Anime like Tetsuwan Birdy

Bubblegum Crisis

Also known as Bubblegum Crisis.

Studio: AIC , Artmic , Youmex , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the near future, Tokyo was left flattened as a result from a great earthquake. A new city, MegaTokyo, was then recreated due in no small part from the aid of a multi-million dollar company, Genom Corp. Genom created and mass-produced biomechanical creatures called Boomers to aid in the restoration of MegaTokyo. When the Boomers began to run out of control, the ADPolice at first tried to stop them, but they proved to be far more difficult to deal with than was first imagined. Under the ever looming Boomer threat, a group of four girls from varying degrees of society banded together. Calling themselves The Knight Sabers, they were the only ones with enough firepower and resourcefulness to defend the fledgling MegaTokyo from Genom and it's berserk Boomers.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Robots , Police , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Tokusatsu , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Motorcycles , Guns , Episodic , Tragedy , Tanned Skin , Revenge , Cars , Band , Idol , Orphan , Nudity , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Photography , Super Power , Unrequited Love

Busou Renkin

Also known as Arms Alchemy.

Studio: Xebec , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Viz Media , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Supernatural

The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to have been a dream. However, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura, the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when he was rescuing her. However, she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medallion in his chest, serving as a replacement heart.

The Kakugane, as Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that, when activated, takes a certain form based on the Kakugane's user, forming a unique Buso Renkin. The Buso Renkin is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Buso Renkin (the "Sunlight Heart", a huge lance). Along with Tokiko and her own Buso Renkin (the "Valkyrie Skirt", an execution scythe), Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculi and their master.

Tags: School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Magic , Alchemy , Female Protagonist , Tomboy , Chimera , Twins , Love Triangle , Space

Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki Dai 1-ki

Also known as Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki.

Studio: AIC , Funimation , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Tenchi Masaki was a normal 17-year-old boy until the day he accidentally releases the space pirate, Ryoko from a cave she was sealed in 700 years ago as the people thought she was a demon. In a series of events, four other alien girls show up at the Masaki household as Tenchi learns much of his heritage he never knew about and deal with five alien girls who each have some sort of romantic interest in him.



Tags: Female Harem , Space , Aliens , Police , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Ojou-sama , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Incest , Tsundere

R.O.D -READ OR DIE-

Also known as R.O.D - READ OR DIE.

Studio: Aniplex , Studio DEEN , SME Visual Works , Aniplex of America , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Yomiko Readman is a lovable, near-sighted bibliomaniac working as a substitute teacher at a Japanese high school. Her real identity, however, is that of a secret agent for the British Library Special Operations Division. Her codename: "The Paper." The moniker denotes her supernatural ability to freely manipulate paper into any object she can imagine, including tools and weapons in her fight against the powerful and self-serving IJIN (Great Historical Figure) Army! Along with her partner, the enigmatic "Ms. Deep," Yomiko travels across the world in attempt to solve the mystery behind the reincarnation of historical figures and their attempt to control the world.



Tags: Super Power , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Espionage , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Politics , Clone , Guns , Magic , Amnesia , Historical , Steampunk , CGI , Bisexual

Shin Cutey Honey

Also known as New Cutey Honey.

Studio: Toei Video , Dynamic Planning , Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

The forces of evil were looking for trouble; they found Cutey! In a futuristic world were evil comes in all shapes and sizes, she is the ultimate weapon. She's Cutey Honey, a one woman S.W.A.T. team whose android chassis is capable of changing at will into a dazzling array of hard-hitting, curvaceous bodies, each with its own set of special skills, weapons and other impressive physical attributes. Go Nagai's legendary android super-hero is back and hitting the bad guys where it hurts most.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Demons , Swordplay , Superhero , Crossover , Nudity , Henshin , Monster Girl , Meta , Shounen , Cyberpunk , Magic , Robots , Gangs , Family Life , Cosplay , Age Gap , Episodic , Urban , Guns , Crime , Office Lady , Idol , Heterosexual , Cyborg , Ninja , Drugs , Time Skip , Gender Bending , Bondage

Cinderella Boy

Also known as Cinderella Boy.

Studio: Magic Bus
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Ranma is a poor private detective with a strong sense of justice. His partner, Rella, is a thrill-seeking rich girl. They make for an odd couple on the dangerous streets of Kirin Town, until a run-in with a mafia boss ends up in a near-fatal car accident. Ranma wakes up at the scene, but it is days later and Rella is nowhere in sight. He gets back on the case to find out what happened to his partner, but at the stroke of midnight, a metamorphosis occurs, as Ranma is replaced by Rella. Now every day is a race against time as the two detectives, somehow working together though always apart, try to get their normal bodies back while taking on cases and struggling to survive against the city’s vilest villains.

Tags: Detective , Work , Amnesia , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Crime , Cars , Mafia , Nudity , Assassins , Ships , Gambling , Yakuza , Chimera , Medicine

Tetsuwan Birdy DECODE: THE CIPHER

Also known as Birdy the Mighty Decode: The Cipher.

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi

This OVA connects the first and second Tetsuwan Birdy DECODE seasons.

Birdy uses her pin-up alter ego to help Tsutomu make a love connection with Sayaka, but everything goes horribly wrong when a Federation marionette is added to the equation!



Tags: Aliens , Henshin , Tokusatsu , Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Body Swapping , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Idol

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

Also known as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Studio: Kyoto Animation , Lantis , Bandai Entertainment , Kadokawa Pictures USA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Kyon, your typical high school student, has long given up his belief in the supernatural. However, upon meeting Haruhi Suzumiya, he quickly finds out that it is the supernatural that she is interested in; aliens, time travelers and espers among other things. When Haruhi laments about the lack of intriguing clubs around school, Kyon inspires Haruhi to form her own club. As a result, the SOS Brigade is formed, a club which specializes in all that is the supernatural.

Much to his chagrin, Kyon, along with the silent bookworm, Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the perpetually smiling Itsuki Koizumi, are recruited as members. The story follows the crazy adventures that these four endure under their whimsical leader, Haruhi. The story is based on the light novels by Nagaru Tanigawa.

Note: This entry is for the original 14-episode 2006 airing. The series was further expanded and reordered into a 28-episode series in 2009.

Tags: School Club , Achronological Order , Urban Fantasy , Gods , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Manipulation , Aliens , Alternate Universe , Meta , Philosophy , Parody , Male Protagonist , Magic , Female Protagonist , Tsundere , Otaku Culture , Kuudere , Episodic , Kaiju , Filmmaking , Ensemble Cast , Maids , Baseball , Unrequited Love

Gunsmith Cats

Also known as Gunsmith Cats.

Studio: OLM , VAP , TBS , Kodansha , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Thriller

Rally Vincent knows her weapons well, while her partner Minne May Hopkins loves to play with explosives. The pair run a gun-shop illegally and one day Bill Collins of the ATF, blackmails Rally and Minnie May into working for the ATF. Little do they know, that they are getting involved in a mission larger than they could imagine.



Tags: Guns , Police , Urban , Noir , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Crime , Foreign , Primarily Adult Cast , Cars , Conspiracy , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Assassins , Politics , Episodic

Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu

Also known as Parasyte -the maxim-.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Forecast Communications , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret–except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?



Tags: Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Survival , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Anthropomorphism , Aliens , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Anti-Hero , Urban , Revenge , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Crime , Environmental , Coming of Age , Cannibalism , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Military , Love Triangle , Eco-Horror , Unrequited Love , Guns , Rural , Detective , Female Harem , Bullying , Parenthood , CGI , Delinquents , Pregnancy