Clannad
Clannad is a drama and romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. Clannad follows a branching plot line with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.
Nagi no Asukara
Nagi no Asukara is an original Japanese anime television series by Project-118 and produced by P.A. Works. It began airing on October 2013. The manga adaptation illustrated by Risō Maeda began serialized on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine on June 2013.
Kagerou Project
Kagerou Daze is a manga series written by Jin and illustrated by Satou Mahiro. It debuted on June 15, 2012, and from then on serialized, in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Gene. After the first 4 chapters were released, Media Factory published the first official volume of the manga. The series, along with the light novels, have been licensed to Yen Press in North America, and began releasing on April 21st, 2015.
Gintama
Assassination Classroom
Assassination Classroom is a 2015 television anime series based on Yūsei Matsui's manga series of the same name, which is serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shounen Jump magazine. The series follows Kunugigaoka Junior High School's Class 3-E as they attempt to assassinate their homeroom teacher, an octopus-like creature named Koro-sensei, before graduation, while also learning some valuable lessons from him. The series is produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi, with screenplay by Makoto Uezu, music by Naoki Satō, and character design by Kazuki Morita. The series aired in Japan on Fuji TV between January 9, 2015 and June 19, 2015.
Yamada-kun To Nananin No Majo
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches is an ongoing manga series written and illustrated by Miki Yoshikawa. The series has been published by Kodansha in their Weekly Shonen Magazine since February 22, 2012. The series has been licensed in Chinese by the Taiwanese publishing company Tong Li. It was adapted into a live-action television drama which aired on FujiTV from August–September 2013. On October 26, 2013, Crunchyroll announced a partnership with Kodansha where it would distribute chapters digitally to 170 countries. The series has been licensed for North American release by Kodansha Comics USA, who will begin releasing the series in 2015. As of May 2015, the series has been compiled into 17 volumes in Japan.
No Game No Life
No Game No Life is a light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J imprint with six novels released between April 25, 2012 and April 25, 2014. The author and his wife, Mashiro Hiiragi, adapted the novels into a manga series for Monthly Comic Alive in 2013. Later that year, an anime adaptation of No Game No Life by Madhouse was announced.
SAO
Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawaharaand illustrated by abec. The series takes place in the near-future and focuses on various virtual reality MMORPG worlds. The light novels began publication on ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint from April 10, 2009, with a spin-off series launching in October 2012. The series has spawned eight manga adaptations published by ASCII Media Works and Kadokawa. The novels and four of the manga adaptations have been licensed for release in North America by Yen Press.
Angel Beats
Angel Beats! is a 13-episode Japanese anime television series produced by P.A.Works and Aniplex and directed by Seiji Kishi. The story was originally conceived by Jun Maeda, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music with the group Anant-Garde Eyes, with original character design by Na-Ga; both Maeda and Na-Ga are from the visual novel brand Key, who produced such titles as Kanon, Air, and Clannad. The anime aired in Japan between April 2 and June 25, 2010. An original video animation (OVA) episode was released in December 2010, and a second OVA was released in June 2015. The story takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled into the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront, an organization she leads which fights against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers
Sankarea
Sankarea: Undying Love is a 2012 television anime series produced by Studio Deen. The series has been based on the manga series by Mitsuru Hattori. The story follows a boy named Chihiro Furuya and his relationship with Rea Sanka, a girl who dies and comes back to life as a zombie due to a resurrection potion Chihiro had made. The 12-episode television series aired in Japan between April 5 and June 28, 2012. Three additional original video animation episodes were released. Episodes 00 and 14 were bundled with the limited editions of the 6th and 7th volumes of the manga respectively, which were published on June 8 and November 9, 2012. Episode 13 was released with the anime series' 6th Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes on November 30, 2012.
Another
Another is a 2012 horror anime TV series produced by P.A.Works and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, based on the novel of the same name written by Yukito Ayatsuji. The series focuses on a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara who, upon transferring into Yomiyama Middle School and meeting the curious Mei Misaki, finds himself in a mystery revolving around students and people related to his class facing gruesome and senseless deaths.
Naruto Shippuden
Naruto: Shippuden is an anime series adapted from Part II of the Naruto manga series by Masashi Kishimoto. The series is directed by Hayato Date and produced by Studio Pierrot and TV Tokyo. Naruto: Shippuden is a continuation of the Naruto manga, and continues the same story line after the passing of two and a half years in the Naruto universe. It began broadcasting on TV Tokyo on February 15, 2007.
Ao No Exorcist
Blue Exorcist is a manga written and illustrated by Kazue Katō. The manga has been serialized in Jump Square magazine by Shueisha since April 2009, with individual chapters collected into fifteen tankōbon volumes as of June 4, 2015. The story revolves around Rin Okumura, a teenager who discovers he is the son of Satan born from a human woman and is the inheritor of Satan's powers. When Satan kills Rin's guardian, Rin decides to become an exorcist in order to defeat his father.
Bleach
Bleach is a Japanese anime series based on Tite Kubo's manga of the same name. The series ran for a total of 366 episodes, including 111 episodes of original material not based on the manga. Bleach was produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Noriyuki Abe. Bleach's Japanese and English voice actors include some of the most credited and well known voice actors, including Johnny Yong Bosch. The music was composed by Shirō Sagisu, who also composed the music for Neon Genesis Evangelion. A total of fifteen opening themes and thirty ending themes were used throughout the series, featuring a diverse group of Japanese artists.
Durarara
Durarara!! , often shortened to DRRR!!, is a Japanese light novel series written by Ryohgo Narita, with illustrations bySuzuhito Yasuda, that has also been adapted into a Japanese anime series. Durarara!! tells the story of a dullahan working as an underworld courier in Ikebukuro, an internet-based anonymous gang called The Dollars, and the chaos that unfolds around the most dangerous people in Ikebukuro. The series ran for thirteen volumes, published by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. As of March 2014, a sequel series titled Durarara!! SH has been confirmed and will be set 2 years after the events of the original series
