Anime like Guin Saga

Kenpuu Denki Berserk

Also known as Berserk.

Studio: OLM , VAP , Media Blasters , NYAV Post , Nippon Television Network , Hakusensha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Set during a time that very much resembles Europe during the Middle Ages, Berserk is a story of revenge set in the castle town of Midland. Recently, the town has seen the rise of a wicked king, who uses demonic minions to control and victimise his subjects.

However, when a lone soldier enters the town calling himself the Black Swordsman and armed to the teeth, many sense that the king's days of unchecked oppression are over. Soon, the Black Swordsman is plying his trade by hunting down the king's evil servants, giving no quarter, and preparing to exact his vengeance on the king.



Tags: Tragedy , Seinen , Swordplay , War , Cosmic Horror , Male Protagonist , Gore , Anti-Hero , Found Family , Military , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Class Struggle , Demons , Revenge , Politics , Torture , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Travel , Tsundere , Curses , Archery , Fugitive , Nudity , Tomboy , Tanned Skin , Skeleton , Survival

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho

Also known as Grimoire of Zero.

Studio: White Fox , Infinite , Madman Entertainment , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy

The "grimoire fantasy" series follows a witch named Zero who is ignorant of the world and a half-beast half-human mercenary who longs to be human. Witches who practice sorcery exist in the world, however, in this era no one knows how about the art and study of witchcraft. Zero is going on a journey to search for a magical tome called "The Book of Zero" that hides a power that can destroy the world. The mercenary travels with her as her guard.



Tags: Witch , Magic , Kemonomimi , Anthropomorphism , Conspiracy , War , Tsundere , Swordplay , Female Protagonist , Animals , Revenge , Demons

Juu Ou Sei

Also known as Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King.

Studio: bones , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Sci-Fi

Thor and his twin brother, Rai, are cast off to a forsaken planet by unknown masked men after witnessing the suspicious death of their parents. Given only a beam knife and a smelly satchel, they wander together in search of civilization on the primarily plant based world. They soon discover the plants have the advantage. Only the strong survive; the ones who throw away their humanity and become the beasts humans once were.



Tags: Survival , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Prison , Shoujo , Twins , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Death Game , Arranged Marriage , Matriarchy , Heterosexual , Dystopian , Guns , Swordplay , Netorare , Unrequited Love , Love Triangle , Suicide

Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen I - Haou no Tamago

Also known as Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King.

Studio: Horipro , Viz Media , NYAV Post , Yahoo! Japan , Studio 4°C , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoman in the Band of the Hawk, struggles to accept Guts and the influence he has on the world around her. While the two men begin to fight together, Griffith continues to rise to power, all seemingly in order to reach his mysterious, prophesied goals. What lengths will Guts and Griffith go to in order to reach these goals, and where will fate take the two men?



Tags: War , Male Protagonist , Military , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Politics , CGI , Seinen , Gore , Historical , Tragedy , Tomboy , Primarily Male Cast , Survival , Demons , Tanned Skin , Nudity

Seirei no Moribito

Also known as Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit.

Studio: Production I.G , Media Blasters
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

Balsa’s prowess in battle is legendary, but the weight of death bears heavily on the spear-wielding mercenary’s soul. To atone, she has sworn to save 8 lives, no matter what the cost, and now only one life remains. Prince Chagum has been blessed with the power to stave off the droughts that threaten to starve and destroy his father’s empire, but he has been accused of being possessed by evil spirits, and court officials have set his own father against him. Condemned to death, he is saved by Balsa’s intervention and now, together, the two must unravel the secret of Chagum’s powers and the spirit behind them… before the armies sent to murder them can succeed!



Tags: Spearplay , Fugitive , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Historical , Found Family , Primarily Adult Cast , Swordplay , Politics , Magic , CGI , Coming of Age , Rural , Cosmic Horror , Tomboy

Berserk

Also known as Berserk (2016).

Studio: Millepensee , LIDENFILMS , GEMBA , Koei , Ultra Super Pictures , Docomo Anime Store , Mainichi Broadcasting System , WOWOW , Hakusensha , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

Spurred by the flame raging in his heart, the Black Swordsman Guts continues his seemingly endless quest for revenge. Standing in his path are heinous outlaws, delusional evil spirits, and a devout child of god. Even as it chips away at his life, Guts continues to fight his enemies, who wield repulsive and inhumane power, with nary but his body and sword—his strength as a human. What lies at the end of his travels? The answer is shrouded in the "night." Strain your eyes and stare into the dark!



Tags: Full CGI , CGI , Revenge , Gore , Demons , Seinen , Torture , Swordplay , Anti-Hero , Disability , Gods , Religion , Reincarnation , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Ghost , Fugitive , Skeleton , Sadism , Military , Goblin , Elf , Chibi

Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen II - Doldrey Kouryaku

Also known as Berserk: The Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey.

Studio: Horipro , Viz Media , NYAV Post , Yahoo! Japan , Studio 4°C , Selecta Visión , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

The Band of the Hawk and their enigmatic leader Griffith continue winning battle after battle as their prestige throughout the kingdom of Midland grows. But their latest task is one that has seen failure from everyone who has attempted it: the subjugation of the impenetrable fortress of Doldrey.

Tags: War , Military , Swordplay , Seinen , Demons , Male Protagonist , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Gore , Torture , Tomboy , Nudity , Cultivation

Arslan Senki

Also known as The Heroic Legend of Arslan: Age of Heroes.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Production I.G , Kadokawa Shoten , Animate , Movic , Sony Music Entertainment , Studio Pierrot , Daume , Aubec
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

Betrayed from within and overwhelmed by dark sorcery, the valiant armies of Pars are overrun by the warrior-fanatics of Rucitania. Escaping the destruction of his homeland, the heroic Prince Arislan begins to assemble a group of five, extraordinary allies — a priestess, an exiled warrior, a mischievous minstrel, an insightful artist and his attendant — to aid him in his fight against the Rucitanian invaders. Together, they must build an army and defeat 300,000 trained soldiers — including the mysterious Lord Silver Mask — who has also laid claim to the throne of Pars...



Tags: War , Historical , Fugitive , Swordplay , Revenge , Military , Royal Affairs , Politics , Male Protagonist , Slavery , Desert

Juuni Kokuki

Also known as The Twelve Kingdoms.

Studio: Studio Pierrot , Sogo Vision , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy , Supernatural

Nakajima Youko is your average somewhat timid high school student. One day, a strange man named Keiki appears before her, swearing allegiance. Before she could properly register what was happening, demon-like creatures attack Youko and her friends, after which they are pulled into a different world. A world unlike what she has ever known. Separated from Keiki, Youko and her friends must do whatever they can if they wish to survive in this new world.

Tags: Isekai , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Politics , Language Barrier , War , Tragedy , Kingdom Management , Conspiracy , Youkai , Swordplay , Bullying , Anthropomorphism , Shapeshifting , Magic , Shrine Maiden , Royal Affairs , Military , Alternate Universe , Tanned Skin , Chimera , Travel

Berserk: Ougon Jidai-hen III - Kourin

Also known as Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent.

Studio: Horipro , Viz Media , Yahoo! Japan , Studio 4°C , VAP , Hakusensha , KDDI , Warner Bros. Japan , Good Smile Company , Movic
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Supernatural

One year has passed since Guts left the Band of the Hawk and Griffith was imprisoned by the Kingdom of Midland for treason.

In the dead of night, at a camping site where they hide, the Band of the Hawk is attacked by Bakiraka assassins led by Silat. When all seems lost, Guts returns from his journey. "You destroyed everything." Crying that Griffith is nothing without Guts, Casca and Guts are joined together body and soul. Griffith is imprisoned in the oldest building in Wyndham Catle, the Tower of Rebirth.

Tags: Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Fugitive , Gore , Seinen , Demons , Swordplay , Male Protagonist , Torture , Primarily Adult Cast , Body Horror , Military , CGI , Anti-Hero , Tomboy , Primarily Male Cast , Netorare , Disability