Look Around You (Fantasy in the "Real" World)
Anime
A collection of anime that share the premise that fantasy-style goings on are happening in our world. I'm including both "masquerade" entries (where the bulk of the world is supposed to be ignorant of the supernatural) and ones where it's theoretically integrated but the world still closely resembles our own. I am NOT including pure "horror" affairs or other notable subgenres like Magical Girl. To qualify, an item must do some depiction of its "normal" world and establish it as "normal", as well as having elements that are supernatural or otherwise speculative.
TV, 2011,
13 eps
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Author:9
An isolated village has a really cool secret involving magic wooden robots.
Akanesasu Shoujo
The Girl in Twilight
TV, 2018,
12 eps
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Author:9
World-hoppers and esoteric timeline chaos, largely isolated from the "real" world.
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Assassination Classroom
TV, 2015,
22 eps
Me:-
Author:8
The real world changed when a supernatural element (an indestructible mach-speed octopus man) appears.
Asobi ni Iku yo!
Cat Planet Cuties
TV, 2010,
12 eps
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Author:7
The real world changed when a supernatural element (aliens) appears. Also spies and conspiracies seem to be everywhere
Boogiepop wa Warawanai
Boogiepop Phantom
TV, 2000,
12 eps
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Author:8
Strange things happen, unknown to most.
Boogiepop wa Warawanai (2019)
Boogiepop and Others
TV, 2019,
18 eps
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Author:8
Strange things happen, unknown to most. Now with a more coherent plot!
Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]
TV, 2014,
12 eps
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Author:7
Nasu's arguably most famous take, where secret mages fight a secret death game.
TV, 2016,
12 eps
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Author:-
Everyone knows magic exists, but it seems to change nothing for most.
Gokukoku no Brynhildr
Brynhildr in the Darkness
TV, 2014,
13 eps
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Author:8
An evil lab has a conspiracy.
Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara
Iroduku: The World in Colors
TV, 2018,
13 eps
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Author:7
Everyone knows magic exists, and it changes very little for most.
Kara no Kyoukai Movie 3: Tsuukaku Zanryuu
The Garden of Sinners Chapter 3: Remaining Sense of Pain
Movie, 2008,
1 ep
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Author:8
A different side of Nasu's work, my personal favorite of the Garden of Sinners movies that depict mages and other arcane abnormalities unknown to most of their setting.
Kyokou Suiri
In/Spectre
TV, 2020,
12 eps
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Author:6
A show that actively plays with truth and fiction around ghosts and other spirits.
TV, 2014,
12 eps
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Author:8
Kids with strange powers, and even they don't know what's up.
Onegai☆Twins
Please Twins!
TV, 2003,
12 eps
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Author:7
Mostly mundane but there are some supernatural elements lurking around the setting.
Shakugan no Shana
Shakugan no Shana: Season I
TV, 2005,
24 eps
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Author:8
One of the best "Hidden world of both wonder and threat" settings, especially if you really like the threat side of that equation.
TV, 2021,
12 eps
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Author:8
Power suit heroes, but most of the world is ignorant of their reality.
Shingetsutan Tsukihime
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
TV, 2003,
12 eps
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Author:6
Another Nasuverse side. This one is about vampires and also probably wizards. Again, in secret.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
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Author:8
The telepathy adds a supernatural element to what would otherwise be more of an alt history affair.
Summertime Render
Summer Time Rendering
TV, 2022,
25 eps
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Author:9
Mysterious local terrors in a specific island setting
Suzume no Tojimari
Suzume
Movie, 2022,
1 ep
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Author:8
Magic-induced disasters and the people who forestall them
Tenki no Ko
Weathering with You
Movie, 2019,
1 ep
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Author:8
Controlling the weather with magic, whether the masses believe it or no.
Tonari no Totoro
My Neighbor Totoro
Movie, 1988,
1 ep
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Author:9
Strange, largely friendly beings that seem to exist in a rural setting
TV, 2007,
12 eps
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Author:3
A rather lame "secret world of wonder and threat" battler.
Yofukashi no Uta
Call of the Night
TV, 2022,
13 eps
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Author:8
Vampires are the secret supernatural element. Allowed here because it doesn't really hit the "horror" genre.
TV, 2009,
12 eps
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Author:4
Magic-users are real; they seem to mostly be secret though we don't deal with a lot of true normals.
