Anime like D_CIDE TRAUMEREI THE ANIMATION

SCARLET NEXUS

Also known as Scarlet Nexus.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Solar calendar year 2020: grotesque organisms called Others have begun eating people. To take down this new enemy, the Other Suppression Force is formed. Saved by this elite team as a child, psychokinetic Yuito withstands the training to enlist. On the other hand, prodigy Kasane was scouted for her abilities. But Kasane’s dreams tell her strange things, dragging the two into an unavoidable fate.



Tags: Super Power , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Politics , Dystopian , CGI , Time Manipulation , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Tragedy , Assassins , Conspiracy , Battle Royale , Espionage , Swordplay

GOD EATER

Also known as God Eater.

Studio: ufotable , Lantis , Bandai Visual , Bandai Namco Entertainment , TOKYO MX , Aniplex of America , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The Far East, 2071.
The domain of the mad gods.

In the early 2050s, unknown life forms called “Oracle cells” begin their uncontrolled consumption of all life on Earth.
Their ravenous appetite and remarkable adaptability earn them first dread, then awe, and finally the name “aragami”.
In the face of an enemy completely immune to conventional weapons, urban civilization collapses, and each day humanity is driven further and further toward extinction.

One single ray of hope remains for humanity.
Following the development of “God Arcs”—living weapons which incorporate Oracle cells—their wielders are organized into an elite force.
In a world ravaged by mad gods, these “God Eaters” fight a desperate war...



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Kaiju , CGI , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Full CGI , Conspiracy

takt op.Destiny

Also known as takt op.Destiny.

Studio: Bandai Namco Arts , DeNA , MADHOUSE , MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Music

Music is the light that illuminates people's hearts-- and that "light" was suddenly taken from the world. The world changed the night the black "Kuroya Meteorite" fell. Grotesque monsters known as D2 emerged from the meteorite and began to overrun the land and people. As the D2 were drawn to melodies people played, eventually "music" itself became taboo.

However, those who opposed the monsters appeared. They the "Musicart," girls who draw power from music. They possess the great operas and musical scores of humanity history and use them to defeat the D2.



Tags: Henshin , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Classical Music , Foreign , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Kuudere , Ensemble Cast , Dystopian , Disability , Adoption , Dinosaurs

Estab-Life: Great Escape

Also known as ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape.

Studio: Fuji TV , Crunchyroll , POLYGON PICTURES , Square Enix , GAGA , Dentsu , Rakuten , Slowcurve , BS Fuji
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The distant future. After reaching its peak, Earth's population fell into decline. AI was developed to help preserve the species and manage the ecosystem; a grand experiment in human diversity. Through genetic engineering, a diverse array of peoples, including beastfolk, magical beings, and more, was created to live in a diverse city separated into walled "clusters".

Each cluster developed a unique culture, befitting of the people that lived there. Their lives, and the system, is continually maintained by the AI to ensure survival.



Note: The first four episodes were streamed in Japan on March 1st, the second four episodes were streamed in Japan on March 22nd, the third four episodes were streamed on April 12th. The episodes were streamed two weeks ahead of the Japanese broadcast on Crunchyroll beginning on March 23, 2022. The regular TV broadcast started on April 7, 2022.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Monster Girl , Robots , Fugitive , Guns , Full CGI , Politics , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Artificial Intelligence , Super Power , Animals , Travel , Anthropomorphism , Gangs , Gender Bending , Otaku Culture

Shikizakura

Also known as Shikizakura.

Studio: Sublimation , Chuukyou TV Broadcasting , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Kakeru Miwa is an otherwise ordinary high school student, but a strange twist puts him on the front line in a supernatural battle against the menacing Oni. With the help of a fantastically powerful battle suit known as “Yoroi”, Kakeru joins an elite team that fights the monstrous Oni and defends humanity from otherworldly threats. The team is assigned to protect Oka Myojin, a shrine maiden who is prophesized to save the world, but she must perform a sacred ritual within Shikizakura, the horizon that connects the spiritual and physical world that lies somewhere amid the blooming cherry blossoms and the colorful autumn leaves. But in this world, the journey to destiny is hard-fought, winding and sometimes deadly.



Tags: Full CGI , Tokusatsu , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Demons , Henshin , Heterosexual , Shrine Maiden , Swordplay , Guns , Conspiracy , Martial Arts , Mythology , Female Harem , Idol , Tragedy , VTuber

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse

Also known as Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Satelight , Avex Entertainment , AT-X , Magic Capsule , aNCHOR , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Since 1973, an invasion of aliens known as BETA upon Earth is driving human civilization into nearly collapse. Facing an enormous mass of enemy force, mankind has developed large humanoid arms called as Tactical Surface Fighters and deployed them to its defense lines through out the world. However, all those efforts could slow down defeats but could not stop BETA, and mankind is forced to abandon major area of the Eurasian Continent. For 30 years, mankind is bogged down in an endless war against BETA without any hopes of victory.

In 2001, the Imperial Japan faces difficulties in the development of a next-generation main Tactical Surface Fighters (TSF) as it defends the front lines of the Far East. The UN has proposed a joint development program between the Imperial Japan and the United States as a part of its international mutual development project of TSF, the Prominence Project.

Yui Takamura, a surface pilot of the Imperial Royal Guards of Japan, is given responsibility for the project and sets off to Alaska. Meanwhile, Yuya Bridges, also a surface pilot of the US Army, was heading to the same destination.

Yet they never knew that their encounter would change their destiny drastically.

This story with exciting human dramas and robot actions takes place in the development of a new Tactical Surface Fighters, the most important and effective weapons against BETA, at a crisis of human extinction.



Tags: Real Robot , Military , Aliens , Politics , Terrorism , Gore , Love Triangle , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Guns , Heterosexual , Twins , War , Suicide

World Trigger

Also known as World Trigger.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

One day, a gate to another world suddenly opens in Mikado City. Aliens invincible to Earth’s weapons, called “Neighbors”, start coming over. Earth’s only line of defense is a mysterious group called the “Border” who are armed with weapons called “Triggers”.

Four years later, the city has recovered from initial attacks and citizens of Mikado City have started to get used to the Neighbor’s attacks. Yuma Kuga, a transfer student, and his classmate Osamu Mikumo find themselves fighting a Neighbor that suddenly appears. Osamu, who is actually a Border agent, activates his Trigger but is unable to defeat it. This leaves Yuma to activate his own Trigger and defeat the alien. Yuma reveals that he is not part of Border and is actually a Neighbor who has transferred from the other side.



Tags: Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Swordplay , Guns , Battle Royale , Super Power , Augmented Reality , Military , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Work , Isekai , Robots , School , Tragedy , Fugitive

Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation

Also known as Sakura Wars the Animation.

Studio: SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In 1930, two years after the events of So Long, My Love, the Great Demon War results in the annihilation of the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues' Flower Divisions. With Earth at peace and the revues' actions becoming public, the World Combat Revue Organization is formed with several international divisions; a biennial international Combat Revue tournament has been organized.

Ten years later in 1940, Imperial Japanese Navy captain Kamiyama Seijuurou is assigned as the captain of the new Imperial Combat Revue's Flower Division in Tokyo, which consists of: Amamiya Sakura, a swordswoman and new recruit; Shinonome Hatsuho, a shrine maiden and the most popular actress; Anastasia Palma, a newly-transferred Greek actress; Mochizuki Azami, a ninja prodigy from the Mochizuki clan; and Clarissa "Clarise" Snowflake, a Luxembourgian noblewoman. The division once again faces a new demon invasion and participates in the upcoming tournament – while trying to keep their home at the Imperial Theater open.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Full CGI , Super Robot , Swordplay , Military , Musical Theater , Demons , Acting , Guns , Female Protagonist , CGI , Robots , Real Robot , Male Protagonist

Argonavis AXIA

Studio: SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

"GYROAXIA" is a band composed of 5 talented members that is active mainly in Sapporo. They decided to advance to Tokyo, but due to constant conflicts, they couldn't get along.

Meanwhile, rumors about their "disbanding" suddenly started to spread through the Internet. Amongst the confusion, each member went separate ways.

Whereas, their vocalist Nayuta Asahi starts remembering his childhood and all the time he spent with his father Koga Iryuu, who abandoned him; and tries to find out why he can't stop making music and being part of the band....

Tags: Band , Full CGI , Urban , Rock Music , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Disability , Tragedy , College

ARGONAVIS from BanG Dream!

Studio: SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music

Ren Nanahoshi is a lonely college student who isn't good at communicating with others. He remembers the thrill of watching a live band perform when he was young, and spent most of his days searching for his own identity. One day, while singing karaoke alone, two boys named Yuuto and Wataru discover Ren's singing ability. The two agree: "This is fate. Let's start a band!" Ren promptly runs away, but fate indeed steps in, and their journey begins.

Tags: Band , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Rock Music , Full CGI , College , Urban , Disability , Rehabilitation , Bar