Anime like Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e 4th Season 2-nensei-hen Ichi Gakki

Tomodachi Game

Also known as Tomodachi Game.

Studio: Okuruto Noboru , King Records , Kodansha , Nippon Television Network , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

High school student Katagiri Yuuichi, who values friendship above all else, enjoys a fulfilling life with his close friends Sawagiri Shiho, Mikasa Tenji, Shibe Makoto, and Kokorogi Yutori.

However, after a particular incident, they're dragged into a debt repayment game.

The only way to beat the "Tomodachi Game" is to not doubt their friends. Bound together by solid friendships, the game should've been easy, but– The hugely popular comic that sold over two million copies is finally becoming an anime! Will they trust or betray their precious friends? The true nature of humanity is exposed in the ultimate psychological game!



Note: Premiered on Hulu and d Anime Store at 0:00 on Wednesdays, 1 hour 29 minutes ahead of Nippon TV's broadcast.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Survival , Anti-Hero , Crime , Shounen , Battle Royale , Revenge , Torture , Death Game , Acting , Tragedy , Bullying , Ensemble Cast , Gambling , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Gangs , CGI , LGBTQ+ Themes , School

No Game No Life

Also known as No Game, No Life.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Media Factory , Movic , Frontier Works , AT-X , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games.

However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!



Tags: Isekai , Gambling , Alternate Universe , Video Games , Hikikomori , Incest , Large Breasts , Magic , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Female Protagonist , Politics , Gods , Nudity , Kuudere , Kemonomimi , Meta , Nekomimi , Travel , Memory Manipulation , Female Harem , Elf , Judo , Kingdom Management , Super Power , Unrequited Love , Class Struggle

Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e

Also known as Classroom of the Elite.

Studio: Lerche , KADOKAWA , Crunchyroll , AT-X , AKABEiSOFT2 , Bandai Namco Music Live , Sony Music Solutions , Toranoana , Kadokawa Media House , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Koudo Ikusei Senior High School is a leading school with state-of-the-art facilities. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Koudo Ikusei is like a utopia, but the truth is that only the most superior students receive favorable treatment.

Kiyotaka Ayanokouji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its "inferior" students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyou Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka's situation begins to change.



Tags: School , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Survival , Blackmail , Kuudere , Battle Royale , Coming of Age , Philosophy , Tsundere , Nudity , Aromantic , Female Harem , Boarding School , School Club , Yuri , Wilderness , Camping

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu

Also known as Assassination Classroom.

Studio: Lerche , Funimation , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Supernatural

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

Tags: Assassins , School , Teacher , Primarily Teen Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Tentacles , Aliens , Anti-Hero , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Guns , Crime , Bullying , Found Family , Femboy , Artificial Intelligence , Baseball , School Club , Suicide , Tragedy

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Studio: Nexus , KADOKAWA , Aiming , newgin , AT-X , BS Nippon , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world. Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!



Tags: Isekai , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Parody , Anti-Hero , Magic , Cult , Acting , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Assassins , Satire , Female Harem , Conspiracy , Nudity , Espionage , Politics , Elf , School , Terrorism , Kemonomimi , Gore , Heterosexual , Seinen , Unrequited Love , Medieval , Boarding School , Age Regression , Asexual

DEATH NOTE

Also known as Death Note.

Studio: MADHOUSE , VAP , Viz Media , Nippon Television Network , Konami , Ashi Productions , Shueisha , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power?

The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.



Tags: Crime , Detective , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Police , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Memory Manipulation , Noir , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Shounen , Espionage , Amnesia , Yandere , Conspiracy , Tragedy , Assassins , Suicide , Acting , Time Skip , Youkai , Achronological Order , Feet

Kakegurui

Also known as Kakegurui.

Studio: MAPPA , Square Enix , Dentsu , Movic , DIVE II Entertainment , Netflix , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological

During daylight hours, an exclusive, elite private school prepares its illustrious students for careers in business, politics, and high society. But when darkness falls, the halls of this esteemed establishment transform into an underground gambling den where bright-eyed youngsters learn the timeless art of bluffing, backdoor dealings and social manipulation. In this school for the rich and elite, money is power, and the tyrant of the betting books rules with an iron fist. So when the beautiful Yumeko Jabami upsets the academy hierarchy with her voracious appetite for the thrill of the gamble, the entire student body mobilizes to send her house of cards tumbling down.



Tags: Gambling , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Female Cast , Masochism , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama , Poker , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , School Club , Bullying , Shounen , Slavery , Villainess , Yandere , Death Game , Male Protagonist , Idol , Delinquents , Board Game , Guns , Battle Royale , CGI

Deatte 5-byou de Battle

Also known as Battle Game in 5 Seconds.

Studio: Vega Entertainment , SynergySP , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , Pony Canyon , Bushiroad , Fields , BANDAI SPIRITS , TOKYO MX , BS11 , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

A new kind of battle of abilities for a new generation is about to begin! It all started on a regular morning like any other. Akira Shiroyanagi is a high school kid who loves nothing more than konpeito candy and games. One day, he ends up in a fight due to a mysterious girl named Mion. Mion then tells the people she had gathered that they no longer officially exist in any records. They were given powers and were about to be test subjects. Akira makes up his mind to use his powers to climb up the ranks and then crush this organization.



Tags: Death Game , Super Power , Battle Royale , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Conspiracy , CGI , Magic , Gore , Time Manipulation , Tsundere , Female Harem , Urban , Seinen , Maids

Liar Liar

Also known as Liar, Liar.

Studio: GEEKTOYS , CyberAgent , KADOKAWA , Shouchiku , GEEK PICTURES , TOKYO MX , BS Asahi , qooop , Bushiroad Move
Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Romance

A mind game of lies and deceit begins! At Academy Island, students battle in Games to win stars, hoping to earn the prestigious title “Seven Star.” Sarasa is last year’s champion and is on track to win again until Hiroto, a new transfer student, hits the scene. Surprisingly, Hiroto defeats her by sheer luck! Now, he must use bluffs and trickery to stay on top.



Tags: Male Protagonist , School , Gambling , Female Harem , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Maids , Shapeshifting , Femboy , Chuunibyou , Love Triangle , Virtual World

Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu.

Also known as SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table.

Studio: Studio DEEN , KADOKAWA , Nippon Columbia , ABC Animation , Studio DEEN , WOWOW , Culture Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Thriller

At just seventeen, Yuki is a professional death game player. She’s survived enough rounds to know that survival is calculation, not luck—and that failure is final. For most players, the games are a nightmare with no escape. For Yuki, they’re simply business. Yet in a world where rooms turn into graves and every choice could be her last, even experience offers no protection.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Death Game , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Philosophy , Achronological Order , Kuudere , Body Horror , Ojou-sama , Mixed Media , Suicide , Battle Royale , Amputation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Maids , Cosmic Horror , CGI , Yuri , Survival