Anime like Junjou Romantica (OVA)

Shin Seiki Evangelion

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.



Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that previously appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Tags: Philosophy , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Super Robot , Meta , Dystopian , Cosmic Horror , Denpa , Post-Apocalyptic , Angels , Primarily Teen Cast , Kaiju , Psychosexual , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Aliens , Mythology , Body Horror , Suicide , Religion , Military , Estranged Family , Clone , Kuudere , Tokusatsu , Tsundere , Masturbation , Politics , Found Family , Spearplay , Foreign , Hikikomori , Heterosexual , Gore , Trains , Espionage , Bisexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Office Lady , Boys' Love , Episodic , Nudity , Family Life , Artificial Intelligence , Real Robot

Tokyo Revengers

Also known as Tokyo Revengers.

Studio: LIDENFILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Romance , Supernatural

Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that's reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had in his life that he dated in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, had been killed by the ruthless Tokyo Manji Gang.

The day after hearing about her death, he's standing on the station platform and ends up being pushed over onto the tracks by a herd of people. He closes his eyes thinking he's about to die, but when he opens his eyes back up, he somehow had gone back in time 12 years.

Now that he's back living the best days of his life, Takemichi decides to get revenge on his life by saving his girlfriend and changing himself that he'd been running away from.



Tags: Gangs , Delinquents , Time Manipulation , Age Regression , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Urban , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Revenge , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Motorcycles , Heterosexual , Bullying , Suicide , School , Detective , POV , Mopeds , Cowboys , Boys' Love

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

Also known as My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU.

Studio: Brain's Base
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

This romantic comedy revolves around an antisocial high school student named Hikigaya Hachiman with a distorted view on life and no friends or girlfriend. When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters: "They're a bunch of liars." When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds: "Not working." A teacher gets Hachiman to join the 'Volunteer Service' club, which happens to have the school's prettiest girl: Yukinoshita Yukino.



Tags: School , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Love Triangle , Kuudere , Hikikomori , Meta , Satire , Femboy , Tsundere , Boys' Love , Bullying , Rehabilitation , Female Harem , Episodic , Chuunibyou , Mixed Gender Harem , Tennis , Bisexual

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2

Also known as Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Thriller

A year has passed since "The Black Rebellion" and the remaining Black Knights have vanished into the shadows, their leader and figurehead, Zero, executed by the Britannian Empire. Area 11 is once more squirming under the Emperor's oppressive heel as the Britannian armies concentrate their attacks on the European front. But for the Britannians living in Area 11, life is back to normal. On one such normal day, a Britannian student, skipping his classes in the Ashford Academy, sneaks out to gamble on his chess play. But unknown to this young man, several forces are eying him from the shadows, for soon, he will experience a shocking encounter with his own obscured past, and the masked rebel mastermind Zero will return.

Tags: Anti-Hero , War , Military , Class Struggle , Revenge , Politics , Philosophy , Super Power , Tragedy , Dystopian , Guns , Terrorism , Male Protagonist , Super Robot , Urban Fantasy , Memory Manipulation , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist , Amnesia , Fugitive , Disability , Real Robot , School , Kuudere , Foreign , Time Skip , Nudity , Yandere , Assassins , Swordplay , Female Harem , Tsundere , Boarding School , Age Gap , Boys' Love

DEVILMAN crybaby

Also known as Devilman Crybaby.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural

New Devilman project marking Go Nagai's 50th anniversary as a creator.

The protagonist Akira Fudou learns from his best friend, Ryou Asuka, that an ancient race of demons has returned to take back the world from humans. Ryou tells Akira that the only way to defeat the demons is to incorporate their supernatural powers, and suggests that he unite with a demon himself. Akira succeeds in transforming into Devilman, who possesses both the powers of a demon and the soul of a human. The battle of Devilman and Akira Fudou begins.



Tags: Demons , Tragedy , Body Horror , Psychosexual , Gore , Urban Fantasy , Gods , Shapeshifting , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Cosmic Horror , Philosophy , Monster Boy , Curses , War , Angels , Henshin , Unrequited Love , Post-Apocalyptic , Anti-Hero , Mythology , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Conspiracy , Revenge , Athletics , Hip-hop Music , Guns , Urban , Drugs , Meta , Masturbation , Public Sex , Boys' Love , Afterlife , Politics , Heterosexual , Motorcycles , Shounen , Flash

Owari no Seraph

Also known as Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

The story takes place in a world where an unknown virus has killed the entire human population except for children under 13. Those children were then enslaved by vampires. The manga centers on Yuichiro Hyakuya, a human who dreams of becoming strong enough to kill all vampires.



Tags: Vampire , Post-Apocalyptic , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Military , Time Skip , War , Demons , Revenge , Swordplay , Lost Civilization , Primarily Teen Cast , Pandemic , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Tsundere , Rotoscoping , Boys' Love , School , Heterosexual , Gore , Primarily Adult Cast

BANANA FISH

Also known as BANANA FISH.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , 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: Gangs , Mafia , Tragedy , Crime , Conspiracy , Drugs , Male Protagonist , Urban , Criminal Organization , Primarily Male Cast , Revenge , LGBTQ+ Themes , Guns , Rescue , Foreign , Shoujo , Noir , Anti-Hero , Fugitive , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Boys' Love , Orphan , Classic Literature , Prison , Ensemble Cast , Photography , Motorcycles , Cars , Tanned Skin

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze

Also known as JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Giorno Giovanna, a young man living in Naples, has the blood of DIO -- the eternal enemy of the Joestar clan -- running in his veins. Giorno becomes a delinquent due to being persecuted since childhood. However, he's led back onto the right path thanks to a gangster who saved him and taught him to believe in others. Bizarrely enough, this gang of people who didn't forget honor, gratitude, and respect made him reform. This is how Giorno came to admire gangsters. In the backstreets of Italy, Giorno causes trouble alongside his gang "Passione," and ends up being targeted...



Tags: Criminal Organization , Super Power , Mafia , Gangs , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Fugitive , Travel , Crime , Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Dissociative Identities , Urban , Boys' Love , Guns , Gore , Drugs , Body Horror , Time Loop , Detective , Philosophy , Body Swapping , Police , Cosmic Horror , Trains , LGBTQ+ Themes , Animals , Ghost , Disability , Gender Bending , Zombie

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku

Also known as My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO!.

Studio: feel.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku picks up immediately after the events of the first season, continuing the adventures of the Volunteer Service Club—the dispassionate Hachiman Hikigaya, the cheerful Yui Yuigahama, and the competitive Yukino Yukinoshita—as it dedicates itself to helping any student with issues that they may face.

With the rift among his own group widening, Hachiman begins to realize that his knack for quickly getting to the root of other people's troubles is a double-edged sword: sometimes the best solution is not necessarily the most appropriate one.



Tags: School , Male Protagonist , School Club , Love Triangle , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Hikikomori , Anti-Hero , Tragedy , Bisexual , Politics , Female Harem , Unrequited Love , Boys' Love , Femboy , Mixed Gender Harem , Urban

Kuroshitsuji

Also known as Black Butler.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

In Victorian-era Europe, a young boy loses everything he once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In his moment of death, he strikes a deal with a demon: his soul, in exchange for revenge. Ciel Phantomhive is now the head of the Phantomhive corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. His new partner is a demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, whose powers as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.

The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Ciel's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Ciel in the month directly after.

Tags: Butler , Crime , Tragedy , Demons , Revenge , Historical , Anti-Hero , Detective , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Assassins , Mythology , Gender Bending , Kuudere , Transgender , Angels , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Shounen , Food , Crossdressing , Ninja , Urban , Chibi , Agender , Ghost , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love

Jujutsu Kaisen: Shimetsu Kaiyuu - Zenpen

Also known as JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3: The Culling Game Part 1.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Supernatural

After the Shibuya Incident, a deadly jujutsu battle known as the Culling Game orchestrated by Noritoshi Kamo erupts across ten colonies in Japan.

Haunted by guilt over the mass killings in Shibuya and wary of Sukuna’s interest in Fushiguro, Itadori chooses not to return to Jujutsu High. Instead, he teams up with Choso to exorcise the countless cursed spirits unleashed by Noritoshi Kamo. Amid this chaos, the Jujutsu Headquarters revokes Yuji Itadori’s suspended death sentence and appoints special-grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu as his executioner.

Newly awakened modern sorcerers and resurrected ancient ones, now fighting as players in the Culling Game, collide with conflicting motives, driving the world once more toward an age ruled by jujutsu.



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Curses , Urban , Shounen , Death Game , Tragedy , Super Power , Battle Royale , Survival , Exorcism , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Gore , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Martial Arts , Philosophy , Surreal Comedy , Demons , Achromatic , Femboy , Swordplay , Gambling , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Rotoscoping , Bisexual , Crossdressing , Boys' Love , Nudity , Magic

Shin Seiki Evangelion Movie: Air / Magokoro wo, Kimi ni

Also known as Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion.

Studio: Gainax , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Psychological , Sci-Fi

NERV faces a brutal attack from SEELE, but with Asuka in a coma, and Shinji in a nervous breakdown, things soon turn into the surreal. This movie provides a concurrent ending to the final two episodes of the show Neon Genesis Evangelion.



Tags: Philosophy , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Post-Apocalyptic , Dystopian , Meta , Denpa , Male Protagonist , Gods , Body Horror , Super Robot , Psychosexual , Conspiracy , Gore , Afterlife , Cosmic Horror , Primarily Teen Cast , Kaiju , Mythology , Robots , Religion , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Mixed Media , Clone , Masturbation , Tsundere , Guns , Politics , Space , Kuudere , Boys' Love , Angels

SK∞

Also known as SK8 the Infinity.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters are especially wild about the “beefs,” or heated battles that erupt in the races.

Reki takes Langa, a transfer student returning to Japan after studying abroad, to the mine where the races are held. Langa, who has no skateboarding experience, finds himself pulled into the world of “S”...



Note: On March 13, 2021 a recap episode (9.5) went on air, postponing the broadcast of the regular episodes by one week.

Tags: Skateboarding , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Ensemble Cast , Parkour , Found Family , Urban , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Butler , School , Artificial Intelligence , Gambling , Motorcycles , Restaurant

Yuuri!!! on ICE

Also known as Yuri!!! on ICE.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Yuri Katsuki makes his way to the Grand Prix ice skating competition as Japan’s top representative with his eyes on the prize. However, instead of celebrating, Yuri walks away defeated and ready to retire for good. But a run-in with champion Viktor Nikiforov and rising star Yuri Plisetsky ignites a new fire within him. With the two of them close by his side, Yuri will take to the ice once more.



Tags: Ice Sports , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes , Foreign , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Rotoscoping , Coming of Age , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Ballet , Tsundere , Asexual , CGI , Tanned Skin

GREAT PRETENDER

Also known as Great Pretender.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Thriller

Self-styled “Japan's greatest swindler” Makoto Edamura is mainly targeting elder people and occasional foreign travelers. But when he tries to scam an apparently clueless French tourist in Tokyo, he can't possibly imagine that what looked like just another ordinary job is going to take him all the way to Los Angeles, tied upside-down on the famous Hollywood sign… And he is yet to find out what fate awaits him!



Tags: Crime , Foreign , Anti-Hero , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Urban , Work , Language Barrier , Mafia , Acting , Triads , Filmmaking , Drawing , Drugs , Gangs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Aviation , Guns , Bisexual , Slavery , Tomboy , Detective , Episodic , Boys' Love , Nudity , War , Mahjong , Baseball , Tanned Skin , Football , Achronological Order , Terrorism

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 , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , LGBTQ+ Themes , Primarily Teen Cast , Suicide , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Rock Music , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , School , Urban , Bisexual , Kuudere , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Tsundere , Basketball

Lycoris Recoil

Also known as Lycoris Recoil.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
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

Vanitas no Carte

Also known as The Case Study of Vanitas.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural

It’s 19th-century Paris, and young vampire Noé hunts for the Book of Vanitas. Attacked by a vampire driven insane, a human intercedes, rescues Noé, and heals the sick creature. Commanding the book and calling himself Vanitas, this doctor tempts Noé with a mad crusade to “cure” the entire vampire race. Allying with one who wields arcane power so easily may be dangerous, but does he have a choice?



Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Conspiracy , Foreign , Steampunk , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Anti-Hero , Tsundere , Anachronism , Historical , Gore , Tanned Skin , Chibi , Religion , Shounen , Assassins , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Henshin , Coming of Age , Drugs , Adoption , Super Power , Human Experimentation

Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen

Also known as Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya.

Studio: WIT STUDIO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Supernatural

Yuuichirou has reunited with Mikaela at the Shinjuku Battle. But Mikaela was turned into a vampire... To save the "family," and to protect his fellow members, Yuuichirou needed to gain knowledge and power. He searched for ways to bring back vampire to human beings, and at the same time, trained hard working on the Cursed Gear.

Meanwhile, Kureto calls Guren and tells him a shocking truth. That in one month, the main unit of the vampire will start attacking Tokyo. To get a head start against vampires, Kureto orders Guren to go to Nagoya. The noble extermination mission is about to open fire!



Tags: Conspiracy , Lost Civilization , Vampire , Post-Apocalyptic , Demons , Military , War , Male Protagonist , Revenge , Shounen , Urban Fantasy , Human Experimentation , Rotoscoping , Swordplay , Gore , Tragedy , Heterosexual , Boys' Love , Cosmic Horror , Angels

Sakamoto desu ga?

Also known as Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

First year high school student Sakamoto isn't just cool, he's the coolest! Almost immediately after starting school, he began attracting everyone's attention. The girls love him, and most of the boys resent him. There's even a boy in the class who works as a model, but who is constantly upstaged by Sakamoto! No matter what tricks the other boys try to play on him, Sakamoto always manages to foil them with ease and grace. Though Sakamoto may seem cool and aloof, he helps others when asked, such as in the case of the boy in his class who was being constantly bullied. No matter what difficulties Sakamoto encounters, he moves through his high school life with confidence and class!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , School , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Fugitive , Survival , Seinen , Bullying , Tragedy , Boys' Love