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Spring 2014

Abarenbou Rikishi!! Matsutarou

Toei Animation
23 episodes · TV Completed Rowdy Sumo Wrestler Matsutaro!!, Roughneck Sumo Wrestler!! Matsutarou, 暴れん坊力士!!松太郎
6.06

Matsutarou Sakaguchi is a giant roughneck man with strength far beyond ordinary people. He never uttered words like "work hard," "strive," and "dream" like the typical shounen manga protagonist. However, he is stronger than anyone and peerless in sumo wrestling. His greatest weakness is his own carefree personality. He grows into a full-fledged sumo wrestler.

(Source: ANN)

Akuma no Riddle

Diomedéa
12 episodes · TV Completed Riddle Story of Devil, Akuma no Riddle, 悪魔のリドル
6.61

Cerita bertempat di Akademi Myoujou di mana terdapat sebuah kelas khusus bernama “Kelas Hitam”. Kelas itu dihuni oleh 12 pembunuh profesional dengan seorang target yang bernama Ichinose Haru. Salah satu dari 12 pembunuh di kelas itu, Azuma Tokaku yang juga memburu Haru, perlahan mulai menumbuhkan “Rasa” pada sang target. Apakah yang akan terjadi?

Baby Steps

Pierrot
25 episodes · TV Completed Baby Steps, ベイビーステップ
7.80

Diligent and methodical honor student Eiichirou Maruo decides to exercise more during the little free time he has available because he is worried about his health. For this reason, after seeing a flyer, he joins the Southern Tennis Club at the beginning of his freshman year.

During his free trial at the club, he meets Natsu Takasaki, another first year student, who is determined on becoming a professional tennis player due to her love for the sport. In contrast, Eiichirou's study-oriented life exists because he believes that it is what he has to do, not because he enjoys it. However, his monotonous days come to an end as the more he plays tennis, the more he becomes fascinated by it.

Baby Steps is the story of a boy who makes the most of his hard-working and perfectionist nature to develop his own unique playing style. Little by little, Eiichirou's skills begin to improve, and he hopes to stand on equal footing with tennis' best players.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Black Bullet

Kinema Citrus, Orange
13 episodes · TV Completed Black Bullet, ブラック・ブレット BLACK BULLET [黒の銃弾]
7.09

In the year 2021, a parasitic virus known as "Gastrea" infects humans and turns them into monsters. What is left of mankind now lives within the Monolith walls, walls that are made of Varanium, the only material that can hurt Gastrea.

To counter the threat that the Gastrea pose, "Cursed Children"—female children whose bodies contain trace amounts of the virus which grant them superhuman abilities—officially called Initiators by the Tendo Civil Security, are given partners called Promoters, people who work to guide and protect the young Initiators. These teams of two are sent out on missions to fight the monsters created by the Gastrea virus and keep them at bay.

Black Bullet revolves around the team of Enju Aihara, an Initiator, and Satomi Rentaro, a Promoter, as they go on missions to fight the growing threat of Gastrea in their hometown of Tokyo.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Blade & Soul

Gonzo
13 episodes · TV Completed Blade & Soul, Blade and Soul, ブレイドアンドソウル
6.04

Alka is an assassin for the Clan of the Sword. She's on a journey to find the woman Jin Valel, who killed her master Hon without feeling—not unlike how Alka has learned to kill in her work as an assassin. On her journey, Alka encounters three strange women, each a great warrior in her own right and grapples with her slain master's wish that she leaves the life of an assassin behind.

(Source: ANN)

Captain Earth

Bones
25 episodes · TV Completed Captain Earth, キャプテン・アース
6.40

One night, right before summer vacation, Manatsu Daichi, a second-year in high school, sees a weird round rainbow floating in the sky above Tanegashima and ventures there alone. He has seen this rainbow before. With the memories of his father's mysterious death and an encounter of a strange boy and girl, Daiji arrives on the island while the alarm of a building labeled Earth Engine is going off. Someone asks him if he is a captain, just as robotic intruders from Uranus called Kill-T-Gang arrive. The battle around the shining stars is about to begin.

(Source: ANN)