The Girl who Leapt Through Time: Time Waits for No One

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Orig. Title: Toki o Kakeru Shojo
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Released 2006
Based on the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui

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Makoto Konno, an average happy-go-lucky high school girl who only cares about baseball and her two friends Kosuke and Chiaki, was suddenly given an ability to ‘time leap’. Once she understood and accepted that she can really do such an impossible thing, she continued to go through her normal high school life while using this ability to enjoy much of the things she wanted to do, but also, to prevent the occurrences she’s not comfortable with; like for example, a love confession, or death.

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Shingeki no Kyojin: “We Lived in Fear of Titans”

Attack on Titan
Original Title: “Shingeki no Kyojin”

Adaptation of the manga “Shingeki no Kyojin” by Hajime Isayama
Ongoing anime since April 2013

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“Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren Jaegar and his foster sister Mikasa Ackerman witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air.” – IMDb

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Community: Where Diversity Meets Fun

Community
Created by Dan Harmon

Ongoing sitcom since 2009 to present

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A group of totally different students, from different race, with different backgrounds, different culture and different personalities gather together for a Spanish group study class in a community college. And through this regular meeting, and many more gatherings apart from their Spanish study group, these people become closer to each other, forming a unique bond that’s as valuable as what a family has.

Also, these people are hilarious.

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