Assassination Classroom has an unusual plot with an emotional ending. It revolves around Koro-sensei, a yellow smiley-faced alien that blows up half the moon. He teaches assassination lessons to students of Class 3-E to kill him a year later.
Kaiji Ultimate Survivor is an anime series which thrives on tension. Anyone can lose any time in the illegal gambling world where Kaiji is stuck. It keeps viewers on the edge throughout the series.
Gray Man takes place in a fictionalized 19th-century Europe. It is about a group of high-tech exorcists battling with the immortal Millennium Earl and his army of demonic Akuma.
Tegami Bachi has a unique tone, as the anime series is full of hope and drenched with despair. It is a criminally underrated series and one of the few truly dystopian adventures.
Noir is a binge-worthy show with 26 episodes revolving around two female assassins seeking the truth about their secretive past. It has an excellent and mysterious plot, influenced by European cultures.
Moribito stars the wandering, spear-wielding warrior Balsa as she attempts to atone for the deaths she's caused in the past by saving an equal number of lives. It is a tragically sparse landscape of a female-led fantasy adventure series.
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere is primarily a science fiction anime following humanity's failed attempts to travel into space to flee the dying Earth. An unknown force prevents them from leaving, and they're forced to return to Japan.
A pilot and navigator duo of Claus Valca and Lavie Head operate as couriers in a war-torn stretch of the sky known as the Grand Stream. The anime series is loosely based on World War I aerial combat.
Eden of the East defies easy classification with an unusual blend of survival, political intrigue and psychological suspense. It is unmatched for its steampunk aesthetic.