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Futurama
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Futurama (1999)

8.5
TV_14

Futurama is a sci-fi comedy series set in the 31st century where delivery boy Philip J. Fry, who was cryogenically frozen in 1999, wakes up to a new world and joins a delivery team consisting of a one-eyed captain, a lovable robot, a Jamaican accountant, a martian scientist, and a cyclops alien, embarking on various adventures in space and encountering bizarre creatures and situations.

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Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun
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Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (2023)

7.6
TV_14

Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun follows the story of Iruma Suzuki, a kind-hearted and timid teenage boy who is sold to a demon by his irresponsible parents. To his surprise, he ends up enrolling in a demon school where he must hide his human identity while navigating through various supernatural challenges and forming unexpected friendships.

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Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow
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Hanasaku Iroha: Blossoms for Tomorrow (2011)

7.6
TV_14

Hanasaku Iroha follows Ohana Matsumae, a 16-year-old girl who is unexpectedly sent to live with her grandmother after her mother abandons her. She starts working at her grandmother's hot spring inn, facing new challenges and forming friendships along the way.

HANEBADO!
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HANEBADO! (2018)

6.2
TV_14

Ayano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year student who practices day and night aiming to become the best player in Japan. Encouraged by coach Tachibana Kentarou, supported by club colleagues, and fired up by various rivals, the two engage in their youth and adored sport so thrilling like a shuttle flown at high speed!

Maburaho
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Maburaho (2004)

6.3
TV_14

High school student Kazuki Shikimori comes from a line of powerful magicians with extraordinary DNA and he attends the most prestigious school for wizards in all of Japan. It would seem that life is good for Kazuki. Unfortunately, that couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s not the most smooth when it comes to the ladies, his grades are poor, his athletic skill is next to none, and to top it all off, he can only use his magic eight times before he turns into dust! However, three magical hotties have learned of his genetic secret and are all after him! Suddenly he has become the most “popular” kid in class. Are all these girls out to romance him, or are they only after his DNA?

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Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
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Kaina of the Great Snow Sea (2023)

6.5
TV_14

In another world, an ever-growing Sea of Snow has engulfed the planet surface. The people struggle to survive living around the routes of a massive Orbital Tree, whose branches spread into the Celestial Membrane high above the ground. Change comes to this dying world after Kaina, a boy from the Celestial Membrane, encounters a girl from the surface called Ririha.

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Visual Prison
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Visual Prison (2021)

7.2
TV_14
Okamikakushi: Masque of the Wolf
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Okamikakushi: Masque of the Wolf (2010)

6
TV_14

Kuzumi Hiroshi moves with his crippled sister and his father to the remote city of Jouga, which is famous for its hassaku citrus and the rumors that a species of enormous wolves once lived in the area. While some of the residents are more than friendly, when people begin to vanish suddenly, it becomes apparent that something sinister is afoot...

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How to Keep a Mummy
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How to Keep a Mummy (2018)

7.3
TV_14

Sora Kashiwagi is living a normal high school student life, when his "adventurer" father sends him a mummy from his travels in Egypt! Sora balks at the letter from his crazy dad ("I found a cool mummy, so I decided to leave it with you, son!") at first, but the mummy that emerges from inside the huge coffin is a mere 12 centimeters tall--small enough to fit in the palm of his hand... Not only that, it's shy, a crybaby, and most of all, heckin' cute. And so, Sora and ends up keeping the mummy, naming his new little buddy "Mii-kun." But living with a mummy might be easier said than done...!

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Super Cub
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Super Cub (2021)

7.3
TV_14

Koguma is a high school girl in Yamanashi. She has no parents, friends, or hobbies, and her daily life is empty. One day, Koguma gets a used Honda Super Cub motorcycle. This is her first time going to school on a motorcycle. Running out of gas and hitting detours become a small source of adventure in Koguma's life. She is satisfied with this strange transformation, but her classmate Reiko ends up talking to her about how she also goes to school by motorcycle. One Super Cub begins to open up a lonely girl's world, introducing her to a new everyday life and friendship.

ISUCA
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ISUCA (2015)

5.8

Shinichirou decides to look for a job in order to pay his rent, and his teacher suggests that he work for someone at their house doing housekeeping; however, the person who hired him was Sakuya, a girl who is the 37th head of the Shimazu family, and her job is to exorcise and eliminate unwanted creatures. Shinichirou accidentally releases one of the creatures that Sakuya captures and they cooperate to catch it.

Psychic Detective Yakumo
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Psychic Detective Yakumo (2010)

6.6
TV_14

College student Haruka’s life takes a disturbing turn when a night of innocent fun turns horrific. After one friend commits suicide and another becomes possessed, Haruka reaches out to the enigmatic Yakumo Saito, a fellow student who is rumored to have psychic powers. But beneath the dubious claims surrounding Yakumo is a dark secret concerning his mysterious red eye and the souls of the dead.

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Sola
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Sola (2007)

6.8
TV_14

Yorito Morimiya is obsessed with photographing the sky-- sunrises, sunsets, and clouds. While trying to photograph a sunrise, he helps a girl who's fighting a vending machine to get her tomato juice. Then she disappears. The story of a world of mystery and magic is narrated by Sola. An enigmatic girl comes and goes, withholding a dark secret and Yorito's sky becomes the battleground for love and solitude.

Mama's Boy
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Mama's Boy(2007)

5.1
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PG_13
93Minutes

In 'Mama's Boy', a 29-year-old man named Elliott lives with his mother after his father's death. They have a close relationship, but things change when his mother starts dating a motivational speaker. Elliott must learn to grow up and become more independent as he navigates the challenges of adulthood. Along the way, he faces rivalry, pranks, and the realization that his immaturity is holding him back. Will he be able to mature and find his own place in the world?

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