Best Anime shows of 2021: Must-Watch
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- CreatorSosuke TokaStarsMinami HinataAyumu MuraseSungWon ChoThe people of the kingdom look down on the young Prince Bojji, who can neither hear nor speak. They call him "The Useless Prince" while jeering at his supposed foolishness.
- StarsNatsuki HanaeMike McFarlandDarius Marquis JohnsonIn a city which should be familiar, there is the feeling of something a little different.
- StarsHaruka TomatsuKôki UchiyamaSeiichiro YamashitaTwo very different people - an academically successful schoolgirl and a quiet loser schoolboy - meet and develop a friendship.
- CreatorRifujin Na MagonoteStarsYumi UchiyamaTomokazu SugitaAi KayanoA 34-year-old underachiever gets run over by a bus, but his story isn't over. Reincarnated as an infant, he'll embark on an epic adventure.
- StarsAoi KogaGakuto KajiwaraRie MurakawaAn elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others. An ordinary schoolboy befriends her and helps her to open up and talk with people.
- CreatorHiroko UtsumiStarsChiaki KobayashiTasuku HatanakaAmber Lee ConnorsHigh school sophomore and hardcore skater Reki introduces transfer student Langa to a secret, no-holds-barred race down an abandoned mine.
- CreatorShinji NojimaStarsKanata AikawaYûya UchidaHiroki TakahashiWhile on a midnight stroll, a girl named Ai picks up an egg. A voice coaxes her: "If you want to change the future, you only need to choose now. Now, believe in yourself and break the egg." What awaits Ai after the breaking of the egg?
- CreatorShou AimotoStarsNatsuki HanaeJun'ichi SuwabeAyumu MuraseOccult detective Inugami travels to a rural village to investigate a case. There he finds the half-human boy Kabane, who wants to find his parents.
- CreatorRui TsukiyoStarsYuya HozumiAyano ShibuyaShizuka IshigamiKeyaru is a healing magician who is abused repeatedly by others. Using his healing magic, he goes back four years into the past to get revenge on the ones who abused him.
- StarsShin'ya TakahashiSamuel DrakeRyô SugisakiWhen a dragon fails to live up to the fearsome standards set for him, his family kicks him out. He embarks on a quest to find a new home, but soon finds that life on the road is no place for a cowardly beast of legend. In a fantasy world full of elves, dwarves, and other mythical creatures, where everyone wants a piece of him-literally!-the frustrations of house-hunting reach a whole new level.
- CreatorTomoki MisatoStarsTomoki MisatoMizuho MisatoPui Pui Molcar centers in the wonderful soft world where cars are guinea pigs and humans are occasionally plastic dolls. This stop-motion animated short series brings all you ever wanted in a TV show to life.
- StarsMirai TachibanaMai SuganoKokona NatsumeMana Nagase, who worked with her friend Makino, became one of the greatest aspiring idols during her time. Now, a few years later, her younger sister, Kotono, joins a girl named Sakura and ten others on an idol journey of a lifetime.
- DirectorsMahiro MaedaKatsuichi NakayamaKazuya TsurumakiStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraYûko MiyamuraMisato and her anti-NERV group WILLE arrive in Paris, a city now red from core-ization. Crew from the flagship Wunder land on a containment tower.
- DirectorHideki ItôStarsChôSuzAnne DeCarmaManami HanawaThis movie will be made up of two stories. Ishi Okoshi (Who wakes the stone): Natsume meets a small yokai named Mitsumi in the forest. Mitsumi tells him that it has been entrusted to wake up the divine yokai Gantetsu from his deep sleep. Natsume likes Mitsumi's sincerity and decides to help it. Ayashiki Houmonsya (A mysterious visitor): A mysterious male visitor comes to Tanuma, one of Natsume's friends. Almost every day, the visitor visits him, makes small talk with him, and leaves. When Natsume realizes that the visitor is a youkai he knows well, he decides to check them as an advisor. Tanuma enjoys to communicate with the youkai, but his health becomes getting worse.
- DirectorsTakahiro NatoriJun'ichi SatôStarsErino HazukiRyô HirohashiAi KayanoNeo-Venezia. Anya, from Orange Planet. Her senior Alice and Athena haven't seen each other. With Ai and Azusa's help. Alice and Athena to get together. Anya learns of a situation that only she can see.
- DirectorJi ZhaoStarsNicole FongVictoria GraceJason KoA normal young deliveryman Li Yunxiang, though coming from the slum area, is living a satisfying life but when the arrogant wealthy son of Boss beats him down, his deep anger turns into a blast of Truth Fire.
- DirectorsAkira HashimotoTomomi IkedaChiaki KonStarsKotono MitsuishiStephanie ShehKate HigginsWhen a dark power enshrouds the Earth after a total solar eclipse, the scattered Sailor Guardians must reunite to bring light back into the world.
- DirectorMasaki TachibanaStarsAoi KogaAkira SekineYou TaichiIn London at the end of the 19th century and after the events of Princess Principal (2017). The Empire is increasing counter-spy actions in the wake of the incident, and finds Control, the Commonwealth group in charge of covert operations against the Empire, at unease and suspecting its spy within the royal family as a double agent. Control assigns their spy ring Dove with a new mission to extract a secondhand bookstore owner and deliver him to Commonwealth hands. Ange, Dorothy, and Chise successfully spring the bookstore owner from an Imperial prison. Control also assigns Dove to make contact with Bishop, their spy within the royal family, to ascertain their loyalties.
- StarsNoriko HidakaShûichi IkedaToshiyuki MorikawaCompilation film combining footage from various television anime episodes that center on the Akai family.
- CreatorsTappei NagatsukiEiji UmeharaStarsAtsumi TanezakiJun FukuyamaCristina ValenzuelaThe female looking and first autonomous AI named Diva is created for one mission to make everyone happy by singing. Shortly Diva is confronted by an unknown "program" from the future with objective to make Diva join him and destroy AIs.
- StarsJacob HopkinsReiji KawashimaKenjirô TsudaA lonely boy wandering the Arctic regions of North America meets a wolf, and the two become fast friends, depending on each other to survive the harsh environment. But the boy has a history, and the wolf is more than meets the eye as well.
- StarsYuuki ShinDarren O'HareYu HayashiHanagaki Takemichi lives an unsatisfying life right up until his death. Waking up 12 years in the past, he reckons with the eventual fate of his friends and tries to prevent an unfortunate future.
- CreatorAsato AsatoStarsSuzie YeungShoya ChibaSaori HayamiThe Republic of San Magnolia has been attacked by its neighbor, the Empire.
- CreatorSômatôStarsDani ChambersYû SasaharaEmi LoIn a grandiose mansion, a young cheerful living doll begins to serve her shadow mistress, only to find out through their bonding that things are not what they appear to be.