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Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
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The Rising of the Shield Hero 2019
Anime
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and fighting the Waves of Catastrophe as the Shield Hero. Excited by the prospect of a grand adventure, Naofumi sets off with his party. However, merely a few days later, he is betrayed and loses all his money, dignity, and respect. Unable to trust anyone anymore, he employs a slave named Raphtalia and takes on the Waves and the world. But will he really find a way to overturn this desperate situation?
The sides of The Rising of the Shield Hero
- A student summoned to another world as a hero
- A shield he can't attack with
- A girl he buys as a slave
Good for you if
- you like a loner slowly building a party he can trust, starting with Raphtalia.
- you like a fantasy kingdom with levels, monster waves and a corrupt church.
- you like fights where defending is the only weapon.
Bad for you if
- a hero falsely accused and a girl bought as a slave are too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: betrayal · trust · revenge
Attack on Titan 2013
Anime
100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!
The sides of Attack on Titan
- Survival against impossible odds
- Twists that flip who the enemy is
- War, freedom and what it costs
Good for you if
- you like humanity trapped behind walls with giants outside.
- you like a story that turns everything upside down halfway.
- you can take a dark, brutal war story.
Bad for you if
- giants eating people ruin it for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: freedom · war · revenge
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2009
Anime
Disregard for alchemy’s laws ripped half of Edward Elric’s limbs from his body and left his brother Alphonse’s soul clinging to a suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers seek the Philosopher’s Stone. Enemies and allies – the corrupt military, the Homunculi, and foreign alchemists – will alter the Elric brothers course, but their purpose will remain unchanged and their bond unbreakable.
The sides of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Two brothers who paid for alchemy with their bodies
- A soul bound to a suit of armor
- A conspiracy inside the army
Good for you if
- you like a world where alchemy has strict laws and a price.
- you like two brothers who never give up on each other.
- you want fights against Homunculi that keep raising the stakes.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't commit to sixty-four episodes.
About: brotherhood · sacrifice · power
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2019
Anime
After a demon attack leaves his family slain and his sister cursed, Tanjiro embarks upon a perilous journey to find a cure and avenge those he's lost.
The sides of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
- A boy whose family is killed by a demon
- A sister turned into a demon
- Sword fights with breathing techniques
Good for you if
- you like sword fights that light up the screen.
- you like a brother who will do anything to save his sister.
- you cry when a demon's human past is finally told.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand demons tearing people apart.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · family · revenge
Game of Thrones 2011
Series
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
The sides of Game of Thrones
- Power games and scheming
- Nobody is safe
- Dragons, battles and a huge world
- Families at war
- Characters you change your mind about
Good for you if
- you like following a dozen families and their schemes at once.
- you like a show where loyalties shift and no one is ever safe.
- you like schemers fighting over the Iron Throne, where a whisper can matter more than an army.
Bad for you if
- brutal deaths and battle wounds ruin a show for you.
- you'd rather skip sex scenes, or you're watching with others.
- eight seasons is more than you want to start.
About: power · loyalty · family · war
Arcane 2021
Series
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
The sides of Arcane
- Two sisters on opposite sides of a war
- A rich city above and a poor city below
- Magic powered by crystals
Good for you if
- you like animation that looks like moving paintings.
- you like Vi and Jinx, sisters who love each other and can't stop fighting.
- you like fights cut to songs written for the show.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you need some hope, and the bond between the sisters keeps breaking.
About: sisterhood · inequality · grief · progress
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
The sides of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
- A castle of endless shifting rooms
- Hashira against the Upper Rank demons
- The start of the final battle with Muzan
Good for you if
- you like fights broken up by the sad pasts of the people fighting them.
- you want to see it big, with rooms flipping all around the fighters.
- you like fire and water techniques animated in full color.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand severed limbs and blood.
- two and a half hours of fights is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: sacrifice · revenge · siblings
Chainsaw Man 2022
Anime
Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.
The sides of Chainsaw Man
- A boy in debt to the yakuza
- A dog devil that becomes his heart
- A government devil-hunting squad
Good for you if
- you like crude, absurd jokes from a hero whose big dream is toast with jam and a girlfriend.
- you want chainsaws tearing through devils.
- you can take a world that keeps using its hero.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand blood and gore in every fight.
- you don't watch anime.
About: poverty · desire · being used
Tanjiro Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar's head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and killing the demon slayers who oppose it!
The sides of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train
- A night train where passengers vanish
- A demon who traps people in their dreams
- Rengoku, the Flame Hashira
Good for you if
- you like a long fight on top of a moving train.
- you cry when Tanjiro dreams of the family he lost.
- you like swords that burn with fire on screen.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand demons and bloody wounds.
- you don't watch anime.
About: duty · sacrifice · dreams
House of the Dragon 2022
Series
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
The sides of House of the Dragon
- A king who names his daughter heir
- Two former friends on opposite sides of a civil war
- Dragons ridden into battle
Good for you if
- you like court politics where every marriage and heir is a move.
- you like a family tearing itself apart over one throne.
- you want dragons fighting in the sky over Westeros.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand brutal births, beheadings and burned armies.
- you need momentum, and the first season spends years on whispers at court.
- you lose track of a family where half the names sound alike.
About: succession · rivalry · family · power
JUJUTSU KAISEN 2020
Anime
Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
The sides of JUJUTSU KAISEN
- A boy who swallows a cursed finger
- A demon king living in his body
- A school for sorcerers in Tokyo
Good for you if
- you like fast, inventive fights between sorcerers.
- you like a hero who could lose control of the monster inside him.
- you like a hidden world of curses with its own rules.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gruesome deaths and curses that twist bodies out of shape.
- you don't watch anime.
About: death · fate · friendship
The Legend of Korra 2012
Series
Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.
The sides of The Legend of Korra
- A headstrong young Avatar in a big city
- Martial arts that bend water, fire, earth and air
- A masked rebel who wants to take bending away
Good for you if
- you like fights built on martial arts and the elements.
- you like a 1920s style city with airships, radio and spirits.
- you like a young woman learning she can't win everything with her fists.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you roll your eyes at sincere talk about balance and the spirit world.
About: balance · growing up · revolution
The Witcher 2019
Series
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
The sides of The Witcher
- A monster hunter paid in coin
- A sorceress named Yennefer
- A princess on the run with a hidden power
Good for you if
- you like a world of mages, elves and kingdoms at war.
- you want sword fights against monsters and soldiers.
- you like Geralt's dry grunts in the middle of the carnage.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore and monsters tearing people apart.
- you'd rather skip the sex scenes, or you watch with others.
- you lose track of kingdoms, mages and timelines jumping years apart.
About: destiny · found family · prejudice · power
Hunter x Hunter 2011
Anime
Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
The sides of Hunter x Hunter
- A boy searching for the father who left
- A deadly exam to become a Hunter
- A friendship with a boy from a family of assassins
Good for you if
- you like Gon and Killua, two boys who'd do anything for each other.
- you like a power system that rewards clever fights.
- you can take a boy's adventure with cruel villains and harsh fights.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand gore and cruel deaths.
- nearly a hundred and fifty episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: friendship · fathers · growing up
Solo Leveling 2024
Anime
They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not the case for the world’s weakest hunter Sung Jinwoo. After being brutally slaughtered by monsters in a high-ranking dungeon, Jinwoo came back with the System, a program only he could see, that’s leveling him up in every way. Now, he’s inspired to discover the secrets behind his powers and the dungeon that spawned them.
The sides of Solo Leveling
- The weakest hunter left for dead in a dungeon
- A game system only he can see
- Gates opening onto monsters
Good for you if
- you like watching a hero level up fight after fight.
- you like a world where dungeon gates open in the middle of cities.
- you like a first episode trapped in a deadly temple.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch hunters torn apart by monsters.
- you don't watch anime.
About: power · survival · growth
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 2012
Anime
Follow the intergenerational feud between the Joestar Family and various forces of evil, the most prominent of which is Dio Brando and his followers.
The sides of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
- A family feud across generations
- A vampire named Dio
- Fighting spirits called Stands
Good for you if
- you like flamboyant poses, loud sound effects and absurd powers.
- you like fights won by a clever trick more than by strength.
- you like one bloodline, a new Joestar hero in every part.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- six seasons and a new cast in each part is too much for you.
- you can't stand bloody vampire fights and bodies twisted out of shape.
About: family · destiny · good and evil
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc 2025
Anime
In a brutal war between devils, hunters, and secret enemies, a mysterious girl named Reze has stepped into Denji's world, and he faces his deadliest battle yet, fueled by love in a world where survival knows no rules.
The sides of Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
- A boy who turns into a chainsaw
- A girl he meets by chance in the city
- A night out that turns into a fight
Good for you if
- you want a fight that wrecks a whole street.
- you want devil fights with blood everywhere.
- you like a love story running inside a war.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that leaves you some hope.
About: first love · loneliness · wanting a normal life
Tokyo Ghoul 2014
Anime
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.
The sides of Tokyo Ghoul
- A student turned half-ghoul after a date
- A coffee shop run by ghouls
- Investigators hunting ghouls in Tokyo
Good for you if
- you can take a story where things keep getting worse for its hero.
- you like horror hiding behind a quiet Tokyo café.
- you like a hero who must hide what he has become.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch torture and people being eaten.
- you don't watch anime.
About: identity · hunger · monsters
True Blood 2008
Series
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.
The sides of True Blood
- Vampires living openly thanks to synthetic blood
- A waitress who can read minds
- A small town in Louisiana
Good for you if
- you like Sookie torn between the vampires Bill and Eric.
- you like a town where shifters, fairies and witches keep showing up.
- you like Southern gothic with a twisted sense of humor.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid the frequent, graphic sex scenes.
- you can't take the bloody, gory deaths.
About: desire · prejudice · belonging
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2022
Series
In a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner.
The sides of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
- A street kid with a military implant
- A crew of mercenaries in Night City
- A girl who dreams of the Moon
Good for you if
- you like fights so fast the screen bursts into color.
- you like neon anime that looks like nothing else.
- you like being moved by a street kid and the crew who become his family.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you can't stand bodies torn apart by cyberware.
About: ambition · love · loss