Anime like GANTZ:O

What is GANTZ:O about?

Studio: Digital Frontier
Status: Finished

Death does not have to be the end; one can live again, but only through beating the game posed by the black ball called Gantz.

On his way home to celebrate his younger brother's birthday, brave and kind-hearted student named Masaru Katou is stabbed to death. He awakes in a small room with a cityscape view in the heart of Tokyo—and he is not alone. To his surprise, it is not the afterlife, but the waiting room for a high stakes game with their lives on the line. Before he has the chance to process the situation, Masaru is handed a gun and teleported into the center of Osaka to carry out one simple task: eliminate any alien on sight.

Accompanied by the aged Yoshikazu Suzuki, the stunning idol Reika Shimohira, and the cold but experienced Jouichirou Nishi, Masaru must overcome his fears in order to survive the game and return home to his waiting brother.



Note: A full 3DCG movie adaptation of the manga's Osaka arc.

Tags: Survival , Full CGI , Aliens , Death Game , Guns , Cyberpunk , Tragedy , Urban , Cosmic Horror , Youkai , CGI , Gore , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Demons
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INUYASHIKI LAST HERO

Inuyashiki

Also known as INUYASHIKI LAST HERO.

Studio: MAPPA , Fuji TV , Kodansha , DMM pictures , Aniplex , Dentsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he's constantly ignored and disrespected by his family despite all that he's done to support them. On top of everything else, his doctor has revealed that he has cancer and it appears that he has little time left in this world. But just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, a blinding light in the night sky strikes the earth where Ichiro stands. He later wakes up to find himself unscathed, but he soon starts to notice that there's something…different about himself.



Tags: Tragedy , Super Power , Seinen , Cyborg , Elderly Protagonist , Male Protagonist , CGI , Robots , Anti-Hero , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Crime , Gore , Terrorism , Body Horror , Philosophy , Superhero , Police , Heterosexual , Otaku Culture , Aliens , Yakuza , Surreal Comedy , Irrumatio
BLAME!

BLAME!

Also known as BLAME!.

Studio: POLYGON PICTURES , Glovision
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure that replicates itself infinitely in all directions. Now humanity has lost access to the city's controls, and is hunted down and purged by the defense system known as the Safeguard. In a tiny corner of the city, a little enclave known as the Electro-Fishers is facing eventual extinction, trapped between the threat of the Safeguard and dwindling food supplies. A girl named Zuru goes on a journey to find food for her village, only to inadvertently cause doom when an observation tower senses her and summons a Safeguard pack to eliminate the threat. With her companions dead and all escape routes blocked, the only thing that can save her now is the sudden arrival of Killy the Wanderer, on his quest for the Net Terminal Genes, the key to restoring order to the world.



Tags: Full CGI , Post-Apocalyptic , Cyborg , Seinen , Survival , Cosmic Horror , Cyberpunk , Robots , Artificial Intelligence , Gore , Male Protagonist , Guns
Gantz: Second Stage

GANTZ 2

Also known as Gantz: Second Stage.

Studio: GONZO , ADV Films , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Kurono Kei and his ex-elementary school classmate, Kato Masaru have survived the first two ordeals that the unknown black sphere Gantz has sent them through. Exploding body parts, struggling to stay alive till the last seconds and seeing your fellow comrades fall in a pile of blood and gore are norm to them now. They are aware now that Gantz can call them up along with any new deeds, at any time for another confrontation with aliens.

Will Kato's experiences in the Gantz world give him the same courage in the real world? With fellow veteran Gantzer Kei Kishimoto currently staying at Kurono's home as his "adopted pet", can Kurono stave off his growing lust for her mammaries?

What the heck is Gantz?



Tags: Death Game , Aliens , Gore , Body Horror , Afterlife , Urban , Nudity , Guns , Seinen , Cyberpunk , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Delinquents , Dissociative Identities
Harlock: Space Pirate

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: Full CGI , Space , Pirates , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Ships , Military , Shounen
Tokyo Ghoul

Tokyo Ghoul

Also known as Tokyo Ghoul.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Marvelous
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The suspense horror/dark fantasy story is set in Tokyo, which is haunted by mysterious "ghouls" who are devouring humans. People are gripped by the fear of these ghouls whose identities are masked in mystery. An ordinary college student named Kaneki encounters Rize, a girl who is an avid reader like him, at the café he frequents. Little does he realize that his fate will change overnight.



Tags: Gore , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Survival , Torture , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Anti-Hero , Seinen , Coming of Age , Urban , Police , Cannibalism , Detective , Crime , Henshin , Primarily Adult Cast , Mythology , Heterosexual , College
Altered Carbon: Resleeved

Altered Carbon: Resleeved

Also known as Altered Carbon: Resleeved.

Studio: Studio Anima
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Spin-off based on Netflix's live-action Sci-Fi series of the same name.

On the planet Latimer, Takeshi Kovacs must protect a tattooist while investigating the death of a yakuza boss alongside a no-nonsense CTAC.



Tags: Cyberpunk , Full CGI , Dystopian , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Guns , Gore , Software Development
Deadman Wonderland

Deadman Wonderland

Also known as Deadman Wonderland.

Studio: Manglobe , Funimation , AMG MUSIC
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Sci-Fi

Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.

At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal deathmatches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro, an unusual female inmate, his dark fate crushes all hope —until he discovers the strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He's determined to see justice served —but first he'll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.



Tags: Tragedy , Super Power , Survival , Gore , Death Game , Prison , Anti-Hero , Body Horror , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Memory Manipulation , Shounen , Orphan , Rehabilitation , Guns , Tanned Skin , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity
Alien Nine

Alien 9

Also known as Alien Nine.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Genco , MediaNet , Central Park Media , Nippon Columbia , AT-X , Bandai Visual , Hanabee Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life

Yuri Ootani, a girl who has been afraid of aliens, has been chosen to be on the alien party with the class president Kumi Kawamura, whose only intention to join the alien party is to get out of presidential duties, as well as Kasumi Tomine who is perfect at everything she does, including fighting all the aliens that come in their way. But can they defeat a massive alien who has already abducted Kasumi?

Tags: Aliens , Coming of Age , Body Horror , Denpa , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Child Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Tragedy , Philosophy , Seinen , Gore , Dullahan , Nudity , Vore , Post-Apocalyptic
Dragon Quest: Your Story

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Also known as Dragon Quest: Your Story.

Studio: Shirogumi , Robot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy

Based on Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.

Ryuka was enslaved and forced into building a great temple after being stolen from his father who he watched be killed by powerful foes when he was trying to protect him as a child. When he escapes slavery 10 years later he starts a journey to uncover the secrets of his father's past and soon finds out his mother is still alive, so he sets off on an adventure to rescue her from the underworld. And, of course, he must also make the difficult decision of who to marry... Bianca or Flora?



Tags: Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Full CGI , Meta , Virtual World , Magic , Time Manipulation , Demons , Tragedy , Isekai
Wuxian Shijie

Wuxian Shijie

Studio: bilibili , Wonder Cat Animation , Mopi , He Zhou Culture
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Horror , Supernatural

Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you really want to live?

Tags: Full CGI

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