Academy City, located in the western part of Tokyo, is a technologically advanced city for scientific research and educational purposes. The story is set in the world where supernatural abilities manifested in real life. The lucky ones who posses this kind of ability is called Espers and our protagonist, Kamijou Touma, also known as the God of Pestilence by his peers, is a Level 0 Esper, meaning that he has no supernatural ability whatsoever except being able to attract infinite amount of bad luck.

One day, Touma accidentally met a young, starving, British nun lying unconsciously on his balcony’s railing. She claimed her name was Index and she is being pursued because she is carrying 103,000 forbidden magical books of the church. Having believed in science all his life (magic was prohibited by the authority), Touma asked her to show him a magic trick, but was refused repeatedly. Having known that his right hand carries the power of Imagine Breaker, the power to negate any supernatural powers, even blessings from God, Touma purposely touched Index’s clothes as she claimed that the fabric is the most powerful magical protection and nothing could hurt her. Moments passed before the clothes disintegrated on the spot. So that’s how our main characters became friends. Two different worlds – Church and Magic as well as Science and Supernatural will collide and Touma and Index will be in the middle of it all. If you think being pursued by the authority and underground, secret organizations and on top of it, possessing rare, illegal documents an adventure, then you have got to see this!

Toaru Majutsu no Index and Dragon Crisis bring unassuming boys into their respective world and show us how they rise to their full potential with the help of powerful (and cute) sidekicks. Both boys experienced bouts of amnesiac period after a certain important incident that marked them as The Chosen One and are surrounded by more girls than they could ever imagine. Both anime feature a cat-and-mouse chase and our protagonists’ once in a lifetime chance of protecting rare, important artifacts. Who cares about being unlucky when you can always get a personal harem?

The world is known as The Gift and Giftium is a type of blue crystal found buried deep in mines underneath the town of Garden Indigo. In the first episode, you will be presented to the main protagonist, Sogo Amagi, and his reckless attitude. Not only is he always on-the-go, he tends to get involved in other people’s disputes, especially his friends’ wedding arrangements. Forgetting to buy some loaves of bread, he got caught in the fight between Kaon, Roman and Otto (Roman’s butler) and end up being trapped in an undiscovered part of the mining area.

Sogo’s hobby as a rare crystal collector and amateur connoisseur has always led him into underground mines looking for another special type of mineral theorized by his mother, Ena. The special mineral is a red gem known as Lucifer. Unbeknownst to him, the authority was also looking for the same crystal and they’re not digging for it. Mechas and explosions were the simplest solution to get it done. Imagine being trapped in a cramped cave filled with the red, glittering crystal and Kaon, the bride-to-be, while her fiancé and faithful butler were chasing them, and of course the government was trying to crush the whole place down. Inside the cave, they accidentally discovered that somehow the red crystal turned into a little girl with a special superpower. A lot of chasing and mecha back flips ensues.

Comet Lucifer and Dragon Crisis have the element of love triangle between the main character, childhood friend and another humanoid girl of a different species. Ryuuji has to settle his misunderstanding and mixed signals with Rose (the red dragon) and Misaki Eto while Sogo has his fair share with Kaon and the mysterious red crystal girl, Felia. Besides the similarities in plot, the main characters’ designated soul partners also went through the same experience, being close to mute in the beginning. Rose and Felia are a kind of unique weapons and not to mention, rare treasures, which mean plenty of pursuits, protect and rescue missions. Boys, may the odds be ever in your favor.

Worshipping a deity is too main stream. When you’re too attractive like Mahiro Yasaka, the deity worships you. Although represented in Lovecraftian older pulp fiction books as an older dude covered with tentacles, Nyarlathotep (or Nyaruko for short) appears as a cute alien girl with silver colored hair and deadly combat powers. She was arranged by the Space Defense Agency for our hero’s main protection.

The story is pretty simple. Earth was under attack by criminal aliens looking forward to kidnap Mahiro. Nyarlathotep and her other alien friends, Cthungha and Hastur, act as bodyguards and save the day. If you’re into otaku culture, parodies and a fan of H.P Lovecraft Cthulhu mythos, this is the one to beat.

Haiyore! Nyaruko-san and Dragon Crisis bring our main protagonists out of their comfort zone. Ryuuji was just a simple student going to his class until his second cousin came to pick him up and he ends up using the Lost Precious knowledge bestowed from his parents. Well in Mahiro’s case, he too, awakened a dormant skill that involves the gene of the Great Deity Hunter within him. If Ryuuji is proficient in wielding an S-Class dragon weapon dubbed as ‘Slash Breath’, witness Mahiro’s flying fork techniques. No aliens were spared from this.

When you’re the undead, everything else didn’t matter. Ayumu Aikawa was resurrected by a necromancer he met outside a convenience store, Eucliwood Hellscythe (Eu for short), after he was killed by a serial killer. His second life was devoted to find the perpetrator.

Besides being the zombie, Ayumu is also a part-time Masou-Shoujo or Magical Garment Girl. This is not a mistake. While Ayumu was making the best of his zombie life, he accidentally siphoned a superpower from a full time Masou-Shoujo, Haruna, who appeared to be fighting a AA class Megalo, a crayfish monster from another world. The power came with two important magical accessories – a chainsaw and a very girly outfit. Being a temporary Masou-Shoujo activates more lethal power because Ayumu is able to combine his brute strength and magic. Due to his efficient healing abilities and of course not being able to die, he was able to unleash 1000% of Haruna’s magical secret weapon, The Mystletainn Kick.

Kore wa Zombie Desu ka and Dragon Crisis are similar that the main characters are able to work in tandem to produce maximum power. Ryuuji and Rose have to ‘engage’ beforehand and while fighting King of the Night aka Yoruno, a zombie antagonist, and Ayumu and Haruna were able to transform into Masou-Shoujo together. What will happen when two undeads with awesome powers fight? Tune in to find out!

The Queen of Vampires, Mina Tepes is an ambitious young lady. She may not look more than 10 but she was actually more than 400 years old. She had bought an island close to Japan dubbed Tokyo Landfill #0 and planned to establish her new kingdom, a ‘bund’, where vampires live in harmony and no one is allowed to leave, except with some special exceptions. In order to make this dream a reality, she pays off Japan’s national debt and imported successful vampire owned businesses in order to boost Japan’s economy. The conflict ensues when humans and vampires collide. Naturally, she is the main target of many attempts for assassination.

Enter Akira Kaburagi Regendorf, a 17 year old werewolf raised to be a devout protector of the royal vampire family. He was determined to protect Mina whom he shares a corresponded love with. Things were a little bit complicated when Yuki confessed her feelings towards him.

Dance in the Vampire Bund and Dragon Crisis share many things in common, but the most obvious connection was when Akira and Ryuuji both experienced episodes of amnesia after a traumatic event and regained their memories later. They are extremely protective of their respective partners and will not give up in any situation. Both anime didn’t just tell us a love story, but the whole hierarchy of power, conspiracy, blackmail and propaganda in real life society.

Dragons appeared out of nowhere and the world panicked. Years later, girls with Dragon superpowers (or Ds) were born. Midgard, a special institution dedicated to hone the girls’ abilities was funded and here they’re trained to combat future Dragons. It’s safe to say that the government intends to use Ds as the Earth’s counterattack, but there’s a catch - there is also a probability that the Ds could transform into a Dragon resulting in double trouble. How are they going to prevent this?

Our main protagonist, Yuu Mononobe is a former Second Lieutenant from NIFL, a military branch of the International Organization Asgard. He is the only male D in the world and was accepted into Midgard, though not without mixed feelings from his seniors and adopted younger sister, Mitsuki. He proudly showed his accomplishments of dark matter materialization - a gun, but was immediately deemed useless for it won’t inflict any harm to the Dragons. In the first episode, Yuu accidentally saw a fellow classmate, Iris Freyja, skinny dipping at the beach and that was the start of his new friendship. Besides being a normal student, his job was to monitor the Ds and was tasked to take out anyone capable of becoming a Dragon, as per request from his commanding officer. We will follow Yuu’s adventure of being the strongest assassin Midgard and Asgard can offer.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir and Dragon Crisis both carry fast-paced dragon inspired journey and our protagonists are the heroes of the harem world. They’re strong, determined and for some reason, always end up in awkward situations. No spoilers intended, but both boys are not what they seem they are, having such power and skills. As the episodes progress, you will find out what they exactly are and understand why they are The Chosen Ones.