Best denpa anime
157 anime about denpa, ranked by community score. Tags come from AniList voters; the percentage on each title page says how strongly the tag applies.
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3.3Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea
Movie · 2000 · 1 ep
Escaflowne: A Girl in GaeaEscaflowneMovie · 2000 · 1 ep3.3Hitomi Kanzaki is in a very depressed mood. She only wants to sleep and fade away. Her misery summons Lord Folken who sends her to Gaea. The people of Gaea think she is the Wing Goddess, who can call upon the legendary Dragon Armor called…
3.3Shangri-la
TV · 2009 · 24 ep
Shangri-laShangri-LaTV · 2009 · 24 ep3.3In the distant future, earthquakes and the effects of global warming have splintered Japanese society. Some struggle hand-to-mouth in the jungle-tangled ruins of civilization. Some live comfortably within the closed-off city of Atlas…
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3.3Requiem from the Darkness
TV · 2003 · 13 ep
Requiem from the DarknessKyougoku Natsuhiko: Kousetsu Hyaku MonogatariTV · 2003 · 13 ep3.3Tired of writing riddles for children, Yamaoka Momosuke plans on gathering spooky and gruesome stories and publishing them in an anthology called Hyakumonogatari ("One Hundred Tales"). While researching these old myths and legends he comes…
3.3Katte ni Kaizou
OVA · 2011 · 6 ep
Katte ni KaizouOVA · 2011 · 6 ep3.3Katsu Kaizou is a very gullible, 17-year-old high school student and a believer in science fiction, aliens, ghosts, UFOs, conspiracies, etc. He thinks that everything going on around him is the result of some sort of alien plot to take…
3.3hololiveERROR
ONA · 2022 · 24 ep
hololiveERRORONA · 2022 · 24 ep3.3Aogami High School collapsed due to undetermined circumstances. Several details of the accident remain mysterious, including reported involvement by numerous students and staff members, a reported large earthquake occurring but not…
3.3Happy Sugar Life
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
Happy Sugar LifeTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.3Satou Matsuzaka is a beautiful high schooler who has a reputation for being permissive with men. However, a chance encounter with a young girl named Shio Koube makes Satou realize that this is her first and only true feeling of love…
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3.3Occultic;Nine
TV · 2016 · 12 ep
Occultic;NineTV · 2016 · 12 ep3.3The "paranormal science" story follows nine idiosyncratic individuals, linked by the "Choujou Kagaku Kirikiri Basara" occult summary blog run by 17-year-old second-year high school student Yuuta Gamon. Little incongruities that occur…
3.3Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
OVA · 2004 · 3 ep
Le Portrait de Petit CossetteCossette no ShouzouOVA · 2004 · 3 ep3.3The anime is about art student Eiri Kurahashi, who works in an antique shop. One day, he sees the image of a girl in an antique glass. To his shock, she appears to be moving and living out her life before his eyes. He becomes infatuated…
3.3Zettai Shounen
TV · 2005 · 26 ep
Zettai ShounenTV · 2005 · 26 ep3.3Aizawa Ayumu is a young boy, who is sent to a small town called Tana to live with his father for a while. Even though he doesn't want to go, he agrees to do so when his mother offers him a mountain bike. Ayumu used to live in Tana before…
3.3Mega Man Star Force Tribe
TV · 2007 · 21 ep
Mega Man Star Force TribeRyuusei no Rockman TribeTV · 2007 · 21 ep3.3The second series is to follow the events of the second video game, focusing on the lost continent of Mu. The ancient civilization vanished ages ago, and a few of its remnants still exist as myths and legends called UMAs (unidentified…
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3.2BABYLON
TV · 2019 · 12 ep
BABYLONBabylonTV · 2019 · 12 ep3.2The suspense story centers around Zen Seizaki, a prosecutor with the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office. While investigating illegal acts by a certain pharmaceutical company, Seizaki stumbles across a conspiracy over an election for…
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3.2Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSU
TV · 2021 · 15 ep
Higurashi: When They Cry - SOTSUHigurashi no Naku Koro ni SotsuTV · 2021 · 15 ep3.2Rika Furude and Satoko Houjou are best friends who have lived in the small village of Hinamizawa for their entire lives. Alongside their other friends, they spend every day together, and every moment is filled with fun and laughter…
3.2Voices of a Distant Star
OVA · 2002 · 1 ep
Voices of a Distant StarHoshi no KoeOVA · 2002 · 1 ep3.2It is 2046 when a mysterious alien force begins their annihilation of the human race. Leaving behind the one person she loves, Mikako joins the interstellar battle as a pilot. And so - while Mikako risks her life to save mankind - Noboru…
3.2Sasami-san@Ganbaranai
TV · 2013 · 12 ep
Sasami-san@GanbaranaiTV · 2013 · 12 ep3.2The Japanese call them hikikomori—people who've become so withdrawn socially that they refuse to leave their homes for weeks and even months at a time. For Sasami Tsukuyomi, who's attempting to pass her first year of high school despite…
3.2Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai Specials
Special · 2007 · 24 ep
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai SpecialsSpecial · 2007 · 24 ep3.2Specials that come with the DVDs.
3.2Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor
Movie · 2007 · 1 ep
Franz Kafka's A Country DoctorInaka IshaMovie · 2007 · 1 ep3.2A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young patient. Events soon take on a surreal aspect as "unearthly horses" transport him instantaneously to the bedside. The doctor, preoccupied…
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3.2Shamanic Princess
OVA · 1996 · 6 ep
Shamanic PrincessOVA · 1996 · 6 ep3.2To retrieve the talisman stolen by her beloved, Tiara hunts the night, battling monsters with her awesome shamanic powers. Disguised as an ordinary schoolgirl by day, she arrives at his lair only to find her archrival on the scene…
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3.2Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
OVA · 2005 · 6 ep
Iriya no Sora, UFO no NatsuOVA · 2005 · 6 ep3.2Asaba Naoyuki is an ordinary high school student. As a member of his school's press club, he's just spent the summer camping outside the local military base, in hopes of seeing the UFOs that are secretly kept there, according to local…
3.1Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kira
OVA · 2011 · 4 ep
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni KiraOVA · 2011 · 4 ep3.1With things such as story out of the way, Higurashi cranks up the fanservice with Kira, a new OVA series to commemorate the series' 10th anniversary, featuring nail-biting situations such as Rika and Satoko becoming magical girls to battle…
3.1Mezzo
TV · 2004 · 13 ep
MezzoMezzo DSATV · 2004 · 13 ep3.1Mikura, Kurokawa, and Harada are the 3 members of the Danger Service Agency (DSA). Mikura is the brawns of the group, Harada is the brains, and Kurokawa is just a bitter ex-cop that likes to think he's in charge. They'll take on any job as…
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3.1Uta∞Kata
TV · 2004 · 12 ep
Uta∞KataUta∽KataTV · 2004 · 12 ep3.1On the last day of the school year, 14-year-old Ichika Tachibana comes across an old, busted mirror in an unused campus building. When Manatsu, a mysterious girl from inside the mirror, steps out and offers her friendship for the summer…
3.1Yuri Seijin Naoko-san (2012)
OVA · 2012 · 1 ep
Yuri Seijin Naoko-san (2012)OVA · 2012 · 1 ep3.1Naoko-san is an alien from the planet Yuri, who is plotting to conquer the Earth by yurifying it. Misuzu is a junior high girl and is always troubled by Naoko-san, who lives on the roof of her house.
3.0MAGICAL GIRL SITE
TV · 2018 · 12 ep
MAGICAL GIRL SITEMahou Shoujo SiteTV · 2018 · 12 ep3.0Asagiri Aya is a young girl who has fallen victim to bullies at her school. Looking for a way to escape her troubles, she looks to the internet for distraction, when a mysterious website called "Magical Girl Site" appears. Simply viewing…
3.0Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan
OVA · 2005 · 4 ep
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chanBokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chanOVA · 2005 · 4 ep3.0In the future, a junior high student, Kusakabe Sakura, will offend God by inventing immortality so that women will stop aging after they turn twelve. Dokuro-chan is an angel from the future sent to kill him. However, Dokuro-chan thinks…
3.0The Fire Hunter
TV · 2023 · 10 ep
The Fire HunterHikari no OuTV · 2023 · 10 ep3.0Outside the magical barriers lies a world overrun by fiery beasts known as Flame Demons, and the only ones who can protect humanity are the Fire Hunters. In the dark woods where the beasts roam is where Touko, a young villager, is rescued…
3.0Twilight Q
OVA · 1987 · 2 ep
Twilight QOVA · 1987 · 2 ep3.0A Knot in Time - Reflection Mayu found a camera floating in the ocean while she was on vacation. A very unusual camera. The film, mostly intact, reveals a picture of herself with a man she has never seen before. But that is not all. The…
3.0Magical Destroyers
TV · 2023 · 12 ep
Magical DestroyersMahou Shoujo Magical DestroyersTV · 2023 · 12 ep3.0Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroy Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero—who loves the culture more than anything—rises up. With the help of three rambunctious magical…
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3.0The King of Pigs
Movie · 2011 · 1 ep
The King of PigsDwaeji-ui WangMovie · 2011 · 1 ep3.0After his business goes bankrupt, 30 something Kyung-Min (Oh Jung-Se) kills his wife impulsively. Hiding his anger, he seeks out his former middle school classmate Jong-Suk (Yang Ik-June). Jong-Suk now works as a ghostwriter for an…
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3.0Guyver: Out of Control
Movie · 1986 · 1 ep
Guyver: Out of ControlKyoushoku Soukou GuyverMovie · 1986 · 1 ep3.0The plot of this OVA is a rough adaptation of the first four chapters of the Guyver manga. It covers the same basic elements of these chapters; Genesis of the guyver, Fight with Vamore, Fight with Guyver 2 and the introduction of Guyver 3…
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3.0Chaos;Child
TV · 2017 · 13 ep
Chaos;ChildChäoS;ChildTV · 2017 · 13 ep3.0After a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hits Tokyo's Shibuya ward on November 6, 2009, a black fire spreads and causes mass panic on the day of the earthquake. The sudden disaster that becomes known as the "Shibuya Earthquake" kills 3,851 people…
2.9Platinum End
TV · 2021 · 24 ep
Platinum EndTV · 2021 · 24 ep2.9When life becomes too much for Mirai to bear and attempts taking his own life, he’s saved by Nasse, a guardian angel who offers him a chance at becoming the new god. To do so, he must face off against 12 other candidates within 999 days…
2.9Popotan
TV · 2003 · 12 ep
PopotanTV · 2003 · 12 ep2.9Beautiful sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, their android maid Mea and slippery pet ferret Unagi make an amazing journey together through time and space without ever leaving their beloved mansion behind! Following the clues of the strange…
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2.9X Densha de Ikou
OVA · 1987 · 1 ep
X Densha de IkouOVA · 1987 · 1 ep2.9Ishihara Toru is an everyday guy with an on-and-off girlfriend and a position working for a train buff. Things become complicated when a ghostly vehicle dubbed the X Train begins to ride the rails, destroying everything in its path…
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2.9ChäoS;HEAd
TV · 2008 · 12 ep
ChäoS;HEAdTV · 2008 · 12 ep2.9Shibuya, Japan, 2008. Takumi Nishijou, a high school student at the Private Suimei Academy, one day hears about the 'New Gen' murders that have been occurring around the city. Although dismissing the subject because it doesn't involve him…
2.9Sci-fi Harry
TV · 2000 · 20 ep
Sci-fi HarrySci-Fi HarryTV · 2000 · 20 ep2.9Harry is definitely not your average American teenager. Instead, he is the epitome of an "alienated youth" - friendless at school, extremely weird and nervous to the point of paranoia. But a chance occurrence causes Harry to start to…
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2.9The Death Lullaby
Movie · 1985 · 1 ep
The Death LullabyNido to Mezamenu KomoriutaMovie · 1985 · 1 ep2.9An animated film describing the bullying of a Japanese child.