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Takopi’s Original Sin has taken the world by surprise due to how dark and twisted it turned out to be. The anime began with bright and Doraemon-esque vibes, but soon revealed the dysfunctional individuals who crowd the series. Takopi’s Original Sin might have cute visuals, but it uses them to further its dark narrative.

So here are the 10 anime like Takopi’s Original Sin that share the same emotional depth, complex characters, tropes like bullying and dysfunctional families, along with other grim themes, but with innocent aesthetics.

Spoiler Alert !!!Spoilers for Takopi's Original Sin and minor spoilers for other anime/movies 6. Colorful Colorful features a second chance at redemption | Credits: Sunrise Duration127 minutesWhere to Stream?NAStudioSunrise, Ascension

A dejected soul is informed that it will have another chance at life. The soul is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy who had just committed su*cide by overdosing on pills.

Childhood friend is out; childhood enemy is in. The English dub of Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse begins streaming on Crunchyroll from Friday, July 17 , thanks to the below cast and crew! Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse English Dub Episode 1 Cast Naoto voiced by Abi Kumar Ishihara voiced by Kelly Greenshield Satsuki voiced by Sarah Roach Suzu voiced by Jad Saxton Sukekiyo voiced by Robin Clayton Tamayo voiced by Ariel Graham Tokui voiced by Daryl Mayfield Naoto (Young) voiced by Nia Celeste Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse English Dub Episode 1 Crew Voice Director: Helena Walstrom Producer: Samantha Herek Adaptation: Matthew Greenbaum Engineer: Seth Aulds Mixer: Matt Grounds (Series), Neal Malley (Episode 1) Related: Crunchyroll Summer 2025 Dubs Include Gachiakuta and More Related: Crunchyroll Summer 2025 Anime Season Lineup Announced! Takashi Naoya ( Vermeil in Gold ) directs Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse at studio Staple Entertainment, with assistant direction by Matsuo Asami, series composition by Tatsuya Takahashi...

Mayumi Tanaka, the voice acting legend from the anime industry, has offered her talents to a lot of roles, but none of them has been as big and honorable as Monkey D. Luffy from One Piece. She has been voicing Luffy since the beginning, when the anime series started way back in 1999. Thus, she has devoted the majority of her career to Luffy’s character.

She loves the character so much that once she officially stated that she might be ready to bid farewell to her journey as a voice actor, and she would want Luffy to be the last character that she voices within the anime world.

While this comment reflected her admiration for Luffy’s role, the Japanese voice actor had to break her promise because of another role. Last year, she surprised everyone by taking on the role of Turbo Granny, from the wildly popular anime series,...

The official website and accounts for the Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse anime today released two new trailers, which respectively preview "Yurei ni Narita" by Yuika as the opening song and "Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai" by Pedro as the ending song. A July 4 at 25:00 Jst (effectively July 5 at 1:00) Japanese broadcast date, a new key visual and three additional cast members were also shared. Crunchyroll will simulcast the rom-com series as it airs. Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse Trailer 2 Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse Trailer 3 Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse Key Visual The Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse anime's confirmed cast is now as follows: Naoto Watari voiced by Shuichiro Umeda Satsuki Tachibana voiced by Yumika Yano Yukari Ishihara voiced by Yurie Igoma Makina Umezawa voiced by Meg Umezawa Shigenobu Tokui voiced by Yoshiki Nakajima Suzushiro Watari voiced by Hinaki Yano Related: My Dress-Up Darling Season 2, Rent-a-Girlfriend Season...

We recently announced that the popular seinen manga Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse (Watari-kun no ×× ga Hōkaisunzen) would be getting an anime adaptation. A teaser image highlighting the main female character, Satsuki Tachibana, was released with more information to come at a later date.

Now, we can confirm that the new information has, indeed, arrived as the first trailer for the upcoming anime adaptation of Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse has officially arrived.

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Before we continue, here is the trailer:

The trailer doesn’t reveal much, but it does give us a glimpse of the animation and the story, which is definitely interesting and it confirms the already mentioned July premiere.

As has been revealed, the series will star Shūichirō Umeda as Naoto Watari, Yumika Yano as Satsuki Tachibana,...

Ahead of a July 2025 broadcast, the Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse stage event at NBCUniversal Entertainment's AnimeJapan 2025 booth today unveiled the upcoming rom-com anime's first trailer. The series' highlighted cast include: Naoto Watari voiced by Shuichiro Umeda Satsuki Tachibana voiced by Yumika Yano Yukari Ishihara voiced by Yurie Igoma Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse Trailer Related: Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse Anime Debuts in July Based on the manga by Naru Narumi, Takashi Naoya ( Vermeil in Gold ) directs Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse at studio Staple Entertainment, with assistant direction by Matsuo Asami, series composition by Tatsuya Takahashi ( Grisaia: Phantom Trigger ) and character designs by Shoko Yasuda ( My Happy Marriage ). Kodansha USA publishes an official English version of the manga and describes the story: Naoto Watari has had his share of struggles: his parents died two years ago, and now he and his sister live at his aunt’s house.

If you like manga and anime with interesting and unusual titles, well – Watari-kun’s ****** Is About to Collapse (Watari-kun no ×× ga Hōkaisunzen) is one we have for you and, as you probably know, it is getting an anime adaptation this year.

The seinen manga was created by Naru Narumi, who published it between 2014 and 2023; the manga has a total of 16 volumes and it will now be made into a – hopefully – very interesting and popular anime series that will combine drama, comedy and thriller elements.

In light of that, we are happy to confirm that the series will premiere in July 2025 as part of the summer slate and that a new visual for the anime has been released, highlighting the main female character, Satsuki Tachibana:

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The series will star Shūichirō Umeda as Naoto Watari, Yumika Yano as Satsuki Tachibana,...

Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse , an upcoming TV anime based on the romantic comedy manga by Naru Narumi, has revealed the main staff, the main cast and a new piece of teaser art for the series. The series will broadcast in Japan on Tokyo Mx, Bs Ntv and other stations beginning in July 2025. The cast for the series includes: Naoto Watari voiced by Shuichiro Umeda Satsuki Tachibana voiced by Yumika Yano Yukari Ishihara voiced by Yurie Igoma Takashi Naoya directs the TV anime adaptation at animation studio Staple Entertainment. Matsuo Asami acts as assistant director. Tetsuya Takahashi provides the series composition, Tetsuya Yamada and Takashi Naoya provide the scripts and Shoko Yasuda provides the character designs. Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse teaser art Related: Watari-kun's ****** is About to Collapse Manga Gets Anime Adaptation Kadokaka Shoten and Kodansha serialized the original Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse manga from 2014 – 2023 in their Young...

Romance continues to be one of the most popular and delightful genres in anime today, with each new year bringing in new romance stories that overlap with other genres like slice-of-life, high school, drama, fantasy, and certainly comedy. All of the biggest streaming platforms feature an impressive collection of romance anime, most of all the streaming giant Crunchyroll.

Crunchyroll might have a few gaps in its library, but otherwise, it is positively loaded with most of the best and most popular romance titles out there. Most of them are short series, and a few are quite lengthy or are a high-quality anime film that will make for cozy viewing.

Update on February 10th, 2025 by Louis Kemner: This list of the best romance anime on Crunchyroll has swapped out several entries for newer, stronger ones and has been streamlined for an easier reading experience. That includes some mega-hit romance series that...

The titles selected by Tokyopop‘s editorial team feature titles from the Comics That Matter collection that utilizes the graphic novel medium to raise awareness about important causes and social issues. These include Guardian Of Fukushima, Why I Adopted My Husband, At 30 I Realized I Had No Gender, and A Smart and Courageous Child.

Enjoy the award-winning slice-of-life drama, Since I Could Die Tomorrow, an acclaimed story about a woman facing the physical and emotional challenges of middle age told across four volumes.

Also catch the paranormal Boys Love suspense thriller, Sanctify, which features a premium gold-foil cover and two exclusive 5″ x 7″ art cards, part of the LoveLove romance imprint.

Manga gift ideas for action fans include Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness – The Beginning, a prequel to the Netflix animation Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness inspired by the Capcom game series, Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, an original Boys’ Love manga...

Is it the truth, or a romantic fiction? If the latter, who is telling the story? The vignette at the start of Shûsuke Kaneko’s much-loved manga adaptation packs in every available Gothic cliché. A lonely boy plays the piano late at night, by the light of an oil lamp. He’s disturbed by a sudden gust of wind, which sets white curtains billowing. Leaving the room, he walks along a corridor, slips an envelope under a door, then exits the mansion as a grandfather clock chimes ominously. It’s even a full moon. He’s going to throw himself into the lake, and that’s what we seem to see. But is it what it seems?

Skip forward three months. The school – for that’s what the building is – has emptied for summer vacation, all but for three boys who have nowhere else to go. Seniors Kazuhiko (Tomoko Ôtakara) and Naoto (Miyuki Nakano), together.

Famous for its surreal genre-mashing and cross-gender casting, “Summer Vacation 1999”'s (1988) cultish elements recall the beginnings of shonen-ai (boy's love), one of many queercoded creative spaces that have been veiled for heterosexual enjoyment. Before our time of identity politics and labels, representations of gender and sexual fluidity wove itself into existence by sheer will and unquenchable desire. Today, in the restored catalogs of festivals such as Queer East, we look back in celebration, but also with a mixed sense of wonder, empathy and relief. In Shusuke Kaneko's futurist romantic-mystery, three boys reel from the return of their supposed-dead schoolmate to their countryside boarding school, igniting tensions and unrequited desires. “Summer Vacation 1999” breathes life into a depiction of queer spaces as innocent, fleeting and beautiful, forever scarred into memory.

Summer Vacation 1999 is screening at Queer East Festival

Under an ominous full moon, we witness the dramatic suicide of the well-loved,...

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Set-up is one of the most important parts of anime storytelling. Anime use multiple episodes or even seasons not only to lay the groundwork for their most decisive conflicts, but to also prepare their characters for the biggest fights and revelations of their lives. Unfortunately, some of the most intricate set-ups can lead to nowhere.

Whether it's because the final payoff was practically nonexistent or because the anime's creators seemingly gave up on a particular storyline, these anime's set-up were rendered pointless by the time they ended. Some of these abandoned plot lines just spoke to their anime's missed opportunities, while others outright ruined an otherwise good story.

Related 10 Anime Rumors Everyone Believes (That Aren't Actually True) Anime history is packed full of popular rumors, but many of them are simply untrue. Kallen Stadtfeld’s Dead Brother May or May Not Be Alive Naoto Kozuki was rumored to...

Despite having directed some excellent films, as in the case of “Dog Bite Dog” and “Love Battlefield” and a masterpiece in “Limbo”, Soi Cheang's filmography is actually filled with titles of questionable quality, to say the least. “Shamo” which is based on the homonymous manga written by Izo Hashimoto and illustrated by Akio Tanaka definitely lies in the second category.

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In an expectedly failed effort to fit 34 volumes of a manga into a 105 minutes movie, the script revolves around Ryo Narushima, a young man who ended up in prison for killing his parents. While inside, he is being tortured and abused, with the permission of the notorious warden, Principal Saeki, who seems at least as sinister as the convicts. Just before he commits suicide, though, Ryo is saved by Kenji, a karate master who is in prison for killing the Japanese Prime minister,...

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Most Social Links in Persona 4 Golden have a deadline and can only be completed on certain days. If you miss these days, you could possibly miss maxing them out. This means you will need to be mindful of each deadline and ensure that each Social Link reaches the tenth rank with all 24 arcana.

There are a few benefits to completing every Social Link, as not only will you be rewarded with a powerful Persona, but you will also be able to fuse powerful Personas. Your progress also carries over to New Game Plus, meaning any missed Persona 4 Golden social links can be tried again in a future playthrough.

Related Persona 4 Golden: How to Max Out Chie Satonaka's Social Link Host of the Chariot Social Link, Chie Satonaka unlocks new skills, attacks, and a transformed Persona for players who complete her Social Link route.

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“University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There’s the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe—but if she’s so odd, why does it seem like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi’s movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day?” (Viz Media)

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For many people, autumn and all things scary just seem to go hand in hand, so it’s no surprise that horror legend Junji Ito would drop a new manga just in time for the height of Fall. Combining his iconic art with stories by authors Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, “Mimi’s Tales of Terror” is the perfect collection of...

With the number of manga hits Shueisha's Shonen Jump generates month after month, it's easy to forget that it's just one in a number of publishers creating content for the thriving, ever-growing manga market. Indeed, there are two other major publishers - Kodansha and Shogakukan - that consistently produce excellent, if less celebrated, manga stories that are every bit as good as Jump's best.

Of all the manga industry publishers, Kodansha and Shogakukan have the resources, tradition, and influence to challenge Shueisha's global manga omnipresence. Like Shueisha, both began as book publishers before finding a rich revenue stream in manga and later anime. Interestingly, Shueisaha was originally founded by Shogakukan as its entertainment imprint, and the two are joint owners of the American manga distributor Viz Media. Here, then, is a list of manga titles from Kodansha and Shogakukan that manga fans should be reading now.

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The concept of going back in time in order to correct past mistakes was occasionally used brilliantly in the anime world, with titles such “When They Cry” highlighting the fact in the most eloquent fashion. Based on the homonymous manga by Ken Wakui, which currently is one of the best-selling of all time, “Tokyo Revengers” attempts to do something similar, adding however, the rather popular theme of delinquent gangs.

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Takemichi Hanagaki, a 26-year-old freeter with no hope in life, learns one day that his middle school ex-girlfriend, Hinata Tachibana, as well as her younger brother Naoto, are killed by the Toman (Tokyo Manji) gang, after a rather violent incident. Later that day, a shocked Takemichi is pushed in front of a train, but instead of dying, he teleports exactly 12 years into the past, to 2005. He relives his middle school years,...

So far, 2023 has been an outstanding year for anime fans. The Fall 2022 season set an incredibly high bar that won't be cleared again anytime soon, but 2023 is still doing its best to keep the momentum going. Winter 2023 had great anime like Vinland Saga and Tokyo Revengers Season 2, while Spring 2023 had heavy hitters like Demon Slayer's third season and Oshi no Ko.

However, many other fine anime titles flew right under the radar because series like Demon Slayer and Mashle stole the show. Even if those overlooked anime series from 2023's first half aren't quite on par with Oshi no Ko and Vinland Saga and their kind, these overlooked series still deserve another chance. Anyone underwhelmed by 2023's offerings outside of Bleach and Jujutsu Kaisen is encouraged to go back and see what else 2023 had to offer.

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When it comes to raw power, martial arts anime are especially loved by fans thanks to their ability to put you on the edge of your seat. Their balance between the action of regular shonen and the realism of sports anime attracts many audiences. Thanks to their general focus on the protagonists' growth, many series have people hooked from the beginning.

Some stories take a more realistic approach, focusing on the protagonist's struggles and with a solid portrayal of real-life martial arts. Others just use them as a starting point and decide to expand on them, creating fights and characters beyond our imagination. Whatever the case, these animes are sure to raise viewers' heartbeats with each encounter.

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Set in a dystopic future in the late 21st century, Megalobox tells the story of Joe, better known as Junk Dog, as he makes a name for himself in the fighting scene.

Mecha might not be as popular as it once was, but it's still a very important and influential genre within anime. Another major form of fiction in Japan is the tokusatsu genre, which is defined in the West by the Power Rangers franchise. While Super Sentai and Kamen Rider might be the big names in the genre in Japan, a '90s series has been reborn as a mecha to give them both a run for their money.

Gridman was a Japanese tokusatsu series in the early 1990s that, beyond a briefly popular American version, didn't make a particularly huge impact. That's no longer the case, however, with the recent anime reboot of the franchise taking it to new heights. This has included sequels and anime movies, allowing the classic Hyper Agent to get bigger than ever before.

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At this point in his career, Kazuyuki Akashi has largely remained under the radar, although he might be a director worth seeking out. His 2011 debut film ‘Press' caught attention at its Cannes international screening, but his international attention seemed to dwindle shortly thereafter. Last year's ‘Hannora' might be similar to ‘Press' in its focus on themes relating to troubled youth, merging the Japanese words ‘half' (han) and ‘stray' (nora) with its title. And with all of its action, drama and absurdity, ‘Hannora' might be the film which will bring this director back to international attention.

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The film follows the perspective of Naoto, a high school student in a rock band with his two best friends who works a part-time job at a mysterious Chinese restaurant which occasionally hosts music performances. Naoto's life takes a turn when he runs into Maki, a girl his...

The anime series Tokyo Revengers, based on the successful manga of the same name, is receiving a new season. The recent announcement arrived alongside never-before-seen teaser footage from Liden Films on social media.

Liden Films' Tokyo Revengers will return with the Tenjiku Arc that will see the Tokyo Manji Gang face their greatest threat. Introduced at the end of last season were Tenjiku, Yokohama's biggest gang and a direct threat to Takemichi and his friends. The minute-plus teaser sees the introduction of Tenjiku's Four Heavenly Kings in a violent display and displays a confrontation between the gangs' leaders.

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“March 11th, 2011: a massive earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a devastating tsunami which, in turn, destroyed the three core reactors of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This tragedy cost almost 20,000 lives and devastated countless more, including Naoto Matsumura, a farmer ordered to evacuate from the deadly radiation zone. Unwilling to abandon his beloved animals, Matsumura chose to return home to his farm, and to fight for the beauty of life. This powerful graphic novel from France intertwines Matsumura’s story of human resilience and compassion with the compelling mythology of Japanese folk tales.” (Tokyopop)

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Framed in the forward to the comic, when tragedies strike, the humanity of the situation is often lost in statistics that don’t quite illicit a response reflective of the actual horrors that occurred. It is, undeniably, simpler for those...