Anime like Dorohedoro

Chainsaw Man

Also known as Chainsaw Man.

Studio: MAPPA , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Denji is a teenage boy living with a Chainsaw Devil named Pochita. Due to the debt his father left behind, he has been living a rock-bottom life while repaying his debt by harvesting devil corpses with Pochita.

One day, Denji is betrayed and killed. As his consciousness fades, he makes a contract with Pochita and gets revived as "Chainsaw Man" — a man with a devil's heart.



Tags: Demons , Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gore , Tragedy , Shapeshifting , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Urban , Henshin , Psychosexual , Shounen , Coming of Age , Monster Girl , Primarily Adult Cast , Anthropomorphism , Heterosexual , Yakuza , Guns , Found Family , Assassins , Crime , CGI , Age Gap , Cannibalism , Homeless , Police , Revenge , Amnesia , POV , Nudity , Zombie , Angels

Dungeon Meshi

Also known as Delicious in Dungeon.

Studio: TRIGGER , KADOKAWA , Ultra Super Pictures , Good Smile Company , Tencent
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions...and a member! They're eager to go back and save her, but there is just one problem: If they set out with no food or coin to speak of, they're sure to starve on the way! But Laios comes up with a brilliant idea: "Let's eat the monsters!" Slimes, basilisks, and even dragons...none are safe from the appetites of these dungeon-crawling gourmands!



Note: A world premiere screening of Episode 1 was shown in the Studio TRIGGER panel at Anime Expo on July 1, 2023.

Tags: Dungeon , Food , Magic , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Elf , Environmental , Medieval , Monster Girl , Dragons , Necromancy , Body Horror , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Chimera , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Nekomimi , Tragedy , Curses , Anthropomorphism , Episodic , Kemonomimi , Shapeshifting , Politics , Ghost , Ninja , Nudity , Super Power , Asexual , Cannibalism , Zombie

Kekkai Sensen

Also known as Blood Blockade Battlefront.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Supernatural

A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening.



Note: The last episode aired with a runtime of ~46 minutes as opposed to the standard 24 minute long episode.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Alternate Universe , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Dystopian , Slapstick , Shounen , Vampire , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Demons , Foreign , Tomboy , Tragedy , Werewolf , Tanned Skin , Twins , Philosophy , Parkour , Dissociative Identities

Sabikui Bisco

Also known as Sabikui Bisco.

Studio: OZ , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , KADOKAWA , flying DOG , Yomiuri TV , Frontier Works , BS11 , KLOCKWORX , Bit grooove promotion , NAZ
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Japan’s post-apocalyptic wasteland replete with dust can only be saved by one thing—fungus. Bisco Akaboshi, a wanted criminal and skilled archer, searches for a legendary mushroom, known as Sabikui, said to devour any and all rust. Joining him on this epic saga to save the country is a giant crab and a young doctor. Can this unlikely trio find the fabled fungi and save the land?



Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Pandemic , Male Protagonist , Medicine , Archery , Fugitive , Outdoor Activities , Travel , Desert , Drugs , Terrorism , Tragedy , Anti-Hero , Kaiju , Boys' Love , Environmental , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cyberpunk , Bisexual , Heterosexual , Animals , Guns , Ensemble Cast , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Motorcycles , Card Battle , Unrequited Love

Golden Kamuy

Also known as Golden Kamuy.

Studio: Geno Studio , Funimation , Good Smile Company , Twin Engine , TOKYO MX , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Sammy , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets off on a treacherous quest to find it. But Sugimoto is not the only interested party, and everyone who knows about the gold will kill to possess it! Faced with the harsh conditions of the northern wilderness, ruthless criminals and rogue Japanese soldiers, Sugimoto will need all his skills and luck—and the help of an Ainu girl named Asirpa—to survive.



Tags: Historical , Snowscape , Seinen , Survival , Outdoor Activities , Military , Ensemble Cast , Indigenous Cultures , Primarily Adult Cast , Food , Guns , Primarily Male Cast , War , Wilderness , Gore , Anti-Hero , Male Protagonist , Educational , Assassins , Crime , Body Horror , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Gender Bending , CGI , Archery , Transgender , Twins , Torture , Medicine , Oiran

Gachiakuta

Also known as Gachiakuta.

Studio: bones , Avex Pictures , bones film , Kodansha , DMM.com , CBC TV , Dentsu , Com2uS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

A boy lives in a floating town, where the poor scrape by and the rich live a sumptuous life, simply casting their garbage off the side, into the abyss. When he’s falsely accused of murder, though, his wrongful conviction leads to an unimaginable punishment—exile off the edge, with the rest of the trash. Down on the surface, the cast-off waste of humanity has bred vicious monsters, and to travel the path to vengeance against those who cast him into Hell, a boy will have to become a warrior…



Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Survival , Dystopian , Revenge , Post-Apocalyptic , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Class Struggle , Found Family , Surreal Comedy , Tragedy , Robots , Adoption , Kaiju , CGI , Shapeshifting , Urban , Memory Manipulation , Guns , Body Horror , Criminal Organization ,

HELLSING OVA

Also known as Hellsing Ultimate.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , Satelight , Funimation , StudioRF Inc. , Graphinica
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Hellsing, a secret organization of the British government, has long been battling supernatural threats to keep the people safe from creatures of the night. The current leader, Integra Wingates Hellsing controls her own personal army to eliminate the undead beings, but even her highly trained soldiers pale in comparison to her most trusted vampire exterminator, a man by the name of Alucard, who is actually a powerful vampire himself. Along with Integra's mysterious butler and Alucard's new vampire minion, Seras Victoria, The Hellsing Organization must face not only regular ghouls and vampires, but a rivaling secret organization from the Vatican, and Millennium, an enigmatic group of madmen spawned by a certain war over 50 years ago...
A bloody battle between monsters is about to begin, the dead are dancing, and all hell is singing...

Tags: Vampire , Gore , Seinen , War , Urban Fantasy , Religion , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Military , Urban , Guns , Monster Girl , Body Horror , Noir , Cannibalism , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Butler , Gender Bending , Female Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tomboy , Slapstick , Age Regression , Kemonomimi , Demons , Nekomimi , CGI , Chibi , Time Skip , Werewolf , Nudity , Bisexual , Super Power , Philosophy

Akudama Drive

Also known as Akudama Drive.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Delfi Sound , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi , Thriller

Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. In Kansai, a group of six Akudama carry out missions given to them by a mysterious black cat, while evading the police. But a dangerous journey is about to unfold when a civilian girl becomes twisted into the Akudama’s way of life and witnesses their criminal drives.



Note: On May 28, 2021, a director's cut of the final episode was released which included approximately 5 minutes of new content.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Crime , Urban , Cyberpunk , Fugitive , Dystopian , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Politics , Conspiracy , Prison , Yandere , Tomboy , Artificial Intelligence , Found Family , Unrequited Love , CGI , Motorcycles , Trains , Virtual World , Kuudere , Space , Tanned Skin

DEVILMAN crybaby

Also known as Devilman Crybaby.

Studio: Science SARU , Aniplex , Netflix , Dynamic Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.

The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins.



Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Monster Boy , Curses , War , Angels , Post-Apocalyptic , Henshin , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Coming of Age , Unrequited Love , Cannibalism , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Revenge , Athletics , Hip-hop Music , Heterosexual , Guns , Urban , Drugs , Meta , Masturbation , Public Sex , Bisexual , Politics , Afterlife , Motorcycles , Shounen , Flash , Boys' Love

Dandadan

Also known as DAN DA DAN.

Studio: Science SARU , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Science SARU , Shueisha , Dentsu , Aniplex , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.

To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?

The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!



Notes:
Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024.
Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Exorcism , School , Gyaru , Demons , Tragedy , Love Triangle , CGI , Nudity , Tokusatsu , Unrequited Love , Shrine Maiden , Zombie , Achromatic , Acrobatics