Anime like Ushiro no Shoumen Kamui-san

Mieruko-chan

Also known as Mieruko-chan.

Studio: Passione , KADOKAWA , Magic Capsule , Docomo Anime Store , BS Nippon , AT-X , Kadokawa Media House , TOKYO MX
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Slice of Life , Supernatural

She can see dead people…she just chooses to ignore them. That’s Miko’s plan, anyway, but it doesn’t seem to be working for her in this love letter to the horror genre that will send shivers down your spine—and occasionally tickle your funny bone.



Tags: Ghost , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Body Horror , Youkai , Seinen , School , Gods , Nudity , Animals , Bullying , Yuri

Kaii to Otome to Kamikakushi

Also known as Mysterious Disappearances.

Studio: KADOKAWA , Zero-G , Shogakukan , flying DOG , Kansai TV , BS Nittele , AT-X
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Sumireko Ogawa’s dream of becoming a novelist is reinvigorated with new rumors of mystical incidents. Now a clerk at a bookstore, she enlists her young coworker, Ren Adashino, to investigate urban legends, black magic, and ghost stories across the city. Sumireko has a knack for triggering magical events, and Ren has a dark secret of his own. Will they survive their investigation unscathed?



Tags: Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Mythology , Female Protagonist , Writing , Seinen , Found Family , Primarily Female Cast , Tragedy , Classic Literature , Age Regression , Ghost , Youkai , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Nudity , Trains , Magic , Demons , VTuber , Work , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Teacher , Disability , Mermaid , Yuri

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. (TV)

Also known as You're Being Summoned, Azazel.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Supernatural

Akutabe is a detective who summons devils to solve the troubles of his clients. One day, a low class devil Azazel Atsushi is summoned by Akutabe and is used harshly by him and his assistant Rinko.

Tags: Demons , Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Gore , Slapstick , Hypersexuality , Parody , Satire , Bullying , Nudity , Mermaid , Mythology , School , Otaku Culture , Angels , Meta , Unrequited Love , Magic

Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to Kitara

Also known as Detectives These Days Are Crazy!.

Studio: KADOKAWA , LIDENFILMS , Ultra Super Pictures , BS11 , AT-X , Culture Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

Nagumo Keiichirou was a genius high-school detective. No case was complex enough for him. But what happens to genius detectives when they get older?

Now 35, with bad hips, running a failing detective agency with no cases to solve and struggling to pay the rent, he's at a dead end.

In comes a high school girl in his office who says she wants to work with him. With her help, will the out-of-touch, old-fashioned Nagumo get back the fire of his youth?


Tags: Surreal Comedy , Slapstick , Detective , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Crime , Seinen , Urban , Police , Primarily Adult Cast , Gyaru

Dark Gathering

Also known as Dark Gathering.

Studio: OLM , Pony Canyon , NetEase Games , BS Asahi , Kansai TV , Sotsu , CHOCOLATE
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Horror , Supernatural

After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitarou Gentouga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitarou eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitarou into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon.



Tags: Ghost , Revenge , Exorcism , Creature Taming , Urban Fantasy , Necromancy , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Orphan , Conspiracy , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Gore , Curses , Gods , Suicide , Shounen , Body Swapping , Yandere , Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Travel , Denpa , Episodic , Proxy Battle , Afterlife , Cannibalism , Hikikomori , Oiran , Cars , War , School , College , Incest , Camping , Bullying , Pregnancy

Reiwa no Dara-san

Also known as Dara-san of the Reiwa Era.

Studio: Asahi Production , KADOKAWA , Docomo Anime Store , Asahi Production , Kansai TV , Bandai Namco Music Live , BS Nittele , AT-X , INSPION EDGE
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Supernatural

After venturing into a restricted, treacherous mountain forest, siblings Hinata and Kaoru meet a terrifying serpent god and become besties! Despite her initially scary appearance, the self-named “god of misfortune” is awkward, lonely, and surprisingly easy to talk to. This is the tale of an unexpected friendship, and the many comedic, heartfelt adventures that ensue.



Tags: Youkai , Curses , Monster Girl , Crossdressing , Tomboy , Femboy , Shrine Maiden , Female Protagonist , Rural , Mythology , Nudity , Gods , Cosplay , Gore , Gender Bending , Age Gap , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Seinen , Historical