Anime like Satsuriku no Tenshi

Tenkuu Shinpan

Also known as High-Rise Invasion.

Studio: Zero-G , Avex Pictures , Netflix , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery

High school student Yuri Honjou finds herself lost in an “abnormal space” where countless skyscrapers are connected by suspension bridges and “masked figures” mercilessly slaughter their confused and fleeing victims. To survive in this hellish world, she has two choices: kill the masked figures or be killed. Yuri is determined to survive in order to destroy this irrational world, but what will be her ultimate fate?



Tags: Survival , Death Game , Battle Royale , Female Protagonist , Suicide , Memory Manipulation , Gods , Amnesia , Body Horror , Dystopian , Slapstick , Urban , Guns , Gore , Ensemble Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shounen , Nudity , Isekai , Swordplay , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Maids

Mirai Nikki

Also known as The Future Diary.

Studio: Funimation , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , Asread , Rakuonsha , Kadokawa Pictures Japan , KLOCKWORX , chara-ani.com , 12 Diary Holders , Dwango , Sakura Create
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

This psychological thriller, based on the manga written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno, is about Yuki, a loner who's not very good with people. He prefers to write a diary on his cell phone and talk to his imaginary friend, Deus Ex Machina – The God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is more than a figment of his imagination when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royale with eleven others. The contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, each diary possessing unique features that give it both advantages and disadvantages. Within the next 90 days, the contestants must try to survive until there is only one left standing. The winner will become the new God of Time and Space.



Tags: Battle Royale , Death Game , Survival , Yandere , Tragedy , Alternate Universe , Psychosexual , Body Horror , Gore , Gods , Male Protagonist , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Crime , Urban , Heterosexual , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Terrorism , Clone , Guns , Super Power , CGI , Netorare , Meta , Adoption , Orphan , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Tanned Skin , Prophecy

Death Parade

Also known as Death Parade.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , DAX Production , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When two people die at the same time, they’re sent to a place that’s neither heaven nor hell—a lavish bar between worlds where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: if you win you live again, if you die… you’re gone for good.

Decim is the bartender charged with serving the souls who enter Quindecim. He may make a mean cocktail, but his true profession is to play the role of arbiter—a judge who determines whether or not a soul is worthy of reincarnation. To aid in his judgment, the bar’s patrons are forced to play simple games laced with sadistic twists designed to bring their true natures to light. To Decim, judgment has always been black and white—that is—until he meets a mysterious young woman whose fate seems impossible to decide. His indecision shakes the very foundation of the games and raises the biggest question of all: Who is fit to judge the dead?



Tags: Afterlife , Death Game , Philosophy , Tragedy , Amnesia , Memory Manipulation , Reincarnation , Bar , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Suicide , Gambling , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Mythology , Kuudere , Bowling , Gyaru , Ice Sports , Revenge , CGI , Tanned Skin

Happy Sugar Life

Also known as Happy Sugar Life.

Studio: Ezo’la , Square Enix , VAP , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Bit promotion , Genco , Studio Blanc
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

Satou Matsuzaka is a beautiful high schooler who has a reputation for being permissive with men. However, a chance encounter with a young girl named Shio Koube makes Satou realize that this is her first and only true feeling of love. Telling others that she lives with her aunt, Satou secretly shares an apartment with Shio. Despite her innocent appearance, Satou is willing to do anything to protect her beloved, resorting to desperate measures to ensure that their "happy sugar life" remains intact.



Tags: Found Family , Tragedy , Yandere , Crime , Female Protagonist , Urban , Age Gap , Anti-Hero , Primarily Female Cast , Suicide , Psychosexual , Hypersexuality , Denpa , Yuri , Gore , Amnesia , Cohabitation , Ensemble Cast , Work

Koroshi Ai

Also known as Love of Kill.

Studio: Platinum Vision , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , Kadokawa Media House , Toy's Factory , A3 , Bit grooove promotion
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Romance

Two assassins face off. The cool bounty hunter Chateau and the mysterious and powerful Ryang-ha. Chateau and Ryang-ha become enemies after this fight—at least, they should have, but for some reason Ryang-ha takes a liking to Chateau and begins following her around.

Little by little, Chateau develops a cooperative partnership with Ryang-ha, which gets her caught up in the struggle against the organizations hunting him down. Furthermore, that battle is related to her past as well. Two mismatched assassins weave together a twisted "Assassin X Assassin" thriller. The strange gears of fate begin to move.



Note: The first episode had an early premiere at AnimeNYC 2021.

Tags: Assassins , Heterosexual , Amnesia , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Guns , Ships , Crime , Adoption , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Police , Gore , Unrequited Love , Criminal Organization , Tragedy , Suicide , Foreign , Shoujo

Sankarea

Also known as Sankarea: Undying Love.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Funimation , Lantis , Pony Canyon , TBS , Kodansha , BS-TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

Furuya's not interested in the living, he's got zombies on the brain! When Furuya's cat dies, he decides he's going to try and bring it back to life. In the process, he stumbles across a girl who is involved in an accident and turns into a real zombie! What's Furuya going to do now that the thing he loves the most is right in front of his eyes?



Tags: Zombie , Monster Girl , Ojou-sama , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Cohabitation , Rural , Interspecies , Shounen , Animals , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Age Gap , Medicine , Unrequited Love , Incest , Love Triangle , School , Maids , Nudity , Kuudere , Torture , Fencing

Shadows House

Also known as SHADOWS HOUSE.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , WOWOW , Shueisha , TOKYO MX , BS Asahi , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

High atop a cliff sits the mansion known as Shadows House, home to a faceless clan that pretends to live like nobles. They express their emotions through living dolls that also endlessly clean the home of soot. One such servant, Emilico, aids her master Kate as they learn more about themselves and the mysteries of the house.



Tags: Conspiracy , Slavery , Maids , Female Protagonist , Butler , Primarily Child Cast , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , Cult , Super Power , Magic , Brainwashing , Ojou-sama , Seinen , Tragedy , Drugs , Death Game , Urban Fantasy , Kuudere , Fairy

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Also known as When They Cry.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Frontier Works , Sotsu , DAX Production , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

After moving into the quiet town of Hinamizawa, Maebara Keiichi spends his days blissfully in school often playing games with his local friends. However, appearances can be deceiving. One fateful day, Keiichi stumbles upon news of a murder that had occurred in Hinamizawa. From this point on, horrific events unfold in front of Keiichi, as he soon learns his close friends may not be all that they seem. Based on the amateur mystery game by 07th Expansion, the story is told in a series of different scenarios.

Tags: Denpa , Alternate Universe , Ensemble Cast , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Rural , Achronological Order , Gore , Time Loop , Body Horror , Bullying , Torture , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Yandere , Twins , Chibi , Mythology , Pandemic , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Shrine Maiden , Primarily Teen Cast , Police , Historical , Crossdressing , Board Game , Surreal Comedy

Deadman Wonderland

Also known as Deadman Wonderland.

Studio: Manglobe , Funimation , AMG MUSIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.

At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal deathmatches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro, an unusual female inmate, his dark fate crushes all hope —until he discovers the strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He's determined to see justice served —but first he'll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.



Tags: Prison , Tragedy , Survival , Super Power , Gore , Death Game , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Orphan , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Nudity , Guns , Rehabilitation , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Human Experimentation

Danganronpa: Kibou no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei - The Animation

Also known as Danganronpa: The Animation.

Studio: NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Funimation , Lerche , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A group of 15 elite high school students are gathered at a very special, high class high school. To graduate from this high school essentially means you'll succeed in life, but graduating is very difficult. The school is presided over by a bear called Monokuma, and he explains to them that their graduation hinges around committing a murder. The only way to graduate is to kill one of your classmates and get away with it. If the other classmates discover the identity of the killer, the killer is the only one executed. However, if they fail to catch the killer, only the killer graduates and the others are annihilated. Which of the 15 will survive the bloodbath to come?

Tags: Death Game , Battle Royale , Tragedy , Survival , Detective , Dystopian , Memory Manipulation , Amnesia , School , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Dissociative Identities , Twins , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Artificial Intelligence , Surreal Comedy , Tanned Skin , Yandere , Suicide , Femboy , Crossdressing , Kuudere , Gyaru , Meta , CGI , Otaku Culture , Idol