Anime like Digimon Adventure 02

Digimon Tamers

Studio: Toei Animation , Yomiko Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Takato Matsuda, Ruki Matsuno, and Lee Jenrya are children who have, by fate, received real Digimon, unlike the imaginary ones in the card game they play. Each of the children, or "Digimon Tamers", have their different views on how Digimon should be treated. But when other Digimon begin to appear around Japan, they must put aside their differences to fend off the digital intruders; even though Yamaki, who is the head of a secret organization called Hypnos is trying to eliminate all of the Digimon himself.



Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Virtual World , Artificial Intelligence , Tragedy , Denpa , Kids , Animals , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Isekai , Kaiju , Card Battle , Dinosaurs , Kuudere , Anthropomorphism , Proxy Battle

Digimon Frontier

Studio: Toei Animation , Yomiko Advertising , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Takuya Kanbara is an average city kid who receives a text message from an unknown source instructing him to "board a train towards his destiny". Taking up the Call to Adventure, he finds the train in question and is whisked off to the Digital World, which is currently under threat from the malevolent Cherubimon. Cherubimon and his minions are consuming the very building blocks of the Digital World (its "Fractal Code") to increase their own power, and if nothing is done then the entire Digital World will be devoured.

All is not lost, however. Takuya and the other "chosen" children who boarded the train inherit the power of the Ten Legendary Warriors that saved the Digital World in the distant past, allowing them to transform themselves into Digimon. With their new powers, they fight to take back the stolen Fractal Code and restore the fractured Digital World to its former glory.



Tags: Kids , Virtual World , Twins , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Kaiju , Trains , Tragedy , Isekai , Artificial Intelligence , Angels , Fairy , Gods , Monster Girl , Nudity

Digimon Xros Wars: Toki wo Kakeru Shounen Hunter-tachi

Also known as Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Continuation of the Digimon Xros Wars series featuring Taiki Kudou in a new world with new supporting characters. The plot revolves around a secret hidden in the gap between the real and digital worlds, with Tagiru Akashi holding the key to the story.

Tags: Kids , Dragons , Virtual World , Crossover , Artificial Intelligence , Primarily Child Cast , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Isekai , Proxy Battle

Pocket Monsters (2023)

Also known as Pokémon Horizons: The Series.

Studio: OLM , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions , TV Tokyo
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

A new dream and adventure set throughout the entire Pokémon world unfolds in a brand new Pokémon-series following a girl named Liko and a boy named Roy.

Tags: Animals , Travel , Proxy Battle , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Kids , Ensemble Cast , Male Protagonist , Superhero , Aviation , Henshin , Cult , Idol , Adoption , School , Meta , Fishing , Musical Theater

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children - Light & Dark

Studio: Actas
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The year is 200X. Jin, Akira and Lena are three child hood friends who like mysterious things. One day in the library, along with the mysterious transfer student Ami, they find the "Akuma Compendium". They chanted an incantation in the book and, to their surprise, devils appeared. Ami then told Jin and Akira that they are the Devil Children that will decide the fate of the world. She hands them their Devil Risers. The group then pass through the "Door of Time" to the land of Valhalla where they fight an evil ruler known as Imperius who plans on conquering all of the world. The Nakama of Jin is Rand, a Sol Lion, and Akira's is Gale, a Hylon.

Tags: Kids , Demons

Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou Ikazuchi no Densetsu

Also known as Pokémon: The Legend of Thunder!.

Studio: OLM , 4Kids Entertainment , Studio Jack
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Kenta, a Pokemon master in the making, meets up with his childhood friend, Marina, at a Pokemon Center, to see how their skills have developed. Their battle is interrupted by a thunderstorm and the arrival of Bashou and Buson, two Roketto-Dan members using the Crystal System (which attracts Electric-type Pokemon). Their ultimate goal is to, under the guidance of Shiranui-hakase, bring Pokemon back to Sakaki. Kenta and Marina stumble upon this plan, and they try to stop it, but things get more difficult when the legendary Pokemon Raikou is captured.



Tags: Animals , Male Protagonist , Kids , Criminal Organization , Primarily Child Cast

Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! MAX

Studio: Xebec
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The story follows the life of Retsuya and Gouki, two brothers with the same objective as Go and Retsu, to race and win championships!

The two new brothers are faced with various traps set by an evil organization...together, along with other friends, they try to enjoy their races as much as possible, showing off their competitive spirit and taking down any kind of evil that might put the sport they love so much at risk!

Tags: Shounen , Cars , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Net Ghost PIPOPA

Also known as Web Ghosts PiPoPa.

Studio: Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

About a young boy named Akigawa Yuta who gets sucked into a virtual world through his cell phone. He meets three strange creatures that travel with him on Yuta's adventure in this strange new world.

Tags: Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Virtual World , Isekai , Magic , Male Protagonist

Cardfight!! Vanguard: overDress

Also known as Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Studio JEMI , Gift-o’-Animation , Sentai Filmworks , Bushiroad
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Yu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister's hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called "Wonder Hill" where her friends hang out.

At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of "Team Blackout," a group that meets to play Vanguard every night.

Tonight, a serious fight for the team's flag will take place. Blackout's leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure - making new friends along the way.



Note: The first episode was pre-screened on March 24, 2021 on the official japanese Cardfight Vanguard youtube channel.

Tags: Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Ensemble Cast , Family Life , Wrestling

Digimon Adventure:

Also known as Digimon Adventure:.

Studio: Toei Animation , Fuji TV , Yomiuri Advertising , Studio Gallop
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

It's the year 2020. The Network has become something humans can no longer do without in their daily lives. But what humans don't know is that on the other side of the Network is the Digital World, a realm of light and darkness. Nor are they aware of the Digimon who live there.

Widespread Network difficulties arise, centered around the Tokyo area. Traffic signals blink chaotically, public outdoor TVs display garbled text, and so on. The news reports it as a case of cyberterrorism.

Fifth grader Taichi Yagami stayed home by himself to get ready for a weekend summer camp, but his mother and little sister Hikari went to Shibuya, and now they're aboard a runaway train. Taichi Hurries to Shibuya to save his mother and sister, but the instant he heads toward the station platform... a strange phenomenon befalls the DigiDestined, and Taichi goes to the Digital World! The DigiDestined meet their partner Digimon, and they're faced with an adventure into the unknown...!



Tags: Virtual World , Primarily Child Cast , Angels , Anthropomorphism , Kaiju , Artificial Intelligence , Henshin , Kids , Proxy Battle