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Though the manga ran for 13 years, the anime started and ended before the comics had come to its conclusion, a la Game of Thrones and its infamous final season. So eventually, the series ran out of source material, and with no basis for its finale, the anime concluded at the end of a major plot arc.
Rurouni Kenshin is based on a long-running manga of the same name that saw 28 volumes released over five years. The anime ran for a total of three seasons, with 95 episodes by the series' end. As for the plot, Himura Kenshin is the anime's protagonist, a man trying to put his past as an assassin behind him as he defends the weak in Meiji-era Japan.
The most significant difference between the show and its source material is that the manga reveals the backstory of the enigmatic Shiro, whereas the anime keeps her character a complete mystery.
While the anime has a total of 101 episodes, the series fails to end on a high note.
It was likely for this reason that the series was cast aside after only 12 episodes. While it's unfortunate that the Deadman Wonderland anime was canceled so early, continuing onward with a second season would've been a bit difficult due to the rushed storytelling of the anime adaption.
Highschool of the Dead ended due to a real-life tragedy. Highschool of the Dead is a zombie survival anime that focuses on a group of high school students who struggle against not only the numerous undead but also the rapidly decaying morality among those who've survived the initial outbreak.
So in the anime, it all begins with the Black Swordsman arc and ends at the Golden Age arc .
A manga spin-off of the immensely popular light novel series Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (The Irregular at Magic High School), Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei (The Honor Student at Magic High School) follows the events of the original series as seen through the eyes of Miyuki Shiba, Tatsuya's sister.
Fumetsu no Anata e. An Orb, known only as It, is cast to Earth to be observed from afar. Capable of changing forms from beings whose reflections It captures, It first becomes a rock and then, due to the rising temperature, moss. It is inept of movement until one snowy day, a wolf at death's door barely crosses by.
The mysterious girl Anya says Kezuru and those of his ilk will be "the true wizards who save the world.".
The story follows four girls who work at PARK, based on a real store in Harajuku that follows the theme of "Fashion × Otaku × Creation. ".
When It takes the animal's form, It attains awareness of its consciousness and starts to wander with an unclear destination in mind. Soon, It comes across the wolf's master—a young boy waiting for his tribe to return from a paradise abundant with fish and fruit in the south.
Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the live-in cook at the Maiko House. Their story unfolds in the Kagai, the Geiko and maiko district in Kyoto, alongside their housemate maikos.
Taking place several years after Getter Robo Go, Earth is now a post-apocalyptic world. Hayato, now an aging scientist, has completed Professor Saotome's masterpiece, Getter Robo Arc. Piloting it are Ryoma's son Takuma, the human-dinosaur Kamui, and the younger brother of Tayel, Baku.