Anime like Hermes: Winds of Love

BUDDHA 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~

Also known as Osamu Tezuka's Buddha Movie 2: Endless Trip.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

The second film in the planned trilogy based on the late Osamu Tezuka's Buddha manga

Tags: Historical , Torture , Foreign , Religion , Philosophy

Saint☆Onii-san

Studio: Aniplex , A-1 Pictures , Kodansha , Toho
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Supernatural

What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint Young Men is a movie about the daily lives of Jesus and Buddha, focusing on different element of modern life.

Tags: Gods , Parody , Urban , Religion , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Yakuza

Tezuka Osamu no Kyuuyaku Seisho Monogatari

Also known as In The Beginning: The Bible Stories.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama

Through the Italian National Broadcasting Network, Tezuka Osamu received an ardent request from the Vatican to make the Bible into animated form. This request was probably made to see how the Bible would be depicted by the non-Christian Tezuka Osamu. Tezuka Osamu accepted the request and spent an entire two years to complete a pilot film. It was about the story of Noah's ark, with the enthusiastic Tezuka Osamu not only writing the scenario but also drawing pictures by himself. During production, however, he unfortunately passed away, so Director Dezaki took over the film and completed it.



Tags: Classic Literature , Historical , Religion , Mythology , Episodic

Eien no Hou

Also known as The Laws of Eternity.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Sci-Fi

Ryuta and his friends from the science club visit a museum exhibit on Thomas Edison and it's there they learn about one of his proposed inventions called the "spirit phone" which would enable communication with the deceased. Later that day they bump into a shaman who claims she has a message from Edison. In an instant Ryuta is given the necessary knowledge he needs to construct the device and decides to go for it, so beginning a spiritual adventure.



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Ougon no Hou: El Cantare no Rekishikan

Also known as The Golden Laws.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

In the year 2403 AD a young student named Satoru is visited by a time traveler from the future, a cute girl named Alisa. The two go back in time together to explore the 21st century when a malfunction sends them hurdling through seemingly random episodes of religious and perhaps historic importance.

Japan's answer to Scientology, Kyoufuku no Kagaku (幸福の科学, also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness), returns with their third animated feature.

Tags: Historical

Taiyou no Hou - El Cantare e no Michi

Also known as The Laws of the Sun.

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

The first title in the series of anime films by the Happy Science cult.

Tags: Religion , Cult , Historical

Ramayana: Rama Ouji Densetsu

Also known as Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

In Ayodhya, the royal palace of Kosala kingdom in ancient India, four princes were born to three queens, each of whom grew to great stature. After being banished from the palace for fourteen years due to court intrigue, Prince Rama retreated to the forest with his beautiful wife Sita. Then, Rama, who had vanquished the demons of the forest, invites the wrath of the demon king Ravana, and his wife Sita is kidnapped. Rama goes to rescue Sita with the help of the monkey army. But while fighting the powerful Ravana army, his brother Lakshmana is seriously wounded. At this time, Hanuman, the general of the monkey army, flew to the Himalayas and carried a mountain of medicinal herbs that healed his wounds, saving his life. Eventually, Rama's army defeated Ravana's army using the "Heavenly Weapons" and returned to Ayodhya in triumph.

Tags: Male Protagonist , War , Gods , Historical , Demons , Mythology , Archery , Animals