Anime like Teito Monogatari

Lychee DE Hikari Club

Also known as Lychee Light Club.

Studio: Kachidoki Studio , MMDGP , Nelke Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance

A short, comical anime adaptation of the psychological-horror manga, Litchi☆Hikari Club.

The story is about nine boys who are members of the Hikari Club and their self-made AI robot, Litchi. They are led by their leader Zera and keep a kidnapped girl named Kanon.

Tags: Robots , Primarily Male Cast , Artificial Intelligence , Ensemble Cast

Meikyuu Monogatari

Also known as Neo Tokyo.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten , Selecta Visión , Project Team Argos
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Horror , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

1) Labyrinth Labyrinthos
A girl and her cat fall through a looking-glass into a dark labyrinth full of strange people.

2) Running Man
In the distant future, a tough racer uses his psychokinetic powers against his opponents during his final race.

3) The Order to Stop Construction
A snooty salaryman is sent by his bosses to the jungle to stop a completely automated construction job, and spends several days there arguing with the robots.



Tags: Anthology , Cyberpunk , Work , Circus , Robots , Cars , Episodic , Body Horror , Gore , Male Protagonist , Super Power

Metropolis

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

In the great city of Metropolis, severe community structures and prejudice dominate a world where humans and robots live together. Unrest and violence increase with each new day.

Searching for the scientist Dr. Laughton, suspected to violate human rights by trading organs, the Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban and his nephew Kenichi arrive at Metropolis. In the scientist's laboratory, Kenichi discovers a girl without any memory of her past life. He decides to help her, so they run away together. His uncle follows him and penetrates the dark secrets of the city to find Duke Red, the man ruling from the shadows. Meanwhile, Kenichi desperately tries to protect the mysterious girl from the people hunting her. However, Duke Red and his adoptive son have their own deep reasons for chasing the girl. These reasons are connected to her true identity and the struggle for the domination of Metropolis...

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Robots , Dystopian , Artificial Intelligence , Fugitive , Detective , Urban , Female Protagonist , Politics , Cyberpunk , Police , Crime , Class Struggle , Male Protagonist , Terrorism , Kids , Foreign , CGI

Genma Taisen

Also known as Harmagedon.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kadokawa Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

From the depths of space he is coming...

Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is... Genma.

Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed.

But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma's agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!



Tags: Cosmic Horror , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Aliens , Philosophy , Environmental , Space , Body Horror , Shapeshifting , Tragedy

Ankoku Shinwa

Also known as The Dark Myth.

Studio: Ajiado , Daiei , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Long ago there were fierce gods of legends who shook the earth to its foundation with their power. There are now prehistoric rivals from the primitive times in Japan, that fought to protect their secrets in the present day. The God of Darkness Susanoah-oh is now sleeping in the shadows of the underworld waiting for his rebirth. However his coming hasn't gone unoticed. There are agents from the Kikuchi Clan (descendants of Japans first inhabitants) who have seen the warning signs of the spreading of darkness's bringing. These investigators are armed with ancient knowledge and artifacts who are willingly prepared to face the God of Darkness. Now they must fight the assembled spirits of hell to find the one young boy who is chosen by fate to grasp the chaotic might of the deadly Gods.



Tags: Demons , Mythology , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Shounen

Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Also known as Tokyo Revelation.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Sony Music Entertainment , Sanctuary , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

A satanic program is activated aboard a crowded commercial flight headed for Tokyo. It releases a swarm of invisible demons that send the aircraft plunging to a fiery doom. Everyone aboard is killed instantly - except Akito Kobayashi - owner of the devilish program and sworn ally of hell itself.

Kojiro Soma, an old elementary school friend of Akitos, is surprised to see him enroll back in school. Kojiro notices how this once lonely boy has grown into a suave and arrogant teenager. Later, when his classmates are attacked and legendary demons return to stalk to streets of Tokyo, Kojiro begins to truly understand what his old friend has become.<br><br> Akito has plans for the human race. The plans revolve around magnetite, the mysterious element that forms the living essence of every human soul. Combined with his demonic software, a strong enough source of magnetite would release a plague of devils upon the Earth. That source exists in Kojiros class, but when the evil plan expands beyond even Akito`s grasp, it is Kojiro who must find the ultimate power within himself, and go head-to-head with the greatest demon of all!



Tags: Demons , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Magic , Reincarnation , Age Gap , Nudity , Ninja , Bullying , Alternate Universe , School

Tokyo BABYLON

Studio: MADHOUSE , Animate , Movic , Sony Music Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery , Supernatural

Subaru Sumeragi is the 13th head of the Sumeragi Clan and a most powerful onmyouji. Subaru is hired to exorcise a construction site, but his employer mysteriously died. The only suspect is a man who repeatedly walks away from situations in which he should have died. Then Subaru meets a young woman intent upon cursing the man, saying that he killed her brother. Subaru must figure out how his employer died and fight the evil spirits that are protecting the man with the help of his friend and twin sister, Seishirou Sakurazuka and Hokuto Sumeragi.



Tags: Detective , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Magic , Shoujo , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Police , Twins , Tragedy , Yandere , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Boys' Love , Exorcism

Kyuuketsu-hime Miyu

Also known as Vampire Princess Miyu.

Studio: AIC , AnimEigo , Pony Canyon , Soei Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

A quiet gothic horror story about a vampire girl, Miyu, whose destiny it is to hunt down murderous demons known as Shinma and return them to their land of origin, the Dark. Miyu is pursued by the Spiritualist Himiko, determined to find out who Miyu is and to stop her from sucking the life blood from helpless humans. Each of the four episodes chronicle one of Miyu's encounters with a Shinma and the humans that it is affecting, from the perspective of Himiko's pursuit of Miyu.



Tags: Philosophy , Time Skip , Vampire , Demons , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , School , Gods , Episodic , Afterlife , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Tragedy

Ling Feng Zhe

Studio: Wawayu Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

The Leader will talk about how Marx met his wife Jenny and their thwarted love story, as well as his friendship with Friedrich Engels, his close companion and co-author of the Communist Manifesto.



Tags: Politics , Biographical , Economics , Historical , Baseball , Full CGI , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Tragedy , Age Gap