Before & After
George R.R. Martin's famous book series including titles like "A Game of Thrones" will be capped off by this David Productions' Anime following pyrokinetic soldiers fighting Infernals.
What is "A Song of Ice and Fire Force"
Arguably THE Existentialist Anime, this Anno Classic directly references Kierkegaard in Episode 16's title, "The Sickness Unto Death, And..." and features plenty of interrogation about the meaning of life after Shinji is sucked into a black void.
What is "Neon Genesis Evangelion"
This Studio Deen anime follows Yotarou's desire to perform Rakugo, getting mentored by Yakumo, and the history of Yakumo's rivalry with Sukeroku.
What is "Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju"
A dragon and a tiger might seem like an unlikely pair, but this relationship might make you lose your pieces.
What is "Toradora"
Venture capital is aka this capital; others have an "aversion" to the 4-letter word
What is "Risk"
After Kanna backs out, Tooru serves as the bride's equivalent of the Best Man
What is "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid of Honor"
This anime features Daiba Nana (lovingly referred to as Banana), a character so concerned with the existentialist dread of what she will do after they complete the play of their freshman year, that she chooses to stay in the confines of that play and that year, repeating it endlessly on the stage of fate.
What is "Revue Starlight"
Inmates at the Shounan Special Reform School, Mario Minakami and the rest of the cast must survive hellish conditions - including copious amounts of abuse at the hands of the staff (physical and mental).
What is "Rainbow"
This anime gets its title from the main couple in the show, comprising of a girl who often has to take care of her little brother and the boy who seems very reserved - but is actually hiding an assortment of tattoos and piercings.
What is "Horimiya"
In 1738 Jonathan Swift first wrote down a familiar phrase as "the sight of you is good for" these 2 words
What is "Sore Eyes"
The Highest Grossing Film of All Time (adjusting for inflation) tells the story of Scarlet O'Hara, though instead of taking place in American Reconstruction, it's in this Ghibli Film featuring the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
What is "Gone with The Wind Rises"
Urobuchi was gonna make his way onto this category somehow - this primary antagonist of Psycho-Pass encourages the various criminals to live "authentically" believing that the Sibyl System has made humanity dependent and that the majority of people live within its confines in "bad faith"
Who is "Shogo Makishima"
In this anime, there is an old legend that when the end of the world comes, a place known as Paradise will appear - leading Kiba to follow the Lunar Flower all the way to Freeze City.
What is "Wolf's Rain"
A titular World War II battleship was raised from a rocky graves atop a destroyed Earth and was outfitted for space in this classic anime which received a remake in 2012.
What is "Space Battleship Yamato 2199" (Star Blazers)
This nation won the baseball event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by a score of 2-0 in the final game.
What is "Japan"
Captain Yossarian gets to leave the air force, but winds up in an even more bureaucratic absurdity after joining GIP (an entertainment company) working with Miu and taking orders from "The Wall" to become the titular idol group.
What is "Catch 22/7"
After the two main characters' bodies are destroyed by an alien ship, and replaced with robotic bodies, each is forced to find their own purpose in life, and make meaning out of the absurd accident. One becomes a healer and a hero, the other becomes a murderer.
What is "Inuyashiki"
Written by Mamoru Oshii, this anime film set in the 1950s follows an interdepartmental spat between the Kerberos Panzer Cops and the Public Security Division.
What is "Jin-Rou"
The ordering of names in ships is important, and never more so than in this final iteration of a deus ex machina in Promare which forms out of a heart-shaped explosion to combat the impending doom of the planet at the end of the film.
What is "Galo de Lion"
1999's album "Supernatural" was a mega-comeback for this guitar legend
Who is "Carlos Santana"
The ever-curious member of the Kamiyama High School Classics Club's if she was also the almighty creator of the universe J.R.R. Tolkien is most famous for.
Who is "Chitanda Eru Ilúvatar"
Ledo, a child soldier, spends the early episodes convinced that his purpose has been given to him on high by the Galactic Alliance, and it is only in his interactions with Amy and the rest of the crew of the titular ship that he starts to consider if his purpose is one he can make for himself.
What is "Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet"
This PA Works anime follows Izumiko Suzuhara, raised in an isolated shrine, and with the odd quirk to destroy electronic devices just by touching them. She's able to see spirits, ghosts and gods, in all likelihood because she's supposed to be the vessel for a goddess.
What is "RDG: Red Data Girl"
Akeno Misaki and her classmates at Yokosuka Girls' Marine High School are in charge of this ship in the 2016 anime High School Fleet.
What is "Harekaze"
A monument in Denpasar, Bali's capital, commemorates a 1906 battle against these colonial invaders
Who are "The Dutch" (Netherlands)