Anime

Welcome to the “Anime” category section of Otapedia!

In this section you will find extensive information on your favorite anime series from Japan. From the classics such as the “Neon Genesis Evangelion” series that revolutionized the anime industry, all the way to up-and-coming trending titles such as “Demon Slayer” that have taken anime fans by storm on a global scale. Otapedia will be picking up a variety of different anime series from all different franchises and genres, and will strive to bring anime otaku fans out there in the world the latest up-to-date information.

Through original content created by our anime-loving members, Otapedia will aggregate the vital story information of each various anime series. Everything a fan would need and want to know about an anime series. This will include vital information on the background, plot, characters and more. In addition, relevant content on the history of each anime series. This includes information on the production, design, music and the people involved such as the directors and voice actors that make the series such a success. Lastly, through our content, we want to fuel your anime interests further with information on the current events, latest fandom, derivative works and also the variety of fan goods out on the market (anime figures and merchandise etc) so you can support your favorite series!

Current fans of a certain series will be able to find detailed information on their favorite anime series. While new fans will be able to learn everything about a series in one place! Whether you are a series expert or someone just getting into an anime series, Otapedia is the one-stop platform for all your anime otaku needs.

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The evil secret society Eagle Talon has succeeded in resurrecting the ancient spell “Golden Spell” that can manipulate humans’ will with a single word. Anyone who has it can easily conquer the world, but unluckily for the members of Eagle Talon it’s stolen right out from under th...

Last updated at, 15 Nov 2020

Kayano Ai (茅野 愛衣) (female, born in September 13, 1987, blood type O, 153 cm (5 ft) tall) is a Japanese voice actress born in Tokyo.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

The worldwide popularity of the Dragon Ball franchise sparked a cult-like following that ultimately gave rise to a plethora of releases of Dragon Ball hoodies, t-shirts, clothing, and collectibles. While Dragon Ball collectible card games and action figures continue to be high-ea...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Murakawa Rie is a professional voice actress and vocalist for Haikyō (Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society). She was cast to play *Ram in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

A Look at Tamamo (Fate) FiguresWhen we first looked into Tamamo’s background, it sounded like one of the crazier origins among the hundreds of Fate Servants that have been created. On the surface, she looks like a fox girl, which isn’t out of the ordinary in Japanese anime cultur...

Last updated at, 10 Mar 2020

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese anime TV series first aired in 1995 which received worldwide recognition and fame. The Evangelion Unit mecha robots mainly designed by Ikuto Yamashita became classic figures in the anime mecha scene. Also, the main characters designed by Yosh...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Shi Miao has a violent streak which she likes to take out on her idiot older brother, Shi Fen. The school comedy about sibling love, romance, and food continues!

Last updated at, 28 Oct 2019

Get ready to add some ecchi to your magic show! Or is it magic to your ecchi show? Either way, side-splittingly funny moments are bound to ensue when high schooler Tejina Senpai struggles to overcome her stage fright in order to perform as a magician in front of an audience. Teji...

Last updated at, 14 Oct 2019

Hirafucho is a town whose every nook and cranny is soaked in hip hop culture. Even in school the curriculum is based on hip hop with rap being taught for music class, breakdancing for P.E., and learning to spit mad rhymes for language.

Last updated at, 17 Nov 2020

Born to a daimyo father named Kagemitsu Daigo who made a pact with 48 demons in order to rule the world, Hyakkimaru was born malformed and limbless, lacking 48 body parts, and was abandoned in a river. Now grown up, Hyakkimaru has obtained fake body parts and travels together wit...

Last updated at, 15 Jan 2019

In 2050, Derrida Yvain has become a famous young scientist after developing the “Autonomous Machine DZ” at his father’s company, Rebuild. However, together with his colleague Nathan, Derrida discovers a huge fault with his invention and attempts to inform his superiors, but they ...

Last updated at, 21 Dec 2018

In Edo’s Fukagawa ward, brother and sister Oko and Seiji run the rental store Izumoya. As Edo is prone to floods and fires, many people prefer to rent everyday items like pots, pans, futons, and clothing rather than have to worry about them if they have to leave in a hurry. Izumo...

Last updated at, 16 Aug 2018

Since ancient times, the Japanese economy has been secretly fueled by “Killing Bites” battles that pit “Brutes,” animal-human hybrids, against one another. One such brute is Hitomi, a fearless honey badger hybrid, who is kidnaped by acquaintances of college student Nomoto Yuuya. ...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Taking place in a world where humans and uma musume have lived together peacefully from ancient times, Uma Musume Pretty Derby follows Special Week, a young uma musume who just transferred to TraCen Academy. Building relationships with her teammates through friendly rivalry, she ...

Last updated at, 26 Jun 2018

Slated for premiere on July 5, Saiyuki Reload Blast is the newest addition to the Saiyuki series and a work that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the franchise. It is directed by Nakano Hideaki ( Aoharu x Machinegun ), written by Konuta Kenji ( Blood Lad, Ace of Diamond ), and ...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Nobara Kugisaki is a prominent character in the anime and manga series "Jujutsu Kaisen," created by Gege Akutami. Debuting in the series as a first-year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College, Kugisaki quickly establishes herself as a key figure in the st...

Last updated at, 18 Jan 2024

Deep within the inner palace, there lives a special consort known as the Raven Consort who does not entertain the emperor in his bedchambers at night, unlike the other consorts. To some, she looks like an old woman, to others, young and beautiful. It is said that she is even able...

Last updated at, 02 Oct 2022

Ever since coming across the world of boy’s rhythmic gymnastics during the last summer of junior-high, Shotaro Futaba has become fascinated with the sport. So when he enters Soshokuan Private High School, known as Ao High for short, he heads to the boy’s rhythmic gymnastics club,...

Last updated at, 29 Jun 2022

Kotokawa is an eccentric, quiet 41-year-old taxi driver who has no relatives, and tends not to get involved with others. His job is to transport customers, who all seem to be quirky in their own way, and though quiet by nature he usually converses with them. But what should be no...

Last updated at, 31 Mar 2022

A century has passed since magic became a part of everyday life. In April 1945, two siblings, Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba, are admitted to the National University of Magic’s First High School. One of them is an inferior student with a fatal flaw as a magician, while the other is an ...

Last updated at, 23 Dec 2021

Yatora Yaguchi is a popular second-year high school student with excellent grades and a good sense of humor who has become bored of his life and feels empty. One day, he comes across a painting in the art room at his school and is completely captivated by it. So much so that he d...

Last updated at, 01 Oct 2021

Yusuke Yotsuya is an aloof and logical third-year middle schooler whose world is turned upside down when he is suddenly transported to a fantasy world along with fellow classmates Iu Shindo and Kusue Hakozaki. They immediately encounter a man named the Game Master who gives them ...

Last updated at, 12 Jul 2021

The School Festival Arc is over, but Deku’s days at U.A. High are as hectic as ever with the announcement of a new hero ranking. Deku faces a brand new challenge against the students of class 1-B who are all putting their pride on the line to become Pro Heroes. Spirits soar among...

Last updated at, 30 Mar 2021

“I will get stronger. I won’t let society or my instincts get the better of me.” Legoshi accepts himself as a predator and takes the first step toward falling in love with Haru. However, just when it seems he has regained his peaceful school life at Cherryton Academy, a new crisi...

Last updated at, 01 Feb 2021

The popularity of the Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) franchise, both manga and anime has made a significant impact on Japanese culture. As Kimetsu no Yaiba was one of the most popular anime when it aired during the spring 2019 anime season, many people who were not yet aware of ...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

The term cosplay was coined from a play on words "costume" and "play" in the 1980's by the famous Japanese film director, Nobuyuki Takahashi. Cosplay is the act of fans dressing in costumes that resemble their favorite animated character from a Japanese an...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Yusuke Yotsuya is an aloof and logical third-year middle schooler whose world is turned upside down when he is suddenly transported to a fantasy world along with fellow classmates Iu Shindo and Kusue Hakozaki. They immediately encounter a man named the Game Master who gives them ...

Last updated at, 15 Nov 2020

Shimazaki Nobunaga is a Japanese voice actor born in Miyagi.

Last updated at, 16 Apr 2020

Minase Inori is a professional voice actress and vocalist for Axlone. She was cast to play the role of Rem in the anime series Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World.

Last updated at, 20 Apr 2020

The Sexiest Fate Series Merch

Last updated at, 10 Mar 2020

The rise in the popularity of Neon Genesis Evangelion led to an incredible amount of merchandise and other goods being produced and sold all throughout Japan. Of course, this included figures and DVD sets like any other popular series, but the merchandise market Evangelion took a...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

The Dragon Ball franchise has made a huge earning off merchandise, including (but not limited to) action figures, official cosplay pieces and costumes of the series’ most notable characters, Goku and Dragon Ball toys, the series’ collectable card game, and hundreds of hoodies, t-...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021

Nineteenth century China. Liu Mao Xing is the youngest in history to pass the Super Chef exam. At the recommendation of his master Chouyu, he sets off for southwest China along with his friend Shirou and Chouyu’s daughter Meili in order to broaden himself as a chef. When Mao retu...

Last updated at, 28 Oct 2019

In the bloody and brutal world of Kengan Ashura, businesses and merchants spend large sums of money to hire gladiators to fight in hand-to-hand combat in Kengan fighting competitions where the winner takes all. The fights are used by merchants and businessmen in order to resolve ...

Last updated at, 14 Oct 2019

Set in the future, 50 years after mankind had started civilization on Mars, most people are now complacent with AI-produced music. Carole & Tuesday follows the lives of two young females aspiring to become musicians, an unusual goal in this day and age. Carole is a black girl...

Last updated at, 17 Nov 2020

Meiji Tokyo Renka is about a modern day high school girl named Mei Ayazuki who time-slips back into the Meiji period of Tokyo and loses all memory of her present self. There, she meets several famous ikemen from history. All of these ikemen court her and compete for her affection...

Last updated at, 15 Jan 2019

In 2202, three years after the Yamato’s return from Iscandar, the Earth has been restored to its formerly blue state thanks to the Cosmo Reverse System and peace has been brokered with Garmillas. Alongside the reconstruction, Earth has also strengthened its defence capabilities, ...

Last updated at, 21 Dec 2018

Bakabon and his crazy dad are back! Bakabon is not too bright and loves making mischief - just like his father, Bakabon’s Papa, who was once a genius but became an idiot after a strange incident where he sneezed a screw out of his head. Now updated to 2018, what kind of bizarre a...

Last updated at, 16 Aug 2018

Suigin Riku is just an ordinary high schooler with a crush on the school’s most popular girl, Rei Riku. That is, until Rei gets trapped in the popular game Grave Buster. Guided by Twin Star, Suigin follows her to the game’s world and joins the battle against tomb raiders, becomin...

Last updated at, 11 Apr 2018

Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin is set during the same time period as the original Inazuma Eleven TV anime, but it’s set in a parallel world and takes place shortly after the events of the Football Frontier Championship, and it focuses on three protagonists: Ryouhei Haizaki, Asuto...

Last updated at, 26 Jun 2018

Masahiro Setagawa, a self-proclaimed underling, is a high schooler with way too many responsibilities and not enough confidence. Who is he an underling to? His teacher Kousuke Ooshiba, who used to run around beating up sketchy individuals! A spin-off of “Hitorijime Boyfriend”, th...

Last updated at, 20 Feb 2018

Maki Zenin is a prominent character in the anime and manga series "Jujutsu Kaisen," created by Gege Akutami. As a member of the esteemed Zenin Clan and a student at Tokyo Jujutsu High, Maki plays a significant role in the story, noted for her combat skills, complex fami...

Last updated at, 18 Jan 2024

Dejiko and Puchiko are alien girls from the planet Di Gi Charat who have come to Earth. Hikaru has become a high school girl, and the Black Gema-Gema Gang continues to haughtily push forward down the path of evil. In the midst of all this bustling excitement, Brocco-desu, the god...

Last updated at, 02 Oct 2022

Photon Batteries are an energy source that can save Earth from resource depletion. In order to reach the source of this energy that cannot be produced on Earth, the Megafauna crewed by Bellri Zenam and Aida Surugan leaves Earth’s atmosphere and finally reaches its destination - t...

Last updated at, 29 Jun 2022

Haruka’s love of swimming continues, but what will he grasp at the end of it all? Bonding with friends through swimming, and the irreplaceable days that followed. Their swimming charmed viewers, scooped up their hearts, and created miracles time and again. Eventually, the boys be...

Last updated at, 31 Mar 2022

Set in 2014, Mafuneko is a 23 year old and new AD at Tokyo Hajikko Television, located in a corner of Tokyo. She got the job after being excited by the glittering, glamorous world of TV, but her job so far has been nothing but menial tasks like picking up 600 acorns! Surrounded b...

Last updated at, 23 Dec 2021

Raised by his abusive uncle and aunt since the death of his parents, young student Mirai Kakehashi grows tired of his life of suffering and decides to commit suicide only to be saved by a guardian angel named Nasse. He is given protection and powers by Nasse and informed that he ...

Last updated at, 01 Oct 2021

Sarutorine “Sally” Aldike is the bright and cheerful princess of the Kingdom of Aldarake who dreams of leaving the stuffy walls of her tiny castle to explore the outside world as an adventurer. But the world is a dangerous place filled with monsters and demons, which soon arrive ...

Last updated at, 12 Jul 2021