Anime like BLOOD-C

Elfen Lied

Also known as Elfen Lied.

Studio: VAP , ARMS , Genco , ADV Films , A Line
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

The Diclonius, a mutated homosapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possess two horns on their heads and have a "sixth sense" which gives them telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murders most of the guards in the laboratory where she is being held, only to be shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives, falling off a cliff into the ocean and manages to drift along to a beach where two teenagers, Kouta and Yuka, discover her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the psychotic side of Lucy is not dead just yet...



Tags: Gore , Super Power , Fugitive , Monster Girl , Amnesia , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Seinen , Body Horror , Anthropomorphism , Revenge , Incest , Nudity , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Yandere , Conspiracy , Bullying , Coastal , Love Triangle , Cyborg , Primarily Female Cast , Disability , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Interspecies , Kemonomimi , Military , Family Life , Rural , Human Experimentation , Primarily Teen Cast , Slapstick , Female Harem , Cohabitation , Animals

Jouran: THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD

Also known as JORAN THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD.

Studio: BAKKEN RECORD , Sonilude , Bushiroad , Nippon Television Network , Dentsu , Tatsunoko Production , HJ Holdings
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

The year is 1931. Prince Tokugawa Yoshinobu is 94 years old and holds absolute control over Japan. Remnants of the Meiji era’s culture can be seen around the city, but scientific technology and Japanese esoteric cosmology Onmyodo are also developing, exuding a sense of modernity. Yet lurking behind the glitz is Kuchinawa, a dissident group planning the assassination of the prince, and effectively the fall of the regime. Tasked to extinguish these dissidents is Nue, the government’s secret executioner group. Sawa Yukimura, who works for this organization, suffered from an early age at the hands of the Kuchinawa boss. Her entire family was murdered and she dedicated her life to avenging their death.



Note: The show streamed the episodes on Hulu a week earlier than TV. The regular TV broadcast started on April 7, 2021.

Tags: Revenge , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Politics , Historical , Henshin , Anachronism , Swordplay , Espionage , Ensemble Cast , Guns , Nudity , Crossdressing

DEVILMAN crybaby

Also known as Devilman Crybaby.

Studio: Science SARU , Aniplex , Netflix , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.

The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins.



Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Curses , War , Angels , Henshin , Unrequited Love , Post-Apocalyptic , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Revenge , Athletics , Hip-hop Music , Guns , Urban , Drugs , Meta , Masturbation , Public Sex , Boys' Love , Afterlife , Politics , Heterosexual , Motorcycles , Shounen , Flash

HELLSING OVA

Also known as Hellsing Ultimate.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Satelight , Funimation , StudioRF Inc. , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Tags: Vampire , Gore , Seinen , War , Urban Fantasy , Foreign , Religion , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Urban , Guns , Monster Girl , Body Horror , Noir , Cannibalism , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Butler , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tomboy , Slapstick , Age Regression , Nekomimi , Kemonomimi , Demons , Gender Bending , CGI , Chibi , Werewolf , Time Skip , Philosophy , Nudity , Super Power , Bisexual

Shikabane Hime: Aka

Also known as Corpse Princess: Aka.

Studio: Gainax , feel. , Starchild Records , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

After being brutally murdered along with her family, Makina Hoshimura turns into a Shikabane Hime, a living corpse contracted to the Kougon Cult, in order to exert revenge on the mysterious undead organization responsible for her death. She is assisted in this task by Keisei Tagami, her contracted priest and former friend. This series follows the story of Keisei's younger brother Ouri, a boy with an unusual attraction to death, who slowly discovers his brother's secret and gets dragged into the world of the Shikabanes.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Afterlife , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Survival , Death Game , Revenge , Demons , Female Protagonist , Guns , Shounen , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Super Power , Adoption , Tomboy , Necromancy , Anthropomorphism , Zombie , Episodic , Slapstick , Idol , Delinquents , Cult

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Psychosexual , Urban , Henshin , Shounen , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Yakuza , Heterosexual , Guns , Found Family , Assassins , Crime , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Unrequited Love , Homeless , Police , Revenge , Amnesia , Nudity , POV , Zombie , Angels

Another

Also known as Another.

Studio: Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , P.A.WORKS , Toho , Sentai Filmworks , KLOCKWORX , Bandai Namco Live Creative , NTT Docomo
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

When Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to a new school, he senses a frightening atmosphere in his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence. Soon after his arrival, what is known as the Calamity begins, and it claims the lives of many students.



Tags: Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Survival , Urban Fantasy , Curses , Kuudere , Ghost , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Twins , Male Protagonist , Rural , Teacher , Death Game , Suicide , Philosophy , Assassins

Vampire Hunter D

Also known as VAMPIRE HUNTER D.

Studio: Ajiado , Trans Arts , Movic , Studio Kyuuma , Ashi Productions , Studio Live
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

10,000 years in the future, the world has become a very different place; monsters roam the land freely, and people, although equiped with high tech weapons and cybernetic horses, live a humble life more suited to centuries past. The story focuses on a small hamlet plagued by monster attacks and living under the shadow of rule by Count Magnus Lee, a powerful vampire lord who has ruled the land for thousands of years. When a young girl is bitten by the Count and chosen as his current plaything, she seeks out help of a quiet wandering stranger, D. It so happens that D is one of the worlds best vampire hunters, and he takes it upon himself to cut through Magnus Lees many minions, and put an end to the Count`s rule.



Tags: Vampire , Body Horror , Travel , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Post-Apocalyptic , Orphan , Gore , Ghost , Heterosexual , Ojou-sama , Dystopian , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Guns , Assassins , Werewolf , Nudity

Akame ga Kill!

Also known as Akame ga Kill!.

Studio: WHITE FOX , Sentai Filmworks , Toho , Square Enix , Hanabee Entertainment , Animatsu Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Psychological , Thriller

In a land where corruption rules and a ruthless Prime Minister has turned the puppet Emperor's armies of soldiers, assassins and secret police against the people, only one force dares to stand against them: Night Raid, an elite team of relentless killers, each equipped with an Imperial Arm - legendary weapons with unique and incredible powers created in the distant past.

Rescued from a fate worse than death by Night Raid, young Tatsumi is offered the chance to join their lethal ranks… but it's a deadly choice, as few can master an Imperial Arm and even fewer survive when two Arms go against each other in combat. The battle is on, and only the strongest will make it out alive.



Tags: Assassins , Politics , Tragedy , Shounen , Gore , Crime , Henshin , Swordplay , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Tsundere , Primarily Adult Cast , Kuudere , Heterosexual , Yandere , Kaiju , Guns , Female Harem , Shapeshifting , Tomboy , Demons , Love Triangle , Kemonomimi , Nekomimi , Time Manipulation

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