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The current anime season is gearing up to be packed full of exciting series that cover a wide range of genres. Anime fans will be busy keeping up with newly announced series as well as returning series with new seasons. One new series that has begun airing is Spy Classroom; In a world that has been ravaged by war and chaos, the governments of the world have shifted their view to participating in more covert diabolical undertakings.

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By using spies to wage a war of espionage against enemies, governments seek to decrease the rate of casualties. Lily is one young student among a sea of specially picked teenagers to be trained to be the greatest spies in the country. Unfortunately for Lily, her scores do not shine a light on her abilities as a spy. Nevertheless, Lily believes her luck has changed when she is chosen to join a secret elite squad for an especially dangerous mission. With high hopes, Lily accepts her assignment, but upon arrival, she realizes all that glitters is not gold. Spy Classroom is a somewhat comical action drama series that many fans will enjoy once the series gets going. While viewers are waiting for the anime to ramp up, there are plenty of other series that can match Spy Classroom as new episodes are released. Here are some of the best anime to watch if you love Spy Classroom.

6 Akiba Maid War

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Nagomi Wahira was a carefree and fun-loving girl who simply wanted to achieve her dream of being like the attractive women who would dress up in cute outfits for vendors and cafes. Nagomi worked hard and landed a job at Ton Tokoton after moving to Akihabara. Unfortunately for Nagomi, she quickly discovers that the cafe life isn't at all what she expected.

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Nagomi is dragged into an all-out maid war on her first day between factions of cafe maids wielding guns and knives trying to take each other out. Nagomi tries her best to cope with the dream she had and the actual life she now lives as a maid in Akiba.

5 Princes Principal

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When weapons of mass destruction steered the country in a different direction, a wall was erected, separating the country between two factions: The Kingdom of Albion and the Commonwealth of Albion. As the conflict escalates between the factions, a war is waged behind the scene in a battle of information and assassinations.

A group of young women from a prestigious school of espionage and infiltration are charged with furthering the commonwealth's goals by any means. Ange Le'Carre leads her squad of ruthless female spies on dangerous missions toward a better future.

4 Spy Family

The infamous spy, Twilight, has dealt with some of the most dangerous people and places in the world; from war criminals to terrorists, Twilight has never lost his cool and always completed his mission with pristine efficiency. However, the world's greatest spy may have met his match when he is ordered to obtain vital information on an elusive politician.

To do this, Twilight dawns the alias Loid Forger, a psychiatrist, and father of one young girl. Upon adopting a young child to help with his cover, he discovers that family life is perhaps the most taxing mission he's ever had. Anya, happy to no longer be an orphan, seeks to aid her new father in any way possible; with the ability to read minds, she may be the key to completing the mission or causing it to fail.

3 Classroom Of The Elite

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Classroom of the Elite follows Kiyotaka, who has no interest in standing out and wishes to go about his life living as a regular teenager. This becomes quite the task after he enrolls in to one of the most prestigious schools in the country, which has an eccentric style of learning and a bizarre hierarchy.

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With students placed into ranking, allowing top-ranking students special treatment and lower-ranking students vulnerable to verbal and physical abuse, Kiyotaka tries his best to remain unnoticed. However, Kiyotaka quickly finds himself involved and invested in his classmates' problems. Things quickly get out of hand as Kiyotaka's past comes back to haunt him, and he's at risk of losing his freedom once again.

2 Assassination Classroom

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A genetically engineered super-weapon becomes the most dangerous threat to the world, able to destroy the entire planet on a whim. With no viable option to stop the creature, the world decides to negotiate.

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Taking the title, Koro-sensei, the creature demands to teach a class of young high school students in hopes of grooming them into top-of-the-line assassins able to kill him. The deal is if the students don't obtain the skills they need and assassinate Koro-sensei within the school year, he will destroy the world. Unfortunately for the world. The lowest performing class in the country is the class Koro-sensei chooses, and in a series of comical adventures, they slowly learn to believe in themselves and become hardened killers.

1 Lycoris Recoil

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When terrorist acts begin to rise in Japan, a secret organization trains and employs young girls who become experts in hand-to-hand combat, firearms, and anti-terrorist operations to combat the criminals. This organization is called DA, and its operatives, Lycoris; Chisato is the most skilled Lycoris in the country known for her miracle mission where she defeated an entire cell of armed mercenaries single-handedly without taking a life.

Now, Chisato works independently, doing odd jobs for everyday people. However, when a problematic Lycoris is transferred to her care, things get more exciting and more chaotic as their personalities clash.

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