Anime like CLAYMORE

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

Shingeki no Kyojin

Also known as Attack on Titan.

Studio: Wit Studio , Pony Canyon , Kodansha , Production I.G , Dentsu , Pony Canyon Enterprise , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

Several hundred years ago, humans were nearly exterminated by titans. Titans are typically several stories tall, seem to have no intelligence, devour human beings and, worst of all, seem to do it for the pleasure rather than as a food source. A small percentage of humanity survived by walling themselves in a city protected by extremely high walls, even taller than the biggest of titans.

Flash forward to the present and the city has not seen a titan in over 100 years. Teenage boy Eren and his foster sister Mikasa witness something horrific as the city walls are destroyed by a colossal titan that appears out of thin air. As the smaller titans flood the city, the two kids watch in horror as their mother is eaten alive. Eren vows that he will murder every single titan and take revenge for all of mankind.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Kaiju , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Military , Monster Boy , Post-Apocalyptic , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Revenge , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Swordplay , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Politics , Religion , Espionage , Monster Girl , Cannibalism , Shounen , Coming of Age , Class Struggle , Orphan , Steampunk , Mythology , Time Skip , Amnesia , Yandere , Rural , CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Unrequited Love , Kuudere , Adoption , Suicide

VINLAND SAGA

Also known as Vinland Saga.

Studio: Wit Studio , Twin Engine , Kodansha , Production I.G , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

Thorfinn is son to one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, but when his father is killed in battle by the mercenary leader Askeladd, he swears to have his revenge. Thorfinn joins Askeladd's band in order to challenge him to a duel, and ends up caught in the middle of a war for the crown of England.



Tags: Vikings , Revenge , Foreign , Historical , Male Protagonist , War , Tragedy , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Seinen , Primarily Male Cast , Military , Politics , Anti-Hero , Swordplay , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Survival , Ships , Conspiracy , Slavery , Time Skip , Pirates , Language Barrier , Orphan , Spearplay , Religion , CGI , Heterosexual , Archery , Cult , Mythology , Snowscape

HELLSING

Also known as Hellsing.

Studio: GONZO , Funimation , Pioneer LDC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing follows the antiheroic vampire, Alucard, and a police girl-turned-vampire, Seras Victoria, two vampires employed by the vampire-extermination group of England, the Hellsing Organization. Slowly but surely, through their active duty, they find a new breed of vampires beginning to arise.



Tags: Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Noir , Gore , Military , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Guns , Foreign , Urban , Anti-Hero , Monster Girl , Suicide , Monster Boy , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Cannibalism , Episodic , Butler

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

Ragna Crimson

Also known as Ragna Crimson.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , King Records , GREE Entertainment , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Square Enix , BS11 , newgin , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery

Dragons reign terror over the earth, sea and sky. If sworn dragon hunters like Ragna are to have any hope of dealing death to these seemingly invincible, fire-breathing beasts, they must find a way to level the odds. Ragna teams up with a mysterious man named Crimson who has likewise sworn to stand against the dragons menacing the world. But although Crimson’s motivations may be mysterious, his goal and Ragna’s perfectly align, and together they’ll fight to vanquish the dragons once and for all.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes.

Tags: War , Dragons , Revenge , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Magic , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Gore , Crossdressing , Gender Bending , Orphan , Tsundere , Nekomimi

BLOOD+

Also known as Blood+.

Studio: Production I.G , Aniplex , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Saya Otonashi, a seemingly normal high school student, suffers from amnesia and she can't remember the past year of her life. One day, after a man appears and gives her a katana sword, her destiny begins to be revealed.

Soon she finds herself fighting the latest threat to humanity - Chiropteran monsters, ravenous immortal creatures that can change their form, disguising themselves as human beings. They feed off blood and hide themselves within the human world. An organization known as the Red Shield has been waging a private war to wipe them out and now the struggle has grown. Saya's journey for the truth has begun.



Tags: Vampire , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Demons , Urban Fantasy , Gore , War , Found Family , Super Power , Tragedy , Amnesia , Time Skip , Heterosexual

Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen - MEMORIAL EDITION

Also known as Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition.

Studio: Studio 4°C , Aniplex , Hakusensha , VAP , Beyond C. , KDDI , Movic , Yahoo! Japan , Good Smile Company , Rialto Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Kentaro Miura's legendary series returns in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - Memorial Edition.

The lone mercenary Guts travels a land where a century-old war is raging. His ferocity and skill in battle attract the attention of Griffith, the leader of a group of mercenaries called the Band of the Hawk. Guts becomes Griffith’s closest ally and confidant, but despite all their victories, Guts begins to question why he fights for another man’s dream of ruling his own kingdom. Unknown to Guts, Griffith’s unyielding ambition is about to bestow a horrible fate on them both.



Note: This is a TV broadcast of the Golden Age film trilogy, with hundreds of new cuts including the "Bonfire of Dreams" scene and new music by Susumu Hirasawa and Shiro Sagisu.

Tags: Demons , Seinen , War , Swordplay , Gore , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Military , Primarily Male Cast , Philosophy , Politics , Primarily Adult Cast , CGI , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Travel , Nudity , Tomboy

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 , Aliens , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Gore , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Seinen , Heterosexual , Crime , Tragedy , Cannibalism , Environmental , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Military , Guns , Love Triangle , Villainess , Female Harem , Bullying , Unrequited Love , Nudity

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