Anime like Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai

Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi

Also known as This Monster Wants to Eat Me.

Studio: Studio Lings , Pony Canyon , KADOKAWA , arma bianca , BS Nittele , AT-X , TOKYO MX , Kadokawa Media House , Toei Video , infinite
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Hinako lives alone by the sea, quietly drifting through life after losing her family years ago. One day, a mermaid named Shiori saves her from a monster and says she’s come to eat her—just not yet. Until then, Shiori will stay by her side and keep her safe. In that moment, a deep hope swells in Hinako: Maybe this girl can finally grant her the ending she’s been waiting for.

Tags: Suicide , Monster Girl , Female Protagonist , Youkai , Primarily Female Cast , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Orphan , Mermaid , Coastal , Mythology , Yuri , Interspecies , Rural , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Gore , Shapeshifting , Body Image , School , Gyaru , Urban Fantasy , Tsundere

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

Studio: A-1 Pictures , Aniplex , ABC Animation , BS11
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Slice of Life

“LycoReco” is a café with a traditional Japanese twist located in downtown Tokyo. But the delicious coffee and sugary sweets are not the only orders this café takes! From delivering packages short distances, to pick-ups and drop-offs on the lonely streets at night, to zombies and giant monster extermination…?! Whatever your problem, we're here to help! We will solve any kind of "trouble" you may have!

Waiting for you are the ever-smiling poster-girl and the cool, serious newcomer. A petite girl who never wants to work and a young woman approaching thirty who wants to get married. And the manager is a nice guy who’s obsessed with Japan!

Whatever your order is, leave it all up to us♪



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Crime , Guns , Assassins , Terrorism , Conspiracy , Urban , Found Family , Work , Kuudere , Espionage , Orphan , Restaurant , Yuri , LGBTQ+ Themes , Parenthood , Ensemble Cast , Politics , Bar , Philosophy , Boys' Love

Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica

Also known as Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Studio: Aniplex , Shaft , Mainichi Broadcasting System , Movic , Nitroplus , Aniplex of America , Madoka Partners , Houbunsha , Manga Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Psychological , Thriller

One night, 14-year-old Madoka Kaname has a terrible nightmare - against the backdrop of a devastated city, she witnesses a girl fight a losing battle against a dreadful being lingering above, while a cat-like magical creature tells Madoka the only way to change such tragic outcome is for her to make a contract with him and become a magical girl.

The next day, the teen's dream seemingly becomes reality as the girl she saw in her dream - Homura - arrives at Mitakihara Middle School as a transfer student, mysteriously warning Madoka to stay just the way she is; but when later on she and her best friend Sayaka encounter the same cat-like magical creature from her dream - who introduces himself as Kyubey - the pair discovers that magical girls are real, and what's more, they can choose to become one. All they must do is sign a contract with Kyubey and agree to take on the duty to fight abstract beings called 'witches' that spread despair to the human world, and in return, each one of them will be granted any single wish they desire. However, as Homura's omen suggests, there might be far more to becoming a magical girl than Madoka and Sayaka realize...

Notes:
Due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the broadcasts of episodes 11 and 12 were delayed and were later aired as a double feature on April 21, 2011.

Tags: Magic , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Witch , Primarily Female Cast , Time Manipulation , Time Loop , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Alternate Universe , Primarily Teen Cast , Henshin , Coming of Age , Survival , Yuri , Primarily Child Cast , Aliens , Urban , Mixed Media , Kuudere , Gods , Anti-Hero , Denpa , Suicide , Guns , Yandere , Swordplay , LGBTQ+ Themes , Spearplay , School , Tomboy , Achronological Order , Archery , Anthropomorphism

Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei

Also known as The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady.

Studio: diomedéa , KADOKAWA , CTW , AT-X , Kansai TV , TVAadvance
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name-which somehow involves them living together and researching magic! Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom...and the entire world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Magic , Yuri , Royal Affairs , Primarily Female Cast , Politics , Conspiracy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cohabitation , Maids , Vampire , Isekai , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Villainess , Religion , Dragons , Adoption , Matriarchy , Drugs , Curses

Tongari Boushi no Atelier

Also known as Witch Hat Atelier.

Studio: BUG FILMS , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , Twin Engine , Crunchyroll
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...



Note: Tongari Boushi no Atelier episode 2 was streamed a week in advance on Crunchyroll, ABEMA, and Netflix, alongside episode 1. Streaming is one week ahead of the TV broadcast.

Tags: Magic , Witch , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Drawing , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Found Family , Medieval , Ensemble Cast , Philosophy , Politics , Teacher , Seinen , Disability , Travel , Revenge , Foreign , Body Horror , Rehabilitation , School , Tsundere , Achromatic , Dragons , Twins

Yakusoku no Neverland

Also known as The Promised Neverland.

Studio: CloverWorks , Aniplex , Dentsu , Fuji TV , Shueisha , Aniplex of America
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing.



Tags: Dystopian , Survival , Primarily Child Cast , Orphan , Tragedy , Found Family , Prison , Demons , Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Shounen , Tanned Skin , Male Protagonist

Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka?

Also known as WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?.

Studio: Satelight , C2C
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Five hundred years have passed since the humans went extinct at the hands of the fearsome and mysterious ‘Beasts’. The surviving races now make their homes up on floating islands in the sky, out of reach of all but the most mobile of Beasts.

Only a small group of young girls, the Leprechauns, can wield the ancient weapons needed to fend off invasions from these creatures. Into the girls’ unstable and fleeting lives, where a call to certain death could come at any moment, enters an unlikely character: a young man who lost everything in his final battle five hundred years ago, the last living human awakened from a long, icy slumber.

Unable to fight any longer, Willem becomes the father that the girls never had, caring for and nurturing them even as he struggles to come to terms with his new life, in which he feels the pain of helplessly waiting for his loved ones to return home from battle that his ‘Daughter’ once felt for him so long ago. Together, Willem and the girls gradually come to understand what family means and what is truly worth protecting.

Tags: Post-Apocalyptic , Fairy , Tragedy , Found Family , Age Gap , Memory Manipulation , Parenthood , Heterosexual , Magic , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Male Protagonist , Military , Swordplay , Cosmic Horror , Kemonomimi , Ghost , Kuudere

Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road

Also known as The Executioner and Her Way of Life.

Studio: J.C.STAFF , Warner Bros. Japan , SB Creative , Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures , EGG FIRM , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy

When interdimensional travelers from an otherworldly land known as “Japan” appear, they often bring death and destruction. It’s up to Executioners like Menou to track and exterminate the Lost Ones before they wreak havoc. When Menou encounters a beguiling Lost One named Akari, it’s bloody business as usual… until Menou discovers Akari can cheat death, that is. Even so, Menou has a job to do, and she is committed to her executioner’s mission come hell or high water — provided her newly stirring feelings don’t get in the way.



Note: The first two episodes received an advance release on Abema on March 20, 2022. The regular TV broadcast started on April 2, 2022.

Tags: Anti-Hero , Magic , Memory Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Yuri , Isekai , Assassins , LGBTQ+ Themes , Religion , Gore , Travel , Dissociative Identities , Swordplay , Reincarnation , Primarily Teen Cast , Yandere , Post-Apocalyptic , Medieval , Guns , Body Horror

Assault Lily: BOUQUET

Also known as Assault Lily BOUQUET.

Studio: Shaft , TBS , Bushiroad , Azone International , Pokelabo , Bushiroad Music , Marui Group , Bushiroad Creative
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

On Earth in the near future, humanity faced imminent destruction from mysterious giant creatures known as "Huge." The entire world unites against the Huge, and successfully develops weaponry known as "CHARM" (Counter Huge Arms) by combining science and magic. CHARM exhibits high rates of synchronization with teenaged girls, and the girls who use CHARM are viewed as heroes called "Lilies." Throughout the world, "Garden" military academies are established to train Lilies to face the Huge and to serve as bases to protect and guide people. This is a story about fighting girls who aim to become Lilies at one such Garden.



Tags: Magic , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Swordplay , Ojou-sama , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Tragedy , Memory Manipulation

Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo

Also known as Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Sotsu , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

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An era when a multitude of corporations have entered space and built a huge economic system. A lone girl from the remote planet Mercury transfers to the Asticassia School of Technology, run by the Beneritt Group which dominates the mobile suit industry.

Her name is Suletta Mercury. With a scarlet light burning in her pure heart, this girl walks step by step through a new world.



Tags: Real Robot , Class Struggle , Female Protagonist , Space , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Politics , Revenge , Clone , Artificial Intelligence , Yuri , Super Robot , Cyborg , LGBTQ+ Themes , Guns , Conspiracy , Terrorism , Tsundere , Boarding School , Love Triangle , Bisexual , Cyberpunk , Kuudere , Witch , Bullying , Agriculture