Duty After School

Land of the Lustrous

In a distant future, Earth is home to the Lustrous, crystalline lifeforms who defend themselves against the Lunarians, invaders from the moon who seek to harvest their bodies for weapons and decorations. Among the twenty-eight gems, Phosphophyllite is the most fragile and brittle, with no visible talent for battle. Longing to fight but deemed too weak, Phos is instead assigned by their master Adamantine to compile a natural history of their world. The task seems dull and pointless, but it brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation due to their dangerous nature. As Phos pursues this seemingly mundane assignment, they begin to uncover deeper truths about their

Gantz

Kei Kurono is a cynical high school student who keeps to himself, tired of the cruelty people are capable of. One day at the subway station, his classmate Masaru Katou jumps onto the tracks to save a drunk man who has fallen. On impulse, Kei follows him. They manage to pull the man to safety, but both boys are struck and killed by the oncoming train. Instead of dying, Kei and Masaru wake up in an apartment full of strangers, all of whom have recently died. In the center of the room is a large black sphere called Gantz. It gives them high-tech suits and strange weapons, then sends them out to hunt and kill bizarre alien creatures hidden on Earth. Each mission is brutal and often deadly. Sur

BLAME!

In a far future, Earth is buried beneath an endless, chaotic megastructure that has grown beyond all control. Its scattered inhabitants no longer remember what land is, surviving in small enclaves while monstrous creatures and rogue machines roam the steel labyrinth. Killy, a silent and stoic figure armed with a devastating Graviton Beam Emitter, wanders this hostile world in search of the Net Terminal Gene. This genetic mutation once allowed humans to access the NetSphere, and he believes it may hold the key to restoring order. As he fights through cyborgs, silicon-based lifeforms and other threats, Killy moves from one isolated community to the next, gathering fragments of information. E

All You Need Is Kill

Keiji Kiriya is a new recruit in the United Defense Force, fighting against the alien Mimics that have invaded Earth. Equipped with a powered combat suit called a Jacket, he is sent to the battlefield with little training and dies on his very first deployment. Instead of staying dead, he wakes up the day before the battle, forced to relive the same fight and his own death over and over. Trapped in a time loop triggered by his demise, Keiji must use each repetition to sharpen his skills and find a way to break the cycle. His only lead is Rita Vrataski, an elite soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch, whose own experience with the loop may hold the key to survival. Together, they face the rel

Neon Genesis Evangelion

In 2015, Earth is still reeling from a cataclysm that melted the Antarctic ice and drowned half the world's population. Now, mysterious beings known as Angels have begun to attack what remains of humanity, and conventional weapons are useless against them. Fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari is summoned to the fortified city of Tokyo-3 by his estranged father, Gendo, commander of the secret organization NERV. There, Shinji is forced to pilot Evangelion Unit-01, a monstrous bioorganic weapon created to fight the Angels. Thrust into a war he does not understand, Shinji must confront not only the alien invaders but also his own fears and the growing suspicion that NERV is hiding a horrifying truth

Parasyte

Shinichi Izumi is an ordinary sixteen-year-old high school student living a quiet life with his parents. One night, an alien creature known as a Parasite attempts to invade his body and take over his mind. The invasion fails, and the Parasite ends up confined to Shinichi's right arm, retaining its own consciousness and naming itself Migi. Unable to separate, Shinichi and Migi form an uneasy alliance to survive. They soon discover that other Parasites have successfully taken over human hosts, and these creatures can reshape their bodies into deadly forms to hunt and consume humans. As Shinichi and Migi confront these bloodthirsty invaders, Shinichi struggles to hold onto his humanity while