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Media targeting boys roughly 8-18

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Sousou no Frieren

(Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)

8.78

Description:

After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s mortality. She takes on a new apprentice and promises to fulfill old friends’ dying wishes. Can an elven mind make peace with the nature of life and death? Frieren embarks on her quest to find out. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

28

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or Older

Status

finished

Aired

2023-09-29

ONE PIECE FAN LETTER

(One Piece Fan Letter)

8.67

Description:

Two years after the Paramount War, the Straw Hats are about to reunite on the Sabaody Archipelago. At the same time, a girl who is head over heels for Nami is trying to hand a fan letter to her before the group leaves the island. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

25 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-10-20

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Yuukaku-hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Entertainment District Arc)

8.71

Description:

After visiting the Rengoku residence, Tanjirou and his comrades volunteer for a mission within the Entertainment District, a place where desires are sold and demons dwell. They journey alongside the flashy Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui, in search of a monstrous foe terrorizing the town. Sworn to slay creatures of the night, the hunt continues. (Source: Funimation)
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2021-12-05

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Natagumo Yama Hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mt. Natagumo Arc)

8.7

Description:

Compilation TV Special of the Natagumoyama Arc (Mt. Natagumo Arc) (episodes 15-21) with new eyecatches, end credits scenes and next episode previews.
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

140 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-17

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Train Arc)

8.69

Description:

The TV version of Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen including an entirely new first episode. The first episode depicts Rengoku as he embarks on his journey to the Mugen Train. The remaining episodes will add about 70 new animation cuts and new background music, as well as a new trailer. (Source: Anime News Network)
Type

TV

Episodes

7

Ep.Length

26 Min

Rating

17+

Status

finished

Aired

2021-10-10

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Ressha-hen

(Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train)

8.67

Description:

Falling forever into an endless dream... Tanjiro and the group have completed their rehabilitation training at the Butterfly Mansion, and they arrive at their next mission on the Mugen Train, where over 40 people have disappeared in a very short period of time. Tanjiro and Nezuko, along with Zenitsu and Inosuke, join one of the most powerful swordsmen within the Demon Slayer Corps, Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku, to face the demon aboard the Mugen Train on track to despair. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

117 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-16

Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2

(Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2)

8.66

Description:

The past comes to light when second-year students Satoru Gojou and Suguru Getou are tasked with escorting young Riko Amanai to Master Tengen. But when a non-sorcerer user tries to kill them, their mission to protect the Star Plasma Vessel threatens to turn them into bitter enemies and cement their destinies—one as the world’s strongest sorcerer, and the other its most twisted curse user! (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

23

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2023-07-06

Dandadan

(DAN DA DAN)

8.7

Description:

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist. To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!? The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts! (Source: Crunchyroll) Notes: - Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024. - Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on September 13, 2024. The regular TV broadcast begins October 2024.
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

current

Aired

2024-10-03

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Tsuzumi Yashiki Hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Tsuzumi Mansion Arc)

8.65

Description:

Compilation TV Special of the Tsuzumi Yashiki Arc (Tsuzumi Mansion Arc)) (episodes 11-14) with new eyecatches, end credits scenes and next episode previews.
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

100 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-09-18

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Asakusa Hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Asakusa Arc)

8.64

Description:

Compilation TV Special of the Asakusa Arc (episodes 6-10) with new eyecatches, end credits scenes and next episode previews.
Type

special

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

105 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2021-09-12

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hashira Gou Kaigi - Chouyashiki Hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hashira Meeting Arc)

8.63

Description:

Compilation TV Special of the Hashira Gou Kaigi - Chouyashiki Arc (The Hashira Meeting Arc) (episodes 22-26) with new eyecatchers, end credits scenes, and next episode previews.
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

110 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2020-12-20

Kimetsu no Yaiba

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

8.63

Description:

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

26

Ep.Length

23 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2019-04-06

Jujutsu Kaisen

8.6

Description:

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

24

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2020-10-03

Look Back

8.59

Description:

Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing. (Source: GKIDS)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

62 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2024-06-28

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-hen

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Swordsmith Village Arc)

8.58

Description:

Tanjiro’s journey leads him to the Swordsmith Village, where he reunites with two Hashira, members of the Demon Slayer Corps’ highest-ranking swordsmen - Mist Hashira Muichiro Tokito and Love Hashira Mitsuri Kanroji. With the shadows of demons lurking near, a new battle begins for Tanjiro and his comrades. Notes: • The first episode has a runtime of ~49 minutes. • The final episode has a runtime of ~52 minutes.
Type

TV

Episodes

11

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

finished

Aired

2023-04-09

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Kyoudai no Kizuna

(Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Sibling`s Bond)

8.54

Description:

The first 5 episodes of TV series Kimetsu no Yaiba were released as a film. A special screening was held on 19.03.2019 in Shinjuku Wald 9, Tokyo.
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

120 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2019-03-29

BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-hen - Soukoku-tan

(BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3 - The Conflict)

8.51

Description:

With Uryu and the Royal Guards at his side, Yhwach successfully breaks past the Soul Shield Membrane barrier and finally sets foot into the sacred realm of the Royal Palace. But the Quincies’ advance seemingly ends after facing Squad Zero, who use their awesome powers to defeat Yhwach and the rest of the uninvited guests. However, the real battle and despair have yet to start… Soul Reapers and Quincies. Ichigo and Uryu. Beliefs and Resolve. The never-ending conflict between light and dark clashes above the dark-blue heavens. (Source: Official Site)
Type

TV

Episodes

13

Ep.Length

24 Min

Rating

17+ (violence & profanity)

Status

current

Aired

2024-10-05

Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season Recap

8.51

Description:

Recap episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, and Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd Season.
Type

special

Episodes

2

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2023-08-11

SPY×FAMILY

(SPY x FAMILY)

8.53

Description:

Everyone has a part of themselves they cannot show to anyone else. At a time when all nations of the world were involved in a fierce war of information happening behind closed doors, Ostania and Westalis had been in a state of cold war against one another for decades. The Westalis Intelligence Services' Eastern-Focused Division (WISE) sends their most talented spy, "Twilight," on a top-secret mission to investigate the movements of Donovan Desmond, the chairman of Ostania's National Unity Party, who is threatening peace efforts between the two nations. This mission is known as "Operation Strix." It consists of "putting together a family in one week in order to infiltrate social gatherings organized by the elite school that Desmond's son attends." "Twilight" takes on the identity of psychiatrist Loid Forger and starts looking for family members. But Anya, the daughter he adopts, turns out to have the ability to read people's minds, while his wife, Yor, is an assassin! With it being in each of their own interests to keep these facts hidden, they start living together while concealing their true identities from one another. World peace is now in the hands of this brand-new family as they embark on an adventure full of surprises. (Source: Crunchyroll)
Type

TV

Episodes

12

Ep.Length

24 Min

Status

finished

Aired

2022-04-09

Haikyuu!!: Gomi Suteba no Kessen

(Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle)

8.53

Description:

Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High’s volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the “Little Giant.” But, Hinata soon finds that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Their clashing styles turn into a surprising weapon, but can they beat their rival Nekoma High in the highly anticipated “Dumpster Battle,” the long-awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams? (Source: Crunchyroll News, edited)
Type

movie

Episodes

1

Ep.Length

85 Min

Rating

Teens 13 or older

Status

finished

Aired

2024-02-16

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