Anime like Youma

Kenpuu Denki Berserk

Also known as Berserk.

Studio: OLM , VAP , Media Blasters , NYAV Post , Nippon Television Network , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland. Recently, the town has seen the rise of a wicked king, who uses demonic minions to control and victimise his subjects.

However, when a lone soldier enters the town calling himself the Black Swordsman and armed to the teeth, many sense that the king's days of unchecked oppression are over. Soon, the Black Swordsman is plying his trade by hunting down the king's evil servants, giving no quarter, and preparing to exact his vengeance on the king.



Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Swordplay , War , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Gore , Military , Anti-Hero , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Found Family , Class Struggle , Demons , Revenge , Politics , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Travel , Tsundere , Archery , Fugitive , Tomboy , Nudity , Tanned Skin , Skeleton , Torture

Juubee Ninpuuchou

Also known as Ninja Scroll.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Romance

Jubei Kibagami has always been the master dealer of death, but in rescuing a ninja woman from a monster he sets loose a chain of events that puts death in his own veins and sends them on a nightmarish odyssey through a surreal and devil infested ancient Japan. How do demonic possessions, an annihilated village and a man Jubei thought safely buried in his past all connect? If Jubei can't piece the blood-soaked clues together, his only consolation will be that he won't live to regret it for very long! Prepare your mind and steel your gut for the insanely gore-packed orgy of violence that still stands alone and unchallenged as the ultimate anime action feature.



Tags: Ninja , Historical , Gore , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Travel , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Rural , Politics , Nudity , Tragedy , Ships , Unrequited Love , LGBTQ+ Themes

Ankoku Shinwa

Also known as The Dark Myth.

Studio: Ajiado , Daiei , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Long ago there were fierce gods of legends who shook the earth to its foundation with their power. There are now prehistoric rivals from the primitive times in Japan, that fought to protect their secrets in the present day. The God of Darkness Susanoah-oh is now sleeping in the shadows of the underworld waiting for his rebirth. However his coming hasn't gone unoticed. There are agents from the Kikuchi Clan (descendants of Japans first inhabitants) who have seen the warning signs of the spreading of darkness's bringing. These investigators are armed with ancient knowledge and artifacts who are willingly prepared to face the God of Darkness. Now they must fight the assembled spirits of hell to find the one young boy who is chosen by fate to grasp the chaotic might of the deadly Gods.



Tags: Demons , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Cosmic Horror

Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage

Also known as Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon.

Studio: Movic , Magic Bus , Bandai , Visual 80
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Romance

Lumi and Luka Kobayakawa are identical twins who both are members of the track team and have a crush on a handsome upperclassman Katsuyuki Tohma, but he chooses the latter. While Luka doesn't want to hurt Lumi's feelings, Lumi feels betrayed by her own sister. On their way to the party celebrating the graduation of eldest members of the team, they take shelter in a cave, which turns out to be a mass grave, and all members were killed by the strange smell from the cave, with Lumi and Luka only survivors. After the tragedy, Lumi has become a completely different person, and one day she literally emerges from the floor of Luka's room...



Tags: Twins , Shoujo , Love Triangle , Gore , Super Power , Athletics

Warau Hyouteki

Also known as Laughing Target.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Yuzuru was an average teenager who had almost forgotten that he was betrothed to Azusa when he was only 6! Now arriving to claim what she feels is rightfully hers, only Satomi (Yuzuru's current girlfriend) stands in her way... and with the mysterious and frightening powers that Azusa brings, Satomi won't stand in her way for long!

Tags: Heterosexual , Demons , Love Triangle , Yandere , School , Archery , School Club , Shounen ,

Ningyo no Mori

Also known as Mermaid Forest.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , OB Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery

This anime is based on the Mermaid Forest story line found in the graphic novel by the same name. Mana and Yuta are drawn into the world of the Kannagi Family, owners of Mermaid Forest. Only two of the Kannagi clan remain - an old women and a young girl with hair as white as snow. What is the secret of these two women? And what is the secret of Mermaid Forest? Is there really a mermaid buried somewhere in the hills......a mermaid that could help Yuta return to normal?



Tags: Mermaid , Mythology , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Gore , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Twins , Swimming , Suicide , Shounen

Kimetsu no Yaiba

Also known as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.

Studio: ufotable , Aniplex , Shueisha , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

It is the Taisho Period in Japan. Tanjiro, a kindhearted boy who sells charcoal for a living, finds his family slaughtered by a demon. To make matters worse, his younger sister Nezuko, the sole survivor, has been transformed into a demon herself. Though devastated by this grim reality, Tanjiro resolves to become a “demon slayer” so that he can turn his sister back into a human, and kill the demon that massacred his family.



Tags: Demons , Shounen , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Monster Girl , Revenge , Travel , CGI , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Orphan , Mythology , Slapstick , Rural , Historical , Rotoscoping , Super Power , Body Horror , Coming of Age , Chibi , Time Skip , Snowscape

Soukihei MD Geist

Also known as MD Geist - The Most Dangerous Ever.

Studio: Central Park Media , ADV Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the distant future, mankind has colonized other planets in the universe. While many planets lived in peace, the planet Jerra has been ravaged by decades of war. Geist is an M.D.S. (Most Dangerous Soldier), an enhanced human with unsurpassed combat capabilities and an insatiable lust for battle. Because of his uncontrollable nature, Geist is cryogenically frozen and locked in a satellite. Several years later, the satellite crashes and Geist wakes up from his sleep to engage in another war. This time, to help the army stop the planet's central computer from activating a doomsday device that will lead to total annihilation of all life on Jerra.



Note: A Director's Cut version was released on March 1, 1996, containing a new Intro and Outro leading into the sequel

Tags: Military , Post-Apocalyptic , Motorcycles , Gore

Dororo

Also known as Dororo.

Studio: MAPPA , Twin Engine , Tezuka Productions , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Supernatural

Dororo, a young orphan thief, meets Hyakkimaru, a powerful ronin. Hyakkimaru's father, a greedy feudal lord, had made a pact with 12 demons, offering his yet-unborn son's body parts in exchange for great power. Thus, Hyakkimaru - who was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears, a nose or a mouth - was abandoned in a river as a baby. Rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who equips him with artificial limbs and teaches him sword-fighting techniques, Hyakkimaru discovers that each time he slays a demon, a piece of his body is restored. Now, he roams the war-torn countryside in search of demons.

Tags: Demons , Revenge , Disability , Swordplay , Tragedy , Samurai , Estranged Family , Youkai , Anti-Hero , Orphan , War , Male Protagonist , Historical , Crossdressing , Rural , Travel , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Philosophy , Female Protagonist , Episodic , Body Horror , Tomboy , Kuudere , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Cannibalism , Heterosexual , Prostitution

Sengoku Kitan Youtouden

Also known as Yotoden: Chronicle of the Warlord Period.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Central Park Media , Nippon Victor
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

In the year 1580, a man named Lord Nobunaga Oda sends hoards of unholy armies across Japan, slaying all who stand in their way. A young ninja escapes her villages' destruction with a short sword, one of the three mystical weapons that can end Oda's rule. During her quest, she is joined by two other ninjas who wield the other two weapons of legend, the sacred sword and spear.



Tags: Demons , Swordplay , Historical