Most casual fans of anime may not know this, but anime studios are actually quite popular within Japan. Their popularity (and fanbase) can easily be comparable to the adulation that movie directions garner in Hollywood.

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Established in 1979, Pierrot Co. is actually one of the older anime studios in Japan, whose most notable series was the Naruto franchise. The show took the world by storm and even today, most fans would remember Naruto as being a staple for them while going up. However, the studio has come up with many other notable anime series, most of which are overshadowed by Naruto’s juggernaut popularity. So, which shows are they?

10 Kingdom

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Based on the Chinese kingdom of Qin, this show traces the story of young Li Xin, who was orphaned because of constant wars. He dreams of only one thing: to become a Great General of the Heavens.

One day, thanks to his friend, Xin has the fortune of meeting Ying Zheng, China’s young king. He now believes that his destiny has taken a turn for the better, but what he doesn't realize is that the path to his glory is through the bloodbath of his enemies.

9 Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files

Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files

Delinquent Yuusuke impresses the spirits of the spirit realm by his selfless act of saving a young boy’s life, after which he dies. His spirit is given the chance to go back to earth, but only if they complete a series of tasks.

Yuusuke’s job now is to get rid of all evil that crosses his path. In order to do so, he asks two demons with a criminal past, and his ex-rival, to help him with his new quest.

8 Beelzebub

A title card for Beelzebub, focused on the main characters of the series such as Oga Tatsumi, Beelzebub, and Hilda.

Teenager Oga saves a man he finds floating in the river. To his shock, a baby walks out of the man’s body and becomes attached to Oga. What the young boy doesn’t know is that this baby is the son of the Demon King, Beelzebub.

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Beelzebub’s demon maid decides to raise the baby together with Oga and expectedly, his life is never the same again.

7 Yona Of The Dawn

The main cast of the Yona of the Dawn anime

After Yona’s father is killed by someone she trusted, she runs away for fear of being killed herself. Her loyal friend and bodyguard, Son Hak, follows her, and soon enough, the pampered princess realizes life wasn’t as rosy as she’d been led to believe.

She now has only one goal in mind: to gain back control of her kingdom and restore it to its glory.

6 Great Teacher Onizuka

Official image for the Great Teacher Onizuka anime, available on RetroCrush

Delinquent Eikichi Onizuka wants to become a teacher just because he can have a teenage wife when he grows old. When he does land a job as a teacher, he realizes he’s in a lot more trouble than he had anticipated.

The students of his Class 3-4 are infamous for making their teachers quit soon after they take up their posts. Will Onizuka buckle under the pressure, or will he meet this challenge head-on?

5 Level E

 Level E 1

Tsutsui Yukitaka's life turns upside down when one fine day, he finds a good-looking young man in his house. A shocked Yukitaka is told by the young man that he is an alien whose name is Baka Ki El Dogra. He has no other memories of his past life.

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Of course, what follows are hilarious incidents, mishaps, and misadventures, and conveniently, Baka Ki El Dogra can always be found at the center of them all.

4 Black Clover

Black Clover

Yuno and his best friend Asta are orphans. The two young boys spent plenty of their childhoods dreaming of becoming the Wizard King, the strongest and most respected Wizard in their kingdom.

However, after a certain set of events, Asta finds himself blessed with a five-leafed clover that amplifies his powers and energies. After he is able to defeat someone who tried to hurt Yuno, he and Yuno decide to finally venture into the real world to make their dreams a reality.

3 Bleach

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Ichigho’s family is attacked by a corrupted spirit and the shinigami Rukia Kuchiki becomes injured while protecting them. She offers her powers to Ichigo and thus, he becomes a soul reaper.

Now, his one and only mission is to find as many Hollows (corrupt spirits) as he can, hunt them down and kill them. Along his journey, he meets many new people and even makes friends (with exceptional supernatural abilities) along the way.

2 Tokyo Ghoul

tokyo ghoul

The city of Tokyo is littered with ghouls that live and prey on humans in the shadows. Ken Kaneki becomes one such victim of a ghoul attack, except for the fact that he survives and becomes a ghoul himself.

Now, Ken has to not only adjust to being a ghoul and become part of their society, but also balance his pretense as a human being and live his human life as well.

1 Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

Boruto looking irritated in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

This show takes place after the Fourth Shinobi World War has ended. Konohagakure is now a peaceful and prosperous metro city, thanks to Naruto and the Allied Shinobi Forces.

As Naruto’s son, Boruto is often the center of attention wherever he goes. However, the absence of his father fuels his resentment and his resolve to become stronger than his father ever was. With an unknown evil lurking in his own village, will Boruto let go of his childish pride and step up as a future shinobi?

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