The 100+ Best Anime That Start With 'S'
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- Action, Comedy, CrimeAgent Twilight, Westalis' greatest spy, recruits a fake family to infiltrate a private school.
- Adventure, Fantasy, SupernaturalIn this animated feature by noted Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, 10-year-old Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) and her parents (Takashi Naitô, Yasuko Sawaguchi) stumble upon a seemingly abandoned amusement park. After her mother and father are turned into giant pigs, Chihiro meets the mysterious Haku (Miyu Irino), who explains that the park is a resort for supernatural beings who need a break from their time spent in the earthly realm, and that she must work there to free herself and her parents.
- Action, Adventure, FantasyIn front of a severely wounded Jinwoo, a mysterious quest window pops up.
- Drama, School, ShonenAfter being bullied mercilessly, a grade school student transfers to another school. Years later, one of her former tormentors sets out to make amends.
- Fantasy, AdventureAs the skies turn red and the planet trembles, Japan stands on the brink of disaster. However, a determined teenager named Suzume sets out on a mission to save her country. Able to see supernatural forces that others cannot, it's up to her to close the mysterious doors that are spreading chaos across the land. A perilous journey awaits as the fate of Japan rests on her shoulders.
- Thriller, Sci-FiA group of friends create a machine to send messages across time.
- Action, Comedy, SportsHigh school sophomore Reki introduces transfer student Langa to the world of skateboarding.
- Action, Military, SupernaturalA virus kills all adults, leaving children living as the slaves of emergent vampires.
- Magical Girl, Romance, ActionA schoolgirl and her friends transform into powerful heroes to battle the forces of evil.
- Action, Game, AdventurePlayers of online role-playing games become embroiled in a series of life-threatening conspiracies.
- Action, Fantasy, ComedyFollows Maka Alburn and her adventures as a student at the Death Weapons Meister Academy.
- Sports, Coming-of-age, ComedyA high school freshman joins the basketball team to impress his crush and becomes a star.
- Fantasy, Adventure, RomanceSpice and Wolf (CTC, 2008) is a Japanese fantasy adventure anime series based on the light novels written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Ju Ayakura from Imagin animation studio. Kraft Lawrence, a traveling merchant, peddles various goods from town to town with the help of a wolf deity, Holo, to someday make enough money to open his own shop.
- Action, Adventure, FantasyA sorceress and a swordsman join forces to battle a demon lord.
- Action, Adventure, FantasyRakurō Hizutome is interested in playing bad games; he tries the new VR game "Shangri-La Frontier."
- Action, Adventure, FantasyStory of Elizabeth, the princess of Britannia, which has been overthrown by the brutal Holy Knights.
- Supernatural, Horror, MysterySupernatural horrors befall a small town when its population begins mysteriously dying off.
- ComedyMitsumi moves to Tokyo for school; she is a child prodigy with little understanding on social norms.
- Usagi Tsukino, better known as Sailor Moon, is a fictional superheroine who is also the protagonist and titular character in the Sailor Moon manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. She is introduced in chapter #1, "Usagi - Sailor Moon", originally published in Japan's Nakayoshi on December 28, 1991, as a carefree schoolgirl who can transform into Sailor Moon, the de facto leader of the Sailor Soldiers. She is initially believed to be an Earthling, but is later revealed to be the princess of the moon kingdom Silver Millennium. She later discovers her birth name, Princess Serenity. In Sailor Moon, Usagi is an underachieving schoolgirl who lives in Tokyo. She meets Luna who is searching for the Moon Princess. Luna discovers that she is destined to save Earth from the forces of evil and gives her a broach to transform into Sailor Moon, and asks her to form the Sailor Soldiers, find their princess and protect the "Legendary Silver Crystal." As Usagi matures, she becomes one of the universe's powerful warriors and protects her adopted home planet, Earth, from villains who wish to harm it.
- Ordered to become a prince's concubine, Shirayuki cuts off her red hair and escapes.
- Players of online role-playing games become embroiled in a series of life-threatening conspiracies.
- Historical, Fantasy, RomanceA poor girl is invited to tutor the new emperor in hopes of teaching him to become a good ruler.
- Action, Adventure, SupernaturalShaman King (TXN, 2001) is a Japanese supernatural action anime series based on the manga by Hiroyuki Takei from Xebec animation studio. Yoh Asakura attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight.
- Slice of Life, Romance, ComedyMiyano meets high school delinquent Sasaki, who wants to spend every minute with him.
- Magical Girl, Action, RomanceA young girl is called upon to become the guardian of love and justice.
- Drama, Romance, SchoolA popular boy becomes interested in a shy girl after she accidentally injures him.
- Isekai, Adventure, ComedySo I'm a Spider, So What? (Millepensee, 2021) is a Japanese fantasy anime series based on the light novel series by Okina Baba and Tsukasa Kiryu. A high school girl is reincarnated as a dungeon spider and must adapt quickly to the magical world around her.
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Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
The Sailor Scouts fight powerful new monsters while a rival magical trio moves in on their turf. - Action, Romance, Magical GirlA Sailor Moon from the future appears.
- Slice of Life, Romance, IsekaiWhisked away to a fantasy realm, 20-year-old office worker Sei finds herself with magical powers.
- Asuna and the gang convince Kirito to come back for a new game called Ordinal Scale. Once they're inside the game, they realize it will be anything but fun.
- Action, Adventure, ComedyTwo fighters team up with a waitress in their hunt for a mysterious samurai.
- Sankarea: Undying Love is a romantic comedy manga, written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, about a deceased girl who becomes a zombie. An anime television adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan from April 5 to June 28, 2012. Chihiro Furuya is a male high school student with a keen interest in zombies, collecting zombie-related videogames, film and manga, and even to the point of desiring to "kiss a zombie girl".
- Haruka Takayama and Yuu Sonoda used to be best friends and now are separated so they kiss in secret.
- Horror, Thriller, MysteryA group of school girl survivors struggle for normality after a zombie outbreak overruns the city.
- Romance, DramaScum's Wish (Fuji TV, 2017) is a Japanese romantic drama anime series based on the manga by Mengo Yokoyari from Lerche animation studio. Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka seem to be a perfect couple, but they each have a secret longing for someone else.
- Psychological, Sci-fi, SupernaturalAn adolescent girl develops a unique connection to a virtual reality network known as The Wired.
- Romance, Comedy, Slice of LifeShikimori's Not Just a Cutie (ABC, 2022) is a Japanese romantic comedy anime series based on the manga by Keigo Maki from Doga Kobo animation studio. Shikimori is the perfect girlfriend when she wants to be, but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances and her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens.
- Action, Supernatural, ShonenYoh Asakura competes with other shamans in a bid to become the all-powerful Shaman King.
- Action, Military, MagicA Japanese salaryman who insults God moments before his death, is reborn as a 9-year-old girl.
- Action, Comedy, EcchiA young man and a girl who fell from the sky use their combined powers in a competition.
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The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest
Action, Adventure, FantasyThe worlds strongest sage Gaius, hit the limit of his growth and decides to reincarnate. - Action, Adventure, IsekaiRio, a callous orphaned boy living in the slums; he realizes he is reincarnated.
- Sonic teams up with new friends to search for the Chaos Emeralds.
- Comedy, Drama, RomanceSekai Ichi Hatsukoi: The World's Greatest First Love (Studio Deen, 2011), also known as Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi, is a Japanese boys' love anime series based on the manga by Shungiku Nakamura. Rookie literary editor Onodera Ritsu finds himself working in the Shojo Manga division of his publishing company where his former flame from high school works.
- Comedy, Drama, RomanceKyouko went with her childhood friend, Shou to Tokyo to pursue his dream of becoming an idol. Despite she is supporting him, Shou deceive her. Kyouko vows to get her revenge by defeating him in the entertainment world too.
- Action, Fantasy, RomanceA sword-wielding girl tries to destroy beings who are draining the life force from humans.
- A priest tries to restore the balance between humans and demons on Earth.
- Frog invaders try to take over the Earth, with little success.
- Akira Okudaira, and her long lost childhood friend Fumi Manjme attend an all girls academy.
- Sci-Fi, ComedyA young math genius solves a complex equation and inadvertently puts a virtual world's artificial intelligence in a position to destroy Earth.
- Action, AdventureIn Tokyo, a group calling itself "Jaegers" secretly hunts the vampires seeking the Ark of Sirius.
- A young samurai warrior is transported to the future.
- In this animated film, M. Bison (Jôji Nakata), leader of the international crime syndicate Shadowlaw, is recruiting the world's greatest fighters. Bison targets Japanese fighting master Ryu (Kôjirô Shimizu), who possesses gravity-defying abilities. Unable to coerce Ryu, Bison captures and converts Ken Masters (Kenji Haga), an ex-classmate who shares Ryu's fighting style. Meanwhile, Chun-Li (Miki Fujitani) of Interpol teams with an American soldier (Masatane Tsukayama) to crush Shadowlaw.
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The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
A war against alien enemies sent to take their ship back ten years after crashing into Earth. - Former war photographer Saiga becomes entangled in a secret society and a girl with special powers.
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Simoun
The pilots of the mysterious simoun while they battle in war and maintain romantic relationships. - Harlock leads an outlaw crew aboard his starship to undertake raids against Earth's oppressors.
- Sci-fi, Adventure, ComedyDandy is a fashionable space explorer on the hunt for aliens that have never been seen.
- Comedy, Ecchi, SchoolIn a dystopian future, the Japanese government is cracking down on any perceived immoral activity.
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Stitch!
A girl befriends a mischievous alien on an island off the coast of Japan. - A space battleship seeks to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.
- Romantic, ComedyHigh school students have trouble confessing their feelings.
- Shugo Chara!, also known as My Guardian Characters, is a Japanese shōjo manga series created by the manga author duo, Peach-Pit. The story centers on elementary school girl Amu Hinamori, whose popular exterior, referred to as "cool and spicy" by her classmates, contrasts with her introverted personality. When Amu wishes for the courage to be reborn as her would-be self, she is surprised to find three colorful eggs the next morning, which hatch into three Guardian Characters: Ran, Miki, and Su. Shugo Chara! is serialized in the magazine Nakayoshi and published by Kodansha in Japan. Del Rey has licensed the English language manga rights, releasing the first volume on March 27, 2007. It won the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for best children's manga. Shugo Chara! has also been adapted into a fifty-one episode anime television series of the same title produced by Satelight under the direction of Kenji Yasuda and debuted on October 6, 2007 on TV Tokyo. On July 20, 2008, Anime News Network reported that the Shugo Chara! anime would be continued for a second year under the title Shugo Chara!!
- Sankarea: Undying Love is a romantic comedy manga, written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, about a deceased girl who becomes a zombie. An anime television adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan from April 5 to June 28, 2012. Chihiro Furuya is a male high school student with a keen interest in zombies, collecting zombie-related videogames, film and manga, and even to the point of desiring to "kiss a zombie girl".
- The life of Yugo Hachiken, a student enrolled into Yezo to flee his strict father.
- The lives of Tsugumi and her friends as they learn the ropes of The Death Weapon Meister Academy.
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Street Fighter
Street Fighter is an animated television series produced by InVision Entertainment based on the Street Fighter video game franchise by Capcom. The series aired as part of the USA Network's Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team lineups. It lasted two 13-episode seasons which aired from 1995 to 1997, for a total of 26 episodes. The series is based on the Street Fighter II games, but also borrows plot elements from the live-action Street Fighter film which makes it a sequel to it in some ways. - A group of friends move to Tokyo and get jobs in the anime industry.
- As children, two brothers vow that they will become astronauts after seeing a UFO.
- Male model Masayoshi Hazama becomes the superhero Samurai Flamenco and fights crime.
- A swordsman becomes caught up in a struggle between morality, righteousness and devotion after he agrees to take a raggedy boy and his dog to a Buddhist temple.
- Supernatural, Action, ComedyMahiru's life becomes complicated after he rescues a cat who turns out to be a servant vampire.
- Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-FiThe Knights of Athena battle the Knights of Ares for control of the Golden Cloth of Sagittarius.
- Animation, Adventure, FantasyAnne Halford is a candy crafter determined to follow in her mother's footsteps.
- Stigma of the Wind or Kaze no Stigma is a Japanese light novel series written by Takahiro Yamato and illustrated by Hanamaru Nanto. After the death of the author on July 20, 2009, the story remains incomplete at eleven volumes. A 24-episode anime adaptation directed by Junichi Sakata and animated by Gonzo aired from April–September 2007. It has been dubbed in English by Animax Asia under the title Stigma of the Wind and by Funimation as Kaze no Stigma.
- Sports, ActionSpeed Racer (Fuji TV, 1967) is a Japanese sports action anime series based on the manga by Tatsuo Yoshida from Tatsunoko Productions animation studio. Teenager Go Mifune aspires to be the world's best race-car champion with the help of his friends, family and his father's high-tech race-car, the Mach 5.
- A courageous crew is tasked with fighting a tyrannical intergalactic enemy to save the human race.
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Steel Ball Run
Steel Ball Run is a seinen manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki, the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series. Set in 1890, it stars Gyro Zeppeli, a disgraced former executioner, and Johnny Joestar, a former hot-shot jockey who was crippled and lost his fame and fortune. They, along with others, race across America for 50 million dollars, reminiscent of the 1981 film The Cannonball Run. Originally the first 23 chapters were serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2004 simply under the title Steel Ball Run. Although the character's names are obviously related to the series, it was unclear if the story was part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. However, when the series moved to Ultra Jump in 2004, it was officially announced as part 7 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but in an alternate universe, like the following and current arc, JoJolion. The chapters were later combined into 24 tankōbon volumes, following the trend set by the previous part by starting over the volume count. - Squid Girl vows to dominate humans as revenge for its pollution of the ocean.
- Coming-of-Age, Fantasy, SupernaturalThree middle school students are transformed into kappas by Keppi, the prince of the Kappa Kingdom.
- Action, Adventure, DramaShigurui is a manga series by Takayuki Yamaguchi, based on the first chapter of the novel Suruga-jō Gozen Jiai by Norio Nanjō. The series is noted for its realistic graphic violence and nudity as well as its abrupt ending. An anime television adaptation, based on the first 32 chapters of the manga, aired on WOWOW from July 19 to October 12, 2007. The series was directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, written by Seishi Minakami, and produced by Madhouse Studios. The anime was licensed in North America by Funimation under the fully translated title Shigurui: Death Frenzy. The licensing was announced in May 2008 and the full series was released on March 31, 2009 on Blu-ray and DVD.
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Skeleton Knight in Another World
Action, Fantasy, IsekaiSkeleton Knight in Another World (AT-X, 2022) is a Japanese action fantasy anime series based on the light novel series written by Ennki Hakari and illustrated by KeG from Studio Kai and HORNETS animation studios. A gamer wakes to find himself in the world of the online game he plays; Equipped with the powerful weapons and armor of his avatar, along with its terrifying skeletal appearance, Arc has to find a place for himself in this fantastical land. - Three cybernetic cats protect the city of Little Tokyo from the power-hungry rat Big Cheese.
- Action, Comedy, RomanceSo, I Can't Play H!, shortened to Boku-H , is a Japanese light novel series written by Pan Tachibana and illustrated by Yoshiaki Katsurai. A 12-episode anime adaptation produced by Feel was announced, and aired from July to September 2012. The story centers on Ryosuke Kaga, a lecherous high school student who makes a contract with Lisara Restall, a beautiful Grim Reaper, in exchange for his lecherous spirit.
- Action, Fantasy, SupernaturalThe Lion King Organisation assigns Yukina Himeragi to monitor Kojou Akatsuki.
- Comedy, RomanceShomin Sample, short for Shomin Sample: I Was Abducted by an Elite All-Girls School as a Sample Commoner (Ore ga Ojōsama Gakkō ni "Shomin Sanpuru" Toshite Rachirareta Ken), is a Japanese light novel series by Takafumi Nanatsuki and 2015 anime series. Students at All-Girls School Seikain are cut off from the rest of the world to preserve their innocence. Unable to cope with the outside world, the students kidnap Kimito Kagurazaka hope he will introduce them to realities of life beyond school.
- Steamboy is a 2004 Japanese steampunk animated action film produced by Sunrise, directed and co-written by Katsuhiro Otomo, his second major anime release, following Akira. The film was released in Japan on July 17, 2004. Steamboy is one of the most expensive Japanese animated movies made to date. Additionally, the film was in production for ten years and utilized more than 180,000 drawings and 440 CG cuts.
- Strike Witches combine magic and technology to defend the world.
- Kono Oto Tomare! Sounds of Life is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Amyū. An anime television series adaptation by Platinum Vision premiered in April 2019. Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" club.
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Supernatural The Animation
The Winchester brothers continue their battle against the otherworldly forces of evil. - When two doors are discovered in an ancient ruin, the gateways to shinkai, the realm of the shinzoku (Gods) and makai, the realm of the mazoku (Demons) are irreversably opened. The races of human, shinzoku, and mazoku come together in the mortal world and nothing will ever be the same. One day, two new families move next door to a boy who had previously been living a very peaceful life. In one house lived the family of the King of the Gods, and in the other lived the family of the King of the Demons. Both families had one daughter whose single wish to live next to the boy they had fallen in love with years ago has just been fulfilled. Also living with the boy is his childhood friend. With these three girls vying for his affections, the boy finds that his new life filled with despair, jealousy, and just a little hope is beginning.
- Slice of Life, RomanceA high school student becomes the ambivalent love interest of several girls during his second term.
- A high school club called the SKET Brigade strives to help anyone and everyone who asks for it.
- Whispered Words is a Japanese yuri manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Ikeda. It was serialized in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive between May 2007 and September 2011, and was compiled into nine tankōbon volumes. The series has been licensed in North America by One Peace Books. It was adapted as a 13-episode anime television series produced by AIC that aired between October and December 2009 on TV Tokyo. The series, which is set in a co-ed high school, is about Sumika Murasame, a 15-year-old girl who is secretly in love with her female best friend, Ushio Kazama. Ushio likes girls too, but is only into "cute" and "small" girls, while Sumika is tall, good at sports, and outgoing rather than shy.
- Comedy, Slice of Life, DramaSeitokai Yakuindomo (TV Kanagawa, 2010) is a Japanese slice of life comedy anime series based on the manga by Tozen Ujiie from GoHands animation studio. On Takatoshi Tsuda's first day on a recently converted co-ed school, he is forcibly recruited into the student council as the vice-president and sole male representative.
- Romance, ComedyHikari Hanazono and Kei Takishima are friends and rivals.
- Samurai Deeper Kyo is a manga series written and illustrated by Akimine Kamijyo. Set during the Edo period of Japan's history, Samurai Deeper Kyo follows Demon Eyes Kyo, a feared samurai seeking to regain his body after his soul is sealed inside the body of his rival, Mibu Kyoshiro. Kyo is joined in his search by the bounty-hunter Shiina Yuya, the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate Benitora; and Sanada Yukimura, a known rival of the Tokugawa. Samurai Deeper Kyo was serialized from October 15, 1999 to May 10, 2006 in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine, and collected over 38 volumes. The manga was adapted into an animated television series in 2002. The Studio Deen production aired on TV Tokyo from July 2, 2002 until December 23, 2002, for a total of 26 episodes. Both the manga and anime have been licensed in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The manga was acquired by Tokyopop in 2002. However, by 2009, Kodansha allowed its licensing contracts to expire, preventing Tokyopop from continuing the English version of the series.
- Ai Astin is the Gravekeeper for her village when a mysterious stranger appears.
- Action, Adventure, ComedySenran Kagura: Ninja Flash! (AT-X, 2013) is a Japanese action comedy anime series based on the video game series by Marvelous AQL and Tamsoft from Artland animation studio. Behind the walls of Hanzo Academy is a training course for shinobi and five young female trainees continue their tradition of being trained into spies and assassins.
- A doctor tries to locate, aid and protect supernatural creatures.
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Shuffle
Comedy, Romance, FantasyShuffle is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel. It ran from March 7 to June 10, 1994. Wink Martindale hosted, and Randy West announced. Wink Martindale and Bill Hillier created and produced four "interactive" games for the Family Channel, with Wink hosting every one of them. Besides Shuffle, the other three were Trivial Pursuit, Boggle, and Jumble. Shuffle premiered on the same day as Boggle. The two shows were quite similar; besides their similar formats, they shared the same theme song, sound effects, and set.. Shuffle was the less successful of the two, being replaced with Jumble after 14 weeks. - The world of the gods, demons, and humans have converged, and magic has become the norm. This is the story of the very busy romantic adventure of a boy called “The man who can become either God, Demon, or Human.”
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Soredemo sekai wa utsukushii
- Bionic policemen fight an escaped alien mob boss and his gang in space.
- Romance, Comedy, DramaWhile spending summer with his mother, Haru meets Ren, a boy newly adopted by his mother.
- Adventure, Sci-fi, ActionSeven samurai are hired for protection against mechanical bandits.
- Action/Adventure, Drama, ComedyA princess prophesized to destroy the world and her sibling bodyguards determined to protect her.
- Fantasy, Sci-fi, ThrillerSelector Infected Wixoss (MBS, 2014) is a Japanese dark fantasy sci fi anime series from J.C. Staff animation studio. Ruko Kominato finds herself involved in a card game called WIXOSS in which she battles it out against other players for the sake of their "wish" to be granted.
- Slice of Life, Drama, RomanceAfter falling out of a 4th story window, Hashiba Sora loses his memory.
- Romance, Comedy, EcchiSamurai Girls (Chiba TV, 2010) is a Japanese action comedy ecchi anime series based on the light novel series written by Akira Suzuki and illustrated by Niθ from Arms animation studio. In Japan in the early 21st century, in an alternate reality where the Tokugawa Shogunate has remained in power, student councils are tasked with oppressing schools.
- Drama, HorrorSeoul Station is an animated prequel to the acclaimed South Korean zombie film Train to Busan. The movie zeroes in on the outbreak of a zombie apocalypse as it unfolds in central Seoul. The chaos begins at the bustling Seoul Station, where the homeless community becomes the first to experience the horrifying transformation. Through the plight of a runaway daughter, her frantic father, and her boyfriend, the film delves into themes of societal neglect, family, and survival. Without specifically notable voice actors, Seoul Station stands out for its animation and storytelling.
- Action, DramaHeroes suddenly appear in the 21st century; Japans hero Shy, is cripplingly shy.
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Seikimatsu Darling
Romance, Drama, YaoiSeikimatsu Darling (Horannabi, 1996) is a Japanese romantic drama yaoi anime OVA based on the manga by Maki Naruto. Ogata and Takasugi go away on a vacation together, both determined to win the seducing game. - Drama, Science, FantasySex Pistols (Frontier Works, 2010) is a Japanese science fantasy yaoi anime OVA based on the manga by Tarako Kotobuki. Norio discovers that he is a "Zooman", a breed of humans descended from other animals rather than from apes, and struggles to fight off the advances of other Zoomans.