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- Buddy Daddies
- Hinamatsuri
- Great Pretender
- The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting
- The Millionaire Detective – Balance: Unlimited
- Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Ultra Romantic
- Fruits Basket 1st Season
- If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord
- Detective Conan
- Bunny Drop
SPY x FAMILY Short Description
SPY x FAMILY Anime, known as Spy Family is an anime produced by Wit Studio, CloverWorks Studios. The Summary is:
In the volatile nations of Ostania and Westalis, spy “Twilight” works undercover to uphold a fragile peace. Assuming the persona of “Loid Forger,” a respected psychiatrist in Ostania’s Berlin city, he aims to gather intelligence on elusive politician Donovan Desmond at Eden Academy, his sons’ school.
To infiltrate the school, Loid creates a fake family with Yor Briar, a city hall clerk and secret assassin “Thorn Princess,” and Anya, an orphan with mind-reading abilities. As Loid struggles to play a devoted father, the family, built on secrets, discovers a genuine bond that surpasses their deceptions.
1. Buddy Daddies
Summary:
Two assassin partners who never let their target get away somehow end up taking in a four-year-old girl. They’re always rushing around, From feeding, playing with, and taking her to and from nursery school. But no matter how crazy their life is, they can’t turn it down when they have a job. To further complicate things, the girl happens to be the secret love child of a heinous mafioso that they killed! Is it really possible to live as assassins and parents at the same time? Can this temporary family find happiness?
Release Year: 2023
Chapters: TV (12 eps)
Tags: Action, Comedy, Assassins, Childcare, Family Life, Violence, Original Work
2. Hinamatsuri
Summary:
Nitta Yoshifumi, a young, intellectual yakuza, lived surrounded by his beloved pots in his turf in Ashikawa. But one day, a girl, Hina, arrives in a strange object and uses her telekinetic powers to force Nitta to allow her to live with him, putting an end to his leisurely lifestyle. Hina tends to lose control of herself, wreaking havoc at school and in Nitta’s organization. Though troubled, he finds himself taking care of her. What will become of this strange arrangement? It’s the beginning of the dangerous and lively story of a nice-guy outlaw and psychokinetic girl!
Release Year: 2018
Chapters: TV (12 eps)
Tags: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Slice of Life, Childcare, Gangs, Iyashikei, Lifestyle Change, Person in a Strange World, Psychic Powers, Reverse Isekai, Superpowers, Yakuza, Based on a Manga
3. Great Pretender
Summary:
Makoto Edamura is a con man who is said to be “Japan’s greatest swindler.” One day, after trying to pickpocket a foreigner, Edamura finds that all of his money was stolen instead. Chasing the man down all the way to Los Angeles, he learns the foreigner is Laurent Thierry, a French con man who has ties to international criminal organizations. After Edamura follows Thierry and thwarts his big drug deal, Edamura gets tied up and left to die on the famous Hollywood sign.
Release Year: 2020
Chapters: Web (23 eps x 24 min)
Tags: Action, Comedy, Drama, Criminals, Mind Games, Mature Themes, Nudity, Original Work
4. The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting
Summary:
WHO’S YOUR NANNY? Kirishima Tooru is the right-hand man of the Sakuragi crime family. For him, the job is a perfect excuse to let his violent instincts run wild, earning him the nickname “the Demon of Sakuragi”. It seems like nothing will stand in the way of his vicious nature. But then one day, he receives an assignment like never before from the boss—babysitting his daughter! This is the heartwarming (or is it bloodcurdling?) story of a little girl and her yakuza caretaker!
Release Year: 2022
Chapters: TV (12 eps)
Tags: Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life, Childcare, Gangs, Yakuza, Physical Abuse, Suicide, Violence, Based on a Manga
5. The Millionaire Detective – Balance: Unlimited
Summary:
Detective Daisuke Kambe has no problems using his fortune to solve crimes, even if he assesses human lives based on their financial worth. Compassionate Haru Kato sees all life as sacred and is sickened by Daisuke’s materialistic ways. Can they stop butting heads and overcome their opposing worldviews to solve the toughest crimes in the precinct?
Release Year: 2020
Chapters: TV (11 eps)
Tags: Action, Comedy, Drama, Crime, Detectives, noitaminA, Mature Themes, Suicide, Based on a Novel
6. Kaguya-sama: Love is War – Ultra Romantic
Summary:
At Shuchiin Academy, the student council’s elite members engage in playful rivalries. President Miyuki Shirogane and vice-president Kaguya Shinomiya comically vie to make each other confess their love. Kaguya, from a strict wealthy family, finds herself warming to Shirogane and friends, defying her usual demeanor. Treasurer Yuu Ishigami, nursing an unrequited crush on senior Tsubame Koyasu, gains newfound confidence. New member Miko Iino, often at odds with Ishigami, tries to reconcile her strict morals with her growing fondness for him. As love blossoms, the council’s antics involve their friends in humorous escapades.
Release Year: 2022
Chapters: TV (13 eps)
Tags: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Seinen, Episodic, Mind Games, Romantic Comedy, Student Council, Based on a Manga
7. Fruits Basket 1st Season
Summary:
Tohru Honda thought her life was headed for misfortune when a family tragedy left her living in a tent. When her small home is discovered by the mysterious Soma clan, she suddenly finds herself living with Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure Sohma. But she quickly learns their family has a bizarre secret of their own: when hugged by the opposite sex, they turn into the animals of the Zodiac!
Release Year: 2019
Chapters: TV (25 eps)
Tags: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Shoujo, Animal Transformation, Contemporary Fantasy, Curse, Death of a Loved One, Dysfunctional Families, Love Triangle, Orphans, Slapstick, Zodiac, Bullying, Emotional Abuse, Mature Themes, Physical Abuse, Based on a Manga
8. If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord
Summary:
Dale is a well-known and highly skilled adventurer despite being so young. One day, he’s on a quest and goes deep into the woods and finds a little devil girl named Latina, who is just skin and bones. Latina is branded with the mark of a sinner, but Dale decides he can’t just leave Latina there and decides to become her guardian. Thinking to himself, “Latina is too cute. I don’t want to work,” he ends up doting on her before realizing it.
Release Year: 2019
Chapters: TV (12 eps)
Tags: Fantasy, Slice of Life, Childcare, Demons, Lifestyle Change, Magic, Non-Human Protagonists, Single Parent, Violence, Based on a Light Novel
9. Detective Conan
Summary:
Shinichi Kudo is a famous teenage detective who idolizes Sherlock Holmes and solves difficult cases with ease. One day, after a fun day at the theme park with his childhood friend Ran, Shinichi witnesses something suspicious and is knocked unconscious. What’s worse, he’s forced to take a deadly, experimental drug that shrinks his body to the age of seven. To protect himself and his loved ones from those who may want to finish the job, Shinichi dons the new name Conan Edogawa and moves in with Ran, whose father is a famous detective, hoping to close cases that can lead him to the men in black. But little does Shinichi know just how dangerous these men are, and what their cause is…
Release Year: 1996 – ?
Chapters: TV (1104+ eps)
Tags: Drama, Mystery, Shounen, Age Transformation, Crime, Detectives, Episodic, Police, Secret Identity, Violence, Based on a Manga
10. Bunny Drop
Summary:
When Daikichi’s grandfather dies, he leaves behind a young daughter named Rin. However, as most of the family is embarrassed at the idea of a 79-year-old man having a six-year-old child, they can’t figure out what to do with her. Disgusted by this behavior, Daikichi decides to take care of herself, but he’s a bachelor, has no idea how to raise a child, and isn’t even all that comfortable with kids! Now, Daikichi must do the normal things a parent does, such as enroll her in school, buy her clothing, and teach her about life and the world around her. But more importantly, he must also help her deal with her father’s death and decide whether or not she should try to find her mother. Together, the two begin their unlikely relationship as father and daughter, navigating each of life’s bumps along the way.
Release Year: 2011
Chapters: TV (11 eps)
Tags: Drama, Josei, Slice of Life, Childcare, Family Life, Iyashikei, Lifestyle Change, noitaminA, Single Parent, Based on a Manga
