Anime like Gekkan Mousou Kagaku

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE!

Also known as Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!.

Studio: diomedéa , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Teenage boys are notoriously lazy, and the members of Binan High School's Earth Defense Club are no exception. Their definition of “earth defense” is bumming around all day at the local bathhouse. But when a pink wombat appears out of thin air and begs the boys to help him save the planet, even the idlest high schoolers jump to action. Watch the magical boys transform and save the earth with the power of LOVE!



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Henshin , Parody , Episodic , Male Protagonist , School , School Club , Aliens , Nudity

Bishounen Tanteidan

Also known as Pretty Boy Detective Club.

Studio: Shaft , Kodansha , Aniplex , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Mayumi Doujima is a young girl who has been searching for a star that she saw only once ten years ago. She visits the headquarters of the Pretty Boy Detective Club where she meets five boys who are each unique in their own way. Her encounter marks the beginning of an extraordinary search for a lost star. A beautiful and dazzling mystery-adventure story starts now!



Tags: Detective , Female Protagonist , School Club , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Coming of Age , School , Crossdressing , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Meta , Femboy , Male Harem , Gender Bending , Astronomy , Gambling , Military , Agender , Chibi

Kai Byoui Ramune

Also known as Dr. Ramune -Mysterious Disease Specialist-.

Studio: Platinum Vision , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

As long as hearts exist inside people, there will always be those who suffer. And then something "strange" enters their mind and causes a strange disease to manifest itself in the body. The illness, which is called a "mystery disease" is unknown to most, but certainly exists. There is a doctor and apprentice who fights the disease, which modern medicine cannot cure.

His name is Ramune.

He acts freely all the time, is foul-mouthed, and doesn’t even look like a doctor! However, once he is confronted with the mysterious disease, he is able to quickly uncover the root cause of his patients' deep-seated distress and cure them.

And beyond that...



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Magic , Episodic , Satire , Food , Medicine , Disability , Ghost , Shounen , Cult , Iyashikei

Chuubyou Gekihatsu Boy (TV)

Also known as Outburst Dreamer Boys (TV).

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

The story centers around Mizuki Hijiri, a high school girl who just transferred schools. At her new school, she has a fateful encounter with boys suffering from chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur). There is Noda who dreams of becoming a hero, the tragically handsome otaku Takashima who only likes 2D girls, Nakamura the supposedly "reincarnated" angel or devil, and the self-professed string-puller Tsukumo.



Tags: Chuunibyou , Ensemble Cast , Otaku Culture , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , School Club , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tokusatsu , Crossdressing

Gegege no Kitarou (2018)

Also known as GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Toei Animation , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

Nearly twenty years into the 21st century, people have forgotten the existence of Yokai. When a number of unexplainable phenomena plague adults of the human world with confusion and chaos, thirteen-year-old Mana writes a letter to the Yokai Post in search of answers, only to be greeted by Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro...



Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Magic , Episodic , Witch , Nekomimi , Kids , Politics , Vampire , Age Regression , Bullying , Satire , Homeless , Rural , Family Life , Werewolf , Body Image

Kengan Ashura Season 2

Also known as KENGAN ASHURA Season 2.

Studio: Larx Entertainment , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The second season of Kengan Ashura.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Boxing , Wrestling , Primarily Male Cast , Full CGI , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Athletics

RobiHachi

Also known as RobiHachi.

Studio: Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

The anime's story is set in Neo Tokyo in the year G.C. (Galaxy Century) 0051, which marks a half century since first contact was made. Humans have obtained super light-speed navigation technology and formed a commonwealth of planets with aliens. A streak of bad luck is continuing for self-proclaimed freelance reportage writer Robby Yarge, who is around 30 years old. He fails at work, so his contract is cut. His girlfriend leaves him, he nearly dies in a traffic accident, and debt collectors come after him.

One day, a bag snatcher steals Robby's bag, and a young man helps him. Hatchi Kita, an 18-year-old part-time worker, catches the criminal and returns Robby's bag. Robby offers him his gratitude and a meal in return. The pair discover they are complete opposites and soon part ways.

However, Hatchi turns up again in Robby's life as a debt collector. Hatchi explains that it's his part-time job working for the loan shark Yan. A cat-and-mouse chase begins, and Yan's Finance president Yan takes his subordinates Aro and Gra along for the ride. Robby manages to elude Hatchi and escape to space while shaking off Yan's group. Robby thinks of escaping to Isekandar, a distant and legendary planet in the Milky Way that is said to bring happiness to those who go there. Though Robby thought he had escaped to space alone, he discovers Hatchi inside his spaceship. The two decide to travel across the galaxy together in search of Isekandar.



Tags: Fugitive , Space , Aliens , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Robot

Fairy Ranmaru: Anata no Kokoro Otasuke Shimasu

Also known as Fairy Ranmaru.

Studio: Pony Canyon , Studio Comet
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Mahou Shoujo , Slice of Life

This world is all about do or die. There ain't no paradise. You go down once and you're out. This world is filled with people who suffer believing that. Hey, you there. Are you really going to pretend not to notice? We, however, cannot do that. Let us wipe away your tears. We'll put that smile back on your face. But it's not going to be for free. Please come by Bar F. Have no fear. We don't need any money. There's only one thing that we want... "We'll take your heart!!"



Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Henshin , Magic , Fairy , Parody , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Suicide , Elf , Idol , Bar , School

Akuma-kun (ONA)

Also known as Akuma Kun.

Studio: Toei Animation , Encourage Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Akuma-kun is a boy who was adopted and risen by the former Akuma: Shingo Umoregi. He works as a paranormal investigator and solves murder mysteries with the helping hand of his half-human partner Mephisto the Third.

The show, despite being an alternate story, is set to be the adventure of Shingo's "son", therefore, it could be considered as a sequel to the 1989 original



Tags: Detective , Monster Boy , Youkai , Episodic , Demons , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Magic , Anti-Hero , Family Life , Adoption , Angels , Urban , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Guns , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Gore

Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Kitarou, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity.

Tags: Youkai , Ghost , Episodic , Achromatic , Rural