10 anime series that debuted 10 years ago and never came back

Shinkoukei Mikakunin (Engaged to the Unidentified) is a 12-episode anime series that premiered in January 2014 with animation by the studio Doga Kobo. Although the anime closely follows the manga, the final episode is original.

Kobeni Yonomori, an ordinary teenager, receives a big surprise on her 16th birthday: a fiancé and a sister-in-law she didn’t even know she had. As a result of an agreement made by his late grandfather, Hakuya Mitsumine and his younger sister, Mashiro, moved from their country home to the Yonomori household to deepen their relationship with their new family members.

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The anime adaptation of the light novel Magical Warfare (Mahou Sensou) by Hisashi Suzuki premiered in January 2024. Mahou Sensou adapts the first 7 volumes of the light novel.

The animation studio is the Madhousethe director is Yuzo Sato (Kaiji, Iron Man, Gokusen) and the character design is by Ryouma Ebata (Busou Shinki, Birdy the Mighty: Decode).

The story follows Takeshi Nanase, a normal boy with a somewhat dark past. One day he finds a girl at school passed out in a uniform he doesn’t recognize. This encounter will change Takeshi’s life forever.

The girl called Mui Aiba tells him that she is a magician and apologizes for turning him into a magician too. Takeshi discovers that there are actually two worlds, one where magicians live and another where humans live.

At the Game No Life It is one of the animes that the Japanese most want to see continued, but we were only allowed 1 season, not even the author of the work himself understands the reason for this. The anime premiered in April 2024. No Game No Life adapts the first three volumes of Yuu Kamiya’s light novel with the same title.

A prequel film titled “No Game No Life: Zero” was released in 2017, which adapted volume 6 of LN. However, a new season appears to be out of the question. There were several reasons for this, such as the copyright infringement controversy surrounding the original author Yuu Kamiya and the animation studio’s very busy production schedule Madhouse.

The history of No game No life takes place around two brothers Sora and Shiro whose reputation as NEET gamers has become an urban legend on the internet. These two gamers even consider real life to be like any other low-quality game.

One day they are summoned to an alternative world by “God”. In this world, “God” prohibited war and declared that everything would be decided through games, even the borders of countries. Humanity was reduced to a single city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro become the “saviors of humanity” in this alternative world?

The anime series adaptation of the novel Black Bullet by Shiden Kanzaki and premiered in April 2024. The series adapts the first 4 volumes of Shiden Kanzaki’s novel with the same title..

The animation studio is the Kinema Citrusthe director is Masayuki Kojima (Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, The Piano Forest), the argument is Tatsuhiko Urahata (Saki Episode of Side A, Cardfight!! Vanguard) and the character design is by Chiho Umishima.

Based on the light novel written by Shiden Kanzaki and illustrated by Saki Ukai, Black Bullet takes place in an alternative future in which humanity has been decimated by a parasitic virus, Gastrea. However, children with the ability to control the Gastrea virus, a consequence of being born with the virus, appear and are used against Gastrea by Civil Security teams, on par with ordinary humans.

The anime adaptation of the manga Gokukoku no Brynhildr (Brynhildr in the Darkness) sci-fi by Lynn Okamoto (Elfen Lied, Nononono) premiered in April 2014 by the studio ARMS (MAOYU, Queen’s Blade). Gokukoku no Brynhildr adapts the first 10 volumes of the manga by Lynn Okamoto.

The story revolves around a young man named Ryōta Murakami who cannot forget his childhood friend who he left to die in an accident. Feeling that he must fulfill his promise to prove the existence of aliens he has continually looked up to the sky as a member of the astronomy club. One day a transfer student appears who looks exactly like her childhood friend. She is a magician who escaped from a research laboratory.

The history of Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun It revolves around high school student Sakura Chiyo who has a crush on her classmate Nozaki Umetarou, but when she confesses her love for him, he mistakes her for a fan and gives her an autograph. When she says that she always wants to be with him, he invites her to come to her house, but as his helper in some drawings. Chiyo discovers that Umetarou is actually a renowned shoujo manga artist named Yumeno Sakiko and agrees to be her assistant. While working on their manga Let’s Love, they meet other schoolmates who help them or serve as inspiration for characters in the stories.

The anime series premiered in July 2014 with animation by the studio Doga Kobo.

The anime adaptation of the manga To Haru Ride (Blue Spring Ride) by Io Sakisaka premiered in July 2014.

This anime series from Production I.G. premiered in July 2014 and revolves around Futaba, a girl in love with Kō Tanaka, however, after a disagreement their friendship disappears and he transfers to another school. Everything changes when after some time she meets Kō again, this time under the name Ko Mabuchi.

The anime adaptation of the novel Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance (Spirit Elementalist’s Blade Dance) by Yuu Shimizu premiered in July 2014 by studio TNK.

Only a pure maiden has the privilege of maintaining contact with the spirits. At the Areishia Spiritual Academy, maidens from noble families are trained and given an elite education to become spirit contractors. A boy, Kamito, accidentally spied a girl, Clair, while she was taking a bath and ended up making a pact with the spirit she desired. Yes, Kamito is a different boy whose existence was thought impossible until now. “You stole… my spirit… you have to take responsibility for becoming my contract spirit!” Claire said. Where will Kamito’s destiny take him?

The anime series adaptation of the shoujo manga Akatsuki no Yona (Yona of the Dawn or Yona) by Mizuho Kusanagi premiered in October 2014.

With animation from Studio Pierrot the direction is Kazuhiro Yonedathe argument is Shinichi Inotsume and the soundtrack is composed by Kunihiko Ryo.

The story is an “epic romance fantasy set in a ruined country”. As Yona is the only princess of a large kingdom, she grew up with a lot of special care from her father and protected by her childhood friend and guardian Hak. However, her destiny changes when she turns 16, when her cousin Soo-won murders her father to obtain the throne. Yona escapes from the castle to Hak’s hometown and begins to live a new life.

The anime series adaptation of the light novel Pray, Twin Tail ni Narimasu (I, Will Become a Twin Tail) by Yume Mizusawa premiered in October 2014.

The animation studio is the Production IMS (Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master, Date A Live II), directed by Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo) and the character design is by Kazuaki Morita (Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Danganronpa).

Soji Mitsuka, an ordinary high school boy, has an obsession with twintails. He encounters a mysterious girl named Twoearle, who comes from a parallel world, when monsters appear in her town and declare that all the twintails in the world belong to them. These monsters feed on “attribute strength”, the spiritual energy of humans. Twoearle entrusted Soji with Tail Gear, an imaginary suit of armor initiated by powerful twintail attributes. With the armor, Soji transforms into a twintail warrior girl to protect the Earth.