Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer,…
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Series Like Midnight Diner
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Series Like Midnight Diner
After the Rain
Akira Tachibana was once the ace of a track club, but an injury forced her to quell her passion for sports. Masami Kondou, a divorced father, had ambitions of being a writer and no…
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The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Foiled by a hero when he’s inches away from conquering the world, the devil finds himself in modern-day Tokyo. With no real-world skills to speak of, the devil is forced to make en…
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The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
After inheriting his late grandmother’s failing café, Hayato sees it as a bother and plans to sell it for a quick buck. Until he discovers five beautiful girls staying there! When …
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Restaurant to Another World
There is a certain restaurant in the first basement level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked …
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Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-
After losing her grandfather, Aoi—a girl who can see spirits known as ayakashi—is suddenly approached by an ogre. Demanding she pay her grandfather’s debt, he makes a huge request:…
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The Naked Director
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, visio…
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The Full-Time Wife Escapist
A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover.…
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Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!
When superstar adventurer Dennis gets booted from the world’s strongest party, he teams up with runaway Atelier to serve up his true passion—delicious cuisine. But this not-so-aver…
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SING "YESTERDAY" FOR ME
After college, Rikuo Uozumi, a boy without much ambition in life, takes on a job at a convenience store. The days pass by uneventfully for Rikuo until he meets his former girlfrien…
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Tokyo Love Story
Nagao Kanji who comes from Ehime Prefecture joins Heartsports company located in Tokyo, where he met lovely and sunny Akana Rika. The love story begins.…
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Tokyo Ghoul
Ken Kaneki, a bookworm college student, meets Rize, a girl his own age with whom he shares many interests.…
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Minato's Laundromat
Akira Minato, a middle-aged coin laundry owner, befriends Shintarō Katsuki, a high schooler. Their bond deepens as Shintarō learns about Akira's identity.…
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Aoi Bungaku Series
An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume So…
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BEASTARS
In a world where beasts of all kinds coexist, a gentle wolf awakens to his own predatory urges as his school deals with a murder within its midst.…
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Miss Caretaker of Sunohara-sou
Shiina Aki is constantly being treated like a girl due to his feminine looks so he decides to move to Tokyo to attend middle school in an attempt to change himself. However what a…
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Fishbowl Wives
Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous…
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Burn the House Down
After her mother took the blame for a tragic fire 13 years ago, Anzu plots revenge by working as a housekeeper under a pseudonym for her icy stepmother.…
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Mother of the Goddess' Dormitory
Down-on-his-luck Koushi Nagumo wanders the streets unemployed, homeless and in search of his next meal. His fortunes improve after a chance meeting with a vivacious young woman who…
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Princess Jellyfish
Amamizukan is an apartment complex where no boys are allowed. Tsukimi, a girl who adores jellyfish, lives there happily with her friends who all have nerdy obsessions of their own.…
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A Man Who Defies the World of BL
Mob tries to avoid being the main character in a BL world, but as love finds him, he must choose between staying in the background or embracing romance.…
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Good Morning Call
A high school girl finally gets her own apartment, but she has to share it with the most popular boy in school. No one can know they're living together.…
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Koikimo
One rainy day, salaryman Amakusa Ryo is saved by a high school girl he doesn't know at the station. He later finds out that the girl is Arima Ichika. Ryo is somewhat of a womanizer…
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Ai Yori Aoshi
Kaoru is a college boy with everything going for him. He lives in a mansion with his beautiful fiancé, Aoi, all his roommates are babes, and they all have the hots for him. There’s…
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An Incurable Case of Love
Nanase fell in love with Dr. Tendo five years ago. Now she's a nurse and ready to meet him again. But he's nothing like the nice guy she thought he was!…
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Tokyo Vice
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption…
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Yuri Is My Job!
Worried about her reputation, Hime covers shifts for a cafe manager she accidentally injures to maintain her picture-perfect princess image. But this cafe has a peculiar theme—priv…
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A Couple of Cuckoos
16-year-old super-studier Nagi Umino, second-year student at the Megurogawa Academy high school, was switched at birth. On his way to a dinner to meet his birth parents, he acciden…
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Claws
Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and p…
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Diabolik Lovers
Based on a visual novel of the same name by Rejet and Otomate, for the female market. Komori Yui is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and exp…
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Based on a True Story
The lives of a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.…
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Denki-gai
A blush-inducing, coming-of-age comedy about manga-loving book store employees!! The unique cast of characters -- all hard-core manga fans and maniacs of some sort -- work at comic…
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The Fruit of Grisaia
Mihama Academy—on the surface, a closed learning environment established to nurture students who find themselves at odds with the world around them; in actuality, an orchard-cum-pr…
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TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You
Nasa Yuzaki falls in love at first sight after an encounter with the mysterious Tsukasa. When Nasa earnestly confesses his feelings, she replies, "I'll date you, but only if we're …
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Dexter: New Blood
10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his ne…
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HANA-KIMI
Mizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys' high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who gave up on the sport, attends. In between their clas…
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Cooking Master Boy
After the death of his mother, a young boy travels to China and become a master chef, in his attempt to become head chef of his late mother's restaurant…
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
The story revolves around 20-year-old Makoto, who frequently gets involved in highly dangerous situations, usually against his own judgment. Along for the ride are his best buddies…
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Wilfred
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him throu…
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7SEEDS
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.…
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