Anime like Yakumo Tatsu

X (TV)

Also known as X (TV).

Studio: MADHOUSE , Bandai Visual , Kadokawa Shoten , Character and Anime Dot Com , d-rights
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

His destiny has finally arrived as the young Shirou Kamui returns to Tokyo after 6 years. A powerful psychic, Kamui vows to protect the happiness of his childhood friends Fuuma and Kotori, even if it means avoiding them. But fate is cruel, whether or not Kamui wants to be involved; he holds the future of the world in his hands, given the choice of becoming a Dragon of Heaven or a Dragon of Earth. The Seven Seals gather, and so do the Seven Angels; all individuals who have their destiny carved out as one who would battle for the fate of the world. What future will Kamui choose to become reality?

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Environmental , Magic , Super Power , Anti-Hero , Battle Royale , Shrine Maiden , Philosophy , Gore , Shoujo , Male Protagonist , Boys' Love

Onikirimaru

Also known as Ogre Slayer.

Studio: Shogakukan , KSS , OB Planning , Pastel , Viz Media , Selecta Visión
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

There was once an ogre (oni) mother who gave birth to human looking child. Instead of an ogre`s horn, this child was born with a sword in hand called the "Onigirimaru" or Ogre Slayer. He has no name and is only refered to by the name of his sword. Though he appears human, he is pure ogre. Believing that he will become human once all of his kind vanished fromthe world of humans, he sets out on his destiny to slay all of his kind. Even now, in the mother world of Japan, he is still out there slaying ogres.

Description from ANN

Tags: Demons , Shounen , Gore , Ghost , Nudity , School

Honoo no Mirage

Also known as Mirage of Blaze.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Aniplex , Media Blasters , Studio Matrix , Shueisha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Takaya Ohgi is just a typical high school guy who wants nothing more than to protect his best friend and live a normal life. Enter Nobutsuna Naoe, an older man who informs Takaya that he is in fact the reincarnation of Lord Kagetora. Naoe, himself a possessor, awakens Takaya's abilities to exorcise evil spirits and fight the Fuedal Underworld. While most possessors remember their former lives before being reincarnated, Takaya does not. Naoe is thankful for this, considering his passionate and abusive past with his Lord Kagetora. As Takaya improves his abilities , he also begins to remember what Naoe did because of his love for him. Meanwhile the dark forces of the Hojo and Fuma clans begin their attack as the Fuedal Underworld descends upon the living world.



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

X OVA

Studio: Kadokawa Shoten , MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

In this prequel to the "X" TV series, a beautiful, young, bedridden dreamgazer named Kakyou remembers the life and death of a remarkable young woman whom he met in dreams. He also recounts his dreams of a tragic future in which the fate of the Earth will be decided.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Shoujo , Male Protagonist

Switch

Studio: Actas , Frontier Works , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Mystery

Two newbies at the Narcotic Control Department in Japan, Haru and Kai, struggle against: drug dealers, gangs, murderers, psychopaths, mysterious organizations, and mad people in general. The gentle and caring one of the group, Kai, who has problems of his own, has the tendency of turning into a lethal killing machine in certain scenarios. The way he acts changes like that of a "switch". As the two do their job, answers of what is behind Kai's strange behavior and who exactly he is, is revealed.




Tags: Police , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Gangs