studio: P. A. Works

 

Plot:

In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School's class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the unexpected loss, the students and teachers behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, 15-year-old Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama's class 3-3, where he meets Mei Misaki, a strange student whom their classmates and teachers seemingly ignore. The class is soon caught up in a strange phenomena, which somehow leads the students and their relatives die in mysterious, gruesome ways. Realizing that these deaths are related to the Misaki of 1972, it is up to Kōichi and Mei to discover the cause of these mysterious deaths and figure out how to stop it before it kills them.

 

Buy: Complete Collection (Japanese and English Dub with English Subs)

Download: Complete Collection [720p, Dual Audio] (Japanese and English Dub with English Subs)

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Kyoukai no Kanata - Beyond the Boundary - 境界の彼方

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Action, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy

Original Run: October 2, 2013 – ongoing

Number of Episodes: 13 (5 so far)

Directed by: Taichi Ishidate

Written by: Jukki Hanada (Original Novel series written by Nagomu Torii)

Studio: Kyoto Animation

 

Plot:

One day, high school student Akihito Kanbara instinctively goes to save his fellow schoolmate, Mirai Kuriyama from committing suicide. Following his pleads however, Mirai suddenly stabs Akihito with a sword formed out of her own blood and is shocked to discover that Akihito is an immortal "half-youmu"—the offspring of a supernatural creature called a youmu and a human. After learning that Mirai is a Spirit World Warrior and the last surviving member of her spirit hunting clan, their lives become intertwined as Akihito seeks to help Mirai gain the confidence to kill youmu so that she may stop attempting to kill him as practice.

 

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Hataraku Maou-Sama - The Devil is a Part-Timer! - はたらく魔王さま!

Status: Finished

Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Original Run: April 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013

Number of Episodes: 13

Directed by: Naoto Hosoda

Written by: Masahiro Yokotani (Original Novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara)

Studio: White Fox

 

Plot:

The Demon Lord and one of his generals, Alciel, escape Ente Isla through a portal to modern Tokyo, Japan after being confronted by the Hero Emilia Justina and her companions. However, due to the lack of magic in the modern contemporary world, both the Demon Lord and Alciel change into forms representing what they would look like if they were human. In order to survive, the Demon Lord takes a part-time job in a fast food restaurant named MgRonald while Alciel serves as his houseman. One day, the Demon Lord, who now goes by Sadao Maō, meets a girl who is actually the Hero Emilia, who now goes by Emi Yusa. The story then unfolds and explores the personalities of each of the characters and their moral values. More characters show up from Ente Isla and they too face the new world dilemmas, often comically.

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Tokyo Ravens - 東京レイヴンズ

Status: Ongoing

Genre: Action, Romance, Supernatural

Original Run: October 8, 2013 – ongoing

Number of Episodes: 24 (4 so far)

Directed by: Takaomi Kansaki

Written by: Hideyuki Kurata (Original Novel series written by Kōhei Azano)

Studio: 8-bit

 

Plot:

In the "Great Disaster," Japan has been thrown into chaos by onmyouji. Harutora Tsuchimikado was born into an onmyouji family, but has no power whatsoever. His estranged childhood friend appears one day to take him up on a promise he made long ago to become her familiar, a shikigami.

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Heaven-Piercing Gurren Lagann - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - 天元突破グレンラガン

Status: Finished

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy-Drama, Mecha

Original Run: April 1, 2007 – September 30, 2007

Number of Episodes: 27 and 15 mini episodes lit "The Parallel Works"

Directed by: Hiroyuki Imaishi

Written by: Kazuki Nakashima

Studio: Gainax

 

Plot:

In the small village of Jiha, Simon, a shy boy who works as a digger discovers a strange glowing object during excavation. The enterprising Kamina, a young man with a pair of rakish sunglasses and the passion of a firey sun, befriends Simon and forms a small band of brothers, the Gurren Brigade, to escape the village and break through the ceiling of the cave to reach the surface, which few believe exist.

 

The village elder won't hear of such foolishness and punishes the Brigade. However, when disaster strikes from the world above and the entire village is in jeopardy, it's up to Simon, Kamina, a girl with a big gun named Yoko, and the small yet sturdy robot, Lagann, to save the day.

 

The new friends journey to the world above and find that the surface is a harsh battlefield, and it's up to them to fight back against the rampaging Beastmen to turn the tide in the humans' favor! Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann!

 

(Thanks for reminding me guys :) )

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Kokoro Konekuto - Kokoro Connect - ココロコネクト

Status: Finished

Genre: Drama, Romance, Supernatural

Original Run: July 8, 2012 –December 30, 2012

Number of Episodes: 17

Directed by: Shinya Kawamo

Written by: Sadanatsu Anda (Also the original Novel and Manga Writer)

Studio: Silver Link

 

Plot:

The story involves five high school students, Taichi, Iori, Himeko, Yoshifumi and Yui, who are all members of the Cultural Research Club. One day, they begin experiencing a phenomenon in which they randomly swap bodies amongst themselves. As these five friends face many different phenomena at the whims of a mysterious being known as Heartseed, their friendship is put to the ultimate test.

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Suki-tte Ii na yo - Say "I love you" - 好きっていいなよ。

Status: Finished

Genre: Romance: Comedy-Drama, Slice of Life

Original Run: October 6, 2012 –December 30, 2012

Number of Episodes: 13 and 1 OVA

Directed by: Takuya Satō

Written by: Kanae Hazuki (Original Manga Writer)

Studio: ZEXCS

 

Plot:

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 a popular boy named 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.

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If I am allowed to, I will post links to watch and/or Download the above animes and where you can buy them.

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[Genesis 0]

One suggestion I'd like to make is Fooly Cooly (FLCL).

Only six episodes, but they are the most awesome six episodes.

FLCL

[Rhododendron 994]

Awesome list, now I just gotta find time to watch them :D

[Kyoko 0]

good list, i have seen or am watching all of them and also may i suggest watching Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann? images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQDdrnw23nTVEvZ3puQHXgdeQJC-s8xRvjWrBSzrLTDVPrvOMoM_Q

 

as well as Hajime no Ippo, Currently Airing season 3. :D

[Yu_Narukami 2]

I have updated the list with 3 new Animes!

Thank you @@Uryuu_Minene and @@Genesis for your suggestions.

[DrLee 15]

Huehue, I just finished Kokoro connect a week or two ago. It was a pretty good anime.

[Yu_Narukami 2]

Huehue, I just finished Kokoro connect a week or two ago. It was a pretty good anime.

Inaba is best girl

[Warriorsfury 12]

Very nice list thank you very much, I suggest you add this one:

 

Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist Episode 1 English Dubbed

Its an EXTREMELY good anime and my first one I finished, highly recommend it.

[PiNoYPsYcHo 39]

I'm surprised you didn't add Log Horizon for this season. It's probably the best anime so far this year...

[Jaybreeze 6]

I highly recommend the first season of Darker Than Black. Haven't watched the other seasons, but the first was incredible.

[mtown81 7]

dragon ball z is best

[Kyoko 0]

Very nice list thank you very much, I suggest you add this one:

 

Blue Exorcist

Blue Exorcist Episode 1 English Dubbed

Its an EXTREMELY good anime and my first one I finished, highly recommend it.

It is a great anime, i wish sometimes it was a bit longer though. The movie i believe was to be interesting

[mtown81 7]

are anime cartoons?

[Voly 0]

The Devil is a Part Timer

[Eden 0]

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