Across
- 5. Double-titled anime about love and punk
- 7. Symbol that drills into destiny
- 8. Abbrev. with a fullmetal meaning
- 9. Towering monster of Egyptian origin
- 13. Power of comedy physics
- 15. Straw Hat collective noun
- 19. Where Howl or Laputa might be found
- 22. Anime that started with a bang — literally
- 24. Rank that cuts deep
- 25. Annual gathering where power levels are over 9000
- 26. “Deku,” “Luffy,” or “Kacchan,” e.g.
- 30. Time-looping god complex
- 31. One who bebops through space
- 33. Job title requiring both courage and licensing
- 34. Half-demon who’s a real dog sometimes
- 35. Code name that hides royal lineage
- 36. Pirate whose career went up in flames
- 38. Group that’s anything but a bright dawn
- 42. Freelance group for odd jobs and odder jokes
- 43. Wise men... or magic ones
- 44. Martial artist with a splash of gender fluidity
- 46. What’s left after Griffith’s promotion
- 47. Knightmare worth piloting
- 49. Genre with grown-up stakes
- 50. Character often heard in silence
- 53. Where Pokémon take long breaks and make eggs
- 55. Muscular man known for flexing... and alchemy
- 57. What Tokyo Ghoul cafes and yakuza metaphors share
- 59. Bonus that’s often a joke
- 60. MMO adventure with deadly lag
- 61. Price of power in alchemy
Down
- 1. Boy tied to a beastly spear
- 2. Occupying presence that grows on you
- 3. Japanese aesthetic, anime edition
- 4. Common element in every anime café scene
- 6. Reflective servant with questionable devotion
- 10. Villain with a god complex — literally
- 11. Guardian lion that isn’t exactly lion-hearted
- 12. Cowboy with a metallic sidekick
- 14. Mecha with mother issues
- 16. Boundary keeping the hunger at bay
- 17. Host with the most (tails)
- 18. Cycle that’s hard to escape
- 20. Archer who refuses to stay extinct
- 21. Thunder user known more for fear than flash
- 23. One who syncs well with trauma
- 27. Hero whose name means “green valley”
- 28. Inventor who’s got the capsule collection
- 29. Hidden gag running wild through One Piece
- 32. Mist opportunity of a swordsman
- 37. Word for “anger,” also a family specialty
- 39. Demon-slaying shorthand
- 40. Bearer of bad news (and executions)
- 41. Place half the cast comes back from eventually
- 45. Clean title for a show full of death
- 48. Sin with an appetite for souls
- 51. Spell combining logic and annihilation
- 52. Paperwork that kills productivity
- 54. Predator with drama instincts
- 56. Organization that knows how to push buttons
- 58. Transformation that’s all rubber and revolution