Anime like Long Zu 2

Guimi Zhi Zhu

Also known as Lord of Mysteries.

Studio: B.CMAY PICTURES , Tencent Penguin Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Religion , Cult , Gods , Cosmic Horror , Gore , Body Horror , Primarily Adult Cast , Steampunk , Detective , Foreign , Lost Civilization , Alchemy , Isekai , Tragedy , Cultivation , Acting , Dissociative Identities , Astronomy , CGI , Curses , Ghost , Guns , Espionage , Angels , Episodic , Gender Bending , Anti-Hero , Reincarnation , Demons , Skeleton , Historical , Acrobatics

Ragna Crimson

Also known as Ragna Crimson.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , King Records , GREE Entertainment , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Square Enix , BS11 , newgin , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Mystery

Dragons reign terror over the earth, sea and sky. If sworn dragon hunters like Ragna are to have any hope of dealing death to these seemingly invincible, fire-breathing beasts, they must find a way to level the odds. Ragna teams up with a mysterious man named Crimson who has likewise sworn to stand against the dragons menacing the world. But although Crimson’s motivations may be mysterious, his goal and Ragna’s perfectly align, and together they’ll fight to vanquish the dragons once and for all.



Note: The first episode aired with a runtime of ~47 minutes.

Tags: War , Dragons , Revenge , Shounen , Time Manipulation , Magic , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Tragedy , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Gore , Crossdressing , Clone , Guns , Gender Bending , Orphan , Tsundere , Nekomimi

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!

Also known as The Eminence in Shadow.

Studio: Nexus , KADOKAWA , Aiming , newgin , AT-X , BS Nippon , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

Some people just aren’t suited to playing the part of the flashy, in-your-face hero or the dastardly, mustache-twirling villain with larger-than-life panache. Instead, they operate in the shadows and pull the strings of society through wit and cleverness. That’s the role Cid wants to play when he’s transported to another world. Cid spins a yarn or three and becomes the unlikely leader of the underground Shadow Garden organization that fights against a menacing cult (which he totally made up). However, there’s a catch even his wild imagination didn’t see coming: the cult he concocted actually exists, and they’re beyond displeased that his power fantasy just got in the way of their evil plans!



Tags: Isekai , Chuunibyou , Male Protagonist , Parody , Anti-Hero , Magic , Cult , Acting , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Female Cast , Meta , Satire , Female Harem , Assassins , Espionage , Nudity , Elf , School , Politics , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Gore , Kemonomimi , Heterosexual , Seinen , Medieval , Boarding School , Age Regression

Kuutei Dragons

Also known as Drifting Dragons.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Quin Zaza airship sails the skies in pursuit of the deadliest (and tastiest) magical monsters in the blue: DRAGONS. While most people fear these scaly beasts, the crew of the Zaza specializes in bringing them down to earth to offer the world the medicine and food only dragons can provide. It’s a tough living, and the price for failure is all too often death, but the rewards for success are riches immeasurable — not to mention the most delicious cuisine around!



Note: All episodes premiered on Netflix on January 9, 2020, but aired weekly on TV.

Tags: Dragons , Full CGI , Aviation , Found Family , Food , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Steampunk , Episodic , Primarily Male Cast

Ryuu no Haisha

Also known as The Dragon Dentist.

Studio: Studio Khara
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The story takes place in Dragon Country. Nonoko is a newly appointed dentist and her mission is to protect the dragon, the guardian of the country, from tooth-cavity bacteria. One day, amid increasingly fierce battles with the neighboring country, Nonoko finds on the dragon's tooth an unconscious boy soldier from the enemy country. His name is Bell, and he has been resurrected from inside the tooth by the dragon—a supernatural phenomenon that legend says occurs before a major disaster. As Nonoko and Bell go through a series of fierce battles, they eventually learn to accept their fate.



Tags: Dragons , War , Military , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , CGI , Historical , Monster Girl , Body Horror , Tragedy

Yi Ren Zhi Xia

Also known as Hitori no Shita - The Outcast.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , Tencent Animation & Comics , NAMU Animation , Pandanium
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

The protagonist, Zhang Chulan, leads a very common college student's life until he finds himself caught up in a terrible incident that happened in a small village. As he was walking through a graveyard, Zhang Chulan is assaulted by jianshi. Thinking that it was over for him, a mysterious girl carrying a sword suddenly saves him and disappears. This strange encounter is going to change drastically the fate of our hero.



Tags: Martial Arts , Cultivation , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Zombie , School , Male Protagonist , Wuxia , Amnesia

BLEACH

Also known as Bleach.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , TV Tokyo , Dentsu , Viz Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Supernatural

Ichigo Kurosaki is a rather normal high school student apart from the fact he has the ability to see ghosts. This ability never impacted his life in a major way until the day he encounters the Shinigami Kuchiki Rukia, who saves him and his family's lives from a Hollow, a corrupt spirit that devours human souls.

Wounded during the fight against the Hollow, Rukia chooses the only option available to defeat the monster and passes her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. Now forced to act as a substitute until Rukia recovers, Ichigo hunts down the Hollows that plague his town.

Tags: Swordplay , Shounen , Super Power , Afterlife , Ghost , Male Protagonist , Demons , Exorcism , Urban Fantasy , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Memory Manipulation , School , Kuudere , Language Barrier , Ninja , Tanned Skin , Tomboy , Achronological Order , Centaur , Time Manipulation , Spearplay , Fugitive , Clone , Disability , Tsundere , Guns , Vampire , Reincarnation , Cannibalism , Dissociative Identities , Ojou-sama , Royal Affairs , Rescue , Age Regression , Amnesia , Kaiju , Anthropomorphism

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 , Lost Civilization , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Chimera , Female Protagonist , Found Family , Seinen , Tragedy , Nekomimi , Anthropomorphism , Kemonomimi , Curses , Episodic , Asexual , Politics , Super Power , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Ghost , Ninja , Cannibalism , Zombie

Shingeki no Bahamut: VIRGIN SOUL

Also known as Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul.

Studio: MAPPA , Cygames
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

10 years after the event, humans at the royal capital gather wealth, the demons are enslaved to assist with the capital's revival, and the gods lose their power due to a decrease in religious piety. The world is thrown off balance as humans, gods, and demons hold their own ideas of justice.



Tags: Demons , Magic , Gods , Dragons , Slavery , Anti-Hero , War , Medieval , Swordplay , Fugitive , Henshin , Female Protagonist , Zombie , Heterosexual , Nudity

Dragon’s Dogma

Also known as Dragon's Dogma.

Studio: Sublimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Based on the action RPG of the same name.

The story follows a man's journey seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, the man is brought back to life as an ‘Arisen’. An action adventure about a man challenged by demons who represent the seven deadly sins of humans.



Tags: Full CGI , Dragons , Revenge , CGI , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Gore , Swordplay , Magic , Nudity , Demons , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Suicide , Medieval , Philosophy , Archery