What do you want to watch tonight?
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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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir 2015
Series
Marinette and Adrien, two Parisian teenagers, are entrusted with powerful jewels in order to transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir. But neither hero knows the other's true identity — or that they're classmates!
The sides of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- A Parisian schoolgirl who becomes Ladybug
- A classmate who is secretly Cat Noir
- A villain who turns upset people into supervillains
Good for you if
- you want a superhero show to watch with your kids.
- you like two classmates in love with each other's hero without knowing it.
- you like a new villain over Paris in every episode.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- seven seasons is too much for you.
About: secret identity · friendship · first love
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
Dragon Ball 1986
Anime
Young Goku sets off on a quest with his teenage friend Bulma to find the seven Dragon Balls, which grant whoever possesses them a single wish.
The sides of Dragon Ball
- A boy with a monkey tail
- A search for seven wish-granting balls
- A martial arts tournament
Good for you if
- you like slapstick and a hero who knows nothing about the world.
- you like kung fu fights and tournaments.
- you like a road trip where rivals become friends.
Bad for you if
- you find 1980s animation dated.
- you don't watch anime.
About: adventure · friendship · innocence
Naruto Shippūden 2007
Anime
After 2 and a half years Naruto finally returns to his village of Konoha, and sets about putting his ambitions to work. It will not be easy though as he has amassed a few more dangerous enemies, in the likes of the shinobi organization; Akatsuki.
The sides of Naruto Shippūden
- A ninja who never gives up
- A friend who left
- A world at war
Good for you if
- you like long, epic ninja battles.
- you like a hero who'd do anything for his friends.
- you like villains with backstories that break you.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- five hundred episodes is far more than you want to start.
About: friendship · perseverance · hatred
One Piece 1999
Anime
Years ago, the fearsome Pirate King, Gol D. Roger was executed leaving a huge pile of treasure and the famous "One Piece" behind. Whoever claims the "One Piece" will be named the new King of the Pirates. Monkey D. Luffy, a boy who consumed a "Devil Fruit," decides to follow in the footsteps of his idol, the pirate Shanks, and find the One Piece. It helps, of course, that his body has the properties of rubber and that he's surrounded by a bevy of skilled fighters and thieves to help him along the way. Luffy will do anything to get the One Piece and become King of the Pirates!
The sides of One Piece
- A rubber-bodied boy who wants to be King of the Pirates
- A crew gathered one island at a time
- A hunt for a legendary treasure
Good for you if
- you like a crew that would die for each other.
- you like a sea full of strange islands, each with its own rules.
- you like goofy humor between big fights.
Bad for you if
- over a thousand episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: freedom · friendship · dreams
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 2017
Anime
The life of the shinobi is beginning to change. Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, has enrolled in the Ninja Academy to learn the ways of the ninja. Now, as a series of mysterious events unfolds, Boruto’s story is about to begin!
The sides of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
- Naruto's son at the Ninja Academy
- A father too busy being Hokage
- A new generation of ninja teams
Good for you if
- you like ninja fights with new jutsu every arc.
- you like a three-person team that learns to work together.
- you like a son trying to get out of his famous father's shadow.
Bad for you if
- nearly three hundred episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: legacy · fathers and sons · friendship
Pokémon 1997
Anime
Join Ash accompanied by his partner Pikachu, as he travels through many regions, meets new friends and faces new challenges on his quest to become a Pokémon Master.
The sides of Pokémon
- A boy and his Pikachu
- Gym battles and tournaments
- New regions and new creatures
Good for you if
- you want something kids can watch on their own.
- you want a cheerful adventure where friends always come back.
- you like a boy and a Pikachu who stick together through everything.
Bad for you if
- you won't start a show with twenty-five seasons.
- you don't watch anime.
About: friendship · adventure · competition
Black Clover 2017
Anime
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.
The sides of Black Clover
- An orphan with no magic in a world of magic
- A rival raised in the same church
- A squad of misfit Magic Knights
Good for you if
- you like a boy fighting spells with giant swords.
- you like a hero who shouts that he never gives up and means it.
- you like a kingdom where everyone gets a grimoire.
Bad for you if
- a hundred and seventy episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: rivalry · hard work · belonging
Steven Universe 2013
Series
A young boy takes his mother's place in a group of gemstone-based beings, and must learn to control his powers.
The sides of Steven Universe
- A boy who carries his mother's gem
- Three alien warriors raising a kid
- Songs in the middle of a fight
Good for you if
- you like a show that stops to sing and means it.
- you like a found family of aliens raising one boy.
- you want eleven minutes that leave you lighter.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch cartoons.
- you roll your eyes when characters talk through feelings.
- five seasons of short episodes is more than you want to start.
About: growing up · love · forgiveness
The Cat Returns 2002
Anime
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
The sides of The Cat Returns
- A schoolgirl who saves a cat prince
- A kingdom of cats
- An offer to marry the prince
Good for you if
- you want a light, short adventure that ends well.
- you want something to watch with kids that runs barely over an hour.
- you like a hidden kingdom of talking cats.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you like Ghibli's quiet, patient films. This one moves from chase to chase in 75 minutes.
About: self-confidence · kindness · growing up
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
Naruto 2002
Anime
Naruto Uzumaki, a mischievous adolescent ninja, struggles as he searches for recognition and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the village's leader and strongest ninja.
The sides of Naruto
- A loud orphan ninja who wants to lead his village
- A rival who walks away
- Ninja exams and tournaments
Good for you if
- you like a lonely kid who slowly earns his friends.
- you like ninja fights full of clones and secret techniques.
- you like watching a troublemaker grow up.
Bad for you if
- over two hundred episodes of ninja training is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loneliness · recognition · rivalry
The Seven Deadly Sins 2014
Anime
The “Seven Deadly Sins”—a group of evil knights who conspired to overthrow the kingdom of Britannia—were said to have been eradicated by the Holy Knights, although some claim that they still live. Ten years later, the Holy Knights have staged a Coup d'état and assassinated the king, becoming the new, tyrannical rulers of the kingdom. Elizabeth, the king's only daughter, sets out on a journey to find the “Seven Deadly Sins,” and to enlist their help in taking back the kingdom.
The sides of The Seven Deadly Sins
- A princess looking for seven banished knights
- A tavern owner who turns out to be their captain
- Holy Knights who seized the kingdom
Good for you if
- you like knights with huge powers and huge fights.
- you like a band of outcasts getting back together.
- you like a fantasy Britannia of fairies, giants and demons.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather skip the running jokes about groping the princess.
- you don't watch anime.
About: loyalty · betrayal · redemption
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997
Series
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
The sides of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- A cheerleader who slays vampires
- A high school built on a mouth of hell
- A librarian who trains her
Good for you if
- you like quick, joking banter between monster fights.
- you like Buffy, Willow and Xander facing the apocalypse as a gang.
- you like monsters standing in for the pains of growing up.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you find late-nineties monster makeup and effects dated.
About: growing up · duty · 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
Fairy Tail 2009
Anime
Lucy is a 17-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.
The sides of Fairy Tail
- A guild of mages taking paid jobs
- A fire wizard raised by a dragon
- A celestial spirit mage and her keys
Good for you if
- you like a guild that fights for each other first.
- you like magic brawls that wreck the building they start in.
- you like a world of guilds, dragons and celestial keys.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- eight seasons is a bigger commitment than you want to make.
- you won't read subtitles across a long-running Japanese series.
About: friendship · found family · magic
Hercules 1997
Film
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!
The sides of Hercules
- A demigod raised on Earth
- A Hades with flaming hair
- Gospel muses
Good for you if
- you like a fast-talking, funny villain.
- you like gospel songs.
- you want a light Disney adventure.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you want the Greek myths dark and tragic. Here Hades cracks jokes.
About: heroism · belonging · love
InuYasha 2000
Anime
Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.
The sides of InuYasha
- A schoolgirl who falls through a well into feudal Japan
- A half-demon pinned to a tree
- Shards of a shattered jewel
Good for you if
- you like two people who bicker their way into love.
- you like a feudal Japan full of demons and priestesses.
- you like sword fights against a new demon every week.
Bad for you if
- you won't sit through well over a hundred episodes.
- you don't watch anime.
About: love · destiny · the past
Dragon Ball Z 1989
Anime
Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.
The sides of Dragon Ball Z
- Goku as a husband and father
- Alien invaders one after another
- Fights that last several episodes
Good for you if
- you like screaming power-ups and fights that never stop.
- you like battles that blow up mountains and planets.
- you like old enemies who end up fighting side by side.
Bad for you if
- nearly three hundred episodes is too much for you.
- you don't watch anime.
About: strength · sacrifice · rivalry
Haikyu!! 2014
Anime
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.
The sides of Haikyu!!
- A short boy who wants to jump higher than everyone
- A genius setter who was too cold for his old team
- A high school volleyball club trying to fly again
Good for you if
- you like volleyball matches where every rally and every serve counts.
- you like two rivals who become the quickest attack on the court.
- you like a single set stretched over a whole episode.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- four seasons of volleyball tournaments is too much for you.
About: teamwork · rivalry · ambition