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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
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
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
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
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
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
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 2021
Anime
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?
The sides of Jujutsu Kaisen 0
- A shy student haunted by his dead childhood friend
- A school for young exorcists
- A curse fighting for the boy it loves
Good for you if
- you like fast, hand-drawn sorcery fights in the streets of Tokyo.
- you like a promise between two children that outlives one of them.
- you like a hidden world of curses, sorcerers and cursed energy.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bodies torn apart by curses.
- you don't watch anime.
About: grief · love · belonging
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
- Angels attacking Tokyo-3
- A final two episodes inside his head
Good for you if
- you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
- you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
- you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness
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
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
Record of Ragnarok 2021
Anime
Before eradicating humankind from the world, the gods give them one last chance to prove themselves worthy of survival. Let the Ragnarok battles begin.
The sides of Record of Ragnarok
- A tournament between gods and humans
- Famous fighters from history in the arena
- Humanity's survival riding on each duel
Good for you if
- you like one-on-one fights that last whole episodes.
- you like Thor, Zeus and Poseidon stepping into an arena packed with gods.
- you like humanity's fate hanging on thirteen duels against the gods.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bloody duels where fighters lose limbs.
- you don't watch anime.
- you want characters who grow over a season, and here each fighter gets one duel and a past told in flashbacks.
About: survival · pride · myth
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
Bleach 2004
Anime
For as long as he can remember, Ichigo Kurosaki has been able to see ghosts. But when he meets Rukia, a Soul Reaper who battles evil spirits known as Hollows, he finds his life is changed forever. Now, with a newfound wealth of spiritual energy, Ichigo discovers his true calling: to protect the living and the dead from evil.
The sides of Bleach
- A teenager who sees ghosts
- A Soul Reaper's sword and powers
- Hollows hunting the living
Good for you if
- you like sword fights that turn into huge power battles.
- you like a whole afterlife with its own army and rules.
- you like friends who follow him into the world of the dead.
Bad for you if
- over three hundred episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: duty · death · friendship
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
One-Punch Man 2015
Anime
Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of “special” training, though, he’s become so strong that he’s practically invincible. In fact, he’s too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch, and it turns out that being devastatingly powerful is actually kind of a bore. With his passion for being a hero lost along with his hair, yet still faced with new enemies every day, how much longer can he keep it going?
The sides of One-Punch Man
- A bald hero who wins every fight with one punch
- Boredom after too much training
- A hero association with ranks
Good for you if
- you like a hero more worried about supermarket sales than monsters.
- you like huge monster fights that end in one hit.
- you like animation that goes all out on the fights.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need to fear for the hero, and he never loses.
About: boredom · heroism · fame
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
Alita: Battle Angel 2019
Film
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
The sides of Alita: Battle Angel
- A cyborg girl with no memory
- A violent sport on wheels
- A city under a floating sky city
Good for you if
- you like fluid, inventive cyborg fights.
- you like a big-eyed heroine in a detailed future city.
- you like a manga world brought to life.
Bad for you if
- you want a complete story. It ends on a cliffhanger.
- you'd rather skip teen romance. Alita falls hard for Hugo.
About: identity · love · injustice
Sword Art Online 2012
Anime
In the near future, a Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (VRMMORPG) called Sword Art Online has been released where players control their avatars with their bodies using a piece of technology called Nerve Gear. One day, players discover they cannot log out, as the game creator is holding them captive unless they reach the 100th floor of the game's tower and defeat the final boss. However, if they die in the game, they die in real life. Their struggle for survival starts now...
The sides of Sword Art Online
- Players trapped inside a virtual reality game
- A death in the game that kills in real life
- A hundred floors to clear
Good for you if
- you like the idea of a video game you can't log out of.
- you like game worlds with levels, bosses and guilds.
- you like a love story that starts between two players.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- four seasons of new games after the first one is too much for you.
About: virtual worlds · survival · love
Warriors of the Wind 1984
Anime
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
The sides of Warriors of the Wind
- A princess who flies a glider
- A toxic jungle and giant insects
- Kingdoms at war over an ancient weapon
Good for you if
- you like a heroine who glides over a toxic jungle full of giant insects.
- you like a heroine who would rather understand the jungle than burn it.
- you like a world after the end of the world, drawn in detail.
Bad for you if
- you find 1980s animation dated.
- you don't watch anime.
About: ecology · war · peace
Dragon Ball Super: Broly 2018
Anime
Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.
The sides of Dragon Ball Super: Broly
- A Saiyan raised alone on a hostile planet
- Goku and Vegeta against him
- Frieza back for revenge
Good for you if
- you want the Saiyans' past, from Planet Vegeta's last days to Broly's exile.
- you like a battle that cracks the ice and tears through dimensions.
- you like fights animated with bright, fluid colors.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you want a story told in words, and this one is told in punches.
About: strength · exile · rivalry