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Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno



Japan

Age: 42

Born: 26 May, 1982

Known for

In Log Horizon as Naotsuguas Naotsugu

in Log Horizon
In Ascendance of a Bookworm as Markas Mark

in Ascendance of a Bookworm
In The Disastrous Life of Saiki K as Makoto Teruhashi/Tōru Mugamas Makoto Teruhashi/Tōru Mugam

in The Disastrous Life of Saiki K
In Death Parade as Decimas Decim

in Death Parade

TV Series Starring Tomoaki Maeno

Tesla NoteTesla Note
Tokyo MX, 2021 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Sci-Fi, Anime, Animation | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.7/5

Nikola Tesla, a genius scientist recognized by Thomas Edison, kept the entire record of his invention in a crystal called the "Shard of Tesla." Time has passed and now. Raised as the best retributor of the descendants of the Negoro Ninja, Negoro Peony was assigned to the mission "Mission T" to collect crystals at the request of Japan Safety Promotion Co., Ltd. in the wake of a mysterious incident in Norway. Convened. Peony, who has teamed up with a car that claims to be the number one in Japan's safety promotion, will fight for spies around the world over "Tesla's fragments" that could even cause the world to ruin.


Ascendance of a BookwormAscendance of a Bookworm
WOWOW, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.3/5

A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amounts of money to buy one. Myne resolves herself: If there aren't any books, she'll just have to make them! Her goal is to become a librarian. This story begins with her quest to make books so she can live surrounded by them! Dive into this biblio-fantasy written for book lovers and bookworms!


Fairy GoneFairy Gone
Tokyo MX, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Fantasy, Anime, Animation | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.2/5

"Once upon a time, fairies were tools of war." The story takes place in a world where fairies possess and dwell in animals, giving them mysterious abilities. By removing the organs of a possessed animal and transplanting them into humans, fairies can be summoned as an alter ego and be used as a weapon. Such individuals who used fairies as war tools were called "Fairy Soldiers." Once the war was over and they completed their roles, the soldiers lost their purpose. Some began working for the government, some joined the mafia, and some even became terrorists, as each chose their own way to live. Nine years have passed since the war. The protagonist Mariya is a new recruit of "Dorothea," an organization which investigates and suppresses fairy-related crimes. Amidst the unstable political situation, criminals with lingering wounds from the war and past conflicts emerge and engage in terrorism as an act of revenge. This is the story of Fairy Soldiers, fighting for their own justice in a chaotic postwar world.


Namu Amida Butsu!: Rendai UtenaNamu Amida Butsu!: Rendai Utena
Tokyo MX, 2019 Cancelled/Ended | Fantasy, Animation

The pain that everyone cannot escape when living: the living, old, sick, and death. The way to save it is through Buddhist enlightenment. At the end of a war, a prince who obtained the Buddhist enlightenment became the Shaka Nyorai and saved the world. Long time has passed since that, currently the latter age of decadence. Mara, the worry that once tried to destroy Shaka's enlightenment, has made a contract with the devil in order to seek revenge against Shaka. He begins to control people with worries. Meanwhile, a team centering around Shaka, called the Thirteen Buddhas, and the two benevolent deities who protect the dharma, Taishakuten and Bonten, have stood up to fight against Mara to protect people from worries. A battle between Mara and the Buddhist gods that involves people begins now!


After the RainAfter the Rain
Fuji TV, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 4.3/5

Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club but, due to an injury, she is no longer able to run as fast as she once could. Working part-time at a family restaurant as a recourse, she finds herself inexplicably falling love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man with a young son. Despite the age gap, Akira wholeheartedly embraces his mannerisms and kind nature, which is seen as spinelessness by the other employees, and little by little, the two begin to understand each other. Although unable to explain why exactly she is attracted to him, Akira believes that a concrete reason is not needed to truly love someone. On a rainy day, she decides to finally tell her manager about how she feels...but just how will he react?


Hakyu Hoshin EngiHakyu Hoshin Engi
Tokyo MX, 2018 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Anime
Rating: 5/5

When his clan is wiped out by a beautiful demon, young Taikobo finds himself in charge of the mysterious Hoshin Project. Its mission: find all immortals living in the human world and seal them away forever. But who do you trust-and whose side are you really on-when you've been trained to hunt demons by a demon?


Tsuredure ChildrenTsuredure Children
Tokyo MX, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 4.6/5

A series depicting various scenarios of young love. These stories range from a boy, crippled by his absolute lack of confidence in himself, cannot even accept the fact that the girl of his dreams actually asked him out on a date, to the near-psychotic girl that pours her own blood into her homemade chocolate in order to win his heart.


Katsugeki Touken RanbuKatsugeki Touken Ranbu
Tokyo MX, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rating: 4.7/5

The year is 1863 as the tumultuous samurai era is coming to an end, Japan is split between the pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions. The fate of the world is threatened as an army of historical revisionists are sent from the future to alter the course of history. In order to bring these forces down and protect the real history, two sword warriors, spirits who are swords brought to life by Saniwa (sage), rush to Edo. The polite and thoughtful Horikawa Kunihiro and the short tempered yet skillful Izuminokami Kanesada, who served the same master, confront the invading army along with a lively gang of other warriors including Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki, Yagen Toushirou, Tombokiri, and Tsurumaru Kuninaga. As the fate of history lies in these hero's hands, what meets the blade is yet to be uncovered...


Hitorijime My HeroHitorijime My Hero
AT-X, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 3.7/5

Hitorijime My Hero is a spinoff series of Arii's earlier Hitorijime Boyfriend manga, and it focuses on the high school teacher K?suke ?shiba, and the incompetent delinquent Masahiro Setagawa. Both characters appeared in Hitorijime Boyfriend, and K?suke is the brother of the earlier manga's protagonist Kensuke.


Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats BoysKenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys
Tokyo MX, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance, Anime, Animation

Kenka Banchou Otome - Girl Beats Boys, Hinako Nakayama has spent all of her life being raised in state-run orphanages, without ever knowing her family. As she's about to enter high school, Hinako is approached by Hikaru, a boy who claims to be her twin brother. According to Hikaru, Hikaru and Hinako are the children of the head of the powerful Onigashima yakuza family, and Hikaru wants Hinako to switches places with him at Shishiku Academy, an all-boys school overrun with the nation's toughest delinquents. Can Hinako save her brother, find romance, and become the new boss of the school?


ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection DepartmentACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department
Tokyo MX, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Crime, Fantasy, Anime

The kingdom of Dowa, which is subdivided into 13 states, is celebrating its monarch's 99th birthday. These 13 states have many agencies that are controlled by the giant organization known as ACCA. Within ACCA, Jean Otis is the second-in-command of the inspection agency. His agency has ten people placed in each of the 13 states, with a central office in the capital city. They keep track of all the activities of ACCA across the kingdom, and keep data on each state's ACCA office flowing toward the central office. Jean also often has business trips from the capital to the other districts to check on the situation and personnel there.


Room Mate: One Room Side MRoom Mate: One Room Side M
Tokyo MX, 2017 Cancelled/Ended | Animation

Another One Room series telling "another story" featuring male characters.


The Disastrous Life of Saiki KThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K
TV Tokyo, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Fantasy, Anime, Animation
Rating: 4.9/5

Saiki Kusuo has a wide array of superpowers at his command, including telepathy and telekinesis. This might sound awesome, but, in Kusuo's experience, superpowers are not all they're cracked up to be. He tries to live a normal life despite his annoying abilities.


Sousei no OnmyoujiSousei no Onmyouji
TV Tokyo, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Fantasy, Anime, Animation | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.9/5

Rokuro is from a family of exorcists, but he'd rather be a singer, a soccer player or anything but an exorcist! He's forced to own up to his own incredible potential when new arrival Benio stirs his competitive spirit. But their rivalry gets a twist when they earn the prestigious title of "Twin Star Exorcists"-two supreme fighters fated to marry and birth the ultimate spiritual warrior!


Yuri!!! on IceYuri!!! on Ice
TV Asahi, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Action, Romance
Rating: 4.8/5

The show's story revolves around Yuuri Katsuki, who carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. With those mixed feelings swirling inside him, he confines himself inside his parents house. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Viktor Nikiforov appears before him, and along with him is Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Viktor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Gran Prix series.


Haven't You Heard? I'm SakamotoHaven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto
TBS(Japan), 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Anime, Animation | ► Trailer
Rating: 5/5

First year high school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high school life with confidence and class!


KiznaiverKiznaiver
TBS(Japan), 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Rating: 4.4/5

The anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers. Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land, but as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. The story is set in this town where Katsuhira and the others live.


Super LoversSuper Lovers
Tokyo MX, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 5/5

While spending summer with his mother, Haru meets Ren, a boy newly adopted by his mother. Getting along with Ren isn't easy as Haru's goal is to "civilize" him by the time summer ends. Their relationship slowly improves as Haru spends more time with Ren and in return Ren steadily warms up to him. Can they really become a "family" at the end of summer!?


The Morose MononokeanThe Morose Mononokean
AT-X, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Fantasy, Anime, Animation

Ashiya has spent the first seven days of high school stuck in the infirmary because of a youkai attaching itself to him. He ends up asking the owner of a small tea room called the "Mononokean" for help. This is a tale involving the very morose owner of Mononokean guiding the youkai that happened to wander into this world go to the next world.


Touken Ranbu: HanamaruTouken Ranbu: Hanamaru
Tokyo MX, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Anime
Rating: 5/5

The year is 2205. The "historical revisionists" have begun attacks on the past in their plot to change history. The Saniwa, who have been charged with protecting history, can imbue life into objects. Strongest among these are the Touken Danshi. The story centers around their cheerful lives.


Shounen MaidShounen Maid
TBS(Japan), 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Animation

Chihiro is left homeless with supposedly no relatives after his mom died. As he worries about what to do next, his uncle shows up and plans to take care of him...Or is it the other way around?


ClassicaLoidClassicaLoid
NHK, 2016 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Animation

In a rural town undergoing revival through music, high school students Kanae and Sousuke meet none other than Beethoven and Mozart! Calling themselves "ClassicaLoids," this mysterious duo creates a strange power through the "music" they play. One night, stars fall from the sky and gigantic robots appear, causing trouble every single day! Bach, Chopin, Schubert also appear as ClassicaLoids. What is the mystery behind the powers they possess? Are they humanity's friend or foe?


Death ParadeDeath Parade
Nippon TV, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller | ► Trailer
Rating: 3.6/5

Welcome to Queen Dekim." What greets two unsuspecting guests is a strange bar, Queen Dekim, and the white-haired bartender, Dekim. "From here you two shall begin a battle where your lives hang in the balance," he says to introduce the Death Game. Before long the guests' true natures become apparent. As a matter of course, at the game's end Dekim is revealed to be the "arbiter." Dekim's judgement on the two guests is(Source: ANN)


Aoharu x KikanjuuAoharu x Kikanjuu
TBS, 2015 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure
Rating: 4.7/5

Hotaru Tachibana is a girl disguised as a boy. Through strange circumstances she finds herself drawn into the world of survival games by a host, Masamune Matsuoka. The two form a team with ero-manga artist Tohru Yukimura and aim to be the be the best in Japan.


StarmyuStarmyu
Tokyo MX, 2015 On Hiatus | Comedy, Drama, Music, Anime
Rating: 5/5

Hoshitani Yuuta enters Ayana Academy, a school focusing on show business activities, specifically music. The academy has a group of three students with the highest grades in the musical department, and they are known as the Kao Kai (Cherry Blossom Flower Association). This organization stands at the top of the pecking order within the academy. The shortcut to entering the musical department is to enter the Star Frame class, which is directly taught by the members, and to be recognized by them. Unfortunately, due to their own problems, students Touru, Kaito, Kakeru, Shuu, and Yuuta are all struggling to even remain candidates for the musical department. By a stroke of luck, however, the five are spotted by Kao Kai member Ootori, and they attract his interest.


Akatsuki no YonaAkatsuki no Yona
AT-X, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.8/5

The story revolves around Yona, the sole princess of Kingdom of Kouka. Like princesses in general, she lives a happy life in the castle filled with luxury with her father, King Il; her servant, Son Hak; and her cousin and love interest, Soo-won. However, everything changed on the night of her sixteenth birthday. Intending to tell her father that she cannot forget her love for Soo-won, she visits his room, only to witness her father killed by Soo-won, who reveals that he will become the king. With Hak's help, they escaped from the castle to Hak's birthplace, Village of Wind. Under Hak's grandfather's suggestion, Yona and Hak meets the monk, Ik-soo who tells them about the legend of the first king of Kouka, Hiryuu and the four dragons. Yona and Hak decide to travel around the country to find the four legendary dragons to survive.


Seikoku no DragonarSeikoku no Dragonar
AT-X, 2014 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: 5/5

Ash is a student at Ansalivan Dragon Academy, attended by children who have formed contracts with dragons. He possesses the "star mark," the sign of a contract, but since his partner hasn't been born yet, he seems insignificant. The awakening of the dragon he's raising inside his body is triggered by an incident, and it emerges in the form of a young girl.


Log HorizonLog Horizon
Other, 2013 On Hiatus | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | ► Trailer
Rating: 4.4/5

Elder Tales is an online fantasy RPG that has become popular worldwide. But when its twelfth expansion package, "Cultivate the Noosphere," is installed, thirty thousand players in Japan are trapped inside. Among them is grad student Shiroe, who isn't very good at interacting with others. But to survive in a world full of monsters, he forms a guild called "Log Horizon" with an eclectic group of other players.


Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the EastHakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East
Tokyo MX, 2013 Cancelled/Ended | Action, Adventure, Anime, Animation

A boy who is meant to be 18 years old is trapped in a 13 year old kids body after accepting a demon sword after his home village was burnt down. He must find 8 special crystals while trying to survive with the demon in him.


AnotherAnother
Tokyo MX, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Rating: 4.5/5

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class - a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl, Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.


Oda Nobuna no YabouOda Nobuna no Yabou
AT-X, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Adventure, Military/War
Rating: 4.5/5

The historical romantic comedy follows 17-year-old high schooler Sagara Yoshiharu who one day time-travels to the Sengoku period, where all the major Samurai lords are cute girls. Yoshiharu meets Oda Nobuna, the female counterpart of Oda Nobunaga, and begins to serve her as a substitute of Kinoshita Tokichiro, who was killed.


Suki-tte Ii na yo.Suki-tte Ii na yo.
Tokyo MX, 2012 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, Anime, Animation

For 16 years, Tachibana Mei has had no boyfriend and couldn't even make friends. One day she accidentally injures Kurosawa Yamato, the most popular boy in school, but for some reason Yamato takes interest in her and one-sidedly declares her his friend. He even kisses Mei to protect her from a stalker.


Maken-kiMaken-ki
Other, 2011 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 4.6/5

Takeru Oyama spent three years in high school male boarding school and, of course, the longing for the fair sex. Because he had no doubt joined the academy "Sun" - also boarding school, only female, which is now only allowed to co-education. Another plus was that there was in my senior year Haruko Amaya, not only childhood friend, but also a "sister" club in karate, from which Takeru expect advice and assistance in the new exciting world, where already saw himself as "the first guy". Concern is understandable thoughts, the main character lost sight of one little detail - "Sunny" was founded as a school of magic and martial arts!


Sekaiichi HatsukoiSekaiichi Hatsukoi
TV Tokyo, 2011 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Anime
Rating: 5/5

Onodera Ritsu has just transferred from his father's publishing company to Marukawa Shoten. Assigned to the shoujo manga division, he crosses path with the person he'd least expected to meet. Takano Masamune is the editor-in-chief of the division Ritsu's been assigned to, and the two seem get off on the wrong foot right from the very start when Takano unexpectedly kisses him. However, there is more to than what meets the eye: Takano is actually Saga, Ritsu's senpai and high school love, whom Ritsu had thought to have played him for a fool by taking his affections for granted when he confessed and summarily dumped him.


Kaichou wa Maid-sama!Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
TBS, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 4.9/5

Ayuzawa Misaki doesn't like most of the boys in her school, and she is the student council president. But one day one of the council members, and one of the most handsome guys in school finds out her big secret, she works in a maid cafe.


Amagami SSAmagami SS
TBS, 2010 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Romance, Anime, Animation
Rating: 3/5

This show is based on a PS2 dating game featuring six different girls. The story of the anime will be arranged in an omnibus format, with each heroine getting her own version of the story animated. Each heroine will sing her own version of the ending theme song.


Nyan Koi!Nyan Koi!
TBS(Japan), 2009 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Action, Fantasy, Romance
Rating: 4.3/5

Junpei Kōsaka is in his second year of high school and tries to stay out of trouble. He is allergic to cats which is ironic because the girl he has a crush on loves them. One day Junpei makes the mistake of kicking a can that accidentally hits the local neko-jizō-sama, which is the guardian deity of cats, after the incident he can suddenly understand what cats are saying and to make it even worse he also has to grant one hundred wishes from cats, or he will be turned into one himself.


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.


Ga-Rei -Zero-Ga-Rei -Zero-
Chiba TV, 2008 Cancelled/Ended | Drama, Action, Thriller, Horror
Rating: 5/5

Nimura Kensuke is no ordinary freshman, he can see ghosts, and if that is not enough, his life becomes even more weird when he meets Kagura, who is able to summon a "Ga-Rei". The two end up working together in order to find evil spirits and devour them with the Ga-Rei.


Library WarLibrary War
Fuji TV, 2008 Cancelled/Ended | Comedy, Drama, Action, Romance

In the year 2019, the explosion of information and misinformation became a direct threat to society. In a daring decision, it was decided to create a new government agency dedicated solely to information management. Now some thirty years later, the government still monitors and controls information, suppressing anything they find undesirable, but standing against their abuses of power are the libraries, with their special agents called 'the book soldiers.'