Anime like Dragon Quest: Your Story

Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken (2020)

Also known as Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Tokyo , Shueisha , Square Enix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

After the defeat of the demon lord Hadlar, all of the monsters were unleashed from his evil will and moved to the island of Delmurin to live in peace. Dai is the only human living on the island. Having been raised by the kindly monster Brass, Dai's dream is to grow up to be a hero. He gets to become one when Hadlar is resurrected and the previous hero, Avan, comes to train Dai to help in the battle. But Hadlar, announcing that he now works for an even more powerful demon lord, comes to kill Avan. To save his students, Avan uses a Self-Sacrifice spell to attack, but is unable to defeat Hadlar. When it seems that Dai and Avan's other student Pop are doomed, a mark appears on Dai's forehead and he suddenly gains super powers and is able to fend off Hadlar. The two students then go off on a journey to avenge Avan and bring peace back to the world.



Tags: Swordplay , Dragons , Magic , Shounen , Demons , Dungeon , Male Protagonist , Animals , Spearplay , Martial Arts , Tsundere , Amnesia , CGI , Creature Taming , Love Triangle , Gore

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

Also known as Dragon Ball Super: Broly.

Studio: Toei Animation , Funimation , Manga Entertainment , Madman Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Earth is at peace after The Tournament of Power but Goku continues to train, knowing there are ever-stronger forces in the universe. With the arrival of a Saiyan warrior named Broly, Goku and Vegeta face their most dangerous challenge yet. The film also chronicles the history of the Saiyans and the background story of these three Saiyans with different destinies connected to the turbulent period of their now extinct race.

Tags: Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Aliens , Martial Arts , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cultivation , Gods , CGI

Ys

Studio: Starchild Records , Media Blasters , Nihon Falcom , Tokyo Kids
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Adol Christin, a young man from the mainland, sails to the besieged land of Esteria in search of adventure. Esteria is being overrun by beasts under the control of the evil priest Dark Fact, and the people of the land are running out of time. However, there is a prophecy that tells of a hero from another land who will come to save Esteria -- and his name would be Adol Christin.


Tags: Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , War

Ni no Kuni

Also known as NiNoKuni.

Studio: OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Based on Level-5's Ni no Kuni video game franchise. In the story, Yuu is a high school student, and his best friend is Haru and his childhood friend is Kotona. Through a certain incident, they travel back and forth between reality and Ni no Kuni. When Kotona's life is put in danger, the three must make "the ultimate choice."

Tags: Magic , Alternate Universe , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Love Triangle

Final Fantasy

Also known as Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

Studio: Square Enix , Sony Music Entertainment , Square Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

A planet is overrun by a mysterious group of creatures that infect and destroy all life on Earth. Only the determination of a single woman to find a cure will prevent the world from slowly being eaten away. Yet there are those from within who are impatient for results and will do anything to win this war.



Tags: Full CGI , Post-Apocalyptic , Aliens , Primarily Adult Cast , Ghost , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Space , Guns , Aviation , Magic , Heterosexual

Dragon Quest: Abel Yuusha Densetsu

Also known as Dragon Warrior.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Studio Comet , NAS , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Dragon Quest is loosely based on Dragon Quest III. The names and some of the characters are familar, but the world map is smaller and a very different shape. The two main characters are Abel and Tialah. Tialah receives the legendary Red Stone from the Aliahan Village sage Master Yogi. Soon after, Tialah is kidnapped by the evil Baramos who wants to use the Red Stone to resurrect The Great Dragon and be granted eternal life. Abel swore to rescue Tialah and he is given the Blue Stone, which can only seal the Dragon once it has been released.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Demons , Martial Arts , Magic

Black Clover: Mahou Tei no Ken

Also known as Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King.

Studio: Shueisha , Studio Pierrot , Avex Pictures , Netflix
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

As a lionhearted boy who can’t wield magic strives for the title of Wizard King, four banished Wizard Kings of yore return to crush the Clover Kingdom.



Tags: Magic , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Reincarnation , Medieval , Super Power , Swordplay , Demons , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Robots , Henshin , Suicide

Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock

Also known as Harlock: Space Pirate.

Studio: Toei Animation , Marza Animation Planet
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Many years into the future, battle has been raging across the galaxies as 500 billion humans, whose forebears were exiled from Earth, plan to return to what is still called home. Forced to flee a ravaged Earth, humans have now depleted the corners of the galaxy to which they fled. Earth has now become the most valued and precious resource of all, controlled by the corrupt Gaia Coalition which governs the human race across the different galaxies. Captain Harlock and his trusted crew are the only hope mankind has of discovering the secrets that the Gaia have kept hidden.

Tags: Space , Full CGI , Ships , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Military , Shounen , Aliens , Curses , Post-Apocalyptic , Love Triangle , Guns , Tragedy , Disability , Espionage , Swordplay , Politics

Ta ga Tame no Alchemist

Also known as For Whom The Alchemist Exists The Movie.

Studio: Satelight , Magic Capsule , Asmik Ace , flying DOG , FgG
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

A theatrical movie based on Fuji & gumi Games simulation role-playing smartphone and PC game, Ta ga Tame no Alchemist. The game is centered on seven characters themed around the seven deadly sins, and is set on the continent of Babel, where the Tower of Babel looms large over seven nations. After the invention of alchemy led to its use as a tool of war that brought humanity to the brink of extinction, the seven nations struck an uneasy peace that led to a prohibition on alchemy for hundreds of years since. In the Continental Year 911, the nation of Lustrice broke the pact by assembling an army bolstered by alchemy, with ambitions of conquest over the continent. Led by Envylia, the six nations allied and struck down the rogue nation, casting alchemy once again to darkness. But 20 years after the war, alchemy once again begins to cause chaos in the land.

Tags: War , Magic , Cyberpunk , Isekai , Dystopian , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Bullying

FAIRY TAIL: DRAGON CRY

Also known as Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , GAGA , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , TV Tokyo , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

In the Kingdom of Fiore lies a terrible weapon: the Dragon Cry, a magical staff rumored to possess power capable of destroying the world. For years, it's been safely guarded and kept away from those tempted by its power. But everything changes when a traitor named Zash manages to steal it away. Now, in the hands of Animus— the cruel ruler of the Kingdom of Stella— a plot begins to form with the fate of the world at their mercy.

Luckily, a simple recovery task is nothing for the wizards of Fairy Tail! Together, Natsu and his friends go undercover to infiltrate Stella Kingdom in hopes of getting answers and restoring safety to the realm. But they quickly find there's more to this staff than the stories claim. What power really dwells within the Dragon Cry, and is the gang strong enough to fight ultimate destruction?



Tags: Magic , Dragons , Feet , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities