Summoning Salt
The future and dystopian Tokyo of this anime is the perfect place for speedruns, as contestants use the gravity defying blobs to bounce around in parkour races set to the music of Hiroyuki Sawano and some loose connection to The Little Mermaid.
What is "Bubble"
"I am thankful for my mom, All Might, UA, and all my friends" - Izuku Midoriya
What is "My Hero Academia"
Masaaki Yuasa has director credits on dozens of classics, Ping Pong the Animation and Tatami Galaxy to name a few, but his 2020 series about a group of young girls who want to create anime feels like his true love letter to the medium.
What is "Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!"
This Evening be Quick, Stroll forward Gal
What is "The Night is Short, Walk on Girl"
Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama // Itsuki Koizumi
What is "ESP"
It's not Hitman, but it's pretty close. Silent Assassin % is the category with the isekai'd Lugh Tuathe De, absolutely wrecking shop with his previous experience from our world and being able to pick powers straight from God.
What is "The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat"
"I am thankful for Haku, Kamajii, Zeniba, and that my parents came back from being pigs." - Chihiro Ogino
What is "Spirited Away"
Mamoru Hosoda might be best known for this work at Madhouse, and its spirit follows him with Studio Chizu - the logo of the studio being the image of Makoto flying through the air about to initiate a trip to the past.
What is "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)
Make This Solitarily
What is "Do It Yourself!"
Lio Fotia // Arthur Boyle
What is "Pyrokinesis / Ignimancy"
Amnesia%, how quickly you can become an amnesiac, is probably an unbeatable record thanks to Minato from this show, who opens the series already having forgotten the last 3 years including his involvement in Water Polo.
What is "Re-Main"
"I am thankful for apples and my brothers." - Himari
What is "Mawaru Penguindrum"
Rie Matsumoto, one of Studio Bones's foremost directors, probably best known for her work on Bump of Chicken + Brand Music videos like Gotcha! and Baby I Love You Daze, cut her teeth on a magical girl franchise with prefixes like "Yes!", "Fresh", and "Heartcatch"
What is "Precure"
Passionate Assassin
What is "Romantic Killer"
Lulu Bell // Envy
What is "Shapeshifting"
Paradox%, how long it takes a show to introduce an time paradox that destroys the fiction entirely, belongs to this show, as Shibuya is transported into the future and kids are forced to drive mechs to protect the city in an apocalyptic future.
What is "Revisions"
"I am thankful for Garden Café and Kondou, his son Yuuto and my friends from track." - Akira
What is "After the Rain"
This film features the writing talents of Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Steamboy), and Key Animation and Layouts by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Paprika) as it tells the story of a machine to take care of the elderly becoming sentient and possibly a weapon!
What is "Roujin Z"
Real Cries
Kyouya Onodera // Kars
What is "Immortality"
This anime has Grand Stream % is held by Claus and Lavie - a pair of sky couriers in the world of Prester - who are sky couriers able to ride the air current faster than anyone.
What is "Last Exile"
What is "Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit"
The creator behind the poorly adapted Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer and the brilliantly underrated Planet With, this auteur who uses a man in a frog costume as his stand-in is the mangaka responsible for other hits like Spirit Circle and Sengoku Youko.
Who is "Satoshi Mizukami"
Feel
What is "Touch"
Myoe // Souta Mizushino
What is "Creation"