Anime like Jieyao

Given

Also known as given.

Studio: Lerche
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , Romance , Slice of Life

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar's strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama's knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou's voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.



Tags: Band , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Coming of Age , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , Josei , Urban , Bisexual , Rock Music , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Basketball

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA , Aniplex , Dentsu , Shogakukan , Movic , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Psychological , Thriller

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance...



Tags: Mafia , Gangs , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , Guns , Coming of Age , Foreign , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Anti-Hero , Noir , Shoujo , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Criminal Organization , Classic Literature , Orphan , Prison , Tanned Skin , Photography

Namui BL Manhwa Animation

Also known as Someone Else's BL Comic Animation.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance

Seunghee may seem like a regular high school boy, but he’s got a few secrets: he loves to cross-dress and read BL comics. He’s looking for a match that will accept him, but it’s classmate Seungtaek who spies him on a date gone bad. Now that someone at school knows he’s gay, can Seunghee’s life remain ordinary the way he likes it?



Includes prologue.

Tags: School , Boys' Love

Wo Kai Dongwuyuan Naxie Nian

Also known as Those Years I Opened a Zoo.

Studio: Haoliners Animation , bilibili , Studio LAN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

Duan Jiaze inherited a zoo on the verge of bankruptcy. To remedy this situation, he will have to get the business back on track as soon as possible. However, the employees who help him with this task are somewhat particular: the sun crow (Jinwu), the nine-tailed fox, the demon snake.Will the Lingyou Zoo survive unscathed?

Tags: Male Protagonist , Work , Animals , Mythology , Gods , Foreign , Boys' Love