Tokyo Ghoul is a Japanese manga and anime series that follows the story of Ken Kaneki, a college student who becomes a ghoul after being attacked by one. Ghouls are beings that can only survive by eating human flesh, and they live in secrecy among humans in Tokyo. Kaneki struggles to come to terms with his new identity and to balance his human and ghoul sides while navigating a dangerous world full of other ghouls, as well as the human organization that seeks to eradicate them.

By the Grace of the Gods is a Japanese light novel series written by Roy and illustrated by Ririnra. The series follows a 39-year-old man named Ryoma Takebayashi who dies and is reincarnated into a fantasy world filled with magic and mythical creatures. After being taken in by a duke and given a home, Ryoma decides to live a simple life in the forest, where he uses his skills from his past life to create potions and tame slimes.

Wonderfully illustrated and written by Noriaki Kubo, Bleach is a tale that follows Ichigo Kurosaki in a series of adventurous travels once he has gotten the powers of a "Death God" that is similar to the Grim Reaper. With his new powers Kurosaki now defends humans against evil spirits while guiding their souls to their afterlife. This immensely popular television series is an anthology format that also started a valuable media franchise that includes seven rock musicals, many video games, four animated movies or feature films, as well as a couple of original video animation features. Among the most popular media from the Bleach series is their line of merchandise such as t-shirts, novels, and trading cards. Ichigo Kurosaki, a gifted teenager who has the ability to actually see spirits, comes up with a Soul Reaper named Rukia Kuchiki. Kuchiki is hunting for a Hollow or lost dangerous soul that must be defeated. Ichigo must help Rukia out and battle the evil Hollows while Rukia is left behind and stranded in the world of humans, sapping her of her strengths. Rukia may be punished for transferring her powers to another, namely to Ichigo Kurosaki.

Either the CIA is just not that cool and relevant anymore, or Seth Macfarlane and associates are still mining the mother lode of 1970s humour as they develop episodes of "American Dad!" for Sunday nights on Fox. Television historians claim animated series have replaced sit-coms as television's principal source of informed social commentary; and "The Simpsons" have replaced "All in the Family" as the nation's premier satire, the weekly litmus test of American values and expectations. "American Dad!" shows little sign of aspiring to that lofty standing. Most episodes set the standard simply at "amusing." CIA agent and uber-patriot Stan Smith, the "American Dad!" anchors a predictably diverse, dysfunctional just-beyond-the-beltway family. Francine, his wife, appears to atone for her wild youth by remaining vacant, mostly boring in contemporary life. Hayley, Stan's college-aged radical daughter, naturally acts-out all the standard forms of late adolescent rebellion and family insurgency. And Steve, not surprisingly, enters puberty eager to live-up to Dad's expectations but congenitally incapable of coming even close. Holding its own in Fox's Sunday night animated line-up, "American Dad!" has improved in its several seasons on the air. Translation: "American Dad!" has evolved from "mediocre" to "not bad" as it has outgrown its abject dependence on cliches and stereotypes, freshened its subject matter and treatment, and drawn sharper edges on its characters. Still, the premises for "American Dad!" showed promise in 1973; in the new millennium, they seem a little tired.

"The Smurfs" is an American animated television series that premiered in 1981. The show follows the adventures of a group of small blue creatures called Smurfs, who live in a magical forest hidden away from humans. The show was based on a popular comic series created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo.

HouseBroken is a television series that follows a group of neighborhood pets and stray animals who come together for group therapy sessions to work through their issues. The show was created by Gabrielle Allan, Jennifer Crittenden, and Clea DuVall, and premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company in May 2021.