Anime like C³

Hidan no Aria

Also known as Aria the Scarlet Ammo.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Funimation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Aria is a volatile girl who’s top dog in assault at a school for young mercenaries. When she discovers her classmate Kinji’s an ace, she strong-arms him into being her partner, but she isn’t the only femme fatale who wants a taste of his combat skills. His secret? He’s only a hotshot when he’s turned on! Aria gets Kinji for one mission, but he’ll end up with more than one finger on his trigger!



Tags: Tsundere , Guns , School , Urban Fantasy , Female Harem , Yandere , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , CGI

Absolute Duo

Also known as Absolute Duo.

Studio: 8-bit
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

The story begins with Blaze — a weapon that is the manifestation of a human's soul. Tooru Kokonoe happens to be qualified for this, but for some reason his Blaze is not a weapon, but a shield. Moreover, he enrolled in a school that teaches combat skills, and thanks to the school's Duo partner system, he ends up living with a beautiful silver-haired girl.



Tags: School , Female Harem , Swordplay , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Boarding School , Yandere , Nudity , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Kuudere , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Cohabitation , Guns , CGI , Tragedy , Teacher , Kemonomimi

Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge

Also known as The Severing Crime Edge.

Studio: Media Factory , Sentai Filmworks , Studio Gokumi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance

Haimura Kiri is a seemingly ordinary boy with one slight problem: he is obsessed with cutting other people's hair. One day he meets Mushiyanokouji Iwai, the "Hair Queen" who cannot cut her hair because of an inherited curse. Kiri finds out that his scissor, "Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge" is the only thing that can cut them. But little did he know that their meeting sparked the start of an old murder game to kill the "Hair Queen" using the cursed killing tools, the "Killing Goods." Can Kiri protect Iwai from the Killing Goods Owners? Let the game begin!

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , School , Crime , Criminal Organization , Magic , Battle Royale , Assassins , Gore , Adoption , Police , Seinen , Kuudere , Zombie , Nudity , Curses

Rental Magica

Also known as Rental Magica.

Studio: Kadokawa Shoten , The Right Stuf International , ZEXCS , NTT Docomo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

Due to his father's disappearance, Itsuki Iba has to take over the family business: a magician dispatch service. Their family employs countless magicians and other supernatural beings in order to send them out to help those who need magical assistance. As a leader, Itsuki now has to be tough, commanding, and reliable, but there's one problem, he's a coward. Also, in order to run a successful business, he must connect with his employees, which is more difficult than it seems due to his personality. But not only does he have to deal with his own employees, he also has to deal with those who threaten the family business.



Tags: Female Harem , Magic , Religion , Work , Achronological Order , Male Protagonist

Tsugumomo

Also known as Tsugumomo.

Studio: Zero-G , Hakuhodo , Futabasha , Toei Video , Pony Canyon , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Animax , My Theater D.D. , Kakao Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Supernatural

One day Kagami Kazuya, an ordinary boy, encounters Kiriha, a beautiful girl in a kimono. It turns out Kiriha is a tsukumogami, a spirit, whose true identity is the precious obi Kazuya carries around as a memory of his late mother. All kinds of bizarre things unfold in this supernatural action comedy!



Tags: Coming of Age , Youkai , Nudity , Gods , Primarily Child Cast , Female Harem , School , Age Regression , Bisexual , Seinen , Henshin , Primarily Female Cast , Super Power

Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi

Also known as A Dark Rabbit has Seven Lives.

Studio: Frontier Works , ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Supernatural

Taito has been really sleepy lately, and keeps dreaming of a female vampire who says she has given him her "poison." Sometimes he even thinks he hears her voice when he's awake. But after surviving an accident that should have killed him, Taito's world changes drastically and he realizes that his dreams are more real than he thought.


Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , School , Love Triangle , Primarily Teen Cast , Nudity , Magic , School Club , Gore , Demons , Yandere , Henshin , Heterosexual , Kemonomimi , Twins , Slapstick

Dragon Crisis!

Also known as Dragon Crisis.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Yomiuri TV , Starchild Records , Kids Station , DAX Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Supernatural

A normal high school boy Kisaragi Ryuji's peaceful life is turned into an adventure by the return of his second cousin Eriko. Ryuji and Eriko seize a relic box from a black broker. In the box, they find a red dragon girl Rose. In order to protect Rose from the black organization, Ryuji decides to fight using his power as a relic handler.

Tags: Dragons , Magic , School , Monster Girl , Female Harem , Werewolf , Male Protagonist

Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin

Also known as Nanana's Buried Treasure.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Supernatural

"I'm going to build a place where young people can challenge to reach any of their dreams!"

The 7 genius students, known as the GREAT 7, launched a project to construct an artificial island called Nanae Island to realize their leader, Nanana Ryugajo's peculiar idea.

12 years later, with a total population of 100,000 people with as much as 80% of those inhabitants being students, Nanae Island has successfully become prosperous as a special student zone. One of the island's newest residents was Jugo Yama -- a high school student who had just transferred to the island after being disowned by his father. One day, Jugo finds in his own apartment the earth-bound spirit of the late Nanana Ryugajo, who was murdered by someone 10 years ago! Jugo's plan of living alone was suddenly thwarted by this strange roommate.

The original novel "Nanana's Buried Treasure" won the Grand Prize of the 13th Entertainment Awards, which was the first Grand Prize in eight years. This anime series features the adventures and challenges of Jugo Yama as he searches through the historic ruins of Nanae Island for the great treasures, A.K.A "Nanana's Collection," along with the extraordinary characters he meets along the way. The mysterious puzzles of the ruins! The excitement of the treasure hunt! The strategic maneuvers and battles of thought and reason between the characters! Nanana's Buried Treasure is an adventure you won't want to miss!



Tags: School Club , Ghost , School , Detective , Female Harem , Maids , Crossdressing

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya

Also known as Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Sentai Filmworks , Notes , Lantis , Kadokawa Shoten , AT-X , DAX Production , Dwango
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Illyasviel von Einzbern’s normal life is suddenly halted by the Kaleidostick Ruby, a magical wand on the run from her former master, who instantly decides that little Illya has all the right stuff to become the next great magical girl. However, Ruby’s previous owner Rin Tohsaka isn’t exactly thrilled to be de-wanded, especially since she’s just accepted an assignment to collect the seven legendary Class Cards. It seems the only solution is for Illya to take up the task and learn the ropes under Rin’s supervision. Meanwhile, a girl named Miyu has been chosen by the Kaleidostick Sapphire as HER new master, much to the irritation of Sapphire’s previous master, Rin’s arch rival Luviagelita Edelfelt! Exactly what kind of plan are the wands conjuring up?



Note: The show streamed in advance on Niconico Live on July 6, 2013 in Japan. The regular TV broadcast started on July 13, 2013.

Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Henshin , Anthropomorphism , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Otaku Culture , Alternate Universe , Parody , Witch , Mythology , Shounen , Adoption , Yuri , Ojou-sama , Kuudere , Nudity , Butler , Archery , Nekomimi , School , Isekai , Meta , Swordplay , Maids , Spearplay