disclaimer: tags/genres grabbed from aniDB and/or ANN. I haven't watched the anime myself yet.
comedy action romance sci-fi school life drama fantasy adventure ecchi short episodes sequel
Heike Monogatari
The late Heian period. The Heike Family is about to reach the peak of its prosperity in every aspect of power, military might, and financial resources. Taira no Shigemori, a man with eyes that can see the dead meets Biwa, a Biwa Hoshi who can see the future, and he gets told "you will all perish soon." From an aristocratic reign to a Samurai’s reign, this is the beginning of the 15 turbulent years of historical change in Japan.
adventure, drama, historical
Selection Project
"Selection Project" is a national idol reality show that is held every summer. The Selection Project is the top gateway for girls who want to become idols. The audience’s votes determine which girls win or lose in the "audition battle." Miyama Suzune wishes to be an idol like Amasawa Akari, an idol who got her start through the Selection Project reality show. Suzune had been stricken with illness since she was little, but she listened to Akari’s music often in her hospital room. Akari’s voice gave Suzune smiles and courage, which encouraged Suzune to want to inspire others in the same way. In her last summer of junior high, Suzune decides to enter the seventh Selection Project to make her dreams come true.
music, idols
Megaton-kyuu Musashi
In an ordinary town, there are people who live a peaceful and fulfilling life. But they don’t know that it is a false peace. The untold truth... The earth has already been destroyed... 99.9% of the human race has been wiped out by a mysterious alien force from outer space. The enemy is named "Dracters." Eventually, a large hole was drilled in the earth and terraformed into a suitable environment for the aliens to live. Humans have no choice but to hide in shelters to escape their eyes. Waiting for the day of resurrection, which they do not know when it will come... The inhabitants of the shelter Ixia have had their memories of the day of destruction erased, and live a normal life without knowing anything about it. However, some of them, the "chosen ones," have become pilots, driving giant robots called "Rogue" and fighting against aliens. Today, another new pilot is selected...
action, schi-fi, mecha
Kimi to Fit Boxing
Kimi to Fit Boxing is a short Japanese anime television series adaptation of the Nintendo Switch game named Fitness Boxing.
sports, [short 6min]
Blue Period
Second-year high school student Yatora Yaguchi is bored with his normal life. He studies well and plays around with his friends, but in truth, he does not enjoy either of those activities. Bound by norms, he secretly envies those who do things differently. That is until he discovers the joy of drawing. When he sees a painting made by a member of the Art Club, Yatora becomes fascinated with the colors used in it. Later, in an art exercise, he tries to convey his language without words but instead through painting. After that experience, Yatora finds himself so invested in art that he decides that it is what he wants to do for a living. But there stand multiple obstacles in his way: his parents who are hesitant over his unique choices, his more experienced peers, and the study of a subject much deeper than he initially expected.
drama, school life
Deji Meets Girl
Higa Maise is a listless first-year high school girl who works part-time at the front desk of her family’s hotel in Okinawa, meets an "Suzuki Ichirou," a mysterious youth who came alone from Tokyo as a hotel guest. Since Suzuki’s arrival, "dëji" things have been happening around Maise, like fish swimming around the room or a giant banyan tree smashing through the hotel ceiling. ("Dëji" is an Okinawan word that means "totally" or "very.")
slice of life, [short 3min]
Muteking the Dancing Hero
Set in a city modeled after San Francisco in the 1980s, the protagonist has transformed into the hero Muteking and is fighting against evil aliens for some reason. Such a cheerful hero will return! Sci-fi hero love comedy Muteking the Dancing Hero, singing and dancing with pop music.
action, comedy, sci-fi, [remake]
Kaizoku Oujo/Fena - Pirate Princess
Fena Houtman remembers little about her childhood. Orphaned and raised as a servant in a brothel, her life changes when she escapes to an island of pirates where she discovers the truth behind her family. With Fena being the only one able to unlock her family’s secrets, and a formidable crew of female pirates on her tail, she must take her place as captain of her Samurai crew for a high seas adventure!
action, adventure, [started mid last season]
Waccha PriMagi!
Middle-school first-year student Hibino Matsuri loves festivals, and she dreams of one day being able to star in "PriMagi", a magic-like form of stage entertainment borne from song, dance and fashion. That day arrives when the hyper-spirited, trouble-making magician Myamu arrives from the magical realm and scouts Matsuri for PriMagi. Together, the two compete with rivals to rise to the top of PriMagi.
idols, magical girl
Mieruko-chan
Miko is a typical high school student whose life turns upside down when she suddenly starts to see gruesome and hideous monsters. Despite being completely terrified, Miko carries on with her daily life, pretending not to notice the horrors that surround her. She must endure the fear in order to keep herself and her friend Hana out of danger, even if that means coming face to face with the absolute worst. Blending both comedy and horror, Mieruko-chan tells the story of a girl who tries to deal with the paranormal by acting indifferent toward it.
comedy, horror
Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru/The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Shy bookstore clerk Mikado Kousuke has the ability to see ghosts and spirits, an ability he wishes he didn’t have, since what he sees usually terrifies him. Hiyakawa Rihito, an exorcist whose supernatural powers are as strong as his social graces are weak, doesn’t seem to fear anything, mortal or otherwise. When this odd couple gets together to solve the bizarre cases that come their way, their work methods may not be entirely safe for work!
drama, mystery, shounen ai, supernatural
Tesla Note
Negoro Botan is not your average high school girl—she’s been trained to be an elite government agent since she was young. She’s also an expert on the "Tesla Shards", which appear throughout the world to cause supernatural chaos. Her mission is to retrieve these shards, and to do so she teams up with the smarmy, self-proclaimed top agent Kuruma. But this is no easy mission, even for an elite team...
action, thriller
Gunma-chan
An anime series based on the Gunma Prefecture mascot character, Gunma-chan.
[for kids?], [short 8min]
Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu/Irina - The Vampire Cosmonaut
It’s the era where manned spaceflight has not yet succeeded. The supreme leader of the republic announced the project to send humans up into orbit with rockets. Behind the scenes, at the end of the snowy fields of the republic, at the secret town , the "Nosferatu Project" that used vampires as a substitutes for humans for rocket flight experiments was moving forward. Taking advantage of a certain incident, First Lieutenant Lev Leps was promoted from Cosmonaut Cadet. He was ordered to supervise the vampire girl, Irina Luminesk, who was chosen by chance to be a guinea pig. Strict training. Continuous failed experiments. Can mankind actually reach space? The team was enveloped by such an atmosphere. Despite being made fun of by the egoist top-brass and the whims of the times, they were here, putting everything they have into aiming for distant space.
sci-fi, vampire
Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu/The Vampire Dies in No Time
After a vampire hunter learned of a mansion inhabited by a vampire rumoured to have kidnapped a kid, he went there intending to take the monster down. However, the vampire turned out to be a wimp who keeps turning into ash at the smallest things... And that kid wasn’t being held captive, he was just using the "haunted house" as his personal playground!
comedy, supernatural
Kyoukai Senki/AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline
In 2061 AD, Japan is dominated. Divided and ruled by the four major economic blocs of the world, the Japanese people spent their days oppressed as subjugated citizens. Japan became the front line of the world where AMAIM, a human-type special mobile weapon deployed by each economic zone, strode about... One day, Shiiba Amou, a boy who loves machines, meets i-LeS (autonomous thinking AI) named "Gai," and this leads him to throw himself into the battle to reclaim Japan, by piloting the AMAIM "Kenbu" built by himself.
action, sci-fi, mecha
Shinka no Mi - Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei/The Fruit of Evolution - Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made
Hiiragi Seiichi is an ugly, revolting, dirty, smelly fatass; these are the insults hurled at him one after another about his appearance. Such was Seiichi’s daily school life of bullying, then for some reason, one day when school was out, a voice claiming to be a God said over the PA system to prepare to be transported to another world. What’s more, not Seiichi alone, but the entire school. A fantasy world where game-like elements such as as levels, stats, and skills exist. However, the God still had preparations to complete for the transfer, and would send them over as soon as the hero summoning ritual was ready. The classes all formed groups to wait for the transfer, but Seiichi alone was discluded and as such was summoned to a different area. After being transported the first thing Seiichi ate was the "Fruit of Evolution". This would come to greatly change his life...
isekai, adventure, romance
Chickip Dancers
TV anime based on San-X’s new series of mascot characters "Chickip Dancers." The main characters in the anime will be the apprehensive but curious bone-in chicken Hone Chicken, and the dancing instructor frog Skip Gaeru, who travels by dancing.
slice of life[short 5min]
Takt Op. Destiny
One day a black meteorite fell on the world, and the world completely changed. The meteorite produced grotesque monsters called D2, which started running rampant. D2 very quickly banned all music, which was the one thing able to overcome them. But there were some people who resisted the D2. They are young women who hold the power of music, the "Musicart." These young women hold "scores" that are able to defeat the monsters. And there are also people who lead these women, known as Conductors. The anime takes place in America in the year 2047, which has fallen to ruin thanks to the D2. Takt, a Conductor, is partnered with a Musicart named Unmei. Takt yearns for music to be returned to the world, and Unmei wishes to destroy the D2. Their aim is to travel to New York.
action, fantasy, music
Shin no Nakama ja Nai to Yuusha no Party wo Oidasareta node, Henkyou de Slow Life suru Koto ni Shima
Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside - Red was once a member of the Hero’s party, a powerful group destined to save the world from the evil forces of Taraxon, the Raging Demon Lord. That is, until one of his comrades kicked him out. Hoping to live the easy life on the frontier, Red’s new goal is to open an apothecary. However, keeping the secret of his former life may not be as simple as he thinks. Especially when the beautiful Rit, an adventurer from his past, shows up and asks to move in with him!
adventure, fantasy, slice of life
Puraore! Pride of Orange
Dream Monkeys is a girl’s ice hockey team based in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and its members aim to reach the top of the world. Mizusawa Manaka, a junior high school student living in the city, her younger sister Ayaka, and her childhood friends Kaoruko and Mami come to the door of a trial class held by the team. After practice, everyone is completely fascinated by ice hockey. Eventually, they were invited by the coach, Youko, to become official members of the team. Through practice games and training camps, everyone grows and the team becomes one. With the slogan, "Connect the puck with the bond of heart!", Dream Monkeys heads into the tournament.
sports
Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru/The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
The greatest assassin on Earth knew only how to live as a tool for his employers—until they stopped letting him live. Reborn by the grace of a goddess into a world of swords and sorcery, he’s offered a chance to do things differently this time around, but there’s a catch...He has to eliminate a super-powerful hero who will bring about the end of the world unless he is stopped. Now known as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the master assassin certainly has his hands full, particularly because of all the beautiful girls who constantly surround him.
isekai, action
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu./Komi Can't Communicate
It’s Shouko Komi’s first day at the prestigious Itan Private High School, and she has already risen to the status of the school’s Madonna. With long black hair and a tall, graceful appearance, she captures the attention of anyone who comes across her. There’s just one problem though—despite her popularity, Shouko is terrible at communicating with others. Hitohito Tadano is your average high school boy. With his life motto of "read the situation and make sure to stay away from trouble," he quickly finds that sitting next to Shouko has made him the enemy of everyone in his class! One day, knocked out by accident, Hitohito later wakes up to the sound of Shouko’s "meow." He lies that he heard nothing, causing Shouko to run away. But before she can escape, Hitohito surmises that Shouko is not able to talk to others easily—in fact, she has never been able to make a single friend. Hitohito resolves to help Shouko with her goal of making one hundred friends so that she can overcome her communication disorder.
coming of age, school life, romance
Muv-Luv Alternative
A story of the bonds between those who fight, in a world pushed to its limits. On one of the countless parallel worlds that exist throughout spacetime, humanity has fought a decades long war against the BETA, hostile extraterrestrial invaders, using humanoid fighting machines called Tactical Surface Fighters. This is a story of how humanity lives and dies while on the brink of extinction...
action, drama, sci-fi, [sequel-ish?]
Sakugan
The distant future, long after the Western calendar is no longer used. Humans live shoulder-to-shoulder, cramped in the "Labyrinth," an underground world deep below the surface. There are many colonies where people live in the underground Labyrinth. The place is known for extreme high temperatures, but also for lodes of gold, silver, and other riches. In one of the colonies named Pin-in, a curious nine-year-old girl named Memempu and her father Gagumber board a two-person work robot and mine for ore. They eke a living as the lowest of lowest "Worker" occupations. One day, Memempu begs her father Gagumber to set out as Markers — those who chart the innards of the Labyrinth as a spelunker — to search for her mother who left their home. If they encounter a "mysterious giant creature" lurking in the caves, the survival rate is less than 5%. Since discovering an unknown world is dangerous work, "maps" hold great value in the world of Labyrinth and fetch high prices on the market. A Marker is the most dangerous, but also the most lucrative, job. Gagumber decides he cannot hold back the ever-curious Memempu from going off on her own countless times, and finally gives in. The two embark on a journey together in the work robot. However, the "cost" of curiosity... The "truth" they finally uncovered... This is a father and daughter’s epic journey with the theme of family love.
sci-fi, mecha
Platinum End
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle to become the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.
psychological, supernatural, thriller
Visual Prison
Ange Yuki—a boy who wrestles with deep-seated loneliness and can’t fit in. With nobody to call family, he leaves his hometown. Longing to see an artist he admires perform, he heads for Harajuku, where he encounters a live battle between visual kei units ECLIPSE and LOS † EDEN. Overwhelmed by the energetic performance, he is suddenly struck by an intense pain...
music, supernatural, vampire
Taishou Otome Otogibanashi/Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
The setting is the Taisho Era. Tamahiko, a young man who disappointed his parents after losing the use of his right hand in an accident, is forced to move out of his home under the guise of rehabilitation. Resentful of everything in life, he becomes withdrawn and pessimistic when one day a woman named Yuzuki knocks on his door. She claims she has been sent there by his father to be his bride...
comedy, historical, romance, slice of life
Saihate no Paladin/The Faraway Paladin
In a city of the dead, long since ruined and far from human civilization, lives a single human child. His name is Will, and he’s being raised by three undead: the hearty skeletal warrior, Blood; the graceful mummified priestess, Mary; and the crotchety spectral sorcerer, Gus. The three pour love into the boy, and teach him all they know. But one day, Will starts to wonder: "Who am I?" Will must unravel the mysteries of this faraway dead man’s land, and unearth the secret pasts of the undead. He must learn the love and mercy of the good gods, and the bigotry and madness of the bad. And when he knows it all, the boy will take his first step on the path to becoming a Paladin.
fantasy, adventure
Build Divide - #000000 - Code Black
In a city where the King reigns supreme, your strength in BuildDivide determines everything... There is a rumor circulating in Shin Kyoto. "Anyone able to defeat the King in Build-Divide shall be granted whatever their heart desires." In order to challenge the King, one must first enter the battle known as Rebuild. There, they will have to complete the "Key." — Everyone Has a Wish They Hope To Have Granted— The young Kurabe Teruto vows to defeat the King so that he can get what he longs for. He, with a little guidance from the mysterious Banka Sakura, dives headfirst into the Rebuild Battle. Now, the city of Shin Kyoto is the stage and BUILD-DIVIDE is the game!
fantasy, game
Senpai ga Uzai Kouhai no Hanashi/My Senpai Is Annoying
Igarashi Futuba’s new job would be great if her senpai, Takeda Harumi, wasn’t so incredibly annoying! Futuba hates his laugh, she hates how big he is, and she really hates that he treats her like a little kid. Just because Futuba is short and looks young doesn’t make her a kid, and just because she spends so much time with Takeda doesn’t mean she sees him as anything but an annoying senpai...or does she?!
comedy, romance, slice of life
Shikizakura
Miwa Kakeru is an otherwise ordinary high school student, but a strange twist puts him on the front line in a supernatural battle against the menacing Oni. With the help of a fantastically powerful battle suit known as "Yoroi", Kakeru joins an elite team that fights the monstrous Oni and defends humanity from otherworldly threats. The team is assigned to protect Myoujin Ouka, a shrine maiden who is prophesized to save the world, but she must perform a sacred ritual within Shikizakura, the horizon that connects the spiritual and physical world that lies somewhere amid the blooming cherry blossoms and the colorful autumn leaves. But in this world, the journey to destiny is hard-fought, winding and sometimes deadly.
action, drama, sci-fi
Gyakuten Sekai no Denchi Shoujo/Rumble Garanndoll
Japan, 2019, just before the dawn of a new era. Suddenly, a slit to another dimension world appears in the sky. What can be found there is the alternative world "Shinkoku Nippon" withe the sky and the earth upside down. This parallel world keeps the former militarism, its era being Eternal Showa. They military invade the real Japan with giant humanoid robots called "Garann" and their gas weapons "Genmu" that can make our modern weapons ineffective. "Shinkoku Nippon" instantly seizes the government and achieves de facto conquest of Japan. The new era "Reiwa" does not arrive for Japan.
action, sci-fi, mecha
Deep Insanity - The Lost Child
The world is overrun with a mysterious condition known as "Randolph syndrome" which causes sudden comas. Simultaneously, a massive underground realm known as "Asylum" in the South Pole was discovered & found to be the syndrome’s origin. Weird creatures, unlike any on the surface, dwell there with previously unknown natural resources. To cure the Randolph syndrome (and to get rich plundering the creatures’ genetic data and underground resources), people set foot in the Asylum.
sci-fi
Ousama Ranking/Ranking of Kings
Bojji is a deaf and powerless prince who cannot even wield a children’s sword. As the firstborn son, he strives hard and dreams of becoming the world’s greatest king. However, people mutter about him behind his back as "a good-for-nothing prince" and "no way he can be king." Bojji is able to make his first ever friend, "Kage" (shadow) — a literal shadow on the ground who somehow understands Bojji well. (Kage is a survivor of the Kage assassin clan that was all but wiped out. No longer a killer, Kage now makes ends meet by stealing.) The story follows Bojji’s coming-of-age as he meets various people in his life, starting with his fateful encounter with Kage.
[after 1st eps], fantasy, adventure
180 Byou de Kimi no Mimi wo Shiawase ni Dekiru ka?
Can I Make Your Ears Happy in 180 Seconds? - ASMR or Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response is the nerve-tingling or relaxing response and sensation one gets to stimuli such as certain sounds or sights. As the title indicates, the anime will let viewers experience ASMR in 180 seconds. In the story, the heroine challenges her classmates to share in her hobby of recording ASMR works.
[after 1st eps], slice of life, [short 5min]
Isekai Shokudou 2/Restaurant to Another World 2

[sequel]
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru - Dai Mankai no Shou

[sequel]
Yakunara Mug Cup mo - Niban Gama

[sequel]
Han-you no Yashahime - Sengoku Otogizoushi - Ni no Shou/Yashahime - Princess Half-Demon (2021)

[sequel]
86 - Eighty Six S2

[sequel]
Digimon Ghost Game

[spinoff]
Mushoku Tensei - Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu 2nd Season

[sequel]
Cardfight!! Vanguard - overDress Season 2

[sequel]
BanG Dream! Garupa Pico - Fever!

[sequel], [short 5min]
Lupin III - Part 6

[sequel]
World Trigger 3rd Season

[sequel]
Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Ressha Hen

[sequel]
Kaginado

[crossover - Key series], [short 5min]