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Houko Kuwashima

Houko Kuwashima



Japan

Age: 49

Born: 12 Dec, 1975

Known for

In Black Lagoon as Yukio Washimineas Yukio Washimine

in Black Lagoon
In Claymore as Clareas Clare

in Claymore
In Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal as Esmeraudeas Esmeraude

in Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal
In Clannad as Tomoyo Sakagamias Tomoyo Sakagami

in Clannad

TV Series Starring Houko Kuwashima

Saenai Heroine no SodatekataSaenai Heroine no Sodatekata
Fuji TV, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Anime
4.4


The life of Tomoyo Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Kato, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who's always valued her relationship with MC. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?


Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect InsiderSubete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider
Fuji TV, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Mystery, Thriller, Anime, Animation
4.0


The story of the original novel revolves around Souhei Saikawa, a member of the Saikawa Research Lab. On a vacation held for the lab, he meets Moe Nishinosono, the daughter of his mentor, who joins the group on their vacation despite not being a part of the lab. After meeting each other, the two end up finding a corpse. The two work together to solve the mysteries of what becomes a serial murder case.


Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon CrystalBishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Crystal
Other, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Mystery
4.0


Usagi Tsukino is a second-year middle school girl who is a little clumsy and a crybaby, but she is full of energy. One day, she meets Luna, a black cat with a crescent moon on her forehead, and she transforms into Sailor Moon, a sailor-uniformed pretty guardian of love and justice! As a chosen guardian of justice, Usagi seems to have a mission to find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other guardians and to protect the princess. Meanwhile, the queen of the Dark Kingdom, Queen Beryl, also sends minions to the town where Usagi lives to obtain the Illusionary Silver Crystal, which has immense power. This causes strange events to unfold... Can Sailor Moon really find the Illusionary Silver Crystal with the other Sailor guardians, and protect the princess...?!


Space DandySpace Dandy
Other, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation | ► Trailer
4.0


The lead character Dandy is an alien hunter and the "dandiest man in space." The anime is set far in the future where people have gone to the far reaches of the universe. Dandy is searching for aliens that no one has found before with his robot partner QT.


Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryu no RondoCross Ange: Tenshi to Ryu no Rondo
Tokyo MX, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance
4.4


Humanity has used technology known as "Mana" to solve the world's problems. In this time of peace, Empress Angelise of the Misurugi Empire learns she is a "Norma", someone who is unable to harness the power of Mana.


Inari Kon KonInari Kon Kon
Tokyo MX, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Anime
5.0


Fushimi Inari is a shy, not-so-bright middle school girl living in Kyoto's Fushimi ward. She has a crush on her classmate Tanbabashi, but cannot express her feelings. One day, as thanks for helping a fox pup, the deity Ukanomitamanokami grants her the ability to change her form.


Space Battleship YamatoSpace Battleship Yamato
MBS, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
5.0


In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end.


Digimon FusionDigimon Fusion
Nicktoons Network, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Adventure, Children, Sci-Fi
2.8


This is the all-new animated series and sixth installment of the Digimon franchise. The action packed series follows Mikey, a human boy, who is transported into the digital world and must team up with his new "Digimon" or "Digital Monster" friends to defeat evil once and for all. New fusion powers allow Digimon to combine and fuse, creating endless battle possibilities.


HakuoukiHakuouki
TV Tokyo, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, History, Anime
5.0


Based on Idea Factory's romance adventure game: Yukimura Chizuru has come to Kyoto looking for her father, a doctor who has gone missing. While there, she witnesses a fight between an Oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody, the Shinsengumi debates on what to do with Chizuru when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor they are also looking for. The Shinsengumi then takes Chizuru along on their search after the missing doctor, from adventures to adventures.


The Betrayal Knows My NameThe Betrayal Knows My Name
AT-X, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Adventure, Fantasy, Animation



Sakurai Yuki is a mysterious boy with a mysterious ability. He was found in the bushes as a baby and adopted by his current family. Because of this, Yuki strives for independence. The last thing he wants is to be a burden to anybody. Furthermore, when he touches others, he can feel their emotions. Unable to control his ability, he often made insensitive blunders in the past. With death threats and his abilities increasing, somebody appears claiming to be his brother.


Valkyria ChroniclesValkyria Chronicles
Tokyo MX, 2009 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Military/War



Set in an alternate timeline of Europe in 1930s, the country of Gallia has come under attack by East European Imperial Alliance who value the country's abundance of ragnite ore-which can be refined into a powerful fuel. Welkin Gunther, son of Gallian war hero General Belgen Gunther, leads a team of soldiers in a desperate bid reclaim their war-torn neutral nation from enemy control.


Blue LiteratureBlue Literature
NTV, 2009 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Horror, History, Anime
3.0


The series consists of adaptations of six modern classics of Japanese literature: Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) & Run, Melos! (Hashire, Melos!), Natsume Soseki's Kokoro, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) & The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito), and Ango Sakaguchi's In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita).


KobatoKobato
NHK, 2009 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy



Kobato is a sweet, perky, cute yet naïve girl who has a contract: to go to a certain place, she must fill a mysterious bottle with people's "healed hearts" to do so. However, the restriction is that she must finish before the four seasons end. As Kobato attempts to fulfill her mission, she is accompanied by Ioryogi, a spirit in the form of a dog plushie. Because Ioryogi is responsible for a punishment that has been applied to him and his friends from the spiritual world, he must guide Kobato and ensure that she succeeds her mission, so that he and his friends might return to their true forms.


Macross FrontierMacross Frontier
MBS, 2008 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Romance



After being threatened by extinction at the hands of alien invaders called the Zentradi, humanity undertook the task of guaranteeing itself a future by launching fleets of colony ships into space. On Macross Frontier, one such fleet, high school student Saotome Alto's life is changed forever: the fleet is suddenly attacked by unidentified creatures while he is performing aerial stunts for a concert by the wildly popular idol Sheryl. Alto quickly finds himself in the cockpit of a new-model fighter, struggling to protect Ranka Lee, a young girl he met only hours earlier, from the invaders' swath of destruction. Noting his performance during this incident, the S.M.S. Skull Squadron private military company invites Alto to join their organization, where he continues protecting his friends and Macross Frontier.


KaibaKaiba
WOWOW, 2008 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
4.0


Imagine a world where the digitization of memory has made physical death obsolete, where memories can be replaced in a new human body. This is the type of world Kaiba awakens to, without knowing who he is with a strange picture of a woman he does not know on a pendant around his neck.


ClaymoreClaymore
NTV, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Mystery | ► Trailer
4.1


This is an anime adaptation of a popular manga based on a fictional world with medieval technology. In this world, humans coexist with creatures called Yoma. The Yoma are sentient, shape-changing monsters that disguise themselves as and then feed on humans. By consuming a human brain, the Yoma can absorb the victim's memories, allowing them to infiltrate human circles without arousing the suspicions of their victim's close friends or family. In order to protect humans from the Yoma, a secret organization has created an order of superhuman warriors known as Claymores.


ClannadClannad
Other, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
4.0


Tomoya doesn't care about school as much as he should and doesn't take his studies seriously. As such, Tomoya discovers that he doesn't fit in with the rest of the kids at his school who are busily trying to study for entrance exams. When Tomoya meets a girl named Nagisa, alone and without friends, he takes it upon himself to help her. Little does Tomoya know, his life will be shifted in a completely different direction.


Zombie LoanZombie Loan
Other, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Action, Horror



When people are marked to die, a small grey line, that is invisible to everyone, appears around their neck. As time goes on, the line gets darker and darker till it is black, then the person will die. Kita Michiru posses the ability to see these lines.


Tales of Symphonia the AnimationTales of Symphonia the Animation
Online, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Adventure, Fantasy, Anime, Animation



Two worlds exist, unaware of the other's existence. These worlds survive by competing for the use of mana. The most important beings in these worlds are known as the "chosens". These chosens must go on a journey to awaken the sleeping Summon Spirits, defeating the Desians, and restoring mana. Lloyd Irving and his friends Colette Brunel, the Chosen of Sylvarant, and Genis Sage, the smartest kid in Iselia set off on a journey with Kratos, a mysterious mercenary and Raine, Genis' sister. Along the way, they make more friends and discover the truth behind the World Regeneration. Based on the video game of the same name.


Coil - A Circle of ChildrenCoil - A Circle of Children
NHK, 2007 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Animation



Eleven years after the introduction of internet-connected, augmented reality eyeglasses and visors, Yūko Okonogi moves with her family to Daikoku City, the technological center of the emerging half-virtual world. Yūko joins her grandmother's "investigation agency" comprised of children equipped with virtual tools and powerful metatags. She quickly crosses paths with Yūko Amasawa, an expert hacker of the virtual environment, as Amasawa relentlessly seeks to "unlock" the mystery of a computer virus that emerges from an inaccessible corrupted space.


Black LagoonBlack Lagoon
Chiba TV, 2006 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime | ► Trailer
3.9


The plot follows a team of mercenaries known as Lagoon Company, who smuggle goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia. Their base of operations is located in the fictional city of Roanapur in Thailand, and they transport goods in the PT boat Black Lagoon. Lagoon Company does business with various clients, but has a particularly friendly relationship with the Russian crime syndicate Hotel Moscow. The team takes on a variety of missions - which may involve violent firefights, hand-to-hand combat, and nautical battles - in various Southeast Asian locations and when not doing much, the members of the Lagoon Company spend much of their down time at The Yellow Flag, a bar in Roanapur.


Ergo ProxyErgo Proxy
Other, 2006 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
3.8


In a domed city known as Romdeau, humans and androids, called Autoreivs, coexist in peace. It is a city where emotions are not necessary, and therefore are discarded. Because of this, the city is considered a paradise, where everything is controlled, and crime is unheard of. But a recent string of mysterious murders threatens this city's peace. Real Mayar, as well as her autoreiv partner, Iggy, are assigned to solve the murders. Not long after, Real sees a message that reads "Awakening", and is attacked by a creature that is not human nor an autoreiv. As the mystery deepens, Real is led to a world outside the city, a world far beyond the boundaries of Romdeau.


KekkaishiKekkaishi
Other, 2006 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy



14 year-old Sumimura Yoshimori is the desendant of a monster exterminator, also known as a Kekkaishi. Unfortunately, he is not the only one. Yumikura Tokine, his older, female rival is also related to the Kekkaishi. They battle monsters and demons, protecting their lands and people, all the while vying for the title of rightful heir to the Kekkaishi bloodline.


The Story of SaiunkokuThe Story of Saiunkoku
NHK, 2006 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Animation
5.0


Saiunkoku is a world of eight provinces or houses, each named after a different colour. The new Emperor, Shi Ryuuki, has gained for a reputation for being uninterested in courtly matters and for flaunting his love for men. Shuurei, although born of the important Kou family, has difficulty making ends meet. She easily accepts an invitation to be the Emperor's concubine in order to turn him into a good ruler. The mysterious Seiran, a young man who was adopted by her father, goes with her as Ryuuki's bodyguard. Entering the imperial palace revives Shuurei's dream of being a court official, and, together with the many companions she meets along the way, continues moving bravely forward while trying to fend off the Emperor's advances.


Gun X SwordGun X Sword
TV Tokyo, 2005 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation
5.0


The story is set on the "Planet of Endless Illusion", a place where rogues of all sorts gather. The protagonist, Van, travels the world searching for a man with a clawed right hand. He is joined by several other travelers along the way, each linked to the clawed man by a personal loss.


Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DestinyMobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
TBS(Japan), 2004 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Anime



Set in C.E. 73, two years after the peace treaty between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance was signed in Gundam SEED, members of the Earth Alliance special task force known as Phantom Pain hi-jack three advanced mobile suits from a ZAFT armoury base during a meeting between Orb representative Cagalli Yula Athha and new ZAFT chairman Gilbert Durandal. What begins as a pursuit of this band of Extended Naturals by Orb refugee Shinn Asuka, Athrun Zala, and the crew of the Minerva, escalates into cataclysmic circumstances which lead to the declaration of yet another war.


Zatch Bell!Zatch Bell!
Fuji TV, 2003 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
5.0


One hundred Mamodo (lit. "demon") go to Earth every 1,000 years to battle to be the king of the Mamodo world. Each Mamodo needs a human partner in order to use his or her spell book, a book that seals the powers of the Mamodo. If the spell book is burned, the Mamodo is forced to return to the Mamodo world. The last Mamodo standing without their book burnt is the new Mamodo king.


Detective Academy QDetective Academy Q
Animax, 2003 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
5.0


The Dan Detective School is a Japanese detective school permitted by the government. Kyu, an ordinary boy with big dreams to become detective, attends the school as a member of Q Class along with Megu, the girl with photographic memory; Kazuma, the computer genius kid; Kinta, the strong; and the mysterious Ryu. Together they solve many cases which bring them to face Pluto, the crime organization which should have been destroyed by Dan Morihiko.


Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDMobile Suit Gundam SEED
TBS(Japan), 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Sci-Fi, Animation



"Year 70 of the Cosmic Era. Due to the 'Bloody Valentine' tragedy, tensions between Earth and the PLANTs escalated into armed conflict. None doubted that the numerically superior Earth forces would be victorious, but these early predictions proved to be mistaken. The war became a stalemate, which has lasted for eleven months..." The Newest Series in the GUNDAM Saga to come to America, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (or just Gundam Seed) has a close relationship to the Original Mobile Suit Gundam, or Gundam 0079.


ChobitsChobits
TBS(Japan), 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Romance
4.7


Prep student Hideki Motosuwa - a poor student studying to get into college, one day found a persucom lying in the garbage one night walking home from the store. Now Hideki has his personal own persucom. But can Chi be one of the legendary Chobits?


The Twelve KingdomsThe Twelve Kingdoms
NHK, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Animation



Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before she could properly register what was happening, demon-like creatures attack Youko and her friends, after which they are pulled into a different world. A world unlike what she has ever known. Separated from Keiki, Youko and her friends must do whatever they can if they wish to survive in this new world.


Azumanga DaiohAzumanga Daioh
TV Tokyo, 2002 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Animation
5.0


あずまんが大王, Azumanga Daioh, follows the daily high school lives of six female students and two teachers with unusual personalities, from the first day of high school to graduation. Tomo Takino is the energetic loose cannon; Koyomi "Yomi" Mizuhara is the short-tempered, intelligent one; Chiyo Mihama is the 10-year-old genius; Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga is the slow and not too bright one; Sakaki is the shy cat-loving one, prone to cat bites; and Kagura is the resident jock. The teachers include the wacky, childish, English teacher Yukari Tanizaki, and Minamo "Nyamo" Kurosawa, the sane gym teacher who gets drunk easily. The anime is based on the original manga by Kiyohiko Azuma, and has five parts to each episode, each with its own title (similar to five mini-episodes put together for one big episode). There are 130 sections in all, neatly fitting into 26 episodes.


BeybladeBeyblade
TV Tokyo, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Family, Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
4.8


Beyblade is an anime series about a group of kids battling with highly powerful spinning tops enchanted with sacred Bit-Beasts or spirits of mythical ideaology. The show focuses on the battles between Beyblading teams as they compete to become the world champions.


Noir (JP)Noir (JP)
Other, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Crime, Mystery



Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an E-mail from a young Japanese girl named Kirika Yumura, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past", her life becomes even more dangerous than it already is. Now, with a haunting melody invoking the memory of an event long past, Mireille and Kirika decide to work together to find the truth about a thousand-year-old organization that has controlled both of their lives since before they were born. And the only clue in their search, the only thing Kirika remembers about herself, becomes their working codename: a name designating an ancient fate, of two maidens who reign over death-Noir.


Angelic LayerAngelic Layer
TV Tokyo, 2001 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Anime, Animation



Misaki Suzuhara is a sixth grader who has just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt. She stumbles across a merchandising phenomenon known as Angelic Layer in which a person can purchase a doll and custom design it. Once their doll is finished, they can link to it through new technology and have it move however they want, as long as its within the confines of a field known as a "layer." In these fields there are battles to see who is the best at Angelic Layer that occur at tourist traps or at special tournaments; Misaki meets a strange man known only as Icchan who gets her involved in the games. The man for some reason believes that she has high potential to become one of the greatest players of all time...


Argento SomaArgento Soma
TV Tokyo, 2000 Cancelled/Ended | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation



It was the year 2059 and for several years the earth was settled with Aliens causing troubles to human. Dr Noguchi, Maki Agata, and Tukuto Kenishiro wanted to learn more about these aliens. They did an experiment with a large bio-mechanical alien named Frank. During this process the alien comes to life and destroy everything in sight. Frank leaves and goes to the wild and meets a girl whose parents who were killed because of the war. She and Frank were soon taken custody and captured by Funeral, a secret agency. Takuto who survive Frank rampage whose was screw up by Frank wanted revenge and is know known as Ryu Soma of the Funeral agency.


Blue GenderBlue Gender
TBS(Japan), 1999 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
5.0


Yuji Kaido was diagnosed with a serious disease and cryogenically frozen. He wakes up more than 20 years later-and Earth is nothing like what he remembers. A race of alien bugs called the Blue has taken over the planet, and a few selected humans have retreated to the space station called Second Earth. Yuji is met by a group of humans from Second Earth that is trying to save him. Yuji and this group must survive the Blue-infested Earth and fight their way back to Second Earth. Things are not as simple as they seem, as the Blue are both powerful and mysterious, attacking only humans.


Steel Angel KurumiSteel Angel Kurumi
WOWOW, 1999 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Animation



During Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926), a scientist named Ayanokoji developed the Steel Angel - an artificial humanoid with superhuman physical abilities. While the Imperial Army wanted to use the Steel Angel as a new means of modern warfare, Ayanokoji wanted his creation to be a new step in the future of mankind. Thus, he defied orders from the Army and secretly made the Steel Angel codenamed "Kurumi". Then one day, a young boy named Nakahito Kagura snuck into Ayanokoji's house as a dare by his friends and stumbled upon Kurumi's lifeless body. A sudden attack by the Imperial Army shook the house, causing Kurumi to fall on Nakahito. At that moment, their lips met, and Kurumi woke up from "the kiss that started a miracle".


BettermanBetterman
TV Tokyo, 1999 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Horror



AD 2006, Mankind encounters a mysterious Phenomenon called "Algernon". Nothing is known about Algernon, all people involved with Algernon are dead. One day, the mysterious phenomenon Algernon happened at an underground Amusement park where our hero Keita met our heroine Hinoki, driving "Kakuseijin". Keita and Hinoki encounter a lot of mysteries and monsters. What is "Algernon"? And what is "Better man"? Why does Better man help when Hinoki and Keita are in danger? The never ending nightmare has started.


Martian Successor NadesicoMartian Successor Nadesico
TV Tokyo, 1996 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Sci-Fi, Romance



The aliens have destroyed our base on Mars, wiped out our space fleets, and now, only one ship stands between Earth and total annihilation! Disgusted by the incompetence of Earth's military, the independent arms manufacturer Nergal has built its own space battle cruiser. But due to the shortage of trained soldiers, they've had to assemble the most unorthodox crew to ever launch into orbit. With a cook who's also a pilot and an admiral's daughter in command, the new starship is the most formidable fighting vehicle ever conceived. But before it can see action against the Jovian invaders, the crew must win their first victory against their own species as they fight off a ruthless attempt by Earth's military to seize the Nadesico! Get ready for the wildest space adventure ever in the amazing new series that was voted the "Best Anime Show Of All Time" by Japanese animation fans, MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO!