Anime like Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

Kurayami Santa

Also known as Darkness Boy Santa.

Studio: ILCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Kurayami Santa is set in 1960s Kyushu. The show centers around Santa, a familiar from hell who is charged with maintaining the border between hell and the human world. Santa's mission has him crossing paths with many humans and supernatural creatures.



Tags: Chibi , Achromatic , Male Protagonist , Parody

Natsume Yuujinchou

Also known as Natsume's Book of Friends Season 1.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , NAS , NIS America Inc. , TV Tokyo Music , Sony Music Entertainment , Trilogy Future Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Natsume has always been an outcast because he inherited his grandmother's ability to see yokai. After moving to his grandmother's hometown and accidentally releasing a yokai imprisoned in a Lucky Cat statue, he learns about his grandmother's "Book of Friends," which contains the names of the yokai she defeated, and allows its wielder to command the yokai named within. Since then, yokai now visit him on a daily basis, seeking to either get their names back or take possession of the Book of Friends.



Tags: Youkai , Iyashikei , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Found Family , Adoption , Rural , Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Bullying , Estranged Family , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Exorcism , Outdoor Activities , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Coming of Age

Gekkan Mousou Kagaku

Also known as Delusional Monthly Magazine.

Studio: OLM , Pony Canyon , Crunchyroll , MediaNet , Sotsu , BS Asahi , OLM
Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story takes place in the town of Most City in a certain country. On the second floor of an old building is a publishing company that puts out a periodical called Delusional Monthly Magazine, a science magazine featuring articles about shocking, bizarre events and inexplicable phenomena that make even scientists throw up their hands in defeat. Its staff consists only of a beautiful editor-in-chief and her one editor, Tarou J. Suzuki, who are joined by grade-school-aged assistant Jirou Tanaka and his dog, Saburou. The editorial department is always empty, and Tarou, Jirou, and Saburou are usually hanging out in Rock, a coffee shop on the first floor. One day, the scientist Gorou Satou visits them for a consultation, and therein lies the beginning of an outlandish new story...



Tags: Shapeshifting , Lost Civilization , Anthropomorphism , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Femboy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love

Futari wa Precure

Also known as Precure.

Studio: Toei Animation , Asahi Production , Asatsu DK
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Nagisa Misumi and Honoka Yukishiro couldn't be more different. Nagisa is sporty and Honoka bookish, and while they attend the same school, they have very little in common - until one day, a shower of shooting stars brings two very unlikely visitors into their lives: Mipple and Mepple, refugees from the Garden of Light, which has been conquered by Darkness. Endowed with new and startling powers, Nagisa and Honoka become Cure Black and Cure White, magical defenders of the light - together, they are Pretty Cure.



Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , School , Kids , Magic , Superhero , Primarily Child Cast , Lacrosse , Fairy , School Club , Urban , Tokusatsu , Aliens , Isekai , Card Battle , Suicide