Anime like Jiyi Guanli Ju

FLCL

Also known as FLCL.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G , Starchild Records , Funimation , GANSIS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Naota is a detached sixth grader afflicted by the pangs of puberty. He's fooling around with his brother's ex-girlfriend when a crazed girl on a motor scooter runs him over, brains him with a bass guitar, and moves into his house. This pink-haired girl, Haruko - who claims she's an alien - hurls Naota into the middle of a mega-corporation's secret agenda. Oh, and now giant battling robots shoot from his skull. Mix in mind-bending animation and tunes that echo through your cerebellum to top off the trip that will have you falling hard for FLCL.



Tags: Coming of Age , Surreal Comedy , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Female Protagonist , Psychosexual , Meta , Philosophy , Robots , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Denpa , Love Triangle , Aliens , Parody , Heterosexual , Mopeds , Vore , Amnesia , Guns , Kaiju , Urban , Gods , Super Robot , Body Horror , Real Robot , Nudity , Episodic , Baseball , CGI

Flip Flappers

Also known as FLIP FLAPPERS.

Studio: Studio 3Hz , Infinite , Happinet , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , GAGA , Lantis , Medicos Entertainment , AT-X , Sotsu , BS Fuji , TOKYO MX , Ray
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Sci-Fi

As a middle school student, Cocona has been trying to decide what to do with her life. Magical Girl, however, wasn’t a career path that she’d ever considered. When suddenly a strange girl named Papika thrusts her into a secret organization called Flip Flap, Cocona’s outlook does a radical flip-flop. Her views start to change when she is dragged into an alternate dimension called Pure Illusion where she’s charged with gathering crystal shards and fighting strange creatures. Now, between running missions and facing off against a rival organization, Cocona doesn’t have much time to consider alternate career choices. What are these shards, and why is gathering them so important? There’s a mystery to be solved and multiple worlds to be saved in FLIP FLAPPERS!



Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Henshin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Meta , Yuri , Kemonomimi , Desert , Archery , Guns , Urban , Urban Fantasy , Swordplay , Robots , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Surreal Comedy , Memory Manipulation , Super Power , Cult , Dissociative Identities , Time Manipulation , Episodic , Isekai , Tragedy , Age Regression , Twins , Surfing , School , Parody , Love Triangle , Tsundere , Super Robot , Yandere , Heterosexual

Hei He

Also known as Undetectable Box.

Studio: 717 Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Thriller

I often fall into the fantasy upon her back. What kind of person is she? What does she like? What world view does she hold? From the occasional detailed observations of her daily life, I have inferred many unexplainable clues... After a series of fantastic imagination, I suddenly realized that the girl who has been dialoging with me in my mind is just my own wishful thinking. Therefore, on the day of the reunion, I decided to take this step...

Tags: Trains , Denpa , Primarily Teen Cast , Chuunibyou , Skateboarding , Nekomimi

Dead Leaves

Also known as Dead Leaves.

Studio: Production I.G , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Pandy and Retro awaken naked on Earth with no recollection of their past. They embark on a devastating crime spree in search of food, clothing and transportation, but are captured by authorities and sent to the infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves. While incarcerated, they quickly discover that Dead Leaves is also a top-secret cloning facility, occupied by villainous guards and deformed genetic experiments. Ultra-manic chaos and hyper-violent bedlam ensue as they organize a prison break with the aid of their fellow mutant inmates.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Anti-Hero , Delinquents , Amnesia , Fugitive , Guns , Primarily Adult Cast , Gore , Slapstick , Crime , Space , Nudity , Revenge , Espionage , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei

Also known as The Tatami Galaxy.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Sony Music Entertainment , Fujipacific Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery , Psychological , Romance

When a college dropout stops for a late night bite at a mysterious ramen stand, he crosses paths with a self-proclaimed deity of matrimony. This bizarre meeting sends the young man hurtling through a horrifying flashback to his not-so-glorious college days when the influence of a cruel new friend turned him from a hopeless romantic into a mischievous “black cupid.”



Tags: Coming of Age , College , Time Loop , Surreal Comedy , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , School Club , Time Manipulation , Achronological Order , Cult , Meta , Heterosexual , Satire , Ensemble Cast , Proxy Battle , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cowboys , Mythology , Cycling , Tennis , Gods

Alita de Shui Qian Gushi

Also known as A Bedtime Tale.

Studio: Studio Tumble
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

The soul that looks to the dragon is born of dark shadows from longing; the light guides the young archer and helps him find the courage to fight the darkness.
"...Everyone has a shadow in their heart."
The grandma complains that she is running out of stories.



Tags: Dragons , Magic

REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Cyberpunk , Cyborg , Space , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Crime , Heterosexual , Robots , Military , Gambling , Anthropomorphism , Politics , Nudity , Primarily Male Cast

Punch Line

Also known as PUNCH LINE.

Studio: MAPPA , MAGES. , Kansai TV , KYORAKU
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

When your day begins with being held hostage in a hijacking, can things get much worse? How about being kicked out of your own body? Or learning that if you can't re-possess your physical shell, you'll trigger a panty-fueled apocalypse that will wipe out all life on the planet? For Yuta Iridatsu, it's just the start of the worst out-of-body experience ever. Now, if his dissed disembodied spirit doesn't pursue the persuasions of a porn-obsessed paranormal pussycat and purloin a missing mystical manual, a meteor will collide with Earth! And to stack the odds even further, the book is hidden somewhere in the boarding house Yuta shares with a bevy of beautiful babes, but if he gets an eyeful of his ravishing co-renters in their unmentionables before he's back in himself, it's flash-forward to Doomsday! Will the literal end of the world be wearing briefs, a bikini, or a thong? Find out when panties, possessions and extinction level events have the ultimate rear-end collision in PUNCH LINE!



Tags: Afterlife , Superhero , Ghost , Super Power , Time Manipulation , Gender Bending , Urban Fantasy , Time Loop , Body Swapping , Primarily Female Cast , Alternate Universe , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Military , Transgender , Robots , Bisexual , Bullying , Found Family , Video Games , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things