Anime like JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Phantom Blood

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Studio: APPP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Horror , Supernatural

Kujo Jotaro is a normal, popular Japanese high-schooler, until he thinks that he is possessed by a spirit, and locks himself in prison. After seeing his grandfather, Joseph Joestar, and fighting Joseph's friend Muhammad Abdul, Jotaro learns that the "Spirit" is actually Star Platinum, his Stand, or fighting energy given a semi-solid form. Later, his mother gains a Stand, and becomes sick. Jotaro learns that it is because the vampire Dio Brando has been revived 100 years after his defeat to Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro's great-great-grandfather. Jotaro decides to join Joseph and Abdul in a trip to Egypt to defeat Dio once and for all.


Tags: Shounen , Vampire , Super Power , Body Horror , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Desert , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Foreign , Travel , Gambling , Tragedy , Poker , Nudity , Time Manipulation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cars , Tanned Skin , Motorcycles

Hokuto no Ken Movie

Also known as Fist of the North Star Movie.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi

Following a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, homeless nomads. For those who are lucky enough to survive the constant brutality and danger, it is a bleak existence. Life an death blur into abstractions. The only hope left for mankind is to find a hero worthy of becoming the next "Fist of the North Star" - an enlightened warrior - who is capable of leading those with the will to survive out of this barrenness into a new world. But in this savage no-man's land of shifting loyalties and power-hungry demi-gods, heroes are in short supply.



Tags: Shounen , Post-Apocalyptic , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stone Ocean

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN.

Studio: Warner Bros. Japan , David Production , Shueisha , KLOCKWORX , Medicos Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Supernatural

In Florida, 2011, Jolyne Kuujou sits in a jail cell like her father Joutarou once did; yet this situation is not of her own choice. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, and manipulated into serving a longer sentence, Jolyne is ready to resign to a dire fate as a prisoner of Green Dolphin Street Jail. Though all hope seems lost, a gift from Joutarou ends up awakening her latent abilities, manifesting into her Stand, Stone Free. Now armed with the power to change her fate, Jolyne sets out to find an escape from the stone ocean that holds her.

However, she soon discovers that her incarceration is merely a small part of a grand plot: one that not only takes aim at her family, but has additional far-reaching consequences. What's more, the mastermind is lurking within the very same prison, and is under the protection of a lineup of menacing Stand users. Finding unlikely allies to help her cause, Jolyne sets course to stop their plot, clear her name, and take back her life.



Tags: Super Power , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Foreign , Police , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Fugitive , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Revenge , Time Manipulation , Prison , Tragedy , Body Horror , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Surreal Comedy , Shapeshifting , Agender , Ghost , Masturbation , Ensemble Cast , CGI , Disability , LGBTQ+ Themes

Hokuto no Ken

Also known as Fist of the North Star.

Studio: Toei Animation , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sci-Fi

Nuclear war has devastated the planet, turning one fertile ground into a barren, inhospitable landscape on which mankind struggles desperately to stay alive. Society has collapsed and a fight for control wages between vicious dictators, super-powerful mutants, and biker gangs that terrorize the streets.

In a world so cruel and bleak, only the chosen one can restore civilization to its former self. Kenshiro - master of the Hokuto Shinken fighting technique; a martial art so awesomely brutal that only a single being can be entrusted with its full power!



Tags: Martial Arts , Post-Apocalyptic , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Super Power , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Cultivation , Gangs , Gore , Heterosexual , Henshin , Revenge , Motorcycles , Astronomy , Torture , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bar , Cannibalism , Archery , Nudity , Desert

Big X

Also known as Big X.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

Invited to Nazi Germany during World War II, Dr. Asagumo is asked by Hitler to collaborate with him on the research of the new weapon "Big X". Concerned about the possible effects of the completion of Big X, Dr. Asagumo intentionally delays the progress of the research, conspiring with his co-researcher, the devious Dr. Engel. Immediately before Germany is defeated by the Allies, Dr. Asagumo implants a card inscribed with the secret of Big X in his son, Shigeru, and is then shot to death by the German army. Twenty years later, the card is discovered in the body of Shigeru, who is then living in Tokyo. Soon, an organization claiming alliance with the Nazis appears, steals the card, and completes the Big X project. Dr. Engel's grandson has joined the Nazi Alliance. The completed Big X is then revealed to be a drug that can expand the human body without limitation. Recovering Big X from the enemy, Shigeru's son Akira fearlessly challenges the Nazi Alliance and Hans Engel, who are plotting to conquer the world.

Note: Most of the series is lost media. Only episodes 1, 11, 12 & 40-59 are known to still exist.

Tags: Shounen , Historical , Achromatic , Super Power

Ashita no Joe (Movie)

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe: The Movie.

Studio: Mushi Production , Discotek , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

A summary movie of the first season for people to get reminded on what happened before the airing of the second season.

Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Tragedy , Prison , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Ojou-sama

Ashita no Joe 2 (Movie)

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe 2 the Movie.

Studio: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Yabuki Joe is left downhearted and hopeless after a certain tragic event. In attempt to put the past behind him, Joe leaves the gym behind and begins wandering. His return home puts Joe back on the path to boxing, but unknown to himself and his trainer, he now suffers deep-set issues holding him back from fighting. In attempt to quell those issues, Carlos Rivera, a world renowned boxer is invited from Venezuela to help Joe recover.

Tags: Boxing , Shounen , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Coming of Age , Urban , Ojou-sama , Primarily Male Cast , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast

Yuuyake Banchou

Studio: TV Tokyo , Studio Jack , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

A transfer student only just arrives and is confronted by the school gang. One by one he defeats the gang members and challenges their leader to a fight. Each 10 minute episode aired Monday through Saturday.

Note: Due to it never getting any releases outside of the runs on TV, all of the 156 episodes apart from the OP has become lost media.

Tags: Delinquents , Boxing , Shounen , Martial Arts , Football , School , Gangs , Male Protagonist , Sumo