Anime like Gyo

Kyochuu Rettou Movie

Also known as The Island of Giant Insects Movie.

Studio: Passione , NAS , KLOCKWORX , Akita Shoten , Crunchyroll , Docomo Anime Store , GARNET
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Thriller

After an airplane crash during a school trip, Oribe Mutsumi and her classmates were stranded on a seemingly deserted island. Mutsumi found the other survivors, and used her wilderness knowledge to help them. She expects that they will be rescued in about three days, which doesn't seem so long to endure. However, she didn't account for the fact that the island is populated with gigantic killer insects. Her knowledge of butterflies, wasps, and more may be the only thing that will help any of her classmates survive to be rescued.



Note: Announced at the 2019 Crunchyroll Anime Awards.

Tags: Survival , CGI , Wilderness , Nudity , Kaiju , Gore , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Tomboy , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Bullying

Uzumaki

Also known as Uzumaki.

Studio: Production I.G , Adult Swim , Akatsuki , Fugaku
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Four episode anime adaptation of the Junji Ito manga.

Kurozu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurouzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return...



Tags: Achromatic , Cosmic Horror , Body Horror , Gore , Tragedy , CGI , Rotoscoping , Natural Disaster , Denpa , Female Protagonist , Augmented Reality , Seinen , Heterosexual , Survival , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban Fantasy , Coastal , Episodic , Lost Civilization , Surreal Comedy , Cannibalism , Curses , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Unrequited Love , Detective , Yandere , Ships , Shapeshifting

Itou Junji: Collection

Also known as Junji Ito Collection.

Studio: Studio DEEN , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Anime adaptation of stories from both the 11-volume Ito Junji Kessaku-shuu series and the Fragments of Horror book.

Tags: Anthology , Episodic , Gore , Body Horror , Tragedy , Ghost , Demons , School , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Crime , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Heterosexual , Curses , Monster Girl , Suicide , Alternate Universe , Circus , Filmmaking , Family Life , Nudity , Unrequited Love , Urban Fantasy , Kaiju , Josei , Male Protagonist

C Danchi

Also known as Housing Complex C.

Studio: Akatsuki , Adult Swim , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

Housing Complex C centers around Kimi, who lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the seaside town of Kurosaki where trouble seems to follow her wherever she goes, and horrific incidents begin to occur. Is an ancient evil stalking the residents of Housing Complex C?



Tags: Rural , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Philosophy , Cosmic Horror , Gods , Mythology , Body Horror , Gore , Time Manipulation , Denpa , Anachronism , Cult , Suicide , Hikikomori

Roots Search

Studio: Nippon Columbia , Central Park Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Sci-Fi

When a research crew in deep space discovers the desolate ship "Green Planet" that warps into their area, they encounter Buzz, the commander and sole surivor of the ship. Being too incapacitated to make them aware of the situation of his ship, the research team will soon discover that they have found something far, far worse...



Tags: Space , Aliens , Gods , Super Power , Cosmic Horror , Survival , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity , Body Horror , Suicide , Tentacles , Eco-Horror

Nihon Chinbotsu: 2020

Also known as Japan Sinks: 2020.

Studio: Science SARU , Avex Pictures , Netflix , Septeni Holdings
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sci-Fi

The setting for this adaptation is moved from 1970s Japan to 2020, just after the Tokyo Olympics. The story centers on the Mutou family, and the siblings Ayumu and Gou. The four members of the Mutou family are caught in an earthquake that hits Tokyo, and attempt to escape the city, while disaster claws at their heels.



Tags: Survival , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Disability , Natural Disaster , Post-Apocalyptic , Language Barrier , Outdoor Activities , Family Life , Female Protagonist , Coastal , Surreal Comedy , Eco-Horror , Cult , Athletics , Gore , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Lost Civilization , Transgender , Ships , Drugs , E-Sports , Time Skip , Religion , Agriculture , Male Protagonist

Itou Junji: Maniac

Also known as Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre.

Studio: Netflix , Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

From the horror master of manga comes a new anime series: JUNJI ITO'S MANIAC

A Netflix produced anime series adapting 20 stories chosen by Junji Ito, including from:
Tomie
Souichi
The Hanging Balloons
The Strange Hikizuri Siblings: The Séance
Unendurable Labyrinth
The Long Hair in the Attic
Bullied
Where the Sandman Lives
Ice Cream Truck
Tomb Town
Library Vision
Headless Statue

Tags: Anthology , Episodic , Cosmic Horror , Ghost , Curses , Tragedy , Denpa , Body Horror , Religion , CGI , Monster Girl , Ensemble Cast , Urban , Alternate Universe , Bullying , Photography , Revenge , Josei , Family Life , Suicide

One Punch Man 3

Also known as One-Punch Man Season 3.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Bandai Namco Filmworks , TV Tokyo , ADK Marketing Solutions , JR Higashi Nihon Kikaku , Shueisha , Bandai Namco Music Live , BANDAI SPIRITS , Good Smile Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The third season of One Punch Man.

Saitama is a hero who only became a hero for fun. After three years of "special training," he’s become so strong that he's practically invincible. In fact, he's too strong—even his mightiest opponents are taken out with a single punch. Alongside Genos, his faithful disciple, Saitama performs his official hero duties as a member of the Hero Association.

One day, monsters claiming to be from the Monster Association suddenly appeared, taking a child of Hero Association executive hostage. The S-class heroes gather and plan a raid on the Monster Association hideout to rescue the hostage. Meanwhile, Garou, a "human monster" who was taken by the Monster Association during a battle with the heroes, awakens in the Monster Association hideout.



Note: Excludes recap episode that aired a week before regular broadcast.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Drugs , Parody , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast , Satire , Anti-Hero , Cyborg , Kaiju , Shapeshifting , Cosmic Horror , Martial Arts , Guns , Gods , Swordplay

Gakuen Mokushiroku: HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD

Also known as High School of the Dead.

Studio: MADHOUSE , NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , AT-X , Sentai Filmworks , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Ecchi , Horror , Romance , Supernatural

The lockers are splattered with blood, the student bodies are piling up and that's not mystery meat they're eating in the cafeteria… it's the faculty! And that's just the start of the worst day of school ever when a nightmarish virus is unleashed, turning humans into flesh eating zombies and converting Fujimi High School into a literal hell on Earth. Now it's a crash course in survival, and the only test or skill that matters is the ability to keep moving, breathing and fighting. Because if nerds, jocks and the surviving staff can't find a way to work together to escape this carnal house of education, they're all going to end up on the menu. And that's assuming there's anyplace safe left to escape to.



Tags: Zombie , Survival , Pandemic , Gore , Large Breasts , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Nudity , Guns , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Love Triangle , Swordplay , Ojou-sama , Politics , Tsundere , Heterosexual , School , Military , Shounen , Assassins , Unrequited Love , Police , Suicide , Animals , Female Protagonist