No Country for Otakus

High school student Yuuichi Katagiri cherishes his close circle of friends, composed of four classmates:  Yutori Kokorogi, Shiho Sawaragi, Makoto Shibe, and Tenji Mikasa. However, when the funds for the upcoming school trip are stolen,  the incident causes Shiho and Makoto—who had been tasked with collecting the money—to distance themselves from the rest of their class.  Soon after, Yuuichi and his friends are deceived into meeting up and knocked unconscious by unknown assailants. After waking, the group find themselves confined in a white room with controversial figure Manabu-kun, who reveals that one of the five  has gathered them together to clear their personal debt of twenty million yen. To pay off the amount, they must participate in a variety of  psychological games that will test the true nature of their friendship and humanity.  Distressed and isolated from the outside world, Yuuichi and his friends need to cooperate to complete the games.  But as their concealed feelings and problematic pasts begin to surface, their seemingly unbreakable bond may soon shatter into irreparable  pieces.

Gen Kudou, a koto maker, believes that his delinquent grandson Chika would never understand the profoundness of the traditional musical instrument.  In an attempt to make up for his naivety and understand the words of his late grandfather, Chika tries to join the Tokise High School Koto Club.  Even though the club is in dire need of members, new club president Takezou Kurata is unwilling to easily accept Chika's application due to his bad reputation.  Nonetheless, after seeing Chika's seriousness and enthusiasm, Takezou allows the problem child to join, along with koto prodigy Satowa Houzuki and three of Chika's energetic friends.  Kono Oto Tomare! follows the merry band of musicians as they aspire to play at the national competition.

While alchemist Edward Elric searches for a way to restore his brother Al's body, the military government and mysterious monsters are watching closely.  The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet -- a lone serial killer with a large scar on his forehead. As they attempt to catch him, they learn a series of dark secrets about some of their fellow alchemists.  The Elric brothers meet their toughest opponent yet, a lone serial killer. Hidden state secrets, Ed and Al's father's past, and truths are revealed as the adventure builds to an epic finale. Podcast

Once upon a time, the world was ruled by Chaos. Chaos is one of many features of this mysterious world. Its concentration distorts the laws of nature, which leads to the emergence of demons and natural disasters, which people call "the scourge of Chaos."  Then came "a man with a holy seal" and "returned the order." He was called the Lord. He was the only one who could use the seal and therefore protected people from Chaos. As a result of his actions, the territories occupied by people expanded instantly.  So the Lord must be. But, everything has its own good and bad side. When the level of Chaos has gone down, the Crests have become instruments used in power struggles. At the moment, all people are divided between the Fantasia Union and the Factory Alliance.  Over time, the two power blocs' rulers decided to arrange the wedding of their heirs to unite and complete the creation of the Great Seal - a symbol of order for the eternal peace. However, both dukes were eliminated, and wars were unleashed on their territories with new forces.  At the center of this battle was a student from the Magical Academy named Siluca, on which the earl named Lord Villar laid his eyes. The purpose of Siluca was to conclude an agreement with Villar, and on the way to Altirk (where Villar ruled),  she was surrounded by hostile soldiers, but Lord Theo came to her aid. And they begin their adventures.

Momokichi Momoi, the mob boss owner of a professional baseball team known as "the Peach Twisters",  has a unique way of dealing with ineffective players: killing them. His daughter, Momomi,  is twice as twisted as her father. Mikura and the Danger Service Agency are hired by a mysterious  old man to kidnap Momokichi. But during that attempt they run afoul of Momomi. Before the resulting  firefight, Momokichi dies when his head falls on a ventilation pipe. Now Mikura and the D.S.A. have  to come up with a new plan before they end up as Momomi's next target.  Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada are the three members of the Danger Service Agency (DSA).  Mikura is the brawn of the group, Harada is the brains, and Kurokawa is just a bitter  ex-cop who likes to think he's in charge. They'll take on any job as long as it involves  much danger and, of course, money. Their biggest case, however, could prove to be finding  out why someone wants Kurokawa assassinated.  The DSA's headquarters is an old red British double-decker bus that has been converted into living  quarters for the three main characters. It has been placed on the rooftop of a two-story building  which houses Mugiyama's barber shop on the ground floor. They drive an old-style pink Volkswagen Beetle.

The Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Giadian Empire for nine years.  Though it initially suffered devastating losses to the Empire's autonomous mechanized Legions,  The Republic has since developed its own autonomous units—Juggernauts—which are directed remotely  by a Handler. While on the surface the public believes the war is being fought between machines,  in reality, the Juggernauts are being piloted by humans and all of them are the Eighty-Six, the  designation given to the sub-humans of the Eighty-Sixth Sector who are persecuted and stripped of  their rights by the racist-led Alba government.  Major Vladilena "Lena" Milizé is an Alba noble and military officer in the Republic's Military  who is assigned as a Handler of the Spearhead Squadron of the Eastern Front, an elite unit composed  entirely of Eighty-Sixer veterans who have earned names led by their squad leader,  Shinei "Undertaker" Nouzen. As Lena gets to know Shinei and the rest of the Spearhead Squadron,  she becomes sympathetic to his people's plight and tries to help them. At same time, Lena and  Shinei learn a dark secret: the Republic and the war with the Empire is not what it seems.

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, also known as Re:CONSTRUCTION -  The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave,[a] is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki.  The story follows Kazuya Souma, a humanities-student-turned-hero as he pulls on his knowledge of realism and machiavellianism in order to rebuild the kingdom.  A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ueda began serialization online in Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website in July 2017. Digital publisher J-Novel Club has licensed both the light novel and manga for an English release. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July 2021 to April 2022.

Japan cryo-preserves a select group of patients to save humanity when a virus turns people into stone. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, wakes up after years of being frozen in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.

The narrative of Buso Renkin follows Kazuki Muto, who saves Tokiko Tsumura and is killed by an alchemical monster known as a homunculus.  Tokiko, an alchemist warrior, feels responsible and revives him by replacing his destroyed heart with a kakugane (核鉄).  The kakugane is an alchemical device which, when activated, takes a weapon form based on its user's personality, forming a buso renkin—the only thing that can destroy a homunculus.

Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer who created the immensely popular pink dog Maromi, finds herself under pressure to repeat her success. As she walks home one night, she is attacked by an elementary school boy on inline skates. Two police detectives, Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa, are assigned to the case. They suspect that Tsukiko is lying about the attack, until they receive word of a second victim.  

Soon the attacker, dubbed Lil' Slugger (Shōnen Batto in Japanese, meaning "Bat Boy"), is blamed for a series of street assaults in Tokyo. None of the victims can recall the boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.