Anime like Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi

Karakuri Kiden: Hiwou Senki

Also known as Clockwork Fighters Hiwou's War.

Studio: bones , VAP , BeSTACK , NHK Enterprises , Victor Entertainment , Omega Pictures , AUDIO PLANNING U
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Mecha

8 years ago, Western Civilization visited 19th century Japan. Mechanized dolls and new steam-powered creations began spreading throughout the country. The Wind Gang is a group of doll and steam users who believe in using their creations to violently bring about a new Industrial Era. They attack and destroy the peaceful village of a young doll user named Hiwou one day. Hiwou and his friends escape with a giant doll named Homura. Hiwou now wants to find his father, so that he can help defeat the Wind Gang, and bring peace back to Japan.



Tags: Historical , Steampunk , Ninja , Samurai , Politics

Basilisk: Kouga Ninpouchou

Also known as Basilisk.

Studio: GONZO , GDH , Funimation , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Romance

The heirs to the Kouga and Iga ninja clans, Gennosuke and Oboro, hoped the unsteady truce between their tribes would last—but fate denies the lovers, thrusting their people into war after centuries of peace. The terms are set on two scrolls. One bears a list of Kouga warriors. The other holds a list of those who fight for Iga. The names found on these scrolls can only be crossed out in blood.



Tags: Ninja , Seinen , Historical , Primarily Adult Cast , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Gore ,

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Shamballa wo Yuku Mono

Also known as Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa.

Studio: bones , Aniplex , Square Enix , Shouchiku , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gypsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.



Tags: Historical , Shounen , Foreign , Alternate Universe , Male Protagonist , Alchemy , Military , Cult , War , Steampunk , Philosophy , CGI , Dragons , Guns

Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou

Also known as Concrete Revolutio.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The stage is set in “another Japan” as a banquet of diverse superhumans unfolds…

In an imaginary "age of gods" about 20 years after the war, Japan has grown and developed by leaps and bounds. What if all the superhumans ever written about in fictional stories existed at the same time? Superhumans who came into existence through different circumstances, and who are special in different ways -- Titans from outer space, lifeforms from a mystical world, phantoms and goblins from ancient times, cyborgs created by scientists, relics that rose out of the ruins of ancient civilizations, and the list goes on. One segment of these superhumans makes no secret of their existence and has gained popularity in society. Others cloak their identities and fight in secrecy.

There are enemies of superhumans as well, organizations that operate in the shadows.

The Japanese government has taken many measures to secure peace and order.

One is the establishment of an organization under the Ministry of Health and Welfare -- the Overpopulation Research Laboratory, a.k.a. the Superhuman Bureau.

Their mission is to identify and approach superhumans, then oversee and safeguard them. One member of the Superhuman Bureau, Jiro Hitoyoshi, is protagonist of this series.



Tags: Super Power , Achronological Order , Urban Fantasy , Politics , Tokusatsu , Henshin , Historical , Superhero , Magic , Kaiju , Demons , Shapeshifting , Youkai

Oh! Edo Rocket

Also known as Oh! Edo Rocket.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation , Sunny Side Up , Index
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

In Edo in the mid-1800's, fireworks maker Seikichi Tamaya and his friends struggle to live under the harsh morality laws imposed by the strict city councilor, which ban all luxuries, including fireworks. One day, a strange girl stops by Sekichi's shop with an equally strange request: she wants Sekichi to build a firework that can reach the moon.




Tags: Anachronism , Shapeshifting , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Historical , Aliens , Ninja , Meta

REVENGER

Also known as Revenger.

Studio: Shouchiku , Ajiado , Nitroplus , AT-X , Kansai TV , Good Smile Company , flying DOG , Marui , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

As master assassin Usui Yuen investigates a series of attacks made on the grand samurai clan, the Satsuma, he encounters survivor and clan member Kurima Raizo. Together, they unravel a conspiracy behind the murders, the true nature of which appears far grander than anyone first thought. As they get closer to the truth, will they come out alive to exact revenge?



Tags: Revenge , Historical , Assassins , Male Protagonist , Samurai , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Crime , Religion , Drugs , Philosophy , Primarily Male Cast , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Crossdressing , Anachronism , Archery , LGBTQ+ Themes , Episodic , Guns , Gender Bending , Suicide , Tsundere

KARAS

Also known as Karas.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Sci-Fi

The world of the humans and the world of the demons (yōkai) have overlapped one another, leaving humans to walk the streets of life as they normally would, while demons walk, hidden from the naked eye, down the very same streets. A seemingly young woman named Yurine and her servant, the Karas (from the Japanese word for "Crow"), have long maintained order and balance between the overlapped worlds, ultimately keeping the demons from interrupting the lives of humans. However, humans have come to forget and jest at the existence of demons, and no longer understand the privilege it is to live without fear. Disgusted by this arrogance, an old Karas turns his back on the laws he had once upheld, and in his human form, named Eko, he creates an army of Mikura, or mechanized demons, to ready an attack on the human race.

A young man named Otoha inherits the powers of the Karas and takes his place at the side of Yurine, who claims that his soul called out for her while he lived the life of a human. They live in the world of the demons. It is now up to Otoha to prove himself as a Karas, and restore the balance that Eko threatens to upset.

Meanwhile, a superstitious police officer named Sagisaka and his rational new recruit, Kure, follow the trail of the murders dealt by Eko's Mikura, as well as the trail of a rogue Mikura named Nue. The prophecy unfolds from here into a grave revelation for all in the city.



Tags: Tokusatsu , Henshin , Super Power , Youkai , Urban Fantasy , CGI , Mythology , Demons , Shapeshifting , Detective , Yakuza , Cyberpunk

Mushibugyou

Also known as Mushibugyo.

Studio: Seven Arcs
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Fantasy

The action story is set in Edo-era Tokyo in the early 1700s. The eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune ordered boxes to be installed so commoners can submit their thoughts. After hearing their voices, the shogun creates a new magistrate unit—Mushibugyou—to protect the people in the heart of the city. Each member is a specialist with unique fighting skills.



Tags: Shounen , Martial Arts , Swordplay , Historical , Female Harem , Super Power , Demons , LGBTQ+ Themes

Aquarion Logos

Also known as Aquarion Logos.

Studio: Satelight , Kadokawa Shoten , C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy , Mecha , Sci-Fi

Once upon a time, human voices had defined the true nature of all things, yet the invention of text changed the status quo, while creating a "Logos World" between the voice and the truth. Millennia have passed since then, advancements of civilizations have made the "Logos World" too big to control "texts." A group of young people dedicate themselves to counter chaotic "texts" with "Creative Voice Power," and among them, a boy named Akira Kaibuki living in Asagaya.



Tags: School Club , Super Robot , Primarily Teen Cast , Calligraphy , Rakugo

Stranger: Mukou Hadan

Also known as Sword of the Stranger.

Studio: bones , Bandai Visual , Shouchiku , Sony Music Entertainment , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , Bandai Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

What qualifies a man as good or evil? Is it the amount of political power one attains, the quality of his swordsmanship, or how well he serves his lord? With the fall of the second shogunate Japan has sunk into a state of disarray historians now call the Sengoku period, or the era of Warring States. Civil wars rage on throughout the many feudal holdings, where a man may raise his station in life simply by killing his superior.

Whilst wandering this war-torn countryside a nameless ronin stumbles upon a young boy by the name of Kotarou, his dog, and the many Chinese assassins dispatched to claim the boy in some strange ritual for immortality. Seeing something of his own past within the child, the nameless swordsman chooses to act as his bodyguard, but can he truly keep Kotarou from the clutches of the Ming and their bloodthirsty blonde mercenary, Luo-Lang?



Tags: Swordplay , Fugitive , Historical , Samurai , Rural , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Language Barrier , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast , Archery , Animals , Travel , Drugs , Snowscape , Assassins , Martial Arts , Tragedy , Guns , Suicide