23. Erased
Release Year: 2016
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Where To Watch: Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu
Why It Rocks: Erased, much like Re:Zero, is an anime about a boy who travels through time to prevent the deaths of those close to him. However, Erased differentiates itself from the popular isekai by having its Groundhog Day-esque time loop revolve around its protagonist, Satoru Fujinuma, and his journey to discover the culprit behind an unsolved murder of his grade school classmate. The stakes of this anime are heightened with the revelation that the murderer of his classmate is the same person who murdered his mother. If that’s not nervewracking enough for you, Satoru is also sent back in time to when he was a child. The show packs an emotional punch with the harrowing situations child Satoru finds himself in and reaches a very satisfying conclusion.
