Anime like Divine Gate

Devil Survivor 2: THE ANIMATION

Also known as Devil Survivor 2: The Animation.

Studio: Mainichi Broadcasting System , Pony Canyon , Sentai Filmworks , Bridge , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

When the world is under attack by a monstrous and seemingly unstoppable enemy, the only way to fight back is with warriors who have already died! Sidestepping a gruesome fate in a subway crash during an earthquake, two young men and a girl find themselves recruited into the ranks of the Devil Summoners and given the ability to literally call up demons to battle against the mysterious Septenriones! Can Hibiki, Daichi and Io survive in a war where demons face demons under human command? Where a person's death can be seen in advance? Where every living being is just a game piece to be saved or expended? And where each clash comes with a clock counting down to Armageddon?



Tags: Survival , Demons , Mythology , Urban Fantasy , Cosmic Horror , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Urban , Military , Politics , Kaiju , Male Protagonist , Gods , Kuudere , Boys' Love

AYAKA

Also known as AYAKA.

Studio: Studio Blanc , King Records , Crunchyroll , Movic , Fuji TV , KLOCKWORX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Supernatural

As an orphan, Yukito Yanagi’s life is filled with questions, but that all changed when he meets his father’s disciple who takes him to his birthplace on Ayaka. A strange island filled with legends of dragons and mysterious beings. But there’s more to this trip than a reunion—the harmony of Ayaka is on the brink of collapsing into chaos. Can Yukito prevent this catastrophe?



Tags: Super Power , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Orphan , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Hikikomori , Rehabilitation , Adoption , Time Skip , Guns , Coastal , Amnesia

Boku dake ga Inai Machi

Also known as ERASED.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Kansai TV , Aniplex of America , Madman Entertainment , Dentsu , Lawson , Aniplex , Kadokawa Shoten , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29 year old manga artist struggling to make a name for himself following his debut. But, that was not the only thing in his life that Satoru was feeling frustrated about… He has a unique supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance.

Tags: Age Regression , Time Manipulation , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , Detective , Snowscape , Ensemble Cast , Super Power , Seinen , Fugitive , School , Revenge , Teacher , Rural , Amnesia , Rehabilitation , Heterosexual , Bullying , Kuudere , CGI , Age Gap , Matchmaking

ChäoS;Child

Also known as Chaos;Child.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Glovision , MAGES. , Nitroplus
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

After a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hits Tokyo's Shibuya ward on November 6, 2009, a black fire spreads and causes mass panic on the day of the earthquake. The sudden disaster that becomes known as the "Shibuya Earthquake" kills 3,851 people and injures 30,927 more.

The story set in a reconstructed Shibuya district in October 2015. A string of mysterious deaths occurs in Shibuya amidst the reconstruction. People begin to take notice as the strange events start on the same day that chaos broke out in Shibuya with a certain incident five years earlier. The events are called the "Return of the New Generation Madness."



Note: Includes episode 0.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Adoption , Denpa , Gore , Chuunibyou , Tragedy , School Club , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Teen Cast , Conspiracy , Gods , Urban , School , Kuudere , Otaku Culture

Gokukoku no Brynhildr

Also known as Brynhildr in the Darkness.

Studio: ARMS , VAP , YTV , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi

The original manga revolves around high school boy Ryōta Murakami, who cannot forget his female childhood friend whom he let die in an accident. Feeling that he must fulfill their promise of proving the existence of aliens, he has continuously looked up at the sky as a member of the astronomy club. One day, a girl named Neko Kuroha who looks exactly like his childhood friend appears as a transfer student. It turns out that she is a magic-user that has run away from a research lab.



Tags: Magic , Amnesia , Gore , Tragedy , Female Harem , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Astronomy , School Club , School , Super Power , Feet , Urban Fantasy

Bubuki Buranki

Also known as BBK/BRNK.

Studio: SANZIGEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

When Azuma Ikki returns to Japan after 10 years, he gets assaulted by a group of armed men and becomes their prisoner. Kogane Asabuki, a childhood friend, saves him with a weapon on her right hand known as Bubuki; a weapon with its own mind. Azuma Ikki, who is a Bubuki user himself, learns about the existence of Bubuki and goes on a journey alongside the companions he has found, in an attempt to find and revive Oumai, a Buranki (titan) who sleeps underground.

Tags: Full CGI , Aliens , Super Robot , Trains , Dystopian , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast

Qualidea Code

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Supernatural

The anime takes place in a world where humans are continuing to fight a war against an enemy called UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN invaded several decades ago, and children entered a cold sleep to escape the invasion. When the children awoke, they found themselves with supernatural powers. The children set up defense cities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba in order to protect the country from the UNKNOWN, who appear through the Tokyo Bay Gate.



Tags: Aliens , Super Power , Ensemble Cast , School , Memory Manipulation , Guns , Incest , Heterosexual , Post-Apocalyptic , Magic , Swordplay , Found Family

ChäoS;HEAd

Also known as ChäoS;HEAd.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Kids Station , VAP , Yomiuri TV Enterprise
Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Shibuya, Japan, 2008. Takumi Nishijou, a high school student at the Private Suimei Academy, one day hears about the 'New Gen' murders that have been occurring around the city. Although dismissing the subject because it doesn't involve him, Takumi begins to experience strange mishaps around him, from a horrific picture he received while on his PC, to a mysterious Pink-Haired girl standing at a murder scene.

From there on Takumi struggles to cope with the events unfolding around him, and is soon unaware of what is real or a delusion. As his fate opens up before him, the perpetrator behind the 'New Gen' events attempts to find him, leading him into a world where nothing is as it seems.

Tags: Memory Manipulation , Conspiracy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Hikikomori , Super Power , Denpa , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Female Harem , Primarily Female Cast , Otaku Culture , Kuudere , Urban , Software Development , School , Anti-Hero , Gore