Academy City, Japan, is at the forefront of science. Besides being 30 years
ahead of the world technologically, more than three-fourths of this peculiar city's population
consists of students developing their psychic abilities as espers in various institutions.
Among these students is Touma Kamijou, a high school boy with the lowest psychic rank of zero,
but with a mysterious power no scientist can understand: "Imagine Breaker," which allows him
to negate other supernatural abilities.
This, however, doesn't affect Kamijou's life in the least as he plays his role as a
regular teenager; that is, until he meets the strange Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a
young girl who has memorized the entirety of the forbidden grimoires, and now a dangerous
organization is hunting Index down. With several magicians looking to harm the girl, Kamijou
will defend his new companion at all costs as he discovers a strange new realm of the supernatural.
Mirai Kuriyama is the sole survivor of a clan of Spirit World warriors with the power to employ
their blood as weapons. As such, Mirai is tasked with hunting down and killing "youmu"—creatures said to be
the manifestation of negative human emotions. One day, while deep in thought on the school roof, Mirai
comes across Akihito Kanbara, a rare half-breed of youmu in human form. In a panicked state, she plunges
her blood saber into him only to realize that he's an immortal being. From then on, the two form an
impromptu friendship that revolves around Mirai constantly trying to kill Akihito, in an effort to
boost her own wavering confidence as a Spirit World warrior. Eventually, Akihito also manages to
convince her to join the Literary Club, which houses two other powerful Spirit World warriors,
Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase.
As the group's bond strengthens, however, so does the tenacity of the youmu around them. Their
misadventures will soon turn into a fight for survival as the inevitable release of the most powerful
youmu, Beyond the Boundary, approaches.
While on the surface Yuu Otosaka appears to be just another charming and intelligent
teenager, he has a secret—he has the ability to slip into people's minds and fully control their body
for five seconds at a time. Yuu has been using this skill for years to gain the highest grades, which
allowed him to enter a prestigious high school.
When the enigmatic Nao Tomori catches Yuu using his power, she coerces him and his sister Ayumi into
transferring to Hoshinoumi Academy, a school for students with supernatural abilities. The student council
of the school, led by Nao, is tasked with secretly tracking down adolescents who abuse their powers. Yuu
is forced to join the student council and together, they face formidable challenges that bring him closer to
the shocking truth that his own, seemingly incomplete ability, might be more powerful than he could have
ever imagined.
An original story from Jun Maeda, creator of Angel Beats and Clannad, Charlotte explores the supernatural
lives of these teenagers and the price they must pay for being special.
Otonashi awakens only to learn he is dead. A rifle-toting girl named Yuri explains that they are in the afterlife,
and Otonashi realizes the only thing he can remember about himself is his name. Yuri tells him that she
leads the Shinda Sekai Sensen (Afterlife Battlefront) and wages war against a girl named Tenshi. Unable
to believe Yuri's claims that Tenshi is evil, Otonashi attempts to speak with her, but the encounter
doesn't go as he intended.
Otonashi decides to join the SSS and battle Tenshi, but he finds himself oddly drawn to her. While
trying to regain his memories and understand Tenshi, he gradually unravels the mysteries of the afterlife.
When Subaru Natsuki leaves the convenience store, the last thing he expects is to be
wrenched from his everyday life and dropped into a fantasy world. Things aren't looking good for the
bewildered teenager; however, not long after his arrival, he is attacked by some thugs. Armed with
only a bag of groceries and a now useless cell phone, he is quickly beaten to a pulp. Fortunately,
a mysterious beauty named Satella, in hot pursuit after the one who stole her insignia, happens
upon Subaru and saves him. In order to thank the honest and kindhearted girl, Subaru offers to
help in her search, and later that night, he even finds the whereabouts of that which she seeks.
But unbeknownst to them, a much darker force stalks the pair from the shadows, and just minutes
after locating the insignia, Subaru and Satella are brutally murdered.
However, Subaru immediately reawakens to a familiar scene—confronted by the same group of thugs,
meeting Satella all over again—the enigma deepens as history inexplicably repeats itself.
No Game No Life is a surreal comedy that follows Sora and Shiro, shut-in
NEET siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username "Blank." They view
the real world as just another lousy game; however, a strange e-mail challenging them to
a chess match changes everything—the brother and sister are plunged into an otherworldly
realm where they meet Tet, the God of Games.
The mysterious god welcomes Sora and Shiro to Disboard, a world where all forms of conflict—from
petty squabbles to the fate of whole countries—are settled not through war, but by way of high-stake
games. This system works thanks to a fundamental rule wherein each party must wager something they
deem to be of equal value to the other party's wager. In this strange land where the very idea of
humanity is reduced to child's play, the indifferent genius gamer duo of Sora and Shiro have
finally found a real reason to keep playing games: to unite the sixteen races of Disboard, defeat
Tet, and become the gods of this new, gaming-is-everything world.
With the promise of granting any wish, the omnipotent Holy Grail triggered three wars in the past,
each too cruel and fierce to leave a victor. In spite of that, the wealthy Einzbern family is confident
that the Fourth Holy Grail War will be different; namely, with a vessel of the Holy Grail now in their
grasp. Solely for this reason, the much hated "Magus Killer" Kiritsugu Emiya is hired by the Einzberns,
with marriage to their only daughter Irisviel as binding contract.
Kiritsugu now stands at the center of a cutthroat game of survival, facing off against six other
participants, each armed with an ancient familiar, and fueled by unique desires and ideals.
Accompanied by his own familiar, Saber, the notorious mercenary soon finds his greatest opponent
in Kirei Kotomine, a priest who seeks salvation from the emptiness within himself in pursuit of
Kiritsugu.
Based on the light novel written by Gen Urobuchi, Fate/Zero depicts the events of the Fourth Holy
Grail War—10 years prior to Fate/stay night. Witness a battle royale in which no one is guaranteed
to survive.
Centuries ago, mankind was slaughtered to near extinction by monstrous humanoid
creatures called titans, forcing humans to hide in fear behind enormous concentric walls. What
makes these giants truly terrifying is that their taste for human flesh is not born out of hunger
but what appears to be out of pleasure. To ensure their survival, the remnants of humanity began
living within defensive barriers, resulting in one hundred years without a single titan encounter.
However, that fragile calm is soon shattered when a colossal titan manages to breach the supposedly
impregnable outer wall, reigniting the fight for survival against the man-eating abominations.
After witnessing a horrific personal loss at the hands of the invading creatures, Eren Yeager dedicates
his life to their eradication by enlisting into the Survey Corps, an elite military unit that combats
the merciless humanoids outside the protection of the walls. Based on Hajime Isayama's award-winning
manga, Shingeki no Kyojin follows Eren, along with his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and his childhood
friend Armin Arlert, as they join the brutal war against the titans and race to discover a way of
defeating them before the last walls are breached.
Night Raid is the covert assassination branch of the Revolutionary Army, an uprising assembled to overthrow Prime Minister Honest, whose avarice and greed for power has led him to take advantage of the child emperor's inexperience. Without a strong and benevolent leader, the rest of the nation is left to drown in poverty, strife, and ruin. Though the Night Raid members are all experienced killers, they understand that taking lives is far from commendable and that they will likely face retribution as they mercilessly eliminate anyone who stands in the revolution's way. This merry band of assassins' newest member is Tatsumi, a naïve boy from a remote village who had embarked on a journey to help his impoverished hometown and was won over by not only Night Raid's ideals, but also their resolve. Akame ga Kill! follows Tatsumi as he fights the Empire and comes face-to-face with powerful weapons, enemy assassins, challenges to his own morals and values, and ultimately, what it truly means to be an assassin with a cause.
In the year 2022, virtual reality has progressed by leaps and bounds, and
a massive online role-playing game called Sword Art Online (SAO) is launched. With the aid
of "NerveGear" technology, players can control their avatars within the game using nothing
but their own thoughts.
Kazuto Kirigaya, nicknamed "Kirito," is among the lucky few enthusiasts who get their hands
on the first shipment of the game. He logs in to find himself, with ten-thousand others, in
the scenic and elaborate world of Aincrad, one full of fantastic medieval weapons and
gruesome monsters. However, in a cruel turn of events, the players soon realize they
cannot log out; the game's creator has trapped them in his new world until they complete
all one hundred levels of the game.
In order to escape Aincrad, Kirito will now have to interact and cooperate with his fellow
players. Some are allies, while others are foes, like Asuna Yuuki, who commands the leading
group attempting to escape from the ruthless game. To make matters worse, Sword Art Online
is not all fun and games: if they die in Aincrad, they die in real life. Kirito must adapt
to his new reality, fight for his survival, and hopefully break free from his virtual hell.