With extinction-level meteors heading towards Earth, the government attempted to preserve humanity with the 7 Seeds Program. In this program, several teams of young people were established, frozen, and to be woken up in the future after the planet is livable again. However, the world these children wake up in is wild and dangerous where they appear to be the only humans left. While stumbling along in some of the finer details, 7 Seeds does a masterful job at telling truly sad stories about just what we would do in the end of the world. If you want more anime series like it, then give these anime recommendations below a try. For Fans Of Survival Dr. Stone One day, all of humanity was engulfed in light and mysteriously petrified. After a few millennia, two high schoolers awaken and find themselves in a wild world. These two set out to cure those still frozen and kick start civilization. Both of these series have almost the same premise, but with di

Ah, youth. You don’t really appreciate it until it is gone, but there are ways to reminisce, especially in anime. Coming of age stories focus on youth. Kids are just getting to that age where the future is wide open and full of possibilities. They get to experience mistakes when they don’t have as serious of consequences. They get to decide what they would like most for their life. Whether it is sorting out what their passion is or feeling the keen sting of love for the first time, we got tons of coming of age anime series for you to hunt down. Clannad Anime has a bit of a bad habit sometimes of only showing you the really good bits that come with growing up and kind of pulls the punches on the difficult bits. The first season of Clannad has kind of some typical “anime drama,” as I like to call it. All the girls have problems, and the main character helps them. They then grow because they had to deal with those long-brewing problems. However, the second s

Ravaging every land they touch, Vikings have become renowned for their thirst and talent for violence. Thorfinn, a son of a great Viking warrior, spends his childhood on the battlefield in order to reap his vengeance on his father’s murderer. Vikings – prized in other media, rare in anime. However, now you can sate your thirst for viking violence with this show. While there isn’t much else about Vikings in anime, these other anime recommendations can help sate your thirst for violence and vengeance at least. For Fans of Historical Influences The Heroic Legend of Arslan The young prince Arslan is ready to prove himself on the battlefield, but on his first battle, his father is betrayed and his kingdom is conquered. With his army in shambles, Arslan is forced to go on the run in search of allies to bring him back home. In both Vinland Saga and Arslan, they take place in a world of fiction, but you can feel the distinct historical infl

You know what can be so disappointing with romance anime? The relationship is built up for the ENTIRE series and you get that great kiss or declaration of love, then it just ends. It may not end for a few episodes afterwards, but it is hardly enough time to see any payoff. Sure, they say falling in love is the sweetest part, but sometimes you want a little more. If you want romance series that see a couple that gets together early on and explores their actual relationship, then try these anime series. Clannad Counting both Clannad and After Story, the romance becomes official at the end of the first series. Of course, the first series is also about exploring other potential routes as well. However, After Story gives you all the wonderful pay off you could ever want – plus some you didn’t want! His and Her Circumstances This particular romance series is a gem due to its solid romantic progression from high school and beyond. The main couple gets

One day, all of humanity was engulfed in light and mysteriously petrified. After a few millennia, two high schoolers awaken and find themselves in a wild world. These two set out to cure those still frozen and kick start civilization. Visually beautiful, Dr. Stone is worth watching for that alone, but this is the story of human history. If you want more like it, then consider these anime recommendations. For Fans of Survival 7 Seeds With extinction-level meteors heading towards Earth, the government attempted to preserve humanity with the 7 Seeds Program. In this program, several teams of young people were established, frozen, and to be woken up in the future after the planet is livable again. However, the world these children wake up in is wild and dangerous where they appear to be the only humans left. These series both have the same plots carried out in different ways. The people were unconscious for thousands of years, and when they wake up,

When it comes to romance anime, there are a lot of easy premises. The kind where you kind of just let the plot unfold as it naturally would so it doesn’t involve so much writing. One of those “easy” romance anime plots is where the main couple starts as a fake couple. Maybe they want to make someone jealous, get flirty classmates off their case, or just to look like someone can love them. Of course, we know that eventually that fake relationship is going to become a real one. If this trope is kind of your jam, you have quite a bit of romance series to choose from. Nisekoi This is the most well-known series and often gives people a taste for fake relationships in anime. Hopefully, that leads to anime relationships that have more romantic progression than this series had. In it, the main characters come from opposing Yakuza families. In order to stop a war, they must pretend to be dating to keep the peace. Oreshura Similar to Nisekoi, this i

A phenomenon has started overtaking mankind – one where people spontaneously combust and turn into destructive fire demons called Infernals. To fight these demons, special fire forces were established full of those with dedication and powers to control fire. This is the story of Fire Force 8 and their newest recruit – Shinra, who aims to become a hero and discover the truth behind the Infernals. This is fire fighting taken to the extreme! It is flashy and kind of super addicting to watch. If you want more like it, then head on down below. For Fans of Big Flash and Sizzle Mob Psycho 100 Kageyama Shigeo, otherwise known as Mob, is a young psychic with the ability to lift objects with his mind. Despite having this incredible power, he just wants to become friends with Tsubomi, a girl in his class. Due to negative reactions to his psychic abilities in the past, he now tries to keep them in check. Unlike Fire Force that shows its flash right from th

We don’t do manga series in our recommendations here, just anime. However, that doesn’t mean that anime fans don’t want to lie in bed and read a few good chapters quietly before bed. Instead of branching out into manga recommendations, we’re going to give you a few good ones that you can look into. So if you want to read some good yaoi manga or are just some sort of anime hipster that wants to be all “I read the manga before it was cool and animated,” then check out these yaoi manga recommendations below. Like The Beast Ueda Tomoharu is a cop in the local Koban station. He is quite happy with his boring life until one day, when chasing down an underwear thief, he bumps into local Yakuza member Gotouda Aki and is suddenly confessed to. Star-crossed lovers doesn’t even begin to describe their relationship. Complex Junichi and Tatsuya are best friends since childhood. They also just so happen to love each other. This is the complex story o

Dreaming of becoming a hero, Raul joined the Hero Training program. Unfortunately, with the demon king defeated, there is no market for heroes. Instead, Raul gets a job at an electronics store. He soon finds out that his new co-worker is in fact the old demon king’s daughter. Hey, its one of those series with a long title because light novel marketing is ridiculous! Well anyway, in this world of isekai, it is refreshing just to see an old-fashioned fantasy comedy. For Fans of Fantasy Comedy The Devil is a Part-Timer Just as he was on the cusp of conquering his world, Satan is thrown through a portal to Tokyo. Although he cannot use magic in this world, he is still motivated to conquer it, but first, he must get a job and pay his rent on time. A more similar series, there is not. Essentially, a demon king comes to our world and works part=time. The hero that would defeat him comes over too and becomes an office lady. It is just supernatu

Have you exhausted your Law and Orders, CSIs, and 21 Jump Streets? Well, it sounds like you have a thirst for police dramas, and a pretty big one. If you somehow exhausted all your normal television options, there is always anime. What’s more, anime and it lack of shackles to reality can go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to police dramas. If you have a serious thirst for justice, give these anime recommendations a try. Ghost in the Shell Although it has a few iterations at this point, no matter what Ghost in the Shell you watch, it is going to be a cyberpunk police drama. In it, flesh and machine are melded in most people and it creates a unique capacity for crime as well as unique ways for the police to fight these crimes. Enter Section 9, an elite unit of police that deal with the most above and beyond crimes. Psycho Pass In Psycho Pass, the world has advanced so far that they can predict which people are going to commit

After the death of his parents, teenage Ryuuchi becomes the caretaker of his younger brother Kotarou. After meeting a chairman of an elite academy at his parent’s funeral, they are given room and board in exchange for him becoming the school a babysitter – a role established to support the female teachers. Ah, cute children being cute and not at all in a weird way that anime likes to do. If you are looking for more anime series like it, then head on down below. For Fans of Small Children Sweetness and Lightning After the death of his wife, high school math teacher Kouhei Inuzuka is left to care for his young daughter, Tsumugi. He does his best, but his busy schedule and poor culinary skills limit them to eating convenience store food separately. However, one day, his daughter expresses an interest to eat together after talking to one of his students in the park, Kotori, who deeply enjoys food. He rushes over to the restaurant owned by the stud

Bullying isn’t cool, but there is malicious bullying and then there is juvenile feelings of love that come out in bullying. The whole concept of a tsundere is built on this. She likes a person, and because she is not honest with her own feelings, that comes out as being mean to them. It happens a lot in anime and it can be a fun way to set up a romance anime at times. Skilled Teaser Takagi-san The entire premise of this series is that a girl teases a boy she likes in middle school. He thinks she is legitimately picking on him, but rather she picks on him because she likes him. Unlike what is more typical in this sort of juvenile behavior, she actually realizes that she likes him. It is this self awareness that makes her teasing so effective at times as well. Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan This series perhaps takes this to the extreme. Although there is less focus on the romance, and more focus on the comedy, it fits the trope. Essentially,

Shinichi Chiaki is a first-rate musician that has dreams of playing among Europe’s elite. However, due to his fear of flying, he has remained firmly grounded in Japan. In his fourth year at Japan’s top music university, he meets Megumi Noda, or Nodame, as she prefers to be called. At first she seems unkempt and without direction, but when he hears her play, everything he thought he knew about her was wrong. Like many music-based anime, Nodame Cantabile is a gem for having a mature romance story that is both beautiful and not overly dramatic. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Nodame Cantabile, then head on down below. For Fans of Music Students Your Lie in April Although once a child prodigy in the music world, pianist Kousei Arima is left in a downward spiral after his mother’s death, unable to even hear the sound of his own piano. Even after two years, Arima has all but left the music world behind, disappointing fans and riva

The anime community is still reeling from the arson-started fire at Kyoto Animation Studios. While you may have donated to a fund or bought some of the high quality digital images off their website, sometimes the best thing you can do to support a company is watch (legally) and buy their products. It is also a way of showing a company and their employees that you love them and are thinking about them despite never actually meeting any of them. Kyoto Animation is pretty famous in the anime community for churning out shows with addictingly fluid animation and just stupidly cute characters. Furthermore, they made a pretty big impact in the industry itself by being one of the first companies to pay their employees a salary rather than a by the frame wage that results in overworked and underpaid animators. It makes their tragedy all the worse. Beyond the Boundary There’s a screen in the first episode in Your Lie in April (not a KyoAni series, but also

Brought together by a blog disproving the supernatural, nine unique individuals are confronted with both murder and the supernatural when decide to solve the mysteries within the city. If this show were a food – it would be a slow cooked food. It starts off questionably, you wonder if it is going to get better, and suddenly the plot twists and it is wonderful. If you are looking for anime recommendations like Occultic;Nine, then head on below. For Fans of Stories With No Main Character Durarara Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro is awash in strange rumors, everything from colorless color gangs to a headless rider roaming town populate the rumors. For Mikado Ryuugamine who just moved there from Tokyo, he is but one witness to the district’s slew of strange events. In both series, you follow a rather large number of characters that all operate around a town. While there is a general theme to the story, the plot is open and told through the

The anime industry is not without its controversies. Anything that is in the public sphere is never immune to them. However, a lot of controversy blows over quickly, but some can have lasting effects on the series that it is tied to. I mean, it is very difficult to look at a series in the same light after you find out something horrible done by the staff or the author. I guess I’m here to ruin your day. Kemono Friends – Fired Director and Writer While it never received quite the same legs in the West, there was a time where Kemono Friends was wildly popular in Japan. Unfortunately, fans did not take it so well when the director and writer for the series, Tatsuki, was suddenly fired from the series. Apparently he shared art assets from the series without studio permission, but fans let their displeasure be known so fervently it lowered the studio’s stock prices and plummeted the reviews for the second season made without the directo

Upon entering high school, Yui is immediately entranced by the Light Music Club. The problem is, she can’t play an instrument. Deciding to join the club anyway, the other club members, despite disappointment in her lack of musical knowledge, allow her to join to prevent the club’s disbandment. Today begins Yui’s musical education! There are some that think K-On was the series that transformed the face of anime into something more moe. Certainly its popularity did something to anime, but if you are looking for a series that captures the same feeling then head on down below. For Fans of Well-Animated Girls Being Cute Non Non Biyori Asahigaoka is rural village in the middle of nowhere, and for the five students who go to school there, their days are all about keeping the boredom at bay. All of different ages, their ways to entertain themselves never border on normal. The obvious similarity is that four girls are tied together in some way. K-On a

Like some other series, .hack// is a series that has a story told through a lot of mediums. Anime, games, manga, and light novels expand upon the world. However, as any series with so much to it, one needs to know where to start to get the best possible experience. If you are looking to start .hack// to discovery why these players cannot log out of their game (the Sword Art Online before SAO was even a thing, essentially), here’s how you do it. Do I Need to Play the Games to Watch the Anime? Unlike a series like Danganronpa that really requires you to play at least the second game in order to understand the second anime series, .hack// does not really require you to play any of the games, read any light novels, or any manga. In truth, much of the anime series are self-contained stories. However, you will find subtle references in both the games and the anime to each other for the die-hard fans. Having these references go gracefully over your head and n

Asahigaoka is rural village in the middle of nowhere, and for the five students who go to school there, their days are all about keeping the boredom at bay. All of different ages, their ways to entertain themselves never border on normal. Chill and with a great atmosphere, cute girls doing cute things need not be all about the moe. If you are looking for more anime recommendations like Non Non Biyori, head on down below. For Fans of Countryside Relaxation Barakamon After losing his temper on a critic, renowned calligraphy artist Sieshuu Handa is exiled to the Goto Islands by his father for a period of self-reflection. There he seeks to find new inspiration for his art, but finds that his neighbors and some neighborhood kids keep getting in his way. Two finer series about country life there is not. Non Non Biyori takes many opportunities to revel in its scenery while Barakamon takes advantage of the effects that it has on the characters. Oppor

We don’t do manga series in our recommendations here, just anime. However, that doesn’t mean that anime fans don’t want to lie in bed and read a few good chapters quietly before bed. Instead of branching out into manga recommendations, we’re going to give you a few good ones that you can look into. So if you want to read some good yuri manga or are just some sort of anime hipster that wants to be all “I read the manga before it was cool and animated,” then check out these yuri manga recommendations below. Octave Ever since she was a child, Yukino has wanted to be an idol. She did manage to make it for awhile until her group broke up. After returning home to hurtful words, Yukino decided to return to the city to try and find herself. However, what she really finds is a relationship with a mysterious composer. YuriCan Yurika attends a college that is known for its female relationships. According to the rumors on campus, Yurika has been with over