Anime like Yousei Ou

Petshop of Horrors

Also known as Petshop of Horrors.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Trans Arts , TBS , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Count D, a quite interesting pet shop owner from an area called Chinatown, sells rare and hard to come by pets to people longing for something special, but with each sale comes a contract. If the rules of the contract are followed, everything goes fine, but if someone should break the rules of the contract, the pet shop cannot be held responsible for anything unfortunate that might happen. Leon Orcot, a homicide detective, has linked many odd and unexplainable deaths together; they all were customers of Count D's pet shop, and he intends to find out why.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Animals , Episodic , Foreign , Josei , Mythology , Shapeshifting , Detective , Anthropomorphism , Magic , Mermaid , Tragedy , Crime , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Monster Girl , Police , Body Swapping , Necromancy , Urban , Nudity , Love Triangle

1001 Nights

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Presented in the form of a feverish love dream, 1001 Nights (based on Amano's book of artwork) is the first performance of the groundbreaking "Filmharmonic" series, which presents new orchestral works by film composers in tandem with short films made by A-list directors. 1001 Nights is the series's only animated work, and plans originally called for the film to be completely computer animated.

Tags: Fairy Tale , Mythology , Foreign , Nudity , Demons , Classic Literature , No Dialogue , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Historical , CGI , Dragons , Mixed Media

Sirius no Densetsu

Also known as Sea Prince and the Fire Child.

Studio: Sanrio , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Gods once lived on earth, and two siblings, Oceanus - God of Water, and Hyperia - Goddess of Fire, lived in peace and dearly loved each other. However, the God of Wind, Algaroc, become jealous of the pair's happiness, and spread lies and deceit between them until their hatred for each other brought about war.

Finally, Algaroc was imprisoned by the King of Gods, but after that time, the brother and sister still despised each other, so the Children of Fire and Water forever remained apart. But, then Prince Syrius of the Water and Princess Malta of the Fire meet and fall in love. The love of Syrius and Malta may not be enough to surpass their parents' hatred. Whether they can stay together forever may be impossible



Tags: Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Gods , Fairy , Classic Literature , Tragedy , Magic , Heterosexual , Mythology

Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku

Studio: MADHOUSE , Toei Video , Akita Shoten
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Romance

Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku revolves around high school girl, Minako Ifu, who has become the focus of the attentions of Deimos, former god of terror. For the forbidden love between him and his younger twin sister, Venus, the former goddess of love, he was turned into a demon by Zeus, and she was imprisoned in the Swamp of Death. In order to rescue Venus from her fatal punishment, he has to bring Minako, who appears to be her physical reincarnation, to the underworld so she can possess her body.

Adapting a chapter of the manga, this OVA is centered on Minako visiting the mansion of an infamous botanist in search and investigation of her missing friend.

Tags: Tragedy , Gods , Shoujo , Mythology , Demons , Female Protagonist , Twins , Archery